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 The Nadia vs. Atlantis Affair; Unpublished; 1/1/05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