I recently acquired about 5 to 7 books and two supplemental texts from Simone Yotsuya (formerly Shio Sato) and their collaborator Yuko Morioka. Both authors are extremely private individuals and didn't answer any questions I had concerning their doujinshi activities prior to 1990, however, I was able to get some older printings of their books under the Pygmalion circle thanks to a friend doing the bank transfer / money order for me as well as them handling the shipping. They do not sell to foreigners without an intermediary nor do they use traditional proxy services.

Simone Yotsuya, born Haruka Sato (佐藤晴子), was a pioneer in the mecha Aniparo scene from 1979 to 1984 proper. Post their fame and subsequent forays into other mediums as well as work with publishing companies, Haruka adopted the penname Simone Yotsuya and began publishing works with their collaborator Yuko Morioka, who's the primary novelist of their joint circle Pygmalion. Haruka published original content with the novelist Shikiko Yamaai under Yamaai's imprint Walkure (Valkyrie) from 1989 to about 1993 or so. Haruka stated to me in an email that their Gundam parody works will not be republished as many of their old manuscripts are either lost, were given away or are in storage for personal reasons. Haruka republished many of her old manuscripts and novels with brand new art, character names and influences by the 1990s and seemingly moved away from Gundam all together, though not in spirit.

Bluest Blue in Blue (aka Nosai-No-Gi) was first published with Haruka's sub-imprint of Let's Play Around With Char known as Luna II or simply Luna. The novel originally circulated around Char x Garma's toxic relationship that takes place in an alternate timeline in which both Garma and Char are related / associated with the mob. Deviating from Gundam, Haruka recycled her works as noted. This particular preparatory newsletter includes segments from the novels and artwork. It has never been published before.

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https://moriokayuko.livedoor.blog/ - Pygmalion is still active. I do not reccomend going through mail order proceedings unless you live in Japan.

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