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Animage (アニメージュ, Animēju) is a monthly anime and manga magazine published in Japan by Tokuma Shoten since 1978.

History

Animage was established in 1978 as the first magazine devoted to animation and comics aimed at a general public and not professionals. The children's television magazine TV Land nurtured the project of a new magazine when a special edition titled Roman Album Space Battleship Yamato sold at a record 400,000 copies, and permission was granted to launch a monthly anime magazine. The magazine name was chosen by Hideo Ogata, the editor-in-chief of the first issue, "Animage" being a mix of the words "animation" and "image." The first edition of the magazine was published as Bessatsu TV Land. The price was set high at 580 yen to give an impression of luxuriousness. The July 1978 issue sold out 70,000 copies and quickly grew to 250,000 copies.

One of the editorial policies of the magazine was to spotlight creators. Animage was one of the first to develop the strategy of Media Mix (making a franchise grow across several types of media), backing up the productions such as Mamoru Oshii's video animation Angel's Egg and Yoshikazu Yasuhiko's Arion film adaptation. Also, in the August 1981 issue, Hayao Miyazaki, who was beginning to make a name for himself, was featured in the magazine as soon as possible, and then from the February 1982 issue, Hayao Miyazaki serialized the manga Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind in Animage. It led to the establishment of Studio Ghibli. Toshio Suzuki, who would become president of Studio Ghibli, was the editor in charge at that time.

In 1979, Animage established the annual popularity poll Anime Grand Prix to allow readers to vote for their favorite show of the year, their favorite episodes and their favorite characters.

On December, 1982, the first issue of Animage Bunko was published. The magazine celebrated their 20th anniversary on June 10, 1998 (July issue). For that occasion the magazine expanded its format to the current A4 variant format and changed their name to "Animage" in English. However, the name would be reverted back to katakana on the July issue of 2002. Animage opened their official website on June 8, 2007.

Magazines

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1980s

 
Link to this sectionAnimage (October 1989)
Cover Date: October 1989
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  • October 1989 Advertisement

 
Link to this sectionAnimage (December 1989)
Cover Date: December 1989
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  • December 1989 Advertisement

1990s

 
Link to this sectionAnimage (November 1993)
Cover Date: November 1993
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  • November 1993 Advertisement

 
Link to this sectionAnimage (December 1993)
Cover Date: December 1993
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  • December 1993 Advertisement

 
Link to this sectionAnimage (January 1994)
Cover Date: January 1994
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  • January 1994 Promo

 
Link to this sectionAnimage (February 1994)
Cover Date: February 1994
📜 Magazine

  • February 1994 Hiroyuki Kitakubo Interview

 
Link to this sectionAnimage (September 1994)
Cover Date: September 1994
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  • September 1994 Promo

 
Link to this sectionAnimage (October 1994)
Cover Date: October 1994
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Link to this sectionAnimage (November 1994)
Cover Date: November 1994
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  • November 1994 Promo

 
Link to this sectionAnimage (December 1994)
Cover Date: December 1994
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2000s

 
Link to this sectionAnimage (February 2007)
Cover Date: February 2007
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2010s

 
Link to this sectionAnimage (May 2014)
Cover Date: May 2014
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Link to this sectionAnimage (July 2015)
Cover Date: July 2015
📜 Magazine

  • July 2015 Art

  • July 2015, Kakyoin & Jotaro character history

  • July 2015, Polnareff & Iggy character history

  • July 2015, Daisuke Hirakawa & Daisuke Ono Interview 1/2

  • July 2015, Daisuke Hirakawa & Daisuke Ono Interview 2/2

 
Link to this sectionAnimage (May 2016)
Cover Date: May 2016
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  • May 2016 Promo, Pages 50 & 51

  • May 2016, Pages 52 & 53

  • May 2016, Pages 54 & 55

 
Link to this sectionAnimage (August 2017)
Cover Date: August 2017 In Store Date: July 10, 2017[3]
📜 Magazine

  • August 2017 Poster

  • August 2017, Pages 72 & 73

  • August 2017, Page 74

 
Link to this sectionAnimage (September 2017)
Cover Date: September 2017 In Store Date: August 9, 2017[4]
📜 Magazine

  • September 2017 Poster

  • September 2017, Anime Interview

 
Link to this sectionAnimage (October 2017)
Cover Date: October 2017 In Store Date: September 8, 2017[5]
📜 Magazine

  • October 2017 Poster

  • October 2017, Anime Interview

 
Link to this sectionAnimage (November 2017)
Cover Date: November 2017 In Store Date: October 10, 2017[6]
📜 Magazine

  • November 2017 Poster

  • November 2017, Anime Interview

 
Link to this sectionAnimage (November 2018)
Cover Date: November 2018 In Store Date: October 10, 2018[7]
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  • November 2018 Poster

 
Link to this sectionAnimage (April 2019)
Cover Date: April 2019 In Store Date: March 9, 2019[8]
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  • April 2019 Poster

2020s

 
Link to this sectionAnimage (February 2022)
Cover Date: February 2022
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Link to this sectionAnimage (April 2022)
Cover Date: April 2022
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Link to this sectionAnimage (May 2022)
Cover Date: May 2022
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Other Magazines

Prince Animage

 
Link to this sectionPrince Animage (Winter 2013)
Cover Date: Winter 2013 In Store Date: December 2012
📜 Magazine

  • December 2012 Promo

  • December 2012 Promo

 
Link to this sectionPrince Animage (Spring 2013)
Cover Date: Spring 2013 In Store Date: March 30, 2013
📜 Magazine

  • Pages 82 & 83

  • Pages 84 & 85. Interview with Takuya Sato & Yoji Ueda #1

  • Page 86. Interview with Takuya Sato & Yoji Ueda #2

 
Link to this sectionPrince Animage (Autumn 2014)
Cover Date: Autumn 2014 In Store Date: October 2014
📜 Magazine

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