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Sample file CONTENTS 3 ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ PROTOCULTURE ✾ PRESENTATION ...... 4 STAFF NEWS & NEWS ...... 5 Claude J. Pelletier [CJP] — Publisher / Manager ANIME & MANGA RELEASES ...... 6 Martin Ouellette [MO] — Editor-in-Chief PRODUCTS RELEASES ...... 8 Miyako Matsuda [MM] — Editor / Translator NEW RELEASES ...... 11 MODEL NEWS ...... 50 Contributors Aaron & Keith Dawe, Kevin Lillard James S. Taylor, Mario Tessier REVIEWS LIVE-ACTION ...... 15 Layout MODELS ...... 50 The Safe House MANGA ...... 51 Cover PA PICKS ...... 52 ANIME ...... 53 Cover art courtesy of , Inc. Links © Morning Star / / ANIME CAPSULES ...... 56 WOWOW-TV / Bandai Entertainment Proofreading & Editing SPOTLIGHTS The Safe House, Dominique Durocher LIVE-ACTION TV SERIES: SALARYMAN KINTARO (Manga, TV Series Overview & Synopses) ...... 21 Aaron & Keith Dawe (Overview, Character & Files, Synopses) ...... 25 CREST OF THE STAR ...... 28 Color Separation & Linotronic ALPHA ...... 36 Typo Express, Inc. KEEPERS (Overview, Character & Mecha Files, Synopses) ...... 38 ORDIAN (Overview, Character & Mecha Files, Synopses) ...... 41 Printing Payette & Simms, Inc. ANIME WORLD Special Thanks to Fantasia 2000 (Part 3: More Japanese and Asian Movies!) ...... 16 Jerry Chu (BEI), Pierre Corbeil (Fantasia), Julien Fonfrède Fantasia 2000: Anecdotes From Mr. Mitsuhisa Ishikawa ...... 17 (Fantasia), Jean-François Fortier (DP9), Chad Kime (Pioneer), Mi-Jeong Lee (Fantasia), Michael Liu, Nikaku MontrealSample World Film Festival file(Part 2: More Japanese Movies Reviews) ...... 18 Animart, Danielle Opyt (Manga), Pierre Ouellette (DP9), Convention Reports: AWA, NanDesuKan, NekoKon ...... 45 Mee-Lise Robinson (CPM), Nene Tamaki, Maki Terashima The Modern Japanese Music Database (Part 8) ...... 48 (I.G.-USA), Ken Wiatrik (ADV), Vincent Wilson, Nobu Yamamoto (BEI), Yui Yuasa ANIME STORIES A.D. POLICE ...... 57 SUBSCRIPTION ANGEL'S EGG (TENSHI NO TAMAGO) ...... 58 One year (6 issues): $30 US/Can (in : add GST), or INU-YASHA (THE DOG DEVIL) ...... 59 $45 US overseas. Send check/money-order to: Protoculture, ...... 60 P.O. Box 1433, Station B, Montreal, Qc., Canada, H3B 3L2. SEIKAI NO SENKI (WAR FLAG OF THE STAR) ...... 61 DISTRIBUTORS LETTERS ...... 62 In Canada: Anime Universe ((905) 212-9719), Snap! ((416) 588- 4006). In U.S.A.: Anime Nation ((727) 796-7561), Berkley Dist. (North: (510) 845-9851 or South: (310) 632-8448), Complete PROTOCULTURE ADDICTS #64. January / February 2001. The Anime & Manga magazine. Published bimonthly Strategist ((212) 685-3880), Diamond ((410) 560-7100), FM In- by PROTOCULTURE Enr., P.O. Box 1433, Station B, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3B 3L2. FAX: (514) 527-0347. ternational ((608) 271-7922), HKT ((914) E-: [email protected]. Web: http://www.protoculture.qc.ca/PA. 296-1236), Kinokuniya (NY: (212) PROTOCULTURE ADDICTS is ©2001 by Protoculture Enr. The copyrights and trademarks mentioned herein are the 765-7766, SF: (415) 567-7625, property of their respective owners. PROTOCULTURE ADDICTS acknowledges the creators and copyrights holders of the Seattle: (206) 587-2477), materials mentioned or pictured herein, and does not seek to infringe on their rights. All rights to articles/artwork revert Mangamania ((800) 626-4277), to their respective writers/artists upon publication. Contributors are responsible for their views which are not Nikaku Animart ((408) 971- necessarily those of PROTOCULTURE ADDICTS. No part of this magazine can be reproduced without permission from 2822), Planet Anime ((713) 523- the publisher — except for review purposes. Spoiler Warning: This magazine contains important plot details about 7122), RPV ((714) 671-1270). several Japanese animation. Reader discretion is advised. In England: Esdevium (011 44 125226116). Legal deposit at the National Library of Quebec & National Library of Canada Printed in Canada ISSN 0835-9563 4 PRESENTATION ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○

