One of the many texts I acquired from M while in Hyogo. These, among several from the Raideen FC, Slapstick and letters from Makio Inoue to name a few belonged to his friend who passed away a long while ago. M's friend left him the estate and he let me have all of the books so long as I archived them.

This is the official program pamphlet for the Raideen Fan Club (勇者ライディーン FC) & Tadao Nagahama's all day New Years Day celebration that was held at Ryogoku Public Hall (両国公会堂/ Sumida Ward, Tokyo) on January 7, 1978. The Raideen FC didn't seem to dissolve until after Tadao Nagahama's passing in 1980, the last books produced being in 1981 and 1982 (Yoshikazu Yasuhiko famously created a painting of Akira & Sharkin for the group).

This program was archived as found with the film clipping still attached. Based on the information, cells were given out to almost everyone who attended and everyone, depending on the color of their program, would receive a present. Voice actors from Raideen and the Robot Romance series came to answer questions and gave our gifts from overseas.

From 9:00 to 12:30, selected episodes were screened, including the 1st episode of Zambot 3. From 1:00 to 2:40 appears to be a seat shuffling, the interviews and festivities, and the rest of the day was screenings until 8:00 at night. A full day of meet ups, screenings and fun was had, and nobody was ignored so it seemed even after the club had changed its approach.

Yukinaga Shiraishi (白石幸長樣), Yuji Mitsuya (三ツ矢 雄二), Shojo Iizuka (飯塚 昭三), Akira Kamiya (神谷明樣) and Osamu Ichikawa (市川治樣) not only attended, but left heartfelt New Years messages to all fans who came out and showed their support. This is the first time an in tact pamphlet has surfaced, so I'm thankful that M allowed me to have it.

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