Animedia
Animedia celebrating the 39th anniversary. Featuring Demon Slayer : Kimetsu no Yaiba as cover
CategoriesAnime Magazine
FrequencyMonthly
PublisherIID
First issue1981
Country Japan
LanguageJapanese
Websitecho-animedia.jp

Animedia (アニメディア, Animedia) is a Japanese monthly anime magazine by IID. First published on June 9, 1981.[1]

Overview

Animedia was first published on June 9, 1981 by Gakken Holdings (currently IID). The magazine provides news and information on the anime industry, including cast and staff listings, broadcast schedules, and exclusive features and interviews.[2] Along with Animage and Newtype, it is one of the top three anime magazines and one of the top 10 best-selling anime magazines in Japan.[3][4]

Acquisition

IID, the media company that runs the Anime! Anime! and Anime! Anime! Biz news websites, has announced its acquisition of Animedia and its sister magazine Seiyū Animedia from Gakken Plus publisher. IID also acquired the other irregularly published "mooks" (magazine books) and the Chō! Animedia website from Gakken Plus.[5][6][7]

Annual awards

Anime Character Awards:

This is held every year in the February issue. The ranking of characters that fit various criteria, such as "cool" or "dumb," as determined by readers' votes, is announced among characters from anime works broadcast in the past year. For many years, it was included at the top of the magazine, but it was not included in the February 2011 and 2012 issues.[8][9]

Top 10 Most Popular TV Anime:

This project was done every year from 1984 to 2008 in the February issue's "10 Greatest Anime News" (sometimes not in some years), but in 2009 it was published in the January issue's supplementary notebook along with "Major News".[10][11]

Readers' Choice for the Best Anime of All Time:

This is an annual poll of the best anime works and characters of all time, held in the July issue (the anniversary issue). For many years it was included at the top of the magazine, but for the July issues of 2010, 2013, and 2014, it was not. In addition to male and female characters, there used to be a category for other characters (anything but humans).[12]

References

  1. ↑ "アニメディア：創刊38年で初の発売前重版 「名探偵コナン」安室＆赤井効果で注文殺到". Mantanweb （まんたんウェブ） (in Japanese). Retrieved 2022-02-27.
  2. ↑ "Media Company IID Acquires Animedia, Sister Magazines". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2022-02-28.
  3. ↑ "Japan's Oldest Anime Magazine Animage Gets Digital Edition". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2022-02-28.
  4. ↑ "2009 Japanese Anime/Game Magazine Circulation Numbers". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2022-02-27.
  5. ↑ "Media Company IID Acquires Animedia, Sister Magazines". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2022-02-28.
  6. ↑ "「アニメ！アニメ！」を運営するイード、学研プラスより「アニメディア」等のアニメ関連事業を取得". アニメ！アニメ！ (in Japanese). Retrieved 2022-02-28.
  7. ↑ 株式会社インプレス (2019-12-19). "老舗アニメ誌「アニメディア」を、Webメディア「アニメ！アニメ！」のイードが買収". AV Watch (in Japanese). Retrieved 2022-02-28.
  8. ↑ "アニメディア２月号は1月8日発売！ 表紙＆Wカバーはテレビアニメ「鬼滅の刃」と『プリンセスコネクト！Re:Dive Season 2』！". 超！アニメディア (in Japanese). Retrieved 2022-02-27.
  9. ↑ "Demon Slayer Sweeps Animedia Character Awards 2019". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2022-02-27.
  10. ↑ "アニメディア７月号は創刊34周年記念号。表紙と巻頭特集を飾る『銀魂』が「読者が選ぶ人気アニメベスト１０」企画で3冠＆2連覇を達成！". プレスリリース・ニュースリリース配信シェア No. 1｜PR Times. Retrieved 2022-02-27.
  11. ↑ "6月10日発売のアニメディア7月号は創刊40周年記念号！カバー＆巻頭特集はアニメ『鬼滅の刃』シリーズ". プレスリリース・ニュースリリース配信シェア No. 1｜PR Times. Retrieved 2022-02-27.
  12. ↑ "アニメディア39周年！表紙＆巻頭大特集に「鬼滅の刃」 花江夏樹コメントやLiSAインタビューなど". ほんのひきだし (in Japanese). 2020-06-10. Retrieved 2022-02-27.
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