Welcome to the August-September 2005 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. Showings are non-smoking, non-alcoholic, and kid-friendly, when kids are here. The house has plenty of on-street parking in front, is 5 minutes walk from a supermarket and from the Bus 1 route, 10-minute drive from A1 Comics and diverse cuisine restaurants. There's usually no set schedule; it's a social event. Email the editor (me) at LVBwhite@concourse.net for info and directions. (Please put Subject line something like "Attention Laurine", so I know it isn't !@#$%&* spam. Fill in the subject line, and not with "Hi"!) Sorry if you have allergies; this house has a fat Siamese cat. I enjoy trading non-commercial Japanese-language anime tapes, and do limited freebie-dupes of same. E-mail me about trading tapes and some stuff I have for sale.

Next meeting will be on the 3rd Saturday in September, Sept 17, from 1pm to 10pm, and will not be combined with the Sacramento Anime screening. Ian has a conflicting schedule. For this meeting I'm going to be running retro giant robot anime episodes, a sentai episode in Japanese, and a HK or samurai film (maybe that new yokai samurai film, Kibakichi, which I picked up in L.A.). Thank you kind folks who brought munchies in August, cookies, canned sodas, chips & other goodies. Some sodas, chips, & Japanese snacks will be on hand for Sept. Dinner break is 7-8pm (or whenever). Any retro anime requests? (Or maybe I won't run Kibakichi. It's a fun cheesy last-stand-of-the-yokai-monsters samurai splatter film.)

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Stray Dogs & Lone Wolves: The Samurai Film Handbook by Patrick Galloway, $19.95 from Stone Bridge Press, finally arrived. It's somewhat of a misnomer because it only covers films currently available in America. With that in mind, it's fine for what it covers, including relevant cultural Japanese history and more recent samurai films. Where else would you find out that the Japanese blood-spurting mutation tracks back to SANJURO, when the FX tech had the pressure cranked up too high? (The most complete samurai film coverage is still Alain Silver's THE SAMURAI FILM (samurai films to 1974), just printed in a new edition.)

Sacramento Anime Meetup (http://anime.meetup.com/52/) needs a moderator. Until then no one can post to the local message board or send emails to anyone else on the meetup website. Better sites for anime fans to post would be at http://www.sacramentoanime.com and at the Amy's Yahoo site, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sacanimefen.

Sakuramento Anime Club meets every Sunday, 3pm to 7pm at the Rancho Cordova Library. Take I-50 to Bradshaw, turn north on Bradshaw to Folsom Blvd. and turn right, Turn left onto Paseo Rio Way/Old Winery Place, 1st driveway on the right. Meet in the room through the Gate Area right of the entrance.

http://www.x-tremegeek.com has opened a store in Rancho Cordova, at 11321 White Rock Road, off Sunrise Blvd, where they sell geek gadgets, geek apparel, computer accessories, games & collectibles.

Forget about the Kimi No Hanyo Anime Convention; the website no longer exists. I'd have said this convention looks about as likely to happen as Shige Sushi is to open in my neighborhood, but Shige Sushi finally opened on Madison Ave, first intersection east of Manzanita. Ah Chop Chop Chinese at Madison & Manzanita is gone, Starbucks will replace it. (That'll make Amy happy.) A great Chinese buffet (NY Grand Buffet) has opened in the shopping center on the northeast corner of Manzanita & Winding Way! Also, A-1 Comics will be moving from longtime location at Madison & Manzanita to 5361 Auburn Blvd (by Palm Ave) in October.

San Francisco International Dragon Boat Festival: I had no idea there was a dragon boat festival so close! It's over by the time you read this, but you can find the ancient legend behind the festival at http://www.sfdragonboat.com/history.shtml

2005 International Taiko Festival will be Friday-Sunday, Nov 18-20 at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (wherever that is) in San Francisco, with the San Francisco Taiko Dojo, Sacramento Taiko Dan and special guests from Japan. All previous festivals were held at Zellerbach Hall in Berkeley. More info at: http://www.taikodojo.org.

3rd Annual Japantown (San Francisco) Anime Faire will be December 17-19 2005, at the Radisson Miyako Hotel. Pre-Reg is $28 by November 30, $32 at the door, $18 at the door for a one-day. Stephanie Yanez is a Performing Guest of Honor. The official website is http://www.jtaf.com/index2.html. Another URL with info on this con is - http://www.anime-cons.com/events/info.shtml/631. Thanks to Andrew, here's another anime convention schedule website: http://www.fansview.com

YaoiCon (http://www.yaoicon.com) will be at the Westin San Francisco Airport Hotel on October 28-30. Membership $30 if you join before Sep 30. This is an adults-only con. The main hotel, the Westin, is already booked up.

http://animage.berkeley.edu/animed - Anime Destiny 2005 will be held at UCB on November 5, with a cosplay contest, anime music video context, karaoke, dealers room panels, etc. For more info, please check out the website.

