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@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 2nd Saturday in November, Nov 12, from 1pm to 10pm, and will be combined with the Sacramento Anime screening. Ian should be showing up with some new anime. Thank you kind folks who brought munchies in September. Chips, Japanese snacks and a limited number of canned sodas will be on hand for November. Dinner break is 7-8pm (or whenever). Maybe I will run Kibakichi after all.

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News of Local Interest: Dimensions in Time is a new Sacramento comics & sci-fi collectibles store at 4235 Arden Way (Arden & Eastern), Sac, CA 95864, ph # (916) 483-1312. Store hours are 10am - 8 pm Mon-Sat, Sun 11am - 6pm. Website: http://www.dimensionsintime.com/ I hope this store has more staying power than the last 3 (long-gone) sci-fi collectibles stores, in Arden Fair Mall, the heart of Fair Oaks, and in Old Sacramento. URL for the new store is on the Fantastic Frontiers links page for the Sacramento area science fiction club, http://www.freewebs.com/fantasticfrontiers/

The next Sacramento Collectors Show will be Sunday, Dec 11 at the Scottish Rite Center near CSUS, 10am to 4pm, $5 admittance. (http://www.sacramentocomics.com) The next Sacramento Anime, Manga & Cosplay Show will be Saturday, Jan 14, '06 (my anime video show date, aagghh!!!) at the Scottish Rite Center. There'll be another one on Saturday, July 15, '06. http://sacanime.com for info.

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

News Of Northern California interest: 2005 International Taiko Festival will be Friday-Sunday, Nov 18-20 at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (700 Howard St. @ 3rd) in San Francisco, with the San Francisco Taiko Dojo, Sacramento Taiko Dan and special guests from Japan. Tickets are $38 and $42. All previous festivals were held at Zellerbach Hall in Berkeley. More info at: http://www.taikodojo.org/performance_events.html. The S.F. Taiko Dojo URL is http://www.taikodojo.org.

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.

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 (if it's working). One-day at the door will be $20. 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

http://animage.berkeley.edu/animed/index.htm - Anime Destiny 2005 will be held at UCB on November 5, 10am to 10pm, with a cosplay contest, anime music video context, karaoke, dealers room panels, etc. Attendance is $15 at the door. 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.

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: Play the Speed Racer game online, go to the following URL for some racing fun: http://www.shockwave.com/util/r.jsp?i=15080&m=11866256. For $5.95 you can buy the full version with extra features, including the Mach 5 cutter blades, to cut down trees you crash into or drive your enemies' cars over the cliff (heh-heh).

http://gojistomp.org/index.htm is an unofficial Godzilla fan club site with news about your favorite kaiju movies. (Thanks, Jeff, for the news.)

http://www.rightstuf.com News - The Right Stuf Fall 2005 catalog has 128 pages, with coupons, contests, and the latest anime merchandise. You can get a pdf of the catalog at this URL: http://www.rightstuf.com/printcatalog/printcatalog.shtml RightStuf also has an email newsletter you can sign up for. // CPM has an official Kakurenbo: Hide and Seek website up, at http://centralparkmedia.com/kakurenbo/ Kakurenbo played on Cartoon Network on Saturday, Nov 29. // Critical Mass Video, which releases adult (hentai) anime titles on DVD in the US, now has a website: http://www.criticalmassvideo.com. You must be adult to enter the site. // The videogamer's channel G4 (Ch 136 on Sacto Comcast) has a deal to air some ADV anime. Cromartie High School and Colorful may be airing on G4 in December. // RightStuf will release the complete 1965 Kimba series box set in November and the complete 1965 AstroBoy series in 2 box sets next year. // On Nov 1st RightStuf offers a plush of Kumagoro from Gravitation and on Jan 31 '06 they'll have a plush of Ryuichi.

http://anime-tourist.com News - Stone Bridge Press has been bought by a Japanese outfit, Yohan, Inc. Stone Press Press just recently published THE ANIME COMPANION 2: more What's Japanese in Japanese Animation by Gilles Poitras. It has 154 pages, is $18.95. Stone Bridge also recently published jrock, ink by Josephine Yun with illos by Yana Moskaluk, 128 pages, $18.95. It is "a music lover's executive report on the energized Japanese rock scene today." More info at http://www.stonebridge.com.

