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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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! 💜
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! 💜
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Jack into CYBERSPACE for the latest anime and manga
in Argentina in 1994. ⚡
📖: RAN 'zine, September 1994 issue.
in Argentina in 1994. ⚡
📖: RAN 'zine, September 1994 issue.
December 25, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Jack into CYBERSPACE for the latest anime and manga
in Argentina in 1994. ⚡
📖: RAN 'zine, September 1994 issue.
in Argentina in 1994. ⚡
📖: RAN 'zine, September 1994 issue.
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From NewType USA, May 2004: one of the darlings of the Boys Love craze and one of the first BL series yaoi fans outside of Japan would have watched/read (including me!): Gravitation.
November 24, 2025 at 8:59 PM
From NewType USA, May 2004: one of the darlings of the Boys Love craze and one of the first BL series yaoi fans outside of Japan would have watched/read (including me!): Gravitation.
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Another adventure, another day of Deedlit being, well, Deedlit.
📺: Record of Lodoss War OVA, 1990.
📺: Record of Lodoss War OVA, 1990.
December 3, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Another adventure, another day of Deedlit being, well, Deedlit.
📺: Record of Lodoss War OVA, 1990.
📺: Record of Lodoss War OVA, 1990.
Happy New Year, peeps! Thank y'all for following what I do here on this lil side account (It's run by @sharkabytes.bsky.social). Posting is a bit sporadic due to time and focus, but I'm glad it's enjoyed all the same.
a close up of a cartoon character with orange hair and red eyes
ALT: a close up of a cartoon character with orange hair and red eyes
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January 1, 2026 at 3:51 PM
Happy New Year, peeps! Thank y'all for following what I do here on this lil side account (It's run by @sharkabytes.bsky.social). Posting is a bit sporadic due to time and focus, but I'm glad it's enjoyed all the same.
An OVA from the Pioneer vaults: Sol Bianca: The Legacy from 1999, a six-episode reimagining of the premise of the original Sol Bianca OVA from 1990.
Marketed on the strength of its digital animation - including uncannily smooth camera pans at a much higher frame rate than the rest of the animation.
Marketed on the strength of its digital animation - including uncannily smooth camera pans at a much higher frame rate than the rest of the animation.
December 31, 2025 at 7:08 PM
An OVA from the Pioneer vaults: Sol Bianca: The Legacy from 1999, a six-episode reimagining of the premise of the original Sol Bianca OVA from 1990.
Marketed on the strength of its digital animation - including uncannily smooth camera pans at a much higher frame rate than the rest of the animation.
Marketed on the strength of its digital animation - including uncannily smooth camera pans at a much higher frame rate than the rest of the animation.
Hyperspace gate exit in post-Earth Exodus solar system, 2071.
When asked about the gates and how hyperspace works, Shinichiro Watanabe once described it like old movie film, where regular space is the visible frame and hyperspace is the gaps between the frames.
When asked about the gates and how hyperspace works, Shinichiro Watanabe once described it like old movie film, where regular space is the visible frame and hyperspace is the gaps between the frames.
December 30, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Hyperspace gate exit in post-Earth Exodus solar system, 2071.
When asked about the gates and how hyperspace works, Shinichiro Watanabe once described it like old movie film, where regular space is the visible frame and hyperspace is the gaps between the frames.
When asked about the gates and how hyperspace works, Shinichiro Watanabe once described it like old movie film, where regular space is the visible frame and hyperspace is the gaps between the frames.
"Hey Spike! It's ready!"
"I'm just about finished. What's cookin'?"
"Special: Bell Peppers 'n' Beef."
The broke but still flyin' special.
"I'm just about finished. What's cookin'?"
"Special: Bell Peppers 'n' Beef."
The broke but still flyin' special.
December 30, 2025 at 7:49 PM
"Hey Spike! It's ready!"
"I'm just about finished. What's cookin'?"
"Special: Bell Peppers 'n' Beef."
The broke but still flyin' special.
"I'm just about finished. What's cookin'?"
"Special: Bell Peppers 'n' Beef."