The Mainstream Anime Culture and the 21st Century. First of all, Happy New Year 2001 to you all from the staff Protoculture Addicts Magazine! And we are now officially living in the 21st Century! Right now, Japanimation is CREDITS really literally spreading all over the world very rapidly (with the exception, maybe, of the Islamic Middle East), Agent Aika © / . English Version © , Co. Amazing Nurse Nanako © 1999 / thanks to the Internet, and it has surely become a part of the mainstream entertainment pop culture. has Pioneer, LDC. Angel Link © Morning Star/ Sunrise/ WOWOW-TV/ Bandai Entertainment. Angel’s Egg/Tenshi No Tamago © Mamoru many great cinema directors, actors, singers, etc., but they are not as popular as Pikachu, because anime, the Oshii/ Ten Production/ Tokuma Shoten/ Tokuma Japan Communica- moving drawn pictures, charms almost all citizens of this planet! tions. Blood: The Last Vampire © 2000 Production I.G./ SVW/ SCE/ IG Plus/ IPA. © 1998 Sunrise. English Version © 1999 AnimeVillage.com. Crest Of The Star/Seikai No Monshou © It has been 40 years since anime showed up in Japan (the first TV anime, Astroboy, arrived in 1963) and the Hiroyuki Morioka/ Hayakawa Shoten/ Sunrise. Demon Warrior Koji anime culture keeps rising and rising without any apparent decline. So, the question is, “What kind of anime work © 1999 Toshio Maeda/ Sepia Corporation. English Version © 2000 A18 Co. Dr. © 1998 Imamura Productions/ TOEI/ Tohoku will be popular in the 21st Century?” Anime, as well as cinema, is the true reflection of our time. Shinsha/ . English Version © Kino Video. Dual! © 1999 AIC/ Pioneer LDC, Inc. English Version © Pioneer Entertain- In this issue, PA#64, we are introducing you to many high-quality new anime shows like Ordian, Gatekeepers, ment (U.S.A) L.P. Fushigi Yügi OVA #1 © 1996 Yu Watase/ / Bandai Visual/ Studio / . English Version Angel Links and . Compared to the heroes & heroines of the past (who used to be goody-goody © 2000 Pioneer Entertainment (USA) L.P. Fushigi Yügi © 1995 Yu characters who fight against the evil forces), all the characters in those shows are now portrayed as humans who Watase / Shogakukan • TV • Studio Pierrot. All Rights Re- served. Licensed by Fuji Creative Corporation. English Version pack- can make mistakes and have “Dark Sides”. Ruriko, one of the main characters of Gatekeepers, is most human, aging © Pioneer Entertainment (USA) L.P. © Sunrise. Eng- lish Version © 2000 A.D. Vision, Inc. GateKeepers © / for she gets used by an evil doctor, who takes advantage of her dark side and weak personality. Those shows tell Kadokawa Shoten/ GK Project. Wing: Endless Waltz (Movie us that we, Humans, are the source of evil, because we have destroyed a large part of Earth’s nature. Also, many Version) © Agency/ Sunrise, Inc. English Version © 2000 Bandai Entertainment. Inu-Yasha (Anime Version) © Rumiko anime shows emphasize “true friendship”. Why? In Japan, or many parts of North America, Europe, even China, Takahashi/ Shogakukan/ Yomiuri-TV/ Sunrise. Irresponsible Cap- one family might have only one or two children. In the past, in the large families, members of the family helped tain Tylor OVA © 2000 Taira Yoshioka/ Kadokawa Shoten/ Tylor Project. English Version © 2000 The Right Stuf International, Inc. each other, but how can one child help himself when hardships occur? Friendship does count and it has become Kacho Oji/ © AIC/ Pioneer/ LDC. English Version © 2000 Pioneer entertainment (U.S.A) L.P. Knight Of Ramune (VS a very big deal in anime today. All the shows’ characters from all different races and backgrounds are trying to Knight Ramune & 40 Fresh) © 1997 Ashi Productions Co., Ltd. cope against hardships with friendship (they