Anime Wink
@animewink.bsky.social
Anime and manga history, nostalgia, and other cool stuff from around the world of anime fandom of the 70s to 20XX!
Anime-on-DVD and VHS collector, anime magazine digger, and popular culture explorer.
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🏳️⚧️ She/her. UK.
Anime-on-DVD and VHS collector, anime magazine digger, and popular culture explorer.
SysOp: @sharkabytes.bsky.social
🏳️⚧️ She/her. UK.
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Anime Wink
@animewink.bsky.social
· Oct 30
Why Anime Wink? It's the name of a long-defunct anime and manga store I ran across in an early 90s issue of Animerica a while back. And the name charmed me so much that I decided to adopt it for this account.
But yeah, welcome! 💜
But yeah, welcome! 💜
Deunan Knute appreciation post. 💜
February 8, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Deunan Knute appreciation post. 💜
Buddy cop lunchtime in the city of the future.
📺: Appleseed OVA, 1988 (VHS)
This was snapped from the Manga Video release which had copious amounts of profanity. It's uh, quite the experience to rewatch these days xD
📺: Appleseed OVA, 1988 (VHS)
This was snapped from the Manga Video release which had copious amounts of profanity. It's uh, quite the experience to rewatch these days xD
February 8, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Buddy cop lunchtime in the city of the future.
📺: Appleseed OVA, 1988 (VHS)
This was snapped from the Manga Video release which had copious amounts of profanity. It's uh, quite the experience to rewatch these days xD
📺: Appleseed OVA, 1988 (VHS)
This was snapped from the Manga Video release which had copious amounts of profanity. It's uh, quite the experience to rewatch these days xD
Issue One of MixxZine, a relatively short-lived but impactful monthly manga magazine first published in 1997.
Characterized their chaotic colour-clash covers, the first issue of Mixx kicks off with two shōjo serials, Sailor Moon and Magic Knight Rayearth, and two seinen: Parasyte and Ice Blade.
Characterized their chaotic colour-clash covers, the first issue of Mixx kicks off with two shōjo serials, Sailor Moon and Magic Knight Rayearth, and two seinen: Parasyte and Ice Blade.
February 3, 2026 at 7:59 PM
Issue One of MixxZine, a relatively short-lived but impactful monthly manga magazine first published in 1997.
Characterized their chaotic colour-clash covers, the first issue of Mixx kicks off with two shōjo serials, Sailor Moon and Magic Knight Rayearth, and two seinen: Parasyte and Ice Blade.
Characterized their chaotic colour-clash covers, the first issue of Mixx kicks off with two shōjo serials, Sailor Moon and Magic Knight Rayearth, and two seinen: Parasyte and Ice Blade.
For when you want to listen to some Incredible Math 🎶
February 3, 2026 at 7:43 PM
For when you want to listen to some Incredible Math 🎶
"Blade Runner in hyperdrive!"
Well, I have never seen Outlaw Star described that way before, aha. But yes, sizzling in the pages of Animerica in the Year 2000, Gundam Wing and Outlaw Star - this Summer's Hottest Anime Releases. 🔥
Well, I have never seen Outlaw Star described that way before, aha. But yes, sizzling in the pages of Animerica in the Year 2000, Gundam Wing and Outlaw Star - this Summer's Hottest Anime Releases. 🔥
January 28, 2026 at 6:43 PM
"Blade Runner in hyperdrive!"
Well, I have never seen Outlaw Star described that way before, aha. But yes, sizzling in the pages of Animerica in the Year 2000, Gundam Wing and Outlaw Star - this Summer's Hottest Anime Releases. 🔥
Well, I have never seen Outlaw Star described that way before, aha. But yes, sizzling in the pages of Animerica in the Year 2000, Gundam Wing and Outlaw Star - this Summer's Hottest Anime Releases. 🔥
Over 15 Hours of Japanese Anime!
I saw these MVM boxsets everywhere that stocked anime in the UK in 2005. But then, one volume of ten different anime at a budget price was tempting, and it's how I first watched Haibane Renmei and Tekhnolyze.
