Animage

Animage (アニメージュ) is a Japanese anime 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 I Can Hear the Sea (1990-1995), a novel by Saeko Himuro which was later made into a television movie by the same title.

History

 * 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

Anime Grand Prix
The Anime Grand Prix is 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.

Seiyū
Megumi Hayashibara won 12 times and Akira Kamiya won 11 times. In 1994, Megumi Ogata won the Seiyū, the Male character (Kurama) and the Female character (Haruka Tenoh).