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P r o t o c u l t u r e A d d i c t s # 8 5August / September 2005. Published by Protoculture,P.O. Box 1433, Station B, Montreal, Qc, Canada, H3B 3L2.

E d i t o r i a l S t a f fChristopher Macdonald [CM] – PublisherClaude J. Pelletier [CJP] – Editor-in-chief

editor@protoculture.caMiyako Matsuda [MM] – Contributing Editor / Translator

Julia Struthers-Jobin – Editor

C o n t r i b u t o r sSean Broestl [SB], Bamboo Dong [BD], Paul Fargo,

Kevin Lillard, Therron Martin [TLM], Jonathan Mays [JM],Carlo Santos [CS], Kira Shepherd, James S. Taylor

A d v e r t i s i n g & B u s i n e s s I s s u e sChristopher Macdonald (editor@animenewsnetwork.com)

P r i n t i n gPayette & Simms (St-Lambert, Qc)

C o v e rCover used with the permission of ADV Films. The PlacePromised In Our Early Days © Makoto Shinkai / CoMix Wave.

S p e c i a l T h a n k sTo Jerry Chu, Danielle Garnier, Lance Heiskell, Chad Kimeand Mee-Lise Robinson for their support. And to Kyle Chang,George Phillips for their help in producing this issue.

S U B S C R I P T I O NOne Year (6 issues): $30 US/Can (in Canada add $2.10 GST;in Quebec add $4.41 GST & PST) or $45 US overseas. Sendcheck or money-order to: Protoculture, P.O.B. 1433, Stn B,Montreal, Qc, Canada, H3B 3L2. Payment by credit cards &PayPal available from the web site: www.protoculture.ca/PA/PASub.htm.

D I S T R I B U T I O NIn Canada: Cosmix ((514) 744-9494), Disticor ((905) 619-6565, www.disticor.com), Marché Clandestin ((514) 282-3930), Middleman Media ((416) 203-2926), Snap! ((416)588-4006). In U.S.A.: Anime Nation ((727) 796-7561),Complete Strategist ((212) 685-3880), Diamond ((410) 560-7100, www.diamondcomics.com), FM International ((608)271-7922), Kinokuniya (NY: (212) 765-7766, SF: (415) 567-7625, Seattle: (206) 587-2477), Nikaku Animart ((408) 971-2822), Right Stuf ((515) 252-6116), RPV ((714) 671-1270),Tower Records (www.towerrecords.com). In England:Esdevium (011 44 125226116).

Protoculture Addicts is ©1987-2005 by Protoculture. •The copyrights and trademarks mentioned herein are theproperty of their respective owners. Protoculture Addictsacknowledges the creators and copyrights holders of thematerials mentioned or pictured herein, and does not seekto infringe on their rights. • All rights to articles/artworkrevert to their respective writers/artists upon publication. •Contributors are responsible for their views which are notnecessarily those of Protoculture Addicts. • No part of thismagazine can be reproduced without permission from thepublisher, except for review purposes • Spoilers Warning:This magazine contains important plot details about severalJapanese animation. Readers discretion is advised. • Legaldeposit at the National Library of Quebec & National Library ofCanada • Printed in Canada • ISSN 0835-9563.

ANIME VOICESEditorial .................................................................................................................................. 4

Letters ................................................................................................................................... 78

NEWSANIME RELEASES (R1 DVD / UMD / VHS) ..................................................................................... 5

ANIME-RELATED PRODUCTS RELEASES & New Anime Licenses ...................................................... 9

MANGA RELEASES & New Manga Licenses ............................................................................... 10

ANIME & MANGA NEWS: North America .................................................................................. 12

ANIME & MANGA NEWS: Japan & International ........................................................................ 14

ANIME & MANGA NEWS: New Anime In Japan ......................................................................... 16

REVIEWSTOYS ...................................................................................................................................... 28

LIVE-ACTION ............................................................................................................................ 32

MANGA .................................................................................................................................. 34

RELATED PRODUCTS (Anime CD Soundtracks, Animation DVDs) ................................................... 36

