Editing Animerica Extra

{{short description|Manga magazine}}
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 |image_caption   = ''Animerica Extra'' vol. 1, issue 1
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 |category        = [[Manga]] (''[[shōjo manga|shōjo]]'')
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 |finaldate       = December 2004
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'''''Animerica Extra''''' was a monthly [[List of manga magazines|manga magazine]] published in by [[Viz Media]]. Established as a companion to the anime news and review magazine ''[[Animerica]]'', ''Animerica Extra'' primarily published English-language translations of Japanese [[manga]]. The magazine shifted towards publishing [[shōjo manga|''shōjo'' manga]] (girls' manga) in 2003, before ceasing publication in late 2004, replaced by [[Shojo Beat]] the following year.

==History==
''Animerica Extra'' was conceived as a sister publication to ''[[Animerica]]'', Viz's general interest anime and manga magazine.<ref name="Book"/> Amid the [[History of anime#1990s|anime boom of the 1990s]], ''Animerica Extra'' and the Viz manga magazines ''Manga Vizion'' and ''[[Pulp (manga magazine)|Pulp]]'' were among the first English-language manga magazines to publish manga titles aimed at demographics outside of [[Children's anime and manga|children's manga]],<ref name="Book"/> and have been noted as being "instrumental in disseminating manga culture" in North America.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Yadao |first1=Jason S. |title=The Rough Guide to Manga |date=2009 |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-1858285610 |page=242}}</ref> The magazine principally published English-language translations of manga, though it published non-manga content such as the short stories of [[Mitsuru Adachi]], and feature stories on manga, anime, and [[Japanese culture]].<ref name="AniEx1"/> Certain issues featured original cover artwork by manga artists, including [[Haruhiko Mikimoto]]<ref name="AniEx2"/> and [[Chiho Saito]].<ref name="AniEx3"/>

Sales for the magazine were initially strong; in August 2001, ''[[ICv2]]'' reported that ''Animerica Extra'' had grown its circulation month-over-month for over a year, and cited the magazine's growth as proof of uncaptured potential in the American ''shōjo'' market.<ref name="ICV21"/> ''Animerica Extra'''s readership was roughly 70 percent female;<ref name="Book"/> ''ICv2'' additionally noted that retailers such as [[Mile High Comics]] were able to capitalize on the success of ''Animerica Extra'' to attract female customers to [[comic book store]]s.<ref name="ICV22"/> Following the cancellation of ''Pulp'' in 2002, the magazine's serialization of ''[[Banana Fish]]'' continued in ''Animerica Extra''.<ref name="CBR"/> In July 2003, the magazine began publishing ''shōjo'' manga exclusively<ref name="ANN1"/> and began printing certain manga in its original [[right-to-left]] format, as opposed to the [[Manga outside Japan#Flipping|flipped artwork]] it had previously published.<ref name="ANN3"/>

In December 2004, ''Animerica Extra'' ceased publication.<ref name="ANN2"/> The magazine was replaced by the manga magazine ''[[Shojo Beat]]'', which was published by Viz from July 2005 until July 2009.<ref name="ANN4"/>

==Serializations==
The following titles were serialized in ''Animerica Extra'':<ref name="ANN4"/>
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* ''[[Banana Fish]]'' by [[Akimi Yoshida]]{{efn|Serialization continued from ''[[Pulp (manga magazine)|Pulp]]'' after the magazine folded in 2004.<ref name="CBR"/>}}
* ''[[Chicago (manga)|Chicago]]'' by [[Yumi Tamura]]
* ''[[Fushigi Yūgi]]'' by [[Yuu Watase]]
* ''[[Maison Ikkoku]]'' by [[Rumiko Takahashi]]{{efn|Only four chapters of ''Maison Ikkoku'' were published in ''Animerica Extra''; the full series was published under Viz's Editor's Choice imprint.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.furinkan.com/maison/misc/faq.html#Q6 |title=Miscellaneous - FAQ |publisher=Furinkan.com |accessdate=May 18, 2014}}</ref>}}
* ''[[Marionette Generation]]'' by [[Haruhiko Mikimoto]]
* ''[[Revolutionary Girl Utena]]'' by [[Chiho Saito]] and [[Be-Papas]]
* ''[[Short Program (manga)|Short Program]]'' by [[Mitsuru Adachi]]
* ''[[Steam Detectives]]'' by [[Kia Asamiya]]
* ''[[Video Girl Ai]]'' by [[Masakazu Katsura]]
* ''Wild Com.'' by [[Yumi Tamura]]
* ''SOS'' by [[Hinako Ashihara]]
* ''Times Two'' by Shouko Akira
* ''[[X/1999]]'' by [[Clamp (manga artists)|Clamp]]{{efn|Serialization of ''X/1999'' was suspended from July 2001 until March 2002 due to licensing issues.<ref>{{cite web |title=X/1999 News |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2001-07-03/x-1999 |website=[[Anime News Network]] |accessdate=January 9, 2020 |date=July 3, 2001}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Macdonald |first1=Christopher |title=X/1999 return details |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2002-03-19/x-1999-return-details |website=[[Anime News Network]] |accessdate=January 9, 2020 |date=March 19, 2002}}</ref>}}
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Titles serialized in ''Animerica Extra'' were also published as [[Tankōbon|collected editions]] by Viz.<ref name="ICV21"/>

