Comments on: Shojo Beat Ending

By: Tiffany

Tiffany — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 01:47:08 +0000

sign petition at gopetition.com ‘bring back shojo beat’

By: MP

MP — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 18:06:15 +0000

What? that sucks. I was wondering what was up when they didn’t have a *continued in the next volume* thing. Well at least the series aren’t stopping…..

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 20 May 2009 01:23:47 +0000

Seems to me that the series found in Shojo Beat are nowhere near as popular (male and female readers alike) as Viz’s Shonen Jump. A tough but needed decision on Viz’s part…

By: Rob McMonigal

Rob McMonigal — Wed, 20 May 2009 00:10:02 +0000

I got the first three issues of Shojo Beat but stopped due to economic factors. Plus, as Mark said, it’s much easier to read as a trade, which is what I’m doing with almost all my comics now.

Still, it’s always sad news when something like this happens.

By: Mark E

Mark E — Tue, 19 May 2009 23:22:57 +0000

Tokyopop kinda dug their own grave, in my opinion. I’ve never seen a company make so many glaringly obvious to everybody but them business decisions.

And I supported books like Beck and Kindaichi to the bitter, bitter end, even when I knew they weren’t putting out any more volumes.

I can’t imagine anybody buying magazine issues over tankabon, myself, so I guess I don’t see the doom ‘n gloom in magazines folding.

I mean, why would I buy something with several stories of which I might like a couple when I can get a thick volume for slightly more that has a pile of material from a favorite series?

By: Manuel

Manuel — Tue, 19 May 2009 19:18:40 +0000

These things make that manga and alternative graphic novel offer decreases. Bad times are coming soon?

By: Johanna

Johanna — Tue, 19 May 2009 18:46:46 +0000

Out of those three, I would guess Tokyopop, but it’s apples and oranges. Magazine publishing is in much worse shape than book or graphic novel publishing. (Note that Tokyopop’s Manga magazine appears to have disappeared without notice, although it was nothing but ads.) With Shojo Beat, perhaps Viz thinks they don’t lose much going straight to book collections?

By: Manuel

Manuel — Tue, 19 May 2009 17:22:42 +0000

Oh, first was Anime Insider and now Shojo Beat. What’s comin’ next? The end of Tokyopop, VIZ or Dark Horse?

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The End of Shojo Beat? — Tue, 19 May 2009 13:29:28 +0000

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