REBOOT NEWS -New episodes of REBOOT are now playing on Cartoon Network, Friday afternoons at 5pm.

Next meeting is Saturday, November 10, 2001, from 1pm to 11pm. That's the 2nd Saturday of the month and on the 3-day weekend. Thank you kind folks (especially Amy) who brought munchies in September. Some soft drinks, cookies, chips 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 are some videos that Amy brought, some that Diana sent, Matt can bring GODZILLA VS MEGAGURIAS, MAJINKAISER, SHIN GETTA ROBO, and I have some Hong Kong movies on DVD.

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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.

Anime Convention Listings Website: www.fansview.com/consked.htm

More Recommended Anime Shopping: Now that I've picked up THE ANIME ENCYCLOPEDIA: A Guide to Japanese Animation Since 1917, by Jonathan Clements & Helen McCarthy (trade pb edition published by Stone Bridge Press (www.stonebridge.com), $25, 450+ pages, not including the extensive index), I can appreciate all the research that has gone into it. This book belongs on every anime fan's reference shelf. Not only does it include info on the latest tv series and OAV releases, and your favorite robot series from the 1970s and 1980s, but also propaganda anime releases during World War II.

News from Reuters: Hong Kong's Yuen Woo Ping (Crouching Tiger...) and Japan's Sonny Chiba (Street Fighter) are in talks to work with Quentin Tarantino on KILL BILL. The film will star Uma Thurman as a female assassin who awakens from a 5-year coma to get revenge on the former colleagues that put her there and killed everyone she knew. "It's not official and money hasn't changed any hands," Tarantino told Reuters, "but Yuen Woo Ping will choreograph the Chinese kung fu action and Sonny Chiba will choreograph the samurai action. I've written this character for Uma, and they are going to put her through training, where she will have to learn the kung fu animal styles. And I'll also have Yuen and Sonny play parts in it."

News from J-A-G Picture Production, 1119 Elm Street, Willows, CA 95988 (www.snowcrest.net/fox/jag) - J-A-G is publishing the AMERICAN COSTUMER/COSPLAYE MAGAZINE for cosplay and other costume fans, $8 per issue (+ 2.25% sales tax for Calif. residents), and $1.50 postage. The zine has articles on make-up, taking good costume photos, cosplay websites, convention costume photos, and a spotlight article on the Sailor Jamboree. To order a copy, send check or money order payable to Joe Eibe, at the J-A-G address above. For more info, contact J-A-G.

News from various sources: Donnie Yen (IRON MONKEY) will appear in the BLADE sequel, and has finished working on a remake of SHURAYUKI HIME (Lady Snowblood, the bloody samurai revenge film I showed at a recent meeting). THE SPRIGGAN MOVIE (www.spriggan the movie.com) will open November 29 at the Red Vic Movie House in San Francisco. The Sakura Taisen movie opens in Japan on December 22. The new Rurou ni Kenshin OAV Vol. 1 comes out December 19 in Japan, Vol. 2 next February. And by now Hayao Miyazaki's latest film, SEN TO CHIHIRO, has broken all box office records in Japan. There might be a sequel to the WINGS OF ONEAMISE film two-three years down the road, but it won't be made by Gainax.

www/animenewsnetwork.com News - Studio Ironcat (www.ironcat.com) has a Sexy Fruit adult manga line. Cool Devices, a monthly hentai manga title in that line, is getting its first release in November. The Dahlia the Vampire graphic novel, collecting the first 6 issues of the manga, will be released in January or March next year, and will include extras from the Japanese manga.// Toycom may release a foot-high transforming Guymelef action figure from Escaflowne
sometime next year for the American fans.// Rurou ni Kenshin Volume 11 will include a trailer for the Berserk tv series (which may be released in the U.S. starting next March).// Battle of the Planets VHS and DVD Volumes 3-4 will come out next January, and Vol 5-6 in March. The DVDs include uncut Gatchaman episodes as extras. As long as these sell well, Rhino will release additional volumes.// Cartoon Network has rights to the Zoids anime series, episodes of which may start airing Monday, November 5.// Actor Eric Bana has been selected to play The Hulk in the upcoming Ang Lee movie, which starts production next March.// Disney probably won't release SEN TO CHIHIRO to American theaters, because PRINCESS MONONOKE was not as successful as Disney had hoped.

umjams.animedream.org News - The Sony picture, METROPOLIS (from the 1949 Osamu Tezuka manga) should be available here on DVD next February.// The Cowboy Bebop movie, Knockin On Heaven's Door, may get released theatrically and on video here next year.// Diamond Select Toys is negotiating with Sandy Frank Entertainment for the right to release GatchaMan action figures, statues, calendars, and other GatchaMan merchandise in the U.S. market. Check out a Battle of the Planets premiere lithograph painting by Alex Ross and a 6-card preview set at www.dynamicforces.com.

www.animenewsservice.com News - A new Weiss Kreuz tv series, titled "Weiss - Saishuushuu", may be aired in Japan soon.// A new 52-episode Final Fantasy series started running on Japanese tv in October.// The MOBILE POLICE PATLABOR 3 movie is scheduled for a Japanese release next spring. The foes will be genetically engineered monsters.// Funimation has acquired the rights to ten Lupin III movies.// Gainax will be making a sequel to the Gunbuster (Top o narae) OAV series. The OAV?/tv? whatever the format, may be directed by Kazuya Tsurumaki (FLCL) with chara designs by Yoshiyuki Sadamoto.

