Brutus (magazine)

Brutus
CategoriesMen's magazine
FrequencyBi-monthly
Founded1980
First issueMay 1980
CompanyMagazine House
CountryJapan
Based inTokyo
LanguageJapanese
Website

Brutus (ブルータス) is a Japanese men's magazine devoted to pop culture, lifestyles, and culture in Tokyo, Japan by Magazine House.[1][2]

History and profile

Brutus was started in 1980.[3][4][5] The first issue of the magazine appeared in May 1980.[6] The publisher is Tokyo-based company, Magazine House.[4] The magazine was published monthly[7] and biweekly.[8] It is now published on a bimonthly basis.[4] It has sister publications, an an, Popeye, and Olive.[3][4] A popular magazine,[9] Brutus had a circulation of 88,543 as of May 2009 with a target audience of 20- to 50-year-old trend-conscious males.[7] One of its former editors-in-chief is Kazuhiro Saito.[10]

In 2013, the magazine and Popeye received best magazine award.[11][from whom?]

References

  1. ^ L. Erik Bratt (13 May 1992). "Clear sailing for some". The San Diego Union - Tribune.
  2. ^ David Holley (27 March 1995). "Japanese Guru". Los Angeles Times. He was interviewed sympathetically, for example, for an article on new religions published in the well-respected magazine Brutus in 1991.
  3. ^ a b "History of Magazines in Japan: 1867-1988". Kanzai. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
  4. ^ a b c d Fiona Wilson (November 2015). "Press Ahead". Monocle. No. 88. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
  5. ^ Brian Moeran (1996). A Japanese Advertising Agency: An Anthropology of Media and Markets. University of Hawaii Press. p. 304. ISBN 978-0-8248-1873-9.
  6. ^ "A guide to the bold and vibrant Japanese magazines that matter". Typorn. 7 April 2016. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
  7. ^ a b "Brutus magazine seeks Saipan appeal for cartoon magazines". Saipan Tribune. 2 May 2009. Retrieved 4 November 2009.
  8. ^ The Far East and Australasia 2003. Psychology Press. 2002. p. 625. ISBN 978-1-85743-133-9.
  9. ^ "How-to guides ever popular with Japanese". The Pantagraph. Associated Press. 14 January 1991. "How-to magazines attract Japanese readers, who are always fearful of doing something different, by showing a standard of what people should be doing," said Masayoshi Kinjo, editor of the popular men's magazine Brutus.
  10. ^ Ginny Parker (11 July 1999). "In Japan, Beauty Salons Are Busy With Men Seeking 'Pretty Boy' Look". The Seattle Times. Tokyo. AP. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  11. ^ "The Fifth BEST MAGAZINE AWARD Winners Including BRUTUS and POPEYE Announced". Fashion Headline. 19 March 2013. Archived from the original on 3 June 2013. Retrieved 30 April 2016.