Visual Scene Magazine

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Anime UK News has received information that should get Japanese culture fans very excited as a new monthly e-magazine focussing on Japanese culture has emerged in the form of Visual Scene available on the webpage <a href="http://vs.yokatta.eu/">www.vs.yokatta.eu</a>.

<a title="Visual Scene by Mercury Rex, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/genkinahito/6184367565/"></a>

Visual Scene is a Japanese magazine which includes articles and reviews of manga, anime, J-drama and interviews with many stars and much more. In a statement the company listed the main features of "Visual Scene" as being &ldquo;its diversity of content - short tales, comics, and Japanese poetry. Of course the magazine includes articles about visual novels, manga, Japanese films and music, as well as profiles of well-known anime characters - all of this in a nice, climatic layout. Reading "Visual Scene" is made even more attractive with numerous interactive links, trailers, ecchi and photo shoots with attractive models.&rdquo;

Published by Yokatta Company this magazine has now entered the UK market with an English language version. Issue #1 of Visual Scene is already available to purchase and covers folklore and ghosts as the publishers elaborate:

&ldquo;Inside you will find dense atmosphere of terror, the weird Phantoms from the folk legends and barrier of contrast with the contemporaneity (there are also comic tales - do not forget that the "Souvenir from Japan" is oriented in right-to-left reading format - and "Hyakumonogatari Kaidankai", a spine chilling horror that will give you a faster heartbeat. Enjoy! "

<a title="Visual Scene Magazine by Mercury Rex, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/genkinahito/6184896414/"></a>

Stirring stuff! The next edition of the magazine will be released on the 30th of September 2011 in Japan with the English edition soon to follow. In the second issue is an interview with the Japanese music group Orochi and photo sessions with various Japanese models. For more information including where to get Visual Magazine, visit the <a href="http://vs.yokatta.eu/">site</a>.
 
Hmm, not sure about paying for an electronic magazine, and the focus seems too broad to be worthwhile even though individually I'm interested in several of the topics. It will be interesting to see how it turns out.

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If this is a UK release why is the price in USD and not GBP? Also I'm not too comfortable with buying an item I can not archive like NEO where I have every issue from No.1. I think they should have given us the first copy free to get a good feel of the concept and layout then let us decide to subscribe, like if it were in a newsagents' where one could finger through it, and if it didn't please, put it back on the shelf, or buy if it did. I don't buy e-books so I can't also justify buying e-magazines either.
 
It is pretty bold to charge for what sounds like the exact same thing you get for free from a variety of other Japanese culture websites. The reason I still pay for (a very small number) of print magazines is because of the physical element that the internet can't provide, along with one or two that I buy because of the quality of the writing and editorial content.

If they could do something to prove to me that they were actually in competition with print mags rather than other websites, I might give it a go.

The comparison with buying eBooks doesn't hold in any way, shape, or form though, imo, since there is no free equivalent there.
 
NEO where I have every issue from No.1
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Seriously? I really like the idea of a dedicated UK anime mag, but the quality of NEO is just too depressing to even think about.

Personally I don't mind the fact I can't archive it, as I don't want to archive anything, this is better for my space needs and the environments needs. Although I will admit a real mag is handy for when your on the loo(I find EDGE pretty good in that regard, and I don't even play many games these days but its just great loo material).

[q]variety of other Japanese culture websites[/q]

You couldn't share any good with us could you?

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NEO where I have every issue from No.1
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Seriously? I really like the idea of a dedicated UK anime mag, but the quality of NEO is just too depressing to even think about.

Personally I don't mind the fact I can't archive it, as I don't want to archive anything, this is better for my space needs and the environments needs. Although I will admit a real mag is handy for when your on the loo(I find EDGE pretty good in that regard, and I don't even play many games these days but its just great loo material).

variety of other Japanese culture websites
Click to expand...

You couldn't share any good with us could you?
 
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