Volume 12, Issue 3 ConNotations June/July The Bi-Monthly Science Fiction, Fantasy & Convention Newszine of the Central Arizona Speculative Fiction Society 24 Frames SF Tube Talk ReAnimation In This Issue Movie News TV News & Previews Anime Reviews By Lee Whiteside By Lee Whiteside By Craig L. Dyer News & Reviews Spidey Spins Big Box Office We’ve got news on the new fall season, ***** The Adventures of Mini-Goddess SF Tube Talk 1 with Clones Not Far Behind what’s new, what’s coming back and ***** Batman The Animated Series - 24 Frames 1 what’s not. But that’s all in the future, so The Legend Begins ReAnimation 1 lets get right to the new stuff that’s ***** Card Captor Sakura- FYI 2 As has been reported widely in the press, happing in the next couple of months on Sakura Fight Spiderman’s opening weekend of $114 cable. ***** Card Captor Sakura- CASFS Business Report 2 million beat all and looks to not be broken Gamers Corner 3 for a while. Opening in 3,615 theatres Cable’s Summer of SciFi on SciFi, Vacation Daze across the country, the movie has reached USA, TNT and Showtime **** Card Captor Sakura- Screening Room 5 the $200 million and $300 million marks It’s summer and time for new episodes Friends and Family Fan Notes 6 **** Card Captor Sakura- Videophile 8 Magical Mystery *** Card Captors- Firestorm In Our Book (Book Reviews) 15 ***** Card Captors- The Best of Friends Special Feature ***** Card Captors- End of Days Twenty-Five Years Ago at a Theater *** Tenchi Muyo 7 - Showdown near you: Star Wars *** Tenchi Muyo 8 - Time Tripping by Shane Shellenbarger 15 *** Tenchi Muyo 9 - Escape To Space Convention & Fandom The Adventures of Mini-Goddess The Gan-Chan Files Club Listings 17 © Sony Pioneer, 100 min Convention Listings 19 DVD $29.98, 13+ Convention Registration Form 19 faster than any movie in history. Marvel © Sci-Fi and Sony were more than pleased with how Whenever Keiichi leaves the house his Art Work the movie was received by the critics and of series on cable and SciFi is no girlfriend Belldandy and her sisters Urd Sherlock Front page, 2 the movie going public. As can be exception. New Friday night episodes and Skuld shrink themselves into little girl expected, they are already at work planning return to SciFi on June 7th with the debut goddesses. While they are small they play a second Spiderman movie, slated to open of Stargate SG-1’s sixth season and with the other residents of the area in May 2004. With the ongoing draw of including Gan, the rat. Or so says the back Spiderman, the debut of Star Wars Farscape’s fourth season. Episode II: Attack of the Clones fell short Moving from Showtime to SciFi, of the DVD case. 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