Three to Four Years already? Wow, time sure flies, huh? Well, happy anniversary to Animangemu!

My fellow otakus, it’s hard to believe, but it’s been three to four years since Animangemu first started. What began as just an idea eventually became a real business brand. To celebrate its anniversary, here’s a quick summary of what happened.

On December 9, 2021, I coined the name Animangemu, which in Japanese connects three words by taking their first parts: Anime (Ani), Manga (Mang), and Game (Gemu). What does it mean? It represents anime, manga, and video games—all together as one.

On January 24, 2022, Animangemu officially opened, though the process of completing it took basically the whole year. I didn’t really know what to do with my brand at first, and I couldn’t yet give it the iconic image you know today. Either way, month by month, Animangemu was in development. Eventually, toward the end of the year and into the beginning of the new one, I was finally able to establish Animangemu—along with its aesthetic, content, and website design. Here’s how Animangemu first looked when it was in early development.