November 1990 Pt. 4 Protoculture Addicts 9.

Protoculture Addicts No.9

The Official Robotech Fan magazine (published quarterly by IANVS PUBLICATIONS)

Protoculture Addicts – The Official Robotech (TM). Fan Magazine (36 pages) Published quarterly by, Ianus Publications, based in Montreal, Québec province, Canada - ISSN 0835-9563 $2.95 CAN $2.50 US

This is only a snapshot of this little fanzine\magazine, that had been waking up Robotech Fans to Anime.

[NOTE: please try and track down your own copy of Protoculture Addicts to fill in the gaps of enjoyment and education.]

Front cover;

INTERVIEW with Streamline Pictures,

SHORT STORIES SPECIAL,

NEWS & REVIEWS,

FAN ART.

It's the Contents page;

EDITORIAL, by JC & AD... Page 3,

THE VOICE OF THE FREEDOM FIGHTERS (LETTERS)... Page 4,

FLOWER OF LIFE;

The Shaping of Protoculture, by Alain Dubreil... Page 6,

Uh?! (9), by Jean Carrieres & Alain Dubreil... Page 7,

Lyrics (5)... Page 9

FANIMANGA (ANIME & MANGA)

Interview with Streamline Pictures Staff;

Carl Macek, by Alain Dubreil... Page 10

Jerry Beck, by Walter Amos... Page 11

News & Reviews, by YM & CJP;

PA News... Page 30

Robotech News... Page 30

Miscellaneous... Page 31

Animation... Page 32

Manga... Page 32

SHORT STORIES

Higher Missions, by Kenneth C. Colman... Page 15

Casualties, by Christian Smith... Page 17

For Bravery Under Fire..., by Jeremy Trabue... Page 21

FAN ART... Page 34

Cover

Contents page 

(so you can see what was read and talked about).

Editorial 

Anime and ROBOTECH clubs.

Part of the Interview with Carl Macek. (of Streamline Pictures).

Part of the Interview with Jerry Beck (of Streamline Pictures).

NEWS

NEWS

FAN ART by;

Alex W. Fong/Phil Moy, C. R. Hover, Jason Minor, Neil Young.

REL RAY published the ROBOTECH novels.

[NOTE: the years have not been kind to the paper, darkening to a brown colour.]

August 1990 Pt.5 Protoculture Addicts No. 8

 Protoculture Addicts No. 8 August 1990 - The Dangaio & Gunbuster issue (Summer 1990)

Protoculture Addicts – The Official Robotech (TM). Fan Magazine (36 pages) Published quarterly by, Ianus Publications, based in Montreal, Québec province, Canada - ISSN 0835-9563 $2.95 CAN $2.50 US

[NOTE: at the time of publishing Back issues: Issues #2 and #3 were  OUT OF PRINT.]

[NOTE: the years have not been kind to the paper, darkening to a brown colour.]

This is only a snapshot of this little magazine with a big heart!

This Issue focuses on Dangaio & Gunbuster, Dirty Pair Designs, Mekton RPG, Short story.
The regular features such  as “The voice of the Freedom Fighters” (the Fan letters page);
Editorial, By JC & AD (Jean Carrieres & Alain Dubreull);

The Shaping of Protoculture; Our Subscription service; Clubs: fan clubs addresses, and “It's dead Jim's Clubs  [deceased fan clubs] 

Pen Pals [out of the 6 pen-pals printed, yours truly Carlo Bernhardi form England was one!]; 

FANIMANGA (had articles on Mekton II RPG: Macross to Mekton Mecha conversion)

Dirty Pair Designs - “A Plague of Angels” Artwork by Adam Warren,

Special Dangaio & Gunbuster U.S Renditions' Robert Napton & David Riddick Interview.

[NOTE: I may review this or summarize the interview if there is demand for it.]

The Art of Dangaio & The Art of Gunbuster

NEWS AND REVIEWS: Animation, Anime for sale, Conventions, Translated Manga,

[Protoculture Addicts had moved to a bigger Office, and hoped to be Bi-monthly in February of 1991]; 

Mangactuality (the expected manga and manga-like [English] publications for July, August, and September)

Front cover - Noriko Takaya & Gunbuster

Back issues.

ROBOTECH Novels .

Contents Page

Editorial Page.

Mangactuality
and 
Fan Art

'Black magic (1-4) Spring 1990

Back cover Ad.

Dangaio & Gunbuster (VHS NTSC tapes 1 episode each) published by U.S Renditions.

[NOTE: I can not do justice of how important 'Protoculture Addicts' was in informing fans and creating a sense of community in the era before the Internet's World Wide Web, and its modern Social media!]