can no longer count on kinship). I think this theme will continue in English Version © 1999 Software Sculptors, Ltd. Love Hina © / Love Hina Hotspring Organization/ TV Tokyo. the anime of this century and let’s hope this trend will spread globally. Even in shows like Card Captor Sakura, II: The Movie © Big West/ Macross II Project. English Version © , Inc. Masquerade © 1998 AIC/ Beam Enter- Doremi, , etc., magical powers are shared by friends to communicate better and a lot of video games are tainment. English Version © 2000 A18 Co. © 1996 Satoru also shared among friends. A manga character, Kintaro (from Salaryman Kintaro ), says “Friends are my life!” Akahori/ Kadokawa Shoten/ JVC/ J.C. Staff. English Version © 2000 Software Sculptors, Ltd. Wing © 1999 Sun- rise/ Sotsu Agency/ ANB. English Version © 1999 Bandai Entertain- One more thing. Anime, as well as manga books, has received cultural recognition in Japan by all ages (adults ment, Inc. Models by Bandai Co., Ltd. Mobile Suit Gundam © Sun- watch anime as a matter of fact), so in Japan today there is a word, “Kid Anime”, to distinguish children’s shows rise. English Version © AnimeVillage.com. Models by Bandai Co., Ltd. © . English Version © 2000 from adult shows. What a difference! Just a while ago, I never dreamed that the anime culture could become A.D. Vision, Inc. New A.D. Police © 1999 AIC/ A.D. Police Commit- mainstream culture, even in Japan. Now that we are in the 21st Century, let us see what kind of anime works will tee. English Version © A.D. Vision, Inc. Nightwalker: Midnight De- tective © Ayana Itsuki/ AIC/ BeSTACK/ Bandai Visual/ Mitsubishi become popular! Corporeation. English Version © 2000 Central Park Media Co. Ordian © 2000 Plum/ Ordian Production Committee. Panda Go Panda © Miyako Matsuda TMS. English Version © Pioneer Entertainment (USA) L.P. Phantom Quest Corps © AIC/ Pioneer LDC. English Version © Pioneer Enter- tainment (U.S.A) L.P. Photon © 1997 AIC/ Photon Project. English • • • Sample file Version © Central Park Media Co., Ltd. © Nibariki. English Version © Alliance Atlantis/ Miramax. Pure Love © If only the people who don't understand the anime phenomenon and keep talking about violence in anime (like 1998 LIBIDO/ DAIEI. English Version © 2000 A18 Co. Salaryman Kintaro (Manga Version) © 1994 Motomiya Hiroshi. Serial Experi- in a recent Times article) could see it the same way we do... Don't misunderstand: there is violence in ment Lain © 1998 / Pioneer LDC. English Version © some anime, but why do those people see ONLY the violence and the sexuality in anime? There are so many other 1999 Pioneer Entertainment (USA) L.P. © 1996- 1997 Princess Project/ Bandai Visual/ MOVIC. English Version © aspects in it! With the growing popularity of anime in North America (and elsewhere in the world) — obvious, if 2000 Central Park Media Co. Silent Möbius: The TV Series © Stu- dio Tron/ Kadokawa Shoten/ Bandai Visual/ Sotsu Agency/ TV To- ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ we consider the number of anime showing on TV and the huge amount of DVD releases (I can't believe that some kyo. English Version © Bandai Entertainment, Inc. Next © say anime is just a fad and that even anime in Japan is on the decline! Anime might be changing, evolving, but I Kanzaka Hajime/ Araizumi Rui/ Slayers Production Committee. Eng- lish Version © 1999 A.D.Vision, Inc. StreetFighter Alpha © 1999 bet it is here to stay for a long time!) — we still have a lot of work to make those people understand the CAPCOM/ Manga Entertainment. Tenamonya Voyagers © 1999 Ryouei Tsukimura/ Tenamonya Project/ Bandai Visual/ Studio Pierrot. complexity and beauty of Japanese animation. As first reading, I would definitely recommand them our book English Version © Bandai Entertainment. © 1998 Yasuhiro Nigthow/ Shonen Gao-Sha/ Tokuma Shoten/ JVC. English Version Anime: A Guide To