Category Archives: Old Magazine Articles

Via Anime Insider: Del Rey Manga (October 2003)

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A minor revelation from this short article about Random House’s Del Rey imprint; apparently the reason they were so quick to partner with Kodansha was that they had just finished researching how to put out a line of graphic novels for a separate project which ended up being too expensive. That’s a pretty big what-if for me; Genshiken (via a discount bookstore) was one of my big formative manga in high school, and it’s pretty heavily influenced my philosophy on fandom.

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Via Anime Insider: Yoshitoshi Abe (October 2003)

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Yoshitoshi Abe talks about his pen name, religion, and the emotions behind his art.

3 things that jumped out at me: one, apparently he started using a computer in 1990 (seems early for an art student to have access to one), and two, apparently director Tomokazu Tokoro made a request to enlarge the size of the wings. Not a major thing, but it’s always neat to hear that sort of production trivia. And three, Abe was prohibited from reading manga as a child.

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Via Anime Insider: Studio Gainax (October 2003)

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An interview with Gainax staff, namely Hiroki Yamaga, Yasuhiro Takeda, Kazuya Tsurumaki, Hiroki Sato, and Yoshiyuki Sadamoto, that touches on working with US companies, the differences between American/Japanese conventions, and their personal favorite titles.

Too, this article offers a funny opportunity to quote mine;

“[I think where] Gainax is better than Disney [is that after Disney created Mickey Mouse, they created titles that belonged to other people.]” -Yoshiyuki Sadamoto

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Via Anime Insider: Reader Mail (June 2003)

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Not a huge fan of this section personally, but this one has two bits of info, albeit ones probably corroborated elsewhere. One, it specifies the type of paper mangaka generally use, and two, it verifies that Yoshiyuki Tomino was responsible for the exclusion of The Island of Kukuras Doan from Gundam’s original US run.

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