ANIME SACRAMENTO NEWSLETTER JUNE - JULY 2005 

Welcome to the June - July 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. The house has a cat. 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", or it might get accidentally deleted with all the !@#$%&* spam. Fill in the subject line, and not with "Hi"!) 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 2nd Saturday in August, August 13, from 1pm to 10pm, and will probably be combined with the Sacramento Anime screening. Thank you kind folks who brought munchies in May, cookies, canned sodas, chips & other goodies. Some sodas, chips, & Japanese snacks will be on hand for August. Dinner break is 7-8pm (or whenever). Maybe we can check out the good Indian restaurant at the corner of Greenback & Auburn. Any anime requests?

September meeting will be 3rd Saturday in September, Sept 17. I'd like to run some giant robot episodes, HK and samurai films, and Bride & Prejudice. Or you can bring your favorite new anime DVDs to share. This house has 2 anime rooms. Any anime requests? 

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The Sunrise Mall Anime & Manga Show will be on Saturday-Sunday, July 30 (10am to 9pm) and 31st (11am to 6pm), free admission to vendors area, $10 (at the door) for access anime video room and to get program book & posters. There will be an art contest, costume contest, manga contest, videogame tournament. More info at http://www.sacanime.com. Sunrise Mall is at Greenback & Sunrise in Citrus Heights.

Sacramento Anime Meetup (http://anime.meetup.com/52/) needs a moderator. Better sites for local anime fans to post would be at http://www.sacramentoanime.com and at the new Yahoo site, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sacanimefen/
	
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, and Japanese snacks.

Still no news about the Kimi No Hanyo Anime Convention; the website, http://kimicon.scarletheavens.com still has not been updated. It looks about as likely to happen as Shige Sushi is to open in my neighborhood.

Northern California Conventions:
3rd Annual Japantown (San Francisco) Anime Faire will be December 17-19 2005, at the Radisson Miyako Hotel. Pre-Reg is $25 by August 25, $30 at the door. The official website (http://www.jtaf.com) may not have been updated. For more info, go to - 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.

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.

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.

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 Go shopping at Nichi Bei Bussan, open for over 100 years, now with a website, http://www.nbstore.com. I like their Asian t-shirt designs.
	
Japantown Nihonmachi Street Fair is taking place on August 13-14 weekend in Japantown San Francisco. More info at http://www.nihonmachistreetfair.org

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

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
	
http://www.rightstuf.com has released its Spring 2005 Anime Catalog, with more than 100 pages of listings plus an adult section. http://gravitation.rightstuf.com is a new Gravitation website that RightStuf is setting up. http://www.rightstuf.com/resource/resource.shtml is the website for RightStuf's archive of articles on anime ("Anime Resources"). 

http://www.kungfucinema.com News: The movie Transporter II opens in the US on September 2nd. // A Finnish action film, Jade Warrior, will be filmed in China as a co-production with China. // On the horizon is a new interactive video gaming system called Kick Ass Kung Fu. // Fight coordinator and author John Kreng has a new book being released, FIGHT CHOREOGRAPHY: The Art of Non-Verbal Dialog, to be published by Thomson Course Technology in late 2005 for $35.
 http://www.animenewsnetwork.com News: It looks like Pon Poko Tanuki and My Neighbors The Yamadas will be getting American DVD releases. // CPM has distribution rights to "Otaku Unite", a documentary about the history of anime in North Amrica. Price and release date will be publicized at the San Diego Comic-Con. // The Cartoon Network plans to start running the Naruto tv series, debuting on Saturday, 10 Sept, 9pm. // It looks like Japanese companies Bandai and Namco will merge, with more info to be announced in September. 

	http://www.animenewsservice.com News: TokyoPop will start publishing some of its cine-manga titles in Japan, such as several Star Wars titles.

