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Sample file CONTENTS 3 ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ PROTOCULTURE ✾ PRESENTATION ...... 4 STAFF WHAT'S GOING ON? & NEWS ...... 5 Claude J. Pelletier [CJP] — Publisher / Manager VIDEO & MANGA RELEASES ...... 6 Martin Ouellette [MO] — Editor-in-Chief PRODUCTS RELEASES ...... 8 Miyako Matsuda [MM] — Editor / Translator NEW RELEASES ...... 10 Contributors Aaron Dawe, Asaka Dawe, Keith Dawe REVIEWS Kevin Lillard, James S. Taylor LIVE-ACTION ...... 15 Layout BOOKS ...... 19, 49 MODELS ...... 36 The Safe House MANGA ...... 52 Cover PA PICKS ...... 53 Ghislain Barbe ANIME ...... 54 Turn A ©1999 / Fuji TV ANIME CAPSULES ...... 56 Detective Conan ©1996 Gôshô Aoyama / • Yomiuri TV • TMS Proofreading SPOTLIGHTS The Safe House, Dominique Durocher Overview ...... 21 Color Separation & Linotronic Character & Files ...... 22 Typo Express, Inc. Synopses (Eps. 1-26) ...... 26 Printing Color ...... 30 Payette & Simms, Inc. DETECTIVE CONAN Overview ...... 39 Special Thanks to Character & Mecha Files ...... 40 Jerry Chu (BEI), Pierre Corbeil (Fantasia), Sylvain Durand, Synopses (Eps. 1-13) & Manga ...... 42 Julien Fonfrède (Fantasia), Jean-François Fortier, Chad Kime (Pioneer), Mi-Jeong Lee (Fantasia), Michael Liu, Danielle Opyt (Manga), Mee-Lise Robinson (CPM), Nene ANIMESample WORLD file Tamaki, Ken Wiatrik (ADV), Vince Wilson, Patrick Wong Fantasia 2000 ...... 16 ( America), Nobu Yamamoto (BEI), Yui Yuasa Convention Reports: FanimeCon, Animazement, SakuraCon, , Project A-Kon .... 44 SUBSCRIPTION The Modern Japanese Music Database (Part 6) ...... 50 year (6 issues): $30 US/Can (in Canada: add GST), or $45 US overseas. Send check/money-order to: Protoculture, ANIME STORIES P.O. Box 1433, Station B, Montreal, Qc., Canada, H3B 3L2. ...... 58 ...... 59 KACHO OJI () ...... 60 DISTRIBUTORS KUROGANE COMMUNICATION ...... 61 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- LETTERS ...... 62 8448), Complete Strategist ((212) 685-3880), Diamond ((410) 560-7100), FM International ((608) 271-7922), HKT PROTOCULTURE ADDICTS #62. August / September 2000. The Anime & Manga magazine. Published bimonthly ((914) 296-1236), Kinokuniya (NY: (212) 765-7766, SF: by PROTOCULTURE Enr., P.O. Box 1433, Station B, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3B 3L2. FAX: (514) 527-0347. (415) 567-7625, Seattle: (206) E-mail: [email protected]. Web: http://www.protoculture.qc.ca/PA. 587-2477), Mangamania ((800) 626-4277), Nikaku PROTOCULTURE ADDICTS is ©2000 by Protoculture Enr. The copyrights and trademarks mentioned herein are the property of their respective owners. PROTOCULTURE ADDICTS acknowledges the creators and copyrights holders of the materials mentioned or Animart ((408) 971-2822), pictured herein, and does not seek to infringe on their rights. All rights to articles/artwork revert to their respective writers/artists upon Planet Anime ((713) 523- publication. Contributors are responsible for their views which are not necessarily those of PROTOCULTURE ADDICTS. No part of this 7122), RPV ((714) 671- magazine can be reproduced without permission from the publisher — except for review purposes. Spoiler Warning: This magazine 1270). In England: Esdevium contains important plot details about several Japanese . Reader discretion is advised. (011 44 125226116). Legal deposit at the National Library of Quebec & National Library of Canada Printed in Canada ISSN 0835-9563 4 PRESENTATION ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○

