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September 1997 cover of Animage , featuring artwork from the Studio Ghibli film Princess Mononoke Animage Japanese anime and entertainment magazine which Tokuma Shoten began publishing in May 1978 . Hayao Miyazaki's internationally-renowned manga Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind Animage from 1982 through 1994 .
History
May 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
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.
Winners
by studio
Studio
Wins
Years
Sunrise
10
1979, 1980 1st, 1980 2nd, 1983, 1985,
Gainax
4
1990, 1995, 1996, 1997
Studio Ghibli
3
1986, 1988, 1989
Toei Animation
1981, 1987, 1992
Studio Pierrot
1993, 1994, 2000
by director
Director
Wins
Years
Hayao Miyazaki
4
1984, 1986, 1988, 1989
Hideaki Anno
1990, 1995, 1996, 1997
Mitsuo Fukuda
1991, 2002, 2004, 2005
Yoshiyuki Tomino
3
1979, 1980 1st, 1980 2nd
Noriyuki Abe
2
1993, 1994
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