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Sample file CONTENTS 3 ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ PROTOCULTURE ✾ PRESENTATION ........................................................................................................... 4 STAFF NEWS ANIME & MANGA NEWS: Japan / North America ............................................................... 5, 10 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 Contributing Editors Aaron K. Dawe, Asaka Dawe, Keith Dawe REVIEWS Kevin Lillard, James S. Taylor MODELS: ....................................................................................................................... 33, 39 MANGA: ............................................................................................................................. 40 Layout FESTIVAL: Fantasia 2001 (Anime, Part 2) The Safe House Metropolis ...................................................................................................................... 42 Cover Millenium Actress ............................................................................................................ 45 FESTIVAL: Montreal World Film Festival 2001 (Part 1) ............................................................. 48 Battle Of The Planets ©1978-79 Gallerie Intl/Tatsunoko Pro/Sandy Frank. Used with permission of Rhino Video. ANIME ................................................................................................................................. 54 Proofreading & Editing The Safe House, Dominique Durocher SPOTLIGHTS Aaron & Keith Dawe FINAL FANTASY .................................................................................................................... 16 GATCHAMAN (Part 2) Color Separation & Linotronic Overview (II, F, Eagle Riders) ........................................................................................... 18 Typo Express, Inc. Characters ...................................................................................................................... 20 Synopsis (II, F) ................................................................................................................. 22 Printing Overview (Battle Of The Planets, G-Force) ........................................................................ 24 Payette & Simms, Inc. Mecha Files (Vehicles & Weapons) ................................................................................... 26 Special Thanks to Gatchaman Movie & Soundtrack CDs reviews .................................................................... 28 Jerry Chu (BEI), Jean-François Fortier (DP9), Gatchaman/Battle Of The Planets Comparison .................................................................. 30 Danielle Garnier (Manga), Chad Kime (Pioneer), Where's Waldo? An Interview With The Voice Of Princess: Janet Waldo ............................... 31 Michael Liu, Nikaku Animart, Pierre Ouellette (DP9), Mee-Lise Robinson (CPM), Ken Wiatrik Sample file (ADV), Vincent Wilson, Nobu Yamamoto (BEI) ANIME WORLD Convention Reports: Project A-Kon, Anime Expo ........................................................................ 50 SUBSCRIPTION The Modern Japanese Music Database (Part 12) .................................................................... 53 One year (6 issues): $30 US/Can (in Canada: add GST), or $45 US overseas. Send check/money- ANIME STORIES order to: Protoculture, P.O. Box 1433, Station B, MARCO .............................................................................................................................. 59 Montreal, Qc., Canada, H3B 3L2. DESCENDANT OF DARKNESS (Overview, Character & Synopses) .............................................. 60 GRAVITATION (Overview, Character & Synopses) ................................................................... 62 DISTRIBUTORS HAJIME NO IPPO (Overview, Character & Synopses) ............................................................... 64 INITIAL D (Overview, Character & Mecha Designs) .................................................................. 66 In Canada: Anime Universe ((905) 212-9719), Snap! ((416) 588-4006), Vidéos De Répertoire ((514) 596- KARAKURI KIDEN HIOU SENKI (Overview, Character & Synopses) ............................................ 67 2606). In U.S.A.: Anime Nation ((727) 796-7561), MAGIC CAMP GURU GURU .................................................................................................... 