* Clamp's event this summer is "Clamp in Wonderland" in which one of the main features will be the showing of their anime that includes characters from X, Duklyon, Clamp's detectives, Miyuki in wonderland, Magic Knight Ray Earth, RG Veda, Tokyo Babylon, etc. The 2 songs in the anime are written by Ookawa Nanase, and the CD will be on sale Aug 1. The anime is directed by the same director who did "Mermaid Scar", and the character designer is the same one who did "Tokyo Babylon".

* There is a short interview with Clamp in Puff. Talking about the anime, Clamp said, "Since all the characters appeared one by one in only 4 minutes, please stare at the screen." Talking about Clamp's coming schedule, they said, "Because of Ookawa's sickness, we are still taking our rest. From about September, we should be able to start serialising (manga) again. For those who have been worried, thank you very much. Ookawa has such an unbalanced diet and she doesn't eat vegetables at all, and she got scolded by the doctor about that. Everyone please take care of your body as well. "Magic Knight Ray Earth" (serialised in Nakayoshi) will be made into games for Sega Game Gear and Saturn in the near future. And "Miyuki in wonderland" (serialised in Genki-R in Newtype) will also be animated soon. Please look forward to that."

Cynthia

21 Jul 94 09:31
Cynthia Ma: Ozaki Minami news in Puff
The following information on Ozaki Minami is extracted from manga magazine "Puff", August 1994:

* "Bronze" by Ozaki Minami (serialised in "Margaret") will be animated. Titled "Bronze -cathexis-", the video is on sale already, and LD will come out on Jul 27. The anime is 37 minutes, with 5 music videos on 5 songs sung by Nanjou Kouji. The 5 anime are from different directors. There is a segment called "video gallery" which includes 100 original illustrations from Ozaki Minami. This gallery segment is directed by Rintarou, who directed Clamp's video "X". The video is 7800 yen with a telephone card, and the LD is 6800 yen without telephone card.

* Another piece of new on Ozaki Minami. Puff has compiled an ultimate special on Ozaki Minami which consists of original illustrated cover and poster, long interview, famous scenes from manga, catalogue of doujinshi and products, articles on Ozaki Minami and her works that had appeared in Puff, etc etc. Y1200.

Cynthia

21 Jul 94 09:36
Cynthia Ma: Puff news
The following information is from manga magazine Puff #8, 1994:

* To commemorate the finish of manga "Please Save my Earth" by Hiwatari Saki, there is a big special section on this, which includes story brief, relationships of characters, illustrations by Hiwatari Saki, pictures from the OVA, interview with Touma Yumi and Hayami Shou, interview with Hiwatari Saki, and story outline with pages from the manga. This is a great manga. Looks like the last tankoubon will be #21.

* There is a manga by Fukita Kazuhiro (Ushio to Tora) called "The song of palm" (Tenohira no uta?) in Shounen Sunday Extra June.

* Voted by readers, this month most interesting manga are:
1. Angel Eyes (Yoshida Akimi)
2. Please Save my Earth (Hiwatari Saki)
3. Glamorous Gossip (Kazumi)

* A new Animate shop will be opened in Shibuya on August 1.

* Manga tankoubon sales data for May:

Manga no mori (Ikebukuro):
1. Aa megami sama! #10
2. Spriggan #6
3. Lunatic Party #5
4. GS Mikami #12
5. Shadow Skill #2
6. Mr. Veterinarian #12
7. Lodoss War Record #1
8. Wahhaman #4
9. Ushio to Tora #19
10. Lost Unibus (?) #3

Sanseidou South Book Port (Shinjuku):
1. Mr Veterinarian #12
2. Alexandrite #6
3. New I am Shiratori Reiko #3
4. Genji #7
5. Bronze #4
6. Ouke no monshou (Emblem of royal family) #33
7. Soratobu Penguin (Flying Penguin) #8
8. Please Save my Earth #20
9. I love her #4
10. Hajime-chan ga ichiban (Hajime-chan is the best) #12
10. Crystal Lord Opera #9

Kinokuniya bookshop (Okayama):
1. Genji #7
2. Mr Veterinarian #12
3. Aa megami sama! #10
4. GS Mikami #12
5. Lodoss War Record #1
6. Ushio to Tora #19
7. H2 #8
8. Alexandrite #6
9. Dakishimetai
10. New I am Shiratori Reiko #3

