IT’S THE GREAT PUMPKIN! by Haruyacchi
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• Inquiries Into Sci-Fi Fan Clubs

• Interviews

• Book Reviews

• Short Stories

Try Calling the Magic Phone

Ao Kobayashi

In this world, my time and your time differ—by three full hours. Each person lives by their own personal clock, a reality even affirmed by the theory of relativity. What makes it possible to share our divided time and space is a piece of cutting-edge technology: the magic phone.

Now, through a call with a friend wandering the remote edges of the universe, her heart is thrown into turmoil.

I Want to Be the Galactic Emperor (2)

Ao Kobayashi

Having awakened to her powers, Kazuki Mikoto has already wiped out every space ant in existence. Her next goal: the annihilation of a small city! After all, to become the Galactic Emperor, one must at least play the role of a true villain. …Hmm. Who could have guessed it would turn out like this? (lol)

Fear by the Water

Inabakozou

I’ve never liked places near water.

When I went shopping one day, I ended up trapped in a home-improvement store as the nearby river overflowed.

The exit—built lower than the riverbank—was completely submerged…

• Serial Stories

Welcome to the Universe! Conquer the universe with a super ancient huge spaceship

Chapter 5. “The Trouble-Buster Beyond the Supercluster”

Ep.65 The Espers’ Galaxy

Inabakozou

Rumor has it that the leader of the Gargantua Church is an outrageous esper. To uncover the truth, Z. Rockfall infiltrates the organization—though he himself possesses psychic powers of terrifying magnitude…

• Animation Checklist

12th

Maigo@Okayama

This is the 12th anime review in which the anime-loving man "Mayoko@Okayama" talks freely about his favorite anime. The anime he has covered this time are as follows:

“Rocket Girls”, “Shuten Dōji”, “Maison Ikkoku”

• The Movie Checklist

Sci-Fi movies and Other Useless Checklists

Yoichiro Sasabe

The following titles were added this time:

“The Box Man”, “Beautiful Star”, “Woman in the Dunes”, “The Mysterians”, “Battle in Outer Space”, “Gorath”,
“(Haru)”, “PERFECT BLUE”, “Paprika”, “69 Sixty Nine”, “HAPPYEND”, “Gojoe: Spirit War Chronicle”,
“Pulse”, “ACMA: GAME The Movie – The Last Key”, “Hellboy”, “Kraven the Hunter”, “The Five Star Stories”,
“MASHIN HERO WATARU: The Seven Spirits of Ryujinmaru”, “Fureru.”, “Bakamono-the idiots”,
“One-Shot Film: "Oi, Dazai"”, “Inu-Oh”, “Blue Giant”, “Between the White and Black Keys”

•Essay

SF Pencees

Yuh Ohmura