AnimaniA (magazine)
| Categories | Anime, manga and J-culture news and reviews |
|---|---|
| Frequency | Bi-monthly |
| Circulation | 13,841[1] |
| First issue | 1994 |
| Company | Animagine GmbH |
| Country | Germany |
| Language | German |
| Website | www.animania.de |
| ISSN | 0947-059X |
AnimaniA is a German magazine dedicated to anime, manga and j-culture.
History[edit]
The first issue of the magazine was published in September 1994.[2] AnimaniA is the first German-languaged media focussing on Japanese culture, especially anime and manga.[3] Before the release of the first magazine, a Vol 0 issue had been printed and was handed out for free at Comic-Salon Erlangen for promotion.
In 2001, the former editors of AnimaniA started publishing MangasZene magazine which ended publication in 2006.[2][3]
Until the publishing of the 50th issue, the magazine was published every two months. AnimaniA was then published ten times in one year until the release of issue 04-05/2010 and has been changed back to a bi-monthly publishing frequency due to the decline of the German anime market around that time.
The magazine was part of the publishing company Weird Visions Media Verlag until February 2010.[4] When the publisher went bancrupt, chef editor Thomas Webler bought the magazine from Weird Visions and publishes AnimaniA under the Animagine GmbH label.
Since the publishing of the volume 04/2005 the magazine contains a special DVD containing most times three pilot episodes dubbed in German language, trailer, interviews and making-of videos.
According to Casey Brienza, AnimaniA was one fan magazine pioneering the medium manga in Germany.[2]
Themes[edit]
The magazine focusses on anime and manga news in German-languaged regions as well as for the United States and Japan, J-Culture like video games and music, a reader section for fan letters, fanart and a calender for events related to Japanese culture.[5] The magazine also published the Armitage III manga in Germany.[4]
Sometimes, AnimaniA publishes special edition magazines dedicated to a main theme, which most are completely sold-out in print. These are:
- AnimaniA — FanArt Special — Fan-art
- AnimaniA — compiled edition of the magazines released in it′s first year
- AnimaniA — Sailor Moon special
- AnimaniA — Hentai special
- Armitage III (between 3/96–4/97)
- Groundwork of Evangelion — Art book
- The new generation of manga artists — Art book
AnimagiC[edit]
Employess of AnimaniA (more precisely of Animagine GmbH) are the organizers of German anime and manga convention AnimagiC.[6]
AnimaniA Awards[edit]
Since 2006 the AnimaniA Awards are held, a onlinevoting for readership of the magazine. The awards show takes place on the first day at the AnimagiC convention.[7][8] In the past readers were able to vote via mail.[9]
External links[edit]
- Official homepage (German)
References[edit]
- ^ "Titelanzeige: Animania" (in German). IVW. Retrieved February 16, 2024.
- ^ a b c Casey Brienza (9 March 2016). Global Manga: 'Japanese' Comics Without Japan?. Taylor & Francis. 85. ISBN 9781317127666.
Similar to Dutch manga, German manga was pioneered in fan magazines such as AnimaniA (since 1994) and MangasZene (2001–06)
- ^ a b Sebastian Keller (2008). Der Manga und seine Szene in Deutschland von den Anfängen in den 1980er Jahren bis zur Gegenwart (in German). GRIN Verlag. 14. ISBN 9783638042932.
- ^ a b Stefan Aufenanger, Renate Schulz-Zander, Dieter Spanhel (2013). Jahrbuch der Medienpädagogik 1 (in German). VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. 459. ISBN 9783322974945.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Prof. Dr. Ralf Vollbrecht. "Anime und Manga: Faszination des Fremden" (PDF) (in German). Kinder- und Jugendfilm Korrespondenz. Retrieved February 16, 2024.
- ^ Eva Mertens (2017). Die Kategorie der produktorientierten Szenen am Beispiel der AMV- und ModelKitszene (in German). Diplomica Verlag. 146. ISBN 9783961465620.
- ^ AnimaniA, ed. (2018), "AnimaniA Awards: Die Nominierungen", 2/2018, p. 42
- ^ TMSIDR (2018-08-27). "AnimagiC 2018: Erlebnisbericht". kyoani.de. Retrieved 2018-09-09.
- ^ AnimaniA, ed. (2012), "AnimaniA Award: Nominierungen" (PDF), 02-03/2012, p. 35