MAY 1997 VIZ-IN
Viz Graphic Novel
MAISON IKKOKU
INTENSIVE CARE
story & art by Rumiko Takahashi
b&w, 184 pages
$15.95 USA/$21.50 CAN
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BROKEN LEGS, BROKEN HEARTS
INTENSIVE CARE is the seventh volume in beloved manga creator
Rumiko Takahashi's romantic comedy series MAISON IKKOKU, and
makes a home for the second half of the MAISON IKKOKU PART FIVE
monthly series in one economical, convenient volume.
Yusaku, a college student, is madly in love with beautiful Kyoko,
the widowed manager of his apartment building, comfortably shabby
Maison Ikkoku. As Yusaku and handsome tennis coach Shun vie for
Kyoko's affections, the other Maison Ikkoku residents--a motley crew
of volatile personalities--can't resist meddling in their affairs!
IN THIS VOLUME: Shun and Yusaku's broken legs are healing well. But after
they receive
visits from, respectively, a class of pretty college gals and winsome Kozue,
Kyoko, their
angel of mercy, gets a visit from a little green monster! With their casts
off, the guys
and the rest of the gang head for the hot springs--no bathing suit required!
And before
you know it, it's time for the annual visit to Kyoko's husband's grave.
It's been four
years since he passed away--is Kyoko finally ready to move on with her
life?
Viz Select Comics
MAISON IKKOKU PART SIX, #10
(10 of 11)
story & art by Rumiko Takahashi
monthly, b&w, 40 pages
$2.95 USA/$4.00 CAN
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NEW LOVE INTEREST
Yusaku is no closer to getting a job with Ibuki's father, thanks to a
streak of bad luck. When Ibuki "goes on strike," will her doting
papa
hire the object of her innocent schoolgirl crush? Plus, Shun gets a
new love interest!
Viz Video
MAISON IKKOKU SUBTITLED EDITION
PLAYING DOUBLES
two complete episodes
subtitled
color, stereo, 52 mins.
$29.95 USA
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MATCH POINT
Now available subtitled! It was hard enough for shy student Godai to
get Kyoko's attention before, but now he's got a rival in the shape of
handsome tennis coach Shun Mitaka. He's handsome, he's rich, he has
a nice carÉwhat more could any single gal want? Then again, Godai
may be shy, but he doesn't give up easily eitherÉand a little game of
love-love never hurt anyone, right? Maison Ikkoku from Viz Video:
Because Home Is Where the Heart Lives.ª
Viz Graphic Novel
X/1999
SONATA
story & art by Clamp
b&w, 184 pages
$15.95 USA/$21.50 CAN
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THE MILLENNIUM IS COMING.É
As seen in ANIMERICA, Anime & Manga Monthly! X/1999: SONATA
collects all of X/1999 PART THREE, continuing the poetic tale of
prophecy foretelling the end of the world and the fate of the lone
young man who holds Earth's destiny in his hands. Superbly
illustrated, visually stunning, savagely beautiful--X/1999 is a unique
reading experience by the four-woman artistic team Clamp, creators
of MAGIC KNIGHT RAYEARTH.
IN THIS VOLUME: As the millennium approaches, we get inexorably closer
to the end of
the world, prophesied to occur in 1999! And the destiny of young Kamui,
a man with
incredible psychic powers, is at the very center of this prophecy! While
Kamui's allies
and enemies begin to reveal themselves, the mysteries surrounding his birth
and his
place in the fate of Earth begin to become clear as well. Is Kamui really
descended from
an ancient Japanese lineage of "shadow sacrifices," those who
take on the misfortunes of
others as their own? If so, who is the "shadow" behind Kamui?
Anime & Manga Monthly
ANIMERICA Vol. 5, No. 5
monthly, color and b&w, 80 pages
$4.95 USA/$6.50 CAN
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SAILOR MOON--THE REST OF THE STORY
Were you left wondering what happened next when new episodes of
SAILOR MOON stopped coming to United States TV? ANIMERICA gives
you the answers in a full-length "ANIMERICA Explains It All"
feature
focused on the SAILOR MOON you didn't get to see! All this, and our
news section, AnimExpress: Anime Info for the Otaku Generationª;
The ANIMERICA Ultimate Anime Guide; The Import Report; voice-actor
interviews; anime CD reviews, and more! Plus, the sensational
serialized manga X/1999 by Clamp! Remember, If It's Anime in
America, It's Gotta be ANIMERICA!
