Otaku Print Archive

Ad for anime on VHS from U.S. Renditions, a division of Books Nippan, who released the first subtitled direct-to-home anime videos for the American anime market with Gunbuster and Dangaioh in 1990

From V.Max Volume 1 Issue 4 (1991)

Ad for Taiko: Drum Master for PlayStation 2 from PLAY Issue 35 (November 2004)

Taiko: Drum Master was the first title in the Japanese Taiko no Tatsujin rhythm game series to be released in the U.S., and the only one until Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum 'n' Fun! in 2018

Ad for Anime Expo New York from PLAY Issue 8 (August 2002)

This was the only Anime Expo that has been held in New York, and industry guests included Akitaroh Daichi, Noboru Ishiguro, Yoko Kanno, Toshihiro Kawamoto, Yoshiyuki Tomino, and Shinichiro Watanabe

Ad for Dead or Alive 2: Hardcore, an enhanced version of the game released on the PlayStation 2 in 2000

From PlayStation 2 Magazine Issue 39 (November 2000)

Ad for Banzai Anime in Los Angeles from Play Issue 8 (August 2002)

I remember when owning these DVDs meant you were a demi-god down at the local comic book store, good times~

ADV Films ad for the Neon Genesis Evangelion series on DVD from Play Issue 5 (May 2002)

Convention Wrap-Up: Convention coverage and cosplay photos from the Spring 2007 issue of Animerica Quarterly

Animerica Quarterly was a mini-magazine distributed for free by Viz Media in Best Buy stores

The conventions featured here are Anime Weekend Atlanta and Youmacon (Detroit)

Ad for The Big O on DVD from Animerica Volume 9 Issue 5 (May 2001)

Cover of Seinen Nº 30 (March 2002), an anime magazine from Mexico

I love this and I think everything should look like this

The Realms of Imagination website in February 2001

A business card found and sent to me by a follower from the late 90s or early 2000s for a mail order anime, sci-fi and fantasy retailer called Realms of Imagination in Baltimore, MD

Advertisement aimed at broadcasters for Space Battleship Yamato from Broadcasting Magazine (March 5, 1979)

I've never heard of the series itself referred to as "Star Force," and I'm not seeing any other reference to it online, so it must have been changed very early on to "Star Blazers"

"Talk Like an Otaku," a guide to common words related to anime and manga from Future Anime Summer 2008 issue

Ad for Sword of the Berserk: Guts' Rage on Sega Dreamcast from Official Sega Dreamcast Magazine Issue 6 (July/August 2000)

Retailer ads from Animerica Volume 9 Issue 5 (May 2001)

Toy and model kit reviews from Animerica Volume 9 Issue 5 (May 2001)

New upload: Animerica Magazine Volume 9 Issue 5 (May 2001)

Featuring:
-Cover stories on Magic User's Club, Jin-Roh, Panda! Go, Panda!
-Interview with director Mamoru Oshii
-Galaxy Express 999 manga

Anime Pin Up Beauties '99 CD by Software Sculptors (1999)

Ad for Jet Grind Radio (known as Jet Set Radio in Japan) for Sega Dreamcast from Next Generation Volume 3 Number 1 (January 2001)

It's finally happening!

Ad for New Type Hobbies and Toys in San Francisco from Protoculture Addicts 23 (May/June 1993)

Robotech: The Macross Saga DVD ad from Animerica Volume 9 Number 5 (May 2001)

"...the Star Wars of the mecha anime genre" --T.H.E.M. Anime

Animerica Contest from Volume 9 Number 5 (May 2001)

"P Anime" Pioneer Animation catalog (1995)

Toy retailer ads from Animerica Volume 9 Number 5 (May 2001)