Rockin' New Shojo Mag

The people at VIZ Media created a great new manga and anime source for shojo (girls). It's for young women and it's appropriately titled Shojo Beat. Issue #1 is scheduled for a July release.

They're targeting a "young primarily female audience who care about art, style & design and who love reading stories of romance, adventure and comedy," says teen site Ypulse. Shojo Beat will of course, as manga does, read from right to left. What's really great is, it looks like teen magazine covers and has article titles on the front like "Seventeen" and "Teen People." But instead of a feature with tips on how to make a two year old stick of lip gloss last two more months, it features manga characters and manga oriented articles. Subscribe. It'll be a good read. [ via Ypulse: Media for the Next Generation ]

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