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Newtype 02/1988 – Legend of the Galactic Heroes Setting Materials Collection
The following is setting materials for My Conquest is the Sea of Stars, published in the February 1988 issue of Newtype to coincide with the release of the film. Translations for each page are listed roughly top to bottom and right to left, as they would be read in the magazine itself. [Originally posted August…
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Animage 11/1989 – Legend of the Galactic Heroes Sticker Book
The November 1989 issue of Animage comes with a bonus Legend of the Galactic Heroes Sticker Book, or SEAL BOOK as it is titled on the book itself. In addition to stickers of characters from the first season of the OVA, it also includes a small blurb about each of them and uniform guides for…
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My Conquest is the Sea of Stars – 1987-1988 Pre-Release Coverage (Various Magazine Snippets)
This page lists articles from various anime magazines regarding My Conquest is the Sea of Stars that are too short for their own dedicated post. These are ordered chronologically by month up until the film’s release in February 1988. Translated captions are (for the most part) listed from right to left and top down. [Originally…
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Monthly OUT 05/1986 – Interview with Kazuki Yao
The following is a translation of an interview with Kazuki Yao, voice of Judau Ashta in Gundam ZZ, from the May 1986 issue of Monthly OUT. [Originally translated and posted March 21, 2025.]
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Char’s Counterattack Cinema Book – Interview with Director Yoshiyuki Tomino
Released by MOVIC in 1988 alongside the film, the Char’s Counterattack Cinema Book is a companion resource to the film, with multiple pages of color screenshots, an interview with Director Tomino, and plenty of concept art. In this post however, we’ll only be covering the interview. This interview also contains many footnotes from the book…
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Char & Garma’s Fun!? Military Academy – Interview with Yoshikazu Yasuhiko (Animedia 07/2016)
The following is a translation of an interview with Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, creator of the Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin manga and director of the OVA and TV series, published in the July 2016 issue of Animedia. [Originally translated and posted September 27, 2023].
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Monthly OUT, 10/1979 – Part 2 (Interview with Director Tomino)
Picking up where we left off in this magazine, up next is a section titled Fly! Gundam featuring an interview with Director Yoshiyuki Tomino. [Originally translated and posted on November, 9 2023]
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Monthly OUT, 10/1979 – Part 1 (Color Pages + Info Sections)
Monthly OUT (月刊OUT) was one of the first anime magazines, published by Minori Shobō and releasing monthly from 1977 to 1995. This series of posts will cover the Gundam-related content from the October 1979 issue. I’ll be going through this magazine in parts, as there is quite a lot to cover. [Originally translated and posted…
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Road to Char’s Counterattack – 12/1987 (Animedia)
Let’s continue the dive into pre-release Char’s Counterattack coverage with Animedia from December 1987, where the anticipation is building for an incredible line up of anime films in the coming year. [Originally translated and posted September 19, 2025].
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Road to Char’s Counterattack – 10/1987 (Animage)
Char’s Counterattack is once again the cover story in the October 1987 issue of Animage. This is highlighted by an interview with Director Tomino in which he discusses his decision to set the movie when Amuro and Char are in their thirties and how it fits in the Gundam world’s chronology. Plus some notes about…
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