Smile (magazine)

Smile was a magazine aimed at teenage girls. The magazine was started in 1998.^[1] At first it was supposed to be a mainstream teen mag similar to Seventeen,^{[citation needed]} but with added manga; later, it became more focused on manga and removed most of its other features. It was published by Tokyopop based in Los Angeles.^{[citation needed]} The magazine was discontinued in 2002.

Sailor Moon, Peach Girl, and Juline were serialized in the magazine.^[2] Sailor Moon was originally serialized in MixxZine but Mixx moved it to Smile because Mixx wanted to refocus MixxZine towards high school and university/college-aged readers. Smile serialized the SuperS story arc, while earlier story arcs not finished in MixxZine were finished in individual comic book publications.^[3]

See also

• Anime and manga portal

• List of manga magazines published outside of Japan