As the brainchild of editor Shigeo Ogata at Tokuma Shoten Publishing, the Roman Album series has become so influential that the term is sometimes used to describe any form of anime-based book. Inspired in no small way by examples set in OUT and Rendezvous magazines, they examine their topics with...

From August 2006 through August 2008, the cover logo got a facelift at the end of 2007, the cover price crept up a bit from £1.75 to £1.90, and the galaxy’s greatest comic kept on being great with all the most popular characters getting their due. Clint Langley brought more...

With issue 39, the Megazine changed its cover design and format and gave us all quite a gift; an issue-by-issue reprint of Preacher, originally published in the US by Vertigo (an imprint of DC comics). It was an odd choice in terms of content, since it has nothing in common...

Introductory editorial Messages from industry personnel Notes on the 10th Annecy International Animation Festival Animation Artist of the World 1: The World of Norman McLaren Report on the Private Animation Festival TV Animation: Heidi, Girl of the Alps Elucidating Independent Works (1) Moudou | What is Superman? essay by Kosei...

The shift from “Volume 2” to “Volume 3” only came with two significant changes: the logo was redesigned and the cover price jumped 20p to £1.80. Content, format and page count were the same. However, when you look at the broader context at the time, something VERY significant was happening:...

After the tumult of the 90s and the subsequent rescue by Rebellion, the patient made a complete recovery and returned to full strength. From then on, the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic was back at the top of its game with a continually renewable resource of classic characters, freshened up by new...

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Picking up where we left off, here is the second half for Volume 2 of the biweekly Megazine. As Dredd’s world continued to expand with stories set in other nations, classic Judge Dredd artist Mick McMahon came back for a star turn. Just as this volume came to an end,...

From July 2002 to July 2004, there was another in a long line of format changes and the cover price rose from £1.40 to £1.60. The new, stronger foundation laid down by Rebellion made 2000AD a safe space for more veterans of the early years to return to the fold....

GenPro Hanzai Chronicles This may be a journal of General Products’ prosperity, or it may be a chronicle of a lifetime, or it may be a title that I don’t understand well. by Toshio Okada & Yasuhiro Takeda Illustration by Mimi Akai New Series, Part 1 “Proper Science Fiction” Takeda:...

(This is a faux cover promoting a nonexistent Animec special) To bookstores: this book will not actually be released. To readers: you know the score Daicon OP Complete Edition Special CAPTION UNDER MAIN IMAGE: Fight for acceptance! Based on this basic policy, an unprecedented missile battle takes place in the...

GenPro Hanzai Chronicles Extra Edition by Toshio Okada Continuing from the last issue, here is the Daicon IV opening anime again. However, I am writing this article at the end of July. There is no way to know what the anime, which will be released on August 21, will be...

Daicon IV OPA Special This is the first work in two years. The opening anime shown at the 20th Japan Science Fiction Convention on August 20 is now available to the public for the first time! Look at the progress made in the past two years. Is the opening of...