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.
SysOp: @sharkabytes.bsky.social
🏳️⚧️ 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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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! 💜
J.C. Staff's 2005 adaptation of Ryo Mizuno's 'Starship Operators'.
Reality television meets sci-fi naval combat as a crew of cadets fly the flag for a government in exile, their actions and personal drama broadcast by their sponsors eager for a dramatic story: the Galaxy Network.
Reality television meets sci-fi naval combat as a crew of cadets fly the flag for a government in exile, their actions and personal drama broadcast by their sponsors eager for a dramatic story: the Galaxy Network.
November 15, 2025 at 8:08 PM
J.C. Staff's 2005 adaptation of Ryo Mizuno's 'Starship Operators'.
Reality television meets sci-fi naval combat as a crew of cadets fly the flag for a government in exile, their actions and personal drama broadcast by their sponsors eager for a dramatic story: the Galaxy Network.
Reality television meets sci-fi naval combat as a crew of cadets fly the flag for a government in exile, their actions and personal drama broadcast by their sponsors eager for a dramatic story: the Galaxy Network.
"What is Anime?" asks and explains one of the anime fan sites of the late 90s, earnestly enthusing and educating.
November 15, 2025 at 6:22 PM
"What is Anime?" asks and explains one of the anime fan sites of the late 90s, earnestly enthusing and educating.
Snacks for Saturday?
90s UK anime magazine Anime UK/FX would always include a cute themed recipe at the back of the mag.
Ah, oishii!
90s UK anime magazine Anime UK/FX would always include a cute themed recipe at the back of the mag.
Ah, oishii!
November 15, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Snacks for Saturday?
90s UK anime magazine Anime UK/FX would always include a cute themed recipe at the back of the mag.
Ah, oishii!
90s UK anime magazine Anime UK/FX would always include a cute themed recipe at the back of the mag.
Ah, oishii!
Available for the princely sum of 16,000 yen but on the futuristic format of the 80s, LASERDISC: Daicon III and IV Opening Animations.
Unofficially released in 1988 due to legal entanglements, this now rare release compiled the short movies created by animators who'd go on to form GAINAX.
Unofficially released in 1988 due to legal entanglements, this now rare release compiled the short movies created by animators who'd go on to form GAINAX.
November 14, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Available for the princely sum of 16,000 yen but on the futuristic format of the 80s, LASERDISC: Daicon III and IV Opening Animations.
Unofficially released in 1988 due to legal entanglements, this now rare release compiled the short movies created by animators who'd go on to form GAINAX.
Unofficially released in 1988 due to legal entanglements, this now rare release compiled the short movies created by animators who'd go on to form GAINAX.
A Girl and her Cyborg - Manga Heroes #2, March 1995.
November 14, 2025 at 8:28 PM
A Girl and her Cyborg - Manga Heroes #2, March 1995.
Minnie and Rally's explosive brand of mischief... 🌭💣
📖: Gunsmith Cats: Shades of Gray, 1997 Dark Horse Comics release
📖: Gunsmith Cats: Shades of Gray, 1997 Dark Horse Comics release
November 14, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Minnie and Rally's explosive brand of mischief... 🌭💣
📖: Gunsmith Cats: Shades of Gray, 1997 Dark Horse Comics release
📖: Gunsmith Cats: Shades of Gray, 1997 Dark Horse Comics release
"I believe that dubbing is akin to taking a classical painting and changing the colour scheme, or taking the sculpture of a person, for example, and changing the face..."
Letters to EX in 1997, as the e-zine conducted a dub vs sub survey. So far, the survey has is overwhelmingly in favour of sub.
Letters to EX in 1997, as the e-zine conducted a dub vs sub survey. So far, the survey has is overwhelmingly in favour of sub.
November 13, 2025 at 7:14 PM
"I believe that dubbing is akin to taking a classical painting and changing the colour scheme, or taking the sculpture of a person, for example, and changing the face..."
Letters to EX in 1997, as the e-zine conducted a dub vs sub survey. So far, the survey has is overwhelmingly in favour of sub.
Letters to EX in 1997, as the e-zine conducted a dub vs sub survey. So far, the survey has is overwhelmingly in favour of sub.
The Rayearth-riffic cover of the first issue of Animax, one of Brazil's pioneers in anime and manga magazines.
