Controversial one this!
We all must realise the magazine we know and love is partly funded by the devil that is advertising.
I personally have no problem with the adult anime ads, I have a collection myself, but as a father also (they are well out of reach of my kids!) I understand some of the content could be objectionable to some HM readers.
My point is, what % of HM readers buy this stuff do you think?,any comments would be interesting.
I noticed the last special had an ENORMOUS amount of the issue dedicated to it, do you thumb past it in disgust or read?
i'd love to hear you views.
Warren
Hove
U.K.

I don't feel one way or the other about them. They're there, but so what.

I usually don't notice them until someone points them out.

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I don't mind them, I'm not particularly interested, but I'm not offended either. Mostly I wonder who actually spends $30 - $40 for these.

For some reason I am offended by the free porn cards, there's another one in my copy of March 2010. That's not what I buy Heavy Metal for.

It seems there is a slight broadening of the advertising base in general recently, I like it. I get to learn about things I didn't know, like Winged Tiger.

I agree with what is said here. In a time when people are buying less and less magazines, there needs to be a support structure in advertising to keep it going. I think it would be silly to disassociate other adult forms of erotica with this magazine. Personally I am not a consumer of Anime porn, but have no problem with it in there and see the point.