This issue is offering some anime & manga titles to ponder on for the summer and is introducing readers to twelve (12!) anime titles! First, it features spotlights on Saikano (aka She, The Ultimate Weapon), Gilgamesh, Planetes, and Peace Maker Kurogane. It is also offering lots of reviews about books (6), manga (25), anime-related products (11 CD sountracks, 3 non-Japanese animations, 2 models), anime (60) and live-action movies (14) and it covers several festivals (more on the movies seen at last year's Montreal World Film Festival and Fantasia) and conventions (Anime Reactor, Ohayo Con, Ushi Con). Also, more anime are presented in the "Anime Stories" section: Ace wo Nerae, Cromartie High, Full Metal Alchemist, Gunslinger Girl, Ai Yori Aoshi: Enishi, Galaxy Railways, Kaleido Star, and R.O.D. The TV ! Finally, this issue highlights the latest anime & manga news!