Dec 31, 2023 23:00:00

What kind of works colored the covers of anime magazines in 2023? Summary of Newtype & Animage & Animedia annual covers

At the end of the year, I was organizing my storage and bookshelves and found the January to December 2023 issues of three anime magazines,

Newtype , Animage , and Animedia . I tried to line them up to see if they were featured on the cover of a magazine.

◆New type
The cover works, starting with the January issue, are `` Suzume no Tojajiri '', `` Mobile Suit Gundam: Witch of Mercury '', `` NieR:Automata '', `` Five Star Story '', `` Shin Evangelion the Movie '', `` [Oshinoko]'', and `` Demon Slayer: Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba' '. 'Swordsmith's Village ', 'Mobile Suit Gundam: Witch of Mercury', ' Jujutsu Kaisen Kaitama/Tamaori ', 'Bungo Stray Dogs', ' Funeral Free Ren ', ' Hypnosismic -Division Rap Battle- Rhyme Anima+ '. The background color is unified to white, and the magazine logo uses a different color for each issue.

The back cover looks like this. There are anime, movies, figures, and more.

Back cover part. The number part is unified in dark blue. The price was 880 yen for the January issue to March issue, July issue to September issue, and November issue, and 900 yen for April issue to June issue, October issue, and December issue.

◆Animage
The cover works are ``Mobile Suit Gundam: Witch of Mercury'', `

`Blue Rock '', `` Vampire Dies Immediately 2 '', `` IDOLiSH7 Third BEAT! '', ``Demon Slayer: Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba: The Village of the Blacksmith'', and ``Mobile Suit Gundam: Witch of Mercury'' starting from the January issue. Witch', 'Jujutsu Kaisen Kaitama/Tamaori', 'Mobile Suit Gundam: Witch of Mercury', ' Bungo Stray Dogs ', ' Pretty Cure All Stars F ', ' SPY×FAMILY ', ' Kibo no Chikara ~Otona PreCure '23~ '.

The back cover looks like this. It may be said that it is characteristic that there are many advertisements for voice actors.

Back cover.

The regular price is 1,100 yen for January to March, June, July, and September issues, 1,280 yen for April and May issues, and 1,280 yen for August, November, and December issues. 1200 yen, October issue has a special price of 1250 yen.

◆Animedia
The cover works, starting from the January issue

, are 'Blue Rock', 'Tokyo Revengers: Holy Night Battle ', 'Bungo Stray Dogs', ' Ensemble Stars!! ', 'Demon Slayer: Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba: Swordsmith's Village', and ' IDOLiSH7 LIVE 4bit BEYOND THE' PERiOD ,” “Demon Slayer: Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba: The Village of the Swordsmith,” “Mobile Suit Gundam : Witch of Mercury,” “BLEACH: Millennium Decisive Battle,” “Pretty Cure All Stars F,” “Jujutsu Kaisen: Shibuya Incidents,” “Hypnosismic: Division Rap.” Battle- Rhyme Anima+”.

The back cover is a W cover. Starting with the January issue, '

Golden Kamuy ,' 'Vampire Dies Now 2,' ' I've Become a Demon! Iruma-kun 3rd Series, ' ' Pokémon: Aim to be a Pokémon Master ,' ' Mashle ,' 'Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch of Mercury,' and ' Movie Free! ' ' The Quintessential Quintuplets∽ ', ' Project Sekai Colorful Stage! feat. Hatsune Miku ', ' Paradox Live THE ANIMATION ', 'Paradox Live THE ANIMATION', 'Paradox Live THE ANIMATION'. From the October issue to the December issue, 'Paradox Live THE ANIMATION' will be published 3 times in a row.

Back cover. It is packed with text as it contains information on the opening special feature and information on the double cover.

The background color of the magazine name varies depending on the issue number. It seems that the color is mainly set based on the image color of the cover character or work, and the June issue had a gradation color that matches Mitsuri Kanroji's hair color from 'Demon Slayer: Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba.'

In 2023, 'Mobile Suit Gundam: Witch of Mercury' appeared on the cover five times, and 'Demon Slayer: Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba' appeared on the cover four times. What kind of index will decorate the cover in 2024?