･Tsurumaki Kazuya (Animator, Animation Director) ･Higuchi Kimiko (Manga Artist) ･Hiramatsu Tadashi (Animator, Character Designer on "Kareshi Kanojo no Jijoo") ･Fujita Yukihisa(Manga Artist, Illustrator) This year, GAINAX will release "Choki-Choki Land (Snip-Snip Land)", a collection of my artworks on CD-ROM. This will mark the beginning of my earning royalties on computer! But if it doesn't sell, then my entry into the PC arena will be postponed indefinitely...and you'll never get to see my art. So to all of you who are reading this, kindly consider yourselves volunteers in this effort, and please give me your support! ･Masayuki (Animator, Animation Director) Happy New Year. ･Mizuki Waka(Manga Artist) Happy New Year. There've been numerous delays with my CD-ROM, causing the GAINAX people much inconvenience. (^^;) My apologies. These delays were the result of my getting overly wrapped up in what I was doing. I'll try harder next year, so please let me off the hook this time. ･Marchen Maker (Manga Artist) Happy New Year. My occupation at present is "housewife and lady of leisure". I've retired altogether from manga...Actually, no, I didn't really want to give it up, so I'm doing some occasional work here and there. You might see me in SO-NET's Story-Gate this year. ･Morino Tatsuya (Manga Artist) Happy New Year. 1998 saw the birth of new Japanese Yookai. And as 1999 is supposed to be a year of chaos, there may be even more new ones born this year. Observe them at your leisure. ･Yamaga Hiroyuki (Film Director)