Sample file CONTENTS 3 ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ P r o t o c u l t u r e A d d i c t s # 8 2 January / February 2005. Published by Protoculture, P.O. Box 1433, Station B, Montreal, Qc, Canada, H3B 3L2. ANIME VOICES Presentation ............................................................................................................................ 4 E d i t o r i a l S t a f f Christopher Macdonald [CM] – Publisher Claude J. Pelletier [CJP] – Editor-in-chief NEWS [email protected] ANIME RELEASES (VHS / R1 DVD) .............................................................................................. 5 Miyako Matsuda [MM] – Editor / Translator MANGA RELEASES .................................................................................................................... 7 Julia Struthers-Jobin – Editor ANIME & MANGA NEWS: North America .................................................................................... 8 ANIME & MANGA NEWS: Japan & International ........................................................................ 10 C o n t r i b u t i n g E d i t o r s NEW RELEASES ......................................................................................................................... 12 Sean Broestl, Liann Cooper [LC], Aaron Dawe [AD], Bamboo Dong [BD], Kevin Lillard, Jonathan Mays [JM], Martin Ouellette [MO], James S. Taylor REVIEWS ANIME PICKS ............................................................................................................................ 17 A d v e r t i s i n g & B u s i n e s s I s s u e s BOOKS ................................................................................................................................... 19 Christopher Macdonald ([email protected]) LIVE-ACTION ............................................................................................................................ 20 P r i n t i n g RELATED PRODUCTS (J-Rock Music CDs, Anime CD Soundtracks) .................................................. 22 Payette & Simms (St-Lambert, Qc) MANGA .................................................................................................................................. 24 MODELS .................................................................................................................................. 27 C o v e r ANIME ..................................................................................................................................... 56 Cover used with the permission of Geneon Entertainment. Appleseed ©2004 Shirow Masamune / Seishinsha • Applessed Film Partners. SPOTLIGHTS S p e c i a l T h a n k s SAMURAI CHAMPLOO To Jerry Chu, Danielle Garnier, Lance Heiskell, Chad Kime and Overview ........................................................................................................................... 28 Mee-Lise Robinson for their support. And to Kyle Chang, Character Profiles & Short Synopses ...................................................................................... 29 Simon Cossette, Aaron & Keith Dawe, Nasser Syed for their SCRAPPED PRINCESS help in producing this issue. 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In England: Esdevium (011 44 Montreal World Film Festival 2004: More Reviews ..................................................................... 49 125226116). Convention Reports: Project A-Kon, Anime USA, SugoiCon ......................................................... 51 The Modern Japanese Music Database (Part 27): Home Page 17: L’Arc En Ciel ........................... 55 Protoculture Addicts is ©1987-2005 by Protoculture. • 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 ANIME STORIES pictured herein, and does not seek to infringe on their rights. • Fujin Monogatari ...................................................................................................................... 62 All rights to articles/artwork revert to their respective writers/ Otogi Zoushi ........................................................................................................................... 64 artists upon publication. • Contributors are responsible for their views which are not necessarily those of Protoculture Addicts. Re: Cutie Honey ...................................................................................................................... 67 • No part of this magazine can be reproduced without permis- Samurai 7 ............................................................................................................................... 69 sion from the publisher, except for review purposes • Spoilers Soukyou no Fafner ................................................................................................................... 72 Warning: This magazine contains important plot details about several Japanese animation. Readers discretion is advised. • Legal deposit at the National Library of Quebec & National Library of Canada • Printed in Canada • ISSN 0835-9563. MORE ON: WWW.PROTOCULTURE-MAG.COM 4 PRESENTATION ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ We at Anime News Network have long wanted to have a print companion to the website. Not a print version, but a companion, something that would complement the website, not just transfer it to a different media format. CREDITS After all, we’re very happy with the online format for ANN. Even newspapers are only printed once a day, whereas ARTICLES: Appleseed ©2004 Shirow Masamune / Seishinsha • Appleseed we can and do update multiple times a day. But there’s still something to be said for paper; you can sit in bed and Film Partners. Fujin Monogatari © 2004 Windy Tales Production Committee. Otogi Zoushi © 2004 Production I.G. / VAP / NTV. Re: Cutie Honey © Go read a magazine, take it with you to the café and sip coffee while reading, read it in the subway on the way to Nagai / Dynamic Planning. © Laterna • Toei Video • Gainax • Towani. Samurai 7 © 2004 Akira Kurosawa / Mico • GDH • Gonzo. Samurai Champloo © work, and so on… Sure, technically you can do all this with digital devices, but the reading space available on a Manglobe / Shimoigusa Champloos. Scrapped Princess © 2003 Sute Pri PDA is rather limited, and compared to a magazine, a laptop is big and bulky. Who wants to take out a laptop to Production Committee. Soukyuu no Fafner © Xebec • Tatsumiyajima. REVIEWS: 2009 Lost Memories ©2002 Tube Entertainment. Ai Yori Aoshi read on the subway? Regardless of what certain digerati would have you believe, paper media still has the upper Enishi © 2003 Kou Fumizuki • Hakusensha / AIAO Project. Angel Tales hand over digital media in a few areas, and it will be a while yet before digital media is portable, ergonomic, and ©2002-2004 Wonderfarm / Angel Tales Project. Arcade Gamer Fubuki © 2001-2003 Mine Yoshizaki • Enterbrain, Inc. / Arcade Gamer Fubuki economic enough