Welcome to the October-November 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 (at) 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 Next meeting, on the 4th Saturday in January 2006, Jan 28, from 1pm to 10pm, will be combined with the Sacramento Anime screening. Ian will show up with some new anime. Thank you kind folks who brought munchies in November, sodas, fresh fruit and cake. Chips, Japanese snacks and some canned sodas will be on hand. Dinner break is 7-8pm (or whenever). Front room will be reserved for Asian action films and some of that experimental stuff, so that we won't sully Ian's computer again. The November meeting was the largest in several years.

Subscriptions to this newsletter are available, 3 issues really weird, here's the URL where the blog was copied to, some Scandinavian language blog with only 2 paragraphs in English - http://andershj.blogspot.com/2005_08_01_andershj_archive.html. Aside: Just because this club changed its name from C/FO Sacramento to Anime Sacramento in 1989 does not make it a different club. Anime Sacramento is now over 21 years old (making it legal?).

Another site that showed up during a google for C/FO Sacramento led to a research paper called "Progress Against the Law: Fan Distribution, Copyright and the Explosive Growth of Japanese Animation" by Sean Leonard, MIT, 2003-2004. 102 pages with footnotes. Quoted from the paper: "Fred Patten, founder of the first anime club in the United States…" So, Unnamed Anime Club, there's no debate about which anime club was first in the U.S.. It was the C/FO, which continues to meet monthly. The paper is at http://www.swiss.ai.mit.edu/6805/student-papers/fall03-papers/Progress_Against_the_Law.html.

The next Sacramento Anime, Manga & Cosplay Show will be Saturday, Jan 14, '06 (so my anime video show will be at the end of the month) at the Scottish Rite Center. There'll be another anime show on Saturday, July 15, '06. http://sacanime.com for info. For info on the Sacramento Collectors Shows at Scottish Rite Center, go to http://www.sacramentocomics.com. Some of us are thinking about getting together for Dim Sum (in West Sac) before going to the SacAnime show.

Fantastic Frontiers website (http://www.freewebs.com/fantasticfrontiers/events.htm) info about Conquest Sac, a science fiction-themed gaming convention scheduled for April 6-9 at the Red Lion Hotel near Arden Fair in Sacramento. They're looking for volunteers. More info at: http://www.avalongamecon.com/sacindex.html

A-1 Comics moved from Madison & Manzanita to 5361 Auburn Blvd (site of a branch of Wells Fargo at Auburn & Palm) in early November. http://www.a-1.comics.com

News Of Northern California interest: http://www.nikaku.com - Nikaku Animart - 615 North 6th Street, San Jose, CA 95112, (408) 971-2822. Recommended for their gift items from Japan, for their anime CDs, books, posters, etc., and the friendly staff. Visit them when you're in the San Jose Japantown area. Eat at the Kazoo. Take the historic walking tour. http://www.japantownsanjose.org Shop at Nichi Bei Bussan, open for over 100 years, now with a website, http://www.nbstore.com. I buy their Asian t-shirts for the beautiful designs.

Bay Area Animation Society website: http://www.dotsumi.org with lots of anime news.

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.

My stuff for sale: Japanese CDs: 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, laser disks. Email ("Attn Laurine") me for titles, lvbwhite (at) concourse (dot) net

Of general interest: Comic-Con International (http://www.comic-con.org) will be July 20-23, 2006 in San Diego. Pre-registration is $50 before April 20. The address is Comic-Con International, PO Box 128458, San Diego, CA 92112-8458.

WonderCon (http://www.comic-con.org) will be at the Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco on February 10-12, 2006. Pre-registration is $30 for a 3-day pass, $12 for one-day pass, before 21 January.

http://ww.dalewberry.com or http://www.myriadpubs.com are the latest websites for Dale Berry and his "Tales of the Moonlight Cutter" graphic novel. On the website Dale offers for sale a Moonlight Cutter t-shirt and a special edition album of (his very nice) pencil art from Moonlight Cutter. Why did I wait so long after Comic-Con to check out his website?

