ANIME SACRAMENTO NEWSLETTER, AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 2003
 
Welcome to the August-September 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. Email the editor, LVBwhite@concourse.net for
info and directions. 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 showings are non-smoking, non-alcoholic and non-hentai (if kids are here). The house has plenty on-street parking in front. It's 5 minutes walk from a supermarket and from the Bus 1 route, 10-minute drive from A-1 Comics and diverse cuisine restaurants. There's no set program schedule; it's a social event. If you have allergies, this house has a cat.
 
Next meeting will be Saturday, September 20, 2003, from 1pm to 10pm. Note: that's the 3rd weekend of September. Thank you kind folks who brought munchies in July. We already have lots of cookies, various types of chips, Japanese snacks, and regular Coke. There's ice in the freezer. Dinner break is 7-8pm (or whenever). Possible program items include more Fruits Basket, more Saiyuki, more Saiyuki, Chronicles of 12 Kingdoms, Tsukikage Ran, Ponpoko Tanuki (Studio Ghibli), Flirting Scholar (Stephen Chow). Any requests? If you have anime DVDs you want to view with others, please bring them to the show.
 
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Roy Bruce, founder of the Japanese Animation Network (JAN), died of cancer in late June. He was a friend, and I regret not staying in touch. JAN URL: http://jan-intas.hypermart.net
 
Cultural Events: Japan Town Anime Faire In San Francisco - My Sept anime show has been postponed for this event in Japan Town, Sat-Sun, Sept 13-14, at the Best Western Miyako Inn, 1800 Sutter Street. $8 for one day, $12 for Sat-Sun; registration is in the Miyako hotel lobby, 9am-5pm Sat, 9am-1pm Sun. There'll be a swap meet, panels, anime screenings. For more info: http://project760.immanismusic.com/jtaf
 
Anime.meetup.com - Two other meetups of potential interest to anime fans:
Japanese.meetup.com (for students of the Japanese language, 10 locals signed up) and Cosplay.meetup.com (with 2 locals signed up)
 
www.koyagi.com is Gilles Poitras' current URL for Japanese culture links and Anime Companion info. He's working on the Anime Companion Vol.
2.
 
www.sacramentoanime.com has been re-designed. Check it out.
 
http://cac.felocity.org is the new URL for the California Anime Clubs (CAC) list. It also has been re-designed.

www.nikaku.com - Nikaku Animart - 615 North 6th Street, San Jose, CA 95112, (408) 971-2822, for anime CDs, books, posters, etc. Visit them when you're in the San Jose area. Not to mention some good Japanese restaurants within a block or two.
 
www.comicsone.com - More stuff for sale at this site, including a Chinese chess set with pieces from Storm Riders. Individual pieces are available for $5 each (some on display at my house), and framed art prints from Storm Riders. (Really, I'll get mine framed some day.)
 
Fanime 2004 (www.fanime.com) will be held May 28-31, 2004 (4 days, Memorial Day weekend) at the San Jose (Calif) Convention Center. Check the website for more info.
 
Other conventions: ReccaCon will be in November at Los Medanos College in Pittsburg (Contra Costa County), Calif. Check the website for updates - www.reccacon.com
 
YaoiCon (www.yaoicon.com) will be held Oct 17-19 at the Renaissance Parc 55 Hotel in San Francisco. No one under 18 will be admitted. Memebership is $50 until September 18.
 
Further Confusion 2004 (www.furtherconfusion.org) - a Bay Area furry con Jan 22-26, at the San Jose DoubleTree, with guests Larry Niven and Heather Alexander. Membership fee $40 until Sept 15, payable to Further Confusion, PMB 236, 105 Sierra Way, Milpitas, CA 95035.
 
operationanime.com - Get Funimation titles to run at your anime screenings! Check the website for info and to register your anime club.
 
Wonderlens presents Aquarium of the Aliens, a new world you can visit on DVD. For more info, check: www.wonderlens.com (from a flyer at Fanime). // Other flyers for J-Pop music, including Japan For Sale Vol.3 ("the best music from Japan", www.japanforsale.net) and the Jpop CD (www.JpopCD.com) from Tofu Records (www.tofurecords.com), PO Box 5158, Santa Monica, CA 90409. // Curiously Obnoxious Productions is working on a new documentary on the anime subculture in America. To participate or for more info, email cur_ob_pro@hotmail.com. // Another documentary on the anime subculture is Otaku Unite! For info, www.otakuunite.com // For info on the Ninja Scroll 13-episode series release
this summer, www.ninja-scroll.com or www.urban-vision.com
 
Stone Bridge Press (stonebridge.com) - new & upcoming books - The Yakuza Movie Book: a guide to Japanese gangster films, by Mark Schilling, $20; Animation on DVD: the Ultimate Guide by Andy Mangels, $25; Native American in the Land of the Shogun: Ranald (sic) MacDonald and the
Opening of Japan, by Frederik L. Schodt, trade pb $20.
 
