This is the first in a series of five videos covering the history of the legendary anime studio Gainax. This video covers up until the year 1987, focusing on the creation of the opening animations for Daicon 3 and 4, as well as their first professional work, Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honneamise.

Works Cited:

Animejin, “Wings of Honneamise,” http://www.animejin.org.uk/woh.htm

Animerica, “The Conscience of The Otaking,” https://www.gwern.net/docs/anime/eva/...

Anime World Order, “Show # 53 - Dark-Skinned Elf Chick Paizuri = Dance All Night,” https://www.awopodcast.com/2007/05/an...

Anime World Order, “Show # 86d - Remembering When Gainax Was Special,” https://www.awopodcast.com/2010/06/an...

ANNCast, “Episode # 181 - Royal Podcast Force - The Carl of Honneamise,” https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/annc...

Brian Hanson, “On Yamaga’s Screenwriting,” from Royal Space Force: 25th Anniversary Fanzine

Callum May, “The Indestructible Studio Gainax,” https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feat...

Carl Horn, “Maybe you aren’t the good guy,” from Royal Space Force: 25th Anniversary Fanzine

Carl Horn, “Some more thoughts on the r*pe scene in HONNEAMISE,” https://groups.google.com/g/rec.arts....

Carl Horn, “Then, what is filmmaking to you, Yamaga?” from Royal Space Force: 25th Anniversary Fanzine

Carl Horn, “there may not be too many anime fans left,” from Royal Space Force: 25th Anniversary Fanzine

Daicon Archives, https://daiconarchives.tumblr.com/page/2

Erin Finnegan, “Cold War Kids,” from Royal Space Force: 25th Anniversary Fanzine

Fancons.com, “DAICON III / Nihon SF Takai 1981 Information,” https://fancons.com/events/info/16884...

Fancons.com, “DAICON IV / Nihon SF Takai 1983 Information,” https://fancons.com/events/info/16885...

Hiroyuki Yamaga and Tatami Akai, “Wings of Honneamise DVD Commentary Track”

Jonathan Clements, Anime: A History

Jonathan Clements, “Royal Space Force,” https://web.archive.org/web/202010260...

Khara, “Hideaki Anno Official Information,” https://www.khara.co.jp/hideakianno/p...

Kid Fenris, “Star Quest: The Wings of Randy Wilson,” http://www.kidfenris.com/2013/08/star...

Kid Fenris, “The Wings of Honneamise: Royal R*pe Force,” https://tinyurl.com/yckxv66e

Lawrence Eng, “Daicon III and IV Opening Animation,” http://www.cjas.org/~leng/daicon.htm

Ryusuke Hikawa, “Director Hiroyuki Yamaga Interview,” from Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honneamise DVD Liner Notes

Ryusuke Hikawa, “Extraordinary Rising Spirit,” from Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honneamise DVD Liner Notes

Sean O’Mara, “Daicon III’s 40th Anniversary,” https://www.zimmerit.moe/daicon-iii-g...

Sean O’Mara, “The Concept of Honneamise and Film Production Diary,” https://www.zimmerit.moe/concept-of-h...

Sean O’Mara, “The Secret History of Gainax: 1981-1992,” https://www.zimmerit.moe/secret-histo...

Sean O’Mara, “The Valentine’s Day Mania Store: Opening Day at General Products,” https://www.zimmerit.moe/general-prod...

Sketches, Scratches and Scattered Thoughts, “The Wings of Honneamise and THAT Scene,” sketchesandscratches.wordpress.com/2013/03/22/the-wings-of-honneamise-and-that-scene/

Takashi Murakami, Little Boy: The Arts of Japan’s Exploding Subculture

Tim Eldred, “Know Your Academy Graduates,” https://ourstarblazers.com/vault/366/

Yasuhiro Takeda, The Notenki Memoirs

0:00:00 - Introduction (The Daicon 3 Opening)
0:02:59 - Yasuhiro Takeda and the Sci-Fi Confederation
0:05:15 - Meeting Toshio Okada at Setocon
0:07:06 - The Japanese Science Fiction Convention/Ashinocon
0:09:52 - The Sci-Fi Show
0:13:50 - Planning Daicon 3
0:16:48 - Creating Daicon 3
0:18:44 - The Impact of Daicon 3
0:20:43 - The Opening of General Products
0:23:09 - Daicon Film (Part 1)
0:26:42 - Planning Daicon 4
0:28:20 - Daicon 4
0:31:21 - Daicon Film (Part 2)
0:32:37 - The Creation of Wonderfest
0:33:07 - Hideaki Anno in Tokyo
0:33:44 - Planning The Wings of Honneamise
0:35:59 - The Wings of Honneamise Project Proposal
0:40:57 - Incorporating Gainax
0:41:39 - The Most Expensive Anime Ever Made
0:43:57 - Failing to Market The Wings of Honneamise
0:47:44 - Star Quest
0:55:07 - Was The Wings of Honneamise a Flop?
0:56:27 - Wings of Honneamise Plot Summary
0:59:04 - Worldbuilding
1:02:07 - Analysis of Shiro and Riqinni
1:12:28 - “That Scene”
1:20:53 - Shiro is a Changed Man
1:24:22 - Conclusion and Ending Credits