Stan and Hiroyuki Takei announce team up
Stan Lee really is EVERYWHERE. Details of ULTIMO, his manga collaboration with Shamen King creator Hiroyuki Takei will be announced at New York Comic-Con. The announcement will be press only, although some fans can...
SLAM DUNK preview
Viz has a 32 page preview of Takehiro Inoue's SLAM DUNK up to read. You should.
Via John Jakala, who compares the current translation to the one from Gutsoon a few year's...
Boy dies in Naruto-related accident
Codey Porter, 10, has died after playmates buried him headfirst in a sandbox -- an act inspired by Naruto's ability to bury himself in the ground. Despite the tragic and horrible circumstances...
Viz debuts nine
Viz has announced officially nine new titles for the second quarter, GUN BLAZE WEST, HARUKA: BEYOND THE STEAM OF TIME, NIGHTMARE INSPECTOR: YUMEKUI KENBUN, B.O.D.Y, FAIRY CUBE, THE RECORD OF A FALLEN VAMPIRE, ROSARIO+VAMPIRE,...
O’Malley covers SHOJO BEAT
Bryan Lee O'Malley unveils his cover for SHOJO BEAT and reveals several other cool things inside the magazine.
Can you say "watershed"?
But will the little girls like it?
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Takehiko Inoue interview, Part 2
In the world of manga, Takehiko Inoue is a mega-superstar. His basketball manga SLAM DUNK was so successful it made he sport itself more popular in Japan. It's sold over 100 million copies worldwide...
Inoue at Kinokuniya
Yesterday we were lucky enough to be invited to a press junket for Viz's new edition of Slam Dunk, and we got to interview Takehito Inoue himself. Slam Dunk--a basketball themed manga that once...
Downloading update: Viz, Harlequin
A couple of notes on downloadable content. ICv2 had an interesting chat with Viz's Senior Vice President of Strategy and Business Development, Dan Marks, who talks about Viz present and possible future forays into...
Viz and Naruto top charts
Viz sends out PR trumpeting the success of their "Naruto Nation" event -- NARUTO is 1, 2 and 3 on the Bookscan GN schart:
VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry's most...
Naruto Report Card
ICv2 wraps up the first month of NARUTO's assault on the graphic novel sales charts:
On the eve of the release of the second three-pronged barrage of Naruto volumes it appears that the first wave...
DEATH NOTE: The Official PR
PR:
VIZ Media, one of the entertainment industry's most innovative and comprehensive publishing, animation and licensing companies, has licensed the Shonen Jump DEATH NOTE anime series to Adult Swim for domestic broadcast beginning Saturday, October...
DEATH NOTE to Adult Swim
Anime News Networkreports that manga/anime sensation DEATH NOTE, will begin airing on Adult Swim beginning at midnight October 20th. The tale of a teen who fights evil with a death-dealing notebook has already been...