Turn A Gundam and Open & General Entertainment. This issue we’re introducing you to Turn A Gundam, which will probably surprise you a great deal! At first, for hardcore and Gundam fans, Turn A Gundam CREDITS Amazing Nurse Nanako © 1999 / Pioneer, LDC. Battle An- seems so different compared to the previous Gundam series: it might confuse you a bit! I think director Yoshiyuki gel © 1993 Yukito Kishiro/ Business / / KSS, Inc./ . DVD © 1999 A.D. Vision, Inc. English Version © 1999 Tomino wanted to go back to the basic essence of movie making — “Open & General Entertainment” — to A.D. Vision, Inc. © 1999 . English Version © 1999 , Inc. Blood: The Last appeal to almost everyone. He’s created a new genre of “literature anime with ”. Even if the viewer isn’t a Vampire © Production I.G./ I.G. Plus/ SPE Visual Works/ Computer Entertainment/ IPA. Blue Submarine #6 © 1998 Satoru science fiction fan, Turn A Gundam can be enjoyed with its literature like atmosphere (imagine a BBC-TV’s Ozawa/ / Toshiba EMI/ . English Version © 2000 AnimeVillage.com. 2040 © JVC/ AIC. Masterpiece Theatre costume play where Queen Diana could be played by young Helena Bonham Carter or English Version © 1999 A.D. Vision, Inc. TV© Tsukasa Hojo/ Nippon TV Station Network. English Version © 2000 A.D. someone like that). With a solid story of human relationships and a with a sunny disposition, Roland Seack, Vision, Inc. © 1998 Sunrise. English Version © 1999 AnimeVillage.com. Detective Conan © 1996 Gosho Aoyama/ Turn A should appeal to just about everyone! Even without knowledge of past Gundam series, a total newcomer Shogakukan/ Yomiuri TV/ TMS. Detective Conan manga (in French) © 1997 Dargaud. Eagle: The Making Of An Asian-Ameri- anime fan can enjoy this show which is almost like a soap opera (all the main female characters love Roland, etc.) can President © 2000 / Shogakukan, Inc. English Version © Viz Communications, Inc. Fushigi Yügi © 1995 Yu with early 20th century costumes. Watase / Shogakukan • TV • Studio . All Rights Re- served. Licensed by Fuji Creative Corporation. English Version In an interview with Magazine, director Tomino says, “Films like Luc Besson’s Fifth Element are not packaging © Pioneer Entertainment (USA) L.P. Generator Gawl © / Nippon Victor. manga easily understood by the general public because the film makers crossed the border of basic entertainment. It’s © 1999 Kenichi Sonoda. English Version © Dark Horse Comics, Inc. Irresponsible Tylor TV © 1998 Hitoshi Yoshiyoka/ a bit selfish to ignore the general public’s need for basics”. So, what is the basic? To have fun, right? Viewing has . English Version © The Right Stuf International, Inc. Kacho Oji © AIC/ Pioneer/ LDC. Key: The Metal Idol © 1994 to be FUN! If viewers can’t say, “oh, it was good and lots of fun”, what is the point of entertainment?!? When Hiroaki Sato/ Pony Canyon/ Fuji TV/ FCC/ Studio Pierrot. English Version © VIZ Communications, Inc. Kurogane Communication people (i.e. the general public) don’t understand what’s going on, we all start to lose interest, right? As for those © Tomomasa Takuma/ Hideo Kato/ Media Works/ Pony Canyon. Martian Successor Nadesico © TV TOKYO/ YOMIKO/ . serious Gundam fans, I that director Tomino wanted to say, “Please don’t take things too seriously. I want to English Version © 1999 A.D. Vision, Inc. © 1996 Satoru Akahori/ Kadokawa Shoten/ JVC/ J.C. Staff. English Version © entertain you. Please have fun!” With a total of 50 episodes, viewers get to experience a totally different hero in 2000 Software Sculptors, Ltd. Wing © 1999 Sunrise/ Sotsu Agency/ ANB. English Version © 1999 Bandai En- Roland who’s actually very honest, mild and gentle: he’s not undergoing a refraction bend like previous Gundam tertainment. Mobile Suit Gundam © Sunrise. English Version © AnimeVillage.com. Models by Bandai Co., Ltd. Rancher heroes! He’s not a tragic hero at all and is actually very natural. © 2000 TECMO • CBC • • TMS-K. English Version © 2000 A.D. Vision, Inc. Nazca © 1998 GENCO • RADIX/ Pioneer LDC/ Kadokawa Shoten/ TV Tokyo. English Version © 2000 Pioneer Come to think of it, it’s already been over 20 years since Gundam first appeared in 1979 during the height of the Entertainment (USA) L.P. © . English Version © 2000 A.D. Vision, Inc. Oh My Goddess! © 1996, Cold War (USA vs. the