ANIME SACRAMENTO NEWSLETTER, FEBRUARY - MARCH 2003 Welcome to the December '02-January 2003 Anime Sacramento Newsletter. Meetings of Anime Sacramento are bi-monthly, usually on the 2nd Saturday of the odd-numbered months, at the private residence of Laurine White, Sacramento, California. I enjoy trading non-commercial Japanese-language anime (such as tv episodes), and do limited freebie-dupes of same. E-mail me about trading tapes and some stuff I have for sale. Anime Sacramento e-mail address is LVBwhite@concourse.net
 
Next meeting will be Saturday, March 8, 2003, from 1pm to 10pm. Thank you kind folks who brought munchies in January. Crackers and pretzels and other snacks are on hand for next meeting; we're running short on canned sodas. Dinner break is 7-8pm. More DVDs are on hand for next meeting, including ARJUNA Vol 1-2-3, some anime episodes from Japan, maybe last year's Godzilla movie, "Spirited Away" if you want to see it. If you have
anime DVDs you want to view with others, please bring them to the show.
 
Subscriptions to this newsletter are available, 3 issues for $1.80, 6 issues for $3.60. Make checks payable to Laurine White or send unused postage stamps. If your subscription is expiring, ask to be added to the personal distribution list for the newsletter (it's not an attachment), just send me an email. Remember, if you change your email address, please let me know, so I can keep you on the distribution list. Also let me know if your email is set up to reject distribution list emails. If you want to Unsubscribe to the newsletter, just let me know.
 
SpamAssassin - Some bozo out there named Joe Jared runs OsiruSoft, which some ISPs are using to filter out spam or anything that might resemble spam, like my newsletter, because it lists stuff for sale, comes from a dialup, is sent out to me with you guys as blind cc's, supposedly uses a "Nigerian scam key phrase"(?), and includes a month in the Subject box. So if you suddenly no longer get my newsletter, maybe it got trapped in your ISP's spam folder. Thank you, Kent, for the info. May Mr. Jared just dry up and blow away.
 
It's a crime! Protest! Those idiots at www.twentiethcenturyfox.com have released MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO on DVD in pan-and-scan in English, with NO Japanese language/English subtitle option, NO special features whatsoever. Was the original only 87 minutes?
 
Books: Hayao Miyazaki is currently animating Diana Wynne Jones' novel, HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE. If you enjoy her fantasy stories, her new book, THE MERLIN CONSPIRACY, (www.dianawynnejones.com) will be released by Greenwillow Books in April./ Sujata Massey writes a series of murder mysteries with heroine Rei Shimura (half American) trying to make a living in Tokyo. In THE FLOATING GIRL (Avon Books), Rei discovers anime, manga, doujinshi and cosplay./ Fred Schodt (MANGA! MANGA! and DREAMLAND JAPAN) has a new books coming out this spring, NATIVE AMERICAN IN THE LAND OF THE SHOGUN, about a half-Scot half-Native American who taught English in Nagasaki in 1848 for half a year before he was deported (true story).
 
Artists: I mail-ordered from 2 artists at YaoiCon, and the stuff just arrived. Sihaya does lovely original art and prints. You can contact her at sihaya47@earthlink.net. Daria McGrain does some rather naughty pictures of male furries. I ordered 5 pictures that are naughty but not quite x-rated. If you're interested in x-rated or not so x-rated prints of male furries, check out her webpage at www.ghostcircles.com/dxs/daria.html, or contact Diana Sprinkle, P.O. Box 49954, Austin,Tx 78765-0954. (Boy, is this paragraph gonna land the newsletter on blockspam lists or what?)
 
Websites of interest: A-1 Comics website - www.a-1comics.com - my favorite comic book store, with have anime DVDs (sale, not rent), all kinds of action figures, manga and RPG gaming supplies in stock; large store, plenty of parking, easily accessible location (plus being near my house).
 
www.sacramentoanime.com - an online anime community in Sacramento with some planned get-togethers. Check it out and sign up as a member.
 
www.geocities.com/davisanime - The UC Davis Anime Club isn't defunct after all. Here
s its new website, updated to 2003.
 
Gamebots - website currently under construction. The anime (rentals) & video gaming store is located in the Sacramento South Area, at the southwest corner of the intersection of Elk Grove Florin Road with Vintage Park. For info, phone (916) 681-01001.
 