News courtesy of Jeff - Sony Pictures releases a DVD in December ($25) for the action-packed, fun Chinese martial arts movie, The White Dragon, about a noblewoman falling in love with a prince and accidentally acquires martial arts, and tries to save her prince from an assassin. Available in several languages, with subtitles, but no extras. // Another piece of news courtesy of Jeff is that, starting in January, several major newspapers will be adding (American fake) manga to their Sunday comics sections. Two titles to be published are Van Von Hunter by Ron Kaulfersch and Mike Schwark, and Peach Fuzz by Lindsay Cibos & ? This news is from an article at the Newsday website, http://www.newsday.com. The article, published on Nov 7th, mentions the manga versions of Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys to be published by Papercutz, CosmoGirl running TokyoPop manga, and Harlequin Romance manga books. // Indian actress Aishwarya Rai (Bride and Prejudice) says finding work in Hollywood is no easy task - even for one of Bollywood's most recognizable leading ladies. She recently finished filming ``The Last Legion,'' a Hollywood epic about a Roman warrior, played by Colin Firth, who must protect a young Caesar as the Roman Empire crumbles. Shot in Slovakia, ``The Last Legion'' also stars Ben Kingsley and is scheduled for release in 2006.

http://www.stonebridge.com News - Coming soon from Stone Bridge Press is THE WAY OF TAIKO by Heidi Varian and forward by Seiichi Tanaka, about the performance art of Japanese drumming, with color photos, glossary, 128 pages, $18.95.

http://www.taiseng.com News - Tai Seng has a new Chinese action sword film for sale on DVD, BOOK AND SWORD, dubbed, list price $20, starring Vincent Zhao (THE BLADE) and Cheng Pei Pei (CROUCHING TIGER), based on the novel by Louis Cha (Jin Yong). The novel is now available in English, translated by Graham Earnshaw.

Girl Taz sends the news that Robin Shou (RED TROUSERS) is directing a movie called DEAD MULE SUITCASE, now in pre-production, for release in 2007. It's about a rogue DEA agent search for his partner, who disappeared while undercover in Thailand.

http://www.infinitystudios.com - Infinity Studios LLC has the rights to BLOOD ALONE by Masayuki Takano, about a beautiful young female vampire who loves a human. #1 will be published in January for $9.95, at your local comics store and Borders Books.

Tom Cruise fired his sister as his publicist for the bad press he's been getting lately (but she's still working in his organization.) Wesley Snipes probably wishes he could fire somebody for the bad press he's been getting ever since BLADE 3. From action movie star to straight-to-video co-star, Snipes would have been co-starring with Jean-Claude Van Damme in THE HARD CORPS (or maybe it was HARD COPS), an action movie to be directed by Sheldon Lettich (BLOODSPORT). Then Lettich discovered he couldn't afford both their salaries and cancelled the project. So now it looks like Snipes will co-star with Mario Van Peebles in a thriller, "Hard Luck," also with Cybill Shepherd. The movie will be about a serial killer, a former drug dealer and a sadistic housewife. // Kirk Jones will star in the Blade tv series to air on Spike TV.

Another straight-to-video action star is keeping busy. Mark Dascascos (CRYING FREEMAN, BROTHERHOOD OF THE WOLF, "The Crow" tv series) has filmed two movies in the Philippines for Sony Screen Gems DVD, THE HUNT FOR EAGLE ONE (co-starring Rutger Hauer) and the sequel, CRASH POINT. Another Mark Dacascos film, NOMAD, will be released in the U.S. by Harvey Weinstein in fall 2006. (That's the Harvey Weinstein formerly in charge of Miramaxe.) Mark will be showing up in new episodes of "Iron Chef" that will air on the Food Network in 2006. He'll also appear in THE CLEANER, a new film starring Lucy Liu and Cedric the Entertainer (as an amnesiac janitor), for release in 2006. Mark Dacascos news is at http://www.markdacascos.com.

http://www.rightstuf.com News - If you collect issues of Protoculture Addicts (or even if you don’t), here the PA website: http://www.protoculture.ca (that's Canada, not California). // Seven Seas Entertainment (http://www.gomanga.com) has the rights to publish BoogiePop Phantom novels by Kouhei Kadono and the BoogiePop Phantom Doesn't Laugh manga (art by Kouji Ogata). Look for the first novel to appear in the U.S. in February 2006. // If you're a Got Anime member, RightStuf has a new website exclusively for you: http://www.GotAnime.com, where you can find out about new releases and have access to the coupon. // Funimation has licensed Tsukuyomi: Moon Phase (cute vampire catgirl) and Negima (young wizard prodigy teaching girls' middle-school class). Look for these series in 2006. // Right Stuf will be bringing out Boys Be... 13-episode series on DVD. DVD #1, with episodes 1-3, 12-page booklet and extras, will be out in Feb '06, $30; DVD #1 plus Series Artbox, for Feb '06 release, will be $40. // Urban Vision (http://www.urban-vision.com), which released the Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust DVD, has formed a new line of entertainment called AsiaVision, specializing in live action Asian films. One of its first releases will be "Curse, Death and Spirit", directed by Hideo Nakata (Ringu and The Ring Two). It also plans to bring the Japanese film "Azumi" to theatres in Spring of 2006.