former Soviet Union — which has since disappeared off the face of the map). The Gundam 1997, 1999 Kosuke Fujishima/ , Ltd. English Version © 1996, 1997, 1999 / Dark Horse Comics, Inc. Origi- stories were very clear (one group against the other) but now, in 2000, this anime has no conception of justice or nal © 1985 EPIC•SONY, Inc./ MOVIC, Inc./ evil or anything (and it is more about a splinter, or terrorist, group). The characters just react to whatever CBS•SONY Group, Inc. English Version © 1999 Urban Vision En- tertainment. : The Movie 1 © Headgear/ Emotion/ TFC. happens to them in their lives — just like us in a way. Miss Kiel chuckles when she sees Gundam, “Oh, a bearded, English Version © Manga Entertainment, Inc. Please Save My Earth © 1994 Saki Hiwatari/ ( maga- white doll?!” With its beard and its erected private parts, this Gundam is a symbol of Queen Diana’s lover (oh, zine)/ Victor Entertainment/ ING, Co. English Version © VIZ Com- munications. Pokemon © 1995, 1996 & 1998 Nintendo/ CREA- how romantic?!). The ending might be a bit sad, but viewers should feel romantic (with the final episode “The TURES/ GAME FREAK. English Version © Viz Communications, Inc. Ruin Explorers © 1995 Kunihiko Tanaka/ Hobby / Bandai Golden Autumn”). And note that all the characters of this showSample are female! So, please file sit and enjoy this Visual/ Nippon Columbia/ MOVIC. English Version © 2000 A.D. Vision, Inc. Ova Series © 1999 N. Watsuki/ romantic anime with robots. Shueisha/ Fuji TV/ SPE Visual Works, Inc. English Version © 2000 A.D. Vision, Inc. Sakura Diaries © U-/ Shogakukan/ Kitty Film/ Victor Entertainment. English Version © 1999 A.D. Vision, Inc. Miyako Matsuda Silent Mobius Manga © 1995 Kia Asamiya/ Kadokawa Shoten Co., Ltd. English Version © 1999 Viz Comics. Silent Möbius: The TV Series © Studio Tron/ Kadokawa Shoten/ Bandai Visual/ Sotsu • • • Agency/ TV Tokyo. English Version © Bandai Entertainment, Inc. ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ OVA Series 2 © 1999 AIC/ Pioneer LCD Inc. English You are watching Gundam Wing on TV and you like it? Wait to see Turn A Gundam, the latest Gundam series, Version © 2000 Pioneer Entertainment (U.S.A) L.P. Sorcerer Hunt- ers © SA•RO•MW/ BA•TX•SE. English Version © 1998 A.D. Vi- which ended on Japanese TV just six months ago (on March 31st)! Since it is unlikely to be available any time sion, Inc. Steam Detectives manga © Kia Asamiya/ Studio Tron. English Version © VIZ Communications, Inc. Sword For Thruth soon in North America, this issue is offering you all the information you need to know about Turn A Gundam: © 1990 Takashi Narumi/ Promise Co., Ltd. English Version © Manga Entertainment, Inc. The Big O © Sunrise/ Wowow-TV/ overview of the story, character & mecha files, and synopses (for the first half of the series: episodes 1 to 26)! Bandai Visual. © 1998 Yasuhiro Nigthow/ Shonen Gao- Sha/ Tokuma Shoten/ JVC. English Version © 2000 Pioneer En- This issue also offers a Spotlight on Detective Conan (which might be broadcast on Fox later this Fall), reports on tertainment (USA) L.P. Turn A Gundam © Sunrise/ Sotsu Agency/ Fuji TV. Models by Bandai Co., Ltd. Vampire Hunter D © Kikuchi the Summer Conventions & Festivals (FanimeCon, Animazement, SakuraCon, Anime Central, Project A-kon, Hideyuki/ Asahi Sonorama/ Vampire Hunter D Committee. : The Movie © 1996 / X Project. English Version © Manga En- Fantasia), overviews of recent anime shows («Anime Stories» on The Big O, Generator Gawl, Kachô Oji (Aka tertainment, Inc. Black Heaven) and Kurogane Communication), the usual «Anime World» articles (The Modern Japanese Music ILLUSTRATIONS AX Magazine: #14 (05-99): 13-15; #16 (07-99): 49-50; #18 (09- Database Part 6, etc.), Reviews (of the latest Anime videos, Books, Manga, live-action movies and Model Kits), 99): 137; #19 (10-99): 34-35, 47, 72-73; #20 (11-99): 176-177. Detective Conan manga by Gosho Aoyama (French