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The magazine is experiencing again great transformation, but this time at the administrative level. Ianus Publications who was producing and publishing PROTOCULTURE ADDICTS is splitting its two divisions for practical and efficiency reasons. The gaming division has become Dream Pod 9 Inc.; it keeps the same address and phone number than Ianus had. PROTOCULTURE ADDICTS is now produced and published by Protoculture Enr. All payment for subscriptions or back issues must now be made to that name, and all mail must now be addressed to:
If you have access to the Internet, you can also direct your question, request, or contribution to our email address: editor@protoculture.qc.ca. Our web page is located at http://www.protoculture.qc.ca/PA.
The magazine is now produced by a smaller team, less experienced in some aspects of the production, but we don't think that it will affect in any way the quality of the magazine. In fact, the core of the team is the same and, since we will now dedicate all our time only to the magazine, the contents will be greatly improved and we will better keep our deadlines. We will also continue to use outside collaborators and we want to renew our invitation to all our readers: if you want to contribute to the magazine with articles, news, reviews we will be glad to publish you work, but it must be well written, serious (a little humor is always welcomed though) and non-defamatory. PA has always tried its best to answer the needs of the North American anime fandom and industry, and we will continue to do that. The best way is to let its members express their voices in articles, letters, press releases, etc.
In this issue we are covering the first anime with mecha to appear on North American TV since ROBOTECH: TEKNOMAN. We are offering you a complete article with overview, character guide, mecha files, and the synopses of the first thirteen episodes. As second feature, this issue offers a character guide and synopses for the first two episodes of HERE IS GREENWOOD, a nice animation by Studio Pierrot in the same line than KIMAGURE ORANGE ROAD. In Anime World, our Japanese corespondent in California, Miyako Graham, continue her report on Anime East with anecdotes from guests Essai Ushijima and Hiroyuki Kitazume. James Taylor is offering us an Anime CD Round-Up and the eighth part of the Japanese Language Seminar. This time he covers the verbs -- brace yourself, its a dense and arid matter, but so useful to those who are trying to grasp this language. Finally, a PROTOCULTURE ADDICTS issue would not be itself without our very informative news section and our extensive anime reviews. Enjoy!
Protoculture offers you its Best Wishes for the New Year.
Claude J. Pelletier