The year is nearly over, but VIZ Media still has some goodies in store for manga fans. The publisher’s final digital manga update for 2016 includes dark horror tale Tomie: Complete Deluxe Edition; the secret world of The Children Nowadays; the final volume of Ultimo (Volume 12); the conclusion of the novel Naruto: Itachi’s Story […]
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VIZ Media Launches Gangsta Prequel – Gangsta: Cursed!
Popular crime thriller manga Gangsta is getting a prequel. Series creator Kohske has come up with a backstories for Spas – and other main characters from the original manga – called Gangsta: Cursed. Spas believes he’s ridding the world of monsters, he sees the extermination of the Twilights as a necessary step toward making Ergastulum […]
VIZ Media Spotlights Video Gamed-Based Manga for the Holidays!
There’s a significant overlap between comics/manga and video game fans. Some of the world’s most popular games have inspired manga – and if your gamer is into Pokémon, Super Mario or the classic Legend of Zelda, they have some titles that might work for your gamer this holiday season. For the more adventurous, there’s the […]
VIZ Media’s Weekly Shonen Jump Streamlines Access on Google Play!
VIZ Media has streamlined its access to Weekly Shonen Jump via Google Play. Issues of the weekly manga magazine can now be accessed directly through Google Play – instead of having to be accessed theough Google Play via VIZ Manga App or Android-based Weekly Shonen Jump App. Details follow the break.
Paranormal Thriller TOMIE Gets Deluxe Hardcover Release!
Japanese horror master Junji Ito’s paranormal manga thriller Tomie will be released in North America in a deluxe hardcover edition as part of VIZ Media’s VIZ Signature imprint. Tomie is an immortal succubus who can seduce and drive any man to committing murder – even if she is frequently the victim (no one said that […]
VIZ Media Holiday Spotlight!
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 […]
Pokémon Adventures 20th Anniversary Illustration Book: The Art of Pokémon Adventures Celebrates Artist Satoshi Yamamoto!
A new art book celebrating twenty years of Pokémon Adventures art by artist Satoshi Yamamoto (above) – Pokémon Adventures 20th Anniversary Illustration Book: The Art of Pokémon Adventures (a definite contender for longest book title of 2017) – will be released in Fall 2017 by VIZ Media. The book will feature art from the Pokémon Adventures graphic […]
Mobile Suit GUNDAM Thunderbolt Continues Epic Saga!
Mobile Suit GUNDAM Thunderbolt is a new manga series from VIZ Signature that continues a saga that has entertained fans for almost 40 years. Set in Universal Century year 0079, space colony Side 3 proclaims independence as the Principality of Zeon and declares war on the Earth Federation. One year later, they are locked in a fierce […]
RWBY Comes To Manga In Weekly Shonen Jump!
The popular online anime series RWBYis coming to VIZ Media’s Weekly Shonen Jump with an ongoing series created by acclaimed manga artist, Shirow Miwa (Dogs: Bullets and Carnage). The new series, which premieres in today’s edition of the maga anthology magazine, is actually a prequel to the anime series – Ruby Rose, Weiss Schnee, Blake Belladonna […]
VIZ Media Supports Halloween Comicfest 2016 with Two Samplers!
Haolloween Comicfest 2016 is coming up and VIZ Media is making two free samplers available to celebrate: the Pokémon X•Y Pocket Comics Sampler features stories, games and puzzles from the Pokémon X and Pokémon Y series; the Tomie Sampler features an excerpt from the upcoming hardcover edition of Tomie, the story of an immortal succubus named Tomie […]
Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure Begins Part 3 On November 1st!
VIZ Media’s Jojo’s Bizarre Adventures manga series begins the third chapter if its epic saga as ‘a fiendish villain once thought to be dead has resurfaced and become even more powerful! To fight this evil, the aging Joseph Joestar enlists the help of his hot-blooded grandson, Jotaro Joestar.’ Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Part 3 – Stardust Crusaders […]