Coasting the popularity of Saint Seiya's broadcast in 1994, and building on years of growing grassroot fan gatherings and 'zines, Animax remained one of the country's most popular ani-mags
Coasting the popularity of Saint Seiya's broadcast in 1994, and building on years of growing grassroot fan gatherings and 'zines, Animax remained one of the country's most popular ani-mags
November 12, 2025 at 11:46 PM
The Rayearth-riffic cover of the first issue of Animax, one of Brazil's pioneers in anime and manga magazines.
Coasting the popularity of Saint Seiya's broadcast in 1994, and building on years of growing grassroot fan gatherings and 'zines, Animax remained one of the country's most popular ani-mags
Coasting the popularity of Saint Seiya's broadcast in 1994, and building on years of growing grassroot fan gatherings and 'zines, Animax remained one of the country's most popular ani-mags
A splash of colourful city life on Planet Eden in the year 2040 - the backdrop for a fierce rivalry between childhood friends.
📺: Macross Plus: The Movie, Triangle Staff, 1995
📺: Macross Plus: The Movie, Triangle Staff, 1995
November 12, 2025 at 6:43 PM
A splash of colourful city life on Planet Eden in the year 2040 - the backdrop for a fierce rivalry between childhood friends.
📺: Macross Plus: The Movie, Triangle Staff, 1995
📺: Macross Plus: The Movie, Triangle Staff, 1995
"The fighting in this area is ferocious... Only fate will determine if we live or die..."
Anime in Games: Area 88/UN Squadron. Released by Capcom in 1989 into arcades, with home computer and a well-regarded Super Nintendo version.
Anime in Games: Area 88/UN Squadron. Released by Capcom in 1989 into arcades, with home computer and a well-regarded Super Nintendo version.
November 11, 2025 at 11:40 PM
"The fighting in this area is ferocious... Only fate will determine if we live or die..."
Anime in Games: Area 88/UN Squadron. Released by Capcom in 1989 into arcades, with home computer and a well-regarded Super Nintendo version.
Anime in Games: Area 88/UN Squadron. Released by Capcom in 1989 into arcades, with home computer and a well-regarded Super Nintendo version.
From the pages of Gamers Republic and available now in 1999 at Suncoast - Record of Lodoss War!
Prime 90s anime scene here: Suncoast, Lodoss War, and $19-25 a VHS tape or (new-fangled) DVD volume.
Prime 90s anime scene here: Suncoast, Lodoss War, and $19-25 a VHS tape or (new-fangled) DVD volume.
November 11, 2025 at 10:59 PM
From the pages of Gamers Republic and available now in 1999 at Suncoast - Record of Lodoss War!
Prime 90s anime scene here: Suncoast, Lodoss War, and $19-25 a VHS tape or (new-fangled) DVD volume.
Prime 90s anime scene here: Suncoast, Lodoss War, and $19-25 a VHS tape or (new-fangled) DVD volume.
"Your Online Anime Superstore!"
An explosion of moe cuteness and colour with this ad for Robert's Anime Corner Store.
One of the first online anime stores I ever shopped at, and still up and running after 27 years.
📖: Newtype USA #1, November 2002.
An explosion of moe cuteness and colour with this ad for Robert's Anime Corner Store.
One of the first online anime stores I ever shopped at, and still up and running after 27 years.
📖: Newtype USA #1, November 2002.
November 10, 2025 at 8:49 PM
"Your Online Anime Superstore!"
An explosion of moe cuteness and colour with this ad for Robert's Anime Corner Store.
One of the first online anime stores I ever shopped at, and still up and running after 27 years.
📖: Newtype USA #1, November 2002.
An explosion of moe cuteness and colour with this ad for Robert's Anime Corner Store.
One of the first online anime stores I ever shopped at, and still up and running after 27 years.
📖: Newtype USA #1, November 2002.
Gonzo's mid-2000s computer tech timepiece and exploration of themes of fandom, addiction, social isolation, and depression.
It's a difficult watch at times.
📺: Welcome to the N.H.K., 2006.
It's a difficult watch at times.
📺: Welcome to the N.H.K., 2006.
November 9, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Gonzo's mid-2000s computer tech timepiece and exploration of themes of fandom, addiction, social isolation, and depression.
It's a difficult watch at times.
📺: Welcome to the N.H.K., 2006.
It's a difficult watch at times.
📺: Welcome to the N.H.K., 2006.