FanimeCon (http://www.fanime.com) May 26-29, 2006 at the downtown San Jose (Calif) Convention Center. Events include panels, cosplay, musicfest, video & gaming, gusts, dealers room. Register online. More info at the website, when it's working.

http://www.animeod.com is the website with info on AOD 2006, San Francisco Animation Festival. This 4th annual event is scheduled for August 4-6, 2006. You can register for it now online for $30, or pay $45 at the door.

http://www.pirate-tales.com - art & illustration by Richard Becker. He draws pirates, fake Pokemon monsters, parodies, Harryhausen scenes and other neat stuff. His b&w prints are inexpensive, but really nice. Check out his zine, Pirate Tales, at his website.

http://botcon.com) will be Sept 22-25 '05 in Frisco, TX, at the Embassy Suites. Looks expensive. For more info: Fun Publications, Inc., 225 Cattle Baron Parc Dr., Fort Worth, TX 76108-9535, ph # (817) 448-9863.

Start of: San Diego Comic-Con Stuff: TokyoPop - Go Comics ("mobile manga & more") are launching a program (at end of August) to personalize your cell phone with color graphics, wallpapers and animations, services to be added to your monthly phone bill. The first anime titles are Princess Ai, @ Large and Shutter Box. More info- http://gocomics.com.

http://cmxmanga.com - Available & upcoming manga titles include (August) Testarotho by Sanbe Kei (Mature), Young Magician by Narushima Yuri (Mature); (Sept) Pieces of a Spiral by Tachibana Kaimu, demons & reincarnation (all readers): Chikyu Misaki by Iwahara Yuji (all readers); (Oct) Cipher by Narita Minako, a dark high school mystery/drama (all readers); Kamikaze Kaito Jeanne by Tanemura Arina, high school girl reincarnation of Joan of Arc (all readers); (Nov) Tower of the Future by Hiwatari Saki (all readers); (Dec) Moon Child by ? - about the survival of the mer-people (rating?). At their panel CMX would not discuss their policy of editing manga for violence.

CPM (http://www.centralparkmedia.com) - DVDs - Kakurenbo: Hide & Seek - a horror anime (Oct, $19.95); HammerBoy (based on a manhwa, Sept, $19.95); Shadow Star Narutaro Vol.3 (Sept) & Vol.4 (Nov) $19.95 each. CPM now has lots of older anime DVDs for $9.95 (like Harmagedon). http://www.bebeautifulmanga.com yaoi manga titles, $15.99 each - Embracing Love by Youka Nitta Vol.1 (Sept), Vol.2 (Dec); Finder Series 1: Target in the Finder by Ayano Yamane, Vol.1 (Aug) Vol.2 (Nov). Kizuna DVD #1 will be out on 9th Aug. "Otaku Unite" DVD, a documentary about the history of American otaku, is being assembled now by CPM, further release info not currently available. Due to the American manga market now being overstocked, CPM won't release more manga titles until 2006.

Ric Meyers' Kung Fu Extravaganza - The official U.S. release of Kung Fu Hustle DVD was released August 9th and includes Ric Meyers' interview with Stephen Chow. Ric presented special guest Ciu Chi Ling (the old tailor from Kung Fu Hustle) to a standing ovation at the Extravaganza. Another great recent H.K. film release is House of Fury (I bought it in the dealers room from Drunken Master (http://drunkenmaster.tv). In August Drunken Master is opening a store in "Meltdown Comics", 7522 Sunset Blvd (between LaBrea & Fairfax), L.A., CA 90046. Store hours are 11am-10pm, daily.

