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Shojo Beat

SHOJO BEAT: MANGA from the HEART, REAL DRAMA BEGINS IN... the first-ever shojo manga magazine in Nor

About Me

www.shojobeat.com

Welcome to Shojo Beat, the biggest shojo manga magazine ever published in North America.


If you're driven by drama and inspired by creative expression, you're going to love this monthly 300+ page magazine! Shojo Beat serializes 6 totally addictive visual stories of romance, drama and comedy--plus, it's got tons of editorial on design, music, art, video games, style and Japanese pop culture. Currently you can catch up on some of the BEST drama including Sand Chronicles, Vampire Knight, and Honey & Clover - originally from Japanese publishing giants - Shueisha, Hakusensha and Shogakukan - brought to you by VIZ Media. It is really such a cool intersection of mainstream & alternative cultures - you've got to pick it up if you haven't already! Enjoy and please share what you think about and want to see more of in Shojo Beat!
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My Interests

Stories that are published in Shojo Beat magazine (Absolute Boyfriend, Nana, Crimson Hero, Baby & Me, Kaze Hikaru, Vampire Knight) Shojo Beat Manga (Godchild, Aishiteruze Baby), Other comic books (Manga), Reading, Drawing, Fashion, Music, Movies, Anime, Games. Reading online manga at www.shojobeat.com.

I'd like to meet:



Ren in Nana !! -----

Music:

J-POP & J-Rock. POLYSICS, L'Arc~en~Ciel, HYDE, X-Japan, TM Revolution, GLAY, Mika Nakashima, Nana Kitade, Hikaru Utada, Anna Tsuchiya, Olivia, etc.

Movies:

Kamikaze Girls, Full Moon (Anime DVD).

Television:

The O.C., 24, American Idol, Lost, One Tree Hill, MTV, Cartoon Network, The N.

Books:

Absolute Boyfriend , Aishiteruze Baby ** , Baby & Me , Beauty Is the Beast , Crimson Hero , Full Moon , Fushigi Yûgi: Genbu Kaiden , Godchild , Kamikaze Girls , Kaze Hikaru , MeruPuri , Nana , Ouran High School Host Club , Socrates in Love , Tokyo Boys & Girls , and Ultra Maniac !

Heroes:

Through our shared love of manga,
osmosis occurs,
our heads now entwined.
--Moko, Shojo Beat mascot

My Blog

Check out these cool contests in our March Annual Art Issue!

Add a little flash to your artwork in our Glitter Pen Contest. Send us your favorite joke for our Lovely Contest and get one step closer to drawing manga like a pro in our Arina Tanemura Screen Tone...
Posted by Shojo Beat on Tue, 19 Feb 2008 12:19:00 PST

Stop the Presses!

In our February issue we announced that Smile DK would be appearing at Sakura Con 2008. While that band won't be at the show after all, Sakura Con 2008 has a fantastic musical lineup including ketchup...
Posted by Shojo Beat on Fri, 25 Jan 2008 03:08:00 PST

Win an autographed Fender Squier Hello Kitty Guitar!

Register to win&it's that easy! Simply go to The Slants website and register to win an autographed Fender Squier Hello Kitty Guitar from SHOJO BEAT and The Slants. Five runner-up winners will also rec...
Posted by Shojo Beat on Fri, 25 Jan 2008 08:06:00 PST

Flip.com Valentine’s Day Contest

In the spirit of Valentine's Day, express your story of love or drama with a manga style flipbook and you may get published in Shojo Beat! But that's not all, the winner will also receive a Shojo Bea...
Posted by Shojo Beat on Tue, 22 Jan 2008 03:27:00 PST

MYX a Music Spot Shojo Beat Style

In partnership with the Shojo Beat Third Annual Music Awards Issue, MYX, the only music lifestyle channel embracing the entire Asian-American community through music, culture and entertainment, is lo...
Posted by Shojo Beat on Fri, 18 Jan 2008 07:38:00 PST

Shojo Beat  Sakuracon Contest!

This year, Sakuracon Seattle's own super anime-and-manga convention, celebrates it's 11th birthday with four special musical guestsketchup mania, featured in SB's December '07 issue, will be there, a...
Posted by Shojo Beat on Fri, 18 Jan 2008 07:35:00 PST

3rd Annual Music Awards Contest  Vote & Win

Just for completing the voting process in the February issue's music contest, we'll be rewarding 15 winners at random with some great prizes, including downloads from the Japanfiles website and copies...
Posted by Shojo Beat on Fri, 18 Jan 2008 07:30:00 PST

LArc-en-Ciel new album KISS is out!

The new album is available at iTunes and other major digital music distributors. Let us know what you think! Plus, there will be some exclusive promotional goodies from the album available though the ...
Posted by Shojo Beat on Tue, 18 Dec 2007 11:17:00 PST

Moko’s new friend!

Hey Shojo Beat Fans!Our friend Moko (www.myspace.com/mokoworld) has a new friend! We're having a contest to give Moko's new friend a name . . . learn more at www.shojobeat.com/mokofriend/=^-^=~SB...
Posted by Shojo Beat on Tue, 13 Nov 2007 03:42:00 PST

Puffy AmiYumi 2007 Tour

Puffy AmiYumi are touring over the next week.  They start on the 11th in Vancouver then hit Seattle on the 13th, San Francisco on the 15th, West Hollywood on the 16th and then Anaheim on the 18th...
Posted by Shojo Beat on Fri, 09 Nov 2007 01:51:00 PST