Editing Newtype (section)

{{Short description|Japanese pop culture magazine}}
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{{For|the fictional evolution of humans in the ''Gundam'' franchise|Newtype (Gundam)}}
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| image_file      = Newtype May 2024 cover.webp
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| image_caption   = Cover of the May 2024 issue, featuring ''[[Delicious in Dungeon]]''
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| frequency       = Monthly
| circulation     = 160,750<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-01-19/2009-japanese-anime/game-magazine-circulation-numbers|title=2009 Japanese Anime/Game Magazine Circulation Numbers|work=Anime News Network|date=January 19, 2010|access-date=December 4, 2013|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100122115730/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-01-19/2009-japanese-anime/game-magazine-circulation-numbers|archive-date=January 22, 2010|url-status=live}}</ref>
| category        = [[Anime]], [[manga]], {{Transliteration|ja|[[tokusatsu]]}}, Japanese [[science fiction]], and [[video game]]s
| company         = [[Kadokawa Shoten]]
| firstdate       = {{start date and age|1985|3|8}}
| country         = Japan
| based           = [[Tokyo]]
| language        = Japanese
| website         = {{URL|http://anime.webnt.jp/}}
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{{nihongo|'''''Newtype'''''|ニュータイプ|Nyūtaipu|lead=yes}} is a monthly [[magazine]] originating from Japan covering [[anime]] and, to a lesser extent, [[manga]], [[Voice acting in Japan|voice actors]], [[science fiction]], {{Transliteration|ja|[[tokusatsu]]}}, and [[Video game|video games]]. It was launched by publishing company [[Kadokawa Shoten]] on March 8, 1985, and has since been released in Japan on the 10th of every month.

''Newtype Korea'' was formerly published in South Korea. Spin-off publications of ''Newtype'' also exist in Japan, such as ''Newtype Hero'' and ''Newtype the Live'', which are dedicated to {{Transliteration|ja|tokusatsu}} and ''NewWORDS'', which is geared toward a more adult market, as well as numerous limited-run versions such as ''Clamp Newtype''. An English language version, ''Newtype USA'', was published in North America between 2002 and 2008.<ref name="NTUSA cease">{{cite web |date=January 9, 2008 |title=Newtype USA to Cease Publication |url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-01-09/newtype-usa-to-cease-publication |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080213180346/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-01-09/newtype-usa-to-cease-publication |archive-date=February 13, 2008 |access-date=December 4, 2013 |work=Anime News Network}}</ref>

The magazine's name comes from the "[[Newtype (Gundam)|Newtype]]s" in the [[Universal Century]] timeline of the ''[[Gundam]]'' series, specifically ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam]]'' (1979) and its sequel ''[[Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam]]'' (1985). ''Newtype'' launched a week after ''Zeta Gundam'' began airing on March 2, 1985.