Shojo Beat
Shojo Beat was an North American-based, monthly shojo manga magazine. The magazine is an original based shojo magazine (unlike its brother magazine Shonen Jump) published by Viz Media. The magazine hit stands in June 2005, soon after the departure of Animerica Extra. The magazine takes serials from different Japanese magazines such as Hana to Yume, Shojo Comic, LaLa, Ribon, and Bessatsu Margaret.
After it's inital launch, Shojo Beat under went a few revisions. One thing was the manga became printed with both blue and pink ink, making it the first American manga magazine to use two color tones, which is commonly done in Japan.
Other tha manga, the magazine also has articles on Japanese pop culture such as: movies, novels, actors and actress, music, and fasion. Besides the magazine, Viz's has also created a Shojo Beat label that includes manga, light novels, anime and film DVDs.
In May 2009, Viz announced they would be discontinuing the magazine. The final issue of Shojo Beat was released in July 2009. Even though the magazine was dropped, Viz will continue to release things under the Shojo Beat imprint.
Magazine
Current
These are the series that were still running when the magazine ended.
- Crimson Hero
- Haruka ~Beyond the Stream of Time~ (added November 2007)
- Honey and Clover (added September 2007)
- Honey Hunt (added Sptember 2008)
- Sand Chronicles (added August 2007)
- Vampire Knight (added July 2006)
Former
- Absolute Boyfriend (finished April 2008)
- Baby and Me (left September 2007)
- Backstage Prince (added October 2006; finished March 2007)
- Gaba Kawa (added April 2008; finished August 2008)
- Godchild (left June 2006)
- Hana-Kimi (Oneshot; April 2008)
- Kaze Hikaru (left September 2006)
- NANA (left August 2007)
- Yume-Kira: Dream Shoppe (added April 2007; finished July 2007)
Titles
Manga
- Absolute Boyfriend by Watase Yuu
- Aishiteruze Baby★★ by Maki Yoko
- Baby & Me by Ragawa Marimo
- Backstage Prince by Sakurakoji Kanoko
- Be With You Story by Ichikawa Takuji & Art by Kawashima Sai
- Beauty Is the Beast by Matsumoto Tomo
- Beauty Pop by Arai Kiyoko
- Black Bird by Sakurakoji Kanako
- Blank Slant by Kanno Aya
- B.O.D.Y by Mimori Ao
- Captive Hearts by Hino Matsuri
- Count Cain Saga / Godchild by Yuki Kaori
- Crimson Hero by Takanashi Mitsuba
- Fairy Cube by Yuki Kaori
- Fall in Love Like a Comic by Yagami Chitose
- Full Moon wo Sagashite by Tanemura Arina
- Fushigi Yuugi: Genbu Kaiden by Watase Yuu
- Gaba Kawa by Takada Rie
- The Gentlemen's Alliance Cross by Tanemura Arina
- Haruka ~Beyond the Stream of Time~ by Mizuno Tohko
- Heaven's Will by Takamiya Satoru
- High School Debut by Kawahara Kazune
- Honey and Clover by Umino Chika
- Honey Hunt by Aihara Miki
- I•O•N by Tanemura Arina
- Kamikaze Girls Story by Takemoto Novala and Art by Kanesada Yukio
- Kaze Hikaru by Watanabe Taeko
- Kimi ni Todoke by Shiina Karuho
- La Corda d'Oro by Kure Yuki
- Love★Com by Nakahara Aya
- The Magic Touch by Tsubaki Izumi
- Meru Puri: Marchen Prince by Hino Matsuri
- Millennium Snow by Hatori Bisco
- Mixed Vegetables by Komura Ayumi
- Monkey High by Akira Shouko
- NANA by Yazawa Ai
- Otomen by Kanno Aya
- Ouran High School Host Club by Hatori Bisco
- Punch! by Takada Rie
- Rasetsu by Shiomi Chika
- S.A by Minami Maki
- Sand Chronicles by Ashihara Hinako
- Short-Tempered Melancholic and Other Stories by Tanemura Arina
- Skip Beat! by Nakamura Yoshiki
- Socrates in Love Story by Katayama Kyoichi and Art by Kazui Kazumi
- St. ♥ Dragon Girl by Matsumoto Natsumi
- Sugar Princess by Nakajo Hisaya
- Tail of the Moon by Rinko Ueda
- Time Stranger Kyoko by Tanemura Arina
- Tokyo Boys & Girls by Aihara Miki
- Ultra Maniac by Yosjizumi Wataru
- Vampire Knight by Hino Matsuri
- Wanted by Hino Matsuri
- We Were There by Obata Yuki
- Wild Ones by Fujiwara Kiyo
- Yume-Kira: Dream Shoppe by Mizuto Aqua
- Yurara by Shiomi Chika
Novels
- Be With You by Ichikawa Takuji
- Kamikaze Girls by Takemoto Novala
- Socrates in Love by Katayama Kyoichi
DVDs
- Full Moon wo Sahashite (Anime)
- Haruka ~Beyond the Stream of Time~ (Anime)
- Kamikaze Girls (Live Action)
