VIZ Media has announced a new development for the company’s flagship imprint, Shonen Jump, and digital manga magazine, Weekly Shonen Jump.
Beginning today, the current Weekly Shonen Jump magazine lineup of 13 series will be available to readers for free.
Weekly Shonen Jump published its final digital magazine issue on December 10th and has launched the Shonen Jump digital vault membership. Details follow.
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Saturday, May 6th is Free Comic Day and this year, VIZ Media is supporting the day with two manga samplers: The Legend of Zelda (featuring excerpts of the new The Legend of Zelda:Twilight Princess story line and The Legend of Zelda: Legendary Edition – Ocarina of Time); and a sampler featuring excerpts from Shoinen Jump action series Baruto: Naruto Next Generations and Dragon Ball Super.
Free Comic Book Day is an annual promotional campaign developed by the North American comic book industry to help bring new readers of all ages and interests into independent comic book stores.
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Dragon Ball Super – which continues the action of Akira Toriyama’s famed fantasy adventure series – premieres this month from VIZ Media, along with new volumes of Anonymous Noise, Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Part 3, Stardust Crusaders, D.Gray Man and the digital exclusive, Boys Over Flowers Season 2: Vol. 5.
Digital manga updates for May include new volumes for eight additional continuing VIZ Media series: Haikyu!! (Vol. 11), Maid-Sama! (Vol. 8), My Hero Academia (Vol. 8), My Love Story!! (Vol. 12), Nisekoi (Vol. 21), One Piece (Vol. 82), Toriko (Vol. 38), and Ultraman (Vol. 8).
Until May 8th, the complete run of My Hero Academia is on sale for $4.99 per volume.
It would never do for Goku and his friends to get bored (peace is not exactly an adventure). Fortunately (for him – not everyone else), things are about to get interesting again.
Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama’s sequel series, Dragon Ball Super – with art by Toyotarou – will be launched on May 2nd both in print and digital.
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Dragon Ball Super will make its subtitled debut on October 22nd – in a simulcast that will cover North and Latin America, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand.
The simulcast comes through the partnership of Crunchyroll Daisuki.net, and Anime Lab with Toei Animations Inc.
The Dragon Ball Super premiere will be aired at 6 pm Eastern Time in North and Latin America. It will be available in SVOD and AVOD.
For details, follow the jump.
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VIZ Media will be featuring appearances by the One Punch Man voice cast, RWBY animation talent and a Dragon Ball Super creator; Sailor Moon and Weekly Shonen Jump panels; Con exclusive Sailor Moon and RWBY giveaways; merchandise including a Grecco ‘Kakashi Hatake’ figure (above left) and a One Piece Replica (above right), plus much, much more at New York Comic-Con 2016.
Read on for all the details.
New York Comic-Con 2016 runs from October 6-9.
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VIZ Media has acquired North American rights to some impressive manga series – Dragon Ball Super, Revolutionary Girl Utena, Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt and more. (I’m most looking forward to the Rurouni Kenshin 3-in-1 omnibus reissues!)
For a complete list of acquisitions (and series descriptions), follow the jump.
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