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FullmetalCJ
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 Posts: 62 Location: Atlanta, GA |
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Daryl - I would've thought it would be bad form for a staff member from a competing magazine to publicly dance on the grave of a fallen competitor, much less start seeding conspiracy theories about the content of its replacement, which you know exactly jack about.
And let's face it -- Otaku USA is hardly the pristine model of journalistic integrity itself. First of all lifting design and format cues directly from Newtype USA. (I guess it's an indication that no one there could come up with anything original on their own. I think the only thing that wasn't taken was the back-to-front orientation) And second, how unbiased is it when your Japanese/vinyl toy coverage is written by a guy that makes a living selling Japanese/vinyl toys (and frequently spends time pimping his own products/company/exhibits). Or has editors that enjoy plugging the books they've written in the front section of the magazine. How Newtype USA was balanced is that we made the effort to cover shows/manga from all publishers as equally as we could. I think we achieved that goal and it shows in the content. God knows the staff had to work very hard with some publishers to get it done. I don't think you have to spend time and page real estate crapping on something just to prove that you're somehow more balanced or hardcore. Either the reader gets the information/entertainment value they seek out of your content or they don't. |
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SantenKesshun
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I just bought a subscription in december and that's exactly what I'm worried about. I bought the magazine for anime and I'd be extremely disappointed if they strayed from that too much. As far as we've heard though, they will refund subscribers at any time if they feel the urge to discontinue. That's nice to hear. |
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GATSU
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From BV's blog:
AD Vision (the publisher of Newtype USA) is going to publish a new magazine PiQ and it will be sent to Newtype USA subscribers. |
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daedelus
 Posts: 743 Location: Texas City, TX (ajd: 6/11/05) |
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That was an interesting read. I never even considered how Japan would feel about NTUSA ceasing. It makes sense though as I just recently read an article from one of the columnists, Jonathan Clements, in the Jan issue of NT that stated that the foreign market is worth 50% of a Japanese company's interest. With the loss of a conduit of information about the goings on in Japan, those companies are concerned about it may affect future sales. Another point of interest from that blog was the fact that some Japanese companies are considering trying to keep NTUSA running, just by another company other than ADV. If the quality at or near the same level, I'd subscribe. I'm not writing off Piq, though. I do have almost 2 years worth of that magazine coming to me as I had just renewed last month. |
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Vulkurt
Posts: 8 Location: Silver Spring, MD |
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Just picked up the February copy. I find it ironic that there is still subscription inserts in it.
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CCSYueh
 Posts: 2707 Location: San Diego, CA |
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Notice it doesn't indicate last issue anywhere on the cover. Nor does the editor say anything in his comment on the Contents page that this is the last issue. I say they're trying to pull a fast one-get people to subscribe to Newtype so they can sell PiQ. I got a renewal notice postmarked 1/19 reminding me I don't want to miss out on the latest from Japan-re-subscribe now. |
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Aromatic Grass
 Posts: 2424 Location: Raleigh, NC |
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It's on the bottom of the last page... |
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cosmo773
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I for one am glad to see Newtype USA go away. I had nothing but a nightmare of an experience with my subscription (which they never resolved and I never got my money back like they said they would.) and, unless you are completely internet deficient, the news for each new issue was old, way old. I had a subscription to Newtype Japan for years, and I was never disappointed like I was with its USA counterpart. Yes I'm bitter, but they could have done so much more with this magazine and they just didn't. It was the same old news on the same old shows. (one more freakin' Gundam Seed recap, story or character study and I would've gone postal!) So long Newtype USA and good riddance!
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Aromatic Grass
Posts: 2424 Location: Raleigh, NC |
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For the last freaking time: Newtype USA is a FEATURE magazine, NOT a news magazine. Get it right before you make stupid claims. (And by the way, you have to consider the large delay between printing and distribution.)
Thanks for the insult on my life ambitions. *whines* |
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daedelus
Posts: 743 Location: Texas City, TX (ajd: 6/11/05) |
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I just received my copy in the mail today. How bittersweet it is. I think I might frame it(after I read it, of course). I think I'll take my time reading it and savor the experience. Yeah, I'm sentimental like that.
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CCSYueh
Posts: 2707 Location: San Diego, CA |
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Boo hoo hoo You had a bad experience. It happens. If you paid by check or credit card, then you had proof of payment so there shouldn't have been a issue, but you know pretty much every business out there screws up every once in awhile. Look at the Happiest Place on Earth. I'm sure the family members of people who have died on rides have issues with Mickey's place. Like I have the time to surf the net & see the cast & crew lists for all the new anime coming out of Japan. This site doesn't always have it up that quickly. I've seen stuf in Newtype before I saw it here. No, I don't cruise the net looking for info-this is pretty much my source outside of Newtype. Yes, ny daughter & I went halvesies on the 3 Japanese anime mags, but I don't speak or read Japanese & neither does she yet, so yes, I recognize some VA kanji, but not all.... Whine. Newtype USA rocked. The replacement sounds more like Animerica which was ok, but not Newtype. |
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