Cover of Newtype USA Magazine (November 2003 issue)

Newtype is a popular monthly magazine publication originating from Japan, covering anime and manga (and to a lesser extent, tokusatsu, Japanese science fiction and video games). It was launched by publishing company Kadokawa Shoten on March 8, 1985 with its April issue, and has since seen regular release on the 10th of every month in its home country. An English version has since been published, called Newtype USA; a version of Newtype is also published in Korea. Spin-off publications of Newtype also exist in Japan, such as Newtype Hero/Newtype the Live (which are dedicated to tokusatsu) and NewWORDS (which is geared toward a more mature adult market), as well as numerous limited-run versions (such as Clamp Newtype). Image File history File links Newtypecover. ... Image File history File links Newtypecover. ... Look up November in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... The main cast of the anime Cowboy Bebop (1998) (L to R: Spike Spiegel, Jet Black, Ed Tivrusky, Faye Valentine, and Ein the dog) For the oleo-resin, see Animé (oleo-resin). ... Manga )   (pl. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... This article is about computer and video games. ... Kadokawa Shoten Publishing Co. ... March 8 is the 67th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (68th in leap years). ... 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Korea (Korean: 한국 or ì¡°ì„ , see below) is a geographic area, civilization, and former state situated on the Korean Peninsula in East Asia. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Content

Columns

Newtype runs several columns per month, typically written by creators within the anime and manga industries. Past and current contributors include Satsuki Igarashi (of Clamp) and Mahiro Maeda. Newtype USA includes columns from more history-minded staff at ADV (such as Jonathan Clements). Satsuki Igarashi Satsuki Igarashi (いがらし寒月 Igarashi Satsuki) is a member of the all-female manga-creating team CLAMP. Her duties in the team include production coordination, magazine columnist, Ageha Ohkawas sounding board, and the character designer of Chobits and line artist for Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle. ... A group photo of Clamp. ... Mahiro Maeda Mahiro Maeda is one of the preeminent Japanese anime creators working today, having worked as director, character designer, and animator for many of Japans top series. ... Jonathan Clements Jonathan Clements (1971- ) is a British writer and translator. ...

Manga

Newtype usually contains a center insert with regularly serialized manga (often to be later published in tankobon form by Kadokawa). The magazine is perhaps best known in Japan for serializing Mamoru Nagano's The Five Star Stories. A Tankōbon compilation book is a set of manga issues which have been collected into a volume for a given author. ... Mamoru Nagano , born on January 21, 1960 in Maizuru, Kyoto Prefecture) is a Japanese animator and character designer. ... Five Star Stories (The) is a cult manga series by Nagano Mamoru. ...

Manga that have been serialized in Newtype USA may vary (and have varied) due to licensing reasons. In the past, they have included Full Metal Panic!, Angel/Dust, Chrono Crusade, Lagoon Engine Einsatz, Neon Genesis Evangelion: Angelic Days, the Aoi House 4-koma, and Angel/Dust Neo, only several of which actually appeared in the Japanese Newtype. Full Metal Panic! , often abbreviated to FMP!) is a science fiction light novel series written by Shouji Gatou. ... Serialized in Newtype Magazine Original run June 2001 – - No. ... Serialized in Comic Dragon, Dragon Age Original run November 1998 – 2004 No. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Lagoon Engine. ... Aoi House is a shōnen harem Original English-language manga series written by Adam Arnold, with art by Shiei, and published by Seven Seas Entertainment. ... Yonkoma manga (4コマ漫画, four cell manga), or 4-koma for short, is a Japanese comic strip format which consists of gags within four cells. ... Serialized in Newtype Magazine Original run November 2003 – November 2003 No. ...

Currently the ongoing manga which is serializing in Newtype Japan right now is Kobato, a manga created by Clamp. Kobato ) is CLAMPs latest manga series which premiered in Monthly Sunday Gene-X in January 2005. ...

Fiction

Light novels have also been serialized within the Japanese version of the magazine in the past: these have included "For the Barrel" (an abstract adaptation of the Mobile Suit Gundam novel); a novelization of Overman King Gainer (accompanied by illustrations from the show's character designer, Kinu Nishimura); and the Yoshiyuki Tomino story "Gaia Gear", set in the far future of Gundam 's Universal Century timeline. Mobile Suit Gundam ) is a televised anime series written and directed by Yoshiyuki Tomino and made up of 43 episodes aired in 1979. ... Overman King Gainer (Japanese: オーバーマンキングゲイナー) is a 26 episode anime series written and directed by longtime animator Tomino Yoshiyuki. ... Yoshiyuki Tomino , born November 5, 1941) is a Japanese anime creator, director, screenwriter and novelist. ... The Original Novel of Gaia Gear (Vol. ... Universal Century (or UC for short) is one of the timelines of the Gundam anime metaseries. ...