http://www.tokyopop.com - Takuhai is a free quarterly zine with sample manga, fanart, interviews. You may be able to find it at your local comics store. It is also available online at the TokyoPop website. Upcoming manga/manhwa titles are: (Aug) Blame (Tsutomu Nihei?); Saiyuki Reload (Aug or Sept?); (Sept) - Girls Bravo, Kamichama Karin; (Oct) - Devil May Cry (from the videogame), Kingdom Hearts by Shiro Amano (with the Disney characters), Lights Out by Myung_Jin Lee, Justice N Mercy art book by Min-Woo Hyung; (Nov) - Samurai Champloo manga, The Telepathic Wanderers; (Dec) - The World Exists for Me, Tsukuyomi Moon Phase; (Jan 06) - Dragon Head (horror), Flower of Eden (shoujo), Dazzle (drama), Sengoku Nights (set in 16th century), Ultra Cute; (Feb 06) - Kami-Kaze, Loveless, Beautiful People; (Mar 06) - Rose Hip Rose, Shonan Junai Gumi (prequel to GTO). March '06 or later manga title is Battle Club. The upcoming TokyoPop novels include Scrapped Princess (Nov) and Gravitation novels (in '06). (The Gravitation manga lasted 12 volumes.) TokyoPop is starting a BLU (BoyLove) manga line including Earthian (Nov): Shinobu Kokoro: Hidden Heart (ninja action BL, Nov); Love Mode (1st of 11 volumes in Nov); Wild Rock (one-shot in Jan '06). The Psychic Academy DVD will be out in Sept. TokyoPop doesn't have many other anime DVDs being released. They have an upcoming animation project from Korea. TokyoPop original American manga available/upcoming titles include Ark Angels (beautiful boys by Sang-Sung Park), Bizenghast, DramaCon, The Dreaming, Luv Halloween, Juror 13, Mark of the Succubus, MBP, Offbeat (Sept), Sokora Refugees, Steady Beat (Oct shoujo title), Van Von Hunter (from the spoof webcomic), War Craft (fantasy), Peach Fuzz, Princess Ai, PsyComm, Shutter Box, and Rising Stars of Manga.

A certain comics company (wishing to stay anonymous) plans a new line of hentai/yaoi American titles in late '05/early '06. The first title may be Incubus. I saw a sample of yaoi art that was really nice.

The Korean manhwa booth was more set up for business this year than last. Freebies included a manhwa bag and MANHWA: The World of Korea Comics 2005 Sampler, with 16 sample manhwa inside.

http://www.shojobeat.com - Viz is starting a new line, "Shojo Beat: Manga from the Heart" monthly zine and manga titles (from 3 different Japanese publishers) that will begin serialization in the zine. Viz is so enthusiastic about its new line that male reps from the 3 companies flew over to be at the presentation. These gentlemen themselves were actually setting out zine and mangas sampler on the seats. The monthly Shojo Beat zine is available the 3rd Tuesday of every month for $5.99, with 200+ pages of manga (Crimson Hero, Absolute Boyfriend, Nana, Kaze Hikaru), info on fashion, culture, music. Available and upcoming Shojo Beat manga titles (for $8.99) include Full Moon by Arina Tanemura, Fushigi Yugi Benbu Kaiden by Yuu Watase, Meru Puri by Matsuri Hino, Ouran High School Host Club by Bisco Hatori, Tokyo Boys & Girls by Miki Aihara, Ultra Maniac by Wataru Yoshizumi. Upcoming shojo manga titles are Beauty & the Beast (Nov), Crimson Hero (Dec), and Nana (Dec). Also look for the Shojo Beat novel series, starting with Socrates in Love (Sekachu) by Kyoichi Katayama (Oct). This is the all-time best-selling novel in Japan.

Viz Media panel - Viz has been/will be releasing novels and art books, including the art book for Howl's Moving Castle, and will be publishing other Studio Ghibli Library art books. Battle Royale was the first Viz novel. Others include Full Metal Alchemist (Oct '05, 240 pg, $9.99), Socrates in Love (208 pg, Oct or Nov, $18 hardback), Ghost in the Shell: Innocence ($20, 264 pg, Oct), Steamboy (224 pg, $18, Dec hardback).

http://www.delreymanga.com - Del Rey has a monthly e-newsletter. Available and upcoming Del Rey manga: Tsubasa by CLAMP, which will be 15 to 25 volumes; Genshiken (the Study for the Study of Modern Visual Culture) by Kio Shimoku (Vol.3 on Oct 25th, probably be 10 volumes); Gundam Seed: Destiny (anime coming soon from Bandai); Basilisk by Masaki Segawa (Vol.1 in June '06, Del Rey's first Mature manga; in connection with the Japanese feudal period anime - FUNimation next summer); Kagetora by Akira Segami (ninja romantic comedy, spring '06); School Rumble by Jin Kobayashi (spring '06, also an anime). Other manga titles include Othello by Satomi Ikezawa, Guru Guru Pon-Chan also by Satomi Ikezawa (puppy turns into a high school girl), A Perfect Day for Love Letters by George Asakura (2-vol. Shoujo), Gacha Gacha by Hiroyuki Tamakoshi (Oct), Ghost Hunt story by Fuyumi Ono (high school paranormal hunters), Sugar Sugar Rune by Moyoco Anno (witches, the anime is coming), Pastel (Jan '06). Not only will Del Rey be expanding its manga line next year (publishing 80-90 titles), but will also be publishing novels. It hopes to publish the Basilisk novel that the manga/anime is based on. The Negima and Tsubasa anime will be coming out (no further info). Del Rey will publish a Tsubasa character guide. Due to the Random House - Kodansha connection, all Del Rey titles are currently from Kodansha.

