AnimeUK Magazines 1992 -

AnimeUK Magazines in 1992 

Number 2 SPRING (JUNE/JULY) 1992 

Click on the above TAB "AnimeUK Magazine 1992"

OR 

Click on this link, 'AnimeUK Magazines 1992'.

To save on scrolling, if there are multipule years when the magazines were published, then each year of Publication will have its own Page\TAB.

[NOTE: Once I have a good understanding of what issues were printed in Volumes 1, 2, and 3, and the rebooted in the NEW Series, it is my hope to upload them.]

Showing some of the 'Classics', 

and AUK Subscription.

Showing some of the 'Classics', 

and AFX Subscription.

AnimeUK Magazine DEC91

 AnimeUK Magazine December 1991

In the Winter of 1991\1992  'AnimeUK Magazine' was first published, costing about £3.50?

With 30 numbered pages, excluding the front and back 4 side pages.

Click on the above TAB "AnimeUK Magazine December 1991"

OR 

Click on this link, AnimeUK Magazine 1.

[NOTE: it would be June\July of 1992 for the Spring issue, number 2, and issue number 3 was to be on sale on the 8th. of August 1992, as it was hoped to be a quarterly publication.]

[NOTE: No Barcode, and No ISBN number, for this publication.]

February 1991 Pt. 4 AnimeUK Newsletter

AnimeUK Newsletter  Issue 4 February 1991

More to follow.......

December 1990 Pt6. AnimeUK Newsletter

The ANIME UK newsletter Issue 3. December 1990

AnimeUK Newsletter,Consisting of 23 pages, #3 December 1990. Editor: Helen McCarthy.  And was available by subscription only, photocopied and mailed to subscribers on a bi-monthly basis (6 per 12 months). Subscription rates were to be: UK £6, Europe £8, USA £10, Australasia £12, Asia £12. 

A review, and look back on what was in minds of Anime Fans in the United Kingdom approaching the end of the year, that first saw a few like-minded individuals join together and create a nexus that would expand to small groups, and plant the seeds of an Anime Fandom, and would encourage retail companies that Animation was not Kids stuff, of Saturday morning cartoons. Contributors and readers alike did their part, in what today (post 2022) is pitifully slow in gaining momentum and numbers, compared to the rise of social media. 

Devilman artwork by Steve Kyte.

This is the start of print run from October's Volume 1 Issue 2 of 1990, and over a year later the issue published would be Volume 2 Issue 6 October 1992 (the last issue I have), and the.

[NOTE: Helen McCarthy was kind enough to let me know, that “Anything not credited in the newsletter is usually by me”. (July 2020)]

[NOTE: That in the days of scissors, paper, and glue (the real CUT & PASTE of Desk-Top-Publishing), and typewriters and their like (even before Word processors), all to be photocopied and stapled by hand, you can see the dedication in individually drawing the page numbers freehand.  Such was the love and motivation for cartoon for a mature audience.]

EDITORIAL;

“KONNICHIWA!" 

“First of all thanks to DEAN HEATHCOTE who has provided our first-ever FREE GIFT -  the issue of his comic HEITAI enclosed with this issue of ANIME UK.  All comments and feedback will be appreciated and should be sent to Dean at the address inside the back cover  -  with your subscription, of course. “

“Thanks to everyone who's commented on A.UK so far -  all favourably, which is nice for the ego but doesn't make for a riviting, kicking-and-screaming, controversial letter-column!   This, by the way, has a new name (ANIME PLUS, the “plus” being you, gentle reader) and logo, courtesy of MARK JOHNSON -  thanks, Mark”

“Two bits of good news: Dean H.  tells me that AKIRA (English dub) goes on sell-thru in the US in January 91, so get your orders in to American penpals now;  and a friend in Japan writes that after financial holdups and undercetainty CTBER CITY OEDO 808 #2 goes on sale in Jaan on 28th Dec. I hope to have a copy sometime in January.”

“Here's wishing you all a very merry Christmas with lots of animegoodies in your stockings (I'll settle for another Char in mine, this time in 3D, but that's another story..)  and a great New Year.   See you at the end of February 1991 with A. UK 4!”

“All views and opinions expressed herein are the personal views and opinions of the writer.   Accuracy of information contained herein is always striven for but cannot be absolutely guaranteed!”

ANIME UK is a non-profit fan publication and recognises and upholds the copyrights of the creators of the various works of which it mentions for review, discussion and information purposes.  

