Photos from Tokyo Game Show 2002 featured in PLAY Issue 12 (December 2002) (more below)

Music: Japanese music coverage from Anime Insider Issue 56 (May 2008)

Stuff section from Anime Insider Issue 56 (May 2008)

Ad for PokeNation Pokémon cards and collectibles website by online auction management company CollectingNation (2000)

Ad for the first game in the Professor Layton series, Professor Layton and the Curious Village, which was released in Japan on February 15, 2007 and internationally in 2008

Fan Art from Anime Insider Issue 56 (May 2008)

Sell sheet for Gatchaman (1994) Volume 3 and Dragon Slayer on VHS from Urban Vision (1997)

Ad for Lucky Star DVD Volume 1 & Collectors' Box (2008)

Extended Play: Seven best Devil May Cry bosses from PSM3 Issue 85 (March 2007)

Fun article on Virtual Valerie here, as well as a multiple page article on the US congress introducing "internet decency" legislation designed to inhibit and restrict online communication using the Trojan Horse of keeping kids away from porn. Nothing has changed in thirty years.

Not anime, but something I liked from browsing the Archive recently The Net Volume 1 Issue 09 (February 1996)

The one oomfie who's just this

Oh it's wild seeing all three in one ad, how cool!

Something something doesn't exist. But seriously, the gothic atmosphere and OST was a banger. (And it gave us seiyuu for F/SN + Garden of Sinners.) If only Tsukihime's last 2 episodes stuck to the landing.

Geneon ad for supernatural, mystery & horror-themed anime on DVD: Lunar Legend Tsukihime, Gregory Horror Show, and Requiem from the Darkness (2005)

Ad for Baki the Grappler on DVD from Funimation (2005) "Watch Your Back! Baki is Coming!"

Ad for Fushigi Yuugi on VHS and DVD (Phillipines, 2002)

Ad for Viz Media's j-pop.com website, which launched in 1996, and a screenshot of the website in November of that year captured captured by the Wayback Machine

Ad for Parasite Eve II for the PlayStation (2000)

Ad for the English adaptation of Weekly Shonen Jump (2002-2012), which was published monthly instead of weekly and featured articles on Japanese language, culture, and media in addition to serialized manga chapters (2002)

All available images of Animimi, the mascot of early 90s anime magazine Animenominous

NEW UPLOAD: Animenominous Number 2 (Autumn 1990) Animenominous was published for five issues spanning 1990-1993 by New Jersey-based BDC Enterprises, Inc., a small group of anime fans who had met discussing anime on a BBS in the late 1980s.

These books (and the similar "This Is Animation Specials" were indispensable to Western anime fandom in the '80s. At a time when seeing anime TV episodes was a rare thing, and seeing an ENTIRE TV series was nigh-impossible, the screenshots in the episode guides helped us fill in the gaps. 1/

I wrote this piece in 2018 after I found a Laputa Roman Album at an anime con swap meet and was impressed to see it and someone asked "what's a Roman Album?" letsanime.blogspot.com/2018/10/the-...

Weird that they point out as an omission that there was no Macross book, since that series was covered (in three volumes!) by the similar "This Is Animation Special" series...

No, They're Not Records: Spotlight on Roman Albums, which were anime reference books published by Tokuma Shoten, each focusing on a particular movie or series and containing illustrated story summaries, production & reference materials, promotional art, staff and cast interviews and more

I didn't realize ADV was responsible for the Panzer Dragoon dub. Early cons memories (maybe 2003-200) watching it in the con suite and dying at how bad the CG and dub were.

Note how the Ninja Resurrection ad copy states that the protagonist is the same “Jubei” as the one from Ninja Scroll. Yeah that’s not true, and they had to correct that on subsequent printings. 😅

“Sidekick Wave” says hello.

ADV Films VHS ad featuring Ninja Resurrection, Panzer Dragoon, and Sakura Wars (1999) "Psychic warriors, undead heroes and the destruction of Tokyo... MUST BE ADV!"

Narrator: Ironically, Dangaioh Vol 1 would have a couple errors "lost in the translation".

adjusted for inflation that $86 for two episodes. I wasn't around for this specifically but I remember a similar cost-to-episode ratio on anime VHS tapes in the late 90s. (like $45 for 3 episodes of Ranma). Once DVDs became widespread getting a whole series box set for $60 felt like such a steal.

Hah! This seemed to close roughly when I started watching it on Cartoon Network's Toonami😆(Fall '97)

Ad for Gunbuster and Dangaioh on English-subtitled VHS from U.S. Renditions, including a sign-up form for the Books Nippan Animation Fan Club

… Heh.

Surpreso por um mangá de Tenchi Muyo estar no top 10.

I remember seeing this fan club advertised on some Sailor Moon merch my mom got me in 1999 (guess she found it someplace with some older stock). I wanted to join so bad, so I called the number, but instead got a uh... phone sex line. 💀

NEW UPLOAD: Official Sailor Moon Fan Club Order Form (1995) Launched in 1995, the Official Sailor Moon Fan Club was run by DiC Entertainment in the USA and Canada for fans of Sailor Moon. For unknown reasons, the Fan Club was closed to new members in late 1997.

Japan's Manga Top Ten from Animerica Volume 4 Number 8 (August 1996)

Ad for Saiyuki Collector's Edition DVD from ADV Films (2003) "Journey to a world of ancient sorcery, enchanting beauty, and ultimate danger."

DBZ Art Gallery from Beckett Dragon Ball Z Collector Volume 5 Number 1 (January 2002)

Digimon Collectible Card Game ad (2005)

Ad for anime on VHS and a sweepstakes from Suncoast Motion Picture Company spotlighting the works of mech designer, storyboard artist, and director Koichi Ohata

NEW UPLOAD: Heroes on Film Issue 3 Heroes on Film was published by Draculina Publishing for three issues in May 1995, November 1995, and June 1996. Its focus was live action TV and film heroes, including Japanese tokusatsu, Mexican luchadores, American cowboys, and more.

Ad for Shojo Beat Magazine featuring Ai Yazawa's Nana (2005)

Ad for the Nintendo DS release of the first Ace Attorney game (2005) The game was originally released in Japan on the Game Boy Advance on October 12, 2001

Ad for Burst Angel on DVD from Funimation (2005) "The Ultimate Showdown has begun A new law and a dark underground syndicate have delivered devastating chaos to Tokyo."

Ad for the Ah! My Goddess DVD boxset from Anime Works (Media Blasters) (2006)

Sailor Moon-themed 1994 calendar foldout from Protoculture Addicts 26 (January/February 1994) Art by Robert DeJesus

Retailer ads from Animerica Volume 4 Number 8 (August 1996): Banzai Anime (Los Angeles, CA) Planet Anime (Houston, TX) Image Trading Co. (Flushing, NY) Super Collector (Fountain Valley, CA)