I saw these MVM boxsets everywhere that stocked anime in the UK in 2005. But then, one volume of ten different anime at a budget price was tempting, and it's how I first watched Haibane Renmei and Tekhnolyze.
January 26, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Over 15 Hours of Japanese Anime!
I saw these MVM boxsets everywhere that stocked anime in the UK in 2005. But then, one volume of ten different anime at a budget price was tempting, and it's how I first watched Haibane Renmei and Tekhnolyze.
I saw these MVM boxsets everywhere that stocked anime in the UK in 2005. But then, one volume of ten different anime at a budget price was tempting, and it's how I first watched Haibane Renmei and Tekhnolyze.
Mecha madness with Animerica's Fall 2001 issue, an appropriately giant size special with a cool Gundam cover to celebrate.
January 24, 2026 at 10:32 PM
Mecha madness with Animerica's Fall 2001 issue, an appropriately giant size special with a cool Gundam cover to celebrate.
Big O! Big O, Ohhh Big O! 🚨
The Big O. One of the shows that are a core part of my Toonami nostalgia. It throws a bunch of homages and influences into a blender and serves up a delicious, noir-favoured cocktail.
The Big O. One of the shows that are a core part of my Toonami nostalgia. It throws a bunch of homages and influences into a blender and serves up a delicious, noir-favoured cocktail.
January 24, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Big O! Big O, Ohhh Big O! 🚨
The Big O. One of the shows that are a core part of my Toonami nostalgia. It throws a bunch of homages and influences into a blender and serves up a delicious, noir-favoured cocktail.
The Big O. One of the shows that are a core part of my Toonami nostalgia. It throws a bunch of homages and influences into a blender and serves up a delicious, noir-favoured cocktail.
A peek at the imported Gunpla scene of '92 with Animerica issue 0.
I had a little phase of Gunpla when I could afford to buy them late in the decade, but I was deep into Warhammer at the time too and could only afford one figurine hobby.
I had a little phase of Gunpla when I could afford to buy them late in the decade, but I was deep into Warhammer at the time too and could only afford one figurine hobby.
January 23, 2026 at 9:34 PM
A peek at the imported Gunpla scene of '92 with Animerica issue 0.
I had a little phase of Gunpla when I could afford to buy them late in the decade, but I was deep into Warhammer at the time too and could only afford one figurine hobby.
I had a little phase of Gunpla when I could afford to buy them late in the decade, but I was deep into Warhammer at the time too and could only afford one figurine hobby.
When anime made the cover of Rolling Stone: as the first of the Rebuild of Evangelion movies hit the big screen, Rolling Stone in Japan celebrated by making Rei Ayanami their cover girl of the September 2007 issue.
January 23, 2026 at 2:00 PM
When anime made the cover of Rolling Stone: as the first of the Rebuild of Evangelion movies hit the big screen, Rolling Stone in Japan celebrated by making Rei Ayanami their cover girl of the September 2007 issue.
From a 2003 issue of NewType USA: RahXephon x Suncoast! Where you could save $3 on any anime apparel if you pick up volume 4.
January 20, 2026 at 6:40 PM
From a 2003 issue of NewType USA: RahXephon x Suncoast! Where you could save $3 on any anime apparel if you pick up volume 4.
Recorded from a delve into a Minami magazine CD I'm currently doing: a sweet fan cam recording from Expo Japan 2001. Hironobu Kageyama gives his all, leading a karaoke of Dragon Ball Z's "Cha La Head Cha La."
Melting my heart to watch it all.
Melting my heart to watch it all.
January 20, 2026 at 12:44 AM
Recorded from a delve into a Minami magazine CD I'm currently doing: a sweet fan cam recording from Expo Japan 2001. Hironobu Kageyama gives his all, leading a karaoke of Dragon Ball Z's "Cha La Head Cha La."
Melting my heart to watch it all.
Melting my heart to watch it all.
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See you later!
It's always so cute how the DOKAN multimedia anime/manga CD-ROM mascot will bid you farewell as you finish exploring one of the CDs.