With this proviso, all artwork and writing herein is copyright to the artist or writer and may not be reproduced in any form for any purpose without their prior permission.   The Editor will forward requests for permission to republish articles appearing here in other fanzines,”

“BITS AND PIECES”

AKIRA finally premieres in London in the English-speaking version at the ICA from 25th. January.   Book now!!”

“Many thanks to DAVE ROW whose generosity in printing the first run of A-UK 2 for free has enabled me to run a higher page count than expected this time.”

“Some of you will have found an extra freebie apart from HEITAI in your envelope – a poster, cutting [Carlo's NOTE magazine cutting\scrap page] or one of those inimitable magazine giveaways so beloved of the Japanese.   Thanks to STEVE RYTE who has gone through our anime bits & pieces for doubles and unwanted items, these small anime goodies go to subscribers whose names have come up in this issue's lucky dip.   I'll continue to do this as long as the goodies last.   )I may also slip something the way of the author/s of my favourite contritions in each issue too, editorial bias being what it is!)

CONTENCE PAGE

Contributors to this issue; 

Writers;

Page  2-4 Editorial, credits, bits & pieces

Page 5 ART OF THE DIRTY PAIR reviewed by DENZIL J. BROWN

Page 6 AKIRA reviewed by ANTONY JACKSON

Page 7 THE MIYAZAKI PROJECT – report from HARRY PATNE

Page 8 FORGOTTERN FLEETS OF YAMATO: PAUL DAVISON – imagines the Space Cruiser's sister ships.

Page 9 CONCERT II  - CON  review by HARRY PAYNE.

Page 9 – 10 CONVENTION NEWS by HM

Page 11 BRIAN FLANAGAN reports on the latest VCR tech [note that's Analogue Video cassette Recorder]

Page13 – 15 STEVE KYTE looks at the kits recently available in 'Forbidden Planet'.

Page 16 -18  CITY HUNTER: PETER R. EVANS reviews.

Page 20 – 23 ANIME PLUS: letters

Contributors to this issue; 

ARTISTS;

Page 2 & 5 STEVE KYTE (from A- CLUB (who probably ripped 'em off from NEWTYPE!)

Page 4 PETER EVENS

Page 8 PAUL DAVISON

Page 10, 11  VAUNDA K. PERRY

Page 12 TREVOR BROWN

Page 15 top DEAN HEATHCOTE

Page 15 bottom PETER MILLIGAN

Page 18 PETER R. EVENS

Page 19 DIEGO PARONI

Page 21  VAUNDA K. PERRY

Page 23 STEVE KYTE

LOGO & FOOTERS by GRAHAM BLEATHMAN

LETTER COLUMN LOGO by MARK JOHNSON

Thanks to everyone who's contributed!

JAPAN CENTRE PART TWO  is just a few yards further down Brewer Street [Carlo adds, LONDON, ENGLAND] than the original shop and is devoted entirely to anime and video hire. [Carlo adds, renting VHS video cassettes, see example 'Blockbuster Video']   Prices convert roughly yen to penny but there are a few bargains.   Club membership costs £5 with a £50 deposit (returnable on leaving) and hire charges £1.50 - £2.00.   Anime on shelves included ZGUNDAM, LUPIN III, LAPUTA, CITY HUNTER.  Open 10 – 6 Mon-Sat, 11-7 Sun.

LATE ADDRESS INSERT: ROBERT J CLIFFORD III  JAPAN. US Navy professional involved in Anglo-Japanese manga etc translation group, would like to hear from anyone interested in working on translations.  Costume fan/photographer, another nice American fan I met at ConFiction.

Page 5 ART OF THE DIRTY PAIR – STANDARD EDITION: SEXY TWO reviewed by DENZIL J. BROWN 

[A colour ART book of about 90 pages (with only 2 pages with any text), that may cost you £20 - “Well, does the book live up to its Title?  The answer is yes, if you're an anime fan”.]

Page 6 AKIRA reviewed by ANTONY JACKSON

Akira – 124 mins – Sereo – Digi/Auto CX

Cat. No. SF070-1550 – Letterbox – Gatefold Sleave – 7000 Yen

“A superbly animated film that is NOT for kids. A mixture of Blade Runner, Scanners and A Clock work Orange, it is a very violent film.”

Antony Jackson scores the film a 9 for Picture, 8 for sound, and an overall score of 10

Page 7 THE MIYAZAKI PROJECT – report from HARRY PATNE

The Nausicaa Filmbook, “Roman Graohic Album extra 61”. A4 size, perfect bound, 180 pages (40 pages of production notes).  Published by Tokuma Shoten: cover price 920 Yen.

