Yen Plus
While I’ve been watching anime for a number of years, manga is something that’s relatively new to me. I would occasionaly pick up a title here and there but I really didn’t have a clue about the variety of material that was out there.
Eventually I started reading Shojo Beat and Shonen Jump which expanded my pallet somewhat. While those magazines do offer some less known titles, a lot of people would still consider them main stream. I suppose that has a lot to do with the fact that both of them are run by Viz here in the States. Still, I do enjoy reading them.
Yen Plus is a publication that I heard about by chance. I believe someone on some social website referred to it and I was curious to see what it was about. So, I check to see if the local book store was carrying it and I was able to pick up the most recent issue.
Now, Yen Plus is a bit different than Shonen Jump and Shojo Beat. Not only does it have Japanese manga but they also publish material from Korea as well as from artists such as Svetlana Chmakova. I must say that reading it is a nice chance of pace.
Yen Plus does costs a bit more than the other magazines that are available but you do get your money’s worth. Just like with any magazine, though, you can save yourself a bit of cash by getting a subscription. It may seem like a lot up front but I think it beats paying the $10.00+ that most manga cost in book form.
