Sample file Sample file Sample file CONTENTS 5 ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ STAFF Publisher EDITORIAL Claude J. Pelletier Truth or Cyber Graffiti ......................................................................................... 6 Editor-in-chief Martin Ouellette WHAT'S GOING ON? Contributors ECHOES FROM THE NET AND OTHER NEWS ........................................................... 7 Ghislain Barbe, Normand Bilodeau ANIME ............................................................................................................... 8 Miyako Graham, Josée Hardy MANGA .......................................................................................................... 10 Andy Shaken-Black, James S. Taylor ANIME PRODUCTS ............................................................................................. 12 Layout NEW RELEASES ................................................................................................. 13 The Safe House Group Cover Ghislain Barbe REVIEWS BOOK: Dreamland Japan ................................................................................. 18 Illustrations MODELS:Zaku Master Grade, Evangelion (EVA00-2, 01, 02) ............................... 30 Ghislain Barbe MANGA: Academy Comics ................................................................................ 39 Photography ANIME: PA'S PICK .............................................................................................. 49 Miyako Graham ANIME .............................................................................................................. 50 Proofreading Dominique Durocher SPOTLIGHT: GUNDAM Translation GUNDAM WING (Overview, Characters, Mecha Files) ......................................... 19 Miyako Graham 8th MS TEAM (Overview, Characters, Mecha Files) ............................................. 23 GUNDAM X (Overview, Characters, Mecha Files) ................................................ 26 Color Separation Artistat Printing FEATURES Payette & Simms, Inc HEROIC ROBOTS OF THE SEVENTIES' (PART 2) Heroic Robots For America: SHOGUN WARRIORS Comics ................................ 31 Special Thanks to Guide (From MAZINGER to YUSHA RAIDEEN) .................................................. 32 Dream Pod 9 for their support and invaluable help, Normand Bilodeau, Jean Carrières, Jeff Fortier, FORCE FIVE Video Review ............................................................................ 38 Michael Liu, Pierre Ouellette, Soichiro Yuasa SampleNEON GENESIS EVANGELION file (PART 2) Synopses (episodes 19-26) ........................................................................... 40 Mecha Files (EVA 00-2, 03, Design Selection) ................................................ 42 SUBSCRIPTION Review ........................................................................................................ 44 One year (6 issues): $30 US, $32.10 Can (GST in- Products ....................................................................................................... 44 cluded, add PST if ordering from Quebec), or $45 US overseas. 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The Anime & Manga magazine. Published bimonthly by PROTOCULTURE Enr, P.O. Box 1433, Station "B", Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3B 3L2. FAX: (514) 527-0347. In U.S.A.: Anime Crash ((212) 254-4670), E-mail: [email protected]. Web: http://www.odyssee.net/~flip/PA Berkley Distributors ((510) 845-9851 or (310) 632-8448), Books Nippan ((213) 891-9636 or PROTOCULTURE ADDICTS is ©1996 by PROTOCULTURE ENR. The copyrights and trademarks mentioned herein are the property of their respective owners. PROTOCULTURE ADDICTS acknowledges the creators and copyrights (310) 604-9701), Capital City ((608) 223-2000), holders of the materials mentioned or pictured herein, and does not seek to infringe on their rights. All rights to Chessex ((610) 695-0523), Compleat Strategist articles/artwork revert to their respective writers/artists upon publication. Contributors are responsible for their ((212) 685-3880), Diamond ((410) 560-7100), views which are not necessarily those of PROTOCULTURE ADDICTS. No part of this magazine can be reproduced Kinokuniya Book Store ((415) 567-7625), Lib- without permission from the publisher, except for review purposes. erty Hobby ((800) 654-6229), Nikaku Animart Legal deposit at the National Library of Quebec Printed in Canada ((408) 971-2822), RPV ((714) 671-1270), Legal deposit at the National Library of Canada ISSN 0835-9563 Wargame West ((505) 242-1773). 