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MAD ANGLER @retroanimechris.bsky.social · May 7

You can call me Chris de la Bigne! I'm a pro illustrator & archivist of Shōwa era doujinshi, production materials and histories. You can view more of my work alongside other resources here:
bit.ly/retrochris
To support what I do for the community, you can donate here:
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MAD ANGLER @retroanimechris.bsky.social · 8h

Some time ago, I'd also announced that I owned the physical story boards that the group made for a short intro animation that is now lost media. The boards were reprinted in this doujin and now are in 4K/HD alongside the rest of the text. Thanks!

Bright vs Char in a samurai duel on a storyboard. Amuro pulls his sword out.

MAD ANGLER @retroanimechris.bsky.social · 8h

Internet Archive (for DDLs): archive.org/details/gate...
Sad Panda Mirror (R18): e-hentai.org/g/3584172/8f...
Hailing from 1981, this is one of the oldest I own on record nearly 2 years after 0079's original broadcast. A very robust story, its based on Ryotaro Shiba's novel of the same name.

Amuro Ray as a Samurai stands down the Black Tristars who draw their Matchlocks on him. Bright and Sayla cry out as the house is on fire.

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MAD ANGLER @retroanimechris.bsky.social · 8h

At long last, I'm happy to announce that one of the earliest Gundam Edo-era themed doujins has now been fully archived. Gate of the Wind God by The Tasaki Black Sabbath Gang, is now available for free on the Internet Archive among other places. Link in thread:

the front cover of the Gundam edo-era doujinshi "Gate of the Wind God" or Fujin No Mon. The cover is aged and orange with dark black text.

A scene of Samurai Amuro Ray and Bright Noa conferring with Hime Garma Zabi and her servant / ninja Char Aznable. The pages are black and white.

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MAD ANGLER @retroanimechris.bsky.social · 21h

Very good read, thank you!

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MAD ANGLER @retroanimechris.bsky.social · 21h

This is actually Don Bies, he's a good friend of mine.

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Jordan Maison @jordanmaison.com · 1d

For #IndigenousPeoplesDay, enjoy this thread of past articles wherein I put a Native lens to pop culture.

Always grateful for @io9dotcom.bsky.social letting me talk about Tusken Raiders in #StarWars and how they evolved in The Book of Boba Fett:

gizmodo.com/how-the-book...

How The Book of Boba Fett Evolved Star Wars' View of the Tuskens

The latest Disney+ Star Wars series went to great lengths to infuse its Tusken tribe with influences from real-world Indigenous cultures.

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MAD ANGLER @retroanimechris.bsky.social · 22h

Gentleman Boba Fett RKGK

a phone sketch of Boba Fett having tea, its greyscale and he's helmetless wearing a casual ribbed turtle neck.

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MAD ANGLER @retroanimechris.bsky.social · 23h

Lots of Garma in this one, but my scanner bed didn't get every detail I need to make it the best it can be. All the same, I will be going slower on this one. Tomorrow will have a big release as is, so this can be redone in parts.

Garma Zabi twirling his hair while smiling.

MAD ANGLER @retroanimechris.bsky.social · 23h

Bes!! Bes Jordan!
From another book I'm editing, but I have to fix some things up and do a lot more research.

Bes Jordan shouting at a member of the Buff Clan from a vintage doujinshi

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MAD ANGLER @retroanimechris.bsky.social · 1d

There is also the treat of Sayla x Bright in this feature alongside Matilda x Amuro and Char x Garma.

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MAD ANGLER @retroanimechris.bsky.social · 1d

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Coming soon, The Tasaki Black Sabbath Guy's "Gate of the Wind God", one of the first Gundam Edo era doujins ever made.

samurai Amuro stands down three other rival samurai, the Black Tristars, bearing their matchlock pistols. Sayla and Bright shout at him.

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MAD ANGLER @retroanimechris.bsky.social · 1d

I have been quietly doing some new releases in the background, but I am happy to unveil that I am documenting my copy of vol.2 of Uncle John by the circle Black Mary's Rainbow. This is one of the rarest year 24 works I own that features a distinctly transgender main character.

vol.2 of Uncle John by the circle Black Mary's Rainbow. This is one of the rarest year 24 works I own that features a distinctly transgender main character. A feminine character, who is a rock star, listens to Pink Floyd and other records while having a drink. They hold a bottle of liquor. A person off screen holds their hand out with a cigarette languidly. The line art is black while the cover is baby blue.

