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Fantasia 2004: Azumi ............................................................................................................. 42
The Modern Japanese Music Database (Part 28): Home Page 18: Boa ....................................... 48
ANIME STORIES
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Ghost In The Shell Movie 2: Innocence ...................................................................................... 57
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Interview: Kumi Koda .............................................................................................................. 39
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ARTICLES: Azumi ©2003 Azumi Production Committee. Gangkutsuo
© 2004 Mahiro Maeda • Gonzo / Media factory • GDH. Grenadier ©
Hiroshi Kojima / Kadokawa Shoten / Grenadier Production Project.
GTO – The Movie © Fuji TV • Kansai TV • Kodansha • Ken-On. Howl’s
Moving Castle © 2004 Nibariki • TGNDDDT. Innocence © 2004
Shirow Masamune / Kodansha • IG • ITNDDTD. Maico 2010 © 1997
Toshimitsu Shimizu. Naruto © Masashi Kishimoto Scot / Shueisha /
TV-Tokyo • Studio Pierrot. Ritual ©2000 F&A • Studio Kajino. Rozen
Maiden © Peach • PIT • Gentohsha Comics / Rozen Maiden
Production Committee. The Calamari Wrestler ©2004 Calamari
Wrestler Production Committee. The Five Star Stories Original Story
& Original Characters ©1985-1986 Mamoru Nagano. Motion Picture
©1988 Kadokawa Pictures. Yakitate!! Japan © Takashi Hashiguchi /
Shogakukan / Pantasia TV-Tokyo.
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REVIEWS: Ai Yori Aoshi © 2003 Kou Fumizuki • Hakusensha / Aiao
Project. Appleseed © 2004 Sony Music Japan, Inc. Aquarian Age:
Sign For Evolution ©2002 Broccoli / Victor Entertainment Inc.
Packaging ©2004 A.D. Vision Inc. Aura Battler Dunbine © Sotsu
Agency • Sunrise. Packaging ©2004 A.D. Vision, Inc. Azumanga Daioh
© Kiyohiko Azuma • MediaWorks / Azumanga Daioh Committee.
Beautiful Dreamer ©1984 Toho Co., Ltd. English version ©1992,
1996 Central Park Media Corporation. Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040
© JVC / AIC. Packaging ©2004 A.D. Vision, Inc. Cromartie High
School © Eiji Nonaka • Kodansha / TV Tokyo • CPTA. Cybuster ©1999
Project Cybuster • TV Tokyo. All Rights Reserved. Destroy All
Monsters ©1968 Toho Co. Ltd. Dragon Half © 1993 Ryuusuke Mita
/ Kadokawa Shoten Publishing Co., Ltd. / Victor Entertainment Inc.
Packaging ©2004 A.D. Vision, Inc. eX-Driver ©2002 Kosuke
Fujishima • exd • Bandai Visual / D.G.A. All Rights Reserved. Fighting
Spirit © VAP. Packaging ©2004 Geneon Entertainment (USA) Inc.
Fushigi Yuugi ©1995 Yuu Watase / Shogakukan • TV Tokyo • Studio
Pierrot. Packaging ©2004 Geneon Entertainment (USA) Inc. Gamera:
Guardian Of The Universe ©1995 Kadokawa Pictures • NH. Gamera
2: Attack Of Legion ©1996 Kadokawa Pictures • NHFN. Gamera 3:
Revenge Of Iris ©1999 Kadokawa Pictures • TNHN. Packaging ©2004
A.D. Visions, Inc. Get Backers © Yuya Aoki • Rando Ayamine •
Kodansha / Team Get Backers. Packaging ©2004 A.D. Vision Inc.
