CONTENTS 3 ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ PROTOCULTURE ✾ PRESENTATION ..................................................................................... 4 STAFF WHAT'S GOING ON? ANIME & MANGA NEWS (Japan, North America) .................................................. 5 Claude J. Pelletier [CJP] — Publisher / Manager VIDEO & MANGA / PRODUCTS RELEASES ........................................................... 6 Martin Ouellette [MO] — Editor-in-Chief NEW RELEASES ................................................................................................. 9 Miyako Matsuda [MM] — Editor / Translator Contributors Isabelle Stephen, James S. Taylor REVIEWS MODELS .......................................................................................................... 48 Layout MANGA .......................................................................................................... 56 The Safe House PA PICKS ......................................................................................................... 57 ANIME ............................................................................................................. 58 Cover ANIME CAPSULES .............................................................................................. 60 Nobuyoshi Nishimura Cover Art courtesy of Bandai Entertainment, Inc. Proofreading SPOTLIGHT The Safe House, Dominique Durocher GUNDAM Color Separation & Linotronic What's Gundam? ......................................................................................... 19 Gundam Wing: Overview ............................................................................ 20 Typo Express, Inc. Gundam Wing: Character Files ..................................................................... 21 Printing Gundam Wing: Mecha Files ......................................................................... 23 Payette & Simms, Inc. Gundam Wing: Synopses ............................................................................. 26 Gundam W Endless Waltz OVAs (Overview, Character & Mecha Files) ............ 36 Special Thanks to Gundam 08 M.S. Team OVAs (Overview, Character & Mecha Files, Synopses) .... 42 Jean-François "Jeff" Fortier, Michael Liu, Nene Tamaki , Vince Wilson, Yui Yuasa ANIME WORLD SUBSCRIPTION Japanese Movies at the Montreal World Film Festival ......................................... 13 One year (6 issues): $30 US/Can (in Canada: Apollo Smile Live at CNanime .......................................................................... 50 add GST), or $45 US overseas. Send check/ SampleThe Modern Japanese fileMusic Database (Part 3) .................................................. 52 money-order to: Protoculture, P.O. Box 1433, Anime Trivia Part III: Answers ............................................................................ 52 Station B, Montreal, Qc., Canada, H3B 3L2. Anime Under Fire (Part 16 — Conclusion) ......................................................... 54 DISTRIBUTORS ANIME STORIES CORRECTOR YUI .............................................................................................. 62 In Canada: Anime Universe ((905) 212- ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ 9719), Snap! ((416) 588-4006). In U.S.A.: MAJYUTSUSHI ORPHEN ..................................................................................... 63 Anime Nation ((727) 796-7561), Berkley SEKAI NO MONSHO (The Star Crest) .................................................................. 64 Dist. (North: (510) 845-9851 or South: (310) TRIGUN ........................................................................................................... 65 632-8448), Complete Strategist ((212) 685- 3880), Diamond ((410) 560-7100), FM In- VOICE OF THE FREEDOM FIGHTER ............ 66 ternational ((608) 271-7922), HKT ((914) 296-1236), Kinokuniya (NY: (212) 765- 7766, SF: (415) 567-7625, Seattle: (206) PROTOCULTURE ADDICTS #59. February / March 2000. The Anime & Manga magazine. Published bimonthly by PROTOCULTURE Enr., P.O. Box 1433, Station B, Montreal, Quebec, 587-2477), Mangamania ((800) 626-4277), Canada, H3B 3L2. FAX: (514) 527-0347. E-mail: [email protected]. Nikaku Animart ((408) Web: http://www.protoculture.qc.ca/PA. 971-2822), Planet PROTOCULTURE ADDICTS is ©2000 by Protoculture Enr. The copyrights and trademarks mentioned herein are the Anime ((713) 523- property of their respective owners. PROTOCULTURE ADDICTS acknowledges the creators and copyrights holders of the materials mentioned or pictured herein, and does not seek to infringe on their rights. All rights to articles/ 7122), RPV ((714) artwork revert to their respective writers/artists upon publication. Contributors are responsible for their views which 671-1270). In Eng- are not necessarily those of PROTOCULTURE ADDICTS. No part of this magazine can be reproduced without permission from the publisher — except for review purposes. Spoiler Warning: This magazine contains important land: Esdevium (011 plot details about several Japanese animation. Reader discretion is advised. 