12/09/2008

ANN launches its streaming anime service

Anime News Networks has launched its streaming anime service on Tuesday 2008/12/09 with Kite: Liberator. The OVA, released on DVD by Media Blasters, is streamed (in six parts) in both subbed and dubbed versions, but only for North American viewers (US & Canada).

Give it a look!

(Source: ANN).

11/21/2008

Orders shipped 2008/11/21

All orders (including new subscriptions) received between 2008/11/06 and 2008/11/20 shipped today.

11/06/2008

Orders shipped 2008/11/06

All orders (including new subscriptions) received between 2008/10/31 and 2008/11/05 shipped today.

10/31/2008

Orders shipped 2008/10/31

All orders (including new subscriptions) received between 2008/10/08 and 2008/10/30 shipped today.

10/09/2008

Orders shipped 2008/10/09

All orders (including new subscriptions) received between 2008/10/02 and 2008/10/07 shipped today.

10/04/2008

Orders shipped 2008/10/03

All orders (including new subscriptions) received between 2008/09/26 and 2008/10/01 shipped Thursday (2008/10/02, for Canadian orders) and Friday (2008/10/03, for US & Intl orders).

9/27/2008

Orders shipped 2008/09/26

All orders (including new subscriptions) received between 2008/09/18 and 2008/09/25 shipped Thursday (for Canadian orders) and Friday (for US & Intl orders).

9/23/2008

Chibi-Pa

Next week-end, Claude J Pelletier and Miyako Matsuda will attend Chibi-Pa in Florida. If you can, come to the convention and talk to them.

9/19/2008

Orders shipped 2008/09/19

All new orders (including new subscriptions) received between 2008/9/12 and 2008/9/17 shipped yesterday (for Canadian orders) and today (for US & Intl orders).

9/17/2008

Protoculture Staff Openings: Editorial Intern Wanted

Protoculture Addicts is seeking an editorial intern to assist in editorial duties and earn valuable on-the-job editing experience with a professional publication.

Some editing experience is required; blog editing experience is acceptable.

Applicants should expect to spend 10-12 hours a week performing tasks for Protoculture Addicts, including writing, copy editing and content editing. Strict adherence to deadlines will be expected. Full details of the position will be provided to serious applicants.

To apply, submit your resume and a short cover letter to zac [at] animenewsnetwork [dot] com.

This is an unpaid internship, but it may be eligible for school credit (talk to your school).

9/13/2008

Orders shipped 2008/09/12

All new orders (including new subscriptions) received between 2008/8/22 and 2008/9/11 shipped yesterday.

9/08/2008

PA #97 available in Digital Edition!

PA97For the first time a digital edition of Protoculture Addicts is available at the same time than its print edition!

You can order the digital edition of Protoculture Addicts #97 from DriveThruRPG.com for $4.99 US (instead of $5.95 plus shipping for the print edition), but you can also get it at the special price of $3.99 US if you order from the Protoculture's catalog or through this link.

Issue #97 is dedicated to Aria: The Animation, Black Cat, Claymore, Doujin Work, Gurren-Lagann, Kashimashi: Girl Meets Girl, Kujibiki Unbalance, Maria Watches Over Us, Mokke, Mononoke, Shigurui: Death Frenzy, etc..

If you cannot find the magazine in your local stores, you don't have any excuses not to purchase it as you can now not only mail-order the print edition from our catalog but you can also instantly download the digital edition from DriveThruRPG.com!

Digital editions are the cheapest and fastest way to read the magazine. Give it a try!

A bunch of recent issues also added as eBooks

We are now up to date with the digital editions as the newest back issues have been converted in the eBook format. There is now fifty (50) Protoculture Addicts issues or products available in this format from DriveThruRPG.com!

The latest additions are issues #93 to #96. Click the images to order them with a special discount ($3.99 US instead of $4.99 US on DTRPG or instead of $5.95 plus shipping for the print editions):

         


They are all excellent issues. #93 covers Air, Code Geass, D.Grey-Man, Ghost Hunt, Hataraki-man, La Corda d'Oro, My-Otome, Nodame Cantabile, School Rumble, The Story of Saiunkoku, etc.. #94 covers Bartender, Darker Than Black, Kekkaishi, Kyoshiro and the Eternal Sky, Robotech, Rocket Girls, Soukou no Strain, etc. #95 covers 5 Centimeter Per Second, Appleseed: Ex Machina, Emma: A Victorian Romance Second Act, Evangelion 1.0: You Are (Not) Alone, Gurren-Lagann, Kanon, Kaze no Shoujo Emily, Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit, Romeo x Juliet, Sisters of Wellber, Toward the Terra, etc. #96 covers Angel Heart, Blood+, Cluster Edge, Dennou Coil, Genius Party, iDol Master Xenoglossia, Moyashimon, Ookiku Furikabutte, Rec, xxxHOLiC, etc.

