viz-in vol. 12, no. 9 Your One-Stop Monthly Manga & Anime Connection! ITEMS SHIPPING DECEMBER '00 featuring. ANIMERICA EXTRA, VOL. 4 #1 DECEMBER '00 manga anthology b&w, 128 pages $4.95 USA/$7.95 CAN SHIPS 12/7 Cat # MAE0401 NEW MANGA! REVOLUTIONARY GIRL UTENA! She's here! Idealistic young swordswoman Utena Tenjo has joined ANIMERICA EXTRA with the spellbinding REVOLUTIONARY GIRL UTENA by shôjo manga master Chiho Saito! Each issue of ANIMERICA EXTRA contains romance, fantasy, mystery, and science fiction stories from the artists who move the world of manga. Each issue features reviews and columns by the most informed manga authorities in the U.S. today. There are no other magazines that give you this kind of star power, this excitement, and are this devoted to doing manga and doing it right! IN THIS ISSUE: REVOLUTIONARY GIRL UTENA: Rescued by a mysterious prince as a child, Utena Tenjo made a decision that would change her life: she would grow up to be a prince herself. The manga begins with a sequence set before the TV series! VIDEO GIRL AI: As the school year goes on, Nobuko tries to win Yota's affection. Meanwhile, Yota tries to befriend this new Ai -- this human Ai? -- who has no memories of her previous life as a video girl. MARIONETTE GENERATION: While hiding in the closet, Kinoko overhears Izumi and Kozue in a private moment. FUSHIGI YUGI: Miaka, Chichiri, Tasuki and Nuriko head to Qu-Dong to rescue Tamahome, while Yui makes her final play for her prisoner's affections. STEAM DETECTIVES: Ling Ling recovers from her wounds at Steam Detectives HQ, but why has she forgotten the layout of the place? X/1999: Kamui arrives at CLAMP Academy as the genetically engineered Nataku awakens. DRAGON BALL, VOL. 3 story and art by Akira Toriyama Viz graphic novel, b&w, 192 pages $14.95 USA/$23.00 CAN SHIPS 12/7 Cat # GDB0003 DON'T CALL HIM "CHESTNUT HEAD".HIS NAME'S KURIRIN! The world's greatest martial arts manga! When young Son Goku, a super- strong boy with a monkey's tail, met Bulma, a girl from the city, he left his mountain home to join her on her quest for the Dragon Balls. Goku soon found that the world was full of plenty of challenges.but with his nyoi-bô, a legendary magic staff, and the kintô-un, a flying cloud, he's ready to face anything! This graphic novel starts to bridge the gap between the short-lived DRAGON BALL TV series and the much-later-in-the-continuity DRAGON BALL Z, explaining how Goku grew up and met his friends. This volume collects DRAGON BALL PART 2 #1 (second half) through PART 2 #7 (first half). IN THIS VOLUME: With the quest for the Dragon Balls over, Goku goes to the remote house of the Turtle Hermit, Kame-sen'nin, to be trained in the martial arts. There, the girl-ogling old master promises to teach Goku everything he knows.and prepare him for the Tenka-ichi Budôkai, the great tournament to determine the Strongest Fighter in the World! But Goku's fellow student, the Shaolin monk Kuririn, isn't above cheating to be the best. These two kids must learn to get along as they undergo the weirdest, wildest martial arts training ever!! DRAGON BALL Z, PART 4 #1 story & art by Akira Toriyama 15-issue monthly series b&w, 32 pages $2.95 USA/$4.50 CAN SHIPS 12/7 Cat # CDBZ0401 BATTLEFIELD NAMEK Martial artists in space? Science fiction meets superheroes? Whatever you call it, it's DRAGON BALL Z, the stellar manga series that became the hit anime series! On the planet Namek, the hired killer Vegeta defies his former master Freeza and searches for the seven Dragon Balls which, when gathered together, will grant his wish for immortality. But Freeza's right-hand man, Zarbon, is on Vegeta's tail! Which one will win.and in the confusion, can our much weaker heroes somehow save Namek and stop them both? SILENT MOBIUS: LOVE AND CHAOS #1 6-issue monthly series story & art by Kia Asamiya b&w, 32 pages $2.95 USA/$4.50 CAN SHIPS 12/7 Cat # CSM0801 ALL POINTS BULLETIN The original cyberpunk series by Kia Asamiya, the most widely published manga artist currently in the U.S.! Sworn to defend their city, A.M.P. agents Kiddy and Nami hunt the dark streets of 2028 Tokyo