Space Brothers products

Newspaper ad for premiere of the anime series, 2012 Flyer for exhibition at the Museum of Kyoto, 2014 Flyers for subsequent exhibitions, 2015 and 2018 Left: flyer for 2019 exhibition. Right: clear file sold at the event Welcome banner for the exhibitions Products sold at the exhibitions Shirts designed for...

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Space Brothers manga volumes

As of December 2021 Originally serialized in Morning magazine (sample issues shown above and below), these are the collected paperbacks published by Kodansha in Japan. There are also various reprints that combine two volumes into one, and an online-only color version. Every volume can be read in English at Comixology,...

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Space Brothers live-action movie

The movie was released on May 5 2012 at Toho theaters in Japan and came to home video at the end of the year. Regrettably, it has yet to receive a western release. The only way to legally view it is by importing an untranslated Japanese edition. However, a Hong...

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Space Brothers Anime Music and Video

Space Brothers Original Soundtrack A lot of music had to be created for what would end up as a two-year run on TV, and the task was given to the very accomplished composer Toshiyuki Watanabe. His previous credits include Galaxy Drifter Vifam, Irresponsible Captain Tylor, Mazinger Z Infinity, and many...

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Space Brothers publishing

We are Space Brothers Vol. 01 We are 宇宙兄弟 VOL.01 Apart from the manga, the first Space Brothers publishing project was a series of “lifestyle” magazines that expanded on the story concepts with interviews, articles on space development, cartoons, fiction, and more manga. The first volume, for example, reprinted the...

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SPT Layzner books & music

SPT Layzner Review Book 蒼き流星 SPTレイズナー レビューブック A bonus item with Animage magazine; episode guide for the first half of the series Color, 18 pages Tokuma Shoten, May 1986 SPT Layzner Mook A bonus item with Animedia magazine; contains a prequel novella, characters and mecha, story guide, script excerpt from...

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SPT Layzner video releases

VHS box art for the three OVAs, 1986 LD editions of the OVAs, 1986 LD edition of OVA Vol. 2 LD edition of OVA Vol. 3 Second VHS edition of OVA Vol. 3 • VAP, Nov 1997 LD Box set Vol. 1: Eiji Memorial 1996 • April 1996, VAP See the 24-page...

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SPT Layzner model kits

Bandai series, 1985/86: (1) 1/100 Layzner • (2) 1/100 Grimekaisar (3) 1/100 Bullgrenn • (4) 1/100 Braver (5) 1/100 DTOL • (6) 1/100 Baybull (7) 1/72 Layzner • (8) 1/100 Buldy (9) 1/100 Dimarge • (10) 1/72 Bullgrenn (11) 1/100 Solomco see a video review here (12) 1/72 Grimekaisar • (13) 1/100 Skullgunner (14) 1/100 Gunstaid...

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