	http://www.monkeypeaches.com News: Jackie Chan has announced interest in four new projects: a comedy in which he plays a vaillain; a movie about a Chinese guy wandering around Japan; Rush Hour 3; and a movie to be directed by Zhang Yimou to start production around the end of 2006. // Andy Lau (House of Flying Daggers) is set to star in two upcoming costume epics. One is based on the manga series, Stratege, by Mori Hideki, set during China's Warring States period. The other will be about a military commander from the classic Chinese novel, Romance of Three Kingdoms. This movie is not to be confused with John Woo's upcoming project based on The Battle of Red Cliff incident from the same novel. John Woo's movie may start filming next summer. Sony Pictures is in discussion for rights to release John Woo's movie outside China and Japan. //

http://anime-tourist.com News: TokyoPop releases the novel, .hack//AI buster, prequel to the tv series, in August for $7.99.

http://animenation.com News: Media Blasters has a website for Death Trance, a Japanese fantasy action film, directed by Yuji Shimomura (Versus) and starring Tak Sakaguchi (Versus). The website is http://www.deathtrance.us // Cartoon Network will broadcast the EVA tv series. Showtime will air Chrono Crusade and Peacemaker.

http://www.animeigo.com News: Here's the release schedule for AnimEigo's samurai movie releases on DVD: Samurai Banners on July 12; Demon Spies release in August; Red Lion release in September; Shadow Hunter I and II in October. AnimEigo says that you can find them in the video stores if you "just look for the big puddle of blood in the foreign films section."

The websites listed below are from cards & postcards picked up at Fanime in May.
	http://heavensystem.com - the card says "art & cg, manga & cosplay, fantasy costume & character design". The site has some nice prints for sale. 

	http://fma.warcry.com is the online "Ultimate Resource for FullMetal Alchemist".

	http://inori.netfirms.com/inori/ - This was off a postcard from Fanime. I didn't check it out completely, but the site has some nice Jet Li fan art.

	http://yuyuhunter.jahee.com - warning - has BL (you know, yaoi stuff) images and fiction, so don't go there if you'll be offended. Listed because I bought some nice artwork (hey, they were fully clothed, and so pretty!) from these folks at Fanime.

	http://www.blacksheepcomics.com - will be (is?) publishing Ben Seto's Henagi The Ninja Girl comic. Ben Seto is a guest at the Sunrise Mall (Citrus Heights, CA) anime event at the end of July. More info at http://www.sacanime.com

	http://backbreaker.com - Still a great website, with furry art prints for sale, including sexy furry guys with fox tails. I bought art from them at last year's Fanime.

	http://baau.syste.ms is the official website for Bay Area Artists Unite (BAAU), a collective group of artists in the San Francisco Bay Area "dedicated to the personal and professional growth of those within" their community.

	http://ochawan.org/design-maru/ from a business card at Fanime for greeting cards, animetal and design. They sell stuff at conventions - buttons, totes, t-shirts, greeting cards. Cute!

	http://www.shadowscapes.com - the official gallery site of fantasy artist Stephanie Pui-Mun Law.

	http://www.raizap.com/sdamned/ - a webcomic.

	http://www.gaiaonline.com - Create your own character. Chat and roleplay online here.

	http://www.ta-su.com - creators of original character design-based t-shirts and merchandise, with an online shop.

	Diamond PREVIEWS (http://www.diamondcomics.com) May 2005 for July 2005 delivery (except as noted). Dark Horse - JAPAN by Buronson & Kentaro Miura, 216 pg, b&w, $12.95 (August); TRIGUN MAXIMUM Vol.6 by Yasuhiro Nightow, 192 pg, b&w, $10 (August); VAMPIRE HUNTER D Vol.2 by Hideyuki Kikuchi & Yoshitaka Amano, 300 pg, b&w, $8.95 (August). DC CMX - TENRYU: THE DRAGON CYCLE Vol.2 by Matoh Sanami, 200 pg, b&w, $10; FROM EROICA WITH LOVE Vol.4 by Aoike Yasuko, 224 pg, b&w, $10; LAND OF THE BLIND FOLDED Vol.4 by Tsukuba Sakura, 192 pg, b&w, $10. Wildstorm - SILENT DRAGON #1 (of 6) by Andy Diggle, art by Leinil Yu & Gerry Alanguilan, yakuza in mid-21st century Japan, color, 32 pg, $2.99. Vertigo - THE DEAD BOY DETECTIVES DIGEST by Jill Thompson, (another Sandman manga) 144 pg, b&w, $10 (mature readers). ALC - RICA'TTE KANJI by Rica Takashima, 96 pg, b&w, $15 (mature readers); YURI MONOGATARI by various, 144 pg, b&w, $15 (mature readers). Alias - IMPERIAL DRAGONS #1 (of 6) by Jordan, Ishimura & Hoffe, color, 32 pg, sacred stolen sword, $0.75; SIX-GUN SAMURAI #1 by Jordan & Hedge, 32 pg, color, pursuit across the untamed prairie, $0.75; DREAMLAND CHRONICLES #2 (of 24) by Scott Christian Sava, color, 48 pg, $4.50. 

