Comments on: PiQ Crashes and Burns. Is ADV Next? [Updated x2] http://www.joshsanimeblog.com/2008/06/14/piq-crashes-and-burns-is-adv-next/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:29:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Theo Czerwinski http://www.joshsanimeblog.com/2008/06/14/piq-crashes-and-burns-is-adv-next/#comment-7779 Theo Czerwinski Sun, 21 Sep 2008 10:24:01 +0000 http://www.joshsanimeblog.com/?p=2102#comment-7779 Kanon Vol.5 is available at Best Buy. Vol. 6 was due out awhile ago and is nowhere to be seen. Kanon Vol.5 is available at Best Buy. Vol. 6 was due out awhile ago and is nowhere to be seen.

]]> By: Theo Czerwinski http://www.joshsanimeblog.com/2008/06/14/piq-crashes-and-burns-is-adv-next/#comment-7778 Theo Czerwinski Sun, 21 Sep 2008 10:16:06 +0000 http://www.joshsanimeblog.com/?p=2102#comment-7778 PIQ was a bad idea from the start. It's sort of like handing a gun hunter a mag. on how to hunt hunt with a bow. Anime people like my self have no real interest in anything but anime and manga. Newtype USA was awesome. They tried to fix something that just was not broke. Any anime fan could have told them that. The sad part is the anime fans are the cause of all this mess. Buy!!! Don't down load!!!! If you do your a criminal as sure as you stole off the stores shelf. PIQ was a bad idea from the start. It’s sort of like handing a gun hunter a mag. on how to hunt hunt with a bow. Anime people like my self have no real interest in anything but anime and manga. Newtype USA was awesome. They tried to fix something that just was not broke. Any anime fan could have told them that. The sad part is the anime fans are the cause of all this mess. Buy!!! Don’t down load!!!! If you do your a criminal as sure as you stole off the stores shelf.

]]> By: Josh http://www.joshsanimeblog.com/2008/06/14/piq-crashes-and-burns-is-adv-next/#comment-4133 Josh Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:33:26 +0000 http://www.joshsanimeblog.com/?p=2102#comment-4133 Apparently someone pulled it, realizing (finally) that it wasn't exactly flattering. Apparently someone pulled it, realizing (finally) that it wasn’t exactly flattering.

]]> By: Matt http://www.joshsanimeblog.com/2008/06/14/piq-crashes-and-burns-is-adv-next/#comment-4132 Matt Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:12:21 +0000 http://www.joshsanimeblog.com/?p=2102#comment-4132 Has anyone else noticed that the link to the PiQ Mag site for the last issue displays this message now: "Sorry, no posts matched your criteria." Kind of makes me thinks that ADV is going to try and play this one like they did NewType. I didn't know about that one going down till I got the first issue of PiQ instead of my Subscription to NewType USA. Has anyone else noticed that the link to the PiQ Mag site for the last issue displays this message now:

“Sorry, no posts matched your criteria.”

Kind of makes me thinks that ADV is going to try and play this one like they did NewType. I didn’t know about that one going down till I got the first issue of PiQ instead of my Subscription to NewType USA.

]]> By: MangaBlog » Blog Archive » PiQ magazine folds http://www.joshsanimeblog.com/2008/06/14/piq-crashes-and-burns-is-adv-next/#comment-3827 MangaBlog » Blog Archive » PiQ magazine folds Sun, 15 Jun 2008 18:42:49 +0000 http://www.joshsanimeblog.com/?p=2102#comment-3827 [...] freelancer Lesley Smith weighs in, and Josh of Josh’s Anime Blog looks at the situation and wonders about the implications for ADV, as well as for his subscription: As for those of us with [...] [...] freelancer Lesley Smith weighs in, and Josh of Josh’s Anime Blog looks at the situation and wonders about the implications for ADV, as well as for his subscription: As for those of us with [...]

]]> By: Josh http://www.joshsanimeblog.com/2008/06/14/piq-crashes-and-burns-is-adv-next/#comment-3823 Josh Sun, 15 Jun 2008 01:35:10 +0000 http://www.joshsanimeblog.com/?p=2102#comment-3823 Eventually my final 6 months of my NewType subscription (which turned into a year subscription for PiQ) will run out! lol Eventually my final 6 months of my NewType subscription (which turned into a year subscription for PiQ) will run out! lol

]]> By: John Thomas http://www.joshsanimeblog.com/2008/06/14/piq-crashes-and-burns-is-adv-next/#comment-3821 John Thomas Sun, 15 Jun 2008 01:03:38 +0000 http://www.joshsanimeblog.com/?p=2102#comment-3821 I wouldn't count on cash back. I imagine it will be in the form of another subscription to another magazine. I wouldn’t count on cash back. I imagine it will be in the form of another subscription to another magazine.

]]> By: Josh http://www.joshsanimeblog.com/2008/06/14/piq-crashes-and-burns-is-adv-next/#comment-3820 Josh Sun, 15 Jun 2008 00:23:06 +0000 http://www.joshsanimeblog.com/?p=2102#comment-3820 Well, ADV has lost a lot of altitude, but I wouldn't say it's crashed and burned yet Well, ADV has lost a lot of altitude, but I wouldn’t say it’s crashed and burned yet

]]> By: m http://www.joshsanimeblog.com/2008/06/14/piq-crashes-and-burns-is-adv-next/#comment-3819 m Sat, 14 Jun 2008 22:10:42 +0000 http://www.joshsanimeblog.com/?p=2102#comment-3819 ADV crashed and burned and Piq was what happened next. ADV crashed and burned and Piq was what happened next.

]]> By: Aya Reiko http://www.joshsanimeblog.com/2008/06/14/piq-crashes-and-burns-is-adv-next/#comment-3818 Aya Reiko Sat, 14 Jun 2008 21:03:53 +0000 http://www.joshsanimeblog.com/?p=2102#comment-3818 PiQ was a BAD idea. As you pointed out, they tried to enter an already saturated market and failed miserably. Perhaps they should've only dumped the NewType name, but kept the content largely the same (except be much more timely with the business news). Ah, but this is ADV. Did they ever have any success outside of the video biz? Toys: dead. Music: DOA. Manga: massive flop. Anime Network: dying. And now, print: dead. PiQ was a BAD idea. As you pointed out, they tried to enter an already saturated market and failed miserably. Perhaps they should’ve only dumped the NewType name, but kept the content largely the same (except be much more timely with the business news).

Ah, but this is ADV. Did they ever have any success outside of the video biz? Toys: dead. Music: DOA. Manga: massive flop. Anime Network: dying. And now, print: dead.

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