Animerica Extra
 Animerica Extra vol. 1, issue 1 | |
| Categories | Manga (shōjo) |
|---|---|
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Founded | 1998 |
| Final issue | December 2004 |
| Company | Viz Media |
| Country | United States, Canada |
| Based in | San Francisco, California |
| Language | English |
Animerica Extra was a monthly manga magazine published in by Viz Media. Established as a companion to the anime news and review magazine Animerica, Animerica Extra primarily published English-language translations of Japanese manga. The magazine shifted towards publishing shōjo manga (girls' manga) in 2003, before ceasing publication in 2004.
History[edit]
Animerica Extra was conceived as a sister publication to Animerica, Viz's general interest anime and manga magazine.[1] Amid the anime boom of the 1990s, Animerica Extra and the Viz manga magazines Manga Vizion and Pulp were among the first English-language manga magazines to publish manga titles aimed at demographics outside of children's manga,[1] and have been noted as being "instrumental in disseminating manga culture" in North America.[2] The magazine principally published English-language translations of manga, though it published non-manga content such as the short stories of Mitsuru Adachi, and feature stories on manga, anime, and Japanese culture.[3] Certain issues featured original cover artwork by manga artists, including Haruhiko Mikimoto[4] and Chiho Saito.[5]
Sales for the magazine were initially strong; in August 2001, ICv2 reported that Animerica Extra had grown its circulation month-over-month for over a year, and cited the magazine's growth as proof of uncaptured potential in the American shōjo market.[6] Animerica Extra's readership was roughly 70 percent female;[1] ICv2 additionally noted that retailers such as Mile High Comics were able to capitalize on the success of Animerica Extra to attract female customers to comic book stores.[7] Following the cancellation of Pulp in 2002, the magazine's serialization of Banana Fish continued in Animerica Extra.[8] In July 2003, the magazine began publishing shōjo manga exclusively[9] and began printing certain manga in its original right-to-left format, as opposed to the flipped artwork it had previously published.[10]
In December 2004, Animerica Extra ceased publication.[11] The magazine was replaced by the manga magazine Shojo Beat, which was published by Viz from July 2005 until July 2009.[12]
Serializations[edit]
The following titles were serialized in Animerica Extra:[12]
- Banana Fish by Akimi Yoshida[a]
- Chicago by Yumi Tamura
- Fushigi Yūgi by Yuu Watase
- Maison Ikkoku by Rumiko Takahashi[b]
- Marionette Generation by Haruhiko Mikimoto
- Revolutionary Girl Utena by Chiho Saito and Be-Papas
- Short Program by Mitsuru Adachi
- Steam Detectives by Kia Asamiya
- Video Girl Ai by Masakazu Katsura
- Wild Com. by Yumi Tamura
- X/1999 by Clamp[c]
Titles serialized in Animerica Extra were also published as collected editions by Viz.[6]
See also[edit]
Notes[edit]
- ^ Serialization continued from Pulp after the magazine folded in 2004.[8]
- ^ Only four chapters of Maison Ikkoku were published in Animerica Extra; the full series was published under Viz's Editor's Choice imprint.[13]
- ^ Serialization of X/1999 was suspended from July 2001 until March 2002 due to licensing issues.[14][15]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Brienza, Casey (January 2016). Manga in America: Transnational Book Publishing and the Domestication of Japanese Comics. Bloomsbury Academic.
- ^ Yadao, Jason S. (2009). The Rough Guide to Manga. Penguin. p. 242. ISBN 978-1858285610.
- ^ "More About Animerica Extra Manga". Animerica Extra. Archived from the original on February 4, 2005. Retrieved January 9, 2020.
- ^ "An Original Cover by Haruhiko Mikimoto in Vol. 5, No. 5!". Animerica Extra. Archived from the original on February 7, 2005. Retrieved January 9, 2020.
- ^ "Original Chiho Saito Utena cover for Vol. 5, No. 6!". Animerica Extra. Archived from the original on February 7, 2005. Retrieved January 9, 2020.
- ^ a b "Shojo Manga and Anime: Big Business in Japan". ICv2. August 5, 2001. Retrieved January 8, 2020.
- ^ "Viz Builds Strong Shojo Slate". ICv2. September 5, 2001. Retrieved January 8, 2020.
- ^ a b "Viz details cancellation of 'Pulp: The Manga Magazine'" (Press release). Comic Book Resources. Viz Media. May 1, 2002. Retrieved January 5, 2020.
- ^ Mays, Jonathan (July 16, 2003). "Animerica Extra to become shojo-only". Anime News Network. Retrieved January 8, 2020.
- ^ Berryhill, Garry (June 11, 2003). "Animerica Extra Flip Flops". Anime News Network. Retrieved January 8, 2020.
- ^ Macdonald, Christopher (December 17, 2004). "Animerica Extra Canceled". Anime News Network. Retrieved January 8, 2020.
- ^ a b "Animerica Extra". Anime News Network. Retrieved January 8, 2020.
- ^ "Miscellaneous - FAQ". Furinkan.com. Retrieved May 18, 2014.
- ^ "X/1999 News". Anime News Network. July 3, 2001. Retrieved January 9, 2020.
- ^ Macdonald, Christopher (March 19, 2002). "X/1999 return details". Anime News Network. Retrieved January 9, 2020.
External links[edit]
- Animerica Extra official website (defunct, link via Internet Archive)
- Animerica Extra at Anime News Network's encyclopedia