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex ©2002-2004 Shirow
Masamune • Production I.G. / Kodansha. All Rights Reserved. Grrl
Power! © Akitaro Daichi / GAPRO-CoMix Wave. Packaging © 2004
A.D. Vision, Inc. Gun Crazy ©2002 Q Movie / Geneon Entertainment
Inc / Japan Home Video Inc. Packaging ©2004 A.D. Vision, Inc. Hello
Kitty & Friends © 2004 Sanrio Co., Ltd. Packaging ©2004 A.D. Vision,
Inc. Hyper Speed Grandoll ©1997 Katsumi Hasegawa / Akahori Satoru
Office • Bandai Visual. Kaleido Star © Junichi Sato • HAL • GDH /
Kaleido Stage • ADV Films. Packaging ©2004 A.D. Vision, Inc. Lady
Death © 2004 A.D. Vision Inc. M.S. Gundam F-91 © 1991-2004
Sotsu Agency • Sunrise. All Rights Reserved. Megazone 23 © Victor
• Artmic • AIC. Packaging ©2004 A.D. Vision Inc. Mezzo ©2003
Yasuomi Umetsu / Mezzo Committee. Packaging ©2004 A.D. Vision,
Inc. Munto © 2003 Kyoto Animation. Neon Genesis Evangelion ©
Gainax / Project Eva • TV Tokyo. Packaging ©2004 A.D. Vision, Inc.
New Fist of the North Star © Buronson • Tetsuo Hara / Coamix / New
Fist Of The North Star Committee. Packaging ©2004 A.D. Vision Inc.
Ninja Resurrection © Futaroh Yamada / Amuse • Phoenix. DVD ©2004
A.D. Vision, Inc. Once Upon A Time ©1987 Harmony Gold USA, Inc.
and Idol Co., Ltd. Packaging ©2004 A.D. Vision, Inc. Peace Maker
Kurogane © 2003 Nanae Chrono • MAG Garden / Shinsengumi •
Tonsyo. Packaging ©2004 A.D. Vision Inc. R.O.D. The TV © Studio
Orphee / Aniplex Inc. Packaging ©2004 Geneon Entertainment (USA)
Inc. Robotech series & underlying artwork © 1985, 2001 Harmony
Gold USA, Inc. Sailor Moon S ©1994 Toei Animation Co., Ltd. ©2000
Naoko Takeuchi / Kodansha • Toei Animation. Packaging ©2004
Geneon Entertainment (USA) Inc. Samurai X: Reflection © Nobuhiro
Watsuki / Shueisha • Fuji TV • Aniplex Inc. Packaging ©2004 A.D.
Vision Inc. Slayers Theatrical ©1995 Kanzaka Hajime • Araizumi Rui
/ Kadokawa Shoten Publishing Co., Ltd. • Bandai Visual Co., Ltd. •
Marubeni Corporation • King Record Co., Ltd. Packaging ©2004 A.D.
Vision, Inc. Sonic The Hedgehog ©1991, 1994, 1996 Sega
Enterprises, Ltd. DVD ©1999 A.D. Vision, Inc. Packaging ©2004 A.D.
Vision, Inc. Stellvia © Xebec • Foundation • TX. Packaging ©2004
Geneon Entertainment (USA) Inc. Super Atragon ©1995, 1996, 1998
Kaitei Gunkan Seisaku Iinkay. All Rights Reserved. English version
©1996, 1998 Toho International Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved.
Packaging ©2004 A.D. Vision, Inc. The End of Evangelion © 2000
GAINAX / Project Eva. • TV TOKYO. — All products mentioned or
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On the other hand, fansubs and their manga counterpart, scanlations, sometimes offer the only method to
view anime and manga un-tainted by edits and censorship. Occasionally a North American company will do
something to a title that fans don’t particularly approve of. Most recently, manga new-comer CMX (owned by
DC, which is owned by Warner Bros), published a heavily censored North American adaptation of Tenjho
Tenge. For the most part, these edits don’t have any real affect on the Tenjho Tenge story, but in a few cases
they do diminish the intensity of certain scenes. Some readers may be blissfully unaware of these changes,
others may be aware but unperturbed, but others certainly are disappointed. What is the unhappy fan to do:
boycott the product, live with what he considers an inferior version, or import the original Japanese version
and laboriously translate it? Perhaps in situations like these, while not necessarily ethical, fansubs and
scanlations are a good incentive to distributors to put out a better product, whatever that might be.