== See also ==
* [[List of manga magazines published outside of Japan]]

==Notes==
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==References==
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<ref name="CBR">{{cite press release |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Viz details cancellation of 'Pulp: The Manga Magazine' |url=https://www.cbr.com/viz-details-cancellation-of-pulp-the-manga-magazine/ |publisher=[[Comic Book Resources]] |agency=[[Viz Media]] |date=May 1, 2002 |access-date=January 5, 2020}}</ref>

<ref name="AniEx1">{{cite web |title=More About Animerica Extra Manga |url=http://www.animerica-extra.com/ |website=Animerica Extra |accessdate=January 9, 2020 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050204113339/http://www.animerica-extra.com/ |archivedate=February 4, 2005}}</ref>

<ref name="AniEx2">{{cite web |title=An Original Cover by Haruhiko Mikimoto in Vol. 5, No. 5! |url=http://www.animerica-extra.com/news/200203/mikimoto.html |website=Animerica Extra |accessdate=January 9, 2020 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050207081947/http://www.animerica-extra.com/news/200203/mikimoto.html |archivedate=February 7, 2005}}</ref>

<ref name="AniEx3">{{cite web |title=Original Chiho Saito Utena cover for Vol. 5, No. 6! |url=http://www.animerica-extra.com/news/200203/utenacover.html |website=Animerica Extra |accessdate=January 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050207082416/http://www.animerica-extra.com/news/200203/utenacover.html |archive-date=February 7, 2005 }}</ref>

<ref name="ANN1">{{cite web |last1=Mays |first1=Jonathan |title=Animerica Extra to become shojo-only |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2003-07-16/animerica-extra-to-become-shojo-only |website=[[Anime News Network]] |accessdate=January 8, 2020 |date=July 16, 2003}}</ref>

<ref name="ANN2">{{cite web |last1=Macdonald |first1=Christopher |title=Animerica Extra Canceled |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2004-12-17/animerica-extra-canceled |website=[[Anime News Network]] |accessdate=January 8, 2020 |date=December 17, 2004}}</ref>

<ref name="ANN3">{{cite web |last1=Berryhill |first1=Garry |title=Animerica Extra Flip Flops |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2003-06-11/animerica-extra-flip-flops |website=[[Anime News Network]] |accessdate=January 8, 2020 |date=June 11, 2003}}</ref>

<ref name="ANN4">{{cite web |title=Animerica Extra |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/manga.php?id=1675 |website=[[Anime News Network]] |accessdate=January 8, 2020}}</ref>

<ref name="Book">{{cite book |last1=Brienza |first1=Casey |title=Manga in America: Transnational Book Publishing and the Domestication of Japanese Comics |date=January 2016 |publisher=Bloomsbury Academic}}</ref>

<ref name="ICV21">{{cite web |title=Shojo Manga and Anime: Big Business in Japan |url=https://icv2.com/articles/comics/view/605/shojo-manga-anime-big-business-japan |website=[[ICv2]] |accessdate=January 8, 2020 |date=August 5, 2001}}</ref>

<ref name="ICV22">{{cite web |title=Viz Builds Strong Shojo Slate |url=https://icv2.com/articles/comics/view/685/viz-builds-strong-shojo-slate |website=[[ICv2]] |accessdate=January 8, 2020 |date=September 5, 2001}}</ref>

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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050204113339/http://www.animerica-extra.com/ ''Animerica Extra'' official website] (defunct, link via [[Internet Archive]])
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