Comments on: Eulogy for Shojo Beat

By: Lori Henderson

Lori Henderson — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 01:14:09 +0000

The closest they got to admitting it was the last issue was at the end of each title, it said what volume the story would be continued in, not “Next month..” I was disappointed there was no real goodbye. That was left for us bloggers to do.

By: Shallah

Shallah — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 15:38:35 +0000

i was wondering if they had stopped producing shojo beat because i was looking around in stores trying to find it and i believe if you look in the last issue published they dont say anything about this being the last issue to be publish which is kind of stupid….

By: Tiffany

Tiffany — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 13:09:02 +0000

There’s a petition to ‘bring shojo beat back’ at gopetition.com

By: Heather Ward

Heather Ward — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 22:41:45 +0000

Wow, I never thought this would happen. Looking at the volume of subscriptions for Shojo Beat, it blows away earlier manga anthologies Manga Vizion, Animerica Extra and Pulp, but it still managed to not survive. Shojo Beat is the second big magazine cut this year. Anime Invasion the first one was just cancelled the month before. I really wish the publishers would give the fans a chance at finding more subscribers. Yes, shoujo manga is a tough sale, but I am sure if fans were given an option they would happily endure a higher cost or work at improving subscriptions to libraries.

Well my money will now focus on Yen Plus, since I already have a Shonen Jump subscription. I will pick up Sand Chronicles and Honey & Clover, since those series really remind me of the turmoil of co-ed friendships and the emotional growth. I also look forward to what Ikki may offer.

With great saddness I bid farewell to Shojo Beat. Thank you for bringing lots of wonderful shoujo to America.

By: Kat

Kat — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 04:15:51 +0000

Found this post on Google, and I was horrified to discover that the world’s best magazine…ever… is being cancelled!

And I just read two today!

I’m not actually a subscriber, but I adore Shojo Beat, and I eagerly look forward to each issue that comes out, snatching it off the shelf as soon as it arrives at the library. I would also be much more likely to by something that’s been previewed in Shojo Beat…

Shojo Beat, I will mourn your death.

By: Lori Henderson

Lori Henderson — Sat, 23 May 2009 01:49:32 +0000

Actually I don’t mind too much, since I subscribe to SJ already, I’ll take a credit on it.

I hope Viz is encouraged by the Online work they’ve been doing with Rin-Ne and now this new Ikki magazine project. Seeing Shojo Beat returned as an online mag would be really awesome. I’m more likely to buy something I’ve previewed than not. Hopefully Viz sees that and will give us girls something back.

By: Pira

Pira — Wed, 20 May 2009 10:57:20 +0000

Oh the irony of it all!

I was just clearing out my years of accumulated clutter and tossed all my back issues of Shonen Jump and Shojo Beat ~ reflecting on the fact that I’d just let the subscription to the former expire because I was tired of the stories in Shonen Jump and really hadn’t read an issue in over 6 months.

On the other hand Shojo Beat barely makes it in the front door before I’ve the wrapper ripped off and I’m flipping to my favorite serials, so it had been renewed for 2 years.

I won’t argue with the economics of the decision ~ but they have GOT to be kidding to think that we’d want to recieve SJ instead of a refund. SB has been such a breath of fresh air and a delight but here the girls are, back at square one ~ feeling our reading needs are taking a back seat to the boys again, just like when they cancelled Animerica Extra. =__=

It’s disappointing to say the least. I’m sure they will find other avenues to bring us shojo since they’ve created a market for shojo (whether online, libraries or in the bookstores)…but I’ve been cringing at the thought that they’d pull the rug out from under me regarding Crimson Hero and sure enough it’s happened….

…although not as greedily managed as they did with Backstage Prince, where they kept running the serial in the magazine until the last 2 chapters and then pulled it and made us buy the books to find out how it ends. >O<

I will miss my monthly dose of Shoyo love a lot.

Sayonara SB!