My stuff for sale: (now lower prices!) Japanese CDs: STEAM BOY DETECTIVE RED - music soundtrack album BLUE, drama album, $5 for the set; ULTRAMAN ACE double CD set ($7); SFX GRAFFITI-ULTRAMAN - 4 CDs for $12; SHADOW SKILL original music soundtrack double CD set, very nice music for $7. Also for sale are Roman Album-type publications, manga, robot models and laser disks. Please email me for titles,
lvbwhite@concourse.net
 
News from San Diego Comic-Con (held July 17-20, 2003) At Comic-Con in 1987 I picked up t-shirts for Lone Wolf and Cub, Usagi Yojimbo and Panda Khan. 2004: Lone Wolf and Cub manga series is now available (complete), and the DVD movies (Tom Wakayama) are being released by AnimEigo. Usagi Yojimbo publications and t-shirts are available; Stan Sakai was at Comic-Con to sign my 2004 Usagi Yojimbo calendar. Panda Khan is no more, but artist Dave Garcia was at Comic-Con as artist for Golden Age Tick. Comic-Con 2004 was a lot more fun than 1987.
 
Thru the Moebius Strip is a CGI fantasy film currently in production from GDC Entertainment (www.gdc-entertainment.com), based upon works by French graphic novel artist, Jean Moebius Giraud, for release in 2004. // Michael Madsen talked about the upcoming Kill Bill movie, in which he plays Bill's brother, Bud. He's also in a western, Blueberry, which opens in Paris in November 2003. I assume that Blueberry is based
on the French graphic novels illustrated by Giraud. // Quentin Tarentino's Kill Bill movie is so long that it is being released in 2 parts, part 1 in October, part 2 several months later. (And if you didn't know, Tarentino borrowed his Reservoir Dogs plot from the Chow Yun Fat movie, City on Fire.) // If you enjoyed the French graphic novels (like the Blueberry series) published in the 1970s, NBM Publishing (www.nbmpub.com) is currently publishing two sf/fantasy series very reminiscent of them: Gipsy (by Marini/Smolderen) and Wake (by Morvan/Buchet). NBM also published the excellent THE YELLOW JAR: 2 Tales from Japanese tradition by Patrick Atangan (Eisner award winner).
 
Myriad and Studio G (www.studiogpub.com/mooncutter) have published 2 issues so far of Tales of the Moonlight Cutter, a martial arts comicbook by Dale Berry, b&w, set in 12th century China. The (Chinese sword) artwork is lovely. I don't remember this in Previews, so check the Studio G website. Issue 3 should be out next year. Moonlight Cutter was inspired by Barry Hughart, Jessica Amanda Salmonson,
Water Margin, Gu Long, Wing Shing Ma, Jin Yong?
 
Shoto Press (www.shotopress.com) has published 2 issues so far of The Malay Mysteries by Jai Sen/Eric Bryden, a beautifully illustrated 19th century tale based on Indonesia legend. Book 3 will be out in September, Book 4 in December.
 
A Monk's Tale (www.amonkstale.com) is a 4-issue martial arts comicbook about 3 young monks in ancient China, from Konsequential Studios. Three issues (so far) are available through Cold Cut Distribution (www.coldcut.com), a distributor for quality independent comics not available from Diamond. Visit the Cold Cut website for a catalog.
 
Five Star Stories English language manga by Mamoru Nagano - up to issue #17; these are imports through Diamond. Maybe you can order them through Kinokuniya. A list of their overseas stores is at www.kinokuniya.co.jp/english/contents/network04.html
 
Giant Robot Magazine (www.giantrobot.com, click on GR Store) had a selection of nice t-shirts in the dealers room.
 
Radio Comix (www.radiocomix.com): New title - SAIKO & Lavender Vol.1 by Diana X. Sprinkle & Michael Vega (furry title, $15); more Saiko &
Lavender titles at the website.
 
