Today is not such a hot day for fans of beautiful gravure idols. First that news that idol Natsume Sano has decided to call it quits, and then I see over at Danny Choo that print mag Sabra (similar to Maxim here in the states) has announced after ten years of publication that they will be switching to a web-only strategy. According to Sabra, the decision was made based on having to "radically alter" their strategy due to the current publishing and web enviroment.

Danny Choo also pointed out the idea that 2D mags sell better (all of the Amazon Japan top sellers in the category are 2D). While I hate to think that could be true, I know there's plenty of evidence that some otaku consider the 2D idol to be a safer and more pleasurable object to focus their desires on. Would you prefer your idol crushes to be real people or anime characters, and why?