Diamond PREVIEWS (www.diamondcomics.com) for September 2001 for delivery in November. Comics - Marvel is releasing ELEKTRA & WOLVERINE: The Redeemer #1 (of 3) with text by Greg Rucka and dozens of paintings and cover by Yoshitaka Amano; with 48 pages for $5.95, Elektra, the ninja assassin, is after a teenage girl protected by Wolverine. Dark Horse - CANNON GOD EXAXXION #1: Stage 1 Part 1 (of 8), a new series by Kenichi Sonoda (Gunsmith Cats), b&w, 48 pages, $3, for mature readers, with battlesuits, alien invasion, giant robots, sexy females, and a Space Elevator (check www.DarkHorse.com for an exclusive Exxaccion interview, don't blame me for the spelling variants). Top Cow - NO HONOR: Makyo #1, the start of the 2nd No Honor series with a few ends being tied up by Fiona Avery, color, 32 pages, $2.95. The first No Honor mini-series (#1-4) are available as a set for $9.95. Antarctic Press - MANGAZINE #27 with a cover by Joe Wright (Star Wars: the Manga) and 140+ pages of new comics and features, $9; HOW TO DRAW MANGA #10, featuring layout this issue, b&2, 32 pages, $4.95. Chaos Comics - JADE: Redemption #1 (of 4), new miniseries with Jade searching for her identity in San Francisco, manga style, martial arts, mature readers, color, 32 pages, $3.

More Comics, Diamond Previews, Sept 01: Comicsone.com - KAZAN Vol 1 #6 by Gaku Miyao, b&w, 200 pages, $9.95; GOKU MIDNIGHT EYE #3 by Buichi Terasawa, 278 pages, b&w, $11.95; REDMOON #3 by Mina Hwang, 196 pages, b&w, $11.95; JOAN #3 (final chapter) by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, 196 pages, b&w, $14.95. CPM Manga - MARTIAL SUCCESSOR NADESICO Book 3 by Kia Asamiya, 176 pages, B&w, $15.95; SLAYERS: Super-Explosive Demon Story #2 by Hajime Kanzaka & Shoko Yoshinaka, 32 pages, b&w, $2.95. Fanboy Comics offers ESSENCE: The Art of Yoshitoshi Abe (Serial Experiments LAIN), with 72 pages, b&w, $7.95. Ironcat - Vampire Princess Yui Vol 3#4, b&w, 32 pages, $2.95; in the Sexy Fruit line - Cool Devices #1 (adult manga), 32 pages, b&w, $2.95. Radio Comix - HAVOC, INC #9 by Mark Bernard and furry art by Terrie Smith, b&w, 32 pages, $3; FURRLOUGH #107, ten-year anniversary issue, with manga action adventure, photomorph cover by Silver-fish, b&w, 32 pages, $3. Titan - TRANSFORMERS Vol 2: The End of The Road, 6"x10", color, 144 pages, trade edition $20, hardcover $25. Tokyopop - SKULL MAN #1 by Shotaro Ishinomori & Kazuhiko Shimamoto, b&w, 32 pages, $2.95, a mysterious masked man takes vigilante justice (retro-manga-style from 30+ years ago); check it out at www.tokyopop.com/manga.

Books - SERIAL EXPERIMENTS LAIN: Ultimate Fan Guide trade edition authorized guide, 128 pages, color, $25. Zines - ORIENTAL CINEMA #21, the Michelle Yeoh issue, $5.95. G-FAN #54, with interviews, news, where to go for Godzilla merchandise, 84 pages, color, $4.95. JADE SCREEN Vol 1 #2, the latest Hong Kong movie magazine, $7.95. WIZARD ANIME INVASION #1, quarterly, with holiday buyers guide, Robotech episode guide, manga price guide, $5. Audio - FINAL FANTASY IV Soundtrack CD from Tokyopop, $15. Calendar - Masamune Shirow 2002 Calendar from Dark Horse, $25. T-shirts - Got Manga? T-shirt, black, sizes L-XL, $16. Punisher (Frank Castle) Oriental club shirt designed by Warlands artist Pat Lee, $45. Evangelion t-shirts, black, 100% cotton, L-XL, $17. Sailor Moon t-shirts, black 100% cotton, L-XL, $18.

