Akira Matsubara's personal magazine, produced and given out to members of three particular groups that were founded in 1979, Miyazaki Anime, Miyazaki Bishoujo FC and MIYA (Miyazaki) 1/18. Matsubara took control of the magazine or what was possibly an earlier newsletter after the previous owner seemingly stepped down or couldn't fulfil his duties, and thus MIYA 1/18 was formed.

Overall, this booklet is a larger tribute to Hilda from The Great Adventure of Horus, Prince of the Sunwith brief mentions of Urusei Yatsura, Hayao Miyazaki's heroines and a singular inclusion of Daicon Film's character with around two other collaborators as the art style changes from time to time.

This group seems to have actually had connections to Daicon Film, whereas a member/members donated a drawing of the eponymous "Daicon girl" to the booklet - have reason to believe this is Hideaki Anno's drawing. I acquired this from M, who didn't seem to know very much about it otherwise, but noted to have been given it post the Daicon III event the following year. This particular book appears to have been released January 15th of 1982, 5 months after the August 22, 1981 Daicon III event, which lines up with some details presented/written about in the book.

Page 30 mentions the animator Takashi Sogabe (曽我部 孝) who was not only a part of the group, but was a member of the Toei Animation FC and produced several Hilda and Clarisse doujinshi. There is also a strong mention of Comiket 20 (March 21, 1981) and that Akira was extremely disappointed at the lack of Clarisse works, thus he planned to pen his own Clairsse doujin by 1982 called CASSY LAND.

This book was in relatively decent condition but is incredibly small, only measuring 5 x 7 inches. Limited amounts were clearly made as it was only distributed to fan club members of 3 different groups and seemingly a few friends, so I am unsure as to how many were genuinely made. The book clearly was a small batch process as its hand sewn and very tightly at that.

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Themes of note include:

3000 Leagues in Search of Mother
Heidi, Girl of the Alps
Future Boy Conan
Lupin the 3rd: The Castle of Cagliostro
The Great Adventure of Horus
Mobile Suit Gundam
Dirty Pair
Urusei Yatsura
Daicon III

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