It's always so cute how the DOKAN multimedia anime/manga CD-ROM mascot will bid you farewell as you finish exploring one of the CDs.
November 26, 2025 at 11:34 PM
See you later!
It's always so cute how the DOKAN multimedia anime/manga CD-ROM mascot will bid you farewell as you finish exploring one of the CDs.
It's always so cute how the DOKAN multimedia anime/manga CD-ROM mascot will bid you farewell as you finish exploring one of the CDs.
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From a 1995 calendar that was in an archive of files for one of the PC-98 Record of Lodoss War games: an adorable illustration of chibi mischief and adventure.
December 20, 2025 at 7:43 PM
From a 1995 calendar that was in an archive of files for one of the PC-98 Record of Lodoss War games: an adorable illustration of chibi mischief and adventure.
Be warned! It's coming! AnimeCon '91!
A lovely little slice of earlier anime fandom in the USA history.
In terms of industry/studio recognition and support outside of Japan, this was the big one; the one that got the ball rolling for cons to come.
A lovely little slice of earlier anime fandom in the USA history.
In terms of industry/studio recognition and support outside of Japan, this was the big one; the one that got the ball rolling for cons to come.
January 16, 2026 at 9:22 PM
Be warned! It's coming! AnimeCon '91!
A lovely little slice of earlier anime fandom in the USA history.
In terms of industry/studio recognition and support outside of Japan, this was the big one; the one that got the ball rolling for cons to come.
A lovely little slice of earlier anime fandom in the USA history.
In terms of industry/studio recognition and support outside of Japan, this was the big one; the one that got the ball rolling for cons to come.
Who decided that time has to flow into the future?
The lives that erase the stigma of the past will rewrite history
A beautiful blade will connect person to person
And sweep away the cycle of pain and sadness.
From one of Argentina's NUKE CDROMs in 2001: Turn "A" Gundam's OP1: Turn A Turn 🎶
The lives that erase the stigma of the past will rewrite history
A beautiful blade will connect person to person
And sweep away the cycle of pain and sadness.
From one of Argentina's NUKE CDROMs in 2001: Turn "A" Gundam's OP1: Turn A Turn 🎶
January 14, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Who decided that time has to flow into the future?
The lives that erase the stigma of the past will rewrite history
A beautiful blade will connect person to person
And sweep away the cycle of pain and sadness.
From one of Argentina's NUKE CDROMs in 2001: Turn "A" Gundam's OP1: Turn A Turn 🎶
The lives that erase the stigma of the past will rewrite history
A beautiful blade will connect person to person
And sweep away the cycle of pain and sadness.
From one of Argentina's NUKE CDROMs in 2001: Turn "A" Gundam's OP1: Turn A Turn 🎶
One of my favourite moments from Escaflowne: The Movie (Ocean dub). It's a sensual intermission, a pause for breath with some wonderful line delivery from the late Kirby Morrow that just adds to the beauty of the scene.
January 13, 2026 at 8:22 PM
One of my favourite moments from Escaflowne: The Movie (Ocean dub). It's a sensual intermission, a pause for breath with some wonderful line delivery from the late Kirby Morrow that just adds to the beauty of the scene.
A vision of Escaflowne's Gaea with a more savage, desolate beauty as seen in the movie.
Both it and Panzer Dragoon seem to draw from common pools of (Mœbius) inspiration: empires and tribes fighting for domination or to survive and thrive in a dying world, one with moments of striking beauty.
Both it and Panzer Dragoon seem to draw from common pools of (Mœbius) inspiration: empires and tribes fighting for domination or to survive and thrive in a dying world, one with moments of striking beauty.
January 13, 2026 at 8:15 PM
A vision of Escaflowne's Gaea with a more savage, desolate beauty as seen in the movie.
Both it and Panzer Dragoon seem to draw from common pools of (Mœbius) inspiration: empires and tribes fighting for domination or to survive and thrive in a dying world, one with moments of striking beauty.
Both it and Panzer Dragoon seem to draw from common pools of (Mœbius) inspiration: empires and tribes fighting for domination or to survive and thrive in a dying world, one with moments of striking beauty.