Panel on Manga in libraries - Reps from TokyoPop and ADV were on the panel. TokyoPop has a good relationship with libraries, and ADV started an anime club program last December. The ADV Advocates Program is free to libraries. Del Rey Manga also has info for libraries. This panel reminded me - whatever happened to that anime club at the Roseville library? See Page 1 here for info on Sakuramento Anime, meeting Sundays at Rancho Cordova Library. (Library Margaret - this is for you.)

Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers (http://adventuresofthegalaxyrangers.com) 20th Anniv. panel and, Yeay! I'm a big fan! DVDs 5 & 6, with 4 episodes each, remastered with 5.1 audio, will be out in December. The dealers room had new collectible figures. If all goes well, the future will include a graphic novel, the character & episode guide, and a New Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers DVD movie, with Goose & Niko's 17-year-old daughter searching for her parents, who are now outlaws.

Real Cat Toons - True kitty tales by Roberta Gregory, is a cute little 25-page b&w comic published as an unofficial fundraiser to pay vet bills for her diabetic cat Pushkin. For more info, website is http://robertagregory.com Email: roberta "at" drizzle.com. I paid $5 for it at Roberta's table.

The Ron Lim 2005 Sketchbook has AstroBoy, Gojira & other characters on the color cover and 22 b&w sketches inside, spiralbound, $20. http://www.ronlimart.com for info. Really nice sketches of FF & various other Marvel characters, Star Wars episodes 1-3 characters, and a cute dragon.

Last Comic-Con I mentioned art by The Sad Monk. This year I bought several very nice full color prints of his pandas, tiger & monk, sleeping cat, sleeping monk, $20 for 5 of them. View Zen paintings by the sad monk from http://sad-monk.tripod.com, which also has some Buddhism links (and popups, alas).

From Donna Barr's table I got an autographed Stinz graphic novel (b&w, 235 pg, $20, but they're discounted now, I think). Donna Barr's publications area available at the URL, http://stinz.com. Donna Barr created the Desert Peach, the Desert Fox's younger brother (there are several graphic novel collections of his humorous adventures).

http://www.kakofonia.com - These folks had very nice postcard-sized art prints of kung fu fighters and samurai.

http://www.konsequential.com - A Monk's Tale comicbook miniseries volumes 4 & 5 (40 pg, $3.25 each) are now available. The friendly folks at Konsequential Studios also have t-shirts, bookmarks, notepads & minibooks. Look for an upgrade of A Monk's Tale issue #1 in comics stores in Spring 2006. (This is Shaolin-type monks, not Christian monks.)

Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance ("revenge was never this sweet"), a film by Park Chanwook, the director of OldBoy (which actually played in Sacramento), is opening in selected cities in August and September. More info at http://www.tartanfilmsusa.com, including Tartan's line of "Asia Extreme" titles on DVD (cutting-edge horror, thriller & action films from Japan, Korea, Hong Kong… DVD releases of A Tale of Two Sisters, Whispering Corridors, Memento Mori, Phone, Heroic Duo, Wishing Stairs…)

Digital Discs (http://animeaudio.com) was selling J-Pop and anime CDs, J-Pop photos and doujinshi in the dealers room. They also sell online.

http://comicdiner.com has "the dish on comics, movies and sci-fi," including that Comic -Con might move to Anaheim Convention Center in a few years.

http://www.mirrormask.com is the website for the MIRRORMASK movie, which opens in theaters on September 30th.

Ice Kunion (http://www.icekunion.com) is a joint venture of Korean manhwa publishers like Sigongsa (http://www.sigongsa.com) to sell their product directly to America (no middle-man). Look for October releases under August Previews toward the end of this newsletter. November releases - The Antique Gift Shop, created by Lee Eun; Chiwoo, created by Park KangHo & Lee HaNa. December releases - Cynical Orange created by Yoon JiUn; One Thousand and One Nights (with Shahrazad being a pretty guy) created by Han SungHee & Jeon JinSeok.

Broccoli International (http://www.bro-usa.com) offers the Broccoli manga titles as well as 2006 anime calendars, DiGi Charat holiday cards, t-shirts, beanies/hats, posters.

Songs of our Ancestors Vol.3: The Tree of Love, latest in Patrick Atangan's Asian folktale collection, set in northern India, about a prince's courtship of a flower peddlar, $12.95, 48 pg, color, available in Oct '05 from http://www.nbmpublishing.com. Earlier books in the series are The Yellow Jar (18th century Japanese woodblock-style art) and The Silk Tapestry (Chinese art), each $12.95. >From nbm in December - Buja's Diary, by leading Korean artist Seyeong O, is a collection of short stories for mature readers, 272 pg, $20, b&w.