Do you want to learn Japanese, but don't know where to start? RightStuf.com's online catalog has dozens of different books that'll teach you everything from kanji to kana, even some that use actual Japanese manga as learning tools.

http://www.rightstuf.com/catalog/browse/link/t=category,c=right-stuf,g=learn/

Anime Today Episode 2 Available Now - A look at what's new and what's hot in the world of anime and manga. They've also added additional bandwidth for quicker downloads! Ready to listen in? Download the episode: http://www.rightstuf.com/podcast/animetoday/00/002.shtml. Show notes available at the following: http://www.rightstuf.com/podcast/animetoday/

http://anime-tourist.com News - Be Beautiful (http://www.bebeautifulmanga.com) has announced some new yaoi manga titles for 2006 - Midaresomenishi, a tale of samurai love by Kazuma Kodaka; Boku No Koe by Youka Nitta (Embracing Love); YEBISU Celebrities: by Shinri Fuwa; Play

http://www.taiseng.com - now has an English-dub DVD release of BOOK AND SWORD, a recent film based on the classic martial arts novel by Jin Yong, for $16.

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com News - Itochu Corporation, Ishimori Entertainment, and Michael Uslan's Comic Book Movies will produce a live action movie of CYBORG 009, from the Shotaro Ishinomori manga. Production starts in 2006, for release in 2008. // A Chinese animated film, THE WARRIOR, about Wong Fei Hong, opens in December in Chinese theaters. It was written and choreographed by Tsui Hark. // Digital Manga Publishing (http://www.dmpbooks.com/manga) has also announced some new yaoi manga titles: Little Butterfly by Hinako Takanaga (2 classmates are very different yet are attracted to each other), You & Harujion by Keiko Kinoshita (young orphan accepts help from a mysterious lawyer), Lost Boys by Kanami Itsuki (mysteriously transported to Neverland), and Same Cell Organism by Sumomo Yumeka (2 boys, one open, one embarassed). DMP will also publish a yaoi artbook: Kiss of Fire by Nitta Youka. Also DMP has plans for a semi-annual manga, J-Boys, with stories from the magazine Junk Boys by Biblos. // Broccoli Books (http://www.broccolibooks.com) will be publishing a Broccoli Books original, a Juvenile Orion art book with about 100 pages of art, to cost between $20 and $25. // On November 10, ASIFA - Hollywood had a 40th anniversary celebration for the U.S. release of Kimba. Fred Ladd and Fred Patten were both there. // Osamu Tezuka's samurai fantasy manga, Dororo, will be turned into a live action movie to be filmed in New Zealand starting in January '06. Dororo has also been turned into a Play Station game (2003) and a b&w anime series (1969). Action choreography will be by Ching Siu Tung. // Del Rey is starting an adult manga line, with a higher price, $13.95. Publications in 2006 include Basilisk Vol.1 (by Futaroh Yamada & Masaki Segawa) in May and Suzuka Vol.1 (by Kouji Seo) in September.

Utaku Unite has an official website: http://www.otakuunite.com, but I still don't know when it will get its DVD release.

Stuff from Anime Destiny: Queen of Caps (http://www.queenofcaps.com) offers some very nice fleece hats, some with kitty cats, bat wings, bunny ears, puppy ears, and custom orders. For info, check out the website or email queen (of) caps(dot)com.

ADV (http://www.advfilms.com) is releasing the full Japanese version of Gatchaman in the U.S. and has a spiffy Gatchaman postcard to announce the event.

Urban Vision (http://www.urban-vision.com) has released the anime video, The Professional Golgo 13, on DVD in November. Previously it was only available on video, when released several years before the sequel, Golgo 13: Queen Bee. It's 90 minutes, has extras like an interview with producer Mata Yamamoto, an art gallery and trailers. Yes, it's violent.