Anime Works - EIKEN Vol.1, 200 pg, b&w, $10 (mature); SAMURAI MAN Vol.1 by Naoki Serazawa, 192 pg, b&w, $10 (mature). Antarctic - MANGAMERICA: 30 YEARS OF ANTARCTIC PRESS, 128pg, color, $25, behind-the-scenes of AP. Broccoli - KAMUI Vol.1 by Ringo Nanami, 208 pg, b&w, $10. CPM - AQUARIUM Vol.1 by Tomoko Taniguchi, 200 pg, b&w, $10; LET'S STAY TOGETHER FOREVER by Tomoko Taniguchi, 192 pg, b&w, $16; PRINCESS PRINCE Bk.1 by Tomoko Taniguchi, 336 pg, b&w, $16. Del Rey - GURU GURU PON CHAN Vol.1 by Satomi Ikezawa, 200 pg, b&w, $11; TSUBASA Vol.6 by CLAMP, 200 pg, b7w, $11. DMP - ROBOT Vol.1 produced by Range Murata, (http://www.dmpbooks.com/robot) 164 pg, color $25 (mature). DR Master - HANIDORI GIRL Vol.1 by Mari Matsuzawa, 200 pg, b&w, $10; STELLVIA Vol.1 by Xebec & Ryo Akizuki, 200 pg, b&w, $10. HK - CROUCHING TIGER HIDDEN DRAGON Vol.1 deluxe by Andy Seto, 128 pg, color, $18. Ibooks - DEAD SAMURAI by Aron Lusen, 48 pg, color, $6.99. Infinity - CAFÉ OCCULT Vol.2 (of 3) by Ahn No Uhn, 176 pg, b&w, $10; TRAVELER OF THE MOON Vol.2 (of 3) by Na Hyeon Lee, 176 pg, b&w, $10. 

Radio (mature furry titles) - EBIN AND MAY Vol.1: Ebin's Exile by Christina Hanson & Ed Garcia, 120 pg, b&w, $13; HIT THE BEACH 2005 by various, 48 pg, b&w, $4.99. Seven Seas - AMAZING AGENT LUNA Vol.2 by Nunzio DeFilippis, Weir & Shiei, 192 pg, $11. TokyoPop - BIZENGHAST Vol.1 by M. Alice LeGrow, horror, 192 pg, $10; DUAN SURK Vol.1 by Mishio Fukazawa & Takao Otokita, 196 pg, $8; MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM SEED Vol.1 by Hajime Ytati & Yoshiyuki Tomino, 196 pg, $8; BLAME! Vol.1 by Tsutomu Nihei, 192 pg, $10; CLAMP NO KISEKI Vol.3, art book, $30; HONEY MUSTARD Vol.1 by Ho-Khung Yeo, 192 pg, $10; SAIYUKI RELOAD Vol.1 by Kazuya Minekura, 192 pg, $10; SCRAPPED PRINCESS Vol.1 by Sakaki, Azumi, Yabuki, 192 pg, $10. Viz - BARON THE CAT RETURNS by Aoi Hiiragi, 224 pg, b&w, $10. Zines - Wizard ANIME INSIDER #23, Naruto, FullMetal Alchemist Season 2, Samurai 7, $4.99. ANIMATION MAGAZINE #151, Steamboy, color, $5.95. NEO #9, UK Asian Pop Zine, 100 pg, color, $6.50. PROTOCULTURE ADDICTS #85, GunBuster 2, $4.95. SUPER 7 MAGAZINE #9, Japanese Toy Culture, 64 pg, color, $5.95. Books - BIG EYES, SMALL MOUTH: NEON GENESIS-EVANGELION Bk2, 96 pg, color, $20. BASIC JAPANESE THROUGH COMICS Pt.2 by Ashizawa Kazuko, 168 pg, b&w, $15. BIG BENTO BOX OF UNUSELESS JAPANESE INVENTIONS by Kenji Kawakami, 320 pg, color, $12.95. 