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Later in this issue you’ll read a news item about the shrinking North American anime home video market.
While the reasons behind the slow down in home video sales are numerous and complicated, some industry
experts point to fansubs as a possible contributor to the market’s decline. While they’re quick to agree that
fansubs are doing a lot for the popularity of anime, it’s hard to argue with the simple fact that, according to the
bittorrent trackers, over a hundred thousand people download Naruto every week, and there’s no way that Viz
can expect to sell a hundred thousand copies of every volume of the DVD. While some people undoubtedly
watch fansubs and then buy the DVDs, there are others who aren’t particularly interested in paying for something they already watched for free. After all, Japanese people get to watch Naruto for free every week, why
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Undoubtedly, the biggest news of these past two months is the news that Viz/ShoPro has licensed the anime
fan-favorite Naruto. In the wake of this, it’s interesting to see how little some anime fans actually know about
the anime industry. After posting the news about the license acquisition, Anime News Network actually received e-mail from some anime fans who were livid that we had licensed Naruto, and demanded that we
unlicense it so that they could continue to watch their free fansubs. That’s the internet for you, though.
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We have a bit less news to report on this issue, after all, we had 6 months of news to catch up on in the
previous issue, and only two months of news for this issue. But there are still interesting things going on in
anime fandom every day. Earlier today I was writing about a very interesting exhibit taking place in Tokyo. It’s
an exhibit about anime otaku called, “OTAKU: persona=space=city.” As the name implies, the exhibit looks at
the persona, space and city of the otaku. Displays take a look at the otaku’s home, Akihabara and Tokyo (their
city), Comiket, their collections, and their passion. The exhibit really focuses on one word, though, “persona.”
It’s a look at the otaku’s consciousness, desires and motivations through images related to their hobby. The
exhibit recently caught Tokyo’s attention when it was featured on television, and since then it has been so
popular that the museum is now making people wait outside for hours before they can get in. I really wish I
could visit the exhibit, which is on display at the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography. Unfortunately,
it only runs until March 13th and I won’t be in Tokyo until March 28th. (If you’re reading this and end up
attending the exhibit, please, send me some pictures!)
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the reactions to our first issue; we’ve received a lot of positive feedback, some constructive criticism and a few
complaints. Every single bit of feedback, be it positive or negative, helps us improve the magazine, so please
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(11/03): 85; #310 (04/04): 108-113; #312 (06/04): 32, 189; #313
(07/04): 42-43; #315 (09/04): 181; #316 (10/04): 44, 46, 60; #317
(11/04): 45; #318 (12/04): 6-18, 36, 110; #319 (01/05): 1-6, 65-66.
Five Star Stories manga Vol. 1 (English Edition (Toy Press): 2-4, 6,
74; Newtype 100% Comics (Kadokawa Shoten): 4-10. Kinema Junpo
#1381 (5/2003): cover. Maico 2010 manga Vol. 1: 17, 37; Vol. 3: 4, 9
(ComicsOne / Shonen Gahosha). Newtype 07-1988: 3, 8-9, 123-129.
Programs of Fantasia 2004. — All other illustrations come from
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LEGEND:
Anime / Live-Action: AC: Anime Crash; ADV: ADV Films; AE: AnimEigo; APC: Asia Pulp Cinema;
AW: AnimeWorks (MB); BEI: Bandai Entertainment; BV: Buena Vista (Disney); CM: Critical Mass
(TRSI); CPM: Central Park Media; CTS: Columbia/TriStar; FUN: Funimation; GEN: Geneon
(formerly Pioneer); GF: Go Fish (DreamWorks); IG: Production I.G.; IM: Image; KM: Kitty Media
(MB); MB: Media Blasters; ME: Manga Entertainment; PF: Pathfinder; PH: Playhut Entertainment;
TA: Toei Animation; TP: Tokyopop; TRSI: The Right Stuf; TS: Tokyo Shock (MB); UV: Urban
Vision; VIZ: Viz LLC; S: Subtitled; D: Dubbed; B: Bilingual; M: Multilingual. DEL: Delayed. The
last four columns are the duration (min.), price ($US), rating and release date (street).