Student Comics Publishing publishes Bezerk, with 16 pages of cartoons (some manga-style) at least once a semester. Bezerk is not an official publication of the University of California, UCB. Issues are posted online at http://studentartpublishing.org.

Sanguine Productions, Ltd has a new RPG, Usagi Yojimbo: Anthropomorphic Fantasy Role-Play, based on Stan Sakai's comicbook about the rabbit ronin. It should be available now, price is $30, with 200 pages. Usagi Yojimbo RPG: Autumn Moon Edition is scheduled for release in Dec 2005, $30.

http://www.aintitcool.com News - ADV is releasing a new dub of the original Macross, with Mari Iijima as the voice of Minmay. // Cartoon Network will produce an animated Gamera tv series, to be broadcast in 2007. // Dimension Films has North American distribution rights to the CastleVania movie (from the Konami videogame). Paul W.S. Anderson will adapt and direct the movie. // Dark Horse has cancelled its publication of Super Manga Blast with the Dec '05 issue. Now that Toren Smith won't be so busy, with its cancellation, he plans to do "a few obscure but interesting manga" through Fantagraphics, starting with Tori Miki's "Anywhere But Here". // Art Asylum plans to make some new Speed Racer episodes that will appear on the internet next summer.

http://www.monkeypeaches.com News: Chen Kaige's film, Wu Ji (The Promise) is an epic fantasy set in ancient China, about "promise, betrayal, nations and love". The Weinstein Company (bozos formerly of Miramaxe) will not release it after all, but their edited version is the one that will get released here. // Jet Li's movie, Huo Yianjia (Fearless), about a real Chinese martial artist who died in 1910, now has an official website: http://www.fearlessthemovie.com. He has said this will be his final martial arts film.

Pretty Boy Games - (Adult stuff) - Nobody asked, but I figure, what the heck. The info is from a couple of friends who went to Yaoicon a few weeks ago. Here's the website for a CD-Rom game, Animamundi: Dark Alchemist, gothic horror, Age 15+, for Windows and Mac, release in sprinter (sic) 2006, price? The website has character and background info and screen shots of gorgeous guys and gals (all with their clothes on). The setting is a fantasy eastern Europe with vampires, homunculi, and the devil. Check it out at http://www.hirameki-int.com/appc/products/anima/index.html

For those fans interested in the "first" boy's love" games in English (definitely adult, not just age 15+), a new company, Langmaor, plans to release "Falsely Accused - Enzai" (prison in Napoleonic France) and "Perfect Obedience - Zettai Fukuju Meirei" . Both will be $39.95, DVD-Rom, English text with Japanese voices, for Windows. Two websites for pre-order are: http://www.jastusa.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=JU&Category_Code=yaoi, or http://www.peachprincess.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=CTGY&Store

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Diamond PREVIEWS (http://previews.diamondcomics.com) November 2005 for January 2006 delivery (except as noted). Dark Horse - EDEN: It's an Endless World Vol.2 by Hiroki Endo (Feb 1st), 208 pg, b&w, $12.95 (mature); SPACE PINCHY: Surrounded by Robots byTony Takezaki, color, 52 pg, $3.99 (mature); SCARY BOOK Vol.1: Shadows by Muezu Kazuo, 232 pg, b&w, $14.95. Johnny DC - HI HI PUFFY AMIYUMI Special by Moore, Carolan & Harvey, 32 pg, color, $2.25. CMX - KAMIKAZE KAITO JEANNE Vol.2 by Arina Tanemura, 176 pg, b&w, $9.99 + 4 other titles. ALC - YURI MONOGATARI Vol.3 by various, 128 pg, b&w, $14.95 (mature). Antarctic - HEAVENT SENT Pocket Manga Vol.2 by Robby Bevard & Ben Dunn, 152 pg, b7w, $9.99. Del Rey - GENSHIKEN Vol.4 by Kio Shimoku, 200 pg, b&w, $10.95; GURU GURU PON CHAN by Satomi Ikezawa, 200 p0g, b&w, $10.95. DRMaster - JOURNAL OF VAMPIRE HUNTER 1: Claws of Darkness by Jozev & Jerry Cho, 64 pg, color, $5.95. Devils Due - RUMBLE PAK #2 by various, b&w, 64 pg, $5.95, monthly; SAKURA PAKK #1 by various (female-oriented anthology manga series that redefines femininity) b7w, 160 pg, $10.95, quarterly.