Dragonfest 2003 (www.dragonfest.com) is "The Ultimate Martial arts Sci-Fi and Hollywood Celebrity Convention" at the Glendale Civil Auditorium on Sunday, November 16th, at Glendale in Southern California, with tons of guests, like Cary Tagawa, Benny the Jet Urquidez, Russell Wong, Mako, Eric Lee, Tak Kubota. Check the website for more info. AnimEigo (www.animeigo.com) has the rights to release on DVD seven films in the Zatoichi (Shintaro Katsu) series, including Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman and Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo.
 
Korean comics are called manwha (not "manga", a Japanese word) and Korean animation is not to be referred to as "anime". Call it Korean animation. Look for more Korean manwha to be published in English here in future. TokyoPop and ComicsOne currently publish manwha titles in English. Look for manwha in future from CPM. Powerhouse Comics published issues of Timeseekers, but its webpage
(www.powerhouseuniverse.com) hasn't been updated in awhile. Image Comics (www.imagecomics.com) currently publishes the Korean title,
Defiance. Defiance and Timseekers are from Chimp Daddy Studio (www.chimpdaddystudio.com) in Korea.
 
Comicsone (www.comicsone.com) has a lovely set of art prints for Storm Riders by Wing Shing Ma for $25. Check the website for that, the swords, the chess pieces, the comics titles. ComicsOne will be releasing a graphic novel, NOW Vol.1 by Park Sung Woo (b&w, 200 pg, $10) in September exclusively to Waldenbooks and Borders, available elsewhere in December. The martial arts epic is set in mid-7th century Korea.
 
TokyoPop (www.tokyopop.com) will start publishing the Fruits Basket manga in Feb '04, Ai Yori Aoshi in March, Sgt. Frog (a parody manga) in Jan '04, Les Bijoux (shojo manwha, yes, Korean) in Feb '04. // Rave Master will be on Toonami in 2004.
 
CPM (www.centralparkmedia.com) is releasing on DVD - Alien Nine (4-part OAV series, Oct '03), DNA Squared collection, Utena Vol.1 box with t-shirt (for those who want their gift box upfront), Descendants of Darkness (aka Yami no Matsuei, 13 episodes), Cat Soup (aka Kekojiru-so, or Hello Kitty on acid), Animation Runner Kuromi (OAV), Spirit Warrior (aka Peacock King, aka Kujaku-o) OAV series. CPM will be releasing the Narue no Sekai tv series (World of Narue, 12 episodes) on DVD in the first quarter of '04. // CPM is going into publication of pocket manga. // Look for the CPM people at YaoiCon.
 
ADV (www.advfilms.com) ADV is releasing/will release PRINCESS BLADE (Japanese action film), Yokai Monsters 1-3 (Japanese ghost/spirit films from the 1960s), Nadesico: Prince of Darkness, the Final Fantasy Unlimited tv series, and more. // The Knights of the Zodiac tv series (St. Seiya) will get on American tv. // ADV is producing the 26-episode Mutineers Moon series (www.mutineersmoon.com), which covers the first novel by David Webber. The sample animation and production shots at Comicon look cool. // ADV has a new publishing arm, which will publish manga like Darkside Blues, Azumanga Daioh ($10, Sept 03), Apocalypse Meow (aka Cat S--t, an animal version of the Vietnam War), Kimera, and more. A list of manga titles was announced at Expo.
 
Del Rey Manga Line (www.randomhouse.com/delrey) Random House (major American publisher), in association with Kodansha (major Japanese publisher), has announced it will start publishng manga titles under the Del Rey imprint, beginning with four titles in spring 2004. Titles include GUNDAM SEED and NEGIMA. NEGIMA is by Ken Akamatsu (Love Hina), comedy about a guy with a degree in magic assigned to teach English at a Japanese girls' school. Format will be 5" x 7.5", unflipped, priced around $10. The other two titles will be announced later.
 
Korean Action Films: According to Ric Meyers, South Korean martial arts movies are now the best, HK movies having fallen in quality, due to gangsters, China taking over, and export of talent to America. Check out VOLCANO HIGH and BICHUNMOO (all-region DVD available from www.drunkenmster.tv). Tai Seng (www.taiseng.com) will release the Korean action films MUSA (The Warrior) DVD in December and LEGEND OF GINGKO next year. Robin Shou has a DVD coming out, RED TROUSERS: Life of the Hong Kong Stunt Men. Latest: Miram-axe has cancelled or, at the least, postponed the general release of SHAOLIN SOCCER; reportedly, it will get a limited arthouse release (with subtitles) maybe in September. My info on this is limited. Miram-axe won't be releasing Oscar nominee HERO until 2004.
 
