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Now, out of guilt, Ranma agrees to let Ukyo stay at the Tendo house, setting the stage for a showdown with his other fiance Akane! Plus: Gosunkugi gets his hands on a set of magic paper dolls that can make his beloved Akane do anything he wants! And to top it off: dirty old man Happosai returns! Rumiko Takahashi is the world's most popular and prolific female comic artist, with over 100 million copies of her work (Lum, Urusei Yatsura, Maison Ikkoku, Ranma Н, etc.) sold worldwide. Takahashi recently made her second trip over to the United States to attend San Diego's Comic-Con 2000 where she spoke on a panel and signed autographs for fans. Her works have been the basis for three long- running animated series and over eight animated movies. Ranma Н, Vol. 17 is written and drawn by Rumiko Takahashi. It is 184 pages long and retails for $15.95 USA/$24.95 Canada. *+@NOвW–лW™пf’“ж]Ѓъ)oЖќ;  Д Е ќ ? € Ч ћїѓяычуплзгЯЫЧУПЛЗГЏЋЇЃŸ›—“‹‡ƒ{wsokg]c]c]c]c]c]c]c]c]c]c]c]c]c]c]c]c]c]c]c]c]c]c]c]c]c]c]c]c]c]c]c]c]c]c]c]c]c]c& O “ и  ] t u К § C D E  … “ ” Ѕ І х )lЎё34zНF†СТM”д^ћїѓяычуплзгЯЫЧУПЛЗГЏЋЇЃŸ›—“‹‡ƒ{wsokg]c]c]c]c]c]c]c]c]c]c]c]c]c]c]c]c]c]c]c]c]c]c]c]c]c]c]c]c]c]c]c]c]c]c]c]c]c]c&^Ѓщ/EFˆЭV”зQŠ‹ŒћїѓяычуплзгЯЫЧУПЛЙ]]c]c]c]c]c]c]c]c]c]c]c]c]c]c]c]c]cE Œ§ћљ †џџџџџџџџ!K@ёџNormala "A@ђџЁ"Default Paragraph Fontаџ@ўџ џџџџ РFMicrosoft Word 6.0 Document MSWordDocє9ВqмЅe#Р †,l,l  Њ](ь˜Tю ]Times New Roman Symbol ArialTimes New RomanTimes New RomanVEGETA AGAINST ON THE EARTH ITSELF! DRAGONBALL Z, VOL.4 GRAPHIC NOVEL San Francisco, CA -Viz Comics proudly announces the March 2001 release of Dragon Ball Z, Vol. 4! You've seen the smash-hit anime series on the Cartoon Network, now in it's 4th successful season with over 150 new episodes licensed to show on American TV...you've heard of the video games, movies, and merchandise.now see the original manga that started it all, collected as economical graphic novels in the original right-to-left reading format! After years of training and adventure, young Goku has become Earth's strongest martial artist-but the stakes are increasing, as he and his friends must fight the deadliest villains of all time and space! Get ready for action as aliens, time travelers, and the mighty Saiyans clash over the fate of the Earth and the awesome power of the seven Dragon Balls that can grant any wish! IN THIS VOLUME: With the mighty Kaio-ken amplifying his strength, Goku fights Vegeta in a desperate battle to save the world - only to find that the elite Saiyan warrior is even stronger than his new techniques. To break a temporary stalemate, Vegeta transforms into a giant ape, a King Kong who breathes energy blasts with the force of a nuclear bomb! In desperation, Goku calls upon the Genki-Dama, the "spirit bomb', drawing power from the Earth, its people, plants, and animals, in an effort to defeat his colossal foe. But alone, even Goku is not enough. The last worn-out survivors, Gohan, Kuririn, and cowardly Yajirobe, must rush back into the fray to stop their unstoppable foe... as the enraged Vegeta vows to not only wipe out the human race, but destroy the planet Earth itself! Widely known all over the world for his playful stories and humorous, distinctive art style, Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama is also known in his native Japan for the wildly popular Dr. Slump, his previous manga series about the adventures of a mad scientist and his android "daughter." His hit series Dragon Ball ran from 1984 to 1995 in Shueisha's weekly Shєnen Jump magazine, where it was the most popular title in the magazine's history, and generated innumerable movies, video games, and merchandise. Toriyama has also done design work for video games such as Dragon Warrior, Chrono Trigger, and Tobal No. 1, and has drawn several new short manga, such as Cowa, Kajika, and Sand Land. Dragon Ball Z, Vol. 4 is written and drawn by Akira Toriyama. It is 192 pages long and retails for $14.95 USA/$23.00 Canada. Plus, be sure to check out Viz's Dragon Ball, Akira Toriyama's prequel series. KUNO'S NEW TECHNIQUES MAKE HIM UNBEATABLE AND HE OWES IT ALL TO. WATERMELONS?! RANMA Н, VOL. 17 San Francisco, CA (10/27/00)-Viz Comics proudly announces the February 2001 release of a new graphic novel installment in Rumiko Takahashi's widely successful martial arts/sex comedy, Ranma 1/2! Compiling the monthly Ranma Н, Part 9 #1 through Part 9 #6, Ranma Н, Vol. 17 continues the misadventures of gender-changing martial artist Ranma Saotome, his friends, foes, and everyone in-between! Due to an unfortunate accident at the cursed Chinese training ground Jusenkyo, when Ranma and his father get splashed with cold water, papa turns into a giant panda and male Ranma becomes a buxom young woman! Hot water reverses the effect, but only until the next time! Constantly chased by battle-happy martial artists and lovesick suitors of both sexes, what's a half-boy, half-girl to do? IN THIS VOLUME: Arrogant swordsman Kuno is found with amnesia and a watermelon on his head and all of a sudden he's stronger than Ranma! Can Ranma and Akane find out what happened to him on a dreaded island inhabited by nothing but watermelons? Then: 10 years ago, Ukyo prepared a special okonomiyaki sauce, which