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In this month's issue: Cover Story: 3 Manga on the Web: MegaTokyo By Alex Brotman Starbucks hot chocolate with no whipped cream. Online identities weighed against real life identities. These topics are just a few that came up in our interview with Fred Gallagher (Piro), author and artist behind the popular online manga MegaTokyo. In our brief discussion with Fred, we learned about many things, from the humble beginnings of MegaTokyo to Piro's thoughts on the large following the site experiences today. Sit back and enjoy the ride as we guide you through several questions that many MegaTokyo readers wish to know the answers to. 4 Real Bout High School By Adam "OMEGA" Arnold All Ryoko wants is to be normal. Instead, she's being hounded by ninjas who want to fight her, girls who want to give her boxed lunches, and boys who will go to any lengths to watch her every move. Welcome to Daimon High School, a school dedicated to martial arts. Daimon is a school where clubs fight it out for more funding and where every day is a brand new experience. 5 Phoenix: A Tale of the Future By Ridwan Khan Osamu Tezuka is well known as the father of anime and manga. With such classics under his belt as Jungle Emperor Leo (also known as Kimba the White Lion), Mighty Atom (released in America as Astro Boy), and Metropolis (recently made into a movie by RinTaro). Despite his many powerful works, Tezuka considered Phoenix as his "life work." Thus, Viz is releasing the second chapter of Phoenix as Phoenix: A Tale of the Future. What happened in the first chapter you might ask? You'd be suprised... Editorial: 6 Chasing Otakuism - You Have No Chance to Survive Make Your Time By Jake Forbes Have you seen the signs? The omens that the world is on the brink of hurtling into the sun? The rising temperatures, the melting of the ice caps, and the packs of crazed animals jumping in front of cars, and - yes, my friends, it's true - just as the game SEGAGAGA prophesied, SEGA rules the video game market with the best games across the board. It has to mean the end. 7 Anime Briefs - April 2002 Reviewed this month: Anime / Domestic 8 Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade Special Edition DVD By Adam "OMEGA" Arnold Anime / Import 9 Cowboy Bebop: Knockin' on Heaven's Door By Alex Brotman Manga / Domestic 10 Marionette Generation Vol.2 By Patrick King Book / Domestic 11 Japanese Cooking By Holly Kolodziejczak Game / Xbox 12 Jet Set Radio Future By Patrick King Game / Dreamcast 13 Sakura Taisen 4 ~ Koiseyo Otome ~ By Ever Cheung CD / Soundtrack 14 Macross Plus: Original Soundtrack II By Ridwan Khan CD / Import 15 Noir Original Soundtrack By Holly Kolodziejczak Web Showcase for April 2002: 16 Moonstruck By Alita

Volume 3, Issue 4 April 2002 Layout Editor Adam "OMEGA" Arnold Content Editor Holly Kolodziejczak Assistant Content Editor Jack Blazkiewicz Webmaster Steve Diabo (Kaneda) Assistant Webmaster Adam "OMEGA" Arnold HTML / Graphic Design Steve Diabo (Kaneda) Translator Ever Cheung Contributing Writers Adam "OMEGA" Arnold, Steve Diabo (Kaneda), Diana Kou, Ever Cheung, Jake Forbes, Ridwan Khan, Rebecca Lee, Holly Kolodziejczak, Danielle D'Ornellas, J.P. Arevalo, Chris Foster, Alex Brotman, Patrick King, Jack Blazkiewicz Business Development Adam "OMEGA" Arnold, Steve Diabo (Kaneda) Public Relations Steve Diabo (Kaneda), Danielle D'Ornellas Animefringe is published monthly by The Animefringe Team. All stories are copyright © 2002 Animefringe. All Rights Reserved. Any and all characters/images displayed are copyrighted by their original creators, and are displayed for informational use only. Please direct all Animefringe-related questions or comments to webmaster@animefringe.com.

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