It's as easy as A, B, C-Ko!
Gloriously vibrant and characterful, @wiloverton.bsky.social's cover for the third issue of Anime UK Magazine for August/September 1992.
Gloriously vibrant and characterful, @wiloverton.bsky.social's cover for the third issue of Anime UK Magazine for August/September 1992.
January 11, 2026 at 2:59 PM
It's as easy as A, B, C-Ko!
Gloriously vibrant and characterful, @wiloverton.bsky.social's cover for the third issue of Anime UK Magazine for August/September 1992.
Gloriously vibrant and characterful, @wiloverton.bsky.social's cover for the third issue of Anime UK Magazine for August/September 1992.
There's no gun too big for Feb Fall. 💪
📺: Sol Bianca, AIC, 1990 (VHS)
📺: Sol Bianca, AIC, 1990 (VHS)
January 8, 2026 at 2:29 PM
There's no gun too big for Feb Fall. 💪
📺: Sol Bianca, AIC, 1990 (VHS)
📺: Sol Bianca, AIC, 1990 (VHS)
Treasure's a Pleasure.... but a Blaster is a Girl's Best Friend.
The adventures of Space Girls with Guns on a shiny disc that still feels like it's from the future: the Laser Disc release of the original Sol Bianca OVA from 1990.
The adventures of Space Girls with Guns on a shiny disc that still feels like it's from the future: the Laser Disc release of the original Sol Bianca OVA from 1990.
January 5, 2026 at 12:23 PM
Treasure's a Pleasure.... but a Blaster is a Girl's Best Friend.
The adventures of Space Girls with Guns on a shiny disc that still feels like it's from the future: the Laser Disc release of the original Sol Bianca OVA from 1990.
The adventures of Space Girls with Guns on a shiny disc that still feels like it's from the future: the Laser Disc release of the original Sol Bianca OVA from 1990.
Doin' jewel crime with fine style!
Reading about the internal power struggles that went on during the pitch phase of Nadia's production that led to Hideaki Anno helming the series was really something.
📺: Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water, 1990
Reading about the internal power struggles that went on during the pitch phase of Nadia's production that led to Hideaki Anno helming the series was really something.
📺: Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water, 1990
January 3, 2026 at 5:44 PM
Doin' jewel crime with fine style!
Reading about the internal power struggles that went on during the pitch phase of Nadia's production that led to Hideaki Anno helming the series was really something.
📺: Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water, 1990
Reading about the internal power struggles that went on during the pitch phase of Nadia's production that led to Hideaki Anno helming the series was really something.
📺: Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water, 1990
Do it Now in 2001 with ADV
January 3, 2026 at 5:28 PM
Do it Now in 2001 with ADV
December 2002's Animerica - it's time for Spirited Away hype!
Hitting US theatres in September that year, it was still building momentum when this issue hit shelves, momentum that would reach a crescendo when it nabbed an Oscar in April 2003 for Best Animated Feature.
Hitting US theatres in September that year, it was still building momentum when this issue hit shelves, momentum that would reach a crescendo when it nabbed an Oscar in April 2003 for Best Animated Feature.
January 2, 2026 at 10:47 PM
December 2002's Animerica - it's time for Spirited Away hype!
Hitting US theatres in September that year, it was still building momentum when this issue hit shelves, momentum that would reach a crescendo when it nabbed an Oscar in April 2003 for Best Animated Feature.
Hitting US theatres in September that year, it was still building momentum when this issue hit shelves, momentum that would reach a crescendo when it nabbed an Oscar in April 2003 for Best Animated Feature.
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Why Anime Wink? It's the name of a long-defunct anime and manga store I ran across in an early 90s issue of Animerica a while back. And the name charmed me so much that I decided to adopt it for this account.
But yeah, welcome! 💜
But yeah, welcome! 💜
October 30, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Why Anime Wink? It's the name of a long-defunct anime and manga store I ran across in an early 90s issue of Animerica a while back. And the name charmed me so much that I decided to adopt it for this account.
But yeah, welcome! 💜
But yeah, welcome! 💜