This is the first in a series of five videos detailing the history of 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/1996-animerica-conscience-otaking#similars-section Anime World Order, “Show # 53 - Dark-Skinned Elf Chick Paizuri = Dance All Night,” https://www.awopodcast.com/2007/05/anime-world-order-show-53-dark-skinned.html Anime World Order, “Show # 86d - Remembering When Gainax Was Special,” https://www.awopodcast.com/2010/06/anime-world-order-show-86d-remembering-when-gainax-was-special.html#comment-30714 ANNCast, “Episode # 181 - Royal Podcast Force - The Carl of Honneamise,” https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/anncast/2014-02-21 Brian Hanson, “On Yamaga’s Screenwriting,” from Royal Space Force: 25th Anniversary Fanzine Callum May, “The Indestructible Studio Gainax,” https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2018-03-09/the-indestructible-studio-gainax-part-iv/.128782 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.anime/c/khYdD5BjhYY?hl=en 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/daicon-iii---nihon-sf-takai-1981 Fancons.com, “DAICON IV / Nihon SF Takai 1983 Information,” https://fancons.com/events/info/16885/daicon-iv---nihon-sf-takai-1983 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/20201026014013/https://blog.alltheanime.com/royal-space-force/ Khara, “Hideaki Anno Official Information,” https://www.khara.co.jp/hideakianno/personal-biography/ Kid Fenris, “Star Quest: The Wings of Randy Wilson,” http://www.kidfenris.com/2013/08/star-quest-wings-of-randy-wilson.html 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-gainax/ Sean O’Mara, “The Concept of Honneamise and Film Production Diary,” https://www.zimmerit.moe/concept-of-honneamise/ Sean O’Mara, “The Secret History of Gainax: 1981-1992,” https://www.zimmerit.moe/secret-history-of-gainax/ Sean O’Mara, “The Valentine’s Day Mania Store: Opening Day at General Products,” https://www.zimmerit.moe/general-products-gainax-opening-day/ 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 ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5w6MDjTSoI