The Anime Nostalgia Facility UK: Bubblegum Crisis

Tuesday, 31 March 2015

May 1990 Pt.1 Anime V magazine.

Anime V - New Video Magazine, Published by Gakken Co., Ltd. (学習研究社) Consisting of 140 pages (including the front & back covers), #5 May 1990 (Vol. 53).

Sadly this is the only Anime magazine I still own from May 1990, so lets see what LaserDiscs

and VHS video tapes were in focus at this time, what OVA's were sharp and pleasing to the eye!

This short pictorial introduction is used as an example to briefly show you the contents and style of this Japanese Anime Magazine “Anime V ”, it is not intended as full digital copy, but a historical glimpse.

The front Cover!

Animation College......

A retrospective on the OVA's of the year before! '89 OAV Best 10. (a A5 matt colour booklet).

Yoroiden Samurai Trooper: Kikôtei densetsu (the first OVA after the TV series had finished in March of 1989), Known to American viewers as Ronin Warriors, is on the right hand-side. Left and to the Top is "Bernard" a Zeon a mobile suit pilot from the OVA " Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket" - the first Gundam OVA , arguably the best spin-off after the forth Gundam film.

On the right hand-side the OVA "Aim for the Top!" better know in the West as "Gunbuster" its last volume of episodes 5 & 6 released in July of 1989.

On the right hand-side the OVA "Hades Project Zeorymer".

1. AV98-ingram from Patlabor, 2.....? 3. Gunbuster, 4. the "Alex" Gundam RX-78NT-1, 5.....?

Well it's the Contents page! Figure it out for yourself.

A-ko The VS Battle 1 Gray Side.

The Hakkenden (THE 八犬伝 Za Hakkenden)

The New Items.

Takegami

OVA No. 7 of Bubblegum Crisis - "Double Vision"

OVA 'Sol Bianca'

Home entertainment systems. (VCRs)

LENSMAN – Galactic Patrol (episode 1 on sale 21^st. of April, the next 5 episodes to be released on the 21^st, 1 per month) [On Air Series, not OVAs ]

The two logos that appear are for the distributor “Pony Canyon” - the “PC” & the “paw”.

The 25-episode series aired from October 6, 1984 to August 8, 1985 in Japan – according to online sources?!

OVA 'Sol Bianca' , OVA 'Hi-speed Jecy', Majin Eiyûden Wataru.?

Fan Art.

OAV's - Gall Force, Hades Project Zeorymer, Iczer 3, Dangaio, AD Police.

Space battleship YAMATO.

As I can not myself translate the Japanese details of the contents of this magazine, are solely from the few English words and the recognizable animation stills, and illustrations (that suited me just fine back in the 1990's).

Anime V April 1990

Sunday, 28 September 2014

April 1990 Pt.2 Anime V magazine.

April was still with us, and the postman delivered on time. First to drop though the letterbox was 'Anime V' (New Video Magazine.). It was at a time when Japanese Animators could shine, Anime was not bound by a 20 minute kids show on TV networks, new outlets had emerged, the Video Rental market mostly VHS video tapes, and the collectors market dominated by the LaserDisc (LD).

This freedom gave rise to a plethora of magazines devoted to this home entertainment market (sadly some publishing runs did not last), with the OAV (Original Animation Video) or sometimes referred to as OVA ( Original Video Animation). Animation studios staked their reputation on original stories, and tested the water with a transfer from a manga or a popular novella, but not all OVAs came out on all of these formats.

[Note: Other formats such as S-VHS, VHD (Video High Density a laserdisc technology from JVC) .]

The example are used to briefly show you the contents and style in this short pictorial introduction of the Japanese Anime Magazine Anime V' (New Video Magazine.)

'Anime V' (New Video Magazine.), First Published in June 1985 by Gakken Co., Ltd. (学習研究社 ) Consisting of 140 pages (including the front & back covers), #4 April 1990 (Vol. 52).

The first few pages featured are about the OVA 'Hades Project Zeorymer'.

[Note: Anime V started its monthly print on September 1986 with Volume 9. Gakken also published the monthly Anime magazine Animedia. You can see the publisher's name on the spine of the magazines 学習研究社©.]