Contents:

SPOTLIGHTS

19....MONTREAL WORLD FILM FESTIVAL

This article offers a general overview of the festival as well as short reviews for the movies Boy's Choir and Closed Ward, a two-page presentation of the movie Colorful (including anecdotes from director Shun Nakahara and pop star Kouki Tanaka), and a full-page overview of Nagisa Oshima's latest movie: Gohatto (Taboo). By Miyako Matsuda.

23....ANIME MOVIES OF THE SUMMER

This 9-page spotlight introduces you to four great movies that premieres and were presented in conventions in the summer 2000:

Blood: The Last Vampire (overview, character designs) [pg 23] by Martin Ouellette

Revolutionary Girl Utena: Adolescence Revelations (overview, character designs) [pg 25] by Miyako Matsuda

Vampire Hunter D (overview, character designs) [pg 27]

Escaflowne: A Girl In Gaia (Overview, review, mecha & character designs) [pg 29] by Miyako Matsuda and Martin Ouellette

ANIME WORLD

17....FANTASIA 2000 [Part 2]

The second part of an overview of the 5th Montreal's International Festival Of Fantasy, Action and Genre Cinema. This instalment includes reviews of more Japanese movies (Audition, Gemini, IKU, Ring 0, Uzumaki) as well as a puppet movie from Taiwan (Legend Of The Sacred Stone), a Korean movie (Lies), a Hong Kong action flick (The Mission), an Indian singing picture (Muthu) and a Thai ghost story (Nang Nak). By Miyako Matsuda and Claude J. Pelletier.

41...Convention Report: Project A-Kon

By Kent Wong

42...Convention Report: Anime North

By Miyako Matsuda

43...Anime North: Anecdotes from Mr. Kotobuki and his assistant Chihiro Hattori

By Miyako Matsuda

44...Convention Report: Anime Expo

By Kevin Lillard

45...Convention Report: Otakon

By Kevin Lillard

46...Convention Report: Anime Iowa

By Kevin Lillard

47...Convention Report: CNanime

By Miyako Matsuda & Claude J. Pelletier

48...CNanime: Anecdotes from director Kunihiko Ikuhara & cartoonist Chiho Saito

By Miyako Matsuda

49...CNanime: Anecdotes from Mr. Ryo Mizuno

By Miyako Matsuda

50....The Modern Japanese Music Database (Part 7)

A new series of articles by James S. Taylor, this time about the Japanese Pop music scene. In this instalment, the "FAQ" starts a J-Pop History with the Pre-40s Decades and the "Home Page" introduces Judy & Mary.

REVIEWS

16....Live-Action Movies: Blowback: Love & Death, Fudoh: The New Generation, The Haunted Lantern, Zero Woman: The Hunted

38....Models

40....Manga (English): various.

52....Anime Reviews: PA Picks: Black Heaven Vol. 1, Cowboy Bebop Vol. 4-5, Generator Gawl Vol. 1, Magic Knight Rayearth OVAs

53....Anime Reviews

55....Anime Capsules Reviews

ANIME STORIES

57....Kakyûsei

58....Seraphim Call

59....To Heart

60....Virgin Fleet

61....Master Keaton

WHAT'S GOING ON?

7, 11...Anime & Manga News: Japan, North America.

8-9...Video & Manga Releases (+ Manga Selection)

10...Products Releases (Domestic DVD & Live-Action releases)

11...Japanese DVD Releases

12...New Releases

39... Model News

MISCELLANEOUS

4.....Presentation

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