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PR: Otaku USA Magazine Celebrates 1st Anniversary with Full Metal Alchemist




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Hagaren_Otaku726



Joined: 16 Mar 2006
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 6:54 am Reply with quote
I might get this for the DVD with Maria-sama ga Miteru and To Heart, and for the "Maids, Maids, Maids!" =D...

I'm glad to see that (they seem to think anyway) the magazine's doing well Anime smile
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OtakuGoth



Joined: 28 May 2008
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 1:22 pm Reply with quote
I love reading this magazine so much!!!!! Very Happy Happy 1st anniversary otaku usa!
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Splitter



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PostPosted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 1:52 pm Reply with quote
This is the first time I've seen a cover for this magazine... it really is a Newtype ripoff, isn't it Sad
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abstract-alchemist



Joined: 18 Jun 2008
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 2:49 pm Reply with quote
Funny, since I recall Darrly ( in fact, AWO in general ) not being particularly thrilled about FMA.
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fuuma_monou



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PostPosted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 7:36 pm Reply with quote
Still need to get the April and June issues. Haven't seen the June issue in stock, though, might have to wait for a cheap remaindered copy to show up.

Got a remaindered copy of the first issue a few months ago after I heard that Patrick Macias was the editor. Shannon Gaerrity and Jason Thompson doing reviews, too, so it was like a PULP crew re-union.
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fuuma_monou



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PostPosted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 7:47 pm Reply with quote
Splitter wrote:
This is the first time I've seen a cover for this magazine... it really is a Newtype ripoff, isn't it Sad


Never read Newtype USA, so I can't say for sure. Compared to the two 1997 issues of Newtype Japan I've read, though, not so much.
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HitokiriShadow



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PostPosted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 2:30 am Reply with quote
Are there some similarities to NewType? Sure. A rip-off? Hardly.

It has a DVD, like Newtype. And a manga preview, which Anime Insider does from time to time as well. And.... what else, exactly, does it have in common with Newtype? NewType USA had a lot of articles taken directly from the Japanese version, which Otaku USA obviously does not have. It covers some non-anime material in more depth than Newtype did and it has more reviews (reviews that are actually reviews, not puff pieces) than Newtype did. It's hardly a rip-off of Newtype USA.
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