Smile (magazine)

{{Short description|American teenage magazine}}

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Smile was a magazine aimed at teenage girls. The magazine was started in 1998.{{cite news|title=Smile issue 1.1|url=https://missdream.org/raw-sailor-moon-downloads/smile-magazine/smile-magazine-issue-1-1/|accessdate=June 9, 2020|work=Miss Dream}} At first it was supposed to be a mainstream teen mag similar to Seventeen,{{Citation needed|date=October 2017}} 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.{{cn|date=June 2020}} The magazine was discontinued in 2002.

Sailor Moon, Peach Girl, and Juline were serialized in the magazine.{{cite web|title=Welcome to the Smile Magazine website!|url=http://www.smilegear.com/|website=Smile|publisher=Wayback Machine|accessdate=August 21, 2011|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20000829071656/http://www.smilegear.com/|archivedate=August 29, 2000}} 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.{{cite web|last1=Levy|first1=Stu|title=Press release regarding MixxZine® and Smile™ addressed to MixxZine subscribers.|url=http://www.mixxonline.com/mixxonline/company/press_releases/pr_980901_newdir.html|website=Mixx Entertainment, Inc.|publisher=Wayback Machine|accessdate=August 21, 2011|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20001002025512/http://www.mixxonline.com/mixxonline/company/press_releases/pr_980901_newdir.html|archivedate=October 2, 2000|date=September 30, 1998}}