Contents

Introduction

Part I - Anime Fandom

First Manga Ad in USA; Graphics Story World; 12/1/72

Fans in America (Japanese); Animedia; 9/1/82

San Diego Comic-Con '84; Convention brochure; 3/1/84

What's Wrong with Japanese Animation?; StarQuest #3; 7/1/94

Anime Fandom Timeline; Ch. 4 of Complete Anime Guide, 2nd Ed., by Trish Ledoux & Doug Ranney; 12/1/95

Letters; 'Anime' as Pejorative; ProtoCulture Addicts #49; 4/1/98

Best of Anime CD liner notes; Kid Rhino/Rhino Entertainment, Inc.; 9/1/98

Who Knows 'Best'?; Manga Max; 12/1/98

Anime in the United States; Ch. 3 of Animation in Asia and the Pacific by John Lent; 1/1/01

Event Report: Academy of Motion Picture Anime Event; Protoculture Addicts #69; 1/1/02

An Interview with Fred Patten; Anime-Tourist.com; 1/5/02

Fred Patten: Anime Man; VideoScope #43; 6/21/02

Anime Expo '03; Conventions Enter Adolescence; Animation World Magazine; 9/5/03

Anime Archive; Terminology: 'Anime' vs. 'Japanimation'; Newtype USA; 11/1/03

Part II - Business of Anime

All Those Japanese Animation Soundtracks; CinemaScore #15; 12/21/86

Japanese Anime: The Cult Grows Up; Animation Magazine; 6/1/90

Anime Licensing Grows Up; Animation Magazine #46; 6/1/96

World's Biggest Animation Home Video Market; Animation World Magazine; 11/1/97

Anime "Porn" Market; Animation World Magazine; 7/1/98

Go to JAILED; Manga Max #3; 2/1/99

The 13 Top Developments in Anime 1985/1999; Animation Magazine #75; 2/1/99

By the Numbers; Manga Max #8; 7/1/99

Anime 2000: Money Talks; Manga Max #14; 1/1/00

Anime Theatrical Features; Animation World Magazine; 9/1/00

This Month in Anime History; First anime fan magazine, Animage, published July 1978 Tokuma

Publishing"; Newtype USA; 7/1/03

Simba vs. Kimba; in The Illusion of Life II: More Essays on Animation, edited by Dr. Alan

Cholodenko, University of Sydney's Power Institute; 1/1/05

Simba/Kimba Redux? The Nadia vs. Atlantis Affair; Unpublished; 1/1/05

Part III - Artists

The Dynamic World of Go Nagai (Afterword in Mazinger book); First Publishing, Inc.; 12/1/88

Osamu Tezuka Obit/Tribute in 18th Annie Awards program book; ASIFA-Hollywood; 12/9/90

Osamu Tezuka: A Memorial to the Master; Animation News Service; 3/1/93

Shotaro Ishinomori: A Profile in Introduction in Vol. 1 of The Skull Man by Kazuhiko Shimamoto

and Shotaro Ishinomori; TOKYOPOP; 3/1/02

Hayao Miyazaki's Spirited Trip to U.S.; Animation World Magazine; 10/7/02

Part IV - Japanese Culture in Anime

TV Animation in Japan; Fanfare #3; 3/1/80

Mangamania!; Comics Journal #94; 10/1/84

Japan + Animation = Japanimation! Part 1; Starlog #105; 4/1/86

Japan + Animation = Japanimation! Part 2; Starlog #106; 5/1/86

A New Wind from the East; Amazing Heroes #118; 6/1/87

Full Circle: Japanese Animation from Early Home Studios to Personal Workshops for Home Video;

WittyWorld #1; 6/1/87

Japan's Anime; Animation Magazine; 7/1/95

Capsule History of Anime; Animation World Magazine; 8/1/96

Anime: Subliminal Lessons in History; The Right Stuf Catalog introduction; 10/1/01

Anime Archive; Refighting WWII; Newtype USA; 9/1/03

Anime Archive; Less, or More, Than Human; Newtype USA; 3/1/03

Part V - Titles

Dawn of the Warrior Robots; Fangoria #4; 2/1/80

Force Five; Fangoria #8; 10/1/80

Gigantor; Fantastic Films/Rhino Home Video; 6/1/81

RoboTech: Japanimation Invades Comics with Trio of Comico Titles; Amazing Heroes #75; 7/15/85

Speed Racer Still in the Lead; Animation Magazine #22; 12/1/93

Momotaro's Gods-Blessed Sea Warriors: Japan's Unknown Wartime Feature; Animation World Magazine #7; 10/1/96

Prince of Something; Manga Max #2; 1/1/99

Astro Old & Astro New; Manga Max #18; 6/1/00

Pokemon: Ready for its next success; Animation Magazine; 7/1/00

Is Digimon Movie Destined for Success?; Animation Magazine; 10/1/00

Vampire Hunter D: The Next Anime Hit in America?; Animation World Magazine; 12/1/00

Blood: The Last Vampire; Anime's First Digital Feature; Animation World Magazine; 10/22/01

Retro-Future Metropolis; Animation World Magazine; 2/26/02

A Winning Spirit; Anime Invasion #4; 9/1/02

Cowboy Bebop: The Movie . . . At Last; Animation World Magazine; 3/31/03

Animatrix review; FPS Magazine; 6/10/03

Animatrix: Anime Reloaded; Animation World Magazine; 6/19/03

This Month in Anime History: Sept. 1963; Astro Boy Premiers in America; Newtype USA; 9/1/03

Millenium Actress: The Struggle to Bring Quality Animation to Theaters; Animation World Magazine; 9/15/03

Perfect Blue; Animation Magazine; 10/1/03

Index