Animefringe

{{Short description|Online anime and manga magazine}} {{Notability|date=May 2026}} '''Animefringe: Online Anime Magazine'''<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2008-01-07 |title=Active Anime Top 25 - Formerly Known as Animefringe Top 25 {{!}} ComiPress |url=https://www.comipress.com/press-release/2008/01/07/3078 |access-date=2026-05-03 |website=www.comipress.com}}</ref>'''<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Animefringe - Back Issues |url=https://www.animefringe.com/ |access-date=2026-05-03 |website=www.animefringe.com}}</ref>''' (also, sometimes referred to as '''Anime Fringe'''<ref>Basu, Shweta. "Kazuya Minekura's Saiyuki and the dynamics of Anglophone Yaoi fanfiction." (2019). Jadavpur University. Master Thesis</ref>) was a free, independent English-language online anime and manga webzine aimed at the anime and manga fandom, published monthly from 2000 to 2005 in the United States. It featured issues featuring news, reviews, interviews, features, editorials, polls,and other content related to anime, manga, Japanese pop culture, and related media.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite journal |last=High |first=Michael |date=2022 |title=Cultural mediaries on AniTube: Between fans and social media entertainers. |url=https://journal.transformativeworks.org/index.php/twc/article/download/2251/3025 |journal=Transformative Works and Cultures |volume=38}}</ref>

The magazine was active for 6 years (from 2000 to 2005), and published 72 monthly issues in 6 yearly volumes.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Macdonald |first=Christopher |date=2005-10-01 |title=Anime Fringe Retires in December |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2005-10-01/anime-fringe-retires-in-december |access-date=2026-05-03 |website=Anime News Network |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1" /> Its editor-in-chief was Adam Arnold.<ref name=":3" />

The magazine had the ISSN 1705-3692.<ref name=":1" />

Alongside websites like Anime News Network, Animefringe was one of the first English-language platforms that begun reviewing anime.<ref name=":2" />

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== External links ==

* https://www.animefringe.com/ - official website

Category:Online magazines published in the United States Category:Defunct anime and manga magazines published in the United States Category:Magazines established in 2000 Category:Magazines disestablished in 2005