Japanese Animation [1958-1988] which has finally been published! (just joking! — but what © 2000 Pioneer Entertainment (USA) L.P. War Flag Of The Stars/ a relief to have finaly finished this project! It's REALLY an essential reference...) Seikai No Senki © Hiroyuki Morioka/ Hayakawa Shobou/ Sunrise/ WOWOW TV. Wings Of Honneamise © 1988 GAINAX/ Bandai. Eng- This issue is covering a couple of the new titles that Bandai is bringing to North America in 2001 (Angel Links and lish Version © 2000 Manga Entertainment, Inc. Crest Of The Star) as well as Salaryman Kintaro (manga & live-action TV show), GateKeepers, Ordian and Street ILLUSTRATIONS “Animation Video Collectors Guide” mook (Genko-Sha, 1986, Fighter Alpha (just released by Manga Entertainment). This issue also offers “Anime World” articles (the remain- 180 pg., 48 in color, ¥880): 92. AX Magazine “AX On WOWOW” insert (): 2-9. AX Magazine “The Movie & TV Series” insert ing parts of the Fantasia and Montreal's World Film Festival reviews, The Modern Japanese Music Database Part (Sony): 22-25. AX Magazine (Sony): #014 (05-99): 80; #024 (03- 8), overviews of recent anime shows (“Anime Stories” on A.D. Police, Angel's Egg, Inu-Yasha, Love Hina and 00): 87-89; #026 (05-00): 54-55, 85; #027 (06-00): 74, 76; #030 (09-00): 46-49. Beat Magazine (Bandai): (06-00): 13; (08-00): 8- War Flag Of The Star), the usual Reviews (of the latest Anime videos, Manga, live-action movies and Model Kits), 9. Festival Des Films Du Monde De Montréal 2000 Official Pro- gram: 77, 129, 140, 184, 189, 232, 340, 342. Instruction Booklet and the latest news! Enjoy! for MS-07B Gouf model (Bandai). Magazine (Kadokawa Shoten): (05-00): 169-176; (06-00): 14-17, 228; (08-00): 185- NEXT ISSUE (PA#65, coming late March/early April): spotlights on Bandai's popular series Marionette (J, 191. Salaryman Kintaro manga #1 (Motomiya Hiroshi, Young Comics, 220 pg., B & W, ¥505). J Again, R and J To ) and movie Dark Soldier D, as well as the second part of our coverage on All other illustrations come from promotional artwork, cover art (episodes #28-50). Plus “Anime Stories” on Boys Be..., Furi Kuri, infinite Ryvius, NieA_7 and ! or directly from the animation. They remain the property of their respective owners. Claude J. Pelletier ANIME & MANGA NEWS 5

— JAPAN — JAPAN — JAPAN — JAPAN — JAPAN — JAPAN — Anime DVD Top Chart in Sept. 2000 was as follow: 1. FLCL / FuriKuri # 3 (King Record); 2. Love Hina Process 2 (King ○○○○○○○○ Dr. ’s manga adaptation anime Metropo- Record); 3. infinite Ryuvius Vol. 5 (Bandai Visual); 4. Little Mermaid—Return to the Sea (Buena Vista Home Entertain- lis is supposed to be completed in 2001. Directed by ment); 5. Iron Angel Kurumi (); 6. Gundam W DVD Collection 3 (Bandai Visual); 7. Star Crest Extra episode Rin Taro (X), it will be distributed world-wide by Sony ‘The Birth’ (Bandai Visual); 8. Betterman Vol. 13 (Japan Victor); 9. Vol. 6 (Abex Mode); and 10. Turn A Gundam (first in theatres, then in VHS and DVD). This feature- #9 (Bandai Visual). (Sources: .co.jp and AX # 32, Nov. 2000) length anime movie will be shown at the Berlin World Cowboy Bebop: The Movie in 2001!. Cool guy Spike, wild nice guy Jet, sexy and dangerous Faye, cute Ed and Ein (the Film Festival and at Cannes Film Festival as well. It is a genius dog), as well as Victor and Electra, are coming back to us in 2001 in Cowboy Bebop: The Movie; Knockin’ on ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ story about the co-existence of humans and robots in Heaven’s Door! The theatrical release date is sometime in 2001 and the story takes place on Mars, before Halloween the future. (Source: Newtype 01-01). (between the TV episodes 22 & 23). Faye is there enjoying her gambling, and, as always, got involved in an incident, just G-Saviour TV show, created as a commemoration work because she’s there at the wrong time. Now the Bebop