Sample file CONTENTS 3 ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ PROTOCULTURE ✾ PRESENTATION ........................................................................................................... 4 STAFF NEWS ANIME & MANGA NEWS: Japan ............................................................................................. 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 ANIME & MANGA NEWS: North America .............................................................................. 10 NEW RELEASES ..................................................................................................................... 11 Contributing Editors Aaron K. Dawe, Asaka Dawe, Keith Dawe Kevin Lillard, James S. Taylor REVIEWS MODELS: ............................................................................................................................. 40 Layout LIVE-ACTION ........................................................................................................................ 42 The Safe House MANGA: Various (English & French) ....................................................................................... 50 Cover ANIME (PA Picks & Capsule Reviews) ..................................................................................... 52 Cover art courtesy of Bandai Entertainment, Inc. The BIG O © Sunrise, Inc. Distributed exclusively under SPOTLIGHTS license by Bandai Entertainment, Inc. English adaptation / BIG O (Overview, Character & Mecha Files, Model Review, Synopses) .................................... 17 Package Design © 2001 Bandai Entertainment, Inc. RUROUNI KENSHIN (Part 3) Proofreading & Editing Samurai X: The Motion Picture Overview ........................................................................... 22 The Safe House, Dominique Durocher Rurouni Kenshin (TV Series): Character Files ....................................................................... 23 Aaron & Keith Dawe Rurouni Kenshin (TV Series): Synopses (Episodes #33-94) ................................................... 25 HIDAMARI NO KI (The Tree Under The Sun) Color Separation & Linotronic Overview, Character Files, Synopses (Episodes #1-13) & Historical Context .......................... 30 Typo Express, Inc. Printing ANIME WORLD Payette & Simms, Inc. DIGIMON: The Movie ........................................................................................................... 44 Special Thanks to Convention Reports: OhayoCon, KatsuCon, FanimeCon .............................................................. 45 Jerry Chu (BEI), Jean-François Fortier (DP9), The Modern Japanese Music Database (Part 10) .................................................................... 48 Danielle Garnier (Manga), Chad Kime (Pioneer), Sample file Michael Liu, Nikaku Animart, Pierre Ouellette (DP9), Mee-Lise Robinson (CPM), Ken Wiatrik ANIME STORIES (ADV), Vincent Wilson, Nobu Yamamoto (BEI) BOOGIEPOP PHANTOM ........................................................................................................ 58 GEAR FIGHTER DENDOH ....................................................................................................... 59 THE CANDIDATE FOR GODDESS (aka PILOT CANDIDATES) ........................................................ 63 SUBSCRIPTION HUNTER X HUNTER ............................................................................................................... 64 One year (6 issues): $30 US/Can (in Canada: add KOCHI KAME: THE MOVIE ..................................................................................................... 66 GST), or $45 US overseas. 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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 ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ GEAR FIGHTER DENDOH (THE ELECTRIC KID): JAPAN’S NEW ANIME WAVE? Well, it seems that the Pokemon fever is calming down a bit (but it is still popular and it is still showing on TV). You may wonder what is Japan’s CREDITS Amon Saga © 1986 Baku Yumemakura/ Ten Production/ Tokuma most popular anime show in 2001? Well, I’d like to introduce you to the top rating anime show [it was No 1 in Shoten Co., Ltd./ T&M. English Version © 2001 Manga Entertain- ment. Angel Link © Morning Star/ Sunrise/ WOWOW-TV/ Bandai March, but slipped to third position behind Angelic Layer and Noir in May]: Gear Fighter Dendoh, by Studio Entertainment. Angel Sanctuary © 2000 Kaori Yuki/ Hakusensha/ Sunrise. “Dendoh” literally means “The Electric Kid” and two 11 year-old become its pilots to save Earth from the Angel Sanctuary Committee. English Version © 2001 Central Park Media Co. Appleseed © Masamune Shirow/ Soeishinsha/ AIC/ Bandai. evil mecha empire Galfer. You may wonder “Why is this robot show so popular?” “Here-I-Come-To-Save-The- English Version © 2001 Manga Entertainment. Arch The Lad © 1999 Sony Computer Entertainment. English Version © 2000 A.D. Vision, Day” stories have been presented so many times in the past, so what makes this show so attractive, aside from Inc. Black Jack: The Movie © tezuka productions. English Version © Manga Entertainment. Boogiepop Phantom © 2000 Kouhei the cool mecha and robots? I think it is the new heroine, named Vega, who is, in fact, the mother of one of the two Kadano/ Mediaworks • Project Boogiepop. Bubblegum Crisis 2040 © JVC/ AIC. English Version © 1999 A.D. Vision, Inc. Buttobi CPU © pilots! As Gear Fighter Dendoh‘s story progresses, Vega becomes more and more attractive. Considering the age 1997 Kaoru Shintani/ Hakusensha/ Pink Pineapple. English Version of Evangelion‘s heroine Misato Katsuragi, who’s 29, Vega is a bit older and is, in everyday life, a housewife. © 2001 The Right Stuf International, Inc. Cardcaptor Sakura © 1998- 1999 CLAMP/ Kodansha/ NHK/ NEP21. English Version © 2000 Pio- However, she is one of the most delicious characters that I have ever seen in Japanimation history. She is a neer Entertainment (USA) L.P. Dual! © 1999 AIC/ Pioneer LDC, Inc. English Version © Pioneer Entertainment (U.S.A) L.P. Escaflowne © warrior, a mother and the Princess of a ruined world. Who is her and the Earth people’s enemy? Her own 1996 Sunrise/ TX. English Version © 1999, 2000 Bandai Entertain- ment, Inc. Figures by Bandai Entertainment, Inc. Five Star Stories © brainwashed brother and uncle of Hokuto, one of Dendoh’s pilots. Her charm is not only physical (well, she is in 2001 Toys Press. Flint: The Time Detective © 1998 Sanrio Nijihan. English Version © 2000 The Right Stuf International, Inc. Gasaraki a rather fetching leotard uniform...), for she also has a caring heart and the courage to defend her loved ones. © Sunrise. English Version © 2000 A.D. Vision, Inc. Gear Fighter Dendoh © Sunrise/ TV-Tokyo. Generator Gawl © Tatsunoko Pro- She shows many dimensions never seen in an anime character. So please enjoy our Gear Fighter Dendoh article duction/ Nippon Victor. English Version © 2000 A.D. Vision, Inc. and I hope this show will arrive soon in North America! Goddess Candidate © Yukiru Sugizaki/ Wani Books/ Bandai Visual/ Goddess Candidates Production Committee. Gunsmith Cats (Anime Version) © 1995-96 Kenichi Sonoda/ Kodansha/ VAP/ TBS. English As for the