A copy could be procured from 'Books Nippon' (Japanese book shop behind Saint Paul's Cathedral London) for maybe £8.44 to £10.00, sending a £5.00 deposit for Mail-Order is best.

Other 'Roman Graphic Albums' are also available from 'Books Nippon'; Laputa the flying Island, “Mt neighbour Totoro, Kiki's delivery service.

Page 8 FORGOTTERN FLEETS OF YAMATO: PAUL DAVISON – imagines the Space Cruiser's sister ships.

No. 1 The Space Battleship Yamashiro, and engagements with Gamilas Space dreadnaughts, based upon eyewitness accounts of the time.

Page 9 CONCERT II  - CON  review by HARRY PAYNE.

Page 9 – 10 CONVENTION NEWS by HM

OTHER CONVENTION NEWS 

SPECULATION, the 1991 Eastercon in Glasgow, has approached me to contribute to the video programme.  (they actually asked me to run it but I didn't fancy working 24 hours a day for the whole Easter weekend – you only do that if you're mad, or a techie, or both.)  This means there will be anime at SPECULATION, about 4 hours a day.  I will of course bring as much hot new-release stuff as I can get sent from Tokyo in the week before the Con, but if anyone has any special requests I'm open to suggestions.  Registration is currently £25 and I don't yet know the room rates.

MASQUE

is to be held early in 1992 and will be the UK's first-ever costume convention.  All types of dress – historical, roleplaying, TV or film reproduction or just plain silly will be worn and welcomed.

There will be an art show, dealers' room and film/video programme all revolving round costume, and a full workshop programme to increase your costuming skills.

If You've ever wanted to strut your stuff as Minmei or Harlock, make a Knight of Gold from cornflake boxes or hammer out a perfect Dunbine armour from sheet metal, this conis for you.   It's also for you if you want to model, as costume-makers always need them, take pictures or just admire.  For more details contact MELUSINE... Borehamwood, Herts, enclosing an SSAE please.

AnimeCon 91, the American manga/anime convention in San Jose, has confirmed 9 Japanese guests including Matsumoto (Harlock), Mikinoto (Macross, Megazone 23), Sadamoto (Oneamis) and Otomo (AKIRA), plus 4 US manga pros.   The Con runs from 30th. August – 2nd. September and you can get details from 3145 Geary Blvd, Suite 524, San Francisco, CA 94118.   Membership are currently $35 and room rates $62 single to $81 quad.   If anyone's thinking of going please let me know.

ANIME SHOWINGS IN LONDON

SAT 19TH JANUARY 1991

Host: Jay Felton

SUN 17TH FEBRUARY 1991

Host: Helen McCarthy/Steve Kyte

SUN 17TH MARCH 1991

*Host: Helen McCarthy/Steve Kyte

SAT 27TH APRIL 1991

Host: Jay Felton

SUN 26TH MAY 1991

Host: Helen McCarthy/Steve Kyte

INFO & NEWS from ROGER DUARTE

ADVENTURE!  ICZER-THREE will be a six part OVA; part One was released 25th. Oct 1990.

the GATCHAMAN series has been released on LD [Laser Disk, an analogue optical disk the size of a vinyl LP record] at a whopping 150,000 Yen!

Page 11 BRIAN FLANAGAN reports on the latest VCR tech  [note that's Analogue Video cassette Recorder]

THE NTSC/PAL BARRIER – SOON TO BE BROKEN?

[note that's Analogue Video cassette Recorder, and that Anime from Japan has been recorded using the Television format of NTSC, that has a different picture frequency, and ]

Also from the Letters page, was the added information, from Brian Flanagan, of a company that converts VHS tapes from NTSC to PAL;

"REAL VIDEO, 17 Cavedish Raod, London NW6 7XT - Rob Prince, charges apx £12 an hour plus VAT to convert NTSC to PAL."

Page13 – 15 STEVE KYTE looks at the kits recently available in 'Forbidden Planet'.

Page 16 -18  CITY HUNTER: PETER R. EVANS reviews.

   

Page 20 – 23 ANIME PLUS: letters

Tom Edge from Western Australasia writes about how he and his Anime fan group got to read the AnimeUK Newsletter via a “Finnish” contact, and how Anime groups are forming everywhere.  And they sympathise regarding our video format problems, and in their case solved the issue by getting tapes from Hong Kong.

