Newtype USA - September 2006 issue

[Roujin0308]

My subscribers' copy of the September issue of Newtype USA has arrived; for the curious, here's a rundown on some of the contents:

Highlights:
On the cover - an unidentified mecha from Gothicmade: Hana no Utame, Mamoru Nagano's latest project
Centerfold: Mizuki from Comic Party Revolution
Manga: Angel/Dust Neo, scene 8
Official Art: Harukanaru Toki no Naka de ~ Hachiyo Sho ~
Voice actress spotlight: Aya Hirano (Haruhi in The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya)
"How to art" looks at Katsutoshi Otsuka's handmade teddy bears


Anime/Manga features: (all are 2 pages unless otherwise noted)
Gothicmade: Hana no Utame (8)
Fullmetal Alchemist movie: Conqueror of Shamballa (4)
Kyo Kara Maoh! (4)
Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo (4)
Inuyasha
Voltron (4)
This Ugly Yet Beautiful World
Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid
Negima!
Moon Phase
Code Geass: Lelouch the Rebellion (4)


Newtype Express (Japan) sneaks a peek at Bakumatsu Kikansetsu: I-Ro-Ha-Ni-Ho-He-To, Asatte no Hoko, Sumomo mo Momo mo ~ Chijo Saikyo no Yome ~, Red Garden, Mamoru-kun ni Megami no Shukufuku o!, Bokura ga Ita, Galaxy Angel II, Kujibiki Unbalance, and Stratos 4 Advance Kanketsuhen.

Newtype Express (USA) touches on Beet the Vandel Buster, Super GALS! 2, Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles, Guyver: The Bioboosted Armor, Osamu Tezuka's Ode to Kirihito manga, the various versions of Densha Otoko, Noein, Ellcia, and the first Case Closed movie.

The "Creator Profile" feature looks at Fumitomo Kizaki, director of Basilisk.


DVD:
Jinki: Extend eps 1, dub/sub
Tenchi Muyo! GXP eps 1, dub only
Voltron eps 1, dub only

Also includes IGN.com's "ADV voice actress fashion shoot", and a trailer for the Naruto: Ultimate Fight game

[CrimsonRose]

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Official Art: Harukanaru Toki no Naka de ~ Hachiyo Sho ~

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Great! I can't wait to see this!! This is from the movie, right?

[gogeta999]

I'll pass this is yet another issue that holds no interest other than tha Aya Hirano interview and This Ugly Yet Beautiful World artical /images/graemlins/depresse.gif

[Elendil]

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RosePetal said:
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Official Art: Harukanaru Toki no Naka de ~ Hachiyo Sho ~

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Great! I can't wait to see this!! This is from the movie, right?

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The movie is actually titled Gekijouban Harukanaru Toki no Naka de: Mai Hitoyo, so I'd assume this is art from the series.

Also I thought Newtype only featured art from series/movies that are licensed? So does this mean that Harukanaru is finally licensed? (Or did I just miss that news somewhere else...)

Wow, the FMP! freak in me wants to buy this for the TSR feature alone. /images/graemlins/sdsmiley.gif

Hm, interesting... GXP must be on the DVD to promote the boxset that came out this month. Speaking of the DVD, how's Jinki: Extend?

[bci110]

Good. Now I can hear how Brittney Karbowski and Jessica Boone sound in Jinki:Extend. I already saw the first three episodes at a con a couple of months ago, so I know how the Japanese actors sound like.

A lot of nice articles but another disappointing Official Art section. I'm especially curious about the IGN "fashion shoot" article. /images/graemlins/sdsmiley.gif

[Shsway]

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Dave Stroud said:
Voice actress spotlight: Aya Hirano (Haruhi in The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya)

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I don't think that I'll be picking this one up either (thanks for the breakdown, as usual), but this just jumped out at me. I love Hirano Aya's voice, and I had no idea that she played this character!!

That definitely raises my interest level in the series.

[Puppet Master]

Nothing of real interest from the sounds of things but thanks for the information.

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Elendil said:
The movie is actually titled Gekijouban Harukanaru Toki no Naka de: Mai Hitoyo, so I'd assume this is art from the series.

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That's correct, it is from the TV series.

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Also I thought Newtype only featured art from series/movies that are licensed? So does this mean that Harukanaru is finally licensed? (Or did I just miss that news somewhere else...)

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While we generally do run Official Arts of titles that are licensed, there's no specific rule to it. Both this month's Harukanaru and last month's Saiunkoku Monogatari are examples of titles we ran that are not licensed, just like not all the features we run are for licensed titles (like Code Geass and Gothicmade in the September issue).

[CrimsonRose]

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NewtypeCJ said:
While we generally do run Official Arts of titles that are licensed, there's no specific rule to it. Both this month's Harukanaru and last month's Saiunkoku Monogatari are examples of titles we ran that are not licensed, just like not all the features we run are for licensed titles (like Code Geass and Gothicmade in the September issue).

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Thank you! I'm very happy that you are doing this, otherwise I wouldn't have found out about both of these wonderful series, Harukanaru and Saiunkoku Monogatari. I'm sure I'm not the only one who is looking forward to both of these series being licensed. That's especially true with Saiunkoku, for which I'd like to see the novels as well as the anime.

[Roujin0308]

I think a photo from the "Everybody Cosplay" piece - of Jan Kurotaki dressed as Caren from Fate/hollow ataraxia - would have made for a better centerfold than the Mizuki illo that was used. /images/graemlins/noseblef.gif

Is the Dominic Nguyen who did the reviews of Suzuka (manga) and Shakugan no Shana (anime) the same Dominic Nguyen associated with Megatokyo?

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Dave Stroud said:
Is the Dominic Nguyen who did the reviews of Suzuka (manga) and Shakugan no Shana (anime) the same Dominic Nguyen associated with Megatokyo?

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Yep, sure is.

[Elendil]

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NewtypeCJ said:
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Elendil said:
The movie is actually titled Gekijouban Harukanaru Toki no Naka de: Mai Hitoyo, so I'd assume this is art from the series.

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That's correct, it is from the TV series.

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Also I thought Newtype only featured art from series/movies that are licensed? So does this mean that Harukanaru is finally licensed? (Or did I just miss that news somewhere else...)

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While we generally do run Official Arts of titles that are licensed, there's no specific rule to it. Both this month's Harukanaru and last month's Saiunkoku Monogatari are examples of titles we ran that are not licensed, just like not all the features we run are for licensed titles (like Code Geass and Gothicmade in the September issue).

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Darn, I was hoping you'd say I was right and it was actually licensed. /images/graemlins/cry00000.gif /images/graemlins/catgirl0.gif