Television schedule

A large insert within the magazine usually contains a television schedule for anime and tokusatsu programs set to run on various Japanese networks throughout the coming month, accompanied by synopses for each aired episode and network ratings for each show from the previous month. (Newtype USA does not list airtimes and airdates in their version of the schedule, anymore.) The main cast of the anime Cowboy Bebop (1998) (L to R: Spike Spiegel, Jet Black, Ed Tivrusky, Faye Valentine, and Ein the dog) For the oleo-resin, see Animé (oleo-resin). ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Art-related material

Newtype contains a tip column for working with computer graphics in manga-style illustration, written by a different guest illustrator (or group of illustrators, in some cases) each month. The column generally centers around working with Adobe Photoshop and Corel Painter. Computer graphics is a sub-field of computer science and is concerned with digitally synthesizing and manipulating visual content. ... Manga )   (pl. ... Adobe Photoshop, or simply Photoshop, is a graphics editor developed and published by Adobe Systems. ... Painter is the name of a bitmap graphics software package used to create natural-looking artistic images using a computer. ...

In the Japanese version (and in the early months of the American version), the last page of Newtype is usually reserved for one of a series of art pieces or illustrations (accompanied by comment or short column) from a known anime illustrator. Perhaps the best known of these is the "GUNDAM FIX" illustration series by Hajime Katoki, which placed mecha from the Gundam franchise within real-world photographic contexts. Other illustrators who have contributed to this back page in the past include Yoshikazu Yasuhiko (who ran a series of illustrations devoted to Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin) and Hisashi Hirai (who ran a series devoted to his designs for Mobile Suit Gundam SEED, titled "Gundam SEED RGB"). Hajime Katoki (Japanese: カトキハジメ Katoki Hajime)is a popular Japanese mecha designer. ... For the fictional robot, see Mecha. ... Gundam ) is one of the longest running series of anime featuring giant robots or mecha. ... Yasuhiko Yoshikazu (安彦 良和) is a well-known man in the anime industry. ... Hisashi Hirai (平井久司 Hirai Hisashi) is a Japanese mangaka and anime artist. ... Mobile Suit Gundam SEED ), shortened to Gundam SEED, is an anime television series by Sunrise. ...

International Versions

Newtype USA includes both translated Japanese content and original U.S. material. Content includes anime, manga, music, game, toy and model reviews, director interviews, artist profiles, and regular columns by industry experts, tastemakers and deep-cover insiders. Newtype USA also includes bonus content, such as posters, postcards, a centerfold spread, serialized manga, and a DVD insert. Newtype USA is published by A.D. Vision, parent company of the anime distributor ADV Films and manga publisher ADV Manga, but the magazine still features content and promotional material from properties distributed by competing publishers. The first Newtype USA issue was published in November, 2002. A.D. Vision (commonly referred to as ADV) is a Houston, Texas based international multimedia entertainment company, active in home video production and distribution, broadcast television, theatrical film distribution, merchandising, original productions, magazine and comic book publishing and is the largest anime company in North America. ... The main cast of the anime Cowboy Bebop (1998) (L to R: Spike Spiegel, Jet Black, Ed Tivrusky, Faye Valentine, and Ein the dog) For the oleo-resin, see Animé (oleo-resin). ... ADV Films logo ADV Films is the home video publication arm of A.D. Vision based in Houston, Texas. ... ADV Manga is the manga publishing division of A.D. Vision, Inc. ... Look up November in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ...

Newtype Korea is published by Daiwon C&A Holdings, parent company of the anime distributor Anione TV and manga publisher Daiwon C&A Holdings. The first Newtype Korea issue was published in 1998. Daiwon C&A Holdings, headquartered in Seoul, Korea, is a major Korean anime, manga and Japanese entertainment company formed by the merger of Daiwon. ... The main cast of the anime Cowboy Bebop (1998) (L to R: Spike Spiegel, Jet Black, Ed Tivrusky, Faye Valentine, and Ein the dog) For the oleo-resin, see Animé (oleo-resin). ... Daiwon C&A Holdings, headquartered in Seoul, Korea, is a major Korean anime, manga and Japanese entertainment company formed by the merger of Daiwon. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean [1]. // Coated in ice, power and telephone lines sag and often break, resulting in power outages. ...

Both the original Japanese and English editions use the "right-to-left" format. The Korean edition is reversed.

External links

• Newtype Japan Webpage (Japanese)
• Newtype USA Webpage
• Newtype USA's MySpace profile