Comic Station Ebina (Kanagawa):
1. Mr Veterinarian #12
2. New I am Shiratori Reiko #3
3. H2 #8
4. Genji #7
5. Alexandrite #6
6. Shura no koku #6
7. GS Mikami #12
8. Ushio to Tora #19
9. Aa megami sama! #10
10. Master Keaton #16

* Voted by readers, this month's favourite characters are:
1. Kurama (Yuu Yuu Hakusho)
2. ?no ?aki (Slam Dunk)
3. Koenma (Yuu Yuu Hakusho)
4. Hiei (Yuu Yuu Hakusho)
Yuuki Serika (Anata to Scandal)
6. Nanjou Hirose (Bronze)
7. Marushiro Tera? (Kizuna Series)
8. ?shima Ranmaru (Kizuna Series)
Rukawa Kaete (Slam Dunk)
10. Nanjou Kouji (Bronze)

Others include:
14. Yuusuke (Yuu Yuu Hakusho)
18. 1019 (OZ)
20. Tsukino Usagi (Sailor Moon)
23. Ikeda Mitsuru (Koko wa Greenwood)
Ki (?) (Yuu Yuu Hakosho)
26. Ten'ou Haruka (Sailor Moon)
Izumi Takuto (Bronze)
28. Aino Minako (Sailor Moon)
Ashura (RG Veda)
Kaneda Shotarou (Akira)
Chihaya (Earthian)
29. Izumi Noa (Patlabor)
Mizuno Ami (Sailor Moon)
30. Ushio (Ushio to Tora)
Onikirimaru (Onikirimaru)
Hino Rei (Sailor Moon)
Kino Makoto (Sailor Moon)
Sakurazuka Seishirou (Tokyo Babylon)
Sumeragi Subaru (Tokyo Babylon)
Shiitake (Utsurundesu)
Matsufue Takami (?) (Discommunication)
Miggy (Kiseijuu) (!)
31. (These people got _one_ vote each)
Imonoyama Nokoru (Clamp detective party)
Ebata Katsumi (Genji)
Kishuu Arashi (X)
Kunzite (Sailor Moon)
Saotome Ranma (Ranma)
Shibuya Katsumi (Bronze)
Shirou Kamui (X)
Sumeragi Hokuto (Tokyo Babylon)
Sailor Pluto (Sailor Moon)
Dark Schneider (Bastard)
Son Gokuu (Dragon Ball Z)
Tuxedo Kamen (Sailor Moon)
Chibi Usagi (Sailor Moon)
Terry Bogard (Fatal Fury/Garoudensetsu)
Belldandy (Aa megami sama)
Meiou Setsuna (Sailor Moon)
Yashaou (RG Veda)

* New manga running in magazines include:

- New manga by Shinohara Udou and JET in Halloween, on sale Jul 13.
- An one-off manga by Nakaji Yuuki in Lala, Jul 23.
- An one-off manga by Nishi Keiko in Petit Flower, Jul 26.
- "Sci Fi Motion" by Nagano Noriko in Ascii Comic, Jul 19.

* New manga tankoubon in July that are not in Iain's list:

- Fuhou Kyuuseishu #4 (Shinohara Udou)
- 13 Gakkou Kaidan (JET)
- Anton #2 (Yasuhiko Yoshikazu)
- Blue Blood #3 (Oomi Ran)
- Ittenshikai #3 (Kazumi)
- Sabbath Cafe #6 (Yachi Emiko)
- Rintarou Panic (Takemiya Keiko)
- Doki Doki #10 (Takase Yuka)
- P.A. #4 (Akaishi Michiyo)
- Fushigi Yuugi #10 (Watase Yuu)
- Utsurundesu #5 (Yoshida Sensha)
- Basara #12 (Tamura Yumi)
- Dream Rush! #2 (Fujita Kazuko)
- Ibu no subete (Asagiri Yuu)
- Asari-chan #45 (Muroyama Mayumi)
- Kamisama wa iru no kai? #1 (Tateno Makoto)
- Akachan to boku #8 (Ragawa Marimo)