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Protoculture Addicts is a North America n Anime and Manga magazine. It is also the name of the company that publishes it. THE MAGAZINE Protoculture Addicts is the oldest Anime and Manga magazines in North America . Its name derives from the popularity of the Robotech cartoon series, and its Deus Ex Machina , Protoculture . It was started as a Robotech Fanzine , became the official (licensed) Robotech fanzine, and then expanded to cover anime in general. The first test release, Issue #0, was published in the fall of 1987 . Issue #1 officially launched the fanzine in the spring of 1988 . It later became a standard commercial magazine. In 2005, with Issue #82, ''Protoculture Addicts'' became ''Anime News Network's Protoculture Addicts'', a sister publication to popular Anime news and information website Anime News Network . THE COMPANY Protoculture Inc, the publisher, used to be called ''IANVS Publications''. It began as a group that made the fanzine ''Protoculture Addicts'' (which went commercial, and also started the company). At one point IANVS published a magazine called Mecha Press , which was focused on mecha, mecha toys and kits, and other things Mecha . It also published the infamous Anime Shower Special (or Anime Shower ) a special comic that featured shower scenes from anime and manga. ''Protoculture Addicts'' is now the primary ''raison d'etre'' for the company. Although it is a North America n publication, it also covers many things about the state of Anime and Manga in France and the French-speaking world. Manga and anime are readily available in Europe, and the magazine was started in Montreal , Quebec , a Francophone region of Canada with a mixture of French and English speakers. Protoculture has also released the English adaptation of ''Anime - A Guide to Japanese Animation (1958-1988)'', an Italian book that chronicles every Anime released between 1958 and 1988 . SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS
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