70 Complete Strategist ((212) 685-3880), Diamond ((410) 560-7100), FM International ((608) 271-7922), HKT PROTOCULTURE ADDICTS #68. October/ November 2001. The Anime & Manga magazine. Published ((914) 296-1236), Kinokuniya (NY: (212) 765-7766, bimonthly by PROTOCULTURE Enr., P.O. Box 1433, Station B, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3B 3L2. SF: (415) 567-7625, Seattle: (206) FAX: (514) 527-0347. E-mail: [email protected]. Web: http://www.protoculture.qc.ca 587-2477), Mangamania ((800) 626-4277), Nikaku PROTOCULTURE ADDICTS is ©2001 by Protoculture Enr. The copyrights and trademarks mentioned herein are Animart ((408) 971-2822), the property of their respective owners. PROTOCULTURE ADDICTS acknowledges the creators and copyrights Planet Anime ((713) 523- holders of the materials mentioned or pictured herein, and does not seek to infringe on their rights. All rights to 7122), RPV ((714) 671- articles/artwork revert to their respective writers/artists upon publication. Contributors are responsible for their views which are not necessarily those of PROTOCULTURE ADDICTS. No part of this magazine can be reproduced 1270). In England: without permission from the publisher — except for review purposes. Spoiler Warning: This magazine contains Esdevium (011 44 important plot details about several Japanese animation. Reader discretion is advised. 125226116). Legal deposit at the National Library of Quebec & National Library of Canada Printed in Canada ISSN 0835-9563 4 PRESENTATION ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ September 11th, 2001, The Day That Changed Us All. On Sept. 11, 2001, in a beautiful morning blue sky over New York City, the whole world witnessed an incredible tragedy, something that can hardly be put into words. Horrible CREDITS suffering, planes crashing into buildings, explosions, the death of so many people who just happened to be at the World ARTICLES: Battle Of The Planets ©1978-79 Gallerie Intl/Tatsunoko Pro/ Sandy Frank. Doki Doki Densetsu: Maho Jin Guru Guru ©2000 Hiroyuki Trade Center, at the wrong place, at the wrong time. Those horrible images will burn into our minds forever. I’m sure Eto / Enix • TV-Tokyo • Sotsu Agency • Nippon Animation. Eagle Riders ™&©1996 Saban. Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within ©2001 Columbia Pic- most readers of this magazine never thought this would ever happen in New York City, especially young people who tures Industries, Inc. All Right Reserved. Gatchaman ©1972 Tatsunoko haven’t experienced anything so tragic (well, Hurricanes, Earthquakes, etc., destroy and kill people, but they’re all caused Production. Gatchaman OVAs ©1994 Tatsunoko Production Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved. Packaging Design ©1997 Urban Vision Entertainment. by nature...) in their short lifetime. Bombs? War? In New York City? Personnaly, when I first saw those horrible images G-Force ©1986 Gallerie/Tatsunoko/Turner. Gravitation ©2000 Maki Murakami / Sony • Magazines SME • Visual Works. Hajime no Ippo © on CNN, I stood frozen, as not one, but TWO planes flew into the WTC buildings. This is not a accident— It’s WAR, George Morikawa / Kodansha • VAP • NTV. Inital D © Hidekazu Shigeno / declared by very angry and evil people, I felt, and did not want to believe that THIS was really happening. You know, we Kodansha • Project Prime Direction Inc. • ToMax O.B.. Karakuri Kiden Hiou Senki © BONES • Noboru Aikawa. © Hiou Production Committee. Marco watch anime shows with war all the time, such as Gundam, Macross, etc., and all those images are usually fiction © Marco Project. Metropolis ©2001 Tezuka Production/ Metropolis pro- duction Committee. Millenium Actress ©2001 Satoshi Kon / GENCO Inc. / (although we’re moved to tears by some of those shows) or wars take place in the 3rd world, in far away lands such as The Klockworx Co. Ltd. Yami no Matsui-Ei © Yoko Matsushita • Yami no Africa and the Middle-East. But New York City? Matsu-Ei Production Committee. REVIEWS: Akira © 2001 Mash•Room Co. Ltd. Translation and English- On September 11th, I experienced more confusion and anger than in any other time in my entire life. We all go through language adaptation ©1991, 1992, 2001 Mash•Room Co. Ltd. and Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo. Graphic adaptation ©1999 Éditions Glénat. All other material personal crisis from time to time, but never to the point that it concerns national defense! This is truly a nightmare, ©2001 Dark Horse Comics, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Alien Defender Geo- Armor (Kishin Corps) © Masaki Yamada • Chuokoronsha • Pioneer LDC, created by the hands of angry terrorists full of hate, and it’s just darn ugly and horrible. I was emotionaly numb with Inc. Bastard!! ©1992 Kazushi