Future US, the California-based publisher of Nintendo Power, Guitar World, Maximum PC, and other gaming and lifestyle magazines, is publishing a one-off magazine called Future Anime this month. Gary Steinman, the former editor-in-chief of A.D. Vision's Newtype USA magazine and the current executive editor of Future's PlayStation: The Official Magazine, helmed this Summer 2008 issue. The issue costs US$9.99 and will stay on newsstands until October 21. It features a Gurren Lagann cover, 12 posters, and no DVD. According to Steinman, the publisher has the option of turning the publication into a recurring special or a full magazine launch. The staff will "gauge the audience interest and go from there."Anyway, I'm glad I didn't think of buying it as after flipping through the magazine, I realised that the anime news reported inside the magazine are actually old anime. Not brand new anime that is currently being churned out in Japan. Quite sad though. If not, I would most probably buy it for the up-to-date information. But still, I managed to snap 3 photos of it before shelving it back (with Kah Wee lamenting about showing it to me in the first place).
Here I am, getting excited about the contents. Until I saw the titles on the front cover...
Hmm, sexy anime girls in bikini gear. I'm sure the fanboys will lap it up.
...Aria... If you know how to search or google for Aria, you would have probably knew that there is going to be an Aria anime last year.
The state of anime seems to be going a bit downhill it seems. While it certainly does look more artistic, the plots of the stories are not as unique as they have been in the past. Everything seems to be "borrowing" elements from other anime's changing a few theings, and then calling it a "new" anime. Nevertheless, there are some jewels out there; it's just getting harder to find them....
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