Anime Magazines

A lookie at a few of the most popular 2D girlie mags - Megami Creators, Dengeki Hime and Megami.

First up its a look at Dengeki Hime which mainly covers girls from eroge - needless to say that its full O ecchi.
Dengeki Hime comes with a few posters like this one illustrated by Mitsumomo Mamu - from the eroge Mercuria due out in Jan. Really nice OP for the game below - gorgeous backdrops.

Somebody's imouto from Imouto Smile.

Mercuria which you saw above.

Dakkoshite Gyu - I think its about dakimakura's coming to life or something? The subtitle for the game is "My bride is a dakimakura."

Next up is Megami which mainly covers the 2D girlies anime - also comes with a load of posters.

Looking forward to the second series of Sekirei. Wish they done some decent Sekirei figures.

And finally a look at Megami Creators which covers the work of various illustrators. Also includes posters too.

Artwork by Kishida Meru.

Artwork by Ito Ben.

Any of you playing Dream Club? How does it compare with Idol Master?
Folks who are interested in giving these mags a while can nab some from Jlist = Megami Creators, Dengeki Hime and Megami.
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Apprentice Baking & Pastry Chef
http://Ima-Monogatari.com/
i love megami the most, has the better pictures/art compared to other magazines... and lots of features of famous artists like tony ^^
Student, Otaku and Gamer.
http://kurayami.foroactivo.com.es/
Same here :D
Nendoroid Hunter
Phew! Thank goodness for Nendoroid puchi cover-ups! saved me from too-NSFW! hahaha :)
Student / Software Engineer
I actually think Danny's way of censoring made the picture more enjoyable than if he left all the eyes and what nots, at least more entertaining.
Student
I agree! It made me laugh.
High School Student
Should have made the Nendoroids faced down, if you know know what I mean.
Otaku Graphic Designer
http://neoprolacus.spaces.live.com
Thumb sucking? XD
But that would be inappropriate XD
MFT
http://dollpron.com
I've got a couple issues of Megami Magazine and thought about subscribing but I tend to get bored of most magazines quickly.
Carpenter
I enjoy Megami Creators. I still love all three though :3
Student
http://www.projectharuhi.net
I reckon i'd get evicted if i left dengeki hime lying around the house....settle for a subscription to megami instead :3
No 'all of the above option'?
University slacker
http://chocopan.wordpress.com
Have seen Megami and Dengeki Hime in this Japanese magazine place I go to. Never really bought these kind of magazines though, because I'm always going to the girly fashion mags like Popteen LOL.
Wow, I've just fallen in love with Kishida Meru's artwork...@__@ So beautiful! Also LOL @ the Kyouka puchis covering up...the good bits. :P
Saber's Knight of One
http://www.ultima-i.com
I use to get Megami because I loved all the artwork in it. But I haven't picked up one in a few years. I got a couple Megami Creators too. I like them, like having mini artbooks ^^
Eroge blogger
http://omochikaeri.wordpress.com/
As an eroge blogger, it's natural that I'd want Dengeki Hime more ^^;; Great art and in-depth game information. Their website has monthly wallpapers too. TECH GIAN is also another good magazine.
In Imouto Smile, the guy actually has 6 imouto (2 of whom were designed with input from readers). I really love Mercuria's artwork. It feels a bit like Aria. As Hearts' first game, I'm anxious to try it out. Palette has some of the prettiest art and it shows in Mashifoni. And yes, the plot to Dakko Shite Gyu is that they designed a dakimakura that seems to come to life when you sleep with it. Like an otaku dream come true? lol.
I still have a few issues of Megami around from when I bought them. A lot of eye candy, but I prefer Dengeki Hime more.
studying comp studies, planning to look for part time job
http://bruneian-otaku.blogspot.com
Since I haven't got these mags, all of the mags caught my attention to have them.
Student
I favourite of the three has to be Megami, which I order every now and then depending on what it features :]
2nd year Civil Engineering Student
http://soonkiong.blogspot.com
I tried to buy Dengeki Hime off Amazon Japan, too bad they don't ship them here. I have plenty of Megami mags and they're quite nice to browse through.
Student
http://johndiew0107.wordpress.com/
never read any of above magazines... T.T
Video Reviewer of Anime Figures, Mecha and Merch (youtube.com/user/Actar576295)
http://actar.wordpress.com
