Animage

September 1997 cover of Animage, featuring artwork from the Studio Ghibli film Princess Mononoke.

Animage (アニメージュ) is a Japanese anime and entertainment magazine which Tokuma Shoten began publishing in May 1978. Hayao Miyazaki's internationally-renowned manga Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind was serialized in Animage from 1982 through 1994.

[edit] History

May 1978: First issue
January 1980: First Annual Anime Grand Prix
July 1982: 50th issue
June 1983: 5th anniversary
September 1986: 100th issue
June 1988: 10th anniversary
November 1990: 150th issue
June 1993: 15th anniversary
January 1995: 200th issue
June 1998: 20th anniversary, changed to A4 size for magazine, changed title to English Animage instead of アニメージュ
March 1999: 250th issue
June 2002: Beginning with July issue, changed title back to katakana アニメージュ
May 2003: 300th issue
June 2003: 25th anniversary