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Animage (アニメージュ, Animēju) is a Japaneseanime and entertainment magazine which Tokuma Shoten began publishing in July 1978. Hayao Miyazaki's internationally renowned manga, Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, was serialized in Animage from 1982 through 1994. Other titles serialized in Animage include Ocean Waves (1990–1995), a novel by Saeko Himuro, which was later made into a television movie by the same title.

History[edit]

Animage was established in 1978^[2] as the first magazine devoted to animation and comics aimed at a general public and not professionals.^[3] In 2007 the magazine started its online edition.^[4]

Timeline[edit]

• July 1978: First issue
• January 1980: First Annual Anime Grand Prix
• July 1982: 50th issue
• June 1983: 5th anniversary
• September 1986: 100th issue
• June 1988: 10th anniversary
• November 1990: 150th issue
• June 1993: 15th anniversary
• January 1995: 200th issue
• June 1998: 20th anniversary, changed to A4 size for magazine, changed title to English Animage instead of アニメージュ
• March 1999: 250th issue
• June 2002: Beginning with July issue, changed title back to katakanaアニメージュ
• May 2003: 300th issue
• June 2003: 25th anniversary
• June 2008: 30th anniversary
• June 2013: 35th anniversary

Anime Grand Prix[edit]

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.^[5]

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Voice Animage[edit]

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 Hideaki Kobayashi [ja] 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.^[6] Free dvd player download. The magazine has focused mainly on male voice actors since relaunching.

AniRadi also began publishing VoiceRadimage (ボイスラジメージュ, Boisu Radimēju) as a play on the name of Voice Animage.

References[edit]

1. ^'2009 Japanese Anime/Game Magazine Circulation Numbers'. Anime News Network. January 19, 2010. Archived from the original on January 22, 2010. Retrieved January 19, 2010.
2. ^'Animage January 2017'. Otakumode. Archived from the original on 2018-10-10. Retrieved February 1, 2017.
3. ^Patten 2004, p. 142
4. ^'Official Animage Magazine Website Opens in Japan'. Anime News Network. June 8, 2007. Archived from the original on 2015-09-12. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
5. ^'Anime Grandprix'. Archived from the original on 2013-10-03. Retrieved 2013-09-25.
6. ^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 [Juju Editorial Struggles Journal #28 - Head Over Heels with Captivating Voices] (in Japanese). Animage Official Site. Archived from the original on September 17, 2010. Retrieved September 25, 2009.

Sources[edit]

• Patten, Fred (2004). Watching Anime, Reading Manga: 25 Years of Essays and Reviews. Stone Bridge Press. ISBN1880656922.

External links[edit]

• (in Japanese)Animage
• (in Japanese)Tokuma Shoten

Paul Raymond Publications is a Britishpornography publisher of monthly softcorepornographic magazine titles: Escort, Club International, Mayfair, Men Only, Men's World, Razzle, Swing Mag, Club DVD and Escort DVD. It also publishes an adult website at www.paulraymond.xxx which features both softcore and hardcore content since UK law does not allow hardcore R18 imagery to be sold on newsstands. Their magazines are generally available in most newsagents, although some larger retailers require a modesty bag in order to protect minors from seeing gratuitous flesh on display on the cover. As from 2013, their magazines are also available in digital format exclusively on the Paul Raymond digital newsstand.^[1] Blue Active Media Ltd. is the parent company.

History[edit]

Paul Raymond's (1925–2008) publication ventures, financed by Raymond Revuebar profits, began with the short-lived King in 1964 ^[2] but the company was established with the purchase of Men Only in 1971 and Club International in 1972.^[3] Raymond relaunched Men Only with photographs of the women who worked at his strip-clubs.^[2] Within a few years he made claim of a 500,000 circulation.^[2] In 1979 he launched the Electric Blue series of videos, a range which was produced until the mid 1990s.^[4] Raymond's daughter Debbie ran the company for a time, until her death in 1992 from an overdose.^[3] The company's main competitors in the UK are Gold Star Publications, formerly owned by David Sullivan, and Northern & Shell, owned by Richard Desmond.^[5] In 1999 the company had revenues of £20 million, and pre-tax profits of £19 million.^[5] As of 2001 it produced eight of the 10 best-selling pornographic magazines in the UK, aided by its deal with Comag, one of Britains largest magazine distributors.^[5] In the 2000s the companies fortunes waned due to competition from the internet and 'lad mags'.^[3][5]

Sale and acquisition[edit]

Following Raymond's death, the US arm of the company was sold to Magna Publishing Group; the UK arm was sold to private investors that formed Tri Active Media Ltd. holding it for about 3 years. Paul Chaplin bought (6 October 2012) Paul Raymond Publications for an undisclosed sum, and reunited it with Loaded and Superbike magazines under the newly formed Blue Active Media Ltd. The latter acquisition provided capital to focus rejuvenation of Paul Raymond brand publications to their heyday. Mayfair has improved on paper quality and pagination.^{[citation needed]}

Chaplin, recognizing the value that digital media can bring to print publication, has invested in redeveloping the online presence of the Paul Raymond brand with new websites, focussing on the new .xxx TLD.^{[citation needed]}

Magazine Titles[edit]

• Club DVD
• Escort DVD
• Escort Readers Wives
• Escort xxx Rated
• Escort Swingmag
• Razzle Readers Wives
• Razzle Extreme
• Best of Men Only
• Best of Mayfair
• Best of Club International
• Mayfair Lingerie
• Club International 'Teen's Untamed'
• Model Directory

See also[edit]

References[edit]

1. ^'Paul Raymond Digital'. Paul Raymond Publications. Retrieved 2 August 2017 – via Electric Magazines Ltd.
2. ^ ^abcObituary:Paul Raymond, Daily Telegraph, 3 March 2008
3. ^ ^abcBBC NEWS UK Porn baron Raymond dies aged 82
4. ^'Paul Raymond the King of Soho'. Strip Magazine. 27 December 2013. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
5. ^ ^abcdObserver - Top shelf gathers dust

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