Partwork magazines

I bought the first issue of one of those partwork magazines today - you know, those ones which appear at the start of the year with a really cheap price, then sell for the rest of the year at a much higher price, by which time no-one is buying them. This one is called Manga Force and each issue you get a very thin magazine along with an anime DVD (the magazine title might confuse some people). I normally dismiss this type of magazine, after laughing at the advert - usually the gifts are something silly like hand-painted soldiers.

I haven't really watched much anime or read much manga, even though I'm interested in Japanese culture and starting my course has motivated me to watch more anime and read more manga. I've enjoyed the majority of what I've seen so far and I thought this magazine would be a good opportunity to watch some cool anime and expand my collection of DVDs. Also, in February I'm beginning a module in East Asian cinema, so I would like to view a few more East Asian films than I have already, which isn't too many. It's just a shame that the price of the magazine leaps from £2.99 to £8.99. It'll be interesting to see how far I get.

I've been playing around with the feed setting for my blog recently. There's a link in the sidebar on the right to the correct feed now.