Digital Manga - CAFÉ KICHIJOUJI DE #2 by Kyoko Negishi & Yuki Miyamoto, 136 pg, b&w, $12.95; LA ESPERANCA Vol.2 by chigusa Kawai, 224 pg, $12.95 (yaoi). Go! - CANTARELLA Vol.2 by You Higuri, 200 pg, b&w, $10.99 (mature); CROSSROAD Vol.2 by Shioko Mizuki, 192 pg, b&w, $10.99 (mature); TENSHI JA NAI Vol.2 by Takako Shigematsu, 192 pg, b&w, $10.99 (mature). Ice Kunion (http://koreanmanhwa.com) - ANGEL DIARY Vol.2 by Lee YunHee & Kara, 200 pg, $10.95; 11th CAT Vol.2 by Kim MiKyung, 180 pg, $10.95; CHOCOLAT Vol.2 by Shin JiSang & Geo, 200 pg, $10.95; BRING IT ON Vol.2 by Baek HyeKyung, 200 pg, $10.95. Radio Comics - FURRLOUGH #156 (furry title), 32 pg, b&w, $3.50. Shanda - THE EXTINCTIONERS Vol.2 #15 by Shawntae Howard, Louis Frank, & Kim Singshow (furry title), 40 pg, b&w, $4.99; KATMANDU ANNUAL #6 by Curtis, Ranshanka & Mouri, 40 pg, b&w, $4.99 (mature). TokyoPop - BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE by Mitsukazu Mihara, 192 pg, $9.99; BROKEN ANGELS Vol.1 by Setsuri Tsuzuki, 192 pg, $9.99; GLASS WINGS by Misuzu Asaoka, 176 pg, $9.99; KAMI-KAZE Vol.1 by Satoshi Shiki, 192 pg, $9.99; LOVELESS Vol.1 by Yun Kouga, 192 pg, $9.99; MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM Lost War Chronicles Vol.1 from Bandai Games, 192 pg, $9.99. BLU (mature) - GORGEOUS CARAT Vol.1 by You Higuri, 192 pg, $9.99; EARTHIAN Vol.2 by Yun Kougai, 408 pg, $14.99. Capcom - RIVAL SCHOOLS #1 from the pages of Street Fighter, b&w, 48 pg, $4.95. Vertical - Tezuka's BUDDHA Vol.7 (Prince Ajatasattu) and Vol.8 (Jetavana), b&w, hardcover, $24.95 each. Shojo Beat Graphic Novels - ABSOLUTE BOYFRIEND Vol.1 by Yuu Watase, 200 pg, b&w, $8.99; BABY & ME Vol.1 by Marimo Ragawa, 200 pg, b&w, $8.99; KAMIKAZE GIRLS Vol.1 by Takemoto & Kanesada, 192 pg, b&w, $8.99. Yaoi Press - DESIRE OF THE GODS by Insanity Team, 152 pg, b&w, $12.95 (mature).

Zines - Wizard ANIME INSIDER #29, Naruto Survival Guide, $4.99. SHOJO BEAT Vol.2#4 Apr '06 (Viz) $5.99. GIANT ROBOT #40, Asian pop culture, b&w, 88 pg, $4.95. Books - THE ART OF USAGI YOJIMBO by Stan Sakai, 200 pg, b&w & color, softcover, $29.95. YUYU HAKUSHO: The Complete Guide by Kazuhisa Fujie & Martin Foster, 192 pg, b&w, $11.95. HOW TO DRAW MANGA: Ninja Warriors, 48 pg, color, $7.99. T-shirts - all M-XL $19, XXL $22 - InuYasha "Group" on gray; Trigun "Stance" on black; COWBOY BEBOP "Faye Dither" on natural (?). Full Metal Alchemist Women's Shirt, SM - LG $20. Trigun "Love Cats" Women's Shirt, SM - LG $20. Plush - InuYasha Sango 17" plush $35. InuYasha with Tetsusaiga, 8" $12.99. Paranoia agent: Maromi Plush, 14" long, $35. Uglydol: Little Ugly Plushes, 10 different (I like Jeero. Even my sister says they're cute), $10 each. Trigun Vash Bobblehead, 7" $15. DVDs - Bandai - DAN DOH Super Shot Vol.1 ($30 - 2 ($25). Manga - Ghost in the Shell Official Log Book 2, 84 min. $50. ADV - GANTZ Season 1 box set, 325 min. $70; MACROSS Vol.1, 150 min, $30; STEAM DETECTIVES Complete collection, 650 min $50. AnimeWorks - SHRINE OF THE MORNING MIST Complete collection, 325 min, $30. Paramount - AVATAR the Last Airbender Vol.1 95 min, $17. Live Action DVDs - MIRRORMASK, 101 min. $30 (release in Dec '05, Neil Gaiman). GODZILLA: Final Wars, 125 min, $25. CDs - Ah My Goddess TV OST, $15 (Geneon).

