ANIMEDIA large-sized! Published in size A4 from April 2010 issue

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ANIMEDIA large-sized! Published in size A4 from April 2010 issue

March 3, 2010 7:45 PM | Contributor:akiba

The anime mag "ANIMEDIA", published by GAKKEN will be published in size A4-wide from its April 2010 issue that will hit the stores on March 10th.

"ANIMEDIA", first published in June 1981 is the second oldest Anime magazine after "Animage" and is known as the top 3 anime mags that hit the stores on the 10th with "NEWTYPE". The magazine differentiates from the other 2 titles by targeting younger and female readers with their articles and appendixes and the publication is estimated at 96,000 copies (Japan Magazine Association, Oct. 1st,2008 to Sept. 30th, 2009).

The previous size of A4 will be changed to A4 wide from April 2010 issue (on sale March 10th)becoming bigger in size. The cost per page might be more expensive but if the amount of information were not to be changed, it will mean that the total page will be saved resulting in the cost cut in printing (is the forecast of the writer).

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A friend that works in a printing company confirmed that "the cost of the paper might not change that much" "but considering that publishers will not want to pay more for printing, you may be not far off" "or might put more ads while keeping the same page numbers".

According to the announcement on the "ANIMEDIA" up-sizing (pdf), that was sent towards related companies, ""we would like to upgrade our quantity and quality of information that can be readable for both entry level fans and otakus alike with upgrading our visuals to most effectively show the genre of anime along with upgrading the quality of appendix values. We hope to continue our basic concept of "See, read, decor and take part" and hope to publish articles that will brighten up the anime world".

Anime shops in Akihabara displayed posters that read, "ANIMEDIA is now bigger!" and showed the cover of the April issue (K-ON!) and the appendix.


Ad-poster of ANIMEDIA displayed at comic TORANOANA Akihabara store and Gamers


Pics of the clear file folder that is the appendix of the April issue		It seems that this poster will be the first customer special