Digital editions are the cheapest and fastest way to read the magazine. Give it a try!

PA #59 is now available as eBook

PA59Protoculture Addicts #59 had been sold out for a while and we have been asked many times when it would be available in a digital edition. Our busy schedule have delayed the conversion for a long time, but wait no more as the eBook of #59 is finally here!

As usual, the eBook is available from DriveThruRPG.com for $3.99 US (instead of $4.95 plus shipping for the print edition--now sold out anyway), but you can also get it at the special price of $2.99 US if you order from the Protoculture's catalog or through this link.

Issue #59 was very popular as it covers Gundam Wings, as well as Gundam 8th MS Team, Corrector Yui, Orphen, The Crest of the Star and Trigun.

Digital editions are the cheapest and fastest way to read the magazine. Give it a try!

9/07/2008

Website updates

We have made minor updates to the website: clean-up of the top page, updated the top menu, updated the “Essential Links” (in the menu), updated the catalog with the newest eBooks, updated the production schedule and the Essential Bibliography.

We have also created a “Follower” section for this blog (located just below the Google Ads), where you can register as an official follower of the blog.

In the same spirit, to help our readers show their interest and support for the magazine, we have created a Facebook group for the fans & supporter of PA.

Please check those out.

8/31/2008

A blog for the voice of Minmei

Rebecca Forstadt, probably better known for being the voice of Lynn Minmei in Robotech (under the name Reba West)—but she is also credited for over eighty voiceworks on the IMDb, has just started a blog and a Facebook group:

http://rebeccaforstadtanime.blogspot.com/

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=22293804834

8/22/2008

PA #97 & new orders shipped

PA97All orders received between 2008/08/08 and 2008/08/22 and orders for Protoculture Addicts #97 (including single copies, subscriptions and distributors' copies) have been shipped.

Distributors (like Diamond Comics Distributor) were shipped last week and got their copies earlier this week. Therefore the magazine should be in comic book stores this week-end (or by the middle of next week).

Canadian subscriptions & small distributors copies shipped yesterday by Canada Post standard lettermail. Canadian subscribers should expect to receive their copies within a few days to a week.

US & Intl standard subscriptions shipped yesterday by Canada Post surface mail and subscribers should expect their copies within 2 to 4 weeks in the USA and within 3 to 6+ weeks overseas.

US & Intl First Class subscriptions, comp list & small distributors copies shipped today by USPS First Class and Priority Mail. First Class / Air Mail subscribers should expect their copies within 2 to 10 days in the USA and within 6 to 10 days overseas.

If you cannot find the magazine in your local stores you can order it directly from us. Remember: the best way to support the magazine is by the word of mouth. Tell your friends about Protoculture Addicts and encourage them to buy it as well.

More information on this issue is available on the Protoculture Addicts #97 web page (click the links for details). It's a pretty good issue and we hope you will enjoy it!

As usual, your feedback would be greatly appreciated. Please let us know what you think of this issue either by e-mail or in the forum!

8/09/2008

New orders shipped 2008/08/08

All back issues' orders received between 2008/06/26 and 2008/08/07 shipped today.

That excludes all #97 single-issue and subscription orders that will ship a little later.

8/07/2008

Update on delayed orders

Our quite small staff was so busy with the production of the magazine lately that we couldn't process orders for a while. All orders received since 2008/6/26 were delayed because of this. We apologize for this delay.

We have now started processing those orders. Some should ship at the end of the week and we should be done catching up on this delay in processing by August 22nd.

For new subscribers, your subscription is starting with the next issue to be released, Protoculture Addicts #97, which is currently at the printer and should ship soon.

Again, we are sorry for this delay and any inconveniences it may have caused you.

We strongly recommand to all our customers to carefully read the information on the web page (shipping policy and Order Status entries) before ordering and to contact us directly if they have a problem. If you have questions about the status of your order, please read this blog entry first.

For now, it is useless to email us inquiries about your order (particularly if your order is less than two weeks old! The use of the internet really makes people impatient...). We cannot process orders if we are all busy answering emails about order status! It is even more useless to file a dispute or claim with PayPal before even emailing us to inquire about the status of your order. First, doing so is rather impolite and, since PayPal freeze the payment for three weeks when a dispute is filed, it will only cause further delay for your order.

Thank you for your patience and understanding.

8/04/2008

Momiji Award




See also this and that blog entries.