Animage
{{Short description|Japanese anime and entertainment magazine}}
{{Infobox magazine
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| logo = Animage logo (katakana).svg
| image_file = Animage199709coverimage.png
| image_size = 230px
| image_caption = September 1997 cover, featuring the artwork of the Studio Ghibli film, Princess Mononoke
| editor = Hisae Kawai (2014–present)
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| previous_editor = Hideo Ogata (1978–1986)
Toshio Suzuki (1986–1989)
Takao Sasaki (1989)
Mikio Takeda (1990–1992)
Susumu Arakawa (1992–1995)
Takashi Watanabe (1995–1998)
Toshiya Matsushita (1998–2002, 2005–2014)
Shūichi Ōno (2002–2005)
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| frequency = Monthly
| category = Anime, manga, voice acting
| company = Tokuma Shoten
| firstdate = 26 May 1978 (July issue)
| country = Japan
| based = Tokyo
| language = Japanese
| website = [http://animage.jp/ Official site]
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{{nihongo|Animage|アニメージュ|Animēju|lead=yes}} is a Japanese anime and entertainment magazine published by Tokuma Shoten since July 1978. Notable works serialized in the magazine include Hayao Miyazaki's manga Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1982—1994) and Saeko Himuro's novel Ocean Waves (1990–1992).
History
Animage was established in 1978{{cite web|title=Animage January 2017|url=https://otakumode.com/shop/584d3f869d056f10191b4b87/Animage-January-2017|work=Otakumode|access-date=February 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181010174541/https://otakumode.com/shop/584d3f869d056f10191b4b87/Animage-January-2017|archive-date=2018-10-10|url-status=live}} as the first magazine devoted to animation and comics aimed at a general public and not professionals.{{harvnb|Patten|2004|p=142}} In 2007 the magazine started its online edition.{{cite web|title=Official Animage Magazine Website Opens in Japan|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-06-08/japanese-animation-dvd-ranking-may-30-june-5/2|work=Anime News Network|access-date=July 25, 2015|date=June 8, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150912221544/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-06-08/japanese-animation-dvd-ranking-may-30-june-5/2|archive-date=2015-09-12|url-status=live}}
Anime Grand Prix
{{Main|Anime Grand Prix}}
The Anime Grand Prix is the annual prize decided by the readers' votes to the anime of the year. The Anime Grand Prix started in 1979, and the first prize was announced at the issue 1980 January, generally announced at the next year's June issue every year. It's the Animage's Anime Grand Prix Magazine Reader's Choice too.{{Cite web |url=http://animegrandprix.blogspot.com/ |title=Anime Grandprix |access-date=2013-09-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131003082545/http://animegrandprix.blogspot.com/ |archive-date=2013-10-03 |url-status=live }}
''Voice Animage''
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| title = Voice Animage
ボイスアニメージュ
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| image_alt = Cover of an issue of Voice Animage, showing five female voice actors dressed in white and wearing a variety of hats
| image_caption = Cover of an issue of Voice Animage
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| previous_editor = Hideaki Kobayashi
Takashi Watanabe
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| company = Tokuma Shoten
| country = Japan
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| language = Japanese
| website = {{URL|http://animage.jp/now-voiceanimage/}}
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{{nihongo|Voice Animage|ボイスアニメージュ|Boisu Animēju}} is a sister magazine launched in 1994 that covers the voice acting industry in Japan. It was published irregularly at first, then settled into a regular release every other month. The magazine was edited by {{Interlanguage link|Hideaki Kobayashi (editor)|ja|3=古林英明|lt=Hideaki Kobayashi}} together with Takashi Watanabe before Kobayashi moved to work on various Kadokawa Shoten magazines, and the magazine suspended publication in February 2002 with its 42nd issue. At Kadokawa, Kobayashi and Watanabe helped launch Voice Newtype.
Beginning in February 2009, Voice Animage resumed publication as a quarterly magazine.{{cite web|url=http://animage.jp/column/col_11/col_11_28.html |script-title=ja:じゅじゅの編集奮闘記 第28回 魅惑のボイスにくびったけ |trans-title=Juju Editorial Struggles Journal #28 - Head Over Heels with Captivating Voices |publisher=Animage Official Site |access-date=September 25, 2009 |language=ja |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100917102844/http://animage.jp/column/col_11/col_11_28.html |archive-date=September 17, 2010 }} The magazine has focused mainly on male voice actors since relaunching.
AniRadi also began publishing {{nihongo|VoiceRadimage|ボイスラジメージュ|Boisu Radimēju}} as a play on the name of Voice Animage.
See also
Citations
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General sources
- {{cite book|last=Patten|first=Fred|title=Watching Anime, Reading Manga: 25 Years of Essays and Reviews|publisher=Stone Bridge Press|year=2004 |isbn=1880656922}}
External links
- {{in lang|ja|cap=yes}} [http://animage.jp/ Animage]
- {{in lang|ja|cap=yes}} [http://www.tokuma.jp/ Tokuma Shoten]
{{Anime Grand Prix}}
{{Animation industry in Japan}}
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Category:1978 establishments in Japan
Category:Anime magazines published in Japan
Category:Magazines established in 1978
Category:Magazines published in Tokyo