New England Comics (http://www.newenglandcomics.com) is finally publishing an all new Tick mini-series, The Tick: Days of Drama with 6 issues. It's in color, $4.95 each, 40 pages, bi-monthly. Story by Clay & Susan Griffith, art by Dave Garcia (Panda Khan) & Kevin Atkinson. The first issue was published in July.

http://www.brandfury.com is a San Francisco company selling t-shirts for Asians tired of the stereotypes (such as "I Speak English," "I Suck at Math," "I am not a Terrorist").

http://www.kamikazegirls.net - Kamikaze Girls ("the extraordinary adventures of a Lolita-look aficionado and a tough biker gang chick"), a film by Tetsuya Nakashima, opens in NY and LA in September.

http://www.stuffemal.com is the website for Stuffe & Nonsense, which stocks some great fantasy and Egyptian jewelry, and their stuffemals - furry anthropomorphs like the samurai critters Ratshomon, Yojimbear and a couple of kitsune. (Prices for the stuffemals start at $100; you can check out their pictures at the website.)

http://www.rightstuf.com News: New episodes of FullMetal Alchemist start running on Cartoon Network at midnight on Saturday, Sept 17. Evangelion tv series starts running on October 20 (Thursdays) at 12:30am. // Funimation is opening an official website for the Samurai 7 website: http://www.samurai7.tv.

Diamond PREVIEWS (http://www.diamondcomics.com) July 2005 for September 2005 delivery (except as noted). Dark Horse - SAMURAI: Heaven and Earth trade edition by Marz, Ross & Keith, 120 pg, color, $14.95 (Oct); HELLSING; Impure Souls by Kohta Hirano, 160 pg, color, $14.95 (Oct); BERSERK Vol.9 by Kentaro Miura, 240 pg, b&w, $13.95 (Oct); OH MY GODDESS! Vol.1 by Kosuke Fujishima, 192 pg, b&w, $10.95 (Oct); SUPER MANGA BLAST! #56 with What's Michael in Planet of the Apes parody, 128 pg, b&w, $5.99. DC CMX - CHIKYU MISAKI Vol.1 by Iwahara Yuji, 196 pg, b&w, $10; PIECES OF A SPIRAL Vol.1 by Tachibana Kaimu, 200 pg, b&w, $10; THE DEVIL DOES EXIST Vol.3 by Takanashi Mitsuba, 192 pg, b&w, $10; MONSTER COLLECTION: Girl Who Can Deal With Migical Monsters Vol.3 by Itoh Sei, 162 pg, b&w, $10; SEIMADEN Vol.2 by Higuri You, 180 pg, b&w, $10; SWORD OF THE DARK ONES Vol.3 by Kotobuki Tsukasa & Yasui Kentaro, 204 pg, b&w, $10. Wildstorm - WRAITHBORN #1 (of 6) by Benitez, Chen & Weems, a timid high school girl with new abilities must defend Earth against powerful Immortals, 32 pg, color, $2.99. Marvel - MARY JANE Vol.2: Homecoming Digest by Sean McKeever, art by Takeshi Miyazawa, (MJ before she marries Spidey, manga art) 96 pg, $7. Image - RONIN HOOD of the 47 Samurai, by Jeff Amano, Craig Rousseau & Wayne Faucher, 96 pg, color, $10. Graphic-sha Publishing - New Generation of Manga Artists Vol.7 Spec. Edition NOUVAIS LOGIC Episode 0, with an all-original story by Koh Kawarajima, $15. ADV - ORPHEN Vol.3 by Yoshinobu Akita, 160 pg, $10.

