Pulp #v2#3
(March 1998)

Viz, 1997 Series
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Volume
2
Price
5.95 USD; 8.00 CAD
Pages
132
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines
For Mature Readers Only
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Viz Communications Inc.
Barcode
782009030737 03
Printer
Printed in Canada
Editing
Seiji Horibuchi (credited) (publisher); Satoru Fujii (credited) (editor-in-chief); Hyoe Narita (credited) (managing editor); Annette Roman (credited) (editor)

Issue Notes

The stories in this manga are flipped from the original right to left Japanese editions.
ISSN 1096-0228.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Dance Till Tomorrow / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
山本直樹 (Naoki Yamamoto)
Inks
山本直樹 (Naoki Yamamoto)
Colors
山本直樹 (Naoki Yamamoto)
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor; romance

Viz-Shop-By-Mail! (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
吉田秋生 (Akimi Yoshida); 池上遼一 (Ryoichi Ikegami); 喜国雅彦 (Masahiko Kikuni); 山本直樹 (Naoki Yamamoto); 松本大洋 (Taiyō Matsumoto)
Inks
吉田秋生 (Akimi Yoshida); 池上遼一 (Ryoichi Ikegami); 喜国雅彦 (Masahiko Kikuni); 山本直樹 (Naoki Yamamoto); 松本大洋 (Taiyō Matsumoto)
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Indicia, table of contents, story and publishing credits. Five small drawings by the listed artists decorate the page.

file # : 004 - Naoki Yamamoto (Table of Contents: 3)

PULPman Profiles / text article / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Synopsis
Brief profile and interview with Naoki Yamamoto

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Banana Fish - Chapter 4: Introductions (Table of Contents: 5)

Banana Fish / comic story / 34 pages (report information)

Script
吉田秋生 (credited as Akimi Yoshida) (story); Rachel Matt Thorn (credited as Matt Thorn) (English adaptation)
Pencils
吉田秋生 (credited as Akimi Yoshida) (art)
Inks
吉田秋生 (credited as Akimi Yoshida) (art); Cato (credited) (touch-up art)
Letters
Cato (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Just as I thought.
Genre
drama
Characters
Ash; Skip; Shunichi Ibe; Eiki Okumura; Marvin
Reprints
  • from ?

Strain - Chapter Four: Komagatake (Table of Contents: 6)

Strain / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script
史村翔 (credited as Buronson) (story); Yuji Oniki (credited) (English adaptation)
Pencils
池上遼一 (credited as Ryoichi Ikegami) (art)
Inks
池上遼一 (credited as Ryoichi Ikegami) (art); Cato (credited) (touch-up art)
Letters
Cato (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Komagatake? You mean this mountain?
Genre
crime
Characters
Mayo; Shion; Yang; Sai
Reprints
  • from ?

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Hi-fi/Lo-fi / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
Yuji Oniki (credited)
Letters
typeset

Synopsis
The column covers music by Ken Ishii and Omoide Hatoba

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 2 pages (report information)

Heartbroken Angels #4 (Table of Contents: 9)

Heartbroken Angels / cartoon / 7 pages (report information)

Script
喜国雅彦 (credited as Masahiko Kikuni) (story); Ben Joe Wadoko (credited) (English adaptation)
Pencils
喜国雅彦 (credited as Masahiko Kikuni) (art)
Inks
喜国雅彦 (credited as Masahiko Kikuni) (art); Cato (credited) (touch-up art)
Letters
Cato (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Take that, Kunio!!
Genre
humor
Reprints
  • from ?

Dance Till Tomorrow - Act Six: An Actor's Life (Table of Contents: 10)

Dance Till Tomorrow / comic story / 18 pages (report information)

Script
山本直樹 (credited as Naoki Yamamoto) (story); Rachel Matt Thorn (credited as Matt Thorn) (English adaptation)
Pencils
山本直樹 (credited as Naoki Yamamoto) (art)
Inks
山本直樹 (credited as Naoki Yamamoto) (art); Dan Nakrosis (credited) (touch-up art)
Letters
Dan Nakrosis (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
But if we rent period costumes, it'll cost us a hundred thousand yen, and then we have to build sets to go with them, right?
Genre
humor; romance
Characters
Suekichi Terayama; Aya Hibino; Masami Shimomura; Koki Karawarai
Reprints
  • from ?