Other media news: Wildstorm will publish a 100-page Babylon 5 graphic novel. A Babylon 5 quote book will also be published. // LOONEY TUNES: Back in Action animated feature will be released in theaters November 14. I ROBOT movie starring Will Smith will be released in summer '04. UNDERWORLD (vampires vs. werewolves) will be released Sept 19. THE INCREDIBLES (Pixar and Disney, www.theincredibles.com) will
get a Nov 5 release. A new Peter Pan movie will get a theatrical release Xmas '03, and Wendy gets to fight, yeay! (I didn't care for the original because the boys got all the fun, while the girls just whine, sulk and fume.) // My life as a Teenage Robot, a new Nicktoon series, started on August 1st at 8:30pm. // All new episodes of ASTROBOY (astroboytv.com) are coming to Kids WB. //McFarlane Toys will be releasing
a Conan figure next year, probably with one of those ugly Frazetta faces.
 
Ninjai.com - web adventure, episodes (4 so far) and games of the little ninja traveling through the ancient world. T-shirts, CDRom will be available in future. The website also has an extensive martial arts website directory. End of San Diego Comic-Con news
 
www.kungfucinema.com News: New book release - Videohound's Dragon: Asian Action & Cult Flicks by Brian Thomas, published by Visible Ink Press, trade pb, $25 (cheaper on amazon). // Art Camacho is producing SCI-FIGHTER, a straight-to-DVD flick, starring Cynthis Rothrock and Don the Dragon Wilson, also with Eric Lee and Lorenzo Lamas. // Columbia has bought American distribution rights to the HK vampire-action flick, TWINS EFFECT.
 
www.henshinonline.com/front.html News: OnMyoji (Pioneer DVD release August 03) has a sequel in production for Japanese theatrical release in August 03. // Disney plans to release PORCO ROSSO on DVD this Christmas. // A live action Tetsujin 28 movie is being filmed for theatrical release in Japan next summer.
 
www.aint-it-cool-news.com News: Hideaki Anno will direct a live action Cutie Honey movie. Shooting started in July. // http://www.12kingdoms.us/12KING.html is Urban Vision's website for 12 Kingdom. // A 2nd Ninja Scroll movie is planned for a 2005 release.
 
Animationinsider.net News: Cartoon Network will run the 6-episode FLCL at midnight on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim, starting August 4.
 
www.monkeypeaches.com News: Donnie Yen has the rights to make Mega Dragon and Tiger into a movie, Gate of the Dragon and Tiger. The Hong Kong comicbook series created by Tony Wong is published in the U.S. by ComicsOne. The list of possible stars include Henry Sanada and
Anthony Wong. Another movie project, The Chinese Brothers, to be produced by Joel Silver, is about "four brothers struggling in the States." Three of the brothers may be played by Donnie Yen, Chow Yun-Fat and Jet Li.
 
www.zentertainment.com News: Neil Gaiman will be scripting an animated feature film based on the Tam Lin legend for Sony Pictures, with art direction by Brian and Wendy Froud. // Production may begin this summer on the Blade III movie. // A live action Transformers movie is in development, dealing with the war between the Autobots and Decepticons. //Milla Jovovich will play a 21st century vampire in the movie, UltraViolet, to be directed by Kurt Wimmer. // Genndy Tartakovsky is leading the production team on a new Star Wars: Clone Wars animated series that may start on Cartoon Network on November 7. // Game Over, a CGI comedy, will be a UPN mid-season replacement in 2004. It's about a family living in a videogame universe with action heroes, monsters, and other creatures. // Why is Hollywood re-making some movie classics, like 3:10 to Yuma, The Manchurian Candidate, Fun With Dick and Jane, and The Punisher (OK, they aren't all classics). Do they think they can improve on the originals? // The Hot Topic store chain is selling items (t-shirts, hats, pins, patches, lanyards) with characters from Adult Swim. (Lanyards! Those sure would have come in handy at Fanime!) // Martin Scorsese will be executive producer of an "apocalyptic miniseries", The Twelve, for Sci-Fi Channel, to air in 2005. Plot sounds something like X-Files. // TokyoPop is developing a manga, PRINCESS AI, using lyrics from an upcoming Courtney Love CD. Princess Ai will be used in Courtney's upcoming tour and music videos.
 
