Anime Asia Magazine Volume 1 Issue 2 features Kasugano Sora of Yasuga no Sora on the cover. I've actually never heard of this anime before, so I'll be checking it out. Other anime/manga featured in this issue are:
Anime Premiere
- Heartcatch PreCure
- Nurarihyon no Mago
- Yumeiro Pâtissière
- Strike Witches 2
- Seitokai Yakuindomo
- Digimon Xros Wars
Seiyuu
- Mobile Suit Gundam 00
- K-On!
- Toaru Majutsu no Index
- Kuroshitsuji II
Anime Hitlist
- Motto To Love-Ru -Trouble-
- Otome Youkai Zakuro
- Hakuouki Hekketsu-roku
- Seikon no Qwaser
- Mayoi Neko Overrun!
- Jewelpet Tinkle
- Hime Chen! Otogi Chikku Idol Lilpri
- Ichiban Ushiro no Daimao
Mangamaniac
- Void
- Sugu Rogu
- Wanted
- The Conductor
On The Cover
- Yosuga no Sora
Character List
- Arakawa Under The Bridge
Specials
- Akikan! OAV
- Angel's Feather
Most of the titles above are unfamiliar to me, and I am excited to check them all out. Unfortunately, the articles in Anime Asia Magazine need a bit of improvement in my opinion. I like that there are a lot of pictures, but I would like the articles to help me decide which anime or manga are worth watching/reading, maybe by providing good anime/manga reviews. I'd also like to learn more about each anime/manga, like it's target demographic (i.e. shonen, shojo, seinen, josei) and genre (i.e. romance, action, slice of life, comedy, horror, mystery, etc.) to help me know if it'll match my taste.
I really hope the next issue improves on this point because it's the best-looking otaku magazine I could find in the stands here where I live. There were only two other magazines besides Anime Asia Magazine: Otakuzine and Otaku Vault. The first one is kind of small and the second one's cover layout looks kind of cheap like a cheesy gossip magazine or a cheap songhits.
By the way, the centerfold poster in this second issue of Anime Asia Magazine is a cool one: Saito Hajime of Hakuouki in his Western style getup as seen in Hakuouki Hekketsu-roku. But it would have been even cooler had it not been slightly pixelated. :D
Check out OTAKU USA magazine, i think you will like it!
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I really am thinking of subscribing to Otaku USA since I haven't found it in bookstores where I live. But it's a little on the expensive side so I'm considering it very carefully. Hehe. :)
ReplyDeletehaha. Yeah, I also thought that the name of that mag is Animegazine but it's actually not. I only found that it's Animeasia when I bought the issue #3 and I felt embarass whenever I think of myself boasting my friends having that new mag named animegazine instead of anime asia :"D
ReplyDeleteHehe... We're probably not the only ones who thought its name was Animegazine, risarisachan. :)
ReplyDeleteHey! uhmmm may I ask since I have the vol.1-3 anime asia magazines is there a volume 4? that would come out this month of May? i was very desperate to purchase it! D:
ReplyDeleteHi. I was wondering that myself. I didn't find Anime Asia in my usual magazine stand when I checked a few days ago. :O
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