New subscriber Robert L. Davies, mentions that 'CARDIFF FANTASY CENTRE' (that are only Open on Saturdays), will find and order Manga comic-books for you.

And hoped to start a LIST of people's 'TOP 5' Anime\Manga, he starts off;

Manga; AKIRA, DOMINION, OUTLANDERS, APPLESEED, BLACK MAGIC.

[NOTE: at the time there were NO dedicated retail Anime labels\companies in the UK. For Anime]

[NOTE: Helen writes that “interesting letters, the first 2 of which come from people who haven't even seen ANIMEUK! (not sure if that makes us famous or notorious...)

Philip Reeder, wrote; “I have for many years been collecting robot model kits”, and he had seen a poster in the 'Sheffield Space Centre', [Helen notes that the poster didn't mention kits at all, just AUK..]

Eric O. Hunting from New Jersey USA, wrote to ask for help in sharing sources for videos, and  tape trading.  As  “New Jersey being the cultural no-mans-land it is, I've had difficulty acquiring Japanimation videos”.

[NOTE: Regarding modern copyright and publishing online;  Helen McCarthey wrote “I don't have a problem with any of it, it seems reasonable. As far as I am concerned you can reproduce anything I wrote in full, But that would put pressure on other contributors.”] 

[NOTE: As a publication which was circulated, my understanding is that anyone may legally quote up to 10% of any article or chapter within such a publication for research or scholarly purposes, with appropriate credit to the author/rights holder.   All AUK articles gave us first periodical rights so all rights now belong to the authors.   Image rights are different, they belong to the rights holders and may not be reproduced without their prior permission for any purpose.] 

LAYOUT of December 1990's issue of the AnimeUK Newsletter;

Pages One to Six,

Pages Seven to thirteen,

Pages Fourteen to Nineteen,

Pages Twenty to Twenty Three,

[NOTE: Page Twenty four added is the Contact list of those that have joined the subscription, and are playing a passive or active role in being part of the United Kingdom's First Anime Fandom! With a Total Number of 35 as of December 1990. Only 8 months after Easter Con '90]

[NOTE:Freebie - poster, cutting or magazine giveaways,

[NOTE: Dave Row - Paid for the printing for AUK issue 2,

[NOTE: ICA to be FIRST show Dub of AKIRA on 25th. January 1991 in LONDON,

[NOTE: Anime video rental from JAPAN CENTRE (Brewer Street, London) Membership £5 + £50 deposit Cost £1.50 - £2.00,

[NOTE: Philip Reeder saw a AUK poster in Sheffield Space Center!

October 1990 Pt.7 AnimeUK Newsletter

AnimeUK Newsletter.

AnimeUK Newsletter, Consisting of 16 pages, #2 October 1990. Editor: Helen McCarthy.  And was available by subscription only, photocopied and mailed to subscribers on a bi-monthly basis (6 per 12 months). Subscription rates were to be: UK £6, Europe £8, USA £10, Australasia £12, Asia £12. This is the start of print run October Volume 1 Issue 2 of 1990, and over a year later the issue published was Volume 2 Issue 6 October 1992 (the last issue I have).

What next arrived in October by post was “AnimeUK” the Newsletter of the UK's fledgling Anime Fandom, with its welcoming greeting of “Konnichiwa!” 

This newsletter was in response to the Questionnaire that went out with the proto “AnimeUK” Newsletter\Post Easter Con anime report, that was sent to 27 recipients, it was Helen's thought to ensure a wider circulation of Anime and easier contact between fans, would be to do a newsletter and fanzine which would at least provide a point of contact to start with.

There maybe surviving questionnaires in someone's attic?

Looking for News, Views and Reviews.

Contributors to this issue;

AnimeUK Logo and Footer by Graham Bleathman

[NOTE: “I did the logo for both the b/w newsletter and the colour magazine that followed.” says Graham.]

Art contributions by;

Peter Evans (page 4, & page 9)

Dean Heathcote (page 1, 12, & page 15)

Steve Kyte (page 6, & page 16)

News, Views and Reviews by;

Helen McCarthy (page 2, page 3 & half of page 4)

David Row (page 5)

Helen McCarthy (pages 6 & 7)

Richard Poffley (page 8 & 9)

Carlo Bernhardi (page 10 & 11)

Dean Heathcote (page 12)

Jim Swallow (page 13)

Jay Felton (page 14 & 15)

Peter Milligan (page 16)

ConFiction – THE WORLDCON REPORT. By Helen McCarthy (pages 2-4)

Helen's convention report covered the location and costs, and information on the number of attendees, including how her short Anime programme was received, and the Anime panel that Steve Kyte, and the honored guest Mr. Osaku attended, as well as the now obligatory account of the 'Dealer's room'.

