It's been an interesting year for anime and manga magazines this year and you don't even have to take a guess at who I'll pick for the worst magazine of the year so lets look at who I thought should be the Best of the year. Well when first started thinking about this blog I was originally going to pick Yen Plus but had to change my find after I picked up the latest issue of Otaku USA because they fixed a problem that I felt left them in second place and that was their price point. They did that by doing away with the DVD...BUT they still gave you free download/streaming videos to watch instead with a password that is included in the magazine so you still got the free videos but at half the price. Something that could have very well saved New Type magazine probably. Actually no New Type's issue was with the parent company if I remember correctly so nothing could have saved it at that time. Anyways don't get me wrong Yen Plus is fantastic and if you like manga then you owe it to yourself to get it. However with Otaku USA lowering it's price it absolutely trounces on Anime Insider which is the same price and it doesn't give you free stuff either. Plus Otaku USA I believe offers more bang for the buck content and editorial wise even if they do pander just a bit to the mainstream [adult swim] watching only people with more covers of infamous cartoons than cool covers. Honestly if they want to remain the best they need to stop using Naruta, Bleach and Death Note for covers period.
The worst magazine of the year absolutely with a doubt goes to that stinker of a pile called PiQ oh what a terrible magazine it was. Meant to replace the dead New Type magazine PiQ promised to give us more of what we didn't want and less of what we did. Yup it went all pop culture on us and gave us everything under the sun that the reader just didn't give a shit about because they could read about it in just about any other magazine at the same time and then it simply cut WAY back on the anime. Honestly if you looked at PiQ and Play magazine it was pretty much the same damn magazine but Play was better looking and well it didn't make fun of the reader either like PiQ did. Oh yeah that's a great way to get readers, pick on them and tell them they are losers, smart move dumbasses. Oh yeah that's right you're all out of job because you all suck HAHAHAHA who's the one laugh now lame ass. I just hope everyone got their money back who subscribed to New Type and got swindled into getting PiQ instead.
The worst magazine of the year absolutely with a doubt goes to that stinker of a pile called PiQ oh what a terrible magazine it was. Meant to replace the dead New Type magazine PiQ promised to give us more of what we didn't want and less of what we did. Yup it went all pop culture on us and gave us everything under the sun that the reader just didn't give a shit about because they could read about it in just about any other magazine at the same time and then it simply cut WAY back on the anime. Honestly if you looked at PiQ and Play magazine it was pretty much the same damn magazine but Play was better looking and well it didn't make fun of the reader either like PiQ did. Oh yeah that's a great way to get readers, pick on them and tell them they are losers, smart move dumbasses. Oh yeah that's right you're all out of job because you all suck HAHAHAHA who's the one laugh now lame ass. I just hope everyone got their money back who subscribed to New Type and got swindled into getting PiQ instead.
