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 the final episode, and production data.
B&W with some color, 54 pages
Gakken, Aug 1986
SPT Layzner
The Anime Special Edition
蒼き流星 SPTレイズナー ジ・アニメ特別編集
Contains a complete story digest, development materials for Gredos (the working title of the series), character/mecha/location art, staff and cast interviews.
Color, 136 pages
Kindai Movie Co., Aug 1986
SPT Layzner
Roman Album Deluxe 67
蒼き流星 SPTレイズナー ロマンアルバム
Story guide for the first half of the series, mecha animation and design, side story manga, Episode 26 overview.
Color and B&W, 98 pages
Tokuma Shoten, Sept 1986
SPT Layzner Complete Guide Book
蒼き流星 SPTレイズナー 完全攻略本
A bonus item with Animedia magazine; scene highlights, story digest following OVA format, summary of 52-episode storyline.
Color and B&W, 74 pages
Gakken, Nov 1986
SPT Layzner Animedia Special
Carved Seal 2000
蒼き流星SPTレイズナー刻印2000
Contains a character guide with original art, story digest following OVA format, mecha action scenes, text story set during the 3-year gap, character analysis, character/mecha/location design, cast & staff interviews.
Color and B&W, 130 pages
Gakken, Dec 1986
SPT Layzner Encyclopedia
蒼き流星 SPTレイズナー 大図鑑
Contains “war history” article with original art, mecha guides, expanded background data, and a character catalogue.
Color and B&W, 144 pages
Bandai Entertainment Bible 13, June 1990
SPT Layzner Complete Works
蒼き流星 SPTレイズナー コンプリートアートワークス
By far the most extensive book on the series; detailed overview of the entire series with numerous sidebars on related topics. Large design section on the Layzner Mark II.
Color and B&W, 196 pages
Shinkigensha Entertainment Archive Series 4, Dec 2006
Fan-made doujinshis. The edition on the left (B&W, 72 pages) was published by Votoms Guild, Dec 2006; a scrapbook of mecha design, text story reprints, and trivia.
Layzner Recollection 1996-2000
Series handbook with character, mecha, and episode guides.
Color, 32 pages
Blu-ray bonus item, 2013
Layzner: The Conclusive Story
Novella written by Ryosuke Takahashi and Yuichiro Takeda, filling out the missing story material. Originally published as a bonus item with the first LD box set, reprinted for the Blu-ray box set.
B&W, 60 pages
Blu-ray bonus item, 2013
SPT Layzner Complete Records
蒼き流星 SPTレイズナー 記録全集
Hardcover book containing extensive development art, Gredos story proposal, staff interviews, product guide, and complete reprints of the SPT Future Technology serial from B-Club magazine.
Color and B&W, 144 pages
Blu-ray bonus item, Sept 2013
SPT Layzner Carved Seal 2000
Recording Script
蒼き流星 SPTレイズナー 刻印2000 録音台本
Reprint of the voice recording script for OVA Vol. 3
B&W, text only, 128 pages
Blu-ray bonus item, Sept 2013
Master File SPT Layzner
マスターファイル SPTレイズナー
A very detailed look at SPT technology with original art, technical illustrations, and CG model works.
Color, 128 pages
SB Creative, Sept 2015
I’m an animation director… or am I?
How to deal with mecha from Dougram and Votoms
Ryosuke Takahashi’s autobiography with a chapter devoted to each of his major robot-based anime works, including Layzner.
アニメ監督で・・・いいのかな?
ダグラム、ボトムズから読み解くメカとの付き合い方
Kadokawa, Feb 2019
Kunio Okawara Iron Works
大河原邦男アイアンワークス
112 pages, color and b&w
Bandai, 1989
Paintings and mecha designs from 1980s Sunrise productions, including Layzner
Kunio Okawara Real Robot Design Works
大河原邦男 REAL ROBOT DESIGN WORKS
97 pages, color and b&w
Movic, 2000
Compendium of mecha design from Vifam, SPT Layzner, and Dragonar
MAGAZINE COVERS
with unique content that expanded the series beyond the anime. See all the pages here.
MUSIC
Consult the links list in the main article to hear all of the music in the Layzner catalog
Opening theme Single: Like Melos~Lonely Way
メロスのように —LONELY WAY
B/W Just 5 Minutes of Selfishness
Performed by Airmail From Nagasaki
King Records K07S-3073, Oct 1985
Ending theme 1 single: Just 5 Minutes of Selfishness
5分だけのわがまま
B/W image song Don’t Make it Rain
Performed by Seico Tomizawa
King Records K07S-10070, Nov 1985
Ending theme 2 single: La Rose Rouge
ラ・ローズ・ルージュ
B/W image song Maybe
Performed by Seico Tomizawa
King Records K07S-10103, May 1986
CD single
Contains Like Melos~Lonely Way and La Rose Rouge
King Records K10X 23033, Aug 1988
Dogen? by Airmail From Nagasaki
This is the only known work (so far) of this curious pop trio, an EP containing six songs, including Like Melos and Just 5 Minutes. The recording date is given as November 1985, but the TV series debuted in October, so that part of the work must have started earlier. Both Layzner songs also appear on BGM Collection 1. The other four songs on this EP are not similar in tone.
Seven Seas K20A733, Jan 1986
BGM Collection 1
Includes Like Melos and Just 5 Minutes of Selfishness (Airmail From Nagasaki version)
LP: King Records K25G-7284, Dec 1985
CD: King Records KICA 2146, March 1993
BGM Collection 2
Includes Just 5 Minutes of Selfishness (Seico Tomizawa version), Don’t Make it Rain, and Like Melos (instrumental)
LP: King Records K25G-7295, April 1986
CD: King Records KICA 2147, March 1993
BGM Collection 3
Includes TV size versions of Like Melos and La Rose Rouge
LP: King Records K25G-7306, June 1986
CD: King Records KICA 2148, March 1993
BGM Collection 4 An Extra
A few new tracks, several remixes. Includes La Rose Rouge, Maybe and Like Melos (instrumental)
LP: King Records K25G-73208, Jan 1987
CD: King Records K32X 7038, Feb 1989
The Music From Layzner
A collection of synth music by Hiroki Inui and the “One Night Stand Band” very loosely based on Layzner BGM tracks.
LP: King Records K28G-7312, Aug 1986
CD: King Records KICA 16, April 1990