AniMag: The Magazine of Japanese Animation – Volume 1 Ten Issues 1, 2, 5-12 Lot pOST0w9KO,

This listing is for a collection of ten different issues (1, 2, 5 – 12) of the first volume of “AniMag: The Magazine of Japanese Animation”. Volume 1 of AniMag consisted of issues 1 – 12 (1987 – 1991), so this is a nearly complete first volume set of the magazine.

Not pictured:
– Issue 5 – Includes “An Introductory Guide Book to Masamune Shirow’s Epic Science Fiction Comic Appleseed”, from Eclipse Comics.
– Issue 6 – Includes the first issue of the “Ronin Network” newsletter.
– Issue 9 – Includes “Animag 1990 Calendar”.

AniMag was the first commercially successful magazine dedicated to Anime (Japanese Animation) published and distributed in the U.S.A. It ran for a total of fifteen issues, starting in 1987 and ending in early 1993. Many people who would go on to have careers in other aspects of the Anime business got their starts in AniMag, perhaps most famously Trish Ledoux.

Physical Condition: Good condition, from a smoke-free home. Each issue is individually in a protective bag.