Antarctic - CHISUJI #2 (of 6) by Eirik Blackwolf & Leo Saunders, otaku dreams tearing Tokyo apart, 32 pg, b&w, $2.99; DUEL #0 by Joe Wight, 32 pg, b&w, $2.99, Flying Tiger Vs. Japanese Zero in the skies over China; NAGASAKI; The Forgotten Bomb #2 (of 2) by Ted Nomura, a look at a terrifying nuclear event; HOW TO DRAW MANGA: Next Generation #9, 32 pg, b&w, $4.95. Del Rey - SUGAR SUGAR RUNE Vol.1 by Moyoco Anno, 200 pg, b&w, $10.95; GHOST HUNT Vol.1 by Inada, 200 pg, b&w, $10.95. DMP - ANTIQUE BAKERY Vol.2 by Fuji Yoshinaga, 208 pg, b&w, $12.95; PRINCESS NINJA SCROLL TENKA MUSO by Akane Sasaki, 200 pg, b&w, $12.95; ALONE IN MY KING'S HAREM by Lily Hoshino, 192 pg, b&w, $12.95 (yaoi); YELLOW Vol.2 by Makoto Taeteno, 200 pg, b&w, $12.95 (yaoi) http://www.dmpbooks.com, http:yaoi-manga.com. DRMaster - STELLVIA Vol.2 by Xebec & Ryo Akizuki, 200 pg, b&w, $9.95. High Impact - ANIME CRAZY MANGA #1 (of 3) by Ricky Carralero & Various, 28 pg, color, $6.95 (adult). Ironcat - MANTIS WOMAN #1 by ?, 180 pg, b&w, $12.95 (adult). Moonstone - LAI WAN, DREAM WALKER #1 by CJ Henderson, 32 pg, b&w, $2.95, beautiful woman with dangers psychometric powers (adult). Mu Press - HOW TO DRAW FURRY by Kit Fox, 32 pg, b&w, $2.95. Radio Comix-FURRLOUGH #152, 32 pg, b&w, $3.50. Seven Seas (original manga) - CAPTAIN NEMO Vol.1 by DeAngelis & Viray, 192 pg, $10.99; UNEARTHLY Vol.1 by Naifeh & Damaso, 192 pg, $10.99, interstellar bad boys. Shanda - MEDICS: Code 3 Special by Crusoe & Loomis, 40 pg, b&w, $4.99 (furry).

TokyoPop - DEVIL MAY CRY 3 Vol.1 by Chayamachi Suguro, 192 pg, $10; DRAMACON Vol.1 by Svetlana Chmakova, 192 pg, $10; KINGDOM HEARTS Vol.1 based on the game, 144 pg, $5.99; LIGHTS OUT Vol.1 by Myung-Jin Lee, 192 pg, $10; STEADY BEAT Vol.1 by Rivkah, 192 pg, $10; JUSTICE N MERCY art book by Min-Woo Hyung, color, 120 pg, $40; MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM SEED Vol.1 novel by Ryu, Yatate & Tomino, 192 pg, $8; FRUITS BASKET JOURNAL, 128 pg, $10. Zines - BECKETT ANIME COLLECTOR #74, 88 pg, $6.99. JADE SCREEN Vol.3 #4, Stanley Tong, Jackie Chan, Sho Kosugi, color, $7.95. GIANT ROBOT #38, Asian culture, b&w, $4.95. PROTOCULTURE ADDICTS #86, $4.95. Wizard ANIME INSIDER #25, Naruto, Hellsing, Gundam Seed, $5.99. Books - GAMA-GO POSTCARD BOOK by Gama-Go & Tim Biskup, featuring Tim Biskup's creations for the Gama-Go clothing line, including Ninja Kitty, 31 pg, color, $12.95 (Gama-Go line available at Super 7 (http://www.super7store.com)). IRON MAN: The Cinema of Shinya Tsukamoto by Tom Mes, 240 pg, $24.95. OUTLAW MASTERS OF JAPANESE FILM by Chris Desjardins, 320 pg, b&w, $19.95. EASLE-DOES-IT ANIME ART by Keith Sparrow, 96 pg, color, $16.95.

T-shirts - Samurai Champloo - "Eternal Struggle" (red) & "Rooster" (brown), 100% cotton, M-XXL. InuYasha "Expressions", 100% cotton, black, M-XL $20, XXL $22. Action Figures - Kill Bill Series 2 includes bill with Hanzo sword, Elle Driver, and Master Pai Mei, each 7", fully posable, each $15. Daiei Keychain set of 4 - Gamera, Plasma Gamera, Iris, Daimajin, $20. Kamen Rider Souchaku Henshin series, 5", $10 each. Trigun Maxium Black Vash PVX, 7", $12.99. Plush - Fruits Basket series of five, 8", $12.99 each. Lithograph - Usagi Yojimbo "Duel", 11"x17", color, $15. Poster - Howl's Moving Castle, 27"x40", $40. Wall Scrolls - $18 each - Samurai Champloo, Fullmetal Alchemist, Fruits Basket group. DVDs - AnimeWorks - Ah My Goddess Vol.1: Always & Forever, 125 min, $30; GENSHIKEN Vol.2, 125 min, $30; Twelve Kingdoms Box 1 (episodes #1-22), 550 min, $100. ADV - Angelic Layer Complete Collection, 650 min, $49; Azumanga Daioh Class Album Set, 650 min, $70; Samurai Gun Vol.2, 75 min, $30. FUNimation - Code Lyoko Vol.1, $15; Galaxy Railways Vol.2, 100 min, $30. Urban Vision - Golgo 13: The Professional, 125 min, $20. RightStuf - Gravitation: Lyrics of Love OVA, 60 min. $30; Piano - Melody of a Young Girl's Heart Vol.2, 96 min., $30. Live Action - AnimeEigo - INCIDENT AT BLOOD PASS, Shintaro Katsu & Toshiro Mifune; DEMON SPIES, $30 each. Columbia - KUNG FU HUSTLE widescreen $29. CDs $15 each- Geneon - Love Hina Best Hinta Girls Songs Vol.2; Madlax Vol.2 OST; Para Para Max Vol.2 US Mix. Bandai - Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence OST.