Personally buy magazines only for the magazine exclusives.
I'm also super excited for Sekerei 2. Three was a pretty decent figure of Musubi made by Movic recently.
カタイ-ガクセイ
Thats pretty much the only reason I buy them too. Id buy all of those just for the posters, since I don't know much (ok, hardly any) Japanese.
Id sure read them once I learn more though!
College Student
http://ifigma.wordpress.com/
Hahas me too. XD All I do is flip through the magazine for pictures and *puff* it will be kept in my shelf. And it was never hear of again.... XD
vendor
http://www.friendster.com
Nice info above new "eroge" release, gotta love that poster of "SR gakuen"!!
Dance Trooper: DCX-001 O.D.E. (Order of the Dancing Empire)
http://dannychoo.com.my
I usually only buy magazine which comes with exclusive add-on.
Looking forward to Sekirei 2 ^_^
browsing the nets
http://otakuposts.blogspot.com/
nice creative censoring.
i dont get to read such mags here. btw none of them tickle my fancy.
Graphic Designer
http://anjerasu.wordpress.com
used to collect Megami, they give really nice pin-up posters.
Student
Those magazines look very bright and colorful. How much text is there? I mean are there reviews/previews and stuff?
Art book and doujinshi collector (and reviewer!)
http://www.nattoli.net
There's a lot of text in all of them, although for most pages screen shots and character profiles are interspersed in the preview/review articles. The bulk of the new picture content for Hime and Megami are the posters, which are then sometimes re-used in the articles inside.
mahou kishi
http://www.animedia.com.mx
megami because the posters are awesome
Engineer-wannabe
http://sora-k.deviantart.com/
Dengeki hime^^ help me decide what eroge to play :D
???Confused???
My, such convenient censors you have there...They're all very nice, but Megami tops my list as its a mix of anime and figures...
Nyoro-n...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/yuki-to/
yes... we need an army of petit kyoukas! :3
Student!
http://zh3us.wordpress.com/
hehehe when there are magazines, there are separation techniques.
http://www.figure.fm/post/en/2516/Magazine+Separation+and+Storage.html
Student
Nendoroid censoring is hilarious.
I have an issue of Megami, a few Newtype, and an Animage.
Have to say that Megami has the nicest visuals, and comes with so many posters.
animetard and a writer
http://kluxorious.blogspot.com/
even the magazines only caters to male population
Otari Vader, Sith Lord for Hire, will fillet Makoto Itou for free
http://coffeebugg.blogspot.com/
ooh. purty magazines.. wish we could get our grubby mitts on those.
Pseudo-Graphic Designer, 触手 wrangler, H-Man
http://lightningsabre.blogspot.com/
Some magazines I like but only for the moment... They tend to just pile up in my room and the posters left intact inside. So sad -.- Still want to get it because of the Fate/stay night cover though. XD
Good usage of Kyouka to censor ^_^
Nekophilia
These magazines make my -learn japanese- meter go over 9000! *burning with passion* >:3
Dakimakura comin' to life eh? Sounds bery interesting. Maybe I'd get one after playing that?
Online Shop
http://wildarms.egloos.com
One magazine I do occasionally buy is Tech Gian even though it is not mentioned above ^^; Bookoffs in USA have past magazines on sale for cheap prices so I can have occasional magazine purchases. Currently, Bookoffs carry ecchi magazine for cheap which I support highly!
JR. College Student
http://npc.talkingincircles.net/
Megami Creators looks like the best to me, it's got lots of variety in all fields. Love that Mecha samurai!
Student
wow dream club looks quite good *.*
dunno if i'll have the time to play eroge, cause it requires an amount of privacy and all
Student
http://chappypyon.wordpress.com/
Megami magazine for me. If i have spare cash, i will just pick up any other that is in my view. =P
NEET part-time - Technical Support Officer - Network security engineer
http://burugureibi.blogspot.com/
*breathes* okay *breathes* someone... *breathes* oh Sora-chan.... *breathes* so cute *breathes*
щ(゚Д゚щ)~~~~~
Apprentice
Ah! Theres a picture of the new Triela figure. WHAT DOES IT SAY!!!!
I'm interested too!
Time Traveller/High School Student
http://thetsundere.wordpress.com/
Ohh I see Bakemonogatari in Megami! Loved that anime ^^ Megami looks like a good mag.
http://moemoekyun.wordpress.com
I bought only anime magazine that included with bonus like figure,keychain or mousepad ^_^
NEET part-time - Technical Support Officer - Network security engineer
