Next meeting is Saturday, July 13, 2002, from 1pm to 11pm. Thank you kind folks who brought munchies in May. Generic cookies and sodas are on hand for next meeting. Dinner break is 7-8pm. Back rooms are off-limits except for the women's lounge. On the schedule: Violinist of Hamelin #25 (conclusion, with or without subtitles). If you have anime DVDs you want to see or for others to see, bring them to the show.

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Recommended anime shopping: Nikaku Animart, 615 North 6th Street, San Jose, CA 95112, (408) 971-2822, (website - www.nikaku.com) for anime CDs, LDs, books, posters, etc. Send a long SASE (self-addressed stamped envelope) for their latest catalog. I (Laurine White) have Japanese CDs for sale: 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 ($15); SFX GRAFFITI-ULTRAMAN - 4 CDs for $20; SHADOW SKILL original music soundtrack double CD set, very nice music for $15. I also have a non-commercial copy of DRAGONS FOREVER for $2. 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.

Tokyo Comiket 62 Japan Tour 2002 - 6 days/4 nights package tour, August 7 - 12, 2002, flights leaving from L.A., Chicago, New York. For prices and other info, please check website http://www.visitjtec.com/comiket The Japan Technical Events Consortium (JTEC) is also promoting the Tokyo Game Show 2002 tour, September 18 - 23, 2002, with the same flight departure cities. For more info, please visit http://www.visitjtec.com/gameshow.

C/FO celebrates its 25th anniversary! That's right, the grandaddy of all American anime clubs started 25 years ago. They've had over 300 meetings, and continue to meet every month. (Anime Sacramento started as a C/FO chapter officially in 1984.) The C/FO website is http://members.tripod.com/~c_fo

Convention News: San Diego Comic-Con International is at the San Diego Convention Center August 1-4. Membership at the door is $60. For more info, visit www.comic-con.org Two rooms will be screening anime during the convention. Cartoon Network will have the Samurai Jack and Aku maquettes on display at the Acme Animation archives Booth. Fred Patten will moderate a panel on the 25th Anniversary of American Anime Fandom on August 1st.

Cartoon Network is running HAMTARO at 7am and 4pm Monday thru Friday; this anime is a bit too "kirei" for me. I am enjoying YU YU HAKUSHO (except for Kuwabara's voice) and COWBOY BEBOP on Saturday nights, 11pm to midnight.

News from various: The Bandai store at the Metreon Complex in San Francisco has gone out of business. (It was less impressive than expected, the one time that friends and I checked it out.)/ Did you know there was a WARRIORS OF VIRTUE II: THE RETURN TO TAO movie? Neither did I, but IFG has acquired the world rights to it./ Fans of general animation should check out www.animationblast.com, for info and articles about current and past animation (not anime)./ Future movie sequels - "Pitch Black 2", "X-Men 2", Independence Day 2.

Rightstuf (www.rightstuf.com) News - Bandai has created a Silent Mobius website, with in-depth synopses, info on toys, characters, manga, and the DVD releases - silentmobius.bandai-ent.com./ ADV is now the exclusive distributor of the American monthly NewType magazine, with news from Japan and America, product reviews and behind-the-scenes features. The first issue has a print run of 20,000.

www.comicsone.com - neat website where you can order miniature swords from STORM RIDERS, a Got Manga? T-shirt, and lots of translated manga, such as KABUTO (which I like). You can get wallpaper, view image galleries, send e-cards. You can also find news about the Hong Kong graphic novels (translated) that Comicsone plans to publish starting in August. That includes Tony (Jademan) Wong's sword titles: Weapons of the Gods, The Legendary Couple, and the futuristic action fantasy, Mega Dragon and Tiger, which has nothing to do with Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon. (Sorry, I have no further news about the fate of that comicbook project.) Comicsone has been around since 1999 and has an office in Fremont, California.

www/animenewsservice.com News: Jackie Chan will star as Phileas Fogg's valet in a remake of "Around the World in 80 Days"./ In July start looking for ads on Nick, SciFi Channel and Cartoon Network for "Japan For Sale 2", Sony Music's new Japanese pop album compilation./ The anime adventure series "Beyblade" will be added to the ABC Family weekday cartoon block after July 6./ Max Allen Collins, creator of the ROAD TO PERDITION comicbook, described it as a thematic cousin to Lone Wolf and Cub. "Road to Perdition", the movie, opens on July 12th. It stars Tom Hanks, Paul Newman and Jude Law.

