Contents Masked Battlers for World Peace !: The first annual World Wrestling Peace Festival


Skate for Light: Interview with a renewed skater and an inspired poet.


Mark Ramos Nishita: Blending all types of music


At the movies: The Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film and Video Festival


Leo Zulueta talks about the Modern Primitive punk/tribal crossover tattoo movement.


Chow Yun-Fat: Interview with the star of John Woo's The Killer and Hard Boiled.


In search of ... The Sickest asian Porn Video in the World.


Asian Sexploitation From A to Z.


Cornelius (Keigo Oyamada) Japan's coolest sci-fi rock star.


Annabel Chong: Sex Star

Contents Michelle Khan


Shaolin monks


Manzanar


mobster Tokyo Joe


Peking Man


Footbinding


Sumo sushiman


Thailand


Jaime Hernandez

Contents Tsui Hark


Steve Caballero


Kenji Yanobe


Locke


Asian Race Cars


Margaret Cho & John Woo


DJ Q-Bert


DJ Kid Koala


Cibo Matto


Asian Gambling


Sugarplant

Contents Maggie Cheung


Tokyo Shock Boys


Asian Hot Sauces


Tuvan Throat-Singing


WNBA Giant Zheng Hiaxia


Telephone Psychic


Skatemonks


Ultraman Museum

Contents Asian American Power Movement (60's and 70's)


Jenny Shimizu: the untold story and many facets of rice


Simply Jeff


Slick


Karen Mok


Rumble in the Bronx's Francoise Yip

Contents Jumbo Machinder


Jim Kelly


Kogals


Beat Takeshi


Thai Fruit Carving


Naomi Nishida


Simon Yam


Little Bobdog


Junk Food


Asian squatters in NYC


Pro skater Eric Koston

Contents Jet Li, GR Canned Coffee Taste Test, Singapore, Versus, Squid Fest, NYC/LA/SF Chinatown, Korean Director Park Ki-yong, Skater Jaimie Reyes...

Contents THE NEW DESIGN: Gigi Leung, Iron Chef, Smokin' Chiba, Sumo In Canada, The Moonies, Hi-Standard, Dreams Come True, Congo Part 2...

Contents THE SEX ISSUE: Asia Carerra, Suzi Suzuki, Chinese Sex Secrets, Horny Asians, Japanese School Girls, Love Hotels...

Contents THE FIVE YEAR ANNIV. ISSUE: Money Mark, Cibo Matto, Shu Uemura, DJ Krush, Automator, Beat Junkies , Japanese Cover Bands...

Contents THE MARTIAL ARTS ISSUE: Ming Tran, Shaolin Kung Fu, Matrix Mahem, Tae-Bo Fever...

Contents THE FOOD ISSUE: Margaret Cho, Eat Dogs, Eat bugs and be Lactose Intolerant, Ramen Rankings, Chinese Jamaica...

Contents GET GEEKED: Patricia Lee, Japanese Sugar Fix, Geek Love, Optic Nerve, Tuvan Eagles, Drink Blood, Chorizo and Chow Mein...

Contents CULTS AND RELIGION: Cover by Twist, Doomsday Cults, Happy Buddhas, The Dalai Lama, Puified Soul, Cock Fights, Mock Meat, Godzilla...

Contents DEATH AND DESTRUCTION: Cover by Yoshitomo Nara, 25 Asian Mass Murderers, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon director Ang Lee, Maggie Cheung, Trainhopping in the USA, Giant Robot Awards, Pandas in San Diego, Jets to Brazil, Asian Clown, Greasy Asian Junk Food.

Contents ART ATTACK: Cover by Takashi Murakami, Toys by Michael Lau 'Gardener', Nakahashi's Kamikazes, Inventions, Wong Kar Wai, Psychic Children, Asian Haircuts, dynamoville, Tony Leung!

Contents Jackie Chan, the best. Wing Shya the best designer, Kowloon Walled City the best place to get lost, Beat Takeshi, Mamoru Osh

Contents Chappie Science: cover by Groovisions, interview of them, Wong Jing, Money Mark, Orchids, Hot Tub Monkeys. If you don't have this one, you're missing out.

Contents Knowledge: cover by J. Otto Seibold. 88 Things you should know, the tallest Asian American man, Cheng Pei Pei - the Jade Fox, Tea in China, and much more.

Contents Best in Show: 25 issues! Geoff McFetridge art on the cover, he's the artist who did the titles from Virgin Suicides, but has really done so much more. But you also get the Westminster dog show winner (the handler, not the dog), overnight at the Chungking Mansions, Eric So, Cambodian Landmine Museum, Better Luck Tomorrow.

Contents Cultural Evolution: Ai Yamaguchi art on the cover with interview inside. Manpurses are hot in Japan and we have the story. Also check out Beijing Punks, Peggy Oki (Dogtown girl), Japanese Fightclub, Vietnamese Make-out clubs, and an interview with Mr Shoalin Soccer himself, Stephen Chow.

Contents Folk Ways: Issue 27 features Barry McGee art on the cover with a full interview. Also read on Thai Scrabble Champs, Skater legend Shogo Kubo, Pakistani truckers, Trekking in Mongolia, Thai Horror posters, and Kobayashi the hot dog champ. There's more like toy fight, Nara tattoos, and an interview with Junko Mizuno.

Contents Uprisings: Kozyndan rock. We love them and they did a great cover for us. Designer Noriko Yasuda makes great stuff, Nikki Lee, Chong as in Cheech and Chong, Jon Moritsugu is back, Asian Sports Tragedies, Yellow Peril (racists comic covers), Scooters but Asian ones, JA Concentration camp art, Barry Bonds baseball saga, Margaret Leng Tan, Acid Mothers Temple, Harisu superstar (know her or him?), and author Mian Mian.

Contents Unleashed: Snoopy! Must we say more? Snoopy is a huge hit in Asia! Filmmaker Johnny To, Rinko Kawauchi's photography, Deth P. Sun, Brain Failure, Prodip LazyMuthaFucka, Sung Kang, Jamie Storr, Yao Ming the man (not quite a one on one but it's Yao), Afghanistan photos, Stephen Chao interview, Iron Chef Sakai, a trip to Medicom!, and Os Gemeos

Contents Interviews with Rik Thomas (a former British Special Forces op who turned up in Hong Kong after his bid in Vietnam and wound up dubbing chop sockey movies into English), Chinese actress Shu Qui (City of Glass, Beijing Rocks, Millennium Mambo and the Luc Besson-produced The Transporter) and Danny Pang, co-director of the crossover horror success The Eye.

Contents Kreators: Devil Robots is our cover this issue and they made a custom Tofu robot! Li Zhensheng hid tons of negatives from the Cultural Revolution, and now he speaks, Filmmaker Kim Ki-Duk, Filmmaker Shinsuke Sato pharmacy labels from Cambodia, Moebius, Eishi Takaoka art, the cute Zhao Wei, Deerhoof, the Hello Kitty designer, and Ray Barbee in Japan.