6 EDITORIAL ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ TRUTH OR CYBER GRAFFITI CREDITS When I heard that EVANGELION was censored (see our article “Evangelion Controversy” on page BLUE SEED © 1995 YUZO TAKADA / TAKESHOBO 45), I was totally outraged. How this could be possible in our modern world? And all this (we specu- - BS PROJECT - TV TOKYO - NAS. BURN UP W! lated) in the name of religious belief? What about free speech? How could a legal © 1996 AIC / MRC by the courtesy of A.D.Vision. CHODENJI MACHINE VOLTES V © Toei Co. / Nip- system go along with this? Well, maybe it did not and the TV station censored the pon Sunrise. English version © 1983 Modern Pro- show itself to avoid offending certain sensibilities. We cannot really know where the grams International. ELLCIA © 1993 JVC / JAM CREATION / J.C.STAFF. GAIKING © 1992 Peter Pan truth lies. I was particularly confused when my friend Miyako read me Hideaki Anno’s Industries / Parade Video. GALAXY FRAULEIN interview in NEWTYPE of June. He avoided the subject of censorship and skillfully YUNA © 1995 RED-HUDSON / TOHO - STARCHILD - MOVIC. GUNDAM © Sunrise (MS- defended his work. His point of view made sense and he made some interesting 06 F/J ZAKU II model by Bandai Co). MAZINGER GREAT © 1974 Dynamic Kikaku / Toei Doga. comments about the internet fans who excessively criticized the show. MAZINGER Z © 1972 Dynamic Kikaku / Toei Doga. MUTEKIKOJIN DAITURN 3 © 1978 Nippon Sun- “I think the people who are very much involved with the Net,” Mr. Anno said, “have rise. NEON GENESIS EVANGELION © 1995 very narrow views toward life and the world. They’re always in their rooms GAINAX / Project EVA / TV Tokyo / NAS. English version © 1996 A.D.Vision (Models by Bandai Co. and don’t go out very often to communicate in person. Because of their Dojinshi: Saru No Yakata © 1996 Tiya Nukui; Move information on the Net, they feel they know everything without searching the real truths.” They easily vol.3 © 1996 G:Mark; Antithese vol.1 © 1996 Gin- ger House / Side-Eva / Aura; Ars Magna © 1996 and anonymously say things that they would never say in person. “Their messages are like graffiti in Senatsu Hita / Selfish Product). SHOGUN WAR- a public toilet.” They attack other while they are staying in a safe place. “They don’t have anything RIORS © 1979 Marvel Comics Group. SHUTEN DOJI - THE STAR HAND KID © 1989 Go Nagai / certain to hold on... that’s probably why they watch anime shows. (...) I would like to add and say to Dynamic Planning, Inc. / Nippon Columbia Co., Ltd. SPACEKETEERS © 1992 Peter Pan Industries those fans, hey, go out and visit towns. I am 35 now and I am realizing the importance of human / Parade Video. STARVENGERS © 1992 Peter Pan contact little by little...” Industries / Parade Video. SUIKODEN © 1991 SHINJI WADA / HAKUSENSHA / J.H Project. (This interview, published in the June issue of NEWTYPE, was TOSHI GORDIAN © 1979 Tatsunoko. TOSHO DAIMOS © 1978 Y&K / Toei Company. UCHU made by Mr. Shinichiro Inouê. He encourages people to send MAJIN DAIKENGO © Tori Production / Toei Com- comments and questions to Anno-san by writing to: Mr. pany. UFO ROBOT GRANDIZER © 1975 Dynamic Kikaku / TV Asahi / Toei Doga. English version © Hideaki Anno, Monthly NEW- TYPE Magazine, Kado-kawa 1992 Peter Pan Industries / Parade Video. UFO Sample file SENSHI DIAPOLON © 1976 Eiken. WAKUSEI RO- Shoten, Tokyo, 162-77, Japan.) BOT DANGUARD ACE © 1977 Toei. English ver- sion © 1992 Peter Pan Industries / Parade Video. I don’t entirely agree with what Mr. Anno is saying. He seems to YUSHA RAIDEEN © 1975 Tohoku Shinsha. perpetuate the standard caricatural view of the nerd and in- troverted net surfer. Nevertheless, I must admit that he is touching some sensi- ILLUSTRATIONS ADVANCE COMICS 91 (96-7), 92 (96-8). ANIME- tive area and he scores some points. ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ V 122 (96-2): 128-129; 124 (96-4): 138-139. B- CLUB 87 (93-2): 21-23; 120 (95-11): 20; 122 (96- Anyway, you have probably already noticed that this issue has a few more pages than usual (60). It is 1): 6-7;