http://www.nausicaa.net News - Turner Classic Movies will be running nine Studio Ghibli movies in January, on Thursdays between 8pm and midnight: Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away, Castle in the Sky, Nausicaa, My Neighbor Totoro (new dub), Porco Rosso, Whisper of the Heart, Pom Poko, and Only Yesterday.

http://www.aintitcool.com News from the Oct 19 anime column - Disney has redubbed TOTORO with the voices of Dakota and Elle Fanning. // Ryoko Ikeda (Rose of Versailles) is doing a manga version of Yukio Mishima's novel, SPRING SNOW. // Bandai and Namco are merging, to be called Namco Bandai. // Infinity Studios LLC has the rights to the Blood Alone manga by Masayuki Takano. Vol.1 will be published and available in January, for $9.95. // TokyoPop's yaoi line now has a website: http://blumanga.com // ALC has sign for Diamond Previews to be exclusive distributor for its yuri (lesbian romance) manga line. The first release through Diamond will be Yuri Monogatari 3, a yuri anthology. // Go Nagai is interested in remaking Tezuka's Black Jack. // The Full Metal Alchemist Movie will get a Japanese DVD release in January.

Some of the following is leftover from September issue:

News courtesy of Jeff: Toei has made a movie about the battleship Yamato, sunk by American forces toward the end of World War II. The film opens in Japan in November.

http://www.readingforfuture.com, URL for Reading for the Future, a volunteer organization whose aim is to help young people develop a love of reading and intellectual adventure through the vehicle of science fiction, fantasy and other speculative fiction. The website offers educational resources, book lists, lesson plans, teachers' guides, research articles and links. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/rff is the international email group. The California group is http://groups.yahoo.com/group/rffcalifornia. The Center for the Study of Science Fiction URL is http://www.ku.edu/~sfcenter/

http://www.monkeypeaches.com News: Jackie Chan will star in a movie directed by Xin Su Shi Jian (The Shinjuku Incident), with Jackie playing a Chinese guy in Japan. It's a drama, so there won't be much martial arts. The film has a budget of $10 million, and starts shooting next April. // Casting in John Woo's Battle of Red Cliff film (from the Chinese classic, Romance of Three Kingdoms) includes Ken Watanabe as Tsao Tsao (or Cao Cao), Chow Yun-Fat at Liu Bei, and Leung Chiu-Wai as Zhuge Liang (brilliant strategist and inventor of the wheelbarrow).

http://www.gomanga.com is the website for Seven Seas Entertainment, publishing original manga in Japanese style. The website offers No Man's Land: The Flash Anime, first episode of a side-story to the No Man's Land manga created by Jason DeAngelis, and the web manga, Unearthly, Captain Nemo, and Aoi House.

http://www.hookupsfever.com offers anime-babe style designer skateboards, t-shirts, caps, stickers for sale. The images are for Mature.

http://www.munkyking.com sells urban vinyl toys, kubricks, designer plus & more, and also has a store in the gallery district of Chinatown, L.A., CA

Avatar the Last Airbender trading card game is coming in January '06 and the video game in fall '06. Avatar t-shirts are available at the shop at http://nick.com.

Super Techno Arts (http://www.supertechnoarts.com) is selling JoJo's Bizarre Adventure and Shadow DVDs.

Vanderstelt Studio (http://vandersteltstudio.com) has art images from Star Trek, Star Wars, Lord of the Rings. Nice art on the website.

"The Drunky Wunky Monkey" by Greg Espinoza is 10-page b&w mini-comic (warning: this adult male monkey is naked), available from riotengine (at) aol (dot) com, or contact Bodo Genki Studios, PO Box 40430, Berkeley, CA 94704-4430.

They Came From Hollywood (http://www.theycamefromhollywood.com/) is a strategy/action PC game in production by Octopus Motor. "You're a giant B-movie monster. Annoying little humans want to kill you. You're hungry & pissed off. No city is safe."

Chimera Publishing (http://www.chimerapublishing.com) has a catalog of fantasy, science fiction and comic art for sale, in print and books. This includes art by Yoshitaki (sic) Amano.

