Sample file CONTENTS 3 ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ STAFF PRESENTATION Publisher ★ Why Do "The Best" ? ....................................................................................... 4 Claude J. Pelletier Editor-in-chief Martin Ouellette WHAT'S GOING ON? ★ ECHOES FROM THE NET AND OTHER NEWS ....................................................... 5 Contributors ★/✩ ANIME & MANGA ........................................................................................ 6 John Beam, Jean Carrières, Miyako Graham Patrick Lapointe, James S. Taylor, Soichiro Yuasa Layout REVIEWS The Safe House ★ CDs .............................................................................................................. 46 ★ ANIME .......................................................................................................... 52 Cover & Illustrations ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Ghislain Barbe Photography FEATURES Miyako Graham PORCO ROSSO Proofreading Characters ..................................................................................................... 8 Dominique Durocher Technology .................................................................................................... 9 Synopsis ....................................................................................................... 11 Translation STREET FIGHTER II Miyako Graham Characters ................................................................................................... 20 Special Thanks to Synopsis & Review ........................................................................................ 24 Josée and Miyako for their loving support MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO Michael Liu & Soichiro Yuasa for their contribution Jeff Fortier & Pierre Ouellette for their help Characters & Review .................................................................................... 32 SUBSCRIPTION ANIME WORLD One year (6 issues): $30 US, $32.10 Can (GST in- ★ Hidden Treasures in Japanese Food Stores ...................................................... 35 cluded, add PST if ordering from Quebec), or $45 US How to Access New Sources Of Anime And Music ............................................... 36 overseas. Make check or (preferably) money-order to: Introducing Anime To Critics ............................................................................... 40 P R O T O C U L T U R E Japanese Language Seminar: Katakana ........................................................... 42 P.O. 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Imports (Calgary: (403) 252-2006, Ontario: (905) 624-2301). In U.S.A.: Anime PROTOCULTURE ADDICTS SPECIAL #1 (THE BEST OF PA). October 1996. The Anime & Manga magazine. Published Crash (NY: (212) 254-4670, Boston: (617) 491-8760), Berkley bimonthly by PROTOCULTURE Enr., P.O. Box 1433, Station B, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3B 3L2. FAX: (514) 527- Distributors (North: (510) 845-9851 or South: (310) 632-8448), 0347. E-mail: [email protected]. Web: http://www.odyssee.net/~flip/PA Books Nippan ((213) 891-9636 or (310) 604-9701), Chessex PROTOCULTURE ADDICTS is ©1996 by PROTOCULTURE ENR. The copyrights and trademarks mentioned herein are the property of their ((610) 695-0523), Compleat Strategist ((212) 685-3880), Dia- respective owners. PROTOCULTURE ADDICTS acknowledges the creators and copyrights holders of the materials mentioned or pictured mond ((410) 560-7100), Hobby Game ((800) 621-6419), Inteleg herein, and does not seek to infringe on their rights. All rights to 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 ((610) 896-8177), Kinokuniya Book Stores (San Francisco: (415) reproduced without permission from the publisher, except for review purposes. 567-7625, Seattle: (206) 587-2477 , NY: (212) 765-7766), Lib- erty Hobby ((800) 654-6229), Nikaku Animart ((408) 971-2822), Legal deposit at the National Library of Quebec & National Library of Canada Printed in Canada ISSN 0835-9563 RPV ((714) 671-1270), Wargame West ((505) 242-1773). In Australia: Jedko (+61 395551022). ✩ Updated Material ★ New Material 4 PRESENTATION ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ W h y D o " T h e B e s t " ? CREDITS ARIEL © 1989 Yuichi Sasamoto / Ariel Project. Several of the past issues of the magazine are now sold out: most of the issues in the comic book format (before English version and package © 1995 Central Park Media Co. BURN-UP W © 1995 AIC / MRC by the #16), issues #24 to 26, 29 to 31, 33, 34 and now 37. Why were those issues sold out before the others? Sometimes courtesy of A.D.Vision. DIRTY PAIR FLASH © because of a smaller print quantity, but most of the time because of a very popular feature (like SAILOR MOON, 1994 Haruka Takachiho / Studio Nue / Sunrise, Inc. DRAGONBALL © 1986 Bird Studio / Shueisha RANMA, NUKU NUKU, STREET FIGHTER or DRAGONBALL). Those feature articles are still quite in demand. How- / TOEI Animation. English version © 1995 ever, reprinting an old issue is not very practical because we must print at least several thousands to keep the cost FUNimation. GOSHOGUN THE TIME ÉTRANGER © 1985 Tokuma Shoten / Ashi Productions. Li- low and we cannot be sure that we would sell that many reprints. Printing just a few hundreds to answer the censed through IDO International Co, Ltd. Char- demand would mean selling them at outrageous prices. We would not do that, of course. A regular issue also ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ acters © Ashi Productions Co., Ltd. English sub- titled version and package © 1995 Central Park contains perishable features like news, out of date or incomplete information (reviews or synopses on the first part Media Co. GUNDAM © Sunrise. HERE IS GREEN- of a series — our opinion could change after seeing the entire series). Worse, they are dated and people usually WOOD © 1991 & 1992 Yukie Nasu / Hakusensha, Inc. / Victor Entertainment, Inc. / Pierrot Project. dislike older magazines (“January 1994! Yuk! An old issue!”) like if it was written “Best If Read Before...” on it. So, English subtitled version and package © 1996 reprinting those unavailable issues was not an option. Software Sculptors Ltd. I CAN HEAR THE SEA © 1993 Saeko Himuro / Nibariki / Tokuma Shoten. IRIA: ZEIRAM THE ANIMATION © 1994 Crowd / One day, the idea came up to reprint together, in a series of special issues, the articles most in demand among the Bandai Visual / Mitsubishi Co. / Banpresto. Eng- sold out magazines. It was the ideal solution: it would bring together the finest of our material, would bear a new lish subtitled version and package © 1995 & 1996 Central Park Media Co. IRRESPONSIBLE CAPTAIN look and a recent date. It was suppose to be called simply a “Special Issue” or “eXtra Issue” (hence the “x” in PAX TYLOR © 1993 Hitoshi Yoshioka / TYLOR Project #1), but the readers who were writing or e-mailing to have more information about it began to called it the “Best Of / Kadokawa Shoten. KEY THE METAL IDOL © 1995 Hiroaki Sato / Pony Canyon / Fuji TV / Studio PA” and we kept the name. Pierrot. MACROSS 7 © Big West / MACROSS 7 Project. MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO © 1988 Nibariki Of course, it is not really the “best of PA”, because for us the “best of PA” will always be the next one (at this very / Tokuma Shoten. English version © 1994 Fox Video, Inc. NAUSICAA © 1983 Hayao Miyazaki / moment, it is PA #43, offering an incredible ESCAFLOWNE coverage — until PA #44 shows up). However, we have Tokuma Shoten. PORCO ROSSO © 1992 Nibariki put all the necessary efforts to make it a VERY SPECIAL issue for everyone. For the readers who discovered the / TNNG. SOHRYUDEN © 1991 Yoshiki Tanaka / Kitty Films / Fuji Television / Kodansha. English magazine just recently, it is a rare chance to have access to those articles that are not available to them anymore. For subtitled version and package © 1995 Central Park our old and faithful readers, who might not be interested in reading the same articles again, we have refreshed them Media Co. STREET FIGHTER II © 1994 Capcom. VENUS WARS © 1993 Yshikazu Yazuhiko / with new layout, new illustrations, updated information and we have add several entirely new articles, including Gakken.