Diamond PREVIEWS December 2005 for February 2006 delivery (except as noted). Marvel - SPIDER-MAN LOVES MARY JANE #3 with art by Takeshi Miyazawa, 32 pg, $2.99; NEW MANGAVERSE #2 (of 5) with art by Tommy Ohtsuka (Slayers), several Marvel heroes battle an unknown foe, 32 pg, $2.99; ARANA Vol.3: Night of the Hunter Digest, cover by Takeshi Miyazawa, 144 pg, $7.99. Dark Horse (March delivery) - CRYING FREEMAN Vol.1 by Kazuo Koike & Ryoichi Ikegami, 408 pg, b&w, $15; HARLEQUIN PINK: Idol Dreams by Charlotte Lamb & Toko Hanabusa, 160 pg, b&w, $9.95; HARLEQUIN VIOLET: Holding On To Alex by Margaret Way & Misao Hoshiai, 120 pg, b&w, $9.95; LADY SNOW BLOOD Vol.3 by Kazuo Koike & Kazuo Kamimura, 224 pg, b&w, $14.95; JU-ON: Video Side by Miki Rinno, 232 pg, b&w, $9.95; OCTOPUS GIRL Vol.1 by Toru Yamazaki, 192 pg, b&w, $12.95; SCHOOL ZONE Vol.1 by Kanako Inuki, b&w, 192 pg, $12.95; REIKO the Zombie Shop Vol.2 by Rei Mikamoto, 200 pg, b&w, $12.95; SPACE PINCHY: the Pinch of the Illegal Brain Intrusion by Tony Takezaki (Feb), color, 32 pg, $3.99. DC CMX - FROM EROICA WITH LOVE by Aoike Yasuke, 208 pg, b&w, $9.99; TENJHO TENGE Vol.6 by Oh! Great, 208 pg, b&w, $9.99; TOWER OF THE FUTURE Vol.2 by Hiwatari Saki, 176 pg, b&w, $9.99 + 10 other titles.

Image - THE PORTENT #1 by Peter Bergting, 32 pg, color, 42.99, listed because it sounds neat - "Milo, a devil-may-care swordsman, follows his own selfish path. After years of self-serving ruthlessness, does he have what it takes to be a hero?" Antarctic - DUEL #2 (of 4) by Ted Nomura, the 1982 Falklands war, 32 pg, b&w, $3.50; OZ: The Manga - Epilogue BY David Hutchinson, 32 pg, b&w, $2.99. Broccoli - GALAXY ANGEL Vol.1, b&w, $9.99; UNTIL THE FULL MOON Vol.1 by Sanami Matoh, 180 pg, b&w, $9.99. Del Rey - SCHOOL RUMBLE Vol.1 by Jin Kobayashi, 200 pg, b&w, $10.95 + 4 other titles. Devils Due - RUMBLE PAK Vol.2 #3, original manga series, b&w, 64 pg, $5.95, monthly. http://yaoi-manga.com - OUR KINGDOM Vol.2 by Naduki Koujima, 200 pg, $12.95; YELLOW Vol.3 by Makoto Tateno, 184 pg, b&w, $12.95. Dr Masters - RAHXEPHON Vol.3 by Hiroshi Ohnogi, 200 pg, b&w, $9.95. Ice Kunion (manhwa, all 180 pg, $11) - HEAVENLY EXECUTIONER CHIWOO Vol.2 by HaNa Lee & KangHo Park; ANTIQUE GIFT SHOP Vol.2 by Eun Lee; REAL LIES by Si-Young Lee.

