Sample file Sample file Sample file CONTENTS 5 ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ PROTOCULTURE ✾ PRESENTATION ........................................................................................................... 6 STAFF WHAT'S GOING ON? ANIME & MANGA NEWS .......................................................................................................... 7 Claude J. Pelletier [CJP] — Publisher / Manager VIDEO & MANGA RELEASES ................................................................................................... 8 Martin Ouellette [MO] — Editor-in-Chief PRODUCTS RELEASES ............................................................................................................ 10 Miyako Matsuda [MM] — Editor / Translator NEW RELEASES ..................................................................................................................... 12 Contributors Kevin Lillard, James S. Taylor, Kent Wong REVIEWS LIVE-ACTION ........................................................................................................................ 16 Layout MODELS .............................................................................................................................. 38 The Safe House MANGA .............................................................................................................................. 40 PA PICKS ............................................................................................................................. 52 Cover ANIME ................................................................................................................................. 53 Cover art courtesy of Bandai Entertainment, Inc. ANIME CAPSULES .................................................................................................................. 55 Escaflowne © Sunrise • TX Proofreading & Editing The Safe House, Dominique Durocher SPOTLIGHTS Aaron & Keith Dawe MONTREAL WORLD FILM FESTIVAL Overview ....................................................................................................................... 19 Color Separation & Linotronic Colourful ......................................................................................................................... 20 Typo Express, Inc. Anecdotes from Director Shun Nakahara and Pop Star Kouki Tanaka ... .............................. 21 Gohatto .......................................................................................................................... 22 Printing ANIME MOVIES OF THE SUMMER Payette & Simms, Inc. Blood: The Last Vampire (Overview, Character Designs) .................................................... 23 Special Thanks to Revolutionary Girl Utena: Adolescence Revelations (Overview, Character Designs) .............. 25 Vampire Hunter D (Overview, Character Designs) ............................................................. 27 Jerry Chu (BEI), Pierre Corbeil (Fantasia), Julien Fonfrède (Fantasia), Jean-François Fortier (DP9), Chad Kime Escaflowne: A Girl In Gaia (Overview, Review, Mecha & Character Designs) ....................... 29 (Pioneer), Mi-Jeong Lee (Fantasia), Michael Liu, Nikaku Animart, Danielle Opyt (Manga), Pierre Ouellette (DP9), Mee-Lise Robinson (CPM), Nene Tamaki, Maki Terashima ANIMESample WORLD file (I.G.-USA), Ken Wiatrik (ADV), Vince Wilson, Patrick Wong Fantasia 2000 (Part 2: More Japanese and Asian Movies!) ..................................................... 17 (Bandai America), Nobu Yamamoto (BEI), Yui Yuasa Convention Reports: Project A-kon, Anime North, Anime Expo, Otakon, Anime Iowa, CnAnime ....... 41 Anime North: Anecdotes from Mr. Kotobuki & his assistant Chihiro Hattori ................................. 43 CnAnime: Anecdotes from Director Kunihiko Ikuhara & Cartoonist Chiho Saito ......................... 48 SUBSCRIPTION CnAnime: Anecdotes from Ryo Mizuno ................................................................................. 49 One year (6 issues): $30 US/Can (in Canada: add GST), or The Modern Japanese Music Database (Part 7) ...................................................................... 50 $45 US overseas. 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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/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 animation. 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 6 PRESENTATION ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Escaflowne The Movie: The New Encounter. In this issue, we are introducing you to the world of Escaflowne The Movie (for a complete coverage of the TV series, please check Protoculture Addicts #43, page 19 to 34). Are you CREDITS anime fans enjoying the North American TV release on Fox TV and YTV? Then the brand new feature film Vision Angel Cop © 1994 Ichiro Itano/ Soeishinsha. English Version © 2000 Manga Entertainment, Inc. Blood: The Last Vampire © Pro- Of Escaflowne: The Movie is a MUST for you! It has been 4 years since the original TV series ended, and this duction I.G./SVW/ SCE/ IG Plus/ IPA. Blue Submarine #6 © 1998 movie version is a co-production of Japan, Korea and the US (http://www.nifty.com/escaflowne/). Unfortunately, Satoru Ozawa/ Bandai Visual/ Toshiba EMI/ Gonzo. English Version © 2000 AnimeVillage.com. Brain Powered © 1998 Sunrise, Inc. the North American version of the TV series is, of course, heavily edited (however, anime fans can enjoy the English Version © 1999 AnimeVillage.com. Bubblegum Crisis 2040 © JVC/ AIC. English Version © 1999 A.D. Vision, Inc. Burn Up W complete series, in its original, unedited form, in English, for it has been released on video by Bandai Entertain- OVA © 1996 AIC/ MRC. English Version © A.D. Vision, Inc. Cowboy ment) and I am not quite sure if the viewers can follow the love relationships among those characters, because Bebop © 1998 Sunrise. English Version © 1999 AnimeVillage.com. Escaflowne TV series © 1996 Sunrise/ TX. English Version © 1999, they are, I must admit, quite complicated. 2000 Bandai Entertainment, Inc. Figures by Bandai Entertainment, Inc. Escaflowne: The Movie © 2000 Sunrise/ Bandai Visual. Flint: Hitomi, the main female character, is in love with Amano, her older school mate, and she wants to be noticed The Time Detective © 1998 Sanrio Nijihan. English Version © 2000 The Right Stuf International, Inc. Gasaraki © Sunrise. English Ver- by him. So she takes the initiative “Please give me my first kiss!”. But before this could happen, Hitomi is sion © 2000 A.D. Vision, Inc. Generator Gawl © Tatsunoko Produc- taken away to the alien world of Gaia! Normally, when someone is in a chaotic situation, she/he has no time for tion/ Nippon Victor. English Version © 2000 A.D. Vision, Inc. Goku II: Midnight Eye © 1985 Terasawa Production Co., Ltd./ Scholar love, right? But, on Gaia, Hitomi meets Allen, a good-looking Knight who looks just like Amano and Hitomi Publishing, Inc./ TOEI Video Co., Ltd. English Version © 2000 Ur- becomes infatuated with him. And Allen seems to like her a lot! However, Princess Millerna is also in love with ban Vision Entertainment. Imma Youjo © 1996 PInk Pineapple. Eng- lish Version © 2000 Critical Mass Video. Inu-Yasha © Rumiko Allen and she wants to show her feelings to him, but Allen cannot