Funimation has announced the first panels, performers, speakers and events to take place as part of its virtual convention, FunimationCon 2020. FunimationCon 2020 runs July 3rd and 4th. Details follow.
With the holiday season arriving, VIZ Media has a selection of the best in manga and Japanese science fiction available for the discerning fan. Fans of pirate manga One Piece, for example, will be thrilled with the One Piece Manga Box Set 3 (above); fans of Hayao Miyazaki will surely enjoy The Art of Castle […]
Funimation has confirmed that SDCC exclusive “Dragon Ball Z” and Limited Edition “One Piece” Funko Pop! vinyl figures will be available to fans during the convention until sold out. Follow the jump for details.
VIZ Media is bringing the creators of the new Ultraman manga – Eiichi Shimizu and Tomohiro Shimoguchi – to comic-Con 2015, along with exclusive copies of Ultraman Vol. 1 (it won’t be in stores until August 18th). Other plans include panels on Sailor Moon (VIZ is releasing the 200 episode complete Sailor Moon on Blu-ray for […]
VIZ Media might just be taking over the 2015 Anime Expo, what with all the panels and activities it has planned for the four-day event. To begin with, VIZ will celebrate Sailor Moon Day on Friday, July 3rd – which will see the publisher host a panel, an autograph session, a photo op and a […]
You’ve seen manga sections in bookstores and wondered about these weird, digest-sized comics that open the wrong way and have odd art styles that aren’t like what you’ve seen in North American and European comics – weird looking books that have equally unique titles, like Naruto, Food Wars, and Bleach. Now, VIZ Media is offering […]
A trio of new ongoing titles lead VIZ Media’s digital manga releases: Cheeky Angel – a tale of a nine-year old martial artist and his genie; Eureka Seven – a 14-year old aerial hover-boarder falls for Eureka, a girl who literally falls out of the sky (in an LFO); Flower of the Deep Sleep – […]
Love anime? Love anime but hate English dubs? FUNimation has you covered both ways. If you prefer the original Japanese voice performances with English subtitles, the company has just created the SubPass which gives subscribers unlimited access to subtitled anime. If you have no preference, there’s always the original All-Access Pass – which also gives you […]
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 […]
VIZ Media’s new 24-hour anime channel, Neon Alley – which premieres this fall on PS3 and Playstation Network and will feature programming from an array from anime producers and distributors – will feature the highly successful pirate/adventure series One Piece. The series is the story of how Monkey D. Luffy refuses to let anyone or […]