4 4 1 2 5 2 2 6 1 1 6). Legal deposit at the National Library of Quebec & National Library of Canada Printed in Canada ISSN 0835-9563 4 PRESENTATION ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ The Gundam World and Peace for the 21st Century? This issue introduces you to the Gundam series. Gundam Wing might outwardly look like a Bishônen (pretty boys) show with giant robots, but CREDITS the story is much deeper than that, offering many themes for us to think about, especially the big Awol © 1997 et/ BeSTACK/ Project AWOL. English Version © 1999 question the 21st Century: “How can we achieve peace?” We all have the same four basic feelings: AnimeVillage.com. Bastard!! © 1992 Kazushi Hagiwara/ Shueisha. English Version © 1999Pioneer Entertainment (USA) L.P. Battle Ath- joy, anger, sadness, and comfort. We all feel in our daily lives that we need to laugh and smile, but the letes Victory © 1998 AIC/ PC/ Pioneer LDC/ TV Tokyo/ SOFTX/ Mannensha/ AEON. English Version © 1999 Pioneer (USA) L.P. Blade society doesn’t allow us to do so all the time. Of course, no one likes difficult & hard times, with Of The Immortal © 1999 Hiroaki Samura. English Version © 1999 Dark Horse Comics, Inc. Blue Submarine #6 © 1998 Satoru Ozawa/ sorrow and anger, but when humans began to form an organized “society,” in order to find some Bandai Visual/ Toshiba EMI/ Gonzo. English Version © 1999 AnimeVillage.com. Brain Powered © 1998 Sunrise, Inc. English comfort, it forced us to deal with a complicated world, whether we like it or not. Version © 1999 AnimeVillage.com. Bubblegum Crisis 2040 © JVC/ AIC. English Version © 1999 A.D. Vision, Inc. Cardcaptor Sakura © I recently watched the CNN TV mini-series Millenium about the last 1000 years of human history. It CLAMP/ Kodansha, Ltd. English Version © 1999 Mixx Entertain- ment, Inc. Chinese Ghost Story Animated © 1997 Film Workshop. is practically only about wars and conflicts, and, unfortunately, most idealist and noble humans (like English Version © 1999 Viz Communications, Inc. City Hunter: Mil- lion Dollar Conspiracy © Tsukasa Hojo/ Shueisha/ YTV/ Sunrise. Martin Luther King, Gandhi, etc., who taught us non-violence & pacifism) were simply murdered & English Version © 1999 A.D. Vision, Inc. Cowboy Bebop © 1998 Sunrise. English Version © 1999 AnimeVillage.com. Darkstalkers’ crushed. In Gundam Wing, a girl named Relena Peacecraft is also a pacifist, but she’s ousted by Revenge © 1994, 1995, 1996 Run Ishida/ CAPCOM/ ASCII Co., Ltd. English Version © 1999 Viz Comics. Dirty Pair Original Series © force. Is war totally evil? In Gundam Wing, those five boys are, as all boys of that age, very naive & Haruka Takachiho/ Studio Nue/ Sunrise. English Version © 1999 A.D.Vision, Inc. Don’t Leave Me Alone Daisy © Noriko Nagano/ pure, and they’re forced to go to war & fight. Does it make them evil? ASCII/ Project Daisy. English Version © 1999 AnimeVillage.com. Eat- Man ‘98 © Yoshitomi Akihito/ Mediaworks/ Project Eat-Man ‘98. English Version © 1999 AnimeVillage.com. Ehrgeiz © 1997 et/ I’ve also been watching the war in Chechnya on TV and it is extremely troubling. Moslem people BeSTACK/ Project Ehrgeiz. English Version © 1999 AnimeVillage.com. Fist Of The North Star © Buronson/ Tetsuo Hara/ want the total control of their republic (particularly on its natural resources, like petrol) and don’t Shueisha/ TOEI Animation. English Version © 1999 Manga Enter- want to be a part of Russia. CNN is trying to cover both sides of the story, but when I saw a very poor tainment, Inc./ Palm Pictures/ LLC. Fushigi Yügi © 1995 Yu Watase / Shogakukan • TV Tokyo • Studio Pierrot. All Rights Reserved. Li- Moslem woman in Chechnya, saying somethings like, “Independance or no independance, wars are censed by Fuji Creative Corporation. English Version packaging © Pioneer Entertainment (USA) L.P. Garzey’s Wing © Tomino made by rich people in their offices. I have to worry about my food for tomorrow!” I think it says Yoshiyuki/ Garzey’s Wing Production Committee. English Version © 1999 Central Park Media Co., Ltd. Geobreeders © 1998 Akihiro Ito/ everything. In Gundam Wing, normally boys of that age are in highschool, dating with girls and Shonen-Gaho-Sha/ JVC. English Version ©1999 Central Park Media Co. Ltd. Gunsmith Cats © 1999 Kenichi Sonoda. English Version © hoping for the future. Those boys have no future whatsoever and they don’t even know if they can Dark Horse Comics, Inc. Iczelion © 1994 Hirano Toshihiro Jimusho/ KSS Inc. English