When a shy student named Ken Kaneki gets a date with a gorgeous girl he’s thrilled. Unfortunately, she only wants him for his body – as in lunch! She’s a ghoul – an undead flesh eater. Fortunately, Ken escapes with his life, mostly – but now he has to survive in the world between human […]
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Junji Ito’s Fragments Of Horror In Stores June 16th!
An old wooden mansion that turns on its inhabitants. A dissection class with a most unusual subject. A funeral where the dead are definitely not laid to rest. These are just a few of the tales of horror in Junji Ito’s manga collection, Fragments of Horror. VIZ Media will release Fragments of Horror, by the creator […]
Haikasoru Debuts Award-Winning Gene Mapper June 16!
A deadly mutation threatens the world’s food supply and leads a geneticist on a quest to determine whether the cause is nature or sabotage in Taiyo Fujii’s novel, Gene Mapper – winner of a 2014 2014 Nihon SF Taisho Award (presented by Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of Japan). Gene Mapper is coming to North America in […]
VIZ Media Offers Free Chapters Of Popular Digital Manga Titles!
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 […]
The Ranma ½ Limited Blu-Ray Box Set 6 Due In June!
A young man who uses pantyhose as a weapon; monsters coming to life from wall hangings – and a hero who changes genders when splashed with cold water. It can only be the Ranma ½ Limited Blu-Ray Box Set 6 – coming to stores on June 2nd (also available in a standard DVD version). For details, […]
Mommy It’s Over: VIZ Announces Home Video Release Of Inuyasha: The Final Act!
The concluding arc of one of the most beloved sagas in anime history is about to come to Blu-Ray and DVD: Inuyasha: The Final Act will be in stores on May 26th. Based on Rumiko Takahashi’s classic manga series, the Inuyasha saga followed the quest of schoolgirl Kagome and the half-demon Inuyasha to restore the shattered Shikon Jewel. […]
VIZ Media Sets New Manga Titles For May Release!
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 – […]
New Naruto In Today’s Weekly Shonen Jump!
After a brief interval, Naruto is back with a new generation of aspiring Shinobi in todays Weekly Shonen Jump from VIZ Media. Following the conclusion of the original Naruto series, creator Masashi Kishimoto has begun a new, limited series – Naruto: The Seventh Hokage and the Scarlet Spring. Naruto is the seventh hokage and his […]
VIZ Media Nabs Manga Nominations For 2015 Eisner Awards!
All You Need Is Kill, Hello Kitty, Master Keaton and One-Punch Man have earned Eisner Award nominations for VIZ Media. All You Need Is Kill, Master Keaton Vol. 1 and One-Punch Man earned the publisher nominations for Best U.S. Edition of International Material – Asia, while Hello Kitty, Hello 40: A Celebration In Forty Stories was […]
Haikasoru To Release Award-Winning Mystery/Thriller Red Girls: The Legend of the Akakuchibas!
One was an abandoned baby who grew up to marry into an illustrious family (and became clairvoyant); one joins a motorcycle gang and becomes a famous manga artist; one is a nobody. These are three generations of women of the Akakuchiba family. Only the third, granddaughter of the first, is worthy of the trust to keep a deadly secret. This […]
Manga Creator Aya Kanno To Guest at Toronto Comic Arts Festival 2015!
Aya Kanno – author of hit manga Requiem of the Rose King and Otomen – will be a featured guest at The Toronto Comic Arts Festival 2015. Kanno will participate in a variety of programs at the Festival and was chosen as a guest for her ability to ‘smartly interrogate the medium (Shoujo manga) and its […]