Eigo Manga Studios (http://www.eigomanga.com) has info about its two anthology series - Rumble Pak for action/suspense and Sakura Pakk for romance, sophistication, intrigue.

http://www.pumpkincreative.com/thewar - "The War" is a one-minute animated film directed by Taiwanese director Alan I. Tuan, from a 2003 book by poet/write/artist Cola King. Pumpkin Creative Inc. is a Taiwanese company specializing in Intellectual Property Management. Other Pumpkin Creative story links are http://www.weldinggirl.com and http://www.nunibubi.com

If you like Kinuko Y. Craft art, can't afford to buy prints and are still waiting for her art book (none available yet), order her Goddess calendar for 2006. It is available at the Duirwaigh Gallery's URL, http://www.DuirwaighGallery.com. http://www.DuirwaighPublishing.com is a website for beautiful art prints, calendars, cards, posters, including Kinuko Craft's beautiful art.

Digital Manga Publishing (http://dmpbooks.com) website has info on DMP's expanding line of manga. http://yaoi-manga.com has news and release announcements for DMPs yaoi manga titles.

AK Comics (http://www.AKComics.com) has info on comics about four Middle Eastern Heroes (like Zein the Last Pharaoh) battling criminals, myths and monsters threatening their homelands. "Themes of tolerance and understanding do indeed run strong through the stories."

Digital Webbing (http://www.digitalwebbing.com) is publisher of The McKain Chronicles: Battle for Earth, a new 3-issue comicbook about an attack on Earth by a terrifying race of aliens. A Navy S.E.A.L. is our last hope. It is bi-monthly, color, $2.99 per issue. The story is by Mark Chemesky, art by Alex Araiza. #1 was out in June.

http://robotkingdom.com is an online toystore carrying American & Japanese toys, specializing in TransFormers. It also carries animate cels, & many toy lines.

Street Fighter Alpha Generations is a new prequel to Street Fighter Alpha, on DVD Oct 25, from Manga Entertainment (http://www.manga.com)

20 Years of Robotech panel (http://robotech.com; http://theshadowchronicles.com) - The official sequel (forget RBT Sentinels and RBT 3000) to Robotech, The Shadow Chronicles will finally be released in widescreen DVD. Tony Oliver is the voice of Adm. Rick Hunter. Chase Masterson (voice of Janice) was on the panel. This is being produced by 3 partner companies: Harmony Gold, DR Movie (in Korea) and Tatsunoko Productions. There is a fleet of new generation battle cruisers. The SDF 4 has anti-aircraft weapons. New music is by Scott Glasgow. Wildstorm (http://www.dccomics.com/wildstorm/) will be publishing the prelude comics for Shadow Chronicles.

Antarctic Press (www.antarctic-press.com) celebrates its 20th year of existence. DUEL, by Ted Nomura, will be published in color in December. Tigers of Terra Pocket Manga, reprinting the older comics will be published in '06. Chisuji #1 will be published in August, with a Fred Perry flip cover: "Take a boy who can manifest manga characters, a female occult investigator, add a U.N. attache, put them in Tokyo…" Antarctic was passing out NEOTOPIA: The Kingdoms Beyond color pocket manga, story & beautiful art by Rod Espinosa.

http://www.geneonanimation.com - upcoming DVD releases - Fafner, Tengho Tenge, GunSword. http://geneonanimemusic.com - Geneon has released or will be releasing theme music CDs for all of its anime titles.

Diamond PREVIEWS September 2005 for November 2005 delivery (except as noted). Dark Horse and Harlequin Books have a new line of romantic manga trade pbs - Harlequin Pink: a girl in a million by Betty Neels & Kako Itoh (Dec, 160 pg, $10), Harlequin Violet: Response by Penny Jordan & Takako Hashimoto (Dec, 160 pg, $10); Dark Horse - LADY SNOWBLOOD Vol.2 by Kazuo Koike & Kazuo Kamimura (Dec, 224 pg, b&w, $14); ERIKO the Zombie Shop Vol.1 by Rei Mikamoto (Dec, 192 pg, $12.95). DC-CMX - TOWER OF THE FUTURE Vol.1 by Hiwatari Saki, 192 pg, b&w, $10; YOUNG MAGICIAN Vol.2 by Narushima Yuri, 200 pg b&w, $10; TESTAROTHO Vol.2 by Sanbe Kei; TENJHO TENGE vol.1 by Oh! Great, 232 pg, b&w, $10. Image - SPAWN Manga Vol.1 by Juzo Tokoro, 200 pg, b&w, $10. ADV - Lagoon Engine EINSATZ (one-shot) by Yukiru Sugisaki, 168 pg, $11; ANGEL DUST (one-shot) by Aoi Nanase, 168 pg, $11. Alias - SIXGUN SAMURAI #5 by Miller, Jordan & Edge, 32 pg, color, $2.99. Antarctic - GIGANTOR Pocket Manga Vol.1 by Dunn, Hutchinson, Nomura, 224 pg, b&w, $10; CHISUJI #4 (of 4) by Blackwolf & Murphy, 32 pg, $2.99.

