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. M's friend was an organizer with this particular club, though I only own a few books from this particular imprint.

This, among the other two I own, are possibly some of my most important possessions as this fan club was a massive landmark moment in young women not only bolstering the popularity of a singular series. Tadao Nagahama financially supported many of their efforts personally alongside Makio Inoue. The Brave Raideen FC boasted a membership of over 1000+ at its peak and lasted well into the early 1980s, years after Brave Raideen had been off of the air.

The group went on to not only support Raideen, but Tadao Nagahama's Robot Romance series alongside other works such as Mobile Suit Gundam, Zambot 3 and Daltanious. Osamu Ichikawa, Prince Sharkin's VA, was a major supporter alongside Makio Inoue, Akira Kamiya, the mangaka Keiko Takemiya, Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, Yoshiyuki Tomino and Makoto Kosaka.

Unique features of this particular issue are the classified ads, which now shows that fans were sharing and asking for tape and audio recordings of their favorite shows and records by 1978. Technology and video sharing via VHS became highly important, specifically certain episodes and moments.

Many of the members were late high school age girls and college age women, later on including males of the same demographic. I recently spoke to the former vice-chairman of the group who confirmed as much alongside other information:
https://x.com/ryedeen/status/803897495545778176

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