A magnetic recording apparatus provides improved resolution and S/N without adversely
affecting thermal stability. An angle formed by the direction of easy magnetization
of a recording layer and the direction normal to a magnetic recording medium is
in the range between 5 and 55, the easy magnetization direction is
from a back surface of the recording layer toward a front surface thereof, and
when a recording track direction is from the upstream of the direction of transportation
of the medium toward the downstream thereof, an angle formed by the direction of
a projection of the easy magnetization direction on the medium plane and the recording
track direction is in the range between 0 and 70.