Viz Graphic Novel
BIO-BOOSTER ARMOR GUYVER
HEART OF CHRONOS
story & art by Yoshiki Takaya
b&w, 192 pages
$15.95 USA/$21.50 CAN
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THE BELLY OF THE BEAST
HEART OF CHRONOS, the sixth BIO-BOOSTER ARMOR GUYVER graphic
novel, bio-boosts all of the action-packed BIO-BOOSTER ARMOR
GUYVER PART FIVE into one convenient, economical volume! BIO-
BOOSTER ARMOR GUYVER is the basis for a popular animation series,
as well as the 1992 live-action film THE GUYVER (repeatedly aired
as a cult classic on HBO), starring Mark Hamill of STAR WARS.
When the Guyver, an alien lifeform, adopts the body of high school
student Sho, it endows him with superpowers and a wicked awesome
bio-boostin' armor look! Unfortunately, the secret organization
Chronos lost the Guyver unit--and they'll stop at nothing to get it
back. If they succeed, they'll launch their plot to take over the
world! Can Sho protect his friends, let alone humanity, from Chronos'
troops of mutated humans, the Hyper-Zoanoids?
IN THIS VOLUME: The Guyver and his friends head straight into the belly
of the beast
when they hide from Chronos' horde of Hyper-Zoanoids deep in the bowels
of Relics
Point. There our intrepid friends join forces with a cadre of rebellious
scientists
plotting against their evil employers. But now Zoalord Gyro is hot on their
trail! The
closer he gets, the more the Zoacrystal in his head mysteriously resonates.
Coming after
Gyro himself is Alkanphel, the most powerful Zoalord of all. And hot on
the heels of both
these renegades is the rest of the Council of Zoalords! Will anyone "neutralize"
Gyro
before he gets his hands on the ultimate weapon--ominously named the "Remover"!?
Viz Manga Heroes
BIO-BOOSTER ARMOR GUYVER PART SIX, #6
(6 of 6)
story & art by Yoshiki Takaya
monthly, b&w, 32 pages
$2.95 USA/$4.00 CAN
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FINAL BIO-BOOSTIN' ISSUE
The Guyvers forge a plan to use the spaceship abandoned by the
creators to destroy all of Relics Point. Will they be able to put their
plan in action before Gyro and Alkanphel's furious battle reaches
their hideout? It's the Original Bio-Boostin' Hero in His Own Hit
Manga Series!
Viz Select Comics
BATTLE ANGEL ALITA PART SEVEN, #8
(8 of 8)
story & art by Yukito Kishiro
monthly, b&w, 32 pages
$2.95 USA/$4.00 CAN
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LAST ANGELIC ISSUE!
While Alita relives her showdown with Jashugan in the heart of mad
scientist Desty Nova's headquarters, Kaos's life is put in dire
jeopardy! Plus, Chief Bigott of Tiphares makes Nova an offer he can't
refuse. It's Another Resurrection and a Third Lease on Life for North
America's Newer, Tougher Manga Sweetheart!
Viz Select Comics
FIST OF THE NORTH STAR
PART FOUR, #6
(6 of 7)
story by Buronson
art by Tetsuo Hara
monthly, b&w, 32 pages
$2.95 USA/$4.00 CAN
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FAMILY SECRETS
As brother fights brother, Jagi gets closer and closer to revealing a
terrible secret about their tragic past and the fate of Ken's long-
lost love, Yuria. The Fist is back, fighting for justice on a savage,
postapocalyptic Earth!
Viz Select Manga
INU-YASHA: A FEUDAL FAIRY TALE #2
(2 of 10)
story & art by Rumiko Takahashi
monthly, b&w, 32 pages
$2.95 USA/$4.00 CAN
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THANKS FOR NOTHING
The second issue of manga superstar Rumiko Takahashi's stunning
new series, an action-packed tale of time travel, love, and legend, is
being published in English almost simultaneously with its release in
Japan! Kagome frees Inu-Yasha, the strange boy with the dog ears,
but he expresses his gratitude by attempting to steal her mysterious
jewel. Fortunately, she discovers that she can use the magical beads
around her neck to make him obey her every command!