The broke but still flyin' special.
Tucked away in a Polish anime CD from 1997: Windows 3.x/95 Solitaire infused with the Power of the Moon!
Also known as Moonsol and Solitaire: Sailor Moon Edition.
Also known as Moonsol and Solitaire: Sailor Moon Edition.
December 29, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Tucked away in a Polish anime CD from 1997: Windows 3.x/95 Solitaire infused with the Power of the Moon!
Also known as Moonsol and Solitaire: Sailor Moon Edition.
Also known as Moonsol and Solitaire: Sailor Moon Edition.
Get ready for the theatrical anime blockbuster of the year!
I watched Escaflowne The Movie earlier in the year for the first time in many years and really enjoyed it. It's got a really cool, visceral, Panzer Dragoon-esque world and aesthetic that I def dig now.
📖: Animerica, April 2002
I watched Escaflowne The Movie earlier in the year for the first time in many years and really enjoyed it. It's got a really cool, visceral, Panzer Dragoon-esque world and aesthetic that I def dig now.
📖: Animerica, April 2002
December 29, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Get ready for the theatrical anime blockbuster of the year!
I watched Escaflowne The Movie earlier in the year for the first time in many years and really enjoyed it. It's got a really cool, visceral, Panzer Dragoon-esque world and aesthetic that I def dig now.
📖: Animerica, April 2002
I watched Escaflowne The Movie earlier in the year for the first time in many years and really enjoyed it. It's got a really cool, visceral, Panzer Dragoon-esque world and aesthetic that I def dig now.
📖: Animerica, April 2002
What do you get if you mix together far-future sci-fi, Alexander Dumas, European impressionism, *deep breath* fashion designs by Anna Sui, and Ukiyo-e art? You get Gonzo's 2004 series, Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo.
Only by seeing this show in motion is true justice done to it.
Only by seeing this show in motion is true justice done to it.
December 28, 2025 at 9:18 PM
What do you get if you mix together far-future sci-fi, Alexander Dumas, European impressionism, *deep breath* fashion designs by Anna Sui, and Ukiyo-e art? You get Gonzo's 2004 series, Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo.
Only by seeing this show in motion is true justice done to it.
Only by seeing this show in motion is true justice done to it.
Wherever they're planning to go for their next adventure, you can be sure there'll be explosions and fire!
📺: Slayers TRY, 1997
📺: Slayers TRY, 1997
December 28, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Wherever they're planning to go for their next adventure, you can be sure there'll be explosions and fire!
📺: Slayers TRY, 1997
📺: Slayers TRY, 1997
Knight Sabers assemble!
A Bubblegum Crisis game didn't take too long to appear after the release of the OVA, doing so for the PC-88: Bubblegum Crisis: Crime Wave.
A Bubblegum Crisis game didn't take too long to appear after the release of the OVA, doing so for the PC-88: Bubblegum Crisis: Crime Wave.
December 26, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Knight Sabers assemble!
A Bubblegum Crisis game didn't take too long to appear after the release of the OVA, doing so for the PC-88: Bubblegum Crisis: Crime Wave.
A Bubblegum Crisis game didn't take too long to appear after the release of the OVA, doing so for the PC-88: Bubblegum Crisis: Crime Wave.
Jack into CYBERSPACE for the latest anime and manga
in Argentina in 1994. ⚡
📖: RAN 'zine, September 1994 issue.
in Argentina in 1994. ⚡
📖: RAN 'zine, September 1994 issue.
December 25, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Jack into CYBERSPACE for the latest anime and manga
in Argentina in 1994. ⚡
📖: RAN 'zine, September 1994 issue.
in Argentina in 1994. ⚡
📖: RAN 'zine, September 1994 issue.
Have yourself an Animerica Christmas... 🎶
December 24, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Have yourself an Animerica Christmas... 🎶
From the world of Gaea to your Windows 95/98 desktop in '98.
Windows 95/98 desktop themes were just one expression of multimedia fandom and personalisation.
Windows 95/98 desktop themes were just one expression of multimedia fandom and personalisation.
