While not the last ARTMIC OVA, it feels like the end of an era.

While not the last ARTMIC OVA, it feels like the end of an era.
Just a quick post to mention that we’ve re-opened shop.zimmerit.moe with copies of the Koba-Kondoh Document, our latest Patreon-funded ‘zine. There’s some other new stuff on there, too. shop.zimmerit.moe
In 1988, Gainax staff produced a three minute live-action promotional video to help market the Appleseed OVA. In 2024, Zimmerit made a video about it.
The 1992 ARTMIC OVA Genesis Surviver Gaiarth was not the most impressive series produced by the beloved design studio, but it certainly has its fans. It also never received a proper artbook released for it, but at least now we’ve got digitized copies of the original setting materials.
From the pages of Model Graphix comes Fruity Five, a photo novel and manga series that was half Sentai, half Gerry Anderson show. 9,800 yen garage kits not included.
For those who missed it the first time around, we’ve just restocked shop.zimmerit.moe with more issues of the Gainazine and a few other things.
Shipped overseas and repackaged in the ’70s and ’80s, the Japanese concept of “giant robots” has become a global phenomenon, the stuff of Hollywood films, video games, TV shows, and more. But back then, as much now, the art of big robots has bore witness to a range of global contributions, influences, and shared inspiration.
Grab a copy of the Gainazine while it lasts.
Thanks to the support of our supporters on Patreon we’re releasing a small fanzine next month.
While Gundam is everywhere today, for most of the ’80s and ’90s it was up to Western anime fans to carry the torch of Gundam through fanzines, magazine articles, and newsgroups.