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VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), the largest distributor and licensor of anime and manga in North America, gives POKÉMON fans something brand new in time for the holidays as it announces the release of the DVD and manga editions of POKÉMON THE MOVIE: GENESECT AND THE LEGEND AWAKENED on December 3rd.
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VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), the largest publisher, distributor and licensor of manga and anime in North America, continues to expand the range of online platforms offering digital manga (graphic novels) and invites readers to explore its extensive library of acclaimed and popular titles available on the Google Play.
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VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), the largest distributor and licensor of anime and manga in North America, highlights a wide selection of novels, manga, and special box sets perfect as gifts for a range of budgets and guaranteed to delight readers of all ages and interests this holiday season.
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VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), the largest distributor and licensor of anime and manga in North America, has announced the release of the UZUMAKI Deluxe Edition. The new 3-in-1 hardcover version of creator Junji Ito’s inventive horror manga (graphic novel) about the gradual decent into madness of a seaside town overrun with spirals features a new cover design as well as 12 pages of new full-color interior artwork.
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ComiXology, the leading cloud-based digital comics platform with over 40,000 comics and graphic novels available on iPhone, iPad, Android, Kindle Fire, Windows 8 and the Web at comixology.com, today announced a manga digital distribution agreement with VIZ Media Europe and its French subsidiary, Kazé. Kazé’s extensive library of French language manga content will be available for readers to purchase in key French speaking European countries across comiXology’s mobile apps and website.
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VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), the largest publisher, distributor and licensor of manga and anime in North America, brings its massive digital manga (graphic novel) library to Kobo, a global leader in eReading. Starting today, Readers across Canada and the United States can access Viz Media’s manga titles at Kobo’s eBookstore and enjoy a seamless eReading experience with the company’s E Ink eReaders, the award-winning Kobo Arc Android tablet, and top-ranking free apps for iOS, BB10 smartphones and Android devices.
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This summer, Dark Horse is proud to publish CBLDF Presents Manga: Introduction, Challenges, and Best Practices, an authoritative yet accessible handbook designed to help librarians, educators, and parents navigate the vast and popular field of manga. Prepared by the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, a nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting the freedom to read, CBLDF Presents Manga provides what you really need to know about manga from those who really know it! The book will premiere at the ALA Annual Conference in Chicago, June 27–July 2, and at Anime Expo in Los Angeles, July 4–7.
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ComiXology and HarperCollins Publishers announced today the debut of the Warriors Manga iOS App that includes thirteen titles from the Warriors Manga series that will also be available on comiXology – the revolutionary digital comics platform available across the iPhone, iPad, Android, Kindle Fire, Windows 8 and the Web. Warriors’ fans that own an iPad with Retina display will now see more than ever before with comiXology’s high definition file format dubbed CMX-HD!
This week, the Major Spoilers Podcast takes a hint from some of our fans and looks at another manga offering from Dark Horse Comics.
Tokyo Babylon It’s 1991, the last days of Japan’s bubble economy, and money and elegance run through the streets. So do the currents of darkness beneath them, nourishing evil spirits that only the arts of the onmyoji—Japan’s legendary occultists—can combat. The two most powerful onmyojiare in the unlikely guises of a handsome young veterinarian, Seishiro, and the teenage heir to the ancient Sumeragi clan, Subaru.
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Earlier today during this year’s New York Comic Con 2012, Ishimori Production Inc. and comiXology – the revolutionary digital comics platform – announced a digital distribution deal for legendary manga creator Shotaro Ishinomori’s entire catalog. To celebrate, Ishimori and comiXology will be debuting the widely influential Cyborg 009 , Kikaider and Skull Man across comiXology’s entire platform – including iPhone, iPad, Android, Kindle Fire, Windows 8 and the Web.
Speed Grapher is an anime series, here is Netflix’s description of it:
A former war photographer meets a beautiful girl whose powers unlock a secret within him: Whenever he takes a picture of something, it explodes.
Initiate scathing review of what is clearly a ludicrous show in 3… 2… 1…
Remember Kaneda’s bike from Akira? Remember how you wished a bike like that was real, and that you could see it with your very own eyes? Today is your lucky day, Dear Reader, and it is all for a good cause.