www.aint-it-cool-news.com News: The latest Toho Godzilla movie, "Godzilla vs Mecha Godzilla", has started filming./ "Bulletproof Monk", starring Chow Yun-fat, will open in theaters next year./ Looks like there'll be a "Rush Hour" 3 and 4 in the future for Chris Tucker and Jackie Chan./ The future looks good for a sequel to "Storm Riders" now that a company has been found to work on the CGI. The sequel will be about Wind (Ekin Cheng) and his new master, played by Andy Lau./ Benicio Del Toro's next movie might either be "Blade 3" or "Doumu" (by Katsuhiro Otomo)./ Sean Connery will star in the "League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" movie./ "Spider-Man 2" will open in theaters in May 2004./ Disney bought a script for "Snow White and the Seven", in which a 19th Century Englishwoman flees her stepmother in Hong Kong, taking refuge in a Shaolin Temple, where she is guarded by 7 monks.

www.anime-tourist.com News: Miramax has picked up American rights to "Ghost in the Shell 2"./ Bandai has acquired DVD rights to the anime series .Hack.

For BATTLE OF THE PLANETS (BotP) products being released in the next couple of months, check the Diamond PREVIEWS listings below -

Diamond PREVIEWS (diamondcomics.com) May 2002 for delivery in July '02 (except as noted). This is the issue where we see even more manga being published, especially graphic novels. Comics - Dark Horse - ASTRO BOY Vol.6 by Osamu Tezuka (August), 232 pg, b&w, $10; SERAPHIC FEATHER: Seeds of Change graphic novel (August), 240 pg, b&w, $18; LONE WOLF 2100 #3 (of 4), 32 pages, color, $3. Vertigo - VERTIGO POP: TOKYO #1 (of 4) by Shelly Bond, American in search of techno-cool meets a Tokyo teen chick with pop star dreams, color, 32 pg, $2.95. DC - SAMURAI JACK SPECIAL #1, 64 pg, color, $3.95. Wildstorm - ROBO DOJO #6 (of 6), color, 32 pg, $2.95; THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN II #1 (of 6) by Alan Moore, color, 32 pg, $3.50 (wait for the graphic novel). Image - BATTLE OF THE PLANETS #1, using the BOTP tv concept, not GatchaMan (Sandy Frank lives!), color, 32 pg, $2.95. Antarctic - HOW TO DRAW MANGA #17, b&w, 32 pg, $4.95; MANGAZINE #35, 190 pg, $9. Avatar - SHI: Poisoned Paradise #2 (of 2), color, 32 pg, $3.50. Comicsone - KAZEN Vol.1 #7 (of 7) by Gaku Miyao, 200 pg, b&w, $9.95. CPM graphic novels - DARK ANGEL Vol.4, 224 pg, b&w, $16; LODOSS WAR: Deedlit's Tale Vol.1, 192 pg, b&w, $16; LODOSS WAR: Chronicles of the Heroic Knight Bk.2, 176 pg, b&w, $16.

Crusade - SHI: The Illustrated Warrior #2 (of 7), 32 pg, b&w, $3. Curtis (Korean manga) - each is volume 1 #1, b&w, 32 pg, $2.95 - BARCHETTA, ESP, EXTREME, ETERNAL IMAGE, INTO THE STORM, MOON, PANDEMONIUM. Dreamwave - TRANSFORMERS GENERATION ONE #4, color, 32 pg, $2.95; TRANSFORMERS: ARMADA #1, color, 32 pg, $2.95; Dreamwave also publishes the manga-style DARKMINDS: Macropolis #4, SHIDIMA #5, WARLANDS Age of Ice #7, all are color, 32 pg, $2.95. Dream Weaver - TALL TAILS: Thieves' Quest #9 (furries), b&w, 32 pg, $3.50. Ironcat - YOU AND ME Vol.1 #1, student & cute ghost roommate, b&w, 32 pg, $2.95. Plex Manga - ANGELS WING #1, new Xmas angel fights evil, color, 80 pg, $7.95. Radio (furry titles) - HIT THE BEACH 2002, 48 furry pinup pages, 48 pg, b&w, $4; FURRLOUGH #115, b&w, 32 pg, $3. Shanda Fantasy - FURRY NINJA HIGH SCHOOL #1 (of 2), 48 pg, $5. Tokyopop - GUNDAM WING: G-Unit #1 (of 12), b&w, 48 pg, $3; WISH Vol 1 (CLAMP), 208 pg, b&w, $10; COWBOY BEBOP Vol.3 (of 3), 184 pg, b&w, $10; MARMALADE BOY Vol.3 (of 8), 192 pg, b&w, $10, plus lots of other manga titles.

