VIZ Media has announced the launch of Naruto Shippunden – in a dubbed, uncut edition, from the beginning – on Adult Swim’s Toonami programming block in 2014. The continuing saga of young ninja Naruto Uzumaki is one of the most popular manga titles in the VIZ Media library and the anime was a huge hit […]
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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 […]
VIZ Media Unleashes Anime Superhero Zetman!
It’s not often that a superhero is created by a super-villain, but that’s the case with Japanese superhero series Zetman. The series revolves around two boys – Kouga, born into a wealthy family and in line to inherit his family’s power and fortune, and Jin, poor but living a happy life with his grandfather until […]
Ben 10 Omniverse Goes Graphic Novel!
With its Jack Kirby-inspired visuals and interstellar adventure, The Cartoon Network’s Ben 10 – all iterations of him – would seem to be a natural for comics and graphic novels. Today VIZ Media’s Perfect Square imprint has released the first of a series of Ben 10 Omniverse graphic novels written by Cory Levine and drawn […]
VIZ Releases Cursed Town Manga Uzumaki in Deluxe Hardcover Edition!
The Japanese coastal town of Kurouzu-cho is cursed, not by by demons or evil people, but by a pattern – the spiral, one of nature’s most common and beautiful patterns. Uzumaki, the three-volume horror manga by Junji Ito, about a town’s gradual descent into madness, has been collected in a deluxe hardcover edition that is […]
VIZ Releases My Neighbor Totoro: The Novel!
As someone whose favorite Hayao Miyazaki movie is, in fact, My Neighbor Totoro, I am pleased to note that in celebration the 25th Anniversary of the release of Miyazaki’s anime masterpiece, VIZ Media is announcing the release of My Neighbor Totoro: The Novel – with illustrations by Miyazaki – as well as a brand new […]
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 […]
Neon Alley Offers New ‘Catch Up’ Feature!
Have you missed the latest episode of your favorite Neon Alley anime? Neon Alley and VIZ Media have just announced a new Catch Up feature for the web-based version of the 24/7 anime channel. The feature gives VOD viewers the option, once they have logged in, to Watch Now and go to the currently running […]
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 […]