"Central Park Media - Your Japanimation Source!"
CPM with heavy-hitters of Action Packed, Sexy, and Intriguing!
📖: Manga Newswatch, 1992
CPM with heavy-hitters of Action Packed, Sexy, and Intriguing!
📖: Manga Newswatch, 1992
November 9, 2025 at 8:31 PM
"Central Park Media - Your Japanimation Source!"
CPM with heavy-hitters of Action Packed, Sexy, and Intriguing!
📖: Manga Newswatch, 1992
CPM with heavy-hitters of Action Packed, Sexy, and Intriguing!
📖: Manga Newswatch, 1992
One day you're working for a faceless corporation, the next, you're now doing the accounts for a piratical band of mercenaries... or else.
📺: Black Lagoon, Madhouse, 2006.
📺: Black Lagoon, Madhouse, 2006.
November 8, 2025 at 7:18 PM
One day you're working for a faceless corporation, the next, you're now doing the accounts for a piratical band of mercenaries... or else.
📺: Black Lagoon, Madhouse, 2006.
📺: Black Lagoon, Madhouse, 2006.
Well, when you're up against all sorts of otherworldly horrors dispatched by a secret organization based in an orbital station, then you really are going to need a massive cannon.
Liveman (1989) was the fourth super sentai series to air in France, further stoking the tokusatsu popularity there.
Liveman (1989) was the fourth super sentai series to air in France, further stoking the tokusatsu popularity there.
November 8, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Well, when you're up against all sorts of otherworldly horrors dispatched by a secret organization based in an orbital station, then you really are going to need a massive cannon.
Liveman (1989) was the fourth super sentai series to air in France, further stoking the tokusatsu popularity there.
Liveman (1989) was the fourth super sentai series to air in France, further stoking the tokusatsu popularity there.
And you don't seem to understand
A shame you seemed an honest man
And all the fears you hold so dear
Will turn to whisper in your ear
And you know what they say might hurt you
But you know that it means so much
And you don't even feel a thing 🎶
📺: Serial Experiments Lain, Triangle Staff, 1998
A shame you seemed an honest man
And all the fears you hold so dear
Will turn to whisper in your ear
And you know what they say might hurt you
But you know that it means so much
And you don't even feel a thing 🎶
📺: Serial Experiments Lain, Triangle Staff, 1998
November 8, 2025 at 1:32 AM
And you don't seem to understand
A shame you seemed an honest man
And all the fears you hold so dear
Will turn to whisper in your ear
And you know what they say might hurt you
But you know that it means so much
And you don't even feel a thing 🎶
📺: Serial Experiments Lain, Triangle Staff, 1998
A shame you seemed an honest man
And all the fears you hold so dear
Will turn to whisper in your ear
And you know what they say might hurt you
But you know that it means so much
And you don't even feel a thing 🎶
📺: Serial Experiments Lain, Triangle Staff, 1998
The gorgeous covers of Funimation's first DVD releases of Claymore.
From what I gather, this artwork was created in-house by Funimation's art team.
Later releases used the same artwork as the Japanese ones.
From what I gather, this artwork was created in-house by Funimation's art team.
Later releases used the same artwork as the Japanese ones.
November 7, 2025 at 5:22 PM
The gorgeous covers of Funimation's first DVD releases of Claymore.
From what I gather, this artwork was created in-house by Funimation's art team.
Later releases used the same artwork as the Japanese ones.
From what I gather, this artwork was created in-house by Funimation's art team.
Later releases used the same artwork as the Japanese ones.
You get to burning
Face it proudly, as befits you.
Those days when you're enraptured are pieces of your dream
You get to burning
As you pick up those pieces,
I can see (you have) the courage to aim for tomorrow, to be...
Going your days. Grow up 🎶
Face it proudly, as befits you.
Those days when you're enraptured are pieces of your dream
You get to burning
As you pick up those pieces,
I can see (you have) the courage to aim for tomorrow, to be...
Going your days. Grow up 🎶
November 7, 2025 at 1:33 AM
You get to burning
Face it proudly, as befits you.
Those days when you're enraptured are pieces of your dream
You get to burning
As you pick up those pieces,
I can see (you have) the courage to aim for tomorrow, to be...
Going your days. Grow up 🎶
Face it proudly, as befits you.
Those days when you're enraptured are pieces of your dream
You get to burning
As you pick up those pieces,
I can see (you have) the courage to aim for tomorrow, to be...
