FEATURE: Japanese Anime Magazine Retrospective: "OUT" in 1985

The year of Z Gundam and magical girls

Mikikazu Komatsu
February 12, 2012 10:46pm PST (2/12/12)

Obviously, the most featured anime by the OUT magazine's 1985 issues was Mobile Suit Z Gundam, the first sequel to the original Mobile Suit Gundam. It became the top-rated TV series in the history of the Gundam franchise (excluding re-runs). The commercial success of Z Gundam made all of other following Gundam series  possible.

 

January 1985 issue

Cover: Tongari Boushi no Memoru

Illustration by Isamu Tsuchida


Poster: Yui Takanaka from Megazone 23

Illustration by Toshihiro Hirano


February 1985 issue

Feature: Heavy Metal L-Gaim

Illustration by Hiroyuki Kitazume


March 1985 issue

Feature: Urusei Yatsura 3: Remember My Love

Illustration by Akemi Takada


Illustration by Takafumi Hayashi


June 1985 issue

Feature: Sherlock Hound


Poster: Magical Angel Creamy Mami

Illustration by Akemi Takada


July 1985 issue

Cover: Magical Princess Minky Momo

Illustration by Toyoo Ashida


Poster: Quattro Bajeena from Mobile Suit Z Gundam

Illustration: Hiroyuki Kitazume


September 1985 issue

Feature: Mobile Suit Z Gundam

Illustration by Kazumi Fujita


Back cover: Odin: Photon Sailer Starlight


Poster: Magical Angel Creamy Mami

Illustration by Akemi Takada


October 1985 issue

Cover: Beltorchika Irma from Mobile Suit Z Gundam

Illustration by Hiroyuki Kitazume

 

Poster: Beltorchika Irma and Fa Yuiry from Mobile Suit Z Gundam

Illustration by Tomoyuki Konno/Kisaraka Yamada


November 1985 issue

Cover: Quattro Bajeena from Mobile Suit Z Gundam

Illustration: Toshimitsu Kobayashi

 

Poster: Chirico Cuvie from Armored Trooper Votoms

Illustration by Norio Shioyama


December 1985 issue

Cover: "Yuri and Kei at the wedding" from Dirty Pair

Illustration by Kumiko Takahashi

 

Mineva Lao Zabi from Mobile Suit Z Gundam

Illustration by Hiroaki Aida

 

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2/12/12 by FairysHuff
Ah the Dirty Pair. ^_^ The memories. My first exposure to them was in the 90s through the magazine Manga Mania and the Dirty Pair manga that was printed in them done by Adam Warren and Torren Smith. I still have them ^_^ heh. I want to buy new digital copies of Adam Warrens and Toren Smiths Dirty Pair. They were so funny with all the little tiny notes inside the drawings. Made me laugh so much.
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2/12/12 by AlabastreAizo
I really like these, please keep them coming!
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2/13/12 by tiooonnn
AGREED. GIMME MORE, PLEAZE!! :)
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2/13/12 by mikikazukomatsu
Thanks! I will keep posting every week till the 1988 issues.
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2/13/12 by rmiyashiro
Maybe I will contribute with my issues from Newtype from 1988+ I'm missing a number of issues from the magazines first couple of years, but have a decent run from early 87 until sometime in the 90s. I remember how huge Arion was when it was released, but sadly Yas is pretty much unknown outside of the Gundam circle.
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2/13/12 by mikikazukomatsu
Arion will be appeared in my next post (^-^)
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2/12/12 by Duck_Waters
I guess my birth anime is Magical Princess Minky Momo :X
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2/13/12 by tsurow
Man, I keep forgetting how gorgeous Akemi Takada's art was. It's a shame she doesn't draw anymore.
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2/13/12 by yuma1234
That is hasty conclusion. Granted that Akemi Takada is not active in animation, but she has been doing designs and illustrations. She released a fairy tale book couple years ago. You gotta look around.
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2/13/12 by taonas
She released an artbook "la madonna" in 2009, and was doing book signings with it. Though I do hope she does another soon.
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2/27/12 by tsurow
I should have been more specific. It's a shame she doesn't draw anime character designs/posters anymore. Not since like 2001 or so, last I checked.
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2/13/12 by otaku21
Gotta love anime magazines-less significant now but still great. Never heard of this one-looks cool!
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2/13/12 by yuma1234
I used watch these shows when I was a kid...

Tongari Boushi no Memoru

Magical Princess Minky Momo
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2/13/12 by rikku456
tis funny how the anime back then looks better then what most of the Americans make noways. Not saying everything is shit but just most of it is.
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2/13/12 by unity100
serves to remind us what kind of disgusting period were the 80s. the 'lost era' in everything. except computers.
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2/13/12 by jerzeydevil82
huh? 80s anime still looks better than 90% of the bland anime out right now. Hell, music was better then too. Were so dry on talent these days that djs are considered stars now..
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2/13/12 by sickVisionz
These look nice. They make me laugh though. So many people say that moe is some 2000s invention and is ruining anime yet a lot of these covers from the 80s feature character designs that would be undeniably moe if a modern anime used them. I wonder if the fandom back then was saying this stuff was ruining anime as well.
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2/13/12 by JoePianist
SHERLOCK HOUND!! I LOVE looking at retro cartoon artwork and retro magazines. Thanks for the post, Crunchy!
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2/13/12 by mikikazukomatsu
You're welcome! More to come (^-^)
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2/13/12 by Fushichou
Thanks for reminding me that I am old!!I love seeing these. I remember Zeta Gundam really well. I was drawing on Gundam versions on my note books in school long enough to get into trouble with my teachers back then.
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2/13/12 by CrimsonSeraph
Yay, my birth issue was Quattro Bajeena from Mobile Suit Z Gundam. That is perfect since I own and enjoyed Zeta and Quattro is one of the best characters in that series.
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2/13/12 by Zergplex
Loving the throwbacks!
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2/13/12 by Arsnof
Man, anime used to look a lot more fun.
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2/13/12 by animegirl2222
It's so awesome to see magazines from before I was born :DD
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2/13/12 by LynnTerra
This bring back a lot of memories. I remember that in order to watch this OAVs and TV series I had to order VHS fansubs from a Canadian fansub group. US hadn't really kicked off on the fansub scene yet. Good times.
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2/13/12 by HimeNoKinoko
Old anime's the BEST, damn it!
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2/13/12 by 20-9
Ahh, the '80s.
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2/13/12 by Cecilthedarkknight234
perfect to know what series what up and up in the year i was born. I will look most of these up now... hell i have watched half of them already lol
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2/13/12 by stevie_g
Designs were generally more imaginative and beautiful back then than they are these days.
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2/13/12 by Cecilthedarkknight234
perhaps but they still had their moe~ shows, action series and romance/drama. You should take a look at another or stein's gate for decent character designs from this century.
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2/13/12 by CodyM2
Dirty Pair. Brings back memories. :D Loved the series.
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2/13/12 by TerraGamerX
I'm so envious that my early childhood was rather shallow in anime exposure. I forget what my sources were before in the early 90s, but it certainly would have been more fun to have had these around.
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2/14/12 by alexsena
gundam zeta,votoms and megazone 23 i love:p
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2/15/12 by hielario
What? Urusei Yatsura existed in 1985? I thought that series was from the 90s.
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2/21/12 by Mecharonin
Wow, Bright is really... angry at that hamburger.
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