version, and the latest news! Enjoy and take care! Dargaud, Collection Kana, 1997-, ±180 pg. ea., $8.95 CAN ea.). M.S Encyclopedia (Media Works): pg. 110, 140. Newtype 100% “Gundam ZZ Perfect Edition” (Kadokawa Shoten, 1987, 9 1/4” x NEXT ISSUE: The movies of the summer (Blood: The Last Vampire, Escaflowne The Movie: A Girl In Gaia, 11 5/8”, 100 pg., 34 in Color, ¥980: pg. 39. Newtype Magazine Insert (05-99, 28 pg., B & W). Newtype Magazine: 04-99: 16-17. : Adolescence Of Utena, Vampire Hunter D), more conventions & festivals (, Turn A Gundam model instruction Booklets by Bandai. Turn A Gundam Newtype Film Books #1-2 (Kadokawa, 96 pg. ea., ¥860 , CNanime, more on Fantasia, the Montreal World Film Festival, etc.), and the usual anime stories, ea., ISBN 4-04-853104-2 & ISBN 4-04-853127-1). news & reviews! Reserve your copy now! All other illustrations come from promotional artwork, cover art or directly from the animation. They remain the property of their re- spective owners. Claude J. Pelletier ANIME & MANGA NEWS 5

— JAPAN — JAPAN — JAPAN — JAPAN — JAPAN — JAPAN — Anime Press Center, in Tokyo, collects a variety of anime resources in audiovisual (LD, CD, DVD, etc.) and ○○○○○○○○ Psy Fi Hurry is the first anime made by Jouji Iida, already printed (books, magazines, etc.) forms from all over the world. They also have conference and meeting rooms reknown for his live-action TV series Another Heaven (which and hope to become a central information center for the anime industry. For information: www.apc-japan.com. is a kind of Japanese X-Files). Set to start on TV in October, Card Captor SAKURA the movie was released in July! Titled Fuin Sareta Card (The Sealed Card), it is 90 it tells the story of a teenage ESPer who had difficulties minutes long. The story takes place in Sakura’s town during the “Nadesico (sweet william flowers) Festival” controlling his new powers and is pursued by a secret or- (which is also Sakura’s mother name). As people are busy to prepare for the festival, the amusement park is ganization. (Source: www.animenewsnetwork.com). attacked by mysterious lights! At the same time, Sakura’s cards begin to act strangely. For more information, ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Schell Bullet, the new manga by Mamoru Nagano (Five you can check the webpage of the movie distributor (www.shochiku.co.jp/), the webpage of the publisher of Star Stories), created in collaboration with Director the Sakura-chan’s manga (www.nakayosi-net.com/), or CLAMP’s official web-page (www.clamp-net.com/). Kunikiko Ikuhara (Sailor Moon, Utena), is finally avail- (Source: Newtype 06-00) able! Check the web-site to see Mr. Nagano’s fascinat- For The Barel is a new Gundam manga that will start serialization in the November issue of Newtype. Based on ing designs (www.jrt.co.jp/yos/ikuniweb/)! Due to the original novels, the manga (which will offer a new angle on the One Year War) will be super- ultra complex world of Schell Bullet, there is no project vised by Gichi Ohtsuka, with mecha designs by Junji Ohkubo and character designs by Shigeto Koyama. (Source: yet to produce any anime, garage kits or figures. (Spoiler www.animenewsnetwork.com). Warning!) Schell Bullet takes place in space. The main character, “Ols Brake,” got into a spaceship under a Gundam: the Ride is a simulation ride which has become a big attraction at the Fujikyu Amusement Park. false identity. The space ship’s inside & mecha are so There is also a new shop, “Gundam Mania”, where fans can buy Gundam goods. Since Americans have complicated, it takes people years to get used to it. Ols Disneyland to visit cartoon characters, Japanese children can now visit Fujikyu Highland Amusement Park to meets his colleague, “Delbie Ivers,” and she supports see Gundam characters! “It’s the Universal Century of 0079 in December. You’re on your way to take a trip to him a lot when he has his problems. Since Ols has a