Otaku Print Archive

Ad for Satoshi Kon's Paranoia Agent on DVD by Geneon (2004)

"THE MADNESS SPREADS 10.26.04"

Ad for Digimon Rumble Arena for the PlayStation, a fighting game set in the Digimon universe with similar gameplay to Super Smash Bros. (2002)

Short article from 1999 on the upcoming sentai series Bunny Knights: Musketeers of the Millenium Kingdom, focused on 3 female heroes with character designs by Haruhiko Mikimoto (Macross, Megazone 23)

The first episode is available subtitled in English on Youtube (although not in amazing quality)

Kawanishi Ken

The sculptor's artist page on MyFigureCollection: myfigurecollection.net/entry/8282

Ad for Neon Genesis Evangelion figures by Kaiyodo (2005)

This project is what would eventually become the 2009 CGI Astro Boy film, but not before at least 2 screenplays were written and scrapped, including one by Genndy Tartakovsky (creator of Dexter's Laboratory and Samurai Jack, and writer/director of The Powerpuff Girls.)

Short article from 1999 about the purchase of the film rights for Osamu Tezuka's Astro Boy by Jim Henson Pictures, which was owned by Sony.

Ad for the Urusei Yatsura manga published in English by Viz Media from Animag (1987)

Viz published the series under the titles "Lum*Urusei Yatsura" and "The Return of Lum", but halted publication after nine volumes. It did not resume until 2019, with a new translation and the original title.

ADV Films VHS & DVD ad from Official Sega Dreamcast Magazine Issue 4 (March 2000)

"Your Neon Escape from a Mono-Chrome World!"

Ad for Fullmetal Alchemist figures by Square Enix (2005)

Ad for Kanji de Manga, a series of books that teach Japanese kanji through manga, from Mega Manga (March 2005)

I have a few of these!

Ad for MangErotica, a line of hentai manga published by Eros Comix, the adult-oriented imprint of American comics publisher Fantagraphics

From Mega Manga (March 2005)

Ad for anime on VHS from U.S. Renditions, a division of Books Nippan, who released the first subtitled direct-to-home anime videos for the American anime market with Gunbuster and Dangaioh in 1990

From V.Max Volume 1 Issue 4 (1991)

Ad for Taiko: Drum Master for PlayStation 2 from PLAY Issue 35 (November 2004)

Taiko: Drum Master was the first title in the Japanese Taiko no Tatsujin rhythm game series to be released in the U.S., and the only one until Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum 'n' Fun! in 2018

Ad for Anime Expo New York from PLAY Issue 8 (August 2002)

This was the only Anime Expo that has been held in New York, and industry guests included Akitaroh Daichi, Noboru Ishiguro, Yoko Kanno, Toshihiro Kawamoto, Yoshiyuki Tomino, and Shinichiro Watanabe

Ad for Dead or Alive 2: Hardcore, an enhanced version of the game released on the PlayStation 2 in 2000

From PlayStation 2 Magazine Issue 39 (November 2000)

Ad for Banzai Anime in Los Angeles from Play Issue 8 (August 2002)

I remember when owning these DVDs meant you were a demi-god down at the local comic book store, good times~

ADV Films ad for the Neon Genesis Evangelion series on DVD from Play Issue 5 (May 2002)

Convention Wrap-Up: Convention coverage and cosplay photos from the Spring 2007 issue of Animerica Quarterly

Animerica Quarterly was a mini-magazine distributed for free by Viz Media in Best Buy stores

The conventions featured here are Anime Weekend Atlanta and Youmacon (Detroit)

Ad for The Big O on DVD from Animerica Volume 9 Issue 5 (May 2001)

Cover of Seinen Nº 30 (March 2002), an anime magazine from Mexico

I love this and I think everything should look like this

The Realms of Imagination website in February 2001

A business card found and sent to me by a follower from the late 90s or early 2000s for a mail order anime, sci-fi and fantasy retailer called Realms of Imagination in Baltimore, MD

Advertisement aimed at broadcasters for Space Battleship Yamato from Broadcasting Magazine (March 5, 1979)

I've never heard of the series itself referred to as "Star Force," and I'm not seeing any other reference to it online, so it must have been changed very early on to "Star Blazers"

"Talk Like an Otaku," a guide to common words related to anime and manga from Future Anime Summer 2008 issue

Ad for Sword of the Berserk: Guts' Rage on Sega Dreamcast from Official Sega Dreamcast Magazine Issue 6 (July/August 2000)

Retailer ads from Animerica Volume 9 Issue 5 (May 2001)

Toy and model kit reviews from Animerica Volume 9 Issue 5 (May 2001)