Smile Magazine December 1998, TOKYOPOP aka Mixx Zine with Sailor Moon

Smile Magazine December 1998, TOKYOPOP
Smile Magazine was supposed to be a mainstream teen mag similar to Seventeen, aimed at teenage girls but with manga with a special emphasize on Sailor Moon!…
later Smile Magazine became more focused on manga and removed most of its other features. It was discontinued in 2002 and it was published by TOKYOPOP.
Dose anyone else remember smile magazine?
Here is a recap of the first issue from December 1998….
- Smile Magazine December 1998, TOKYOPOP
- Smile Magazine December 1998, TOKYOPOP
- Smile Magazine December 1998, TOKYOPOP
- Smile Magazine December 1998, TOKYOPOP
- Smile Magazine December 1998, TOKYOPOP
- Smile Magazine December 1998, TOKYOPOP
- Smile Magazine December 1998, TOKYOPOP
























I certainly remember Smile! I was really excited when I first found an issue of it as a wee thing, and actually kind of disappointed when they switched to their all-manga format. Initially. at least.
I recently found my entire Smile collection and, flipping through them now, I’m pretty shocked at the publishers’ complete lack of aesthetic sense. The awful layouts–the jarring colors–the awful, Photoshop’d covers! What were they DOING? And why was I reading those?? Now if I could only figure out what to do with this stack of the things…
I would take them. My dad threw mine out when I went to college.
I used to love this magazine! I bought every single issue. So sad when it died…