Side 6 as a space immigrant on the spaceship Suruga. On the way to Side 6, the battle begins!” The ride last false identity, he is just pretending to have ability and about 5 minutes (60 people at a time). Children must be taller than 110cm. The character designs for the he can’t do his job properly! Despite this, he goes to attraction were by done Haruhiko Mikimoto, who designed two major characters named Jack Beard and Adam the battle, riding “Schell”. He’s a nuisance to the other Stingray. (Source: Newtype 07-00) crew members, and yet he’s arrogant, he’s looking down Haruka Takachiho, ’s original writer, has a new home page where he writes reviews on anime shows on others. Although it’s basically a manga, the that he watches! Check it out: http://www.takachiho-haruka.com/. (Source: Newtype 07-00) basic theme is the people’s “weakness”, to show the inner struggle of teens. (Source: Newtype 06-00) Lucasfilm to co-produce an anime! Contrary to the way such co-productions were done before, Anime World (a new anime studio) will provide the $18.5 million U.S. budget and produce the key animation for the Studio Gonzo (Blue Submarine No. 6) is working on a feature film Chiisana Yosei Mirun (The Tiny Fairy Mirun) and Lucasfilm (George Lucas acting as executive pro- new anime, , based on the novel by Takeshi ducer) will produce the in-betweens. The story will chronicle the tale of a fairy who comes to Earth and talks to Mori. This anime will air on TV this fall, and is made the world through a crow. (Source: Yomiuri Shimbun & www.animenewsnetwork.com). with full-digital anime (i.e. robots and mecha were all drawn using computer graphics). The story takes place . Based on a manga by , this animated feature film (slated to be released next year in in a far away part of the Milky Way Galaxy where there Japan by and worldwide by Sony) was scripted by and directed by Rin Taro. It took five are two planets —one occupied totally by men, named years and $10 million to produce this story of three characters (a boy, a mechanical man and a robot) living in a Planet Torak, while the other is comprised only of society divided in two class: the elite and the underground. (Source: www.animenewsnetwork.com).Sample file women, named Planet Mejel. Basically both planets New Trends in Japan: Amazingly several Japanese DVDs have been released recently with English audio track or have been reproducing using cloning and have been subtitles. One is Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Koenmae Hashutsu-jo The Movie (Here is Kameari Park Police at war with each other for quite some time — they Booth). This funny police TV series (aka Kochi Kame), based on AKIMOTO Osamu manga published by Shueisha, hate each other’s guts! The main male character is a started in June 1996 and has now over 150 episodes! The movie was released in July on DVD (PCBC-50028, mechanic named Hibiki Tokai. One day he sneaks on ¥4935) with English subtitles (Info: www.ponycanyon.co.jp/intl/cannes2000/). Also available on DVD since July, to a battleship that’s fighting with Planet Mejel and he this time with an English audio track, is Kite Director’s Cut/International Version (GBBH-1025, ¥7140). This sees females for the first time in his life. Unfortunately version is not only uncut, but is also said to have previously unseen footage. Also: Gainax has announced that, the battleship flies away by accident. Now Hibiki and from Vol. 2, the DVDs of FLCL / Furi Kuri will have English subtitles. This weird 6-part OVA series looks like a the females have another enemy to fight in the distant between Evangelion and . Vol. 2 (KIBA-479, ¥3885) and Vol. 3 (KIBA-480, ¥3885) have been released universe! Can they cooperate? Original story, storyboards respectively in June and August, and Vol. 4 (KIBA-481, ¥3885) will be available on 10-25-00. Finally, the cute and screenplay by Takeshi Mori. Character design by Kazuya 104-minute