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updated 01/2004

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Magazine Review

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Keep this little guide in mind when you buy shrink-wrapped asian magazines with women in swimsuits on the cover. Prices vary between 450 and 700 Yen, expect $US 10..20 in USA or 10..20 Euro in Europe.

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Magazine Review Table

title	rating	price	what it is
Action Camera	***	Y470	special photo mag
Apple	****	Y720	AV mag, special features, live report
Akasi HK	****	HK 30	hot HK production with a few japanese pics
AV HK	***	HK 28	recycled EIC publications (Gokuh, Videoboy ...)
Bejean jp	***	Y600	for schoolboys with love
Bejean HK	**	HK$40	low Q copy
Beppin-School	***	Y650	from schoolgirls with love
Capa	*	Y500	photographer's magazine, press review
Crash	***	Y700	AV, private photos, fuzoku ...
Crepu	**	Y590	did not made it into 2000, now it's collector's!
Deluxe Beppin	****	Y620	gal's performance magazine, good photos
Digital Boy	**	Y980	Cyber-Otaku magazine: Hard, Soft and Virtual!
Digital Capa	**	Y550	cool gizmos from the digital world
Digital Kiss	***	Y980	CD-ROM magazine, nice presentation
Dope	****	Y680	Warning! The Best special, addictive!
Ekis (Sakuranba)	****	Y1000	situation, miniska, shooter ...
Fuzoku Perfect	***	Y720	catalogue of idols you can pay & play
Go!Go!	****	Y980	CD-ROM magazine with pics and indie videos!
Gokuh	****	Y670	Lot's of cool stuff, past #100 now
Grace	***	Y670	in situ, OL special, private pix ...
Ichiban HK	***	HK 30	recycled japanese pics with a few HK ladies
Men's Master	****	Y670	too old for Urecco? Grab this one!
Nessha Boy	****	Y720	private photo gallore!
Nalu	**	Y1200	As the name implies, this is for Longboard fanatics
Dr Pikaso	***	Y590	The Doctor has a heart for older women (20-30 years)
Photoshot	***	Y950	Eichi Mook Photographies compilation
Penthouse HK	****	HK$30	Mixed sources: JP, HK, US, Web review
Weekly Pureiboi	**	Y300	news and Infos, 25 percent pictures
Scholar	**	Y480	news, cars, games, women
Sniper	***	Y1300	famous SM magazine
Suppin	****	Y630	featuring all idols aged 14-21
The Best	****	Y580	... got better! real exciting!
The Hit	*****	Y880	larger format, harder content, specials!
The Top	****	Y700	maniac features, AV oriented
Tokion	**	$US 6	bilingual worldwide style & fashion mag
Up to Boy	***	Y500	PG 6 rated, tons of REAL IDOLS!, Big poster!
Urecco	***	Y670	off the shelf hybrid skin magazine
Urecco HK	***	HK 40	pleasure for men and women magazine
Videoboy	****	Y650	AV magazine on the super station
Wasabi HK	***	HK 25	kind of cheap ($US 6!) glossy mag

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Japanese media info

Hardcover photobooks require a little investment, prices range from 2000 to 4000 Yen, overseas pricing in the bookstores is linear! If you want an entire book of your favorite idol ... Or you search the Internet, there are a couple of website with a wide variety of scanned pages from both magazines and photobooks. Please see the Otaku-section of the BK media Surf Advisory and find tools to read Japanese on your western computer, as well as links to related and mostly free sites.

Other than in the glamorous photobooks, idols can also be found on video or CD-ROM, but either prices are prohibitive or they are very hard to get. Bad luck I did not get to Japan in summer 1998 when the Yen was low. If you know sponsors for my trip to Japan, or you go yourself, please drop a line to otaku at exanova.com - thanks!