VIZ Media has acquired the rights to the latest Ultraman manga series – an updated series inspired by the classic Japanese Ultraman TV series.
Tag: Manga
Viz Media & Comixology Expand Digital Manga Catalog
ComiXology, the revolutionary cloud-based digital comics platform, adds more than 650 new VIZ Media Manga volumes including new additions to continuing titles and entire runs of legacy fan-favorites.
Coppelion: The Complete Series – Three In A Wasteland!
Thirty years after a catastrophic event rendered Tokyo a wasteland, a trio of genetically engineered schoolgirls – Ibara, Aoi and Taeko – enter that wasteland in search of survivors. The are the Coppelion. On February 3rd, the thirteen-episode anime series Coppelion – based on the manga series by Tomonori Inoue – will be released on home video by […]
Fairy Tale Game In The Works!
An online role-playing game based on the Fairy Tale brand is in the works. The announcement was made today by anime/manga publisher FUNimation Entertainment, GameSamba and Kodansha. The game would be a turn-based RPG with players taking on ‘the role of a wizard fighting alongside members of the Fairy Tail guild in an attempt to recover […]
After Twenty Years: The Legend of Zelda: A Link To The Past Returns!
The graphic novel The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past is returning to North American stores after an absence of twenty years. The full-color ooksgraphic novel, by Shotaro Ishinomori, is being published by VIZ Media’s Perfect Square imprint an will be available in May. For more, follow the jump.
YU-GI-OH Gets 3-in-1 Omnibus Release From VIZ Media!
VIZ Media will be releasing the popular YU-GI-OH manga series in the 3-in-1 omnibus format that it first used with Neon Genesis Evangelion. YU-GI-OH tells the story of tenth-grader Yugi, who has a gift for games – he’s cracked the Millennium Puzzle, an Egyptian artifact containing the spirit of a master gambler from the age […]
VIZ Media Opens 2015 With Five New Digital Manga!
Throughout the month of January, manga fans can look forward to five new series from VIZ Media, as well as updates on seventeen other ongoing titles. Available now are the shojo series Meteor Prince and Akira Toriyama’s quirky comedy Jaco The Galactic Patrolman. The one-shot Shirahime-Syo (from CLAMP, the creators of Chobits and Cardcaptor Sakura) will be available on January […]
Jaco The Galactic Patrolman VIZ Media’s First 2015 Release!
Can a clumsy interstellar cop and a retired time travel scientist become friends and save the world? That’s the premise of Jaco The Galactic Patrolman, the one-shot manga, from Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama, that will be VIZ Media’s first new release – in print and digital – of 2015. Follow the jump for details.
Naoki Kurosawa’s Espionage Manga Master Keaton Comes To North America!
Master Keaton, a tale of ‘cold war intrigue and espionage,’ from the creator of Monster and 20th Century Boys, Naoki Urasawa, is getting its first North American release on December 16th. Taichi Hiraga Keaton, an archeology professor and part-time insurance investigator known for his successful and unorthodox methods of investigation. His day job and his background […]
VIZ Media To Release Horror Collection Manga Fragments of Horror!
Fragments of Horror – a collection of horror short story manga – will be getting a deluxe hardcover release from VIZ Media under its VIZ Signature imprint. The stories, by Junji Ito – creator of Gyo and Uzumaki, range from an old wooden mansion that turns on its inhabitants to a dissection class with a most […]
School Is a Killer In VIZ Media’s Assassination Classroom!
Being an adolescent is tough enough without having to save the world for an alien invader – especially when he’s the best teacher you’ve ever had! That’s the conundrum facing the students of Assassin Classroom, now available from VIZ Media. For further details, follow the jump.