Anime meetup day - anime.meetup.com - a website for getting together with other anime fans in your area. At least 10 People are signed up for Anime Meetups in Sacramento. Other fan meetups of interest are fanfic.meetup.com, tolkien.meetup.com, scifi.meetup.com
 
International Channel: Currently running the following anime: Soul Hunter (dubbed, Mondays), Fushigi Yugi (dubbed, Tuesdays), El Hazard (dubbed, Wednesdays), Slayers (subt, Fridays), Dragonball GT (no subs) and Slayers (rerun) on Sundays.
 
Cartoon Network is running .HACK//SIGN at 3pm Saturdays in February. Weekdays Feb 24-25 at 4pm - Martian Successor Nadesico; 4:30pm - EVAngelion. Feb 26 - 4pm Nadesico; 4:30 - RoboTech. Feb 27-28 at 4pm - Dai-Guard; 4:30 pm - RoboTech. March time changes, look for .Hack//Sign at midnite Saturdays; weekdays - 5pm - GGundam; 6pm - YuYu Hakusho; 6:30 - Rurou ni Kenshin (starts March 17); weeknights - 1am - InuYasha. Adult swim has its own website, www.adultswim.com, for info in InuYasha, Reign, etc.
 
My stuff for sale: Japanese CDs: RED - music soundtrack album from STEAM BOY DETECTIVE and BLUE, a drama album, same anime series, $10 for the set; ULTRAMAN ACE double CD set ($10); SFX GRAFFITI-ULTRAMAN - 4 CDs for $15; SHADOW SKILL original music soundtrack double CD set, very nice
music for $10. Is anyone interested in three robot model kits, Net Attacker Glitch, Scratch, and Net Defender E-Male? They are Skill Level 1, and I'll let them go for the cost of postage. Also for sale are Roman Album-type publications, manga, robot models and laser disks. And here I'll give a plug for my current fave Sat am show, Static Shock, now in its 3rd season on the WB. The heroes are older and more buff.
 
Conventions - FanimeCon - www.fanime.com - June 20-22, 2003 at the Westin Santa Clara, Santa Clara Convention Center, San Jose area, California, $40 until March 31, check payable to "Anime Resource Group", send to Fanime Con 2003 Pre-Registration, PO Box 8068, San Jose, CA 95155-8068.
 
WonderCon (comics convention, with some anime programming) on April 25-27 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, and San Diego Comic Con (imagine a dealers room the size of 2 football fields!), July 17-20 at the San Diego Convention Center. For more info on the San Diego convention and WonderCon, go to www.comic-con.org or write: WonderCon, PO Box 128458, San Diego, CA 92112-8458.
 
Anime Weekend Atlanta returns in 2003 for its 9th year of Southern-style anime entertainment. September 26-28 2003 at the Waverly / Cobb Galleria Center. Guests, dealers, costumes, videos, workshops, and Japanese Anime Hell. For more info, check out www.awa-con.com .JUKU is 244 pages of manga-style American comics by five unique creators. Suspense, drama, romance, SF action, and famous Japanese authors dressed up like magical schoolgirls - it's all there! Find out more at www.cheapdisposable.com
 
News from Matt: anyone interested in playing Tokusatsu Master online, can go to the following website: http://www.tokumasters.com
 
Comics Buyers Guide News: This spring Marvel Comics is starting the "Tsunami" line of comics with a manga look to it, for a teenage appeal. Titles include Sentinel (boy & his 30-foot robot), Namor, Human Torch, Mystique, Venom, and Runaways.
 
Rightstuf (www.rightstuf.com) News: Official anime series websites - Bandai's site for .hack is www.dothack.com. Pioneer sites for Mahoromatic Automatic Maiden is at mahoromatic.pioneernaimtion.com and www.masterkeatondvd.com (for Master Keaton, planned for a summer DVD release).
 
Animenewsservice.com News: ADV Pro is producing 26 episodes of an animation series for Mutineers Moon, based on the series of novels by David Weber.
 
www.zentertainment.com News: Mindfire Entertainment bought the rights for a movie based on Sega's Shinobi game. It is scheduled for release in summer of 2004.
 
www.darkhorizons.com News on John Woo's plans for future films, including one about the Chinese and Irish working on the Continental Railroad, another about a Romeo & Juliet western, a battle between Texans and Mexicans, and a gangster musical.
 
www.aint-it-cool-news.com News: Miyazaki's Howl's Moving Castle anime feature will be finished in spring of 2004./ Takeshi Kitano is making a new Zatoichi movie, for release in Japan this autumn./ Japanese director Kinji Fukasaku died on January 12th. He directed movies as diverse as THE GREEN SLIME, classic Sonny Chiba movies like THE YAGYU CONSPIRACY film, LEGEND OF 8 SAMURAI and SAMURAI REINCARNATION, and more recently, BATTLE ROYALE. He was working on BATTLE ROYALE 2 at the time of his death.
 
