Contents - EX 4.8

It's been almost three years since DVD debuted and just over a year since EX first looked at the coupling of anime and DVD. In a comprehensive follow-up, we take a look at how far anime DVDs have come and where the future is headed for this digital format.

Still have some last minute holiday shopping left? Still hoping that you'll get that special gift you've always wanted and need to leave some no-so-subtle hints? Charge up, check in, and take a look at what the EX staff suggests as gifts for your friends and loved ones. Happy holidays and best wishes from the staff at EX!

As the busy holidays engulf us, Charles reflects on the storied four year existence of this thing called EX, a subject that has taken his time "Twenty-four Seven."

The usual round of comments and questions from our mailbag.

The Y2K bug strikes Scott's medicine cabinet as he runs out of sanity pills! Kero-chan and Jim Morrison return with some friends to claim Scott's "Predictions for 2000."

It's a grand debate that has preoccupied this country since... the Fifties?? We're not talking about peanut butter here but Chad Kime returns to ask, "How do you like your anime: Smooth or Chunky?"

Angel Links, Gokudou-kun Manyuuki, Brain Powered, The Dog of Flanders, Perfect Blue, Sakura Wars 2, Silent Mobius, Tenchi Forever, Wild Cardz.

Followup reviews:
Battle Athletes Victory, Serial Experiments Lain

Weekly Jump, Shonen Sunday, Doraemon.

Bubblegum Crisis Complete Vocal Collection, Blue Submarine No. 6 Original Soundtrack, Brain Powerd Original Soundtrack.

ChuChu Rocket, Psychic Force 2012, Resident Evil 3, SaGa Frontier 2.

Twenty-Five or Six to Four.

Cover Art Copyright © 1995 Nibariki Co., Ltd. & Studio Ghibli Co., Ltd. Cowboy Bebop Image Copyright © Sunrise. Ponpoko Copyright © Nibariki Co., Ltd. & Studio Ghibli Co., Ltd. Angel Links Image Copyright 1999 Morning Star/Sunrise. Image of Trixie Turnpike Copyright © Jay Fubler Harvey & Hans Raillard.