and Isao Takahata’s movie Tonari no Yamada-kun (My Neighnors The Yamadas) will be Kuroda, while the rest is taken care of by members of Stu- released on DVD on 11-17-00 with English, French and Chinese subtitles! (All those titles are presumably coded dio Gonzo. (Source: Newtype 07-00) Region 2, and are available from www.cdjapan.co.jp or www.planetanime.com;) • Another anime trend is Digital Sunrise (the studio producing Gundam) has started to Anime. Since the traditional celluloid animation medium is no longer available in Japan, most anime are now work on a new anime TV show for Wowow-TV titled colorized by computer and some anime productions even tries to push a little further the use of the computer, like Brigadoon Marin and Meran and directed by Yoshitomo Blue Submarine No 6 which used both 2D & 3D animation. Blood: The Last Vampire was the first full-digital (2D) Yonetani. It is a science fiction/home drama set in an anime feature, and A.LI.CE was the first 100% 3D CGI anime (but still produced on cels) to be shown using alternate world looking like Japan thirty years ago. It is Digital Light Projection. The newest in that trend is Aurora Of The Sea (directed by Yoshinori Sugaya, with the story about a young girl, Marin, who is an orphan character design by Katsuya Kondo and a script by Shimada Misaru), the story of a 21st century deep sea mining and has many friends in her small household. Meran is crew that revived a colony of luminescent bacteria, which is full-digital and will be shown with DLP. (Source: a biological weapon and it all starts when a huge flying www.animenewsnetwork.com). fortress, Brigadoon, appears in the sky… Story by Newtype magazine has launched in July a new website in English! www.newtype-net.com will now provide KURATA Hideyuki (Battle Athletes), Designs by KIMURA information that will be available to all and not only to the few who could read Japanese. 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The last three columns are DUAL! VOL. 2: STUDENT HOUSING P D/S 75 24.98 11/28 the duration (in minutes), the price (in $US), and the release date (street). BLACK HEAVEN #2 P D/S 75 24.98 DEC Sources: www.animeplus.com, USA Anime and Manga Report FUSHIGI YUGI OVA #2 P D/S 90 24.98 DEC (www.sirius.com/~cowpunk/) and various anime releasers’ an- nouncements. MANGA RELEASES 7 ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ M A N G A S E L E C T I O N AKIRA #1 [364pg] GN DH 24.95 Nov ALICE IN THE LOST WORLD 1 RX 2.95 Oct AKIRA Vol. 1 TPB. Set in the post-apocalypse Neo-Tokyo of EXTRA VOL. 3 [manga anthology] 10-12 VIZ 4.95 Sep/Oct\Nov 2019, a vast metropolis built on the ashes of a Tokyo annihi- ANIMERICA VOL. 8 [magazine] 9-11 VIZ 4.95 Sep/Oct/Nov lated by an apocalyptic blast of unknown power that triggered Part 2 1-2 (/5) VIZ 3.50 Oct/Nov World War III. 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Just as Jinnai is confronting his «en- GEOBREEDERS BOOK #2 (Issues #8-14) GN CPM 15.95 Sep emy», a sudden earthquake rocks the school, sending Makoto G-FAN [magazine] 47-48 DE 3.95 Sep/Nov through the floor into a mysterious underground shrine, where [Ben Dunn] 8 (/12) AP 2.95 Oct GUNDAM WING VOL. 2 GN TP 9.95 Nov a mysterious woman embraces him and takes him to the world GUNDAM WING 8-9 TP 2.95 Oct/Nov of his destiny. Viz Comics, story & art by Hidetomo Tsubura, GUNSMITH CATS: MISTER V 1-2 (/11) DH 3.50 Oct/Nov 5-issue series, monthly, b&w, 40 pages, $2.95 US ($4.50 Can), HYPER DOLLS VOL. 5 1-3 IC 2.95 Sep/Oct/Nov avail. on 9-29-00. IMMORAL ANGEL * 9-11 CPMX 2.95 Sep/Oct/Nov #1. Meet Tomomi and Mikage, identical twins INU-: A FEUDAL PART 5 4-6 (/11) VIZ 2.95 Sep/Oct/Nov INU-YASHA: A FEUDAL FAIRY TALE VOL. 7 GN VIZ 15.95 Sep as different as day and night. Tomomi is a star athlete, outgo- LODOSS WAR: CHRONICLES OF THE HEROIC KNIGHT 1-3 CPM 2.95 Sep/Oct/Nov ing, and popular. 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