December 23, 2025 at 5:30 PM
From the world of Gaea to your Windows 95/98 desktop in '98.
Windows 95/98 desktop themes were just one expression of multimedia fandom and personalisation.
Windows 95/98 desktop themes were just one expression of multimedia fandom and personalisation.
A Computer for the Universal Century?
From the time (to quote Hot Fuzz) that everybody and their mums were making their own microcomputers.
Bandai Electronics' Z80-based home micro aimed to inject a touch of Gundam into the market and appeal to fans, though without much success.
From the time (to quote Hot Fuzz) that everybody and their mums were making their own microcomputers.
Bandai Electronics' Z80-based home micro aimed to inject a touch of Gundam into the market and appeal to fans, though without much success.
December 21, 2025 at 1:24 PM
A Computer for the Universal Century?
From the time (to quote Hot Fuzz) that everybody and their mums were making their own microcomputers.
Bandai Electronics' Z80-based home micro aimed to inject a touch of Gundam into the market and appeal to fans, though without much success.
From the time (to quote Hot Fuzz) that everybody and their mums were making their own microcomputers.
Bandai Electronics' Z80-based home micro aimed to inject a touch of Gundam into the market and appeal to fans, though without much success.
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.
Pulled from the cover disc of a 2001 issue of Argentinian anime/manga magazine Otaku Última Generación: a crunchy 320x240 video of Silent Möbius OP goodness.
December 19, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Pulled from the cover disc of a 2001 issue of Argentinian anime/manga magazine Otaku Última Generación: a crunchy 320x240 video of Silent Möbius OP goodness.
"From the Creator of GUNDAM."
It's kinda surreal, seeing a legit ad for Garzey's Wing in Animerica's February 2000's issue, given its history of convention film room and worst anime list fodder. Available for $24.99 in dubbed and dubbed form.
It's kinda surreal, seeing a legit ad for Garzey's Wing in Animerica's February 2000's issue, given its history of convention film room and worst anime list fodder. Available for $24.99 in dubbed and dubbed form.
December 18, 2025 at 8:54 PM
"From the Creator of GUNDAM."
It's kinda surreal, seeing a legit ad for Garzey's Wing in Animerica's February 2000's issue, given its history of convention film room and worst anime list fodder. Available for $24.99 in dubbed and dubbed form.
It's kinda surreal, seeing a legit ad for Garzey's Wing in Animerica's February 2000's issue, given its history of convention film room and worst anime list fodder. Available for $24.99 in dubbed and dubbed form.
Feel the Silence... Otaku Generation.
From the NeoTokyo2099 BBS archives: a scan of a flier from 1996 for a Fresno based anime club. On the agenda? The second SILENT MÖBIUS movie as the headline feature.
Be on time!
From the NeoTokyo2099 BBS archives: a scan of a flier from 1996 for a Fresno based anime club. On the agenda? The second SILENT MÖBIUS movie as the headline feature.
Be on time!
December 16, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Feel the Silence... Otaku Generation.
From the NeoTokyo2099 BBS archives: a scan of a flier from 1996 for a Fresno based anime club. On the agenda? The second SILENT MÖBIUS movie as the headline feature.
Be on time!
From the NeoTokyo2099 BBS archives: a scan of a flier from 1996 for a Fresno based anime club. On the agenda? The second SILENT MÖBIUS movie as the headline feature.
Be on time!
What was it like to be a ground-pounder during the One Year War? To watch the mighty metal giants stride into battle - and know you might have to face one?
Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team (Sunrise, 1996-1999) gave us a more slice-of-life drama perspective of soldiering in UC 0079.
Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team (Sunrise, 1996-1999) gave us a more slice-of-life drama perspective of soldiering in UC 0079.
December 12, 2025 at 4:31 PM
What was it like to be a ground-pounder during the One Year War? To watch the mighty metal giants stride into battle - and know you might have to face one?
Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team (Sunrise, 1996-1999) gave us a more slice-of-life drama perspective of soldiering in UC 0079.
Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team (Sunrise, 1996-1999) gave us a more slice-of-life drama perspective of soldiering in UC 0079.