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Gundam image ©Sotsu Agency / Sunrise

Cover Images: ©Sotsu Agency / Sunrise; ©Watase Yuu / Shogakukan, TV Tokyo, Studio Pierrot; ©AIC / Pioneer






Anime Expo 1998 has come and gone, and as usual, EX has all the bases covered. Check in to see how the convention went and what news and events occured during the Fourth of July weekend.

Interviews: With AX98 came the Guests of Honor. We sit down with Akitaka Mika (mecha designer for NADESICO), Watase Yu (creator of FUSHIGI YUUGI), and the creative forces behind the new anime/manga TRIGUN—Naito Yasuhiro, creator of the manga, and Yoshimatsu Takahiro, character designer for the anime.



EDITORIAL
The esteemed Editor in Chief waxes poetic about the memories of expos gone by, in "Days Go By, I'm Hypnotized."


LETTERS
Thoughts, questions, and comments from our readers.


NEWS & EVENTS
Guess who's (finally!) coming to town: Bandai announces the creation of a USA anime division and spearheads the charge with the epic MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM; Pioneer jumps on the DVD bandwagon and says sayonara to the laserdiscs; Media Blasters unveils the real lion king.


RIAP WRITES
Scott once again opens the Pandora's Box of fan art with an extensive lesson in "Come On Mylene, or: This Old Art."


RIAP WRITES
The sprawling trilogy of Running Ink's journey to the Silicon Mountain comes to a close with David Ho's "Hitting the Wall."




ANIME
Cowboy Bebop, Master Mosquiton '99, Trigun, Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou, Ruin Explorers, The Silent Service.


MANGA
Shonen Sunday, Calm Breaker, Dragon Head, Geobreeders, Mobile Police Patlabor, Magic Knight Rayearth.


MUSIC
Cowboy Bebop, Welcome to Lodoss Original Soundtrack, Record of Lodoss War TV Single, Maho Tsukai Tai! Best, Tenchi Muyo: Manatsu no Eve Soundtrack.


GAMES
Cowboy Bebop, Chocobo's Mysterious Dungeon, Einhander, Saga Frontier & Breath of Fire III, Tail Concerto.


NEXT
DVD - is it worth it for anime fans?


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