Given the haphazard production of both the original anime series and Robotech, plenty of goofs abound, so there’s no shortage of material. The ongoing feature “Uh?! Chronicle of the Odd & Bizarre in Robotech” details various goofs and continuity errors in various episodes of Robotech, the title itself a reference to the “Uh?!” noise characters often made throughout the dub. After that, there’s a brief write-up tallying the results of a reader poll on the most popular male characters (Rick Hunter is #1, while the ubiquitous Robotech narrator is a disappointing #32). The letters page is followed by a brief article explaining the goals of the fanzine and some general information about submitting articles, getting the fanzine carried in more stores and apologizing for not responding to all inquiries due to being busy with studies and the publication itself. One guy brags about having a vanity front license plate on his ’66 Buick that says, “I love MINMEI,” and another sent in this letter straight out of third grade:īelow is something I would like for you to put in the magazine. The first section is a letters page, called “The Voice of the Freedom Fighters.” Most of the letters complain about how hard it is to find Robotech merchandise and how grateful they were to find out about the fanzine. The content is focused on different aspects of Robotech, with a small section in the back about general anime and manga. The layouts and style are rough, and the lack of any professional background really shows through. The issue itself is printed on coarse newsprint in typical comic book dimensions, clocking in at 35 pages. Starting with issue ten, Protoculture Addicts became a general focus anime magazine and has, to date, published nearly 100 issues.ĭated Spring 1989, Issue #4 of Protoculture Addicts was the first to be distributed by Diamond Distributing, which allowed it to reach a wider range of comic and specialty shops in North America.
“Official Fanzine” might be a bit of an oxymoron, but then, Harmony Gold was never the most sensible company. They soon caught the attention of the company that owned Robotech, Harmony Gold, which gave them an ultimatum: give up the fanzine or go professional as the “Official Fanzine” of Robotech. Protoculture Addicts was first published as a Robotech fanzine back in 1987 by French-Canadian college students operating out of a dorm room.
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