#v-zone

[kinasin]

V-ZONE Japanese Horror Magazine

[omercifulheaves]

Big Trouble In Little China on the cover of V-Zone, a Japanese magazine dedicated to cult cinema

[mendelpalace]

Visual Horror Magazine V-Zone

The rise of video in the 1980s inspired plenty of new magazines dedicated to specific genres — particularly horror. Originally positioned as an otaku “jack-of-all-trades” magazine…

With video streaming part of our daily lives today, it’s easy to forget what a revolution home video was during the 1980s. Magazines aimed at trend-setting Tokyo-ites, such as Takarajima (a counter-culture/city living magazine that was published from 1974 until 2015), would include lists of the best tapes to play at your next party, including the likes of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Faces of Death, because “horror is a must at parties.” Otaku-centric publications like Comic Box Jr. ran lengthy features on how you could have Yasujiro Ozu, Cream Lemon, and the latest music videos from America all on your TV, while OVA anime magazines advised on how to best arrange your TV and VCR player in a four and a half tatami room. Video was becoming a way of life in Japan and V-Zone was an extension of that.

[spaceleech]

Some of you following me for a while might recall my scans of Japanese horror magazine V-Zone/VZone. While the bulk of the magazine’s run focused on horror, the 1985 premiere issue was more about anime OVA, tokusatsu, and hentai.

[tailorablenco]

Enjoy on Your V-zone, Tailorable&co.

[spaceleech]

Laserdisc ad for Ultra Seven, Ultra Q, and there on the bottom is the early Gainax film Yamata no Orochi no Gyakushū.

Vzone magazine No. 6, 1986.

[francescobeccaro]

[milstil]

More madder

Two more shots of a look we like. Pictures of Jacopo Morelli via LaPresse.