“ ConFiction, The 48^th World Science Fiction Convention, was held in the Nederlandse Congresgebouw, Den Haag, The Netherlands from 23^rd -27^th August 1990.” “With less then 3,000 attending members it was one of the most thinly attended Worldcons of recent years and, in Particular, many of the registered American attending members didn't show.”

[NOTE: That the exchange rate for domestic currency (the American dollar, and the English pound) for many convention goers may have played a high contributing factor for them not being able to attend a convention in the Netherlands. Cost for attending members was about £65 for the 5 days, as well accommodation cost of £16 per night upwards.  Adding to this, the US's concerns about the War in the Middle East!!]

The short anime programme that Helen ran, was only about fifty yards away from the main building, located in one of the smaller meeting rooms in the 'Bel Air' Hotel, and ran for 4 hours per day, it was well attended, and with a noticeable “hard core”of 20 regulars per session. Some of the Anime that was showcased was as follows; Cyber City Oedo 808, Back Magic marionette M-66, Project A-KO, Megazone 23 Part II, Patlabor, Bubblegum Crisis.

There was an Anime panel, and apparently “Fred Patten” was due to be on that panel, but was a no-show, leaving Steve Kyte to became its moderator and, Mr. Osaku and his translator as the attendees. The room that the panel was in, was attended by about 200 people. Later Mr. Osaku was able to show “DORAEMON THE ATOMIC CAT” (translated for American TV).

[NOTE: in regards to the Dealer's Room, out of all of the SF dealers that were present, only two examples could be found that had any Anime merchandise at all.]

  

BITS & PIECES

Page 5. Was split-up into a few sections of different announcements; 

David Row's plans for a “Tapelist database”; 

Anime screenings (at Helen's home in London, 1 in November and 1 in December); 

Peter Evans tells us about JSTV – the satellite channel for expats, is soon to show an Anime series (a cookery show); 

DEPARTMENT OF ABSOLUTE ENVY (Patrick Collins is in Tokyo and in 1991 so will Peter Evans); 

ITALIAN ANIME CLUB (Japanime Fans Club, Pietro Da Lissone M 13, 20035); 

KITS – Available from Sheffield Space Centre (Bandai GUNDAM kits in stock, and Rick Cowling writes article that's in “Model and Accessories Mart”, and plugs Paul Davison's anime Group); 

BSB showed “Power of the Lens” (again).

REVIEWS:

Pages 6 & 7 had Anime reviews of NEW Devilman OVA, and CYBER CITY OEDO 808 OVA by Helen McCarthy.

Pages 8 & 9 consisted of the article, 'Anime Clubs in the USA' by Richard Poffley

(EDC Animation Society – Dallas, Texas, AND Anime Hasshin – Warren, Rhode Island, and The C/FO – Culver city California, as well as a BBS run by Animag)

Pages 10 & 11 also had a Review; The story of GUNHED - the live action movie explained by Carlo Bernhardi, Anime Kyo UK

[NOTE: a short review of the video game GUNHED for the PC Engine, and the EDITOR'S NOTE : “Carlo kindly sent me 2 pieces of artwork copied from a GUNHED article, but they were too dark to reprint”.]

On Page 12 we can see an article entitled FIRST SIGHT – Video reviews by Dean Heathcote

reviews covered UK VHS releases; 'Warriors of the wind' and 'The World of the Talisman'.

Page 13 had OVERVIEW - a look at some recent publications by JIM SWALLOW

The overviews covered were; Mangajin Volume 1 No 1. (magazine), AND GUNDAM MOBILE SUIT VOLUME 1 : Awakening (novel by Yoshiyuki Tomino \ Translated by F. L. SCHODT).

Pages 14, 15 & 16 were given over to the Letters sent to the Editor.Jay Felton and Peter Milligan Wrote in to gives their views.

[NOTE: from the Editor “OK, OK, it's not a great title for a letter column – if you have a better suggestion let's hear it.]

