Animerica magazine

[Korian]

So what do you guys think of the videogame section in their mag? I like how they cover imports and feature articles about current trends in Japan.

Too bad there isnt more of it?

Anyone like it? or dislike it?

[Melf]

I enjoy it a lot. The magazine is very good overall and the game coverage is pretty accurate yet they don't try to come off as a gaming magazine. I like that. One of the few mags that can cover multiple areas without compromising any of them.

[TK]

I thought it was quite humorous that their article about the Xbox's launch games had the reviewer going on about how he just didn't need his PS2 anymore now that the Xbox was here. I wonder if MS bribed the guy to say something that stupid or if he's just that much of a moron.

[Green]

Some of their import reviews are nice, but I haven't read the mag in a while so I don't know how it is now. Sometimes they give good games like SF3, Strider 2, and Gunbird 2 scores less than what I'd give them, though.

[Satsuki]

I honestly think Animerica is a really lame publication, chock full of horrible errors....I can usually count about 5 of all sorts in each issue.
The gaming section is so-so, but i think a magazine based on japanese culture and whatnot should have a better informed writers than they do now...

[Andy]

There's an America magazine? And it covers Japanese import videogames? Well, that's a bit ironic..

[shidoshi]

Me and Chris (Kohler, one of the game reviewers over there) used to be soldiers in the fanzine war together, so I have known and respected him ever since those days. I haven't read his stuff lately, but he's a good guy.

The problem with their game reviews is if they still have that Dr. Brown guy over there. He's an absolute idiot, a horrible writer, and would review games that had NO place in the magazine. Back when I was talking to them about maybe running their game section (this was many years ago), one of the reasons I didn't try harder for the job was that they said they only wanted reviews of games that made sense being in an anime mag, and a lot of those would have been import titles. Obviously, by the time Dr. Brown came along, they didn't much give a crap about the quality of the section.

But, it isn't a surprise - while I do respect some parts of that mag, it is amazing how the magazine has been around for so long yet is so damn ammateurish in so many regards. Amazing how shameful Newtype USA makes them look.

[Ex Ranza]

Originally posted by shidoshi
Amazing how shameful Newtype USA makes them look.

Perhaps some real competition will be good for Animerica.

[Tsubaki]

Originally posted by Satsuki
I honestly think Animerica is a really lame publication, chock full of horrible errors....I can usually count about 5 of all sorts in each issue.
The gaming section is so-so, but i think a magazine based on japanese culture and whatnot should have a better informed writers than they do now...

Thank you. Not to be condescending, but those who really don't know about anime are the ones reading Animerica. Those who do, know that the magazine and its writers are absolute trash. Honestly, I think the only reason why people bothered was because it was more or less the only magazine out there. It's seriously the "GamePro" of anime for all these reasons: Glaring errors, pro-Viz bias (it's Viz owned after all), poor writing. I haven't seen US Newtype, but I do hope it kills Animerica.

[Korian]

What are some good Anime magazines then? I'm not into Anime as much as I would like to be, but this was one of the ones that I noticed, and was at a store I frequent.