[Bido (Koide Taku)/Neko Productions] Monthly Kasha - July (January Edition) - Space Runaway Ideon (1983) / [びど（こいでたく) 月刊カーシャ - 7月号（1月号）伝説巨神イデオン（1983年）

 

A limited edition, possibly self printed offset print of Bido (the mangaka Koide Taku)'s Monthly Kasha doujin imprint. This book series is highly rare and very hard to get much information on as is, but it appears to have been limited to 500 copies each. The other volume I acquired via auction doesn't have a cover printed whatsoever and was more than likely sold to those among the Hideo Azuma camp, so I was told. Kasha, a part of this movement, is also included with a small homage to the girls of Xabungle in this issue. This particular issue was planned for July, possibly of 1983, but was released in January due to Bido getting ill during its production:

"Happy New Year. I am the editor of this issue. Unfortunately, I ended up falling ill with a fever and staying in bed just before the printing started. I would like to thank everyone who wrote the book over the past 23 weeks and those who helped with printing and binding it."

The printing on this book was very poor, but as it was self funded by a 19 year old Koide, it was to be expected. The book is only 5 x 7 inches and printed by offset, so the images are all grey.

Additional byline information:

Published by Neko Productions & Bido (Koide Taku)

Contributions from Char of the Blue Mercury, Marolin Toshinari and others. 

Koide's Twitter: https://x.com/koideta

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