Newtype

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lead=yes is a monthly magazine originating from Japan covering anime and, to a lesser extent, manga, voice actors, science fiction, , and Video game. It was launched by publishing company Kadokawa Shoten on March 8, 1985, and has since been released in Japan on the 10th of every month.

Newtype Korea was formerly published in South Korea. Spin-off publications of Newtype also exist in Japan, such as Newtype Hero and Newtype the Live, which are dedicated to and NewWORDS, which is geared toward a more adult market, as well as numerous limited-run versions such as Clamp Newtype. An English language version, Newtype USA, was published in North America between 2002 and 2008.

The magazine's name comes from the "Newtypes" in the Universal Century timeline of the Gundam series, specifically Mobile Suit Gundam (1979) and its sequel Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam (1985). Newtype launched a week after Zeta Gundam began airing on March 2, 1985.

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Content

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Columns Newtype runs several columns per month, typically written by creators within the anime and manga industries. Past and current contributors include Satsuki Igarashi (of Clamp), Mahiro Maeda, and Gilles Poitras. Newtype USA included columns from more history-minded writers (such as Jonathan Clements) as well as individuals involved in the US anime industry (such as Monica Rial).

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Manga Newtype usually contains a center insert with regularly serialized manga (often to be later published in form by Kadokawa). The magazine is perhaps best known in Japan for serializing Mamoru Nagano's The Five Star Stories.

Manga serialized in Newtype USA varied due to licensing reasons. They had included Full Metal Panic!, Angel/Dust, Chrono Crusade, Lagoon Engine Einsatz, , Angel/Dust Neo, and Kobato, only several of which actually appeared in the Japanese Newtype.

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Fiction Light novels have also been serialized within the Japanese version of the magazine in the past: these have included "For the Barrel" (an abstract adaptation of the Mobile Suit Gundam novel trilogy); a novelization of Overman King Gainer (accompanied by illustrations from the show's character designer, Kinu Nishimura); and the Yoshiyuki Tomino story "Gaia Gear", set in the far future of Gundams Universal Century timeline.

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Television schedule A large insert within the magazine usually contains a television schedule for anime and programs set to run on various Japanese networks throughout the coming month, accompanied by synopses for each aired episode and network ratings for each show from the previous month.

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Art-related material Newtype contains a tip column for working with computer graphics in manga-style illustration, written by a different guest illustrator (or group of illustrators, in some cases) each month. The column generally centers around working with Adobe Photoshop and Corel Painter.

In the Japanese version (and in the early months of the American version), the last page of Newtype is usually reserved for one of a series of art pieces or illustrations (accompanied by comment or short column) from a known anime illustrator. Perhaps the best known of these is the "GUNDAM FIX" illustration series by Hajime Katoki, which placed mecha from the Gundam franchise within real-world photographic contexts. Other illustrators who have contributed to this back page in the past include Yoshikazu Yasuhiko (who ran a series of illustrations devoted to ) and Hisashi Hirai (who ran a series devoted to his designs for Mobile Suit Gundam SEED, titled "Gundam SEED RGB").

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International versions Newtype USA included both translated Japanese content and original U.S. material. Content included anime, manga, music, game, toy and model reviews, director interviews, artist profiles, and regular columns by industry experts, tastemakers and deep-cover insiders. Newtype USA also included bonus content, such as posters, postcards, a centerfold spread, serialized manga, and a DVD insert. Newtype USA was published by A.D. Vision, parent company of the anime distributor ADV Films and manga publisher ADV Manga, but the magazine still featured content and promotional material from properties distributed by competing publishers. About 70% of the material is translated from the Japanese release, including matching cover and front story, and articles from American writers. Subscriptions on initial release were expected to hit 50,000.

The first Newtype USA issue was published in November 2002 (a preview issue of Newtype USA featuring RahXephon was distributed selectively at anime and comic conventions in late Q3 2002). and ended publication after the February 2008 issue. After its initial print run, sealed polybagged back issues of Newtype USA are considered highly collectible. It was replaced in 2008 with PiQ magazine, which ceased publication after four issues.

Newtype was also published in South Korea by Daewon C.I. under the name Newtype Korea. The first issue was released in July 1999 and the magazine lasted until June 2015, when the last issue was published. The magazine included translated Japanese content, with added emphasis on domestic South Korean animation projects. Daewon C.I. also used the Newtype branding for a line of imported Japanese animation DVDs and light novels, called "Newtype DVD" and "Newtype Light Novel", respectively. Both the original Japanese and English editions used the right-to-left format while the South Korean edition is reversed.

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Newtype Anime Awards

+ List of award winners
2011	Puella Magi Madoka Magica		Akiyuki Shinbo	Mamoru Miyano	Keiji Fujiwara	Aoi Yūki	Chiwa Saitō	Rintaro Okabe	Homura Akemi
2012	Fate/Zero	K-On! the Movie	Atsushi Nishigori	Akio Ōtsuka		Eriko Nakamura		Rider	Haruka Amami
2013	Attack on Titan		Tetsurō Araki	Tomokazu Sugita		Miyuki Sawashiro		Rintaro Okabe	Mikasa Ackerman
2014	Kill la Kill		Atsushi Nishigori	Yūki Kaji		Eriko Nakamura		Kazuto Kirigaya	Haruka Amami
2015			Takahiro Miura	Takuya Eguchi		Kana Hanazawa		Hachiman Hikigaya	Yukino Yukinoshita
2016	Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress	Your Name	Masaharu Watanabe	Hiroshi Kamiya		Inori Minase		Subaru Natsuki
2017	Fate/Apocrypha		Takuya Igarashi	Yūichirō Umehara		Miyuki Sawashiro		Kazuto Kirigaya	Asuna Yuuki
2018	The Idolmaster SideM		Takuya Igarashi	Mamoru Miyano		Kana Hanazawa		Teru Tendo	Kyōka Izumi
2019		Promare	Haruo Sotozaki	Natsuki Hanae		Akari Kitō		Tanjiro Kamado	Nezuko Kamado
2020			Shinichi Omata	Makoto Furukawa		Aoi Koga			Kaguya Shinomiya
2021	Jujutsu Kaisen		Haruo Sotozaki	Mamoru Miyano		Akari Kitō			Nezuko Kamado
2022			Haruo Sotozaki	Yoshitsugu Matsuoka		Aoi Koga		Kazuto Kirigaya	Asuna Yuuki
2023	Bocchi the Rock!		Keiichirō Saitō	Lynn				Kazuto Kirigaya

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See also

• List of animation awards

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External links

• Newtype Korea (Daewon C.I.)
• (archived)

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