crew want to capture the criminal and get the enormous bounty, to celebrate the 20th year of Gundam, was produced by but the truth is rather unexpected! Written by (the pen name of all the Sunrise studio members), directed both Japanese and American studios (in Hollywood). by Shinichiro Watanabe, with a screenplay by Atsuko Nobumoto, and character by (Source: The cast utilizes all American actors and the Japanese AX Magazine #33, Dec. 2000, pg. 14-15; ANN) language version will be aired through TV-Asahi. Earth Girl Aljuna, the newest project from anime director Shoji Kawamori (Macross), started on January 9th on (Source: AX # 32, Nov. 2000) TV-Tokyo. The heroine, Juna Ariyoshi, can the flow of life from the Earth. Director Kawamori is trying to Mobile Suit Gundam Playstation 2, 3-D action shoot- make an animation with 3D characters (not only the mecha in 3D). One summer day, Juna had an accident. Her ing game was released in Dec. 2000. This game is based spirit went through the hospital and flew toward the night sky. Then, she saw the Earth of the future, with evil on the first Gundam with the original characters (such creatures named Rajah. A guy named Chris Horken shows up in front of her with the Power Stone. Can she save as Sha, Ramba and Jion soldiers) and the Zack MS-06. the Earth? (Source: Newtype 01-01). Gundam fans can now play and experience the battle- Japan’s new trend: Manga Video. Publishers seem to be always looking for new ways of delivering manga. After the field in this exciting game. Website: www.bandai.co.jp CD-Rom manga and the eManga (like the manga available on the internet from www.comicsone.com), now, for the (Source: Newtype 11-00) last year or so, the “Manga Video” has gradually grown in popularity. This is NOT anime. The video offers the image Mutsumi Inomata () is working on a new anime, of the manga book pages, frame by frame, with voice actors / actresses who read the dialogues (!), accompanied by , based on the Playstation RPG. background music. It is a bit like the “books On Tapes” used in North America. So far, titles like ’s Devil King Studio is working on this project. The story is Dante, ’s Orion, ’s Harlock, etc., have been released. Would you like to specifically written for the anime, based on the game have your manga read by professional voice actors? (Source: AX Magazine #33, Dec. 2000). On a similar note, characters — particularly the main character Farah. It Square will add manga as content on its play online network following an agreement with the publisher of Shonen will be on Wowow-TV in early 2001. (Sources: AX # 32, Jump, . (Source: ANN) Nov. 2000; ANN) () has completed his new movie, Avalon, which is basically a live-action show series will start a third season in Feb- including some hand-drawn anime materials and digital computer images. It’s about a female warrior who fights ruary, entitled More! Ojamajo Doremi! There will be as a solo player. The film will be released to theatres in Japan in 2001. Everything was shot in Poland (even the new characters, including Momoko Asuka, who lived in actors are Polish!), along with the friendly aid of the Polish military — so fans can take a look at real weapons. the USA and speaks English better than Japanese. Their The story takes place in the near future, and the world has become very dangerous because young people go new shop (Maho-Do) will now be a bakery, with lots of crazy about playing “illusionary war games”. There is a game called SampleAvalon that destroys people’sfile minds and sweet cakes! (Source: Newtype 01-01). they become like zombies — maimed and crippled for life! Meanwhile, the female solo-player Ash is very popular Radix HP in English! Since anime has become popular among the youth due to her skillful performance. Ash decides to challenge Avalon and people tell her that there worldwide, the company Radix (who has