Tshirts - each $17, sizes L-XL, 100% cotton - Blue Gender Group shot, Rurouni Kenshin Blood Slash, YuYu Hakusho Group shot, YuYuYusuke Fist. And it's Battle of the Planets month with a BotP Fiery Phoenix tshirt, L-XL $17, XXL $18. Dynamic Forces releases a BotP trading card set with art by Alex Ross and others, 72-card base set. There's BotP trading card binder for $40, and a BotP Ready for Battle lithograph by Alex Ross for $20. And a Zoltar mini-bust, 6" high, $45 (August). Books - Kevin Eastman TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES AUTOBIOGRAPHY hardback, lots of art, 296 pg, $39. THE ART OF ARMITAGE, 96 pg, color, $20. ARMITAGE ULTIMATE FAN GUIDE, 112 pg, color, $25. ANIME MANIA by Christopher Hart, how-to, 144 pg, color, $20. Great Novels by Neil Gaiman - CORALINE $16, NEVERWHERE $24, STARDUST $13.

Zines - G-FAN 358, latest Godzilla movie news, 84 pg, color, $4.95. ORIENTAL CINEMA #22, Godzilla issue and martial arts movies, $5.95. PROTOCULTURE ADDICTS #72, focusing on Miyazaki and SPIRITED AWAY, 72 pg, color, $4.95. Action figures - Bastard poseable figures - Holy Red Mikael ($18), Black Dark Schneider ($18), Red Dark Schneider ($22). Trigun Kubrick Box Seta A - Vash, Wolfwood, Monev, 2.5" high, $16 (August). Appleseed poseable figures - Deunan, Briareos - $25 each. UFO Robo Grendizer vinyl figures - Duke Fleed, Robo Grendizer - 10" high, each $30. Wall Scrolls - $18 each - Gate Keepers cast; Tenchi Muyo Ryoko & group; Nurse Nanako topless; Slayers Lina & group; YuYu Hakusho Hiei & Kurama.

Videos/DVDs (dub or sub - video, otherwise DVD) - Bandai - BETTERMAN Vol.2, 125 min (Aug) $30; BRAIN POWERD Vol.2, 3 hrs, $45; ESCAFLOWNE Movie, 110 min, $30; FANCY LALA Vol.1, 125 min, $30; KIKAIDER Vol.1 anime, 100 min (Aug), $30. AnimeWorks - BERSERK Vol.2, 125 min, dub or sub $25, DVD $30; COSMO WARRIOR ZERO Vol.1 (Matsumoto), 100 min, dub $25, DVD $30. ADV - GETTER ROBO ARMAGEDDON, 325 min, $60; PRINCESS NINE Vol.5, 100 min, $20. Right Stuf - HIS AND HER CIRCUMSTANCES Vol.1-2-3, 180 min each, $30 each. Tokyopop - MARMALADE BOY Vol.1, $30. USManga Corps - LEGEND OF HIMIKO Vol.1, 100 min, dub $20, DVD $30; RECORD OF LODOSS WAR, 355 min, $60. Pioneer - SHERLOCK HOUND Case File 4 (Miyazaki), 100 min (Aug), $30. Funimation - YUYU HAKUSHO Vol.3-4, dub $20 each, DVD $25 each. Zatoichi the Blind Swordsman movies on DVD, live action samurai films, Vol.1-2, $20 each. Original Soundtrack CDs - Best of Lost Universe $15; Nadesico TV series $15, Slayers Try Vox $15, Slayers Try BGM 1&2 $15 each, Yamamoto Yohko $15.