BOOKS ................................................................................................................................... 38

ANIME ..................................................................................................................................... 72

SPOTLIGHTSTHE PLACE PROMISED IN OUR EARLY DAYS ............................................................................ 17

CLAMPUnCLAMPing The Past ........................................................................................................... 21

Traveling Through Time: A Quickie Guide To CLAMP’s Projects ................................................. 22

Tsubasa Chronicle (Overview, Character Profiles, Short Synopses) ........................................... 23

CARS & ANIME ....................................................................................................................... 26

FANTASTIC CHILDRENOverview ........................................................................................................................... 29

Character Profiles ................................................................................................................. 30

Short Synopses .................................................................................................................... 31

ANIME WORLD41 J-Pop Artists You Need To Know ........................................................................................... 43

BoogiePop Before Phantom ..................................................................................................... 46

Harems In Anime: How To Make Your Own Harem ................................................................... 48

Crashing Japan: Satsuki & Mei’s House / Suginami Anime Museum .............................................. 50

Convention Reports: Sakura Con, Anime Boston, Anime Central ................................................. 52

Anecdotes From: Daisuke Moriyama / Yoko Ishida ..................................................................... 54

ANIME STORIESAir ........................................................................................................................................... 57

Beck ....................................................................................................................................... 60

Portrait Of The Petite Cossette ................................................................................................... 63

Gakuen Alice .......................................................................................................................... 64

Ghost Talker’s Daydream ......................................................................................................... 66

Gunbuster 2 ............................................................................................................................ 67

Meine Liebe ............................................................................................................................ 68

Tsukuyomi – Moon Phase ......................................................................................................... 70

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Recently, Home Media Retailing magazine published an article titled “Anime Taking Some Punches”

in their July 17th issue. The article quotes several industry representatives who made statements

on how not everything is perfect for the industry right now.

Even earlier this year, several publications, including Anime News Network, ran articles saying that

in 2004, for the first time ever, total North American sales of anime on home video (VHS and DVD)

were less than the previous year.

Now, with all of that flying around, one has to ask: is the anime industry on its dying legs? With

the way all of the signs are pointing, could this be the beginning of the end? Turns out, not by

a long shot.

The companies acknowledge that the market is changing, and that certain changes are going to be

made, but that’s about it.

Some people have suggested that shelf space is a major part of the problem. However, you’d think

that if that were the case, companies would have scaled back their releases by now. Oddly enough

though, in the first seven months of 2005, the companies have put out roughly 100 more DVDs

than they did during the same period in 2004. The big four companies (Geneon, FUNimation, ADV

Films and Bandai Entertainment) each put out either approximately the same number of releases,

or more.

This could mean one of two things: the analysts at Bandai, ADV, Funimation and Geneon are a

bunch of idiots who are just going to continue flooding the market. Or… the anime industry really

isn’t in dire straights.

Reduced sales in 2004 were a bit of an eye opener for the anime companies, and they’ve learned

their lesson. The market place for anime is still growing. Every month more and more people are

being exposed to anime, and these people are all potential customers. Companies just have to

provide them with the right shows to buy. Retail stores are also learning to be more careful. They

only have so much shelf space, so they’re going to start stocking the titles that sell.

What does this mean for you and I as fans? Well, if you walk into your local Borders, you might

actually see fewer titles on the shelves. Instead of a couple copies of each title released that week,

they’ll have more copies of the really popular titles. They might not even stock the less popular

titles.

In some cases, anime companies are going to slow down their releases of the less mainstream

titles. Some titles with a small but devoted following might only be available as collections, only

online, or might just take much longer to get released. And yes, unfortunately, they might not even

get licensed. As one brand manager I spoke to put it, “We might personally love a show, but we

have to look at the numbers and if the show doesn’t look like it’ll sell enough, we’ll pass on it.”

So while the industry has taken a few punches, regardless of what you might have read in other

publications, or heard online, the anime industry, thankfully, is here to stay.