Digital - EDU-MANGA: Helen Adams Keller BY Sozo Yanagawa & Rie Yagi, 184 pg, b&w, $10, which starts a new line of educational manga from DMP. DMP - Yaoi - KIMI SHIRUYA Dost Thou Know? By Satoru Ishihara, 176 pg, b&w, $12.95; Let's Draw Manga FANTASY by Aster Noriko & the Big Mouth Factory, 144 pg, color, $20, a visual reference. DRMaster - CATEGORY FREAKS Vol.2 by Gokurakuin Sakurako, 200pg, b&w, $10. Fanfare - JAPAN as viewed by 17 creators (mature themes), 256 pg, b&w, $25. HK - CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON Vol.12 (of 12) by Andy Seto, 128 pg, color, $14. Ice Kunion manhwa - ANTIQUE GIFT SHOP Vol.1 by Eun Lee, 180 pg, b*w, $11; Heavenly Executioner CHIWOO Vol.1 by HaNa Lee & KangHo Park, 180 pg, b&w, $11. Infinity - ANIMAL PARADISE Vol.2, $9.95. Radio Comics - FURRLOUGH #154 (furry title), 32 pg, b&w, $3.50. TokyoPop - ARK ANGELS Vol.1 by Sang-Sun Park, 192 pg, $10; THE DREAMING Vol.1 by Queenie Chan, 192 pg, $10; THE WORLD EXISTS FOR ME Vol.1 by Be-Papas & Choho saito, 176 pg, $10; TSUKUYOMI-MOON PHASE Vol.1 by Keitaro Arima, 192 pg, $10; SAKURA TAISEN Vol.2 by Ikku Masa & Ohji Hiroi, 192 pg, $10.

Viz-Shojo Beat http://www.shojobeat.com) - December releases - CRIMSON HERO Vol.1 by Mitsuba Takanashi, $9; FULL MOON Vol.4 by Arina Tanemura, $9; NANA Vol.1 by Ai Yazawa, $9. Yaoi Press (mature, obviously) - ENSLAVED BY THE DRAGON Vol.1 by ?, 152 pg, b&w, $12.95; EXORCISMS AND POGO STG STICKS by Stephen Doerr, 152 pg, b&w, $12.95; KINGDOM OF SELFISH LOVE Vol.1 by Abraham, Kosaru & Doerr, 152 pg, b&w, $12.95; PINNED Vol.1 by ?, 152 pg, b&w, $12.95; PRISONER OF THE IMMORTAL by Vol.1 by Team Insanity, 152 pg, b&w, $12.95; SPIRIT MARKED Vol.1 by Hillman & Li, 160 pg, b&w, $12.95.

Zines - Wizard ANIME INSIDER #27, Naruto Chakra Guide, $5.99. SHOJO BEAT Vol.2#1 Jan '06 (Viz) $5.99. G-FAN #74, 84 pg, $4.95. GIANT ROBOT #39, guide to Asian popular culture, 88 pg, b&w, $4.95. Books (all how-to) - MANGA DRAWING KIT by Jun Toyoda, 192 pg, color, 410. MANGAQUEST by Gibson & Marcos, $15.95. THE MONSTER BOOK OF MANGA by Studio Joso, 384 pg, $25. T-shirts - all M-XL $19, XXL $22 - Samurai Champloo Collage; Witch Hunter Robin "Burning", Tenjho Tenge group shot. Women's t-shirts S-L, $20 - Fruits Basket "Bunny" & "Keep a Secret." Plush - Baby Godzilla mini-plush, (Dec) $12. Action Figures - Keroro Gunso (Sgt. Frog) 5 figures, 3"-4" high, $10 each. Wall Scrolls - Fruits Basket Picnic, 43x31, $18.