Going your days. Grow up 🎶
Cybernet: The Future of Videotainment. 📼
The Shadowrun 1E and Cyberpunk 2020 module vibes are so wonderfully strong with this ad for a store from a 1994 issue of Animerica.
The Shadowrun 1E and Cyberpunk 2020 module vibes are so wonderfully strong with this ad for a store from a 1994 issue of Animerica.
November 6, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Cybernet: The Future of Videotainment. 📼
The Shadowrun 1E and Cyberpunk 2020 module vibes are so wonderfully strong with this ad for a store from a 1994 issue of Animerica.
The Shadowrun 1E and Cyberpunk 2020 module vibes are so wonderfully strong with this ad for a store from a 1994 issue of Animerica.
A lovely snapshot of the Spanish cosplay scene of the mid-2000s, with a gallery of photos from ExpoManga 2004 from Minami CD 49.
I was stateside attending anime cons in '04, so yeah, the cosplay costumes and way the photos are taken hits that nostalgia button. 💜
I was stateside attending anime cons in '04, so yeah, the cosplay costumes and way the photos are taken hits that nostalgia button. 💜
November 6, 2025 at 4:05 PM
A lovely snapshot of the Spanish cosplay scene of the mid-2000s, with a gallery of photos from ExpoManga 2004 from Minami CD 49.
I was stateside attending anime cons in '04, so yeah, the cosplay costumes and way the photos are taken hits that nostalgia button. 💜
I was stateside attending anime cons in '04, so yeah, the cosplay costumes and way the photos are taken hits that nostalgia button. 💜
Do It Now with ADV in 1998
November 6, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Do It Now with ADV in 1998
The rugged near-future sci-fi and space tech of PLANETES (2004, Sunrise).
Set in 2075, Planetes focuses around the day-to-day lives of a bunch of ordinary workers in 'Debris Section', responsible for keeping the orbital paths of Earth free of hazardous debris.
Set in 2075, Planetes focuses around the day-to-day lives of a bunch of ordinary workers in 'Debris Section', responsible for keeping the orbital paths of Earth free of hazardous debris.
November 5, 2025 at 4:28 PM
The rugged near-future sci-fi and space tech of PLANETES (2004, Sunrise).
Set in 2075, Planetes focuses around the day-to-day lives of a bunch of ordinary workers in 'Debris Section', responsible for keeping the orbital paths of Earth free of hazardous debris.
Set in 2075, Planetes focuses around the day-to-day lives of a bunch of ordinary workers in 'Debris Section', responsible for keeping the orbital paths of Earth free of hazardous debris.
There's a case to made that the French are the OG weebs (affectionate), as they got in early on anime thanks to the strong co-pro links.
Club Dorothée (1987) was one of those gateways: a hugely popular kids TV show. Among the anime they aired was Les Chevaliers du Zodiaque, aka Saint Seiya.
Club Dorothée (1987) was one of those gateways: a hugely popular kids TV show. Among the anime they aired was Les Chevaliers du Zodiaque, aka Saint Seiya.
November 5, 2025 at 1:55 PM
There's a case to made that the French are the OG weebs (affectionate), as they got in early on anime thanks to the strong co-pro links.
Club Dorothée (1987) was one of those gateways: a hugely popular kids TV show. Among the anime they aired was Les Chevaliers du Zodiaque, aka Saint Seiya.
Club Dorothée (1987) was one of those gateways: a hugely popular kids TV show. Among the anime they aired was Les Chevaliers du Zodiaque, aka Saint Seiya.
They're back and they're hungry...
Published by Dark Horse Comics, Manga Mania was the UK's first manga anthology. Godzilla and Appleseed led the charge in its early issues.
📖: Manga Mania, August 1993
Published by Dark Horse Comics, Manga Mania was the UK's first manga anthology. Godzilla and Appleseed led the charge in its early issues.
📖: Manga Mania, August 1993
November 4, 2025 at 2:08 PM
They're back and they're hungry...
Published by Dark Horse Comics, Manga Mania was the UK's first manga anthology. Godzilla and Appleseed led the charge in its early issues.
📖: Manga Mania, August 1993
Published by Dark Horse Comics, Manga Mania was the UK's first manga anthology. Godzilla and Appleseed led the charge in its early issues.
📖: Manga Mania, August 1993