Animenewsservice.com News: Toei plans to make a live action Devilman movie for release around '04 Xmas in Japan. // Stone Bridge will publish The Anime Otaku's Guide to Doing Tokyo by Patrick Macias (www.patrickmacias.com) and Tomo Machiyama.
 
Rightstuf (www.rightstuf.com) News: To campaign to get the AnimeNetwork on cable in your area, go to www.theanimenetwork.com for info. // Guardians of Order revised release dates - August: Centauri Knights D20, Fushigi Yuugi Ultimate Fan Guide #2, Slayers Book 1 (Big Eyes Small Mouth; September - Space Opera (Big Eyes Small Mouth); November - Fushigi Yuugi Ultimate Fan Guide #3, Tekumel Empire of the Petal Throne RPG. // Official Bandit King Jing Website: www.kingofbanditjingdvd.com Visit the Official Kino's Journey Website: www.kinosjourney.com/
 
Anime-tourist.com News: Check out the site for other news, articles and links. // TokyoPop will be releasing an Initial D trading card game with an October release date to major retailers. The starter deck includes 25 cards. // There are plans to produce a Hollywood movie based on the Capcom game, Devil May Cry, with a budget of $40 million. //
 
Animenewsnetwork.com News: Cartoon Network has an option for an additional 26 episodes of BIG O (not including the 13 new ones that begin airing August 31 on Adult Swim). // There are rumors that Violinist of Hameln may get an American release. // Hideaki Anno plans to direct a live action Cutie Honey movie based on the Go Nagai character, for release next year.// Copyrights have been extended in Japan from 50 to 70 years, so don't look for some of the classic samurai films to go into public domain soon.
 
Disclaimer: What follows is just a small selection of the Diamond anime-related offerings.
Diamond PREVIEWS (diamondcomics.com) July 2003 for September delivery (except as noted). Comics - Dark Horse - ULTRAMAN TIGA #2 (of 10), color, 40 pg, $4, cover by UDON; FUTURE WORLD Vol.2 by Osamu Tezuka (Oct delivery), b&w, 168 pg, $14; BERSERK; Vol.1: The Black Swordsman by Kenturo Miura, (October) b&w, 5"x7", 224 pg, $14. DC - iCANDY #1, cover by Scott Iwahashi, color, 32 pg, $2.50, monthly, video game comes alive. Wildstorm - ROBOTECH: Love and War #4 (of 6), color, 32 pg, $2.95; ROBOTECH: Macross Saga Vol.3 & 4, color, 176 pg, $15 each. Image - THE AGENTS #6 (of 6), New World Order espionage, b&w, 32 pg, $2.95, cover by Ben Dunn. Marvel's manga-style comics: NAMOR #6 (he's so
pretty!) color, 32 pg, $2.25; SENTINEL #6, cover by UDON, 32 pg, $2.50, the robot comes out of the shed. MARVEL MAX - SUPREME POWER #2, written by J. Michael Straczynski, 32 pg, $2.99, with super heroes; MARVEL 1602 #2 (of 8), written by Neil Gaiman, 40 pg, $3.50, SpiderMan (and others) in Elizabethan England.
 
Antarctic (www.apmanga.com)- Pocket Mangas - Gold Digger Vol.1 by Fred Perry & Dragon Arms Vol.1 by David Hutchison, 160 pg each, b&w, $10 each; YOU CAN COLOR ANIME by Guru eFX, 40 pg, color, $5.95. Aspen - SOULFIRE #2 and FATHOM: Dawn of War #1, color, 32 pg, $2.99 each (listed for the nice fantasy cover art). CrossGen - EL CAZADOR #1, piracy on the Spanish Main (nice art), 40 pg, color, $2.95. Comicsone - BLACK LEOPARD #1 by Wing Shing Ma, kung fu and bullet fu, 160 pg, color, $15. Gutsoon - RAIJIN Comics #37, 232 pg, b&w, $5.95 now is monthly. I-BOOKS - BEST OF RAY BRADBURY ($19) and RAYMOND CHANDLER'S MARLOWE ($18), stories illustrated in color by the great comicbook
artists, great pulp-style covers too! Ironcat (www.ic-ent.com) - HANAUKYO MAID TEAM Vol.2 (by Moroshige, $12.95), LABYRINTH CIRCUS Vol.1 (by Senno Knife, $12.95), CENTRAL CITY FILE Vol.2 (by Saya, $7.95), THE VAMPIRE DAHLIA Vol.1 (by Narumi Kakinouchi, $16.95). Radio Comix - FURRLOUGH #129, B&W, 32 PG, $2.99; MANGAPHILE #21, b&w, 48 pg, $4.99. Skunk - ITA: Code of the Dragon #1, b&w, 48 pg, $2.95, Japanese government is controlled by shapeshifting dragons. TokyoPop - COWBOY BEBOP boxed set (5 volumes), $10; FAKE Vol.1 (of 7), $10; PLANETES Vol.1 (of 3) by Makoto Yukimura, 192 pg, b&w, $10.
 
