Manga Shojo Beat

[Dagger]

So, Viz has announced that they're planning on producing a shoujo anthology called "Shojo Beat." The issues are going to be 250 to 300 pages long and will cost $5.99 each, with subscriptions going for $34.95 (or a promotional price of $29.95). The first Shojo Beat titles will be Nana, Zettai Kareshi (by Yuu Watase, the manga-ka of Fushigi Yuugi and Ceres), Crimson Hero, Kaze Hikaru, God Child and Akachan To Boku.

I don't know much about these series. Could somebody fill me in? From what I've gathered, it looks as though Shojo Beat's target audience is supposed to be somewhat older than Shonen Jump's--but again, this is based on my very sketchy knowledge of the titles in question.

To me, a prominent shoujo anthology does seem like the next logical step for manga in America. I can't even count how many newspaper articles I've seen which marvel over the popularity of shoujo manga among pre-adolescent and teenage girls, heh.

This is something I might consider subscribing to, given that the price is quite reasonable. Do you think Shojo Beat will be successful?

EDIT: Apparently "God Child" is the sequel to Kaori Yuki's Count Cain. Now [i]that's[/i] exciting--I can only hope that Viz has also licensed the original series.

~Dagger~

[Nony]

Shojo Beat, huh? Sounds interesting. I'm sure it'll be a success.
Unfortunately, I've never heard of those series. Rather, I don't know what any of those are about, because I do remember hearing something about Zettai Kareshi.