Method of fabricating a thin-film magnetic recording medium and thin-film magnetic recording medium

A thin film magnetic recording medium, comprising:

• a substrate;
• a thin film under layer disposed on said substrate comprising atoms reevaporated from a first reevaporating member and forming grains rising substantially perpendicularly from said substrate, said grains being arranged with a first proximity and having a first magnetization;
• and
• a single magnetic layer disposed on said thin film under layer, said single magnetic layer comprising columnar grains having a first portion rising with a first slope substantially perpendicularly with respect to said substrate and a second portion integral with said first portion rising with a second slope less than said first slope and inclining obliquely with respect to said substrate, said first portion of said columnar grains having (i) grains being arranged with a second proximity less than said first proximity and (ii) having a second magnetization greater than said first magnetization, said first portion of said columnar grains comprising a mixture of first atoms and second atoms, said first atoms having been reevaporated from a second reevaporating member and being disposed on said substrate on a downstream side of a magnetic layer formation start portion and said second atoms having been evaporated from an evaporation source and being disposed directly on said substrate.