Radio - FURRLOUGH #157 by Various (furry title), cover by Heather Bruton, 32 pg, b&w, $3.50. Shanda - ALBEDO ANTHROPOMORPHICS Vol.5 #3 by Steve Gallacci, 40 pg, b&w, $4.99; BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO DRAWING FURRY ART by Steve Corbett, 40 pg, b&w, $4.99. Speakeasy - SILENT GHOST #2 by Singley, Do & Weldele, 32 pg, color, $2.99, kung fu monk on a quest. TokyoPop (all are ~192 pg, $10) - GACHA GACHA Vol.1 by Yutaka Tachibana, high school love triangle; LAST FANTASY Vol.1 by Yong-Wan Kwon, parody of RPG; MADE IN HEAVEN; Kazemichi by Sakurai & Yashiki, romance; NEVER GIVE UP Vol.1 by Hiromu Mutou, gender-bending comedy; SOMEDAY'S DREAMERS Vol.1 by Yamada & Yoshizuki, young magic-user; GRAVITATION Novel Vol.1 by Maki Murakami, 224 pg, $7.99. BLU (yaoi line) - LOVE MODE Vol.2 by Yuki Shimizu, 192 pg, $10. Udon - RIVAL SCHOOLS #2 from the pages of Street Fighter, b&w, 48 pg, b&w, $4.95. Shojo Beat - GODCHILD Vol.1 by Kaori Yuki, 208 pg, b&w, $8.99. Zenescope - JINDAI #5 by Brusha, Juliano, Young, martial arts action/horror, 32 pg, color, $2.99.

Zines - Wizard ANIME INSIDER #30, $5.99, how to make a manga. PROTOCULTURE ADDICTS #88, 80 pg, $4.95, intro to new series. G-FAN #75, $4.95,84 pg, return of Gamera. Books - FAIRIES, hardcover artbook of paintings by Yoshitaka Amano, color, 80 pg, $25 (Dark Horse). THE RUROUNI KENSHI COMPANION by Kazuhisa Fujie & Walter Wyman, 192 pg, b&w, $12. CREATING MANGA SUPER-HEROES by Jim Hansen, 144 pg, $12. HOW TO DRAW MANGA: Urban Crew, 148 pg, color, $8. HOW TO DRAW MANGA: Transforming Robots, 48 pg, color, $8. Jrock, Inc by Josephine Yun, 125 pg, $19. Apparel - Naruto t-shirts, sizes SM-XL $20 - Naruto in Spiral, blue; Naruto Kakashi, black; Naruto Gaara on white. FullMetal Alchemist "Gradient" women's junior fit t-shirt on black, SM-LG, $20. Action Figures - Inu-Yasha limited edition 12-inch collector doll, 24 pts of articulation, $35. Aura Battler Dunbine: LOV Figure, $40 (some people still love the classic robots). Space Sheriff action figures, Gavan, Shaider, Sharivan, $14 each. Plush - Dot Hack Rena & Dot Hack Shugo, $12.99 each. Wall Scrolls ($19 each) - Ghost in the Shell Stand Alove Complex; Tenjho Tenge "Maya": Kiddy Grade Éclair & Lumiere. Games - FullMetal AlchemistTCG: Artificial Human theme deck $12, booster pack $3.49 (JoyRide). I Ching 64-card boxed deck with instruction booklet, $20 (Llewellyn). Fruits Basket card game, $10 (Score/Donruss Playoff). Avatar TCG: Master of the Element, 62-card starter deck (Upper Deck). Pirates of the South China Seas (Standalone extension of Pirates of the Spanish Main, from Wizkids).

DVDs - Funimation - Desert Punk Vol.1, $30 (March); Dragon Booster Vol.1, $17; Case Closed Season 1 Vol.1, $30. Bandai - IGPX Vol.1 uncut, 100 min, $30. ADV - GatchaMan Vol. 9-10, each 150 min, $15; Gatchaman Collection 5 DVD set w/ art box, $35; On To The North Vol.1, 100 min, $30; Saint Seiya Collection 1 DVD set, 750 min, $50. Geneon - Viewtiful Joe Vol.1, 65 min., $20. Live Action - The White Dragon (Chinese sword film, 93 min, Columbia). Thunderbolt starring Jackie Chan, 84 min, Warner, $20. Sukeban Deka The Movie, 93 min, Tokyo Shock, $20. Goyokin (subt) classical 1969 chambara film directed by Hideo Gosha, starring Tetsuro Tamba & Tatsuya Nakadai, Tokyo Shock, $30. CDs - Viewtiful Joe OST Vol.1, $15.

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End of Dec 2005 - January 2006 Anime Sacramento Newsletter