Christopher Macdonald

Publisher -- Protoculture Addicts

ARTICLES: Air © Visual Arts / Key / Yoku-jin Densho Group.Beck © Harold Sakuishi • Kodansha / 2004 Beck ProductionCommittee. Boogiepop & Others ©2000 Kouhei Kadono /MediaWorks / Hakuho-do / Toei Video. Packaging ©2005 TheRight Stuf International. Fantastic Children ©2004 TakashiNakamura / Nippon Animation • FC Production Committee.Gakuen Alice © Tachibana Higuchi / Hakusuisha / The AliceAcademy Production Committee. Ghost Talker’s Daydream ©Saki Okuse • Sakichi Meguro • Kadokawa Shoten / Bandai Visual.All Rights Reserved. Le Portrait de Petite Cossette ©2004Cossette House / Aniplex. Meine Liebe ©2004-2005 Konami /“Meine Liebe” Production Committee • Hakusuisha. The PlacePromise In Our Early Days © Makoto Shinkai / CoMix Wave.Top wo Nerae! 2 © 2004 GAINAX / TOP 2 Committee. TsubasaChronicle © CLAMP / Kodansha • NHK • NEP21. Tsukuyomi –Moon Phase ©2004 Keitaro Arima / Wani Books • VictorEntertainment.REVIEWS: Appleseed © 2004 Shirow Masamune / SeishinshaAppleseed Film Partners. Aquarian Age: The Movie ©2004Broccoli Co., Ltd. Area 88 © Kaoru Shintani / MF • 88 Committee.Baki The Grappler © Itagaki Keisuke, Free-Will, FUNimationProductions. Beck © Harold Sakuishi / Kodansha Ltd • Tokyopop.Black Jack © 1993, 2000 Tezuka Production/Black JackCommittee. Burn Up Scramble © 2004 AIC / ”BURN UPSCRAMBLE” Committee All Rights Reserved. Chrono Crusade© 2003 GOSPEL. Cromartie High School © Eiji Nonaka /Kodansha, TV Tokyo, CPTA, A.D. Vision. D.I.C.E. © BandaiEntertainment Inc, Xebec. DearS © Peach Pit, Media Works /TeaM DearS, Bandai Visual, Geneon Entertainment. Dragon Drive© 2002-2004 Ken-ichi Sakura / Shueisha • TV Tokyo • NAS • BV.Fafner © Xebec• Tatsumiyajima Yakuba. Full Metal Panic?Fumoffu © Gato Shoji / Shikidoji/Jindai High School StudentCommitte, A.D. Vision Inc, Fuji TV. Fullmetal Alchemist ©Hiromu Arakawa / Square Enix, MBS, ANX, BONES, dentsu 2004,FUNimation. Fushigi Yûgi © 1995 Yuu Watase / Shogakukan -TV Tokyo - Studio Pierrot. Gad Guard © Yoshitsune Izuna • Gonzo• Hiroshi Nishikiori / Team Gadguard. Galaxy Angel Z © Broccoli,Bandai Visual, TVO, Bandai Entertainment. Gantz ©Hiroya Oku/Shujueisha Gantz Partners. Gatchaman ©TatsunokoProductions. Genshiken © Shimoku Kio, Kodansha / GENSHIKENPartnership, Genco, Kids Station, Media Factory, ToshibaEntertainment, AnimeWorks. Ghost in the Shell: Stand AloneComplex © 2004-2005 Shirow Masamune-Production