Tom dives further into the publication history of Syd Mead’s Gundam movie concept art and examines rarely seen original sketches.
Goodbye, Daicon Film: When Gainax Made Appleseed
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.
Genesis Surviver Gaiarth Setting Materials
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.
A 1985 Otaku Salad: Fruity Five
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.
Gainazine Restock on shop.zimmerit.moe
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.
A Brief History of Hideaki Anno’s Work on Mobile Suit Gundam
A look at legendary animator and director Hideaki Anno’s involvement with the Mobile Suit Gundam series.
Gattai: The Global Interplay of Mecha Design
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.
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Our Patreon-Funded Gainazine
Thanks to the support of our supporters on Patreon we’re releasing a small fanzine next month.
All the Gundam That Was Fit to Print: Western Gundam Fandom Before Anime Village
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.