Jay Felton Writes:

Jay Felton wrote on such topics as APAs (Amateur Press Association – Fan fiction self publishing); plans to create a guide for new fans to be able to find local groups in UK. Jay was also toying with the idea of a fun topic to have in the Newsletter themed around 'Desert Island Disks' just this time it would be what Anime film or OVA would you take with you?! The subject of dealing with those that Bootleg VHS anime tapes also came up.

Peter Milligan Writes:

"Mark (one of the owners) at “Fantasy Inn” has a Anime Fanzine in the works, and was due to be out in September" Peter lets the readers know that most video dealers (retail) you could order videos of the following;

WARRIORS OF THE WIND, Vestron, £7.99

CRUSHERS, MY-TV, £5.99   [Running Time Approx 89 minutes/Colour] 

ONCE UPON A TIME , MY-TV, £5.99  [92 minutes of Cartoon Fun] 

ROBOTECH episodes, £5.99  [Running Time Approx. 48 mins.]

ROBOTECH: THE SENTINELS, £7.99

Helen McCarthy in reply to Peter Milligan mentioned that the cost of converting 1 two hour NTSC VHS Tape to a Pal VHS tape - was £20 plus VAT!  

[NOTE: I have not found any other news on this front of a Fanzine! 'Fantasy Inn' was at 17 Charing Cross Road (under 'The Book Inn') London, England, the only other scrap of news on the Web I can find is that "This shop burnt down in 1991", but I have no other confirmation on this at this time.]

[NOTE: these retail VHS tapes were sold as kids cartoons, in English, as they have been Americanized, and edited for the children's market – the cover Art was just awful!]

I would like to say that the momentum of this London based nexus spread out across the country, not just a Pen-Pals contact list, but an inviting community that you could if you so wished, contribute to with your news, views and reviews in regards to all things Anime and Manga and letters to the Editor about this new Fandom in the UK.  All were welcome.

In the days of scissors, paper, and glue (the real CUT & PASTE), and typewriters and their like, all to be photocopied and stapled by hand, you can see the dedication in individually drawing the page numbers freehand.

AnimeUK Newsletter.

AnimeUK Newsletter.

AnimeUK Newsletter.

[NOTE: Helen McCarthy was kind enough to let me know, that “Anything not credited in the newsletter is usually by me”. (July 2020)]

[NOTE: 2020 was to see a 30^th anniversary celebration of the 1990 World Convention Confiction, but sadly it was cancelled due to COVID19. (For more details click the link)]  

Just a reminder that this was the face of poor marketing... aimed at children and their parents who has the cash to buy cartoons! 

[Side NOTE: using an Inflation calculator to look at those costs from the year 1990 (VAT was at 15%) to today's money in 2020. £5.99 = £15.04 & £7.99 = £20.06 & (£20.00 + 15% VAT) £23.00 = £57.74. and this was for animation from the early to mid 80's]

I have done my best in finding a balance between the holders of the intellectual property, and those in scholarly pursuit of Anime Fandom history in the UK (the 90's) for educational purposes No copyright infringement is intended.

30th Anniversary for UK Anime Fans

Please join me in celebrating the 30th. Anniversary of the first organised meeting of the UK's Anime Fans. 

Held at the UK's Easter Science Fiction convention EastCon'90 in Liverpool, England. 

Friday 13th  to Sunday 15th  of April.

My thanks go to; Ashley from MEKTEK for sending me flyers for EastCon 90; Steve Kyte for telling us "So get ready for UK Anime Fandom - EASTCON 90 is just the beginning!"; And to Helen McCarthy for her herculean skills in organizing the Video Rooms screening of Anime, and encouragement to the group of Anime Pen-Pals.

My recollection of the UK's Anime Fandom.

Taken from the very first AnimeUK Newsletter, one statement rang out true!

"You're getting this because you were at EASTERCON 90 bar meeting or else have written to me to express an interest in anime fandom in the UK, and since it didn't really exist before EASTERCON you're part of the setup crew!"

"you're part of the setup crew!"

To this day it can still invoke memories of how it felt, like a time of wonderment to so many of us. More new friendships were made, and the Fandom grew.

It would be less than a year later, that the UK would have its very first Anime convention;

'Anime Day' 

held in Sheffield on Saturday 9th of March 1991, but that is another story.

NOTE: As of this posting the UK is in its 3rd week of 'Lockdown' due to the outbreak the Covid-19 Virus  (the Coronavirus World pandemic of 2020). Stay safe, and stay sane.

NOTE: Right, back to 1990 and the months that lay ahead.

NOTE: Con booklet, and paperwork provided by P. Davison (Feb 2021).