worked on Mas- is an illusion field inside. She goes forward to play (or fight) this dangerous battle! Can she succeed and win the ter Mosquiton and Nazca) has produced an English lan- game? Screenplay written by Kazunori Ito (). You can look forward to a new style of speculative fiction guage versions of their web page for fans overseas. If with Oshii’s new live . ©2000 Mamoru Oshii & Avalon Project. Check the website: www.avalon-net.com fans would like to read messages from their creative and (Source: Newtype 11-00) production staff people, please take a look at their Internet Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi, the new movie by (Nausicaa, Mononoke Princess), is due for release in homepage: www.radixzero.co.jp. If you’re a fan of Nanako, Japan this summer. It is the story of Chihiro, a 10 year-old girl, who wonders into a mysterious space while she was don’t overlook this homepage! (Source: AX # 32, Nov. 2000) moving to suburb with her parents. It is “the other world” of gods and monsters, which is ruled by a witch. There, Web news — has launched an English ver- humans are changed into animals and disappear. Chihiro, who always looks listless, starts working to survive. Could she sion of its web site: www.kodanclub.com — Produc- come back to her world?” (Sources: Kinema Jumpo, ANN) tion I.G. has launch an online store on their English Shoji Kawamori (Macross) worked on a new TV show entitled The Earth Defense Family for Wowow-TV which started web site offering cels, rare posters, storyboards, scripts airing in January 2001. It is animated by studio Group Tak (Tale of Genji) and produced by Bandai Visual. There are lots and other items that are rare or hard to get on the mar- of computer graphics and the character designs are by Kazuaki Mouri. Since Macross, Kawamori mostly worked as ket: www2.production-ig.co.jp/eng2/shopping.htm mecha-designer and visual creator, but, this time, he wrote the story. In the near future, in , the Daichi (Source: ANN). family is given unlimited power and is forced to accept their duty as the Earth Defense Family. In order to win, being able Wrestloid Baby, the latest project of Ken’ichi Sonoda to work together is critical, but the members of the Daichi family (the parents and their two children) are fighting each (), is an animation about female robot other constantly. A heart warming, comedy. (Source: AX # 32, Nov. 2000) wrestling, and started on January 15th. (Source: ANN) The Siamese Cat: The First Mission is a feature-length theatrical animated movie directed by (creator of Z.O.E., The Red Wilderness is the latest anime pro- Lupin III) that will be released in spring 2001. The story is based on an old manga by Monkey Punch and the female duced by Sunrise, in collaboration with Konami — who character was the prototype for Lupin III’s . There are two female agents (known as Siamese Cat) named will release the robot-battle game in February. The anime Naomi and Jun and they fight against a terrorist called Kaido. Monkey Punch is also the general Manager of this anime will be an adaptation of the game, but with different project while the director is Masahiro Hosada. Character designs by Shingo Araki and Michi Himeno. designs. It is the story of space pilot Radam in the 22nd plays Jun! Fans can look forward to watching battle scenes between the two ladies and the terrorist! © Monkey Punch/ Century. (Source: Newtype 01-01). Art Port (Source: AX # 32, Nov. 2000)

