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April 5th, 2007 9:06 PM

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Big Shogun Magazine News!

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Only six issues into it's run, Shogun Magazine announces the first major overhaul of it's concept. Let me just say that it's a turbulent world out there and nothing is certain anymore. One of my major quarrels with the magazine has been the integration of many different genres into a magazine that, in order to be truly successful, needed to be really tight and focused on a specific core demographic. In the case of Shogun, the Shonen Jump audience, which consists mostly of young boys. As you can see with our project, Executrices Women, that would be a difficult to achieve.

So, the editorial has decided to split up Shogun Magazine into two separate magazines, Shogun Shonen and Shogun Seinen, with the possibilty of a Shonen Shojo being discussed. The format will also change to a smaller size of approximately, 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" and about 250 pages per magazine. It will carry a slightly lower price of Euro 4.50.

There is also word of some problems with the printer, which will delay the release of issue 7 until April 21and the subsequent issue 8 to the end of May. The June Issue 9 should be the first issue under the new concept and a new printer is being contracted as we speak.

Also, the first Executrices Women tankoban is scheduled for a June release.

And as if this wasn't enough, a new Shogun website will go live any day now with a slicker look and enhanced features.

And even more. The first mobile phone game, based on the Shogun property, Holy Wars, has been available and received favorable reviews in the press.

You can see the cover for issue 7 here: http://www.limemanga.livejournal.com

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