Tag: Viz
NYCC ’15: Viz panels, exclusives and ninja activities
We've already told you about all the Naruto/Masashi Mishimoto excitement at this year's NYCC, but VIz has some other stuff planned, as well, including a NARUTO Ninja mission at Booth #1346 -- pick up...
“Death Note” Creators Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata Announce “Platinum’s End”
You, me, and everyone into manga around 2006 should remember Death Note, the fantastic psychological thriller about a bored teenage genius outwitting the police and a reclusive detective as he reshapes the world one...
NYCC ’15: Here’s Naruto creator Masashi Kishimoto’s schedule
Masashi Kishimoto, creator of Naruto is making his first public appearance ANYWHERE at this year's New York Comic Con, and while many of his events are already sold out, you can still pick up...
Weekly Shonen Jump and Kodansha join Comixology
Digital manga—more available than ever before. Both Weekly Shonen Jump and Kodansha have just joined Comixology and the Kindle store.
The digital Weekly Shonen Jump makes such favorites as One Piece, Bleach, Blue...
Naruto creator Masashi Kishimoto is finally leaving his house—and has two signings for NYCC
Masashi Kishimoto, creator of the 205,000,000 copies in print Naruto comic, will be making an extremely rare appearance at this year's New York Comic Con with two special signings—one at Books Kinokuniya and one at the Tribeca outpost of Barnes and Noble. It's not only Kishimoto-sensei's first appearance in the US, it's also his first con appearance ever. And probably one of the few times he's left his house during the 18-year run of the international smash hit.
We're kidding a little about the leaving the house bit, but as we've mentioned here many times in the past, manga creators can lead a pretty monastic lifestyle, even with the help of assistants. Since Naruto ended last year, he's been busy with various manga about Boruto, Naruto's son, and also writing the Naruto movie, but hopefully he's been enjoying some time off.
SDCC ’15: Manga Publisher Roundtable Bust Myths
Mid-afternoon on the Friday of San Diego Comic-Con 2015, veterans of the manga