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based in

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. It is one of the oldest magazines featuring articles about

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. Its tagline is "Magazine for City Boys". The magazine is considered to be the

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version of ''

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'' magazine.

History and profile

''Popeye'' was started in 1976 as a male version of ''

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'', a women's magazine. It is successor of two publications, ''Ski Life'' and ''Made in U.S.A.'' The first issue of ''Popeye'' appeared in July 1976 which featured the dominant fashion trends in

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. Yoshihisa Kinameri is the launch

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of the magazine. The publisher is Magazine House Ltd., a Tokyo based publishing company. The company, which is also the founder of the magazine, was previously named Heibun Shuppan. The magazine was formerly published on a biweekly basis. It is now published on a monthly basis. It focuses on fashion, and its content mostly is about clothes, bags, shoes and

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. It targets young educated urban men. In 2012 Takahiro Kinoshita became the editor-in-chief of the magazine. The same year the magazine was redesigned. ''Popeye'' has several sister publications, including ''an an'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. In 2013 ''Popeye'' and ''Brutus'' received best magazine award. In July 2016 ''Popeye'' celebrated its 40th anniversary. In 1999 ''Popeye'' sold 220,000 copies.

References

External links

Official website
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