San Francisco’s annual celebration of Japanese pop culture, music, fashion and film, the 2014 J-Pop Summit Festival, returns over the weekend of Saturday and Sunday, July 19th and 20th. Rock singer May’n is this year’s first official Guest of Honor. An expanded program of events is also being planned with updates being posted at www.JPOP.com. […]
Tag: Manga
World Trigger’s First Two Volumes Premiere in October!
A portal between dimensions has led to invincible monsters called Neighbors invading Earth. Four years after the appearance of the portal’s appearance, Osamu Mikumo finds himself at a loss when a humanoid Neighbor joins him in defending the Earth. Now his world is turned upside down. Can the two natural enemies become friends? VIZ Media’s […]
VIZ Media Releasing English Edition of Naoki Urasawa’s Master Keaton!
Master Keaton, by Naoki Urasawwa (Monsters, 20th Century boys), is finally getting an English edition. The first of the 12-volume manga series is scheduled for a December release by VIZ Media. Each volume will feature 18 pages of full color and will retail for $19.99 US/$22.99 Canadian as part of the VIZ Signature imprint. Originally […]
Ranma 1/2 Gets Remastered 2-in-1 Omnibus Release!
You know how manga read from right to left – exactly the opposite of how we normally read a book or comic? The classic gender-bending martial arts comedy Ranma 1/2 is getting a ‘re-mastered’ 2-in-1 omnibus release which will read from left to right – just like a regular comic – while remaining faithful to […]
VIZ Media Debuts Osamu Tezuka’s Phoenix in Digital Manga!
In the last half of January, VIZ Media is premiering Phoenix, a series of twelve complex stories linked by the fabled bird. Considered by many to be his masterpiece – and this is the man who created Astro Boy, Kimba The White Lion and Black Jack – Phoenix skips across time and place, with characters […]
VIZ Manga Library Now on Google Play!
VIZ Media continues to grow its potential online audience. The company announced today that its more than 1700 volumes of manga, across 170 titles have now been made available on Google Play. For more details, including links to view VIZ Media title on Google Play, follow the jump.
VIZ Media Launches Digital Manga Catalog on Apple’s iBooks Store!
VIZ Media has just launched its extensive digital manga catalog on Apple’s iBooks store. That means over 1600 volumes of hit series like Naruto, Bleach, Bakuman and One Piece – not to mention recent bestsellers like Demon Love spell and Nisekoi – are now available for iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch and Mac. The official press […]
Tiger & Bunny Origin Coming From VIZ Media!
If you’ve ever wondered how corporate superheroes Tiger & Bunny came to be, VIZ Media has the answer – and, on October 1st, you will, too. That’s when Tiger & Bunny The Movie: The Beginning will be released on DVD and Blu-ray – followed on October 8th by Tiger & Bunny The Movie: The […]
Ranma ½ Anime Premiere Today; 2-in-1 Manga Editions in Spring 2014!
VIZ Media has announced the return of one of the most celebrated manga and anime properties – RANMA ½. Today VIZ Media launches the Ranma ½ (subtitled, rated TV-14) anime series on its VIZAnime.com streaming service as well as on Hulu. The series will debut on its Neon Alley anime channel this fall (dubbed), and […]
Haikasoru Releases Japan-Inspired Melancholy of Mechagirl By Award-Winning, Bestselling Author Catherynne M. Valente!
Haikasoru’s Melancholy of Mechagirl, by Catherynne M. Valente, is the imprint’s first from a non-Japanese author – but between the book’s Japan-inspired stories and poems, and the author’s award-winning pedigree, it seems a natural choice. With subjects like a woman who dreams of machines; a paper lantern that falls in love and the most compelling […]
VIZ Media Launches Dark Romance Manga Series Midnight Secretary!
Kaya Satozuka is one terrific secretary; a consummate professional. So, how will she react when she’s reassigned to the office of the company’s prickly – and hot – director when she discovers he’s a vampire? That’s the premise of VIZ Media’s Midnight Secretary, a new manga series by Tomu Ohmi that will debut under the […]