Zines - JADE SCREEN Vol.2#1, Stephen Chow, John Woo, Michelle Yeoh, $7.95. Books - HELLSING; Ultimate Fan Guide Vol.2, 80 pg, color, $20. ROBOTA by Doug Chiang (artist - 75 pieces of his art in the book, www.dougchiang.com) and Orson Scott Card (SF Author), 176 pg, $35. GENESIS: The Art of Transformers, 128 pg, color, hardcover, $30. Misc. - Shang Chi, Master of Kung Fu 6" bust from Marvel (no arms, ugly
face), $45 (Nov). T-shirts - Inuyasha with flame, black, L-XL $19; with bow & arrow, white, LG $19. Lupin III girl on logo, white, L-XL $17. Action Figures - Night-time ninja & Day-time ninja, $40 each. Jagun Fighter Figures, 3"-4" - $5.75 each; 6.5" -$10.50 each. Muppets "Pigs in Space" deluxe playset with Miss Piggy, $37 (Nov). Giant Robo 3" figures, $5 each. Betterman - Kaede Kurenai 6" posed figure, $15.
 
Posters - Cowboy Bebop - Duo poster & Faye Valentine Gun poster, $5 each. Games - Romance of 3 Kingdoms card game, 117 cards, $15 (August). DVDs - CPM - Animation Runner Kuromi Vol.1 (40 min.) $25; Angel Sanctuary/Harlock Saga DVD 2-pack (270 min.) $30. ADV - City Hunter tv Season 2 Collections 1 & 2, 325 min each, $90 each; Saiyuki Vol.4 (100 min.) $30; Zaion Vol.1 (Oct) $25; Live Action Movies -
Orochi the 8-headed Dragon, $20, & Yokai Monsters 3: Along With Ghosts (100 min.) $20. AnimeWorks - 12 Kingdoms Vol.2 (125 min.) $30. Software Sculptures - Cat Soup Vol.1 (34 min.) $20. Pioneer - Lupin III Vol.4: Thieves' Paradise (125 min.) $25; Sakura Wars Movie (85 min.) $30. Bandai - Spirit of Wonder new movie $30; Infinite Ryvius Vol.1 (125 min.) $30; Witch Hunter Robin Vol.1 (Oct) $30. SuperTechno Arts - JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Vol.3 (90 min.) $25. Urban Vision - Ninja Scroll series Vol.1 (90 min.) $25. CD soundtracks - $15 each - Ai Yori Aoshi Sakura; Chobits Vol.2; Mahoromatic More Beautiful; Sakura Wars Movie.
 
Diamond PREVIEWS August 2003 for October delivery (except as noted). Comics - Dark Horse - SPYBOY: The M.A.N.G.A. Affair graphic novel, color, 80 pg, $9.95 (Nov); USAGI YOJIMBO #70 by Stan Sakai, 24 pg, $3, return of Lone Goat & Cub; THE RING Vol.1 graphic novel by Hiroshi Takahashi & Misao Inagaki, 304 pg, b&w, 5"x7", $15 (Nov)(yes, for the horror film, RINGU); TRIGUN Vol.1 graphic novel by Yasuhiro Nightow,
360 pg, b&w, 5"x7", $15 (Nov). Wildstorm - TWO-STEP #1 (of 3), 32 pg, color, $2.95, in a future London, a bored camgirl meets a Zen gangster involved in a gang war. Top Cow - BATTLE OF THE PLANETS Manga #1 (of 3), 32 pg, b&w, $3, GForce undercover at an amusement park. Marvel - NYX #1 written by Joe Quesada, art by Josh Middleton, 32 pg, color, $3, sort-of-manga-style, how can a pack of gutterpunk mutants survive without Prof. Xavier? Antarctic - HOW TO DRAW MANGA #26, b&w, 32 pg, $4.95; SHOUJO #3, b&w, 48 pg, $5.95, original stories by various artists. CrossGen - THE PATH #1, 32 pg, color, $2.95, rebellion against the mad emperor Mitsumune; THE PATH graphic novels Volumes 1 ($20), 2 ($16), 3 ($16) reprinting the earlier issues, color, 160 pg, in a land of samurai, one monk challenges the gods.
 