Action Figures - Phoenix Resurrection : Dark Angel (Kia Asamiya) from Toycom & Fanboy, $12.99. Man/Machine Interface (from Ghost in the Shell sequel by Masamune Shirow), each 6.5" high, $15 each (ships in January). Games - FENG SHUI RPG: Burning Shaolin, from Atlas Games, $8.95. BIG EYES SMALL MOUTH: Dungeon Crawl, from Guardians of Order, $15.95. JADE DRAGONS AND HUNGRY GHOSTS, from Green Ronin Publishing, $15. Video - BIG O Vol 4 DVD, 75 minutes, $25 (Bandai). AH MY GODDESS THE MOVIE, 110 minutes, DVD $30, dub VHS $25 (Pioneer). LEGION OF THE DRAGON KINGS: Under Fire, 94 minutes, DVD $30, dub video $20. UTENA MOVIE (www.utenathemovie.com) DVD $30, dub VHS $20. ROBOTECH Vol 7-8 DVDs $15 each (AD Vision). FINAL FANTASY THE MOVIE Special Edition DVD, $30.

Diamond PREVIEWS for October 2001 for delivery in December. Comics - Dark Horse - GROO: Death and Taxes #1 (of 4) by Sergio Aragones (well, Groo does carry a samurai sword), color, 32 pages, $3; WHAT'S MICHAEL? Vol 5 by Makoto Kobayashi, b&w, 88 pages, $8.95. DC - SUPERMAN #177, AstroBoy-style Japanese Superman action figure busting out of its blister pac, color, 32 pages, $2.25. Image - BASTARD SAMURAI 5-page prequel from Michael Avon Oeming, in POWERS #17, $2.95. The BASTARD SAMURAI series debuts next April. Image - TEKKEN FOREVER #1 (of 4) by Chi & Diaz, from the Namco video game, color, 32 pages, $2.95. Antarctic Press - HOW TO DRAW MANGA compilation volumes 1-2, 128 pages and $18 each; CYBERTRONIAN: Transformer Field Guide 2002 edition, 256 pages, $35. Comicsone.com - STORM RIDERS #1 by Wing Shing Ma, 178 pages, color, $9.95; WILD 7 by Mikiya Mochizuki, 200 pages, b&w, $9.95.

More Comics News, Diamond, October 01: CPM Manga - SLAYERS SPECIAL #1 by Kanzaka, Ohtsuka & Araizumi, b&w, $2.95; WEATHER WOMAN Vol 1 by Tetsu Adachi, mature readers, 176 pages, b&w, $15.95; AQUARIUM Vol 1 by Tomoko Taniguchi, 176 pages, b&w, $15.95. Radio Comix - FURRLOUGH #108 with a lovely furry cover by Heather Bruton, b&w, 32 pages, $3; MANGAPHILE #14, with American manga and in-depth look at doujinshi, b&w, 48 pages, $4. Shanda Fantasy Arts - SFA SPOTLIGHT #13: Women in Fur 2001, special issue on women writers and artists of furry tales, mature readers, b&w, 48 pages, $5. Tokyopop - MARMALADE BOY #1 by Wataru Yoshizumi, b&w, 48 pages, $2.95; SKULL MAN #2 (of 5) by Ishinomori & Shimamoto, 32 pages, b&w, $2.95. Zines - PROTOCULTURE ADDICTS #69, spotlights Yu-Gi-Oh, 72 pages, color, $4.95.

Books - TRIGUN: Ultimate Fan Guide, 128 pages, $25. ANIMATION BY FILMATION trade edition, including definitive filmation checklist, 170 pages, $30. T-shirts - Knight Sabers and Ninja Scroll, on white t-shirts, sizes L-XL, $17 each. Action Figures - Bruce Lee 18" figure, over 15 pts of articulation, $32. Battle of the Planets 6-set miniatures (1.5" high), $20. Battle of the Planets God Phoenix die-cast vehicle, 18" long, $100. Games - IN NOMINE: ANIME, angels and demons, from Steve Jackson Games, $10. Video - GETTER ROBO Vol 4, 75 minutes, DVD $30(, dub video $20 (AD Vision). NADIA SECRET OF BLUE WATER Vol 5, DVD $30, dub video $20 (AD Vision). PING PONG CLUB ROTS IN HELL, 180 minutes, DVD $30, dub video $20 (Software Sculptors). ROBOTECH Vol 9-10, 150 minutes each, DVDs $15 each. SOUL HUNTER Vol 1: Taikoubou's Mission DVD $30 (AD Vision). Audio - CARDCAPTORS: 13 songs from the tv series, $14. FINAL FANTASY game soundtrack collections N & S, $15 each (Tokyopop).
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