for the wormlike Lucifer Hawk that can possess and consume cyborgs. It failed to control Kiddy once, but there's always a next time. And now, A.M.P.'s most dangerous opponent may be a human being. X/1999 VOL. 7: RHAPSODY Animerica Extra graphic novel, story & art by CLAMP b&w, 184 pages $15.95 USA/$24.95 CAN SHIPS 12/ 7 Cat # GX99007 YOU CANNOT ESCAPE YOUR DESTINYS >From CLAMP, the creators of CARDCAPTORS and MAGIC KNIGHT RAYEARTH! Tokyo is no ordinary city. Built with magic, its buildings embody reality itself.like a voodoo doll for the Earth, if Tokyo is destroyed, so is the world. The Seven Seals and the Seven Harbingers, both groups of powerful psychics and occultists, have known for years that the city can belong to only one of them. The Seals want to protect the world; the Harbingers, to destroy it. And as this war of destiny draws closer, there is only one random factor: young Kamui, the strongest psychic of all.a misanthrope who has chosen no side, but only wants to protect his childhood friends Fuma and Kotori. This volume contains the stories from ANIMERICA EXTRA Vol. 3 #1 through Vol. 3 #8. IN THIS VOLUME: Kotori's life shatters! Exploding to pieces, Kamui's aunt Tokiko dies giving birth to the sacred sword that is his birthright. The gory sight triggers a frightening personality change in Fuma, and drives Kotori mad, reminding her of the long-ago death of her mother. But on the inside, Kotori is quite sane. In her sleeping mind, she meets her dead mother in the Sea of Tears, and then the prophet Kakyo, who awakens her powers as a dreamseer. Then an earthquake shakes Tokyo, startling the Dragons of Heaven and Earth with the presence of one of their equals. He is Sakura-zukamori, the sorcerer of the inverted pentacle and the hated enemy of the medium Subaru (from CLAMP's TOKYO BABYLON). Who among all these people of power is the "other" Kamui.Kamui's Twin Star? viz graphic novels VOYEURS, INC., VOL. 2 Pulp graphic novel story & art by Hideo Yamamoto b&w, 208 pages $15.95 USA/$24.95 CAN MATURE READERS ONLY SHIPS 12/14 Cat # GVI0002 WHERE YOUR EYES DON'T GO In the sordid back streets of Tokyo, the horny private investigators of Voyeurs, Inc. were born: suave Ken of the two-colored eyes, Smile the pompadoured goofus, Cho, the middle-aged voice of reason, and Husky, the Husky (dog). Wedding the latest surveillance equipment and the oldest human motives, they'll spy anywhere to expose lies, crimes and outright perversion. Whether it's a cheating spouse or a prostitution ring, no secret is safe from them.for the right price! This volume contains the stories from PULP Vol. 3 #11 through Vol. 4 #7. IN THIS VOLUME: With Ken's hard (but hardly impartial) efforts, the Voyeurs discovered that Tokyo teenager Reika was actually running a prostitution ring. But as their former client, Reika's father didn't take the news well.and now "daddy" is taking an unhealthy interest in his little girl. As his incestuous intentions become increasingly clear and revolting, he injures Reika's mother and forces his daughter to go with him to a remote ski lodge. Is Reika psychologically able to resist? With his partners tied up in other assignments, only Ken's own obsession with Reika puts him on the trail of the insane father.but will he be too late? NO NEED FOR TENCHI! VOL. 9: THE QUEST FOR MORE MONEY Viz graphic novel story& art by Hitoshi Okuda b&w, 184 pages $15.95 USA/$24.95 CAN SHIPS 12/14 Cat # GNT0009 HER BOYFRIEND'S BACK Science fiction comedy based on the anime series from Pioneer! It all started when high school student Tenchi freed the alien pirate Ryoko from her captivity on Earth. Soon enough, her friends and enemies showed up: alien princess Ayeka, mad scientist Washu, ditzy space cop Mihoshi.Surrounded by beautiful, feuding alien women, poor Tenchi is either the luckiest or the most miserable boy on Earth! Contains all of NO NEED FOR TENCHI! PART 9. IN THIS VOLUME: After a prolonged drinking binge, the Tenchi household must face one of the most dreaded events in the universe.they're broke! Following a strange dream and a buried memory, Ryoko leads the group into