Diamond PREVIEWS August 2005 for October 2005 delivery (except as noted). Dark Horse - EDEN Vol.1: It's an Endless Summer by Hiroki Endo, 2116 pg, b&w, $12.95 (Nov); OH MY GODDESS!: Colors by Kosuke Fujishima, 192 pg, color, $19.95 (Nov); CLUB 9 Vol.4 by Makoto Kobayashi, 200 pg, b&w, $15.95 (Nov); TRIGUN MAXIMUM Vol.7: Happy Days by Yasuhiro Nightow, 192 pg, b&w, $9.95 (Nov. CMX - CIPHER Vol.1 by Narita Minako, 192 pg, b&w, $10; KAMIKAZE KAITO JEANNE Vol.1 by Tanemura Arina, 176 pg, b&w, $10; KIKAIDAR CODE 02 Vol.1 by Ishinomori Shotaro, art by Meimu, 204 pg, b&w, $10 (mature); FROM EROICA WITH LOVE Vol.5 by Aoike Yasuko, 224 pg, b&w, $10. Image - RUULE; GANGLORDS OF CHINATOWN by Jeff Amano & Ivan Brandon 224 pg, color, $20. ADV - YOTSUBA&! Vol.3 by Kiyohiko Azuma, 200 pg, $10; CROMARTIE HIGH SCHOOL Vol.4 by Eiji Nonaka, 168 pg, $11. Alias - SIXGUN SAMURAI 04 by Miller, Jordan, Edge, monthly, color, 32 pg, $2.99. Anime Works - DEATH TRANCE Vol.3 by Seiji Matsuyama, 152 pg, b&w, $10. Antarctic - CHISUJI #3 (of 6) by Eirik Blackwolf & Ronzo Murphy, 32 pg, b&w, $2.99; HOW TO DRAW MANGA: The Next Generation #10 by various, 32 pg, b&w, $4.95. Broccoli - KAMUI #2 by Shingo Nanami, 208 pg, $10. GENSHIKEN Vol.3 by Kio Shimoku, 200 pg, b&w, $11 (mature); GURU GURU PON-CHAN Vol.2 by Satomi Ikezawa, 200 pg, b&w, $11; TSUBASA Vol.7 by CLAMP, 200 pg, b&w, $11; XXXHOLIC Vol.6 by CLAMP, 200 pg, b&w, $11. DPM - CAFÉ KICHIJOUJI DE Vol.1 by Kyoko Negishi/Yuki Miyamoto, 160 pg, b&w, $13.

Yaoi titles (mature - http://yaoi-manga.com) JAZZ Vol.1 by Tamotsu Takamure/Sake Maeda, 192 pg, b&w, $13 (doctor - patient relationship); LA ESPERANCA Vol.1 by Chigusa Kawai, 208, b&w, $13 (close high school bonds); OUR EVERLASTING by Toko Kawai, 200 pg, b&w, $13 (surf's up); OUR KINGDOM Vol.1 by Nakudi Koujima, 184 pg, b&w, $13 (country boy taken in by wealthy family). DRMaster - IRON WOK JAN #15 by Shinji Saijio, 200 pg, b&w, $10; HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS Vol.6 by Towa Oshima, 200 pg, b&w, $10. Drawn & Quarterly - PYONGYANG: a Journey to North Korea by Guy Delisle, graphic novel hardcover, 184 pg, b&w, $20 (mature, a trip to North Korea in 2001). Go! Comi - CROSSROAD Vol.1 by Shioko Mizuki, 192 pg, b&w, $11; TENSHI JA NAI (I'm No Angel) Vol.1 by Takako Shigematsu, 192 pg, b&w, $11 (mature); CANTARELLA Vol.1 by You Higuri, 200 pg, b&w, $11 (mature, Cesare Borgia). Ice Kunion (manhwa) - CHOCOLAT Vol.1 by Shin JiSang & Geo, 180 pg, b&w, $11 (favorite boy band); BRING IT ON! Vol.1 by Baek KyeKyung, 180 pg, b&w, $11 (tomboy); ANGEL DIARY Vol.1 by Lee YunHee & Kara, 180 pg, b&w, $11 (heavenly princess disguised as schoolgirl); 11TH Cat Vol.1 by Kim MiKyung, 180 pg, b&w, $11 (witch in training).