Viz Manga Heroes
METAL GUARDIAN FAUST #3
(3 of 8)
story & art by Tetsuro Ueyama
monthly, b&w, 40 pages
$2.95 USA/$4.00 CAN
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HOSTAGE SITUATION
The classic superhero-style tale of a girl and her robot continues!
When Ruhoshi is held hostage by Prancer, a crab-like robot on
wheels, how can Faust defeat him without hurting his delicate
human charge?
Viz Select Comics
NO NEED FOR TENCHI PART TWO, #7
(7 of 7)
story & art by Hitoshi Okuda
monthly, b&w, 32 pages
$2.95 USA/$4.00 CAN
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LAST HILARIOUS ISSUE
As a Space Galaxy Police Officer, Mihoshi can pilot a spaceship
across the cosmos, but when she takes driving lessons you better
clear the sidewalks--er--road! She may not be able to distinguish
between a headlight and a hubcap, but when a girl gets kidnapped
during a driving school lesson, our heroine is in hot pursuit!
Viz Select Comics
ONE-POUND GOSPEL ROUND TWO, #5
(5 of 8)
story & art by Rumiko Takahashi
monthly, b&w, 32 pages
$2.95 USA/$4.00 CAN
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KINDRED SPIRITS
Rumiko Takahashi's heaven-sent manga continues! Kosaku's heart
begins to wander when he finds a kindred spirit in the form of an
attractive young woman who also wants to lose weight, albeit for
different reasons. And Coach Mukaida gets the wrong idea when he
finds the two drowning their sorrows together--with food, of course!
Viz Select Comics
RANMA 1/2 PART SIX, #6
(6 of 14)
story & art by Rumiko Takahashi
monthly, b&w, 32 pages
$2.95 USA/$4.00 CAN
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ANCIENT CHINESE SECRET
Wacky principal Kuno hatches another plot to torment our hapless
Furinkan High friends. Then, when Ryoga suddenly stops transforming
into P-Chan when doused with cold water, all our transforming
friends are hot to know his secret! RANMA 1/2 by the irrepressible
Rumiko Takahashi: Yin and Yang Was Never So Much Fun!ª
Viz Music CD
RANMA 1/2 ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK CD
VOL. 1
17 tracks
stereo, 47 minutes
$16.95 USA/$24.25 CAN
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YA-PA-PA, YA-PA-PA
Now the music of RANMA 1/2 can accompany you wherever you go!
Add the RANMA 1/2 soundtrack to your daily escapades: at school, at
work, at your training dojo! This compact disc contains the opening
and closing songs from the first RANMA 1/2 TV series, plus all the
funky and funny background music as well!
Viz Merchandise
RANMA 1/2 OFFICIAL
FURINKAN HIGH ATHLETIC DEPT. T-SHIRT
heather grey 100% cotton T-shirt
four-color image
available in L, XL
$16.95 USA/$24.25 CAN
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SCHOOL SPIRIT
A 100% cotton heather grey T-shirt just like your old favorite from
high school, imprinted in navy blue with the name of Ranma and
Akane's anything-goes high school athletic department!
Now when you workout, the whole world will
know where your allegiances lie.
Viz Merchandise
OFFICIAL
RANMA 1/2 LOGO P-CHAN T-SHIRT
black 100% cotton T-shirt
image on front
available in L, XL
$17.95 USA/$25.50 CAN
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WEAR IT PROUD
This 100% cotton extremely stylish black "T" proudly displays
the
classic, the original, the official logo of your favorite hit martial
arts sex comedy manga, RANMA 1/2!
RANMA 1/2 HARD BATTLE
BACK TO THE HAPPOSAI
two complete episodes
in English
color, stereo, 52 mins.