ANN = www.animenewsnetwork.com 6 ANIME RELEASES ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ AMAZING NURSE NANAKO VOL. 3: THE LAST SPIRAL P D/S 60 24.98 JAN U T U R E R E L E A S E S #2: EVERLASTING MEMORIES (Uncut) P D/S 100 24.98 JAN CARDCAPTORS #2: POWER MATCH (Edited) P D 75 14.98 JAN May 29 Virus ME FUSHIGI YUGI OVA #3 P D/S 90 24.98 JAN June 19 Big O (DVD) B TRIGUN #6: PROJECT SEEDS P D/S 75 24.98 JAN June 26 (TV) ME POKEMON #25: ROUND ONE / #26: FRIENDS & RIVALS VV D 70 ea 14.98 ea JAN Spring Macross (DVD, Original TV Series) AE POKEMON THE MOVIE 2000 WB D 22.96 JAN Spring? (new movie) UV DEMON WARRIOR KOJI A18 D 120 29.99 01/09 July 3 Gundam 8th M.S. Team (VHS/DVD) B JUBEI-CHAN #4 (Eps 11-13): FINAL SHOWDOWN B D 75 19.98 01/09 July RS MAZE TV #5: BEATING HEART SS D 75 19.99 01/09 Aug. 7 Gundam M.S. 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The last three columns are the RANMA 1/2 MM #4: DADDY DEAREST VV S 52 28.95 04/17 duration (in minutes), the price (in $US), and the release date (street). MARTIAN SUCCESSOR NADESICO #9: HEAVENLY BODIES ADV D/S 60 19.98/29.95 04/24 Sources: USA Anime and Manga Report (www.sirius.com/~cowpunk), Previews and anime releasers’ announcements. MANGA RELEASES 7 ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ M A N G A S E L E C T I O N AKIRA 2 DH 24.95 Mar EXTRA VOL. 4 [manga anthology] 3-4 VIZ 4.95 Feb/Mar BENKEI IN NEW YORK, VOL. 1. Manga doesn’t get any ANIMERICA VOL. 9 [magazine] 2-3 VIZ 4.95 Feb/Mar more noir than this. Benkei is just another expatriate Japa- AQUA KNIGHT Part 2 5 (/5) VIZ 3.50 Feb nese artist living in the Big Apple. Or so it appears. As AQUA KNIGHT Part 3 1 (/5) VIZ 3.50 Mar these “diabolical hard-boiled stories” show, surfaces ART OF GUNDAM WING [96pg] BK VIZ 19.95 Mar BIZZARIEN [Senno Knife] 6-7 SF 2.95 Feb/Mar aren’t always what they seem. Flashbacks delve into sor- (#54-55): THE GATHERING 12-13 (/15) DH 2.95 Feb/Mar did, secret past lives, and old scores, long festering, BLADE OF THE IMMORTAL: HEART OF DARKNESS GN DH 16.95 Apr emerge without warning, asking to be settled. And Benkei’s CARDCAPTOR SAKURA 13-14 TP 2.95 Feb/Mar secret? Maybe it’s just that he’s the only artist in town VOL. 1 POCKET MIXX GN TP 14.95 Feb COMLETE KIA ASAMIYA SKETCH COLLECTION [200 pg] BK FB 16.95 Mar who isn’t dreaming of being a hitman-for-hire. He is one. CPM 5th ANNIVERSARY PACK 1 CPM 19.95 Mar Each self-contained episode in this complete Benkei col- DANCE TILL TOMORROW VOL. 4 GN VIZ 15.95 Mar lection is a tightly plotted, beautifully rendered, and psy- DARK ANGEL [Kia Asamiya] 22-23 CPM 2.95 Feb/Mar chologically harrowing ride into the heart of urban dark- DRAGONBALL (BOOK 3) 9-10 (/14) VIZ 2.95 Feb/Mar DRAGONBALL Vol. 4 GN VIZ 14.95 Feb ness. Hard-boiled tale of revenge, rendered in the tight- DRAGONBALL Z (BOOK 4) 3-4 (/15) VIZ 2.95 Feb/Mar lipped, fine-line style of the estimable Jiro Taniguchi, one DRAGONBALL Z VOL. 4 GN VIZ 14.95 Mar of the creators of Hotel Harborview. Viz, story by Jinpachi EAGLE: MAKING OF AN ASIAN-AMERICAN PRESIDENT 13-14 (/14) VIZ 6.95 Feb/Mar Mori, art by Jiro Tanaguchi, b&w, 224 pages, $16.95 US EL HAZARD: THE MAGNIFICENT WORLD PART 2 1-2 (/5) VIZ 2.95 Feb/Mar ($26.00 Can), avail. on 05/21/01. FUSHIGI YUGI VOL. 4 : BANDIT GN VIZ 15.95 Feb FUTABA-KUN CHANGE! Vol. 4 GN IC 15.95 Mar DAHLIA THE VAMPIRE #1. This six-issue mini-series is FUTABA-KUN CHANGE! Vol. 6 2-3 IC 2.95 Feb/Mar the tale of Lia D. Green, a mysterious English-bred high [Akihiro Ito] 24-25 CPM 2.95 Feb/Mar G-FAN [magazine] 50 DE 3.95 Mar school student who lives alone in a huge mansion. The [Ben Dunn] 10 (/12) AP 2.95 Mar only thing known about her, besides her one green and [Collects Vol. 1-2, 224pg] GN PP 9.95 Mar one brown eye, is that she likes to draw. But that is only GUNDAM WING POCKET MIXX VOL. 2 GN TP 9.95 Mar on the surface! Check out why Miss Kakinouchi (Vam- GUNDAM WING 11-12 TP 2.95 Feb/Mar GUNSMITH CATS: KIDNAPPED GN DH 16.95 Mar pire Miyu) has made a name for herself for her haunt- GUNSMITH CATS: MISTER V 5-6 (/11) DH 3.50 Feb/Mar ingly sweet gothic tales. Ironcat, story & art by Narumi HARLEM BEAT POCKET MIXX VOL. 6 GN TP 9.95 Mar Kakinouchi, B&W, 32 pg, $2.95, avail. in April. HOW TO DRAW MANGA : FIGURE DRAWING 4 AP 4.95 Mar HYPER DOLLS VOL. 5 6 IC 2.95 Feb GUNDAM