Last Gasp - BAREFOOT GEN by Keiji Nakazawa, new printings each volume $15. Radio - FURRLOUGH #153 (furry tales), 32 pg, b&w, $3.50; PERVERT CLUB Digest reprint by Will Allison, 120 pg, b&w, $13 (mature). Shanda - SWORD OF THE FOX #1 by Curtis, Pleger, Chastain & Bellamy (Zorro as a furry), 40 pg, b&w, $5. TokyoPop - SAMURAI CHAMPLOO #1 by Matsuaru Gotsubo, 192 pg, $10; MARK OF THE SUCCUBUS #1 by Ashly Raiti, 192 pg, $10; A MIDNIGHT OPERA #1 by Hans Steinbach, 192 pg, $10; PITA-TEN OFFICIAL FAN BOOK Vol.1 by Kote Donbo & various, 176 pg, $10; PSY-COMM Vol.1 byHenderson, Salvaggio & Granger, 192 pg, $10; TELEPATHIC WANDERERS Vol.1 by Tsutsui & Yamazaki, 192 pg, $10; SCRAPPED PRINCESS Vol.1 by Sakaki & Azumi, 192 pg, $8. BLU (boys' love manga) - EARTHIAN Vol.1 by Yun Kouga, 408 pg, $15; LOVE MODE Vol.1 by Yuki Shimizu, 196 pg, $10; SHINOBU KOKORO: Hidden Heart Vol.1 by Temari Matsumoto (ninja fantasy), 196 pg, $10. Shojo Beat Graphic Novels - THE BEAUTY IS THE BEAST Vol.1 by Tomo Matsumoto, 184 pg, b&w, $9; FUSHIGI YUGI: Genbu Kaiden Vol.2 by Yuu Watase, 192 pg, b&w, $9. Zenescope - JINDAI #1 by Brusha, Juliano, Deering (Shogun Ashigura, Japan, 1301 A.D.), 22 pg, color, $2.99.

Zines - Wizard Anime Insider #26, $5.99. Shojo Beat Vol.1 with serialized manga, Japanese trends, art, fashion, culture, 300 pg, monthly, $5.99 (Viz). Super7 Magazine #10, 64 pg, color, $5.95 (Japanese toy culture behind-the-scenes). Books - HOW TO DRAW SHOUJO Supersized Edition Vol.1, $20 (Antarctic Press). MANGA: Masters of the Art by timothy Lehman, a look at the work of 12 manga artists (Kia Asamiya, CLAMP, etc.) $25. THE ILLUSTRATED LEGENDS OF THE SAMURAI trans. by Hiroaki Sato, Japanese woodblock print art, 256 pg, $50. Action Figures - FullMetal Alchemist mini-figures Series 2, 3" - 5" high, $6 each. Kamen Rider Souchaku Henshin, 5" high, Blade King - $13, Grave - $10. Samurai Champloo mini-figures, $12 each (Jan '06). Wall Scroll - 43"x31, $18 each - R.O.D. Paper Sisters, FullMetal Alchemist Edward Elric, Chobits Chii & Plum. Games (Bandai) - One-Piece Quest Begins 2-player, starter deck $10, booster pack $4; Zatch Bell the Card Battle (info- http://www.zatchbellccg.com). DVDs - ADV - Gatchaman Vol.5&6, 150 min. $15 each; Ghost Stories Vol.1, 100 min. $30; Godannar Vol.1, 125 min. $30 (mature); Mythical Detective Loki Ragnarok Vol.1, 100 min. $30. Geneon - Doki Doki School Hours Vol.1, 100 min. $25; Kyo Kara Maoh! Vol.4, 100 min. $25; Last Exile Complete box set, 650 min, $150; Gankutuou - Count of Monte Cristo, 100 min. $30 (I didn't care for the anime costume style in this). ArtsMagic - Salaryman Kintaro Vol.1, 130 min, $25. Manga Ent. - Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex 2nd Gig Vol.1, 120 min, $25. Buena Vista - My Neighbors the Yamadas, dir.Isao Takahata, 104 min. $30; Pom Poko (Tanuki), 119 min. $30. CDs - T.M. Reveloution: Vertical InfinityVol.1, $14 (Tofu). Geneon $15 each - Excel Saga OST 2, His & Her Circumstances Act 2.0.

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End of August-September 2005 Anime Sacramento Newsletter, Part Two