Diamond PREVIEWS for June 2002 for delivery in August '02 (except as noted). Comics - Dark Horse - ASTRO BOY Vol.7 by Osamu Tezuka (Sept), 216 pg, b&w, $10; LONE WOLF 2100 #4 (of 4) (August), 32 pg, b&w, $2.99;. Wildstorm - THUNDERCATS #0, color, 32 pg, $2.50, #1 (of 5), color, 32 pg, $2.95, all new mini-series that starts where the old cartoon left off. Vertigo - VERTIGO POP: TOKYO #2 (of 4), 32 pg, $2.95. Image - BATTLE OF THE PLANETS #2, cover by Alex Ross, color, 32 pg, $2.95; BASTARD SAMURAI #3 (of 3), color, 32pg, $2.95; G.I. JOE #9, color, 32 pg, $2.95, battle royal of the 2 baddest ninjas; MICRONAUTS #2, color, 32 pg, $2.95. Marvel MANGAVERSE #5, 32 pg, $2.25, Takeshi Miyazawa cover, Ben Dunn. Antarctic - HOW TO DRAW MANGA #18, b&w, 32 pg, $4.95; MANGAZINE #36, 100+pg, $9. ACG - GIANT MANGA HORROR #2 & MANGA ADVENTURES #1, Charlton archive comics, artwork by Sanho Kim, each b&w, 64 pg, $5.95. Comicsone (www.comicsone.com) - HEAVEN SWORD & DRAGON SABRE #1 by Wing Shing Ma, color, 120 pg, $14; STORM RIDERS #5 by Wing Shing Ma, 120 pg, color, $12; WEAPONS OF THE GODS #1 by Tony Wong, 120 pg, color, $14.

CPM graphic novels - M.D.GEIST Complete Edition by Koichi Ohata, 192 pg, $16. Crusade - SHI: The Illustrated Warrior #3 (of 7), 32 pg, b&w, $3. Curtis (Korean manga) - more volume 1 #1, b&w, 32 pg, $2.95 - BLOODY SCHOOL, KNIGHT GUNNAR, MINOS, ZERO TAKER, and #2 of last month's issues (see May, above). Dreamwave - WARLANDS: AGE OF ICE #8, color, 32 pg, $2.95; SHIDIMA Vol.1 trade edition, color, 120 pg, $9.95. Fantagraphics - MYSTIC FUNNIES #3 with new stories by R.Crumb!, b&w, 32 pg, $3.95 (no, not anime, just 60s retro). Ironcat - YOU AND ME Vol.1 #2, b&w, 32 pg, $2.95. Powerhouse - TIMESEEKERS #1 (of 12) by Jae Lee, color, 32 pg, $2.95. Radio FURRLOUGH #116, b&w, 32 pg, $3. Shanda Fantasy - SFA SWIMSUIT SPECIAL #1, b&w, 48 pg, $5, sexy furries in swimsuits; FANTASTIC FURRY STORIES #4 with Steve Gallacci cover (Frazetta homage), b&w, 48 pg, $5. Sirius - BANZAI GIRL 31 (of 4) by Jinky Coronado, action heroine schoolgirl adventures, $2.95, with panty pack, $20. Tokyopop - RAGNAROK Vol.3 by Myung Gin Lee, trade edition, b&w, $10; RAVE Vol.1 by Hiro Mashima, trade edition, b&w, 176 pg, $10.

Zines - WIZARD ANIME INVASION #4 with DVD news, "Spirited Away", Star Blazers, $5. GIANT ROBOT #26, Asian pop culture, 88 pg, $4.95. Books - TRIGUN ULTIMATE FAN GUIDE Vol.2, 112 pg, color, $25. Tshirts - each $17, sizes L-XL, 100% cotton - Blue Gender Blue Rush, Rurouni Kenshin black, Battle of the Planets G-Force Previews black, size XXL $18. Action Figures - BotP "Keyop", $11. Robotech I-Men 2-Pack mini-figures, $10 each. Rusty the Boy Robot PVC figure, 8" high by Kent Melton, $20. Samurai Jack Maquette, 9" limited edition, $89. Wall Scrolls - $18 each - Samurai X-Faces; Tenchi Muyo cast; Fushigi Yugi-Tamahome; YuYu Hakusho-cast, heroes red, heroes silk. RPG - Guardians of Order Big Eyes Small Mouth - Lain Ultimate Fan Guide, Parallel Dual Ultimate Fan Guide, $25 each. Videos/DVDs (dub or sub - video, otherwise DVD) - AnimeWorks - BABEL II Vol.1 Call to the Gods, 100 min, dub $25, DVD $30. ADV - EXCEL SAGA Vol 2 DVD, 125 min, $30; CITY HUNTER THE MOTION PICTURE DVD, 90 min, $30; BUBBLEGUM CRISIS 2040 Perfect Collection DVD Box Set, 26 episodes, $90; KNIGHT HUNTERS Vol.4 Shining Cross, 125 min, dub or sub $25, DVD $30; NADIA SECRET OF BLUE WATER Motion Picture DVD, 90 min, $30. Manga Corps - PROJECT A-KO Collection 4 DVDs, $90.
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End of July 2002 Anime Sacramento Newsletter
www.sacramentoanime.com - This written work is posted with the permission of the author, Laurine White