Manga: ADV: ADV Manga; BB: Broccoli Books; C1: ComicsOne; CMX: CMX Manga (DC);CPM:
CPM Press; DH: Dark Horse; DR: Del Rey; IS: Infinity Studios; MB: Media Blasters; TP:
Tokyopop;VIZ: Viz, LLC. Columns: Title, Page #, Publisher, Release Date, Price (in $US).
Soundtrack: Chart lists releaser, number of tracks, duration (min.), price ($US) and release date.
All News compiled & reported by Anime News Network. For more news check www.animenewsnetwork.com.
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Na Na Na Na (Vol 2)
Cafe Occult (Vol 2)
Traveler of the Moon (Vol 2)
Fighting!! Guidance (Vol 1)
Zippy Ziggy (Vol 1)
YuGiOh! Duelist (Vol 3)
Land of the Blindfolded (Vol 3)
The Sword of Shibito (Vol 2)
Nambul: War Stories - Desperation (Vol 4)
Monkey King (Vol 1)
Hipira: The Little Vampire
Ten-Ryu: The Dragon Cycle (Vol 1)
Masca (Vol 2)
GALS! (Vol 2)
Fullmetal Alchemist (Vol 1)
Baron: The Cat Returns
Kekkaishi (Vol 1)
Trigun Maximum - Break Out (Vol 5)
Swan (Vol 3)
Vampire Hunter D - Novel (Vol 1 of 13)
Dragon Knights (Vol 19)
GTO - Great Teacher Onizuka Graphic Novel (Vol 24 of 25)
Kare Kano (Vol 15)
Sorcerer Hunters (Vol 2 of 13)
Tokyo Babylon (Vol 7 of 7)
Vampire Game (Vol 11 of 14)
Dragon Voice (Vol 4)
Dragon Hunter (Vol 12)
Girl Got Game (Vol 9 of 10)
Snow Drop (Vol 9 of 12)
Sgt. Frog (Vol 8 of 9)
Battle Vixens (Vol 7 of 8)
Lagoon Engine (Vol 2)
Lament of the Lamb (Vol 6)
Cross (Vol 3)
Boys Be... (Vol 4)
Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Astray R (Vol 2 of 3)
Hands Off! (Vol 3 of 8)
Tramps Like Us (Vol 5 of 10)
The Flower of Deep Sleep (Vol 2)
Suikoden III (Vol 6 of 7)
Model (Vol 6 of 7)
Liling-Po (Vol 2)
Et Cetera (Vol 5)
Lupin III - World’s Most Wanted (Vol 5 of 17)
Shaolin Sisters: Reborn (Vol 1 of 4)
The Queen’s Knight (Vol 4)
Threads of Time (Vol 5 of 11)
Blade of Heaven (Vol 2 of 15)
Love or Money (Vol 3)
Musashi No. 9 (Vol 3)
Pilgrim Jäger (Vol 3)
King of Wolves
Basilisk (Vol 1)
Pretty Maniacs (Vol 1)
W-Juliet (Vol 4)
Excel Saga (Vol 12)
Dr. Slump (Vol 1)
Prince of Tennis (Vol 7)
X/1999 (Vol 18)
Shaman King (Vol 06)
Ceres: Celestial Legend (Vol 11)
Saint Seiya (Vol 09)
Hunter X Hunter (Vol 2)
Case Closed (Vol 5)
Rurouni Kenshin (Vol 14)
Hana-Kimi (Vol 6)
Please Save My Earth (Vol 10)
Tenchi Muyo! (Vol 3)
Yami no Matsuei (Vol 5)
Battle Angel Alita (Vol 9)
Ranma 1/2 (Vol 17-18, 30)
Flowers and Bees (Vol 7)
Doubt!! (Vol 2)
XXXHolic (Vol 5)
Kanata Kara (Vol 4)
Midori’s Days (Vol 1)
Ultimate Muscle: The Kinnikuman Legacy (Vol 6)
Cheeky Angel (Vol 6)
