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ampersand
 Posts: 31 Location: Brampton, ON |
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Psh. As if. NT's a gorgeous-looking mag, but it's light on text and is too expensive for the casual consumer. For anyone looking to get into NTUSA on a whim, it'll take just one look at their pricetag for them to move on to Anime Insider, now that they're monthly and much more price-affordable. Too bad about Animerica, though. |
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.Sy
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Yep, you've a good point there. I don't especially like Newtype, and actually, no anime magazine so far has gotten past a 3/5 star rating in my book. Newtype has nice stuff and all, but the price? Well, if I wanted to buy a DVD I would just look at some official and fan reviews and then decide instead of going to magazines. The whole $12.95(?) thing just doesn't suit me. |
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AlphaBlitz
Posts: 7 Location: At the floor of a bottomless pit |
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 WHY! Why must they do this? Where's the money coming from for this anyways? Oh well, I should move on to AI, 
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biliano
Posts: 956 Location: Cleveland, OH |
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I'm definitely with you on the Newtype reviews. True, NTUSA is a nice magazine (and I use it extensively as part of my research), but those reviews read like they are shilling the product instead of actually giving a comprehensive review. And I don't think that NTUSA is boring at all. 
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Hi no Neko
 Posts: 204 Location: Austin, TX |
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So what, no more Animerica at the mom 'n' pop comic stores? Sad. I've seriously got to wonder what Viz is planning with this one. It certainly isn't like they're losing any money. (Which makes even less sense why that would be the reason, considering that these things are going for free.) Maybe they're trying to put more focus on manga anthologies now?
I just love how this whole discussion moved right on to NTUSA. we seem to be masters of that here. 
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Ranmah
 Posts: 294 Location: Stomp'n on Tokyo Tower |
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If this information is true. That truly sucks. I have the first Animerica back in 1993. I haven't had time to read any of the magazines these days. NewTypeUSA is good, but I have carry all my stuff if I move back to states.
All things change. |
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dirkdirk
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You write for Anime Insider, don't you? I don't know what you qualify as "stomps," but I've seen the numbers that both magazines share with advertisers. And they're not as far apart as you'd think. |
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ANN_Bamboo
ANN Contributor
 Posts: 3904 Location: CO |
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*shrug* I do, but numbers are numbers. Anime Insider circulation is twice that of NewtypeUSA... and that was before they went monthly. |
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biliano
Posts: 956 Location: Cleveland, OH |
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Anime Insider's circulation is double that of NTUSA and more than triple that of Animerica. For proof, read this thread and this article. According to both tempest and the ANN article "2004 YIR - Anime Magazines", here are the circulation figures for the Big Three for 2004: Anime Insider - 150,000 Newtype USA - 75,000 Animerica - 45,000 More hard facts taken from the 2004 YIR article:
And this:
So there you go. When Bamboo says AI "stomps" the competition, she means it! 
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SquidBilly
Posts: 17 Location: Oakland, CA |
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Actually, the YIR and tempest's post are different except for Animerica (which is sourced as coming from their media kit). The YIR says that Newtype is somewhere between 120,000 and 150,000 and that Insider is upwards of 150,000. Tempest's post has different numbers entirely. And regardless, no sources are cited for any of these except for Animerica's media kit which only revealed Animerica's number. |
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Zeiram
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wasn't animerica the one who said seshoumaru was a villain to the point of even putting him on a top ten list?
sorry, but animerica to me doesn't even know the material they talk about oh wait maybe that's insider, i'll stand corrected if need be btw, i have a subscription to newtype and i wouldn't mind more real editorials |
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Nabeshin
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Wait, hello, there is another alternative as well...
Play Magazine. I mean, yeah, its a game mag, but at least it devotes a heck of a lot of room to the anime, and they generally know what they're talking about too. They get some pretty good interviews too, and it looks just as good as NT without being owned by one of the anime bigshots. |
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Haiseikoh 1973
 Posts: 1590 Location: Waiting for the Japanese 1000 Gunieas. |
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I seriously lost faith in the magazine when they gave Lady Death: the Movie a high ranking on one of their Top whatever lists. Plus every other month, they seem to have more images of ADV properties than others. The lastest issue, they have Graviton Zwei. A couple issues back, they had Neo Ragna. Before that, Lady Death. |
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Nabeshin
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Wait a minute. You mean out of the seven reviews Play did, and only two out of the seven were ADV, that automatically makes them ADV lovers?! Given the fact there's really only about 5 or 6 big companies putting out anime, and that leaves 5 separate companies in the remaining reviews, I'd hardly say they're playing favorites. And let's keep in mind who owns Newtype.... ADV. I mean, how many times are we going to see Evangelion on the cover?! |
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Haiseikoh 1973
Posts: 1590 Location: Waiting for the Japanese 1000 Gunieas. |
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You said it yourself; Thiers a variety of other companies out there; so why are they not using images from those other companies (and not in the reviews mind you)? |
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(by the way...is there any way to pick our next target?? I'm rooting for Anime Insider next!!) 
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