T-shirts - Anime Nation Previews, white, M-XL $18, XXL $20. FullMetal Alchemist "Brother" on black, M-XL 418, XXL $20. InuYasha "Coming at You", Gray, M-XL $20, XXL $22. Action Figures - Ninja Gaiden Kurena statue, 11" PVC $40. Ikki Tousen-Sonsaku in China Dress PVC statue, 8.75" $29. Wall Scrolls - FullMetal Alchemist, 31"x43", 2 different, $18 each. Games - Zatch Bell CCG starter deck $10, spellbook $4. DVDs - AREA 88 TV Vol.1, 75 min, $30 (ADV). DI GI CHARAT TV series Vol.1 $30 (SynchPoint). DEARS Vol.1, 100 min. $25 (Geneon, mature). GALAXY RAILWAYS Vol.1 $30 (Funimation). GENSHINKIN Vol.1, 125 min. $30 (AnimeWorks). GUNDAM SEED Movie 1 $30 (Bandai). MACROSS PLUS Collection 2-DVD set, 90 min. $40 (Manga). MY BEAUTIFUL GIRL, MARI 80 min, $30 (ADV). STEAMBOY 126 min. $30 (Columbia Tri-Star). RING VIRUS Special Edition, 95 min. $20 (Korean, Tai Seng).

	Diamond PREVIEWS June 2005 for August 2005 delivery (except as noted). Dark Horse - LADY SNOWBLOOD Vol.1 by Kazuo Koike & Kazuo Kamimura, 288 pg, b&w, $14.95 (Sept). DC CMX - all are $10 and b&w - TESTAROTHO Vol.1 by Sanbe Kei, 168 pg; YOUNG MAGICIAN Vol.1 by Narushima Yuri, 240 pg; GALS! Vol.3 by Fujii Mihona, 192 pg; MUSASHI Vol.9 by Takahashi Miyuki, 208 pg; SWAN Vol.4 by Ariyoshi Kyoko, 200 pg; TENJHO TENGE Vol.3 by Oh! Great, 208 pg. Wildstorm - SILENT DRAGON #2 (of 6) by Andy Diggle, art by Leinil Yu & Gerry Alanguilan, yakuza in mid-21st century Japan, color, 32 pg, $2.99. Alias (http://www.aliascomics.net) - DREAMLAND CHRONICLES #3 (of 24) by Scott Christian Sava, 48 pg, color, $4.50 (because I like the art); SIXGUN SAMURAI #2 by Miller, Jordan & Edge, 32 pg, color, monthly, $2.99, the origin story; IMPERIAL DRAGONS #2 (of 6) by Jordan, Ishimura & Hoffe, 32 pg, color, monthly, $2.99. Anime Works - BARON GONG BATTLE Vol.3 by Musayuki Taguchi, 192 pg, b&w, $10. Antarctic - GOLD DIGGER: End of Summer Swimsuit Special, 48 pg, b&w, $4.50; HIROSHIMA: The Atomic Holocaust #1 (of 2) by Ted Nomura, 32 pg, b&w, $3.99, explores the development of the A-bomb; MIGHTY TINY Pocket Manga by Ben Dunn, 174 pg, b&w, $10; CHISUJI #1 (of 6) by Blackwolf & Saunders, 32 pg, b&w, $2.99, student in Tokyo meets occult investigator. 