Red River (Vol 6)
Here is Greenwood (Vol 4)
Whistle! (Vol 5)
Animal Paradise (Vol 3)
Witch Class (Vol 3)
Hurrah! Sailor (Vol 1)
YuGiOh! Duelist (Vol 4)
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Firefighter - Daigo of Fire Company M (Vol 10)
The Wallflower (Vol 3)
Whistle! (Vol 4)
Happy Hustle High (Vol 1)
Legendz (Vol 1)
Times Two
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Animal Paradise (Vol 2)
Witch Class (Vol 2)
YuGiOh! Duelist (Vol 2)
Geobreeders (Vol 4)
Gunparade March (anthology)
Death Trance (Vol 1)
Volcano High Origin
Sword of the Dark Ones (Vol 1)
Full House - Revelation (Vol 4)
Finder Series - Target in the Finder (Vol 1)
The Devil Does Exist (Vol 1)
Infinite Ryvius (Vol 2)
Imperfect Hero (Vol 2)
RahXephon (Vol 3)
Juvenile Orion - Volume 5 + Box LE (Vol 5)
Madara (Vol 3)
Yongbi the Invicible (Vol 5)
Iron Wok Jan (Vol 12 of 27)
Battle Royale (Vol 12)
D.N.Angel (Vol 7)
Cardcaptor Sakura (Vol 5)
Initial D (Vol 17)+A45
Peach Girl Authentic (reprint) (Vol 4 of 8)
Rave Master (Vol 14 of 29)
Rebound (Vol 13 of 18)
Gravitation (Vol 11)
Fruits Basket (Vol 8)
GetBackers (Vol 8)
Samurai Deeper Kyo (Vol 12 of 27)
A.I. Love You (Vol 8 of 8)
RG Veda (Vol 1 of 10)
Kindaichi Case Files - Kindaichi The Killer Part 2 (Vol 11)
King of Hell (Vol 9)
One (Vol 7)
Mink (Vol 6 of 6)
Immortal Rain (Vol 5 of 6)
Remote (Vol 5 of 10)
DOLL (Vol 4 of 6)
B.B Explosion
Tokyo Tribes (Vol 3)
Dream Saga (Vol 4)
Hyper Rune (Vol 3)
DearS (Vol 2)
Crazy Love Story (Vol 3)
Soul to Seoul (Vol 2)
Eternity (Vol 4)
In Dream World (Vol 1)
PhD: Phantasy Degree (Vol 2)
Visitor (Vol 1)
Berserk (Vol 7)
Apocalypse Zero II (Vol 2)
Baron Gong Battle (Vol 2)
From Eroica with Love (Vol 3)
Samurai Executioner (Vol 5)
Couple (Vol 4)
Princess (Vol 1)
Inuyasha (Vol 21)
Dragon Ball (Vol 19)
Maison Ikkoku (Vol 10)
Tuxedo Gin (Vol 11)
Bastard!! (Vol 7)
Banana Fish (Vol 7)
Video Girl Ai (Vol 7, 11)
Fushigi Yugi - Summoner (Vol 6, 14)
Project ARMS (Vol 8)
Naruto (Vol 6)
Basara (Vol 11)
Hunter X Hunter (Vol 1)
Rurouni Kenshin (Vol 13)
SaiKano (Vol 4)
Boys Over Flowers (Vol 11)
Bleach (Vol 6)
Tsubasa -RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE (Vol 5)
Battle Angel Alita: Last Order - Haunted Angel (Vol 5)
Flame of Recca (Vol 11)
I”s (Vol 1)
Eyeshield 21 (Vol 1)
Angel Sanctuary (Vol 7)
Kaikan Phrase (Vol 7)
B.B Explosion
MegaMan NT Warrior (Vol 7)
Beyblade (Vol 4)
Genshiken - Society for Study of Modern Visual Culture (Vol 1)
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