Tag Archives: Anime

Manga

VIZ Media Welcomes Deadman Wonderland Creative Team To Anime Central 2018!

VIZ Media will welcome Jinsei Kataoka and Kazuma Kondou – the creative team behind the hit Deadman Wonderland manga series – to the Midwest’s largest anime/manga convention, Anime Central 2018.

It’s the duo’s first professional North American appearance.

Anime Central (ACen) is the Midwest’s largest anime fan convention, taking place from May 18th to 20th in Rosemont, IL, at the Hyatt Regency O’Hare and the adjacent Donald E. Stephens Convention Center.

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Take Anime Film Blame! Home This Month!

An “infection” in the past has caused automated systems to spiral out of order, resulting in a multi-leveled city structure that replicates itself infinitely in all directions.

A girl named Zuru and a wanderer seeking the Net Terminal Genes – the key to restoring order to the world – may be the planet’s last hope.

The anime film Blame! arrives on home video on March 27th.

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Conventions

VIZ Media To Host Sailor Moon SuperS Masquerade at Anime Boston 2018!

Sailor Moon fans can expect an evening of extraordinary cosplay at Anime Boston 2018.

VIZ Media will host the Sailor Moon SuperS Moonlight Masquerade on Friday, March 30th – the opening night of the three-day convention.

Anime Boston takes place March 30th – April 1st at the Hynes Convention Center and the Sheraton Boston Hotel in Boston, MA.

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Just In Time For Christmas: VIZ Announces Sailor Moon Crystal Set 3 Limited Edition!

VIZ Media has announced the date for the home media release of the Sailor Moon Crystal Set 3 Limited Edition Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack.

The Limited Edition Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack features Act 27-38 (13 Episodes, 27-39) will be in stores on December 5th.

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Manga

VIZ Media Presents Gift Ideas for the Holiday Season!

It’s almost time to start picking out gifts for the holiday season – and if you’re buying for a fan of anime and manga, then VIZ Media has something they’ll love.

From the One-Punch Man Limited Edition Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack to the beautiful Tokyo Ghoul: Illustrations art book; from the Ranma ½ OVA & Movie Collection to The Legend of Zelda – Legendary Editions; from Splatoon to Studio Ghibli art books, VIZ Media has anime and manga for all tastes.

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Conventions

INFINI-T Force, Terra Formars Screeners Highlight VIZ Media Plans for Anime NYC 2017!

VIZ Media will host screenings of the premiere  episodes of INFINI-T Force and Terra Formars as part of the company’s plans for Anime NYC 2017.

There will also be panels for fan favorites like Sailor Moon Crystal, as well as autograph sessions and more (details below).

Anime NYC will take place November 18th-19th at the Javits Convention Center in Manhattan.

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VIZ Media Announces Home Media Release of Ranma ½ OVA & Movie Collection!

The three Ranma ½ theatrical films and eleven episode-length Original Video Adventures that followed the original gender-bending anime series are being released on home media as part of the Ranma ½ OVA & Movie Collection.

The Blu-ray release will also contain a 32-page booklet, and clean opening and ending credits. The DVD release will only have the clean opening and ending credits.

Ranma ½ OVA & Movie Collection will be in stores on September 19th.

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VIZ Media Releases K Return of Kings On Home Media!

‘The gripping saga of an ordinary teenager that becomes embroiled in a deadly ongoing conflict between several clans continues in the exciting second season of K.’

VIZ Media’s K Return of Kings will be available as a Blu-Ray/DVD Combo Pack and Standard DVD Edition. Bonus features exclusive to the Blu-ray edition include clean opening and closing segments and a special Episode 13 Director’s Cut and a set of 13 full-color character art cards. 

K Return of Kings will be in stores on July 18th.

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Take Sailor Moon S Part 2 Home Tomorrow!

The third season of Sailor Moon – Sailor Moon S Part 2 – continues on home video (Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack, Standard DVD) and will be in stores on June 20th.

Sailor Moon S Part 2 includes episodes 109-127 and sees Sailors Uranus and Neptune  become targets of the Witches 5 as a result of their search for three talismans.

The Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack features three Blu-ray discs, three DVDs and special features including clean opening and closing segments, a digital art gallery, English voice cast interviews and official series trailers. Fans that order SAILOR MOON S Part 2 from RightStufAnime.com will receive a special set of ten art cards while supplies last.

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Movies

Shout!Factory and Funimation Films Bring Award-Winning Anime Film In This Corner of the World To America!

Based on the Japanese award-winning manga by Fumiyo Kouno, In This Corner of the World  is an empowering coming-of-age tale set against the backdrop of WWII and captures the resilience and triumph of the human spirit.

The film follows a young lady named Suzu Urano, who in 1944 moves to the small town of Kure in Hiroshima to live with her husband’s family. Suzu’s life is thrown into chaos when her town is bombed during World War II.

Shout! Factory and Funimation® Films partner for the  American launch  of In This Corner of the World on Friday, August 11, 2017.

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Movies

Funimation Films Brings Black Butler: Book of the Atlantic To North America!

Funimation is bringing the anime film Black Butler: Book of the Atlantic to North America in both dubbed and subtitled versions – the subtitled version on June 12th and the dubbed version on June 14th.

After hearing rumors of a peculiar society bringing people back from the dead, the two board the luxury liner Campania on her maiden voyage to investigate. Incognito amongst the mysterious Aurora Society, they find familiar faces and a sight they can’t believe—a woman raised from the dead!

Advance tickets for both version of Black Butler: Book of the Atlantic are available now.

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