I.G./Kodansha. All Rights Reserved. Gilgamesh ©2003 Ishimori-Pro/Gilgamesh Committee. English version ©2005 A.D. Vision Inc.Girls Bravo © Kaneda Mario , Kadokawa Shoten Publishing Co.,Ltd, “Girls Bravo” Production Committee, Geneon Entertainment.Hanuakyo Maid Team: La Verite © Morishige Akita Shoten /Hanaukyo Maid Staff. Hoop Days © Yagami Hiroki / K-TM-OB,TV Tokyo, Bandai Entertainment. Human Crossing © ShogakukanProductions Co., Ltd. · A.C.G.T. · TV Tokyo / Geneon Entertainment(USA) Inc. Ikki Tousen © Yuji Shoizaki • Wani Books / Ikki TousenPartners. Jubei-Chan 2 © Akitaroh Daichi, Mad House/J2 Project,Geneon Entertainment. Kaze no Yojimbo © KurosawaProduction/Sammy, Dentsu, Studio Pierrot, NTV, BandaiEntertainment. Koi Kaze © Motoi Yoshida Kodansha / KoikazePartnership. Kyo Kara Maoh © Tomo Takabayashi, KadokawaShoten / NHK, Sogovision, Geneon. Melody of Oblivion © GJK /The Melody of Oblivion Project, J.C. Staff, Geneon Entertainment.My Beautiful Girl Mari © 2002 I Picture. Piano © Animate Film/ Pioneer LDC / Kids Station. Requiem From The Darkness ©Natsuhiko Kyogoku • TMS. Samurai Champloo © manglobe /Shimoigusa Champloos. Scrapped Princess © Ichiro Sakaki,Scrapped Princess Production Group, Bones, BandaiEntertainment. Shingu © Sato Tatsuo / Madhouse / Team Muryou.Packaging & Translation ©2005 The Right Stuf International. AllRights Reserved. Star Ocean EX © 2001 tri-Ace Inc. - MAYUMIAZUMA / SQUARE ENIX - TV TOKYO – SOP All Rights Reserved.Stellvia © XEBEC FOUNDATION II TX. Ultra Maniac © WataruYoshizumi / Shueisha, ULUMANI Project, Geneon Entertainment.Wandaba Style ©2002 WonderFarm / Wandaba Style Project.Yugo The Negociator © Shinji Makari • Shu Akana / Kodansha •Yugo Production Committee. — All products mentioned orillustrated in this magazine remain property of their respectiveowners. They are used here solely for education, promotionor review purposes.ILLUSTRATIONS: Animage #313: 30; #314: 68; #315: 60; #316:191; #317: 30-33; #319: 88-89; #320: 187; #321: 199; #322:31. Gunsmith Cats Vol. 1: back cover (Glénat). Kinema Junpo#1404: 39. NewType 04-1998: 49. Tatsunoko Pro Anime SuperData File (Tatsumi, 1998): 36, 129. You’re Under Arrest Vol.4: 151; Vol. 5: 39 (Manga Player). — All other illustrationscome from promotional artwork, cover art or directly fromthe animation. They remain the property of their respectiveowners. Most copyright notices can be found at the bottomof each page.