CPM - only adult titles this month, like LA BLUE GIRL manga. Crusade - SHI: SENRYAKU Prose Edition, with new art, 64 pg, b&w, $11. Del Rey - GACHA GACHA Vol.1 by Hiroyuki Tamakoshi, 200 pg, b&w, $11; LOVE ROMA Vol.1 by Minoru Toyoda, 200 pg, b&w, $11. DMP (http://www.dmpbooks.com)- LET'S DRAW MANGA, Bodies & Emotions, 148 pg, b&w, $20; TWILIGHT OF THE DARK MASTER by Saki Okuse, 232 pg, b&w, $13. DR Master - PRETTY MANIACS Vol.2 by Shinsuke Kurihashi, 200 pg, b&w, $10. G T Labs - BONE SHARPS, COWBOYS & THUNDER LIZARDS by Jim Ottaviani & various, 176 pg, color, $23, story of Cope & Marsh battling over dinosaur bones in the American West. HK - CROUCHING TIGER Vol.2 Revised, Expanded, 128 pg, color, $18. Infinity - FIGHTING GUIDANCE Vol.2 by Eom & others, 200 pg, b&w, 200 pg, $10; HURRAH SAILOR Vol.2 (of 2) by Rintaro Koike & others, 206 pg, b&w, $10. Radio Comix - FURRLOUGH #151 by various, b&w, 32 pg, $3.50, lovely furry cover. Seven Seas - BLADE FOR BARTER Vol.1 & 2, by Jason DeAngelis & Hai, 192 pg, b&w, $11 each. Shanda - ADVENTURES OF HANNO & LORIS #2 by Hoagland, Fry & Corbett, 48 pg, b&w, $5.25, mouse mage & leopardess, mature themes. 

TokyoPop - GIRLS BRAVO Vol.1 by Mario Kaneda, 192 pg, $10; KAMICHAMA KARIN Vol.1 by Koge-Donbo, 192 pg, $10; KANPAI! Vol.1 byMaki Murakami, 192 pg, $10; OFFBEAT! Vol.1 by Jen Lee Quick, 192 pg, $10; MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM Ecole du Ciel Vol.1 by Haruhiko Mikimoto, 192 pg, $10. Zines - Wizard ANIME INSIDER #24, end of InuYasha, Zatch Bell fight guide, $4.99. Beckett ANIME COLLECTOR #73, 88 pg, color, $7. G FAN #73, Godzilla's last film, 84 pg, $4.95. Books - SUPER #1 ROBOT by Matt Alt & Robert Duban, Japanese toy robots of the 1970s, 186 pg, color, $19. T-shirts - InuYasha "Crouching" women's t-shirt, pink, 100% cotton, SM-LG, $22. Action Figures - InuYasha Series 3 w/ Miroku, Sango & Kirara, $12 (Oct). Plush - FullMetal Alchemist pillows, 14" diameter, $18. Fruits Basket Shigure, 14", $17. Last Exile - Albis, Klaus, Lavie, 8" high, $12 each. Gundam Seed Haro, 4.5" tall, $11. Games - Legend of the Five Rings: Code of Bushido, starter deck $12, booster pack $3.29. 

DVDs - ADV - E's OTHERWISE Vol.4, 100 min, $25; GATCHAMAN Vol.3 & 4, 150 min, $15 each; FINAL FANTASY: Unlimited, 600 min, $70; NEW FIST OF THE NORTH STAR Complete (#-14), 165 min, $30; SAMURAI GUN Vol.1, 75 min, $30. Geneon - FAFNER Vol.1, 100 min, $30; JUBEI CHAN Vol. 2, 75 min, $30. Bandai - MARS DAYBREAK, $30. Funimation - LUPIN iii: Crisis in Tokyo, $30; SAMURAI 7 Vol.1, $30. RightStuf - PIANO Vol.1, 72 min, $30. Warner - THUNDERCATS Season 1 Vol.1, 759 min, $65. Live Action - BUSHIDO BLADE, Sonny Chiba, Toshiro Mifune, 90 min, $20. DARK WATER, 100 min, $20 (July, ADV). SAMURAI BANNERS, 166 min, $30 (subt, AnimEigo). CDs - Geneon, $15 each - Azumanga Daioh Vocal Collection (mature themes(??)), Anime Karaoke Collection (mature themes), Maaya Sakamoto Hotch potch (mature themes); Madlax OST 1 (mature themes), Tenjho Tenge Vol.2 OST. Bandai - Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone OST, $15. Tofu - L'Arc-en-Ciel Live in the US, $20.

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End of April-May 2005 Anime Sacramento Newsletter