DVDs - Geneon - BOTTLE FAIRY Vol.1, 90 min, $25; Fafner Vol.3, 100 min, $30; Lupin III Vol.12 The Flying Sword, 150 min, $25; . Manga - Astro Boy collection box set, $40. Broccoli - Di Gi Charat Vol.1, 60 min, $30 (Oct). ADV - Eden's Bowy complete collection, 650 min, $40; Hakugei-Legend of Moby Dick Vol.1, 125 min, $30; Dirty Pair movie collection, 175 min, $25; Peacemaker complete collection, 600 min, $90. Bandai - Gundam Seed Movie III, 105 min, $30; S-Cry-ED Vol.3, 200 min, $40; Wolf's Rain complete collection, 750 min, $150. AnimeWorks - Kenshin tv 1 (#1-39), $80. Live Action DVDs - ONG BAK: The Thai Warrior, 105 min, $28. SHADOW HUNTERS I and II, $30 each samurai DVD. Zatoichi TV Vol.1 (1974), 240 min. $30. CDs - Mars Daybreak OST 1, $15 (Bandai). Para Para Max US Mix Vol.3, $15 (Geneon). UMDs - Akira ($20), Appleseed movie ($20), Cowboy Bebop movie ($20), Gundam Seed 3 movies ($60), Hellsing Vol.1 ($15), R.O.D. Tv Vol.1 ($15), Steamboy director's cut ($27), Trigun Vol.1 ($15).

Diamond PREVIEWS October 2005 for December 2005 delivery (except as noted). Dark Horse - CONAN and the Demons of Khitai #3 (of 4) written by Akira Yoshida, color, 32 pg, $2.99, Conan Vs. Shinzen, greatest swordsman of the Far East; SHI: Ju-Nen by Billy Tucci, 204 pg, color, $12.95, Shi tries to stop an all-out war between 2 Japanese sects (January); WILL EISNER: A Spirited Life, biography by Bob Andelman, 352 pg, $14.95 (listed because most people have no idea of Eisner's impact on comics over the past 60 years); BLOOD The Last Vampire: Night of the Beasts, by Mamoru Ishii, 300 pg, $8.95 (novel); VAMPIRE HUNTER D: Demon Deathchase by Hideyuki Kikuchi, illos by Amano, 300 pg, $8.95 (novel #3 of 4); GUNGRAVE anime manga, from the anime by Yasuhiro Nightow, color, 160 pg, $14.95; SPACE PINCHY: Pleased ta Meetya by Tony Takezaki, #1 of 6, color, 48 pg, $3.99, "sexy silly manga". DC - THE BEST OF THE SPIRIT by Will Eisner, 192 pg, $15 (check it out and you'll see why Eisner has such a great reputation). CMX - MOON CHILD Vol.1 by Shimizu Reiko, 176 pg, b&w, $10, war with the mer-people, + 5 other CMX manga releases in Dec. Wildstorm - SILENT DRAGON #6 (of 6) by Diggle, Yu & Alanguilan, Tokyo on fire, Japan consumed by civil war. ADV - RAY 3 by Akihito Yoshifumi, 184 pg, $10, medical drama. Americanime - MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE one-shot by Emi, 24 pg, b&w, $3.50, J-pop stars sends a message by sea.

Anime Works - KAMUNAGARA: Rebirth of the Demonslayer Vol.4 by Hajime Yamamura, 200 pg, b&w, $10, invaders from another dimension. Antarctic - DUEL #1 by Ted Nomura, 32 pg, b&w, $2.99, Blackhawk coptor vs Al-Quaeda in the air over Afghanistan. www.aspcomics.com - ROBOTIKA #1 (of 4) by Sheikman & Chua, 32 pg , color, $3.95, "steampunk sushi samurai western", mature. Broccoli - GALAXY ANGEL PARTY Vol.2 by Kanan & others, 208 pg, b&w, $10. Del Rey - PASTEL Vol.1 by Toshihiko Kobayashi, 200 pg, b&w, $11, mature romantic comedy, + 7 other manga titles. Devils Due - RUMBLE PAK #1 by Various, b&w, 64 pg, $5.95, monthly anthology series. DMP - Princess Ninja Scroll TENKA MUSO Vol.2 (of 2) by Akane Saski, 200 pg, b&w, $13; BEYOND MY TOUCH one-shot by Tomo Maeda, 176 pg, $13, yaoi. DrMaster - DARK EDGE Vol.6 by Yu Akawa, 200 pg, b&w, $10. Ice Kunion (manhwa, all 180 pg, $11) - ONE THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS Vol.1 by Jeon JinSeok; CYNICAL ORANGE Vol.1 by Yun JiUn; BRING IT ON! Vol.1 by Baek HyeKyung; ANGEL DIARY Vol.1 by Lee YunHee & Kara; THE ANTIQUE GIFT SHOP Vol.1 by Lee Eun; 11th Cat Vol.1 by Kim MiKyung; CHOCOLAT Vol.1 by Shin JiSang & Geo; HEAVENLY EXECUTIONER CHIWOO Vol.1 by Park KangHo & Lee HaNa.

