B2 sized bonus poster for the compact disc of the soundtrack album to the original video animation “Leina Stol in Wolf Sword Legend II”, Futureland/Toshiba EMI, August 1988
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La Boîte Diabolique
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Late Showa Era / Early Heisei Era Pop Culture Enthusiast
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Early promotional artwork by Atsuko Nakajima for “You’re Under Arrest the Movie”, commissioned for the March 1998 issue of Monthly Afternoon, published by Kodansha Co., Ltd. Scanned from my personal collection.
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Flowers left at the Maetel statue near the Shinkansen exit side of Kokura station, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, and the Maetel statue at Oizumi Anime Gate outside the north exit of Oizumi-Gakuen station, Nerima, Tokyo. The flowers were left by fans in tribute to the voice actress of Maetel, Masako Ikeda, who died at the age of 87 on 3 March 2026. Her agency announced the news of her death on 13 March 2026.
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Cover of the manga “Battle Girl”, written by Moby Dick and Takashi Mitsuyo with artwork by Akihiro Ito, Bunendo Co., Ltd, August 1992.
A very intriguing manga which I had no idea existed until recently. This is a manga adaptation of the 1991 direct to video B-movie “Battle Girl” aka “The Living Dead in Tokyo Bay” or referred to as “Battle Girl: Tokyo Crisis Wars” in English on the sleeve of the Japanese VHS release. The film was widely bootlegged with English subtitles back in the late 1990s, but eventually got a legit DVD release from Synapse Films in 2010. More or less, it is a terrible zombie movie directed by Kazuo Komizu (director of the infamous 1980s exploitation horror films “Entrails of a Beauty” and “Entrails of a Virgin”) which includes wrestlers Cutie Suzuki, Devil Masami and Shinobu Kandori in key roles, as well as cult musicians like Kenji Ohtsuki in some minor roles.
Interestingly Yutaka Izubuchi is credited with designing the battle suit that lead character Keiko (played by Cutie Suzuki) wears. As noted, the manga was drawn by mangaka Akihiro Ito, a year prior to the debut of his career defining “Geobreeders” series. The “Battle Girl” manga was republished by Tokuma Shoten in January 2008, crediting Daisuke Serizawa with the story, which like the “Moby Dick and Takashi Mitsuyo” story credit in the original publication of the manga, is most likely a pseudonym for Kazuo Komizu.
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B2 sized promotional poster for the direct to video spin off live action film set in the late Edo era, “Silent Möbius Gaiden: Bakumatsu Anpu Shimatsuki”, Kadokawa Video/Bandai Visual, April 1993
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Early promotional artwork for “Rhea Gall Force” by Kenichi Sonoda, CBS Sony Group Inc, late 1988. Scanned from my personal collection.
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B2 sized bonus poster for the fourth VHS and laserdisc volume of the anime TV series “Blue Seed”, Starchild/King Record Co., Ltd., April 1995
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Key artwork for a promotion for a collaboration between the gyudon (beef bowl) chain Sukiya and the anime TV series “Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX” that took place between 18 November and 26 December 2025.
The campaign named “Sparkle This Moment” included a MAV Topping Set, which if ordered came with one of six types of original stickers, with the second phase of the campaign giving away one of eight types of original A5 sized clear files with the set.
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Back cover of the movie program for the theatrical release of “Tobira wo Akete (Open the Door)”, Toho Co., Ltd, October 1986. Scanned from my personal collection.
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カネゴン Kanegon paper piggy bank. Page from 小学三年生 (Shōgaku Sannensei, magazine for third-grade elementary school students), August 1967
“When you put money in, Kanegon moves its hand!!
Let’s cut it neatly and make it.”
© Tsuburaya Productions, Design by Saburo Saito"
Trivia: Kanegon debuted in episode 15 of Ultra Q and is one of the most well known Kaiju from the entire Ultraman Series.
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Promotional photo of Kaya Hirasawa as Evil Spirit Princess Denus in the Super Sentai series “Kyuukyuu Sentai GoGoFive”, Toei Company Ltd, 1999
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I know it’s never going to happen, but really want Discotek to get Dinosaur War Izenborg out on blu-ray
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Artwork by Haruhiko Mikimoto for a B2 sized bonus poster which came with pre-orders for the “Super Dimension Cavalry Southern Cross” laserdisc box set, Pioneer LDC, June 1991. The poster is unusual as it combines mecha and characters from the two other “Super Dimension” series; “Macross” and “Orguss”.
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Artwork by Kumiko Takahashi for the digipak cover in the “Crusher Joe” blu-ray box set, VAP, December 2016. Scanned from my personal collection.
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Promotional poster for the mini album “My First Karie” by Kahimi Karie, Trattoria/Polystar, January 1995