Animage

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title: "Animage" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1978-establishments-in-japan", "animation-awards", "anime-awards", "anime-magazines-published-in-japan", "magazines-established-in-1978", "magazines-published-in-tokyo", "monthly-manga-magazines-published-in-japan", "tokuma-shoten-magazines"] description: "Japanese anime and entertainment magazine" topic_path: "geography/japan" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animage" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Japanese anime and entertainment magazine ::

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Field	Value
logo	Animage logo (katakana).svg
image_file	Animage199709coverimage.png
image_size	230px
image_caption	September 1997 cover, featuring the artwork of the Studio Ghibli film, Princess Mononoke
editor	Hisae Kawai (2014–present)
previous_editor	Hideo Ogata (1978–1986)
Toshio Suzuki (1986–1989)
Takao Sasaki (1989)
Mikio Takeda (1990–1992)
Susumu Arakawa (1992–1995)
Takashi Watanabe (1995–1998)
Toshiya Matsushita (1998–2002, 2005–2014)
Shūichi Ōno (2002–2005)
frequency	Monthly
circulation	65,660 (2009)
category	Anime, manga, voice acting
company	Tokuma Shoten
firstdate	26 May 1978 (July issue)
country	Japan
based	Tokyo
language	Japanese
website	Official site
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| title = | logo = Animage logo (katakana).svg | image_file = Animage199709coverimage.png | image_size = 230px | image_caption = September 1997 cover, featuring the artwork of the Studio Ghibli film, Princess Mononoke | editor = Hisae Kawai (2014–present) | editor_title = | previous_editor = Hideo Ogata (1978–1986) Toshio Suzuki (1986–1989) Takao Sasaki (1989) Mikio Takeda (1990–1992) Susumu Arakawa (1992–1995) Takashi Watanabe (1995–1998) Toshiya Matsushita (1998–2002, 2005–2014) Shūichi Ōno (2002–2005) | staff_writer = | frequency = Monthly | circulation = 65,660 (2009) | category = Anime, manga, voice acting | company = Tokuma Shoten | firstdate = 26 May 1978 (July issue) | country = Japan | based = Tokyo | language = Japanese | website = Official site | issn =

Animage is a Japanese anime and entertainment magazine published by Tokuma Shoten since July 1978. Notable works serialized in the magazine include Hayao Miyazaki's manga Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1982—1994) and Saeko Himuro's novel Ocean Waves (1990–1992).

History

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

Anime Grand Prix

Main article: Anime Grand Prix

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.

''Voice Animage''

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Voice Animage 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 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. The magazine has focused mainly on male voice actors since relaunching.

AniRadi also began publishing VoiceRadimage as a play on the name of Voice Animage.

Citations

General sources

References

1. (January 19, 2010). "2009 Japanese Anime/Game Magazine Circulation Numbers". Anime News Network.
2. "Animage January 2017". Otakumode.
3. {{harvnb. Patten. 2004
4. (June 8, 2007). "Official Animage Magazine Website Opens in Japan". Anime News Network.
5. "Anime Grandprix".
6. link. Animage Official Site

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