http://burugureibi.blogspot.com/
no olev for dakimakura?
thousand master II, Internet Learner, Auto didacta
http://pipopaz.wordpress.com/
haven't bought any of the above magazines just yet but would love to get a subscription, the downside is that I'll have to get them online and shipping would kill me XD
US Navy Sailor
http://punynari.wordpress.com/
So far, I've only bought loads of Megami magazines. I buy them for the posters but welcome the exclusives that sometimes come with them.
Thanks for those nendoroids btw. At "work" right now.
anime/cosplay events organizer
http://www.cosplay.ph
why is it there's no "All of the above" option in the poll? =P
anyway -- i'd choose Megami Magazine and Megami Creators looks interesting =3
pixels & photography
http://www.studiosushi.com
want'em all T.T
フリー漫画家
http://mangayomo.com/member/tofu
最近は、2Dの美少女もののタイトルも一時期にくらべて少なくなりつつあります^w^;
http://www.flickr.com/photos/aseps/
i used to buy a megami magazine all the months, just for the posters, but i stopped few years back because i dont have more space to safe the magazines! o_O thinking in sell then lately...
College Student , butts kicker
http://k2-darky.blogspot.com/
my choice would be first and second magz..... although i am not into magz
Student in Internet-based Systems
I liked what I've seen of Megami Creators. The other show nice girls but Megami Creators covers a better mix of different styles.
unemployed machinist.. yeah
I usually pick up Megami when I'm at Borders. since they stock it. the other two I wonder where I can find them.. hmmm. ecchi pics, are bonus!
Student, Uncle & hopfully a good husband..
All of them look so tempting...but my favorite has to be Megami...can't say why though....
Student
http://heleth.wordpress.com
Megami and Megami Creator for me!
Maybe I should make it a habit to start buying them....
http://animaticfigmation.com/
so far I haven't bought much in the way of magazines. The prices are a bit high for just the content alone, however if there's good enough extras that warrants a buy worthy magazine to me. I do like art books though.
IT-Architect, SysAdmin, WebDesign and Coding, Virtualization (VMware + NetApp)
http://www.milkdrop.de/
I usualy go for the Megami, decent Magazine and i can buy it in Düsseldorf! :D
Student, Bowler, Collector
http://carldica.wordpress.com
Dammit, I wish those magazines are available in Indonesia! Are there any sites that sell these magazines and shipped them....?
Non-profit organisation employee and baker lady
You can find them at Kinokuniya bookstores here in Indonesia.
Minor
Wish I could order Megami ^^, I'm a sucker for posters.
Student and full-time otaku
Gosh darnit so many cute girlies! That dengeki hime really makes me wanna play an eroge....but in they end (ie the good scenes) those are always censored right?
Eroge blogger
http://omochikaeri.wordpress.com/
Yes, ero scenes are always censored by law.
part time illustrationist, doll clothing seamstress
http://puppy52art.com/
lol at strategically positioned puchi nendos :P Mirai censor taking a vacation?
Art book and doujinshi collector (and reviewer!)
http://www.nattoli.net
I collect all of these except the Dengeki Hime (not really my taste and too game focused). It's also what I blog about :3 Love the nendroid cover ups, I think I might try that sometime!
Student
http://meganemarshmallow.wordpress.com/
Hime is definitely my favourite. Megami's art is often pretty meh... Creators has way better art, on par with Hime, imo, but Hime has way cooler bonus items than just posters.
failing student
http://ukyuki.blogspot.com/
ha nice use of figures to cover up the boobies and the vangines
University student
What are these magazines generally about?
student, gamers,computer programming
http://omnitube.wordpress.com
I think it's cover all about anime and Lifestyle of Japan or something. Not sure,
But I'm sure I will buy it someday for my (you know what) Hahahahaha!!
Programmer, DJ, 仮面浪人w
http://findingtheblue.blogspot.com
I have read megami a few times, but not much. I picked up Dengeki Hime once before too but out of the Dengeki magazines it's the one I read the most. It used to be a BL magazine for bishounen games, so I never read it until lately. I only buy Dengeki Gs slightly regularly out of the dengeki magazines.
Photography Student
http://hugodeathy.deviantart.com/
The covers are more them a reason to get them... I wish. ><
Full-time geek/Part-time student/Part-time musician
http://randomgeekness.livejournal.com/
