Pink Crows (lost music video animation; 1985)

G-Jo of the cartoon band Pink Crows, playing piano.

Status: Partially Found

Pink Crows was a both real and cartoon band produced as a side project of the artist NOBODY. They released three different single albums in 1985, and later ended that same year.

The Music Video

According to the Japanese Wikipedia article for the band, animation company Sunrise was involved in the animation production, and an article about them in My Anime magazine's April 1985 issue shows many images that are believed to be taken from a promotional video of the band.

Currently, information on the Pink Crows video as a whole seems to be unavailable online without knowing/being able to translate from Japanese, thus leaving most info about the show a mystery. After asking both subreddits r/anime and r/translator, we have a loose translation of the magazine article.

"The magazine says it's a promotional video for the Pink Crows. It says something about their debut concert. Also, apparently they're aliens, which I guess explains the whole talking bird thing they've got going on ("An alien band's invasion!? The Pink Crows's shocking debut!")."

Meaning that this video does (or did) in fact exist, but what station it aired on, what day, and a large sum of information is still missing.

The Music

The records are still available on Japanese bidding sites, even one being available on YouTube. Unfortunately only this their last track, and the only reason it may be on youtube is because it was recorded to be the theme for television-only anime "Showa Ao Kousaku Akira Akira Ichiban!". Scans of all four of their record releases are available online, being scanned by Twitter user Ravenworks. As for the video itself, that still remains a mystery.

List of singles:

(1985/02/25) A: Here Come Pink Crows B: I Need You

(1985/04/25) A: 彼女はPinkish B: Pink Crows Show

(1985/10/25) A: いきなりWant You! B: P. O. Box '87