Animerica
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Animerica is one of the original magazines reviewing anime and manga in North America. It is published by Viz Communications (now VIZ Media) and predominantly reviews material produced by Viz. Volume 1 Number 00 was released in November 1992; with Vol.1 No.1 following in March 1993, officially launching the monthly magazine.
In April 2005, Animerica announced it would no longer offer a newsstand edition for sale. Instead, the title continues as an ad hoc giveaway at anime conventions and as quarterly digest-size compendium given away free at Borders, Waldenbooks and Best Buy stores. The last newsstand issue appeared in June 2005.
Animerica uses a non-standard romanization system (a modified form of the Hepburn system), replacing the macrons used in Hepburn with circumflexes.
Some manga mangazine complements to Animerica called Animerica Extra, and Pulp were published.