Dance Till Tomorrow - Act Seven: Dual Duel (Table of Contents: 11)

Dance Till Tomorrow / comic story / 18 pages (report information)

Script
山本直樹 (credited as Naoki Yamamoto) (story); Rachel Matt Thorn (credited as Matt Thorn) (English adaptation)
Pencils
山本直樹 (credited as Naoki Yamamoto) (art)
Inks
山本直樹 (credited as Naoki Yamamoto) (art); Dan Nakrosis (credited) (touch-up art)
Letters
Dan Nakrosis (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
What's it say? What's it say?
Genre
humor; romance
Characters
Suekichi Terayama; Aya Hibino; Masami Shimomura; Koki Karawarai
Reprints
  • from ?

All Things Must Rot (Table of Contents: 12)

PULP CULT / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
Patrick Macias (credited)
Pencils
日野日出志 (credited as Hideshi Hino)
Inks
日野日出志 (credited as Hideshi Hino)
Letters
typeset

Synopsis
A column on Hideshi Hino.

Indexer Notes

Two drawings by Hideshi Hino are included- one from Panorama of Hell, the other from Kaiki! Shinin Shojo

Japanese RPGs: From Fandom to Big Business (Table of Contents: 13)

j-pop.hard.copy / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
鳥山明 (credited as Akira Toriyama)
Inks
鳥山明 (credited as Akira Toriyama)
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

This article covering Japanese RPGs includes two small illustrations by Akira Toriyama from Dragon Quest VI

Black & White - Skirmish 4: Beware Of Midnight Strolls (Table of Contents: 14)

Black & White / comic story / 18 pages (report information)

Script
松本大洋 (Taiyō Matsumoto) (credited as Taiyo Matsumoto) (story); Annette Roman (credited) (English adaptation); Lillian Olsen (credited) (translation)
Pencils
松本大洋 (Taiyō Matsumoto) (credited as Taiyo Matsumoto) (art)
Inks
松本大洋 (Taiyō Matsumoto) (credited as Taiyo Matsumoto) (art); Cynthia Bergst (credited) (touch-up art)
Letters
Cynthia Bergst (credited)
Editing
Jason Thompson (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Ook ook ook!
Genre
adventure
Characters
Black; White
Reprints
  • from ?

Pulp Friction (Table of Contents: 15)

PULP FRICTION / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Annette Roman (credited)
Letters
typeset

Synopsis
The debut of the new letter column title.

Comin' Up, Next Month, Get PULPED With... (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Dragon Ball Z - The Fight Continues! (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Dance Till Tomorrow
  2. 1. Viz-Shop-By-Mail!
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
  4. 3. file # : 004 - Naoki Yamamoto
    PULPman Profiles
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
  6. 5. Banana Fish - Chapter 4: Introductions
    Banana Fish
  7. 6. Strain - Chapter Four: Komagatake
    Strain
  8. 7. [no title indexed]
    Hi-fi/Lo-fi
  9. 8. [no title indexed]
  10. 9. Heartbroken Angels #4
    Heartbroken Angels
  11. 10. Dance Till Tomorrow - Act Six: An Actor's Life
    Dance Till Tomorrow
  12. 11. Dance Till Tomorrow - Act Seven: Dual Duel
    Dance Till Tomorrow
  13. 12. All Things Must Rot
    PULP CULT
  14. 13. Japanese RPGs: From Fandom to Big Business
    j-pop.hard.copy
  15. 14. Black & White - Skirmish 4: Beware Of Midnight Strolls
    Black & White
  16. 15. Pulp Friction
    PULP FRICTION
  17. 16. Comin' Up, Next Month, Get PULPED With...
  18. 17. [no title indexed]
  19. 18. Dragon Ball Z - The Fight Continues!
This issue was modified by, among others
  • EK
  • Steven Samuels
  • Ramon Schenk