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Viga_of_stars
 Posts: 1240 Location: Washington D.C. in the Anime Atelier |
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Wow, and I was just going to buy Newtype today....damn.
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icepick314
 Posts: 486 Location: Back in the Good Ol' US of A |
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aw man...
and i loved the publication so much that i had the subscription since the beginning...except the first issue... first it's Geneon's exit...now this.....i can't take anymore deaths.... i'm gonna go cry some more.... Newtype USA was THE best anime magazine imo with so much articles and not to mention preview DVD.... i hope the next publication is just as awesome as NTUSA was... my subscription had 4 more issues to go and also received renewal reminder... DAMM!!!! |
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Moogle-X
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Or perhaps, the owners of Newtype wanted a bigger piece of the pie when it came time to renew their contracts and ADV did a cost/profit ratio and figured out they'd do better without the new deal.
I for one hope it the new magazine is not just a vaporware bait and switch (remember the ADV/Geneon deal?). Too many good companies downsizing and going out for my tastes these days. Newtype USA will be missed, but hopefully the new magazine will be a little more focused on the US market than alot of translated Japanese articles for shows not out here yet (which I found to be abundant in the US publication). |
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CakeStealer
 Posts: 50 Location: Chicago, IL |
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Aww, I can't beileve this news. NewType was, by far, one of my favorite anime magazines in the US. Im really going to miss everything about it.
If what you say is true, then I hope they bring the old staff from NewType, too. Although I'll miss NewType, I'll have to see what ADV pulls out of their hats for this new publication. =3 Guess we'll have to wait and see. |
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Aromatic Grass
 Posts: 2424 Location: Raleigh, NC |
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My life just died! NTUSA was the magazine I wanted to be lead graphic artist of...!
I'm so looking into this and look forward to the new publication. Otakusa is nothing compared to NTUSA in quality and great design. |
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jpdsurf
 Posts: 27 Location: 女子高生 |
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The magazine always had nice pictures.
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IndigoSkies
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Ah, that sucks. What'll happen to subscriptions? My friend just got a subscription for Christmas, she hasn't even gotten one issue yet.
I liked Newtype USA, but it was way too expensive for me to buy that often or get a subscription for... |
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NimbusRain
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Wow, what's going on? It seems like every other week, we get news of some major staple in the anime community stopping production. Geneon's gone, Hirameki stopped publishing novels, the Anime Network is being discontinued, and now Newtype!? I don't mean to be a pessimist, but these past few months have had quite a few sad announcements.
I only had a Newtype subscription for a year, but I greatly enjoyed it. They had very intelligent writers who wrote many interesting articles. It may have been expensive, but it was a high quality magazine. I hope this replacement retains some of the great features of NTUSA. |
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icepick314
Posts: 486 Location: Back in the Good Ol' US of A |
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i wonder if ADV will do Animage USA instead?
that'll be hiliarious! 
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LordRobin
Posts: 354 Location: Akron, OH |
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David Williams and Matt Greenfield were hosting one of their Anime Expo ADV panels one year when someone asked how they fought the perception that Newtype USA would give special treatment to ADV properties. "We strung barbed wire across the hallway leading to the Newtype offices." [audience cracks up] "They think we're joking." "No, seriously. We actually strung barbed wire across the hallway." ------RM |
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DuelLadyS
 Posts: 1705 Location: WA state |
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Geez- it hasn't been that long since I renewed my subscription, too.
I'm hoping this new magazine mentioned is worthwhile... specifically, I'm hoping the DVDs continue- I really loved those sampler discs. Cost is a concern too... if the new magazine, say, halves the costs to make it more accessible to fans, is that $80 I just put into a year's subscription getting doubled too? I'm gonna be mad if there's a price change not reflected in subscription length. |
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ichido reichan
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I never liked Newtype USA because of the fact that was so biased on North american releases and less coverage on what it was in japan, Newtype Japan and Animedia where far more better.
I got 10 issues of Newtype USA and they dissapointed me to no end, the early volumes were more focused, but the latest volumes have been used to indulge the tastes of current fanboys, so, no, I dont feel the death, In fact OTAKU USA as a maganzine was way more open and honest, so there. |
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icepick314
Posts: 486 Location: Back in the Good Ol' US of A |
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hense the title "Newtype USA"....emphasis on "USA"... |
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Aromatic Grass
Posts: 2424 Location: Raleigh, NC |
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Maybe because it was distributed in N. America...? There were plenty of features/NTExpresses on new Japanese shows, so I never had a problem there. They're definitely not biased -- quite the opposite, in fact.
Thing is, I don't like the air around that one. It seems negative and not very open to all kinds of fans. (No, just "Otaku"...) Seemed to me like they had more features on NA releases than NTUSA ever did... 
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DKong
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Bleh, I don't really care. Otaku USA all the way!
Reasons why I like it over Newtype USA: - has many familiar names in the anime community: Patrick Macias, Daryl Surat (anime world order), Dave Riley (dave and joel), Clarissa Graffeo (anime world order), and a few more... - cheaper (not by much, but it is) - has the same extra crap as Newtype (dvds, manga, etc) - has more full fledged articles- to me, NTUSA seems to be all pictures, little text....and if there was text, it was just a description of a show....I like how Otaku USA has actual articles and whatnot. |
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