space in search of a lost treasure.only to find their potential source of revenue is guarded by the man who she loved before Tenchi!?! With a villainous space pirate and his robot partner pursuing them, Ryoko must decide whether to trust her present love for Tenchi or remember the nature of her old relationship with Ibara.and what kind of person has he grown up to become in the last 800 years? pokemon POKEMON ADVENTURES, PART 3 #5: RETURN TO VIRIDIAN GYM 7-issue monthly series story by Hidenori Kusaka art by MATO b&w, 32 pages $2.95 USA/$4.50 CAN SHIPS 12/7 Cat # CPA0305 THE BIG BOSS Saffron City has been saved, and now Red is tracking down the perpetrator: Giovanni, leader of Team Rocket! After following Giovanni through Viridian Forest, he prepares for the fight of his life.against Cloyster, Nidoking and Graveler! "No little kid is a match for me!" MAGICAL POKEMON JOURNEY, PART 3 #2: THE POKEMON-WATCHER'S DIARY 4-issue monthly series story & art by Yumi Tsukirino monthly, b&w, 40 pages squarebound format $4.95 USA/$7.95 CAN SHIPS 12/7 Cat # CPJ0302 ABRACADABRA! Almond is writing a spy book documenting all his sightings of Pokemon! But he shouldn't have shown it to his Pokemon friends, because now they all want to help! Then Walnut the ninja joins our heroes in picking sweet potatoes, but while picking a peck of potatoes they find themselves picked.by Abra?! viz video MAISON IKKOKU, VOL. 25: WELCOME TO THE DOGHOUSE 2 episodes per volume English subtitled color, stereo, 52 mins. $28.95 USA SHIPS 12/14 Cat # VMIS025 THE MYSTERY MAN Desperate to overcome his paralyzing fear of dogs, Mitaka enlists (or should that be, has thrust upon him) the help of Ikkoku's determined residents. AND THEN: A new Ikkoku resident? Having lost a spouse, just like the manager, a strange sympathy strikes up between the two. What will it mean for Kyoko and Godai's burgeoning relationship? Re-solicited from November. RANMA 1/2, SEASON 6 VOL. 1: WHO DO? VOODOO 2 episodes per volume English dubbed color, stereo, 52 mins. $24.95 USA SHIPS 12/7 Cat # VRAD0601 MORE WEIRDOS FOR YOUR ANIME DOLLAR Interfere with a girl and the idealized image she holds of her papa at your own peril! Kuno's ready to give his delinquent dad the boot, but Kodachi seems to need him now more than ever. Can the cranky upperclassman put up with the indignities for his sister's sake? AND THEN: There's a new kid in town! A really creepy kid! Who puts nails into stuff. And carries voodoo dolls. And also has a crush on Akane! Re-solicited from November. RANMA 1/2, MARTIAL MAYHEM, SUBTITLED EDITION: MARRY ME, AKANE 2 episodes per volume subtitled color, stereo, 52 mins. $28.95 USA SHIPS 12/21 Cat # VRMMS102 HERE'S THE RING TO PROVE THAT I'M NO JOKERS Ranma and Ryoga have always competed in the martial arts, but now, with Ryoga's proposal to Ranma's fiancée, their romantic rivalry is coming to the boiling point, too.Then, an argument over food (what else?) send Genma storming out of the Tendo Dojo in a huff-and he's taking his son with him! Re-solicited from November. viz comics NEON GENESIS EVANGELION BOOK 5, #3 REGULAR 7-issue monthly series story & art by Yoshiyuki Sadamoto original concept by Gainax monthly, b&w, 32 pages $2.95 USA/$4.50 CAN SPECIAL COLLECTOR'S EDITION 7-issue monthly series story & art by Yoshiyuki Sadamoto original concept by Gainax monthly, b&w, 32 pages $2.95 USA/$4.50 CAN SHIPS 12/21 Cat # CEV0503 MOTHER DO YOU THINK THEY'LL DROP THE BOMB? Once again, Shinji finds himself alone in her room with pale, beautiful, blue-haired Rei Ayanami.but this time, he actually talks to her, and the subject shifts to Shinji's father, the head of the Evangelion project. Then, Shinji joins his father to visit his mother's grave, out in the endless fields of tombstones marking the millions who died in the Third Impact. AQUA KNIGHT, PART 2, #3 5-issue monthly series story & art by Yukito Kishiro monthly, b&w, 48 $3.50 USA/$5.50 CAN SHIPS 12/28 Cat # CAK0203 THE KEEP ON THE BORDERLAND The scrape of crab claws. The drip of water on ancient stone. As Ruliya pursues Ashika across the sea, a hooded boatsman invites her to stay the night in a giant castle rising from the ocean floor. But as she accepts the hospitality of the Akuma Knight, she finds herself growing drowsy, and forgetting her quest.Plus, in this issue, see Ruliya's childhood! 