Radio - FURRLOUGH #155 by Various (furry title), 32 pg, b&w, $3.50. Shanda - GIANT SHANDA ANIMAL #10, 40 pg, b&w, $4.99, (furry) action, adventure & mystery (mature). Speakeasy - SILENT GHOST #1 by Singley, Do & Weldele, 32 pg, color, $2.99, kung fu monk on a quest; Yoshitaka Amano's HERO #2 by Horsting, art by Amano, 96 pg, color, $10, weird doings in Paris. TokyoPop (all are 192 pg, $10) - JUROR 13 Vol.1 by Nakatsuka & Milky; DRAGON HEAD Vol.1 by Minetaro Mochizuki, horror; FLOWER OF EDEN by Yuki Suetsugu, shojo romance; SENGOKU NIGHTS Vol.1 by Ohashi & Kusunoki, horror; ULTRA CUTE Vol.1 by Nami Akimoto, shojo; MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM SEED Vol.2 novel, 192 pg, $8. BLU (yaoi line) - WILD ROCK one-shot by Kazusa Takashima, 192 pg, $10, pre-historic warring clans. Shojo Beat - KAZE HIKARU Vol.1 by Taeko Watanabe, $9, 200 pg, b&w, Shinsengumi undercover; Ouran High School HOST CLUB Vol.4 by Bisco Hatori, 184 pg, b&w, $9.

Zines - Wizard ANIME INSIDER #28, $5.99, 2006 anime preview. PROTOCULTURE ADDICTS #87, $4.95, focus on Naruto. Books - ANIME: from Akira to Howl's Moving Castle (updated) by Susan J. Napier (still never heard of her), 352 pg, $18. THE SCIENCE OF ANIME by Lois Gresh & Robert Weinberg (used to order books from him), 256 pg, $16. YEAR'S BEST GRAPHIC NOVELS, COMICS & MANGA, ed. by Preiss & Zimmerman, 272 pg, hb $30, pb $20. DRAW FIGHT SCENES LIKE A PRO by Jeff Johnson, 144 pg, $20. Apparel - Samurai Champloo "Shadow" black t-shirt, M-XL $19, XXL $22. Fruits Basket "Left Out" women's chocolate t-shirt, S-L $20. Action Figures - Dragon Quest VII 4 action figures, 5" - 6" high, multiple pts of articulation, $19 each. Wall Scrolls - Wolf's Rain $19. FullMetal Alchemist "Ed & Friends" 419. Games - USAGI YOJIMBO RPG, $30 (Sanguine Productions). DVDs - Hiromeki interactive visual novels - AI YORI AOSHI ($40), DRAGONIA ($30), ISHIKA & HONORI ($30). Bandai - DICE Season 2, 350 min, $30. AnimeWorks - GIANT ROBO complete, eyeball artbox, $150; KNIGHT HUNTERS ETERNITY complete DVD set, $30. Buena Vista - HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE, $30. Geneon - STARSHIP OPERATORS Vol.1, $30. ADV - Makoto Shinkai box set with "Voices of a Distant Star" & "The Place Promised in our Early Days," $40. Sony - FINAL FANTASY VII: Advent Children, $27. WEATHER REPORT GIRL, 90 min, $25, mature. Live Action - Tokyo Shock - ATRAGON, 96 min, $20; Eko Eko Azarak movie 3-pack, $20. AnimEigo - Lone Wolf & Cub box set, $150. Universal - KOLCHAK: Night Stalker complete series, $40 (listed for the fun of it). CDs - FAFNER OST 2 $15 (Jan '06).

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