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October 1989 Cover
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October 1989 Advertisement
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" has nurtured the project of a new magazine. When their special edition "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.
Gallery
December 1989 Cover
December 1989 Advertisement
November 1993 Cover
November 1993 Advertisement
December 1993 Cover
December 1993 Advertisement
February 1994 Cover
February 1994 Hiroyuki Kitakubo Interview
September 1994 Cover
September 1994 Promo
October 1994 Cover
October 1994 OVA Episode 12 Teaser Promo
November 1994 Cover
November 1994 Promo
December 1994 Cover
December 1994 OVA Episode 11 VHS/LD Promo
February 2007 Cover
February 2007 Interview with Katsuyuki Konishi & Hikaru Midorikawa
December 2012 (Prince Animage Winter 2013) Cover
December 2012 Promo
December 2012 Promo
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May 2014 Cover
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May 2014 Promo
May 2014 Interview with Daisuke Hirakawa & Daisuke Ono
October 2014 (Prince Animage Fall 2014) Cover
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October 2014 Promo
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October 2014 Promo
July 2015 Cover
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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
May 2016 Cover
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May 2016 Promo, Pages 50 & 51
May 2016, Pages 52 & 53
May 2016, Pages 54 & 55
August 2017 Cover
August 2017 Poster
August 2017, Pages 72 & 73
August 2017, Page 74
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September 2017 Cover
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September 2017 Poster
September 2017, Anime Interview
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October 2017 Cover
October 2017 Poster
October 2017, Anime Interview
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November 2017 Cover
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November 2017 Poster
November 2017, Anime Interview
November 2018 Cover
November 2018 Poster
April 2019 Cover
April 2019 Poster
See Also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 https://www.magazine-data.com/magazine/animage.html#:~:text=%E9%9B%91%E8%AA%8C%E3%80%8C%20%E3%82%A2%E3%83%8B%E3%83%A1%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A5%EF%BC%88Animage%EF%BC%89%E3%80%8D,1180%E5%86%86%EF%BC%88%E7%A8%8E%E8%BE%BC%EF%BC%89%E3%81%A7%E3%81%99%E3%80%82
- ↑ https://www.j-magazine.or.jp/user/printed2/index
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