$24.95 USA
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GOTTA GET BACK IN TIME
Happosai may be the archetypal dirty old man, but was he a dirty
young man too? Find out when Happosai goes back in time to his
eighteenth year, when he was adventuring in China and met a lovely
young lady namedÉCologne?! Then, when dire financial troubles
strike the Tendo Dojo, Kodachi decides the time has never been
better for her to move in, trust fund and all, and become Ranma's
bride!
RANMA 1/2
VIDEO JUKEBOX
eighteen animated music videos
color, stereo, approx. 27 mins.
$14.95 USA
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FINALLY AVAILABLE INDIVIDUALLY!
Now you too can have the RANMA 1/2 VIDEO JUKEBOX previously
available only with the RANMA 1/2 DIGITAL DOJO BOX SET! This
unique tape includes all seventeen opening and ending music videos
from the hit Viz Video anime series, plus a special bonus track!
Manga Anthology
MANGA VIZION Vol. 3, No. 5
monthly, b&w, 80 pages
$4.95 USA/$6.50 CAN
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FOUR IN ONE
This month, North America's only monthly manga anthology, features
four original stories! The action begins with the conclusion to last
months' graphically beautiful, graphically violent OGRE SLAYER tale
by Kei Kusunoki--followed by a Keiko Nishi science fiction shojo
manga. Plus new stories by manga legends Rumiko Takahashi and
Ryoichi Ikegami.
IN THIS ISSUE:
Rumiko Takahashi's RUMIC THEATER
Sophisticated short stories by manga master Rumiko Takahashi, creator of
RANMA 1/2
and ONE-POUND GOSPEL! In this unusual tale, a young man digging for potatoes
unearths
a living god! The two end up competing in a strange popularity contest
to see who can lead
the better life.
SANCTUARY Artist Ryoichi Ikegami's
SAMURAI CRUSADER
The Kumomaru Chronicles
Quirky, historical action adventure! With all their battles behind them,
our friends go
their separate ways. Ernest Hemingway begins his writing career (and it
promises to be
a good one) and Gigi and Kumomaru take a much-needed vacation and plan
for a brighter
future. Plus, nasty ninja Juzo does not come back to life. Really!
Kei Kusunoki's
OGRE SLAYER
Not Quite Human. Not Quite Inhuman
In the conclusion to last month's story, our intrepid reporter is still
hot on the trail of
the ogres attacking the temples in a rural prefecture. Unfortunately, she
and the priest
of the temple that is next on the ogres' list don't realize that Ogre Slayer
is on their side!
Keiko Nishi's shojo manga
LOVE SONG
A poor girl with a dull factory job in a space colony dreams of a more
glamorous life on
Earth!
Viz Video
ADIEU GALAXY EXPRESS 999
theatrical-length feature
English/subtitled
color, stereo, approx. 130 mins.
$24.95 USA (English)
$29.95 USA (subtitled)
SHIPPING MAY 9
MATSUMOTO'S GALAXY-SPANNING SAGA CONTINUES!
The second feature film based on Leiji Matsumoto's long-running
manga and animated TV series, ADIEU GALAXY EXPRESS, will take you
on a never-ending journey to the stars! You've met Tetsuro Hoshino, a
tempestuous youth seeking revenge for his mother's death, and you
saw the downfall of the machine homeworld. Now you'll discover
more of the secrets of Tetsuro's past when you meet his father--
Faust, the Black Knight! This landmark movie is available completely
uncut and unedited, in both English and subtitled formats, for the
first time ever!
VIZ-IN MAGAZINE Vol. 9, No. 4
$6.00 per bundle of 50
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Your monthly guide to new releases from Viz Comics and Viz Video,
America's manga and anime connection! In-depth sneak peeks at your
favorite manga and anime titles! Don't be misinformed, get Viz-
informed with VIZ-IN!
VIZ-IN Vol. 9, No. 2
Publisher/Seiji Horibuchi
Editor-in-Chief/Satoru Fujii
Editors/Annette Roman and Toshifumi Yoshida
Design & Layout/Hidemi Sahara
Published by Viz Comics. © 1997 Viz Communications, Inc. VIZ-IN is
a trademark of Viz Communications, Inc. All materials included are
the exclusive property of Viz Communications, Inc. No unauthorized
reproduction allowed. All rights reserved. Printed in Canada.
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