WING: EPISODE ZERO #1. A new chapter in IMMORAL ANGEL * 14-15 CPMX 2.95 Feb/Mar the Gundam Wing saga unfolds! In his short time as a INU-YASHA: A FEUDAL FAIRY TALE PART 5 9-10 (/11) VIZ 2.95 Feb/Mar Gundam pilot, Duo Maxwell has endured more pain and LEGEND OF LEMNEAR VOL. 3 GN CPM 15.95 Mar hardships than most people experience in a lifetime. But LODOSS WAR: CHRONICLES OF THE HEROIC KNIGHT 6-7 CPM 2.95 Feb/Mar LONE WOLF AND CUB VOL. 7-8 [320/304pg] GN DH 9.95 Mar/Apr not even his comrades in arms could have known about MAGICAL POKÉMON JOURNEY PART 3 4 (/4) VIZ 4.95 Feb the ever-optimistic pilot’s even more tumultuous child- MAGICAL POKÉMON JOURNEY PART 4 1 (/4) VIZ 4.95 Mar hood as a war orphan — a time that would change his MAGICAL POKEMON JOURNEY VOL. 1 GN VIZ 13.95 Mar life forever. Viz, story and art by Reku Fuyunagi, a 4-issue MARTIAN SUCCESSOR NADESICO 21-22 CPM 2.95 Feb/Mar MAXION 15-16 CPM 2.95 Feb/Mar monthly series b&w, 40 pages, $2.95 US ($4.50 Can), MIRACLE GIRLSSample file 5-6 TP 2.95 Feb/Mar avail. on 4-27-01. : BLIND TARGET 1-2 VIZ 2.95 Feb/Mar SPELLBOUND : THE MAGIC OF LOVE #1. An original MOEBIUS KLEIN 2-3 FB 2.95 Feb/Mar NEON GENESIS EVANGELION BOOK 5 5-6 (/7) VIZ 2.95 Feb/Mar manga series written and drawn exclusively and specifi- NEW BONDAGE 11 EM 2.95 Mar cally for publication in America! Ami is your typical To- NO NEED FOR TENCHI PART 10 6-7 (/7) VIZ 2.95 Feb/Mar kyo teenager : hip, stylish and more inot music, fashion, OGENKI CLINIC VOL. 7 * 3-4 SF 2.95 Feb/Mar OH MY GODDESS! X #1-2: THE SECRET OF SPEED 1-2 (/2) DH 3.50 Feb/Mar and boys than school and her part-time job. But unlike ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ MIXX MANGA VOL. 6 GN TP 12.95 Mar most other teens, Ami also has a secret life — she’s a PEACH GIRL VOL. 1 GN TP 9.95 Feb practicing witch! Once given a powerful magic book, Ami POKÉMON ADVENTURES PART 3 7 (/7) VIZ 2.95 Feb has secretly been training in the mystic arts of magic. POKEMON TALES 17-18 VIZ 4.95 Mar And at times, her intentions are not always the most no- POKEMON : THE MOVIE 2000 GN VIZ 15.95 Mar PRINCESS OF DARKNESS GN EM 19.95 Mar ble! Sometimes she likes to test her spells (and sense of PRINCESS PRINCE [Tomoko Taniguchi] 5-6 CPM 2.95 Feb/Mar humor) on her friends, causing a little mischief at their PROTOCULTURE ADDICTS [magazine] 65 PA 4.95 Mar expense. However, she has yet to master the all-impor- PULP V0L. 5 [manga anthology] 3-4 VIZ 5.95 Feb/Mar tant spell of love… and win the heart of Hiro. But unbe- RANMA 1/2 PART 9 10-11 (/11) VIZ 2.95 Feb/Mar RANMA 1/2 VOL. 17 GN VIZ 15.95 Feb knownst to Ami, Hiro has fallen for the charms of Nicole, SAILOR MOON 28-29 TP 2.95 Feb/Mar the beautiful blonde American who has been been hang- 4-5 TP 2.95 Feb/Mar ing around their local haunts recently. What his her inter- SILENT MOBIUS: LOVE & CHAOS 3 (/6) VIZ 2.95 Feb est in Hiro, and how will all this affect Ami? Fanboy Com- SMILE VOL. 3 [shojo manga anthology] 3-4 TP 4.99 Feb/Mar ics, story & art by Tomoko Taniguchi, B&W, 32 pg, $2.95, SPELLBOUND : THE MAGIC OF LOVE 1-2 FB 2.95 Feb/Mar SUPER MANGA BLAST! [manga anthology] 10-11 DH 4.99 Feb/Mar avail. in February. SUPER TABOO EXTREME * 2-4 EM 3.95 Feb/Mar TIME TRAVELER AI 17-18 CPM 2.95 Feb/Mar LEGEND: UROTSUKIDOJI : LEGEND OF THE OVERFIEND BOOK 2 * GN CPMX 16.95 Feb AP: Antarctic Press; CPM: Central Park Media Manga; DE: Daikaju VAMPIRE PRINCESS YUI VOL. 2 2-3 IC 2.95 Feb/Mar Entreprises; DH: Dark Horse; EM: Eros MangaErotica (Studio Pro- VOICE OF SUBMISSION 2: GEHENNA * 5-6 EM 3.50 Feb/Mar teus/Fantagraphics); FB: Fanboy Comics; IC: Ironcat; RX: Radio WEATHER WOMAN 7-8 CPM 2.95 Feb/Mar Comix; SF: Sexy Fruit (IC); TP: .com (Mixx); WS: WildStorm (DC). GN: Graphic Novel. Prices are given in $US. * Adult titles. YELLOW CABALLERO : PIKACHU’S NEW PARTNER 1 (/4) VIZ 2.95 Mar Sources: Previews and publishers' press releases.