One of the many zines I acquired from M while on my trip to Hyogo. This particular fan club, Side 3, was apparently heralded by queer members and was, upon examination, printed as a copy book. The printing is defacto and "as is" since the publication was extremely amateur. I did scan everything to the best of my ability without debinding the book as its bound and printed in an extremely unique way. Lots of cleanup was done to preserve the line work as there were tons of stains. Having had survived the test of time, this particular text served as a newsletter for queer Gundam fans as well as the fujoshi who admired Char and Garma. The introductory notes reveal that the head editors were Nao Misaki (美崎直) , Jerry Asakura (浅倉ジェリー) , Takayuko Murao (村尾貴行) and "Darkness" (流暗), of which created several illustrations and writings indicative of the tone addressed. There's addresses given for meet ups, events and more as well as correspondence and some unique crossover events with Captain Harlock.

To quote one of the editors, "If you have any Gundam photos or production materials, we are asking for more copies. Due to the painful fate of our rather weak F.C. (fanclub), we don't have enough money to make our own! Screentone borders are very expensive! We are waiting for any and all voluntary donations. Best regards, NAO." The club ran on extremely tight funds and the 1st newsletter proves it. I think this is probably the most special to an extent due to its rarity and historical data from that time.

MEGA archive - https://mega.nz/folder/Opl1XBCQ#fdwKCdZguW9uXXGkQXBnug
Internet archive - https://archive.org/details/mobile_suit_gundam_fc_side_3_1979
I gave some background about the text on my website:
https://retroanimechris.blogspot.com/2024/07/my-visit-with-m-part-4-gundam-fc-side-3.html

Questions? Comments? You can reach me faster at adoggoart@gmail.com or @retroanimechris on X / Twitter. I'm also on Bluesky @retroanimechris, but I am getting used to the platform, so I might not be able to respond there if at all at the moment. Lots of new uploads coming, lots of things I'd never think I'd see ever. Naturally, I'll share, I'm just insane like that.

One unique factor about this newsletter is that its printed as if it were a Western book in layout, which I found to be very interesting. Page 9 is a centerfold as found.

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Thank you especially for this book and the other old books that you shared here.

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