Diamond PREVIEWS (diamondcomics.com) January 2003 for delivery in March (except as noted). Comics - Dark Horse - METROPOLIS by Osamu Tezuka (April), b&w, $14; BLOOD WORLD #1 (of 3) by Eddie Park (Korean), epic set on planet of endless war, color, 24 pages, $2.99; GHOST IN THE SHELL II: Man-Machine Interface, by Masamune Shirow, color, 40 pages, price?; SHADOW STAR: Nothing But the Truth, by Mohiro Kitoh (April) b&w, 160 pages, $15. Image - BULLETPROOF MONK one-shot (see the movie starring Chow Yun Fat), color, 32 pages, $2.95; HAMMER OF THE GODS: "Hammer Hits China" #2
(of 3), Odin is trapped by Chinese gods, color, 32 pages, $2.95. Marvel - X-MEN: RONIN #1 & 2 (of 5), illustrated by Makoto Nakatsuka, each is 32 pages, color & $2.99. Antarctic - HOW TO DRAW MANGA SuperSize Volumes 1 & 2, b&w, $22 each; COUNTER-OPS #1 by Ang & Kim, color, 32 pages, $3.95.
 
Great Lakes Ninja Brotherhood - INFINITE KUNG FU #4 by Kagan McLeod, b&w, 32 pages, $3. Gutsoon - FIST OF THE NORTH STAR Vol.3, color, $18; RAIJIN Comics #13-16; RGA Magazine #13-16 (re-titled from FUJIN). Comicsone - SAMURAI LEGEND by Furuyama & Taniguchi, Yagyu Jubei & the book he must protect, b&w, 240 pages, $16. I.C. (aka Ironcat - www.ic-ent.com) - AMERIMANGA Vol.1 #4, b&w, 140 pages, $8; BLACK CROW by Shusay, 192 pages, b&w, $14; METATOKYO #1 by Fred Gallagher, 2 Americans working in Japan, b&w, $10. Icarus - TEA CLUB #4, a talking bear has 3 weeks to turn his protege into the Ultimate Tea Warrior, b&w, 32 pages, $3. Radio Comix - BUREAU OF MANA INVESTIGATION #7 by Christina Hanson, Amark & Holly return from the Demon Lands, 32 pages, b&w, $3.
 
Shanda - KATMANDU #29, Native American furries, for mature readers, b&w, 48 pages, $5. TokyoPop - COWBOY BEBOP: Shooting Star Vol.1 (of 2), 192 pages, b&w, $10; HAPPY MANIA Vol.1 (of 5) by Moyoko Anno, for mature readers, 200 pages, b&w, $10; REBOUND Vol.1 (of 10) by Yuriko Nishiyama, H.S. basketball, 192 pages, b&w, $10; TOKYO MEW MEW Vol.1 (of 4) by Reiko Yoshida, cute magic girl, 19 pages, b&w, $10. Zines - SUPER 7 Magazine #1, dedicated to Japanese toy culture, 64 pages, color, $5.95. JADE SCREEN Vol.3 & 4, Asian movie news & interviews, $5.95 each. PROTOCULTURE ADDICTS #76, 72 pages, color, $4.95. Anime T-shirts - EVA with Tsunami, Women of EVA - each black 100% cotton, L-XXL,
$17 & $18; Vampire Hunter D Bloodlust, black 100% cotton, L-XL, $17.
 
Action figures - Miyamoto Musashi & Inshun, 7.5" high, each $25 (June). Panzer World Galient Master Series robot, 6" high, multiple points of articulation, $25 (June) (Panzer World Galient, Yeah!). Tetsujin 28 bobbleheads, 4.5" high, 5 different, $5 each. Posters - Voltron by Mark Brooks, $7. Games - BESM - Cold Hands, Dark Hearts, bakemono shapeshifters, $17 (Guardians of Order). DVDs - Babel II Perfect Collection DVD
(Image), 111 min, $25. Arjuna DVD Vol.4 (Bandai) 75 min, $30. Crying Freeman DVD Vol.1, 120 min (AD Vision) $30. Fruits Basket Vol.3 DVD (Funimation) 123 min, $40. Gall Force DVD Collection (US Manga Corps) 260 min ($75). Mospeada Complete Box Set DVD (AD Vision) 25 episodes, $100. Utena: Darkness Beckoning DVD (Software Sculptures) 75 min, $30. ROAD TO PERDITION with Tom Hanks & Paul Newman (Americanized version of Lone Wolf & Cub), $27.
 