Why don't you do a monthly review on those magazines or something like that?, I think it might be a good idea.
University Student
I've always been a fan of the Megami magazines, not so much Dengeki Hime simply because for me outright nudity is kinda of a turn off :/
Student (Programing, Streaming, Gaming)
I enjoy the G's Magazine. I've got 2 so far. ^_^
University Student
Haven't tried magazines much, but those three do look very nice!
College Student, Computer Science Major
http://www.projectsaber.com
Ditto, I'm thinking about getting some now. Even though I can't read Japanese, seems like I can just look at the pictures and understand somewhat from that. Some of the illustrations can also serve to help practice sketching. ^^;
frills addict
http://www.flickr.com/photos/annaneko/
ohmy, what an original censoring technique
November Echo Echo Tango
http://pauldy.deviantart.com/
A like the way you "Censored" some posters. At least it isn't much a downer because of those cute nendos xD
Megami's my fave (for now)... Downside is that sometimes the quality of the illustrations go sub par but still love it with all the freebies & such~
Professional geek
http://www.npng.org/blog
Dream Club is pretty fun. I still haven't played much compared to IdolM@ster, but I'm enjoying it quite more.
The best point so far is trying to get the girls drunk so they start talking more freely, without you collapsing first. The mini-games are pretty silly but... that's not a game you buy for the gameplay aspects, right? One REALLY good point is that you have all the time you need to read all the dialog choices, whereas you had only a few second in IM which was quite difficult considering the time needed to figure some words.
The girls are a lot more mature (most of them are in their 20s) and the design reflects it (errrr... especially around their eyes area.... and especially when they lean forward to tell you something... which can be quite difficult to keep... your... concentration........... on.... what.... they.... say).
Gunpla Hunter
http://www.flickr.com/photos/31219625@N03/
For the opening song of Mercuria, Blue Horizon, I thought that was Savage Genius. And I was surprised when the credits showed it's Sakakibara Yui.
Student
One great thing about magazines such as these which are also catered to the otaku populace is that even if you don't understand japanese characters much, you still get to enjoy them with those lavish artworks/images. Although i just wish that there were other ways to get them aside from ordering online for my country.
Dengeki Hime is certainly interesting with great looking artwork, but it has quite a lot of unknown characters (at least to me that is). 1 or 2 issues of it might be nice though. Megami has a lot more familiar characters in sexy poses, so I think I would go for the latter. I plan on subscribing to Megami in 2010 in order to obtain all issues of that year (and maybe more).
student
http://listlessink.wordpress.com/
The "girlie" magazines sure are very male oriented.
I usually buy Dengeki Moeoh and Megami Creators Magazine when they get released using. I'm more interested in getting Dengeki Hime as well now that I've seen these shots.
Nurse
Megami has nice art in it. Picked up my first one because of the cover at a con once. Obviously geared towards guys, but most figures are too :P The amount of posters and such in each issue is awesome. I like it and give it my thumbs up to anyone looking for a mag like that, but then again, I'm pretty weird when it comes to cute things. I'm way too drawn to anything cute and I'm pretty gender-blind as long as the subject has the required amount of cuteness.
I think I'd be a bit too weird if I said I liked Dengeki Hime though...eheh...but I will admit that some of those less "H" images are very very cute. And no, I've never read it before...really.
And add another vote for the mini Kyouka-sama censors.
Star Gazer
http://vixums.wordpress.com/
Though I can't understand a word in these magazines, I buy them every once in a while because the pictures are amazing! I like to cut them out and post them on my wall or notebooks :3
Really love all of those magazine...never understand any of the words though ^^;
Student
http://bcotaku.blogspot.com
My friend once went to KKnM to buy a copy of Megami only to find out that it's for 18^ for that issue.. Poor him had to cry all the way home!
Proud owner of Shimapan
Nyaaaaaa... i have 3 of the megami creators magazines.... and i want more... but i can only find down to 10.... I really like them!