Anime Insider, issue 57 (June 2008) is now out. In this issue, the cover article features the xxxHolic anime series. There’s also a new section called Cosplay Revolution, which will highlight an outstanding cosplay each month. Other news of note include: a one-pager on Blassreiter, Last Man Standing: featuring Jiro (Black Blood Brothers) vs. Saya (Blood+), and more!
Anime Insider also has an enhanced anime section on WizardUniverse.com.
Here are the main articles this month:
- Maid of Honor – Why ‘Emma’ is smarter than your average maid anime. By Gia Manry
- Summer Schooled – Find our how you can enjoy Japanese summer vacation traditions right here in the States. By Rob Bricken
- Before and After – Take a look at the early work of some of today’s biggest manga writers. By Casey Brienza
- The Cost of Living – Discover the high price Yuko charges to put souls on the right path in ‘xxxHolic’. By Rob Bricken
- Tokyo Anime Fair 2008 – An exclusive ‘Anime Insider’ photo gallery. By Summer Mullins
- .Hack/XXXX Manga Preview – A meta-fantasy franchise gets rebooted in the latest ‘.hack’ series. By Megane Kikuya
There’s little in the way of spoiler material this time, so kudos to the Anime Insider team for not giving too much away!
This looks like a really good magazine, do you subscribe? (would you recommend it? I’m assuming it’s probably not cheap…) I get shoujo beat right now and would be interested in something that features more variety of anime/manga
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@Susie Q, I think AI is a good deal per issue: $4.99 US. I’m sure it’s cheaper to subscribe for a year than to buy it mag by mag.
Newtype was an awesome anime magazine, but unfortunately they shut down and morphed into PiQ, a crappy imitation of a pop culture mag. There’s another magazine out there, OtakuUSA, but I’ve only read their premiere issue, which wasn’t very good- at all. They may have improved on their voice (too bloggy for print) and their grammar and spelling (run on sentences are a no-no in the print profession). But I recommend you check out OtakuUSA at the store and decide for yourself.
Oh, one thing about AI that I have to warn you about: Spoilers ABOUND in each issue. Death Note was ruined, ruined I say!, by an article in last month’s mag. Be very aware of this before you read any anime related feature. If you don’t mind spoilers, then no worries.
Subscriptions are only $28 for a year (12 issues)!
We keep the spoilers to a minimum, and warn people in the intro when we’re going to give something important away. But once the series is finished running on U.S. TV, all bets are off
Thanks Rachel (and Summer)! I think I’ll try out anime insider, looks like a good mix of anime and manga and related news
. I’ll watch out for spoilers- for the mystery/action type shows anyway I wouldn’t want them to give anything away, but for some reason I don’t mind spoilers for shoujo-type shows…(okay actually I sometimes look for them b/c I’m impatient…)
@Summer, oh but the spoiler I read about Death Note made me die a little inside…and cry. I didn’t know the first season of Death Note was over with on Cartoon Network, until I read the article and found out too late T_T.