Junji Ito’s GYO – a seminal horror manga is coming to North America in an omnibus hardcover edition from VIZ Media’s VIZ Signature imprint. It starts with that unique stench of death and a strange fish with legs, pulling Tadashi and Kaori into a spiral of horror as mutated sea creatures invade Japan. The 400-page GYO Deluxe […]
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Early Masters: Naoki Urusawa’s Master Keaton!
Naoki Urasawa has had a long and illustrious career as a creator of original, thoughtful and action-packed manga like Monster, 20th Century Boys, 21st Century Boys and his reworking of Osamu Tezuka’s Astro Boys for an older audience, Pluto: Urasawa × Tezuka. He’s done action-adventure, psychological thrillers and even romantic comedy. Master Keaton – an […]
Assassination Classroom: He’s Going To Destroy The World – But What He Really Wants To Do Is Teach!
Imagine that you’re an almost indestructible alien with a globe for a head and tentacles. You have the power to blast the moon to a quarter of its size and planet to do something similar to the Earth – but not for a year. A year in which you are going to be a schoolteacher. […]
VIZ Media Announces Two New Shojo Manga Titles For Year’s End!
A vampire with a death wish hunting down the only person who can give him what he wants – which is to die; a high school romance between the unlikeliest couple stemming from a long forgotten act of kindness. One of the joys of manga is that such different premises can and are given equal […]
VIZ Media Launches Shakespeare-Inspired Requiem Of The Rose King!
Aya Kanno’s Requiem of the Rose King follows Richard, the third son of York, who believes that, from birth, he is damned to eternal darkness. Based on/inspired by an early draft of William Shakespeare’s Richard III, Kanno’s Richard stands between worlds, between classes, between good and evil. The first volume of Requiem of the Rose King […]
VIZ Media’s Claymore and Rosario + Vampire Get Complete Series Box Sets!
The of the most popular manga series around – Claymore and Rosario + Vampire are getting complete series box set collections. Norihiro Yagi’s medieval action saga Claymore’s twenty-seven volume set will also include a booklet of cover images previously unseen in North America. Akihisa Ikeda’s supernatural high school drama, Rosario + Vampire will include all twenty-four […]
All-New Ultraman Manga Coming To North America!
VIZ Media has acquired the rights to the latest Ultraman manga series – an updated series inspired by the classic Japanese Ultraman TV series.
March Roars In With The Ranma ½ Limited Edition Blu-Ray Box Set 5
The fifth volume of the long-running, gender-bending, martial arts anime hit series Ranma ½ is due for an early March release. The Ranma ½ Limited Edition Blu-Ray Box Set 5 will hit the shelves on March 3rd. The set will also be released on Standard DVD. For details, follow the jump.
Manga Superhero Reality TV Stars Tiger & Bunny Go Anime!
Tiger & Bunny the eponymous superhero reality TV stars of manga fame are going anime. Tiger & Bunny The Movie: The Rising is coming to North American home video in a Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack and Standard DVD on February 24th. The DVD, from VIZ Media, will include: official theatrical trailers and promotional videos as well as […]
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 […]