Animec No. 23
Daicon III Opening Anime Part 2
What!?! It was this film that made all the editors jump up and down, screaming like schoolgirls. This anime is imported directly from Osaka, and is a freebie for those who bought the Daicon III videotape.
It’s a short film in which a VTOL flies around a girl, and the girl’s costumes change one after another, but the clothes are so fun that we’re showing it for the first time in a magazine VCR!
(Please read the hints carefully and enter the quiz on the last page)
Side note: it is not well-explained in the original magazine text, but the images on these three pages come from a Daicon III “Omake” [bonus] short that could only be found on the videotape sold by General Products. It featured the same girl seen in the opening animation. All the images in issue 23’s article are derived from that short. See it on Youtube here.
What did you think of this animation costume show that only SF fans could enjoy? If you have a video player with a pause feature, you can see the same thing with clean stills. It’s probably hard to tell with the naked eye that a VTOL is flying around and the girl’s costumes change so quickly. Here it’s printed directly from the cels, so it’s beautiful!
Now, the question. Please write, in order, the names of the works that were the source of the girl’s costumes on a postcard and send it to the “Schoolbag Department.” Five people will be selected from all applicants to win this cel.
After the Opening Anime
It’s the third time!
This page was unplanned. (This magazine is made based on an editing schedule, which states that a certain number of pages are for special features, etc. It has never been followed.) We planned to put something else here, but just before the deadline, I was at a real estate agency and received word that “the Kansai comedians have appeared,” so I rushed to the editorial office. (Let’s ignore the fact that I had the guts to look for a place to live right before the deadline.)
Toshio Okada said, “Thanks to you, we’ve been receiving video orders!” He also said, “Can’t we do something about the strange ‘comedian’ language?”
※ From here on, we will translate their words into Hyojungo using a Panspace Interpreter. (We should patent this.)
Claim 1: This is what I’m talking about
Okada-san said, Anno-kun was really hurt by your comment last time, “Depending on the inbetweens.”
He drew the opening anime video by himself. “It’s fine, it’s fine” he said, and packed up his things and went back to Yonago.
“Really?”
Yes. It was during the New Year holidays. He makes animation, so he’s delicate. He can’t eat meat. The other day we went to a sushi restaurant, and we asked him not to make a fuss. It was a normal sushi restaurant. He can’t eat fatty tuna or squid, so he only eats rolls. Cucumber, pickles, and egg are the three main rolls he can eat. He can’t eat shiitake mushrooms either. They’re a collection of bacteria.
“Fungi are related to bacteria!” he said, refusing to even touch them. He’s that delicate, so please don’t write articles that are too provocative.
Takeda: What are you talking about? We got orders because Animec advertised it! I’ll do anything for the sake of my friends in Osaka, even if I’m called a comedian!
Okada: I’ll sell my art, but I won’t sell my soul!
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Extra animation
Takeda and Okada? (They look so similar that the only way to tell them apart is by the length of their hair. But I don’t really know which one is which.) They came to Tokyo to discuss opening a store together.
(This is the last thing I will write. Don’t worry…)
Both of them brought their first finished video! It’s just amazing!! Firstly, there’s the Daicon III opening anime, then an anime with cars that Anno drew by himself. It’s a motion picture, not a cel, but it’s more amazing than the Castle of Cagliostro. (See it on Youtube here.)
Furthermore, there’s a girl named Keiko who says, “Even a bad gun can hit the target if you shoot enough times” and fires everything from machine guns to infinite missiles. (See it on Youtube here.)
At the end there’s even an anime (shown on our color pages) using real cels. Well, Anno’s a genius, as you’d expect from a delicate person…
(Note: The shipping was delayed significantly because the dubbing company did not work during the New Year holidays. It will arrive for those who ordered it by the time this magazine is released. If you have not received it yet, please contact the editorial department. We will look into it responsibly.)
I
Okada: Did you know that Pero [a store] in Osaka sells fake Daicon III cels?
Takeda: You can tell if you look closely. A real cel is for industrial use, so if you stack three of them, they shine like a mirror. What’s more, the coloring is poor.
Okada: After all, the real thing is B5 with a two-hole punch. This is cleaner than the real thing, machine traced on a normal cel, but be careful because the one with the three-hole punch is a fake.
Takeda: Apparently, there was a salesman who signed his name, saying, “It’s me or Anno.”
II
Okada: I got a lot of letters saying, “This is a shame.”
Takeda: I got them too. They asked me for my autograph on a postcard or on colored paper. They said, “I don’t expect it for free, so I’ll give you 100 yen if you draw in that girl’s handwriting.”
Okada: I wonder if we should just make it into a business. Send out pictures of “girls” without anyone knowing. Just write “I saw it in Animec…” on a postcard and send it to me…I’ll send you a picture of the girl without anyone knowing.
Takeda: If you send it with a rope tied loosely around it, it’ll be perfect. Your father will say, “What is this? Open it in front of me!”
Ma: Then say you saw it in OUT.
Okada: This will be the third Daicon article in a row. Why don’t you make it a series? It would be so easy…
Ma: (Desperately trying to cover) Come to think of it, the video is only on Beta I and II…