An exceedingly rare supplemental text by the circle members behind Let's Play Around With Char for their 'It's Not a Joke!' imprint. These imprints were typically printed as copybooks as shown in this example and contained one or three short stories by Ryutei, illustrated by Shio Sato (Haruka Sato / Simone Yotsuya). This work has seldom gone to auction as it was only for circle members and fanclub participants of the group, limiting its copies to just these individuals. With that said, this particular one was acquired via auction some time ago.

Each story is an alternate reality / AU retelling of an event or standalone bit of fanfiction based on 0079. Released only two months post Gundam's original broadcast ending, the group would continue to create Gundam works until 1982, when they officially disbanded to focus on other projects.

The circle famously was ran by Shio Sato (Haruka Sato, Simone Yotsuya), Ryutoshi (Ryutei, Ryutei-an, sometimes Tomei, Tomitoshi, TomeTome, Tome-an) Lcy, Shisei & Yaroll (Toru Yaroll). As documented and known in the realm of Gundam doujinshi, their most famous imprint, Char's Success Story, was one of the first erotic yaoi novelizations that was ever created during the original run of Mobile Suit Gundam. While the circle AMA (Tokyo Animenia Army) was the first to release an erotic Gundam parody at Comiket, Shio Sato's works would come after and become a cult classic. Due to the fame of the imprint, the circle was able to last for some time before disbanding, supported in part by a voracious fanbase in their native Yokohama as well as broad features in subculture magazines such as Animage and OUT magazine.

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★Additionals:

Original auction page:

https://auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/g1226641227

★Other auction pages / sale info:

https://aucfree.com/items/f351819979

★Provenance:

There isn't much to be said in context about the circle at this point as they were well established and on their way. I am unsure if this is the first copybook of this sort by them as their works otherwise are seldom at auction and have been poorly documented for years.

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Thank you for sharing this fantastic relic!

The artwork is amazing just like Yoshikazu Yasuhiko at his best.

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