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DRAGON BALL, PART 3 #7 story & art by Akira Toriyama 14-issue monthly series b&w, 32 pages $2.95 USA/$4.50 CAN SHIPS 12/7 Cat # CDB0307 MONKEY IN THE CITY Bearing the rescued mayor and the 2nd Dragon Ball, Goku and Mechanical Man No. 8 are welcomed back by the grateful people of Jingle Village! But how will Goku find the other Dragon Balls when the Dragon Radar stops working? His only choice is to get help from Bulma.by going to her home in the Metropolis! EAGLE: THE MAKING OF AN ASIAN-AMERICAN PRESIDENT #11: SUPER TUESDAY 14-issue series story & art by Kaiji Kawaguchi b&w, 104 pages $6.95 USA/$10.95 CAN SHIPS 12/28 Cat # CEA0011 THE OTHER WOMAN In a Texas bar, Yamaoka and a Dallas power broker find common ground from their years in Vietnam. Meanwhile, as Super Tuesday draws close and California becomes a political battleground, Yamaoka is hit with a new scandal: a scandal named Maria Estefano. RANMA 1/2, PART 9, #8 11-issue series story & art by Rumiko Takahashi monthly, b&w, 32 pages $2.95 USA/$4.50 CAN SHIPS 12/21 Cat # CRA0908 KAMEHAMESWHA!? Ranma tries to focus his chi to learn a new technique that can counter Ryoga's shissei hokkodan! His best chance is to use the tiger chariot, the moko takabisha!!! With both of them shooting fireballs, it's collateral damage time at Furinkan High! INU-YASHA, PART 5 #7 11-issue series story & art by Rumiko Takahashi b&w, 40 pages $2.95 USA/$4.50 CAN SHIPS 12/7 Cat # CIY0507 THE KILLERS The plant demon is dead. Inu-Yasha is crushed beneath its fallen corpse.is it too late for Kagome to tell him how she feels? Then, meet a brother-and-sister pair of monster hunters dressed in black, whose tremendous boomerang can slice any demon in two. viz magazines PULP VOL. 5, #1 DECEMBER '00 manga anthology b&w, 184 pages $5.95 USA/$8.95 CAN MATURE READERS ONLY SHIPS 12/21 Cat # MPU0501 ARE YOU READY? The only truly adult-oriented manga magazine in America, PULP has 184 pages of sexy, tough, surreal, violent, hilarious manga, plus columns and features written by some of the premiere experts in Japanese pop culture, and the people who brought you JAPAN EDGE and SECRET COMICS JAPAN. Movies, books, manga, true crime and more, it's all in every issue of PULP! IN THIS ISSUE: BENKEI IN NEW YORK: Murder, suicide, mafia, and drugs.all centered on a woman named Sophie Gibson. BAKUNE YOUNG: How many Japanese gangsters can hang onto a rope dangling from a helicopter, 100 feet above the ground? Not that many, and it doesn't help with a taunting Bakune throwing eggs at them, or the police about to bust in and shoot everybody! DANCE TILL TOMORROW: Miyuki and Tachimi have settled Suekichi's affairs to their own satisfaction.she plans to marry Suekichi, and Tachimi is courting Aya again! STRAIN: Shimei's last rampage has come back to haunt him.and stop him once and for all? BANANA FISH: Papa Dino uses Shorter as his guinea pig for "Banana Fish", while pretty-boy Yut-Lung tries to turn Eiji into Dino's sex slave. VOYEURS, INC.: The stalker releases the cockroaches upon the elevator girl.. and he's got a camera to document the proceedings. Plus SHORT CUTS and HEARTBROKEN ANGELS. ANIMERICA Vol. 8 #12 anime & manga monthly color and b&w, 96 pages $4.95 USA/$7.95 CAN SHIPS 12/21 Cat # MAN0812 The best magazine for anime fans! Fascinating features on the latest and greatest anime, exclusive interviews, news on what's new in Japan and what's arriving soon in America, plus exclusive columns, interviews with voice-actors, anime reviews, games, model kits, anime music, and Leiji Matsumoto's GALAXY EXPRESS 999 manga. Remember, If It's Anime in America, It's Gotta be Animerica! IN THIS ISSUE: YEAR- END WRAP UP! Find out the "Best of the Best" for the year 2000 and kick off 2001 with news and predictions about the most promising new anime series! 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