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MAD ANGLER @retroanimechris.bsky.social · 1d

Jesus LMFAO

MAD ANGLER @retroanimechris.bsky.social · 2d

Most of these are easy to scan, but ever since I moved my collection to a climate controlled space to protect them, logistics have been interesting. I have gathered this stack at least to do, I've finished about four already as far as scanning. Editing is another process...

MAD ANGLER @retroanimechris.bsky.social · 2d

Trying to get through the Gundam stack but it keeps growing higher and higher 😭

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MAD ANGLER @retroanimechris.bsky.social · 3d

Mirai as Licky Lee from My Favorite Fraw by the Fraw Bow F.C.

mirai yashima from mobile suit gundam chibi-fied and sticking her tongue out at you

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MAD ANGLER @retroanimechris.bsky.social · 3d

One of the many foldout posters included with my copy of My Favorite Fraw, published August 26th of 1982. The artist appears to be Ayumu Nagamine or a Tsuru, but I'm not for certain just yet. There are lots of chibi works in this one and I feel an animator worked on parts of this book.

chibi versions of Mobile Suit Gundam characters from the 1979 show in squares with Japanese text, including Yoshiyuki Tomino, on a black and white poster.

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Nina Gonzalez @ninagonzalez.bsky.social · 4d

This had never occurred to me before, but there is definitely fanfic and fanart out there shipping Jake and Elwood.

MAD ANGLER @retroanimechris.bsky.social · 4d

Anime Research Group Espial was present when Hideo Azuma and his friends first unveiled Cybele during the tenure of the circle's brief history. There are lots of standalone drawings that are plenty humorous!

Char and Garma dressed in cool cat suits while Sayla holds a bazooka.

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MAD ANGLER @retroanimechris.bsky.social · 3d

Great! I am only halfway in editing but it's got tons of work in it. Hope to post it soon 🫡

MAD ANGLER @retroanimechris.bsky.social · 4d

Tomino from a fun book I'm currently editing, "My Favorite Fraw" from the Fraw Bow F.C. This particular one has commentary from Daicon IV and some very emotional Fraw x Amuro works. I got this one from M some time ago when he cleaned his storage out.

a cheeky yoshiyuki tomino to soothe your feels

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MAD ANGLER @retroanimechris.bsky.social · 4d

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MAD ANGLER @retroanimechris.bsky.social · 4d

Website archive:
retroanimechris.blogspot.com/2025/10/c19-...
Internet archive (for DDLs):
archive.org/details/espe...
Sad Panda mirror (18+ WARNING):
e-hentai.org/g/3576763/d4...
This is an early post-broadcast work by some of the most important, prolific female Aniparo illustrators of their day.

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MAD ANGLER @retroanimechris.bsky.social · 4d

I recently archived my copy of vol. 9 of Anime Research Group Espial's imprint Esperanto, primarily their Mobile Suit Gundam / Ideon meets Edo era parody Sekigahara. Published in 1981 for Comiket 19, this is a lengthy work that features a lot of Garma above all. Links to read/download below:

An orange cover of Garma Zabi wearing samurai battle armor, illustrated by Aya Shishioin.

One of the most elusive, rare titles to grace the web, Esperanto as an imprint has seldom gone to market and is exceedingly hard to acquire, much less in this shape. This particular book I got from Mandarake thinking it was something totally different (one comes to find that you cannot trust all Mandarake listings as it was cataloged incorrectly).

This is an early post-broadcast work by some of the most important, prolific female Aniparo illustrators of their day - Shio Sato (Haruka Sato, Simone Yotsuya), Riho Yagisawa (Meiko Hayashi) and Aya Shishioin (A name that is an amalgamation of both Aya and Shio's pennames, though is of the author Aya Katsura) penned this work, whereas it was later available at Comiket 19. At this time, these artists were quite important contributors to texts such as Monthly OUT and Animage during its tenure as a subculture magazine. Anime Research Group Espial was present when Hideo Azuma and his friends first unveiled Cybele during the tenure of the circle's brief history. An offshoot of both circles Syndicate as well as Tokyo Animenia Army, this work encompasses each author's sensitivity to literature, Japanese history and pop culture under the veil of both mecha and BL.

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MAD ANGLER @retroanimechris.bsky.social · 5d

While treated very romantically, this is one of the few times I've seen Sato do anything where Garma isn't attached to the hip with Char.

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MAD ANGLER @retroanimechris.bsky.social · 5d

I should have this one up today, if not tomorrow, if time is kind to me haha.