Viz

PW is reporting that there has been massive layoffs at Viz Media -- up to 60 people or 40% of the workforce have been laid off. ... We are of course saddened by these departures and sincerely appreciate the hard work, passion and dedication of those that have moved on, but we feel confident that with these changes, VIZ Media will be more streamlined and able to withstand the climate of the economy at this time. With the American manga market already in flux, this has to be seen as a body blow to the category as Viz was consistently the best selling American comics publisher, dominating the best seller charts with such mega-hits as Naruto and One Piece. ... Sources tell PW that as many as 55 people were laid off at Viz’s San Francisco headquarters and it appears its small New York office, which had about 5 staffers, has been closed.

Another intriguing looking Viz Signature manga is coming via their partnership with IKKI Magazine, Hisae Iwaoka's SATURN APARTMENTS. According to the blurb: Far in...

Viz is talking up another one of their intriguing, indie-style manga, this time not simple by Natsume On. It's a done-in-one manga that...

As usual when we take a day off from blogging, All Hell Broke Loose®, including a flash flood in San Francisco that closed the...

Last week, Viz made a low key announcement that they were now accepting submissions for original comics. The OG program has long been in...

ULTIMO's Stan Lee and Hiroyuki Takei, and IKKI editor Hideki Egami topline manga giant Viz's presence. VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment...

FREE cool things! FREE! VIZ Media is offering the popular anime HONEY AND CLOVER on iTunes and until August 31, 2009 it's a free download....

Leading manga publisher Viz has announced a new imprint -- Shonen Sunday, named after and running content from the Japanese magazine of the same...

Hm, what were we just saying about the print/online shift? Even as they cancelled SHOJO BEAT, Viz has announced the launch of a new...

Predictably, the demise of SHOJO BEAT, Viz's girl-focused magazine of serialized manga, is being discussed far and wide: Alexander Hoffman: The strange thing is though, that...

Evelyn Dubocq at Viz is sending out the following statement regarding SHOJO BEAT, confirming that it is ending with the July 2009 issue. Yes, the...

Xavier Guilbert makes the chart you all wanted , showing the original Tezuka characters from ASTRO BOY side-by-side with the Urasawa remakes from PLUTO....