[Akira Hasama / Yuu Hizaki / Various] SELECTION Vol. 1 (1981)

[Akira Hasama / Yuu Hizaki / Various] SELECTION Vol. 1 (1981)
[羽佐間明 / 火崎幽 / さまざまな著者 ] SELECTION 第1巻 (1981) 昭和 56 年

An omnibus / collaborative doujin organized by Akira Hasama (Akira Usami) and Yuu Hizaki in 1981. This particular group was not a definitive circle, but a grouping of invited artists who were active in the late 70s/early 80s BL Aniparo scene. Included authors range from Jerry Asakura (who I covered last year with Side 3 while the latter was still in high school). Jerry is known as 'Julie Asakura' in this particular issue and is noted to have been the principal letterer and illustrator of the front cover, showing that their skills as an artist increased dramatically post 1979. Jerry also contributes an Ideon fan comic as well. Additional contributors include established artists such as Shio Sato (the novelist Simone Yotsuya) and Kazumi Takeda, who contributed to publications such as Animec, OUT and The Anime.

Selection has been covered to a small degree and is known among Doujin collectors in particular, though many volumes are not available for sale and haven't been for almost 10 years now. While the group was active, there is no notice of them ever appearing at Comiket, as this book in particular has fan club registration numbers as well as a mail order catalog for other upcoming works by other circles.

Many of the parodies are well drawn considering, and the printing is actually quite good. I acquired this off of Mandarake for next to nothing after seeing some evidence of Gundam within it (there is clearly quite a lot of it). I am unsure if I will run into any other copies coming soon.

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Additional context:

Based on the fliers in the back, members and readers of SELECTION, had the option of buying additional works:

"Vol 5 Asano (Muromachi Asano)'s personal magazine, Hot Milk, which was advertised, was out of stock, so please apply. So we will advertise the new joint magazine "POP Rocks" created by Muromachi Asano and Normal President Hibiki Mari-kun. B5 size, 52 pages, 3 stories, novel, Marima's Encyclopedia, etc... Plenty of reading material. We're also giving away original illustrations!

There is a presence of actual membership involved as several 'cuts' were submitted with membership numbers attributed to them.

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