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Burst Angel, Vol. 2: A New TokyoA secret society’s conjured up the spirit of an ancientdemon, and they mean to set it loose on Meg. And if that’snot enough, a dangerous giant bird preys on young girlsand snatches up Meg before Jo’s very eyes! A secretweapon injected into Kyo raises the stakes for Sei, and adeal to save Meg leaves Jo hanging in the balance. Withtraps and RAPT lurking behind every corner will Jo be ableto save Meg this time? Or will the Crow Monster take Megand Kyo down with him?

Slam Dunk, Vol. 5After losing to Ryounan High, Hanamichi begins to practicemore seriously. With the eagerly awaited return of RyotaMiyagi, a gifted but troubled ball player who had beenhospitalized from a gang fight with Mitsui, comes a newseason of worries for the team. Mitsui, who hates Ryota forreasons still unknown, launches a full scale assault on Ryotaand his teammates with his entourage of thugs. WillShouhoku team survive this attack and if the school findsout will they be dissolved and denied from playing in theupcoming tournament? What drives Mitsui who had oncebeen a basketball hopeful, to throw away his dreams andrisk it all to destroy Ryota?

Case Closed, Vol. 5.3: Triple ThreatWhile guests at Sebastian Manor, Conan and Rachel findthemselves embroiled in a chilling murder. But moredisturbing than the brutal death of the millionaire,Rodrick Appenheimer, is the prime list of suspects, histriplet sons! Then, an S.O.S. in a bottle leads the JuniorDetective League into a labyrinth of danger and deceptionthat could spell their ends! Finally, a killer claiming tobe an infamous movie villain threatens a celebrity, it isup to Conan, Richard, and Rachel to unmask the truthbefore the culprit makes good on his cryptic warning: Atthe stroke of Midnight, you will die!

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Kizuna, Vol. 1Ranmaru and Kei have a strong and passionate relationship builton years of trust, sacrifice and love. But when the mysteriousson of a Yakuza boss begins to pursue Ranmaru’s affection,tempers flare, and hidden emotions rise to the surface. WillRanmaru and Kei’s love survive, or will the emotional conflictfinally come to a head?

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Samurai Gun, Vol. 1: Cocked andLoadedIt is the beginning of the industrial revolution, and feudal Japanis in turmoil. The ruling Shogun are wielding their abusive powersto instill fear and dominance over their oppressed subjects.Beatings, imprisonment, rape and even murder are the adoptedtactics chosen to maintain their reign. The bloodshed must end.A group of Samurai have banded together, and, with thedevelopment of new weapons and new technology, they haveboth the will and the hardware to stand up and fight. Ichimatsuis one of these fighters. By day, he works incognito at a local tavern, in the evenings he frequentsthe brothels, and by the dark of night, he doles out some big-time, gun-barrel justice. He is hereto help. He is Samurai Gun!

Samurai 7, Vol. 1Based on the legendary Akira Kurosawa classic epic featurefilm, Seven Samurai. Set in a futuristic world that has justwitnessed the end of a massive war, scores of villages areterrorized by Nobuseri bandits. But the Nobuseri are no normalbandits. They were once Samurai, who during the warintegrated their living cells with machines to becomedangerous weapons now appearing more machine than man.Absolute power corrupts, and their reign of terror is increasingits hold on the countryside. But one group of villagers hashad enough, deciding to hire samurai to protect their village.Kirara is a young priestess who travels to the city seeking outprotection. One by one, she encounters brave samurai thatthe war has left behind. These men of skill and valor are eachunique and not without their quirks. But can they come togetheras one to defend the helpless village?

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good! This DVD contains the entire OVA series, plus a special Soundtrack-Only audio channel with a lyrics track.

Gundam Seed Movie II: Far Away DawnThe battle lines have been drawn, placing old friendsKira and Athrun on opposing sides in the war. The re-sulting battle will mark a turning point in their lives asAthrun and the Zaft forces launches a major offensivedesigned to end the war once and for all! This DVD con-tains never-before-seen footage created exclusively forthis special release!

Mars DaybreakLife on Mars is hard for those who live here. As theeconomy worsens, work becomes scarce and foodbecomes expensive and highly prized. Gram and hisfriends try to do the best they can but, he finds him-self on the run with the most notorious pirates onMars. The only problem is he soon starts to enjoythe adventure!

Petit Cossette, Le Portrait DeEiri, a talented art student, works part-time in an an-tique shop in a quiet part of town. One afternoon, heuncovers a delicate Venetian glass holding a startlingsecret within. When Eiri peers into the glass, he can seea young blond girl, her life playing out like a movie solelyfor him to see. Curious, he stares into the glass, hopingto learn more about the enchanting girl inside. This isCossette, a mysterious beauty haunting the glass, wait-ing 250 years for someone to finally see her, and set herfree. Eiri is soon obsessed with Cossette, determined todo anything he can to help her. Will Eiri see past all the illusions and discover thetragic truth about Cossette, or will he be consumed by anguish and obsession?

Mermaid Forest, Vol. 2: Bitter FleshMana is hit by a truck and taken to the hospital. Yutarushes to be at her side, but she has mysteriously dis-appeared by the time he arrives. His search leads him toan old mansion rumored to have a mermaid cemetery,where he finds two women, one old, the other youngbut white-haired. A “deformed” dog attacks Yuta, knock-ing him unconscious. The sad fate of the women, wholive in the “Mermaid Forest” is revealed.

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