Diamond PREVIEWS February 2003 for delivery in April (except as noted). Comics - Dark Horse - SPYBOY 13.1: The M.A.N.G.A. Affair #1 (of 3), b&w, 24 pages, $2.99, how can SpyGirl be both Japan's leading comedienne & Japan's premiere spy as well?; INTRON DEPOT 3: Ballistics by Masamune Shirow, color, 128 pages, $44.95, color (May). Wildstorm - THUNDERCATS vs BATTLE OF THE PLANETS, 48-pages special, $4.95. Image - ROTOGIN: Junkbots #1 (of 8), color, 32 pages, $2.95, Asian gangsters run illegal robot battles; SOUL OF A SAMURAI #1 (of 4) by Will Dixon, b&w, 48 pages, $3.95, a young samurai must face his 4 inner demons. Anarchy - XIN: Journey of the Monkey King #1, color, 32 pages, $2.99. Antarctic - How To
Draw Manga #23, b&w, 32 pages, $4.95. Comicsone - RED PROWLING DEVIL #1 by Toshimitsu Shimizu, 200 pages, b&w, $9.95, a pilot becomes an assassin.
 
CPM - LET'S STAY TOGETHER FOREVER by Tomoko Taniguchi, 192 pages, b&w, $15.95, tales of love, loss & hairspray; WELCOME TO LODOSS ISLAND Book 1 by Rei Hyakuyashiki, b&w, 128 pages, $15.95, silly tales poking fun at high fantasy. Radio Comix - FURRLOUGH'S Finest Vol.1, b&w, 64 pages, $5.99, best stories from Furrlough with new Heather Bruton cover. TokyoPop - BATTLE ROYALE Vol.1 (of 5) by Koshun Takami, b&w, 192 pages, $9.99; DEMON DIARY Vol.1 (of 4) by Jee-Hyung Lee, 192 pages, b&w, $9.99, gods and demons battle; FAKE Vol.1 (of 7), 192 pages, b&w, shounen ai, $9.99; LUPIN III Vol.1 by Monkey Punch, 192 pages, b&w, $9.99. Zines - Wizard Anime Insider #7, $4.99, Trigun, more Big O, anime censorship secrets. NEWTYPE English Version #7, $9.95. ORIENTAL FILM REVIEW #5, $7.99, the best zine for HK movie fans!
 
Books - ANIME FROM AKIRA TO PRINCESS MONONOKE by Susan J. Napier, $16.95 (is this another unknown cashing in on the anime craze?). FUSHIGI YUGI Ultimate Fan Guide Vol.3, 96 pages, color, $24.95 (ouch!). THE JAPANESE EXPERIENCE: INEVITABLE by Margrit Brehm, 208 pages, color, $30,visual imagery from traditional Japanese culture to contemporary. MECHA MANIA by Christopher Hart, 128 pages, $20, how to draw mecha. SO CRAZY JAPANESE TOYS by Jimbo Matison, 132 pages, $18.95, sugoi creatures from Japanese kiddy shows. T-shirts - Fushigi Yuugi on 100% black cotton, L-XL, $18.
EVA baseball jersey, L - XXL, $22 & $23. Action figures - 8" high Kenichi, Rock and Tiema resin figures from Metropolis, $40 each. Hellsing, 7" high, $15. Appleseed Repaint figures (May), $15 each. Dangaioh 7.5", $14. Jumborg Ace, $13. Metal Gear 12", Liquid Snake, Sniper, Meryl, $30 each. Wall Scrolls - Final Fantasy X Tidus & Yuna, $18 each.
 
Games - Big Eyes, Small Mouth for the d20 system, regular edition, $30. Osprey - JAPANESE CASTLES 1540-1640, $16.95. DVDs - BRIGADOON Vol 1: Marin & Melin (TokyoPop) $30. BIG WARS (US Manga Corps), 70 min. $20. CITY HUNTER .357 Magnum (ADV) 80 min. $30. Complete Crusher Joe (AnimEigo) 238 min. $25. DRAGONBALL GT Vol.1-2 (Funimation), $25 each. EXCEL SAGA Vol.6 (ADV) 100 min. $30. GENESHAFT Vol.1 (Bandai), 100 min. $30. FIST OF THE NORTH STAR Vol.1-2, 120 min. each $30. GUN FRONTIER Vol.1: Hopalong Harlock (AnimeWorks), 100 min. $30, Capt. Harlock in the Old West. PLEASE TEACHER Vol.1 (Bandai), 100 min. $30.
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End of February - March 2003 Anime Sacramento Newsletter
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