Comicsone - ONEGAI TEACHER NOVEL, 224 pg, 5"x7", full length novel adaptation of the manga. CPM - ALIEN NINE box set with the 3 graphic novels and 100-minute DVD, $60; POPCORN ROMANCE Bk 1graphic novel, 192 pg, b&w, 5"x7", $10, metalheads, grandfather's farm, love left behind. Dreamwave - SHIDIMA graphic novel, color, 176 pg, $17, collects the whole Shidima series. Fanboy - ANGEL'S WING #5 by Tetsuya Aoki, color, 32 pg, $3. Gutsoon - CITY HUNTER Vol.3, FIRST PRESIDENT OF JAPAN Vol.3, SLAM DUNK Vol.3, each 5"x7", 190 pg, b&w, $9.95. Ironcat - MY CODE NAME IS CHARMER Vol.1 by Narumi Kakinouchi, 184 pg, b&w, $13; NANAKO 6/17 Vol.1 by Ken Yagami, 212 pg, b&w, $13; THE WANDERER Vol.1: Full Moon by Narumi Kakinouchi, 200 pg, b&w, $13. Radio Comix - FURRLOUGH #130, 32 pg, b&w, $3. Sentai - NINJA HIGH SCHOOL: Prom Formula Super Special by Ben Dunn & Robert DeJesus, b&w, 48 pg, $3.95. Shanda - THE EXTINCTIONERS #1-3 by Shawntae Howard, a furry civilization is attacked by invading aliens, b&w, 47. TokyoPop - CYBORG 009 Vol.1-2 by Ishinomori Shoutarou, each 200 pg, b&w, $10;
NOTHING BUT LOVING YOU by Erica Sakurazawa, 192 pg, b&w, $10; JACKIE CHAN ADVENTURES Cine-Manga Vol.1 (of 3) (not cine, from the tv cartoon), 128 pg, color, $8; RAGNAROK Vol.1-3 box set, by Myung Jin Lee, b&w, $30.
 
Zines - Wizard Anime Insider #10, $5, Hellsing manga preview, low to break into anime. Protoculture Addicts 379, 72 pg, color, $4.95, spotlight on Gundam Seed. Asian Cult Cinema #41, $6, spotlight on the recent Asian action epics, like the Korean films. Books - The Art of Drawing Manga by Ben Krefta, 144 pg, color, $15. Manga Mania Fantasy Worlds by Chris Hart, 144 pg, color, $20. Xtreme Art: Draw Manga! by
Chris Hart, 64 pg, color, $7. Cosplay Girls: Japan's Live Animation Heroines by Essai Ushijima, 96 pg, color, $20. Japanese Movie Posters by Kovichi Okamoto, 96 pg, color, $20. Secrets of the Ninja: Their Training, Tools & Techniques, 96 pg, color, $20. T-shirts - Hand Maid May (L-XL, 418), Inu Yasha (L-XL, $19), Lain (L, $18). Action Figures - Final Fantasy X-2, Paine, Rikku, Yuna, 6"-7" high, multiple articulation, with weapons, 3 gorgeous gals, $15 each. Games - .Hack//Enemy collectible card game from Decipher. Weapons of the Gods RPG book, from the HK sword action world, $40. DVDs - Angelic Layer Vol.1, 100 min, $30 (ADV). Arc the Lad Complete DVD set, $90 (ADV). Final Fantasy Unlimited Vol.1, 100 min, $25 (ADV). Mao-Chan Vol. 1, 105 min, $30 (Pioneer). Reign DVD box set, 400 min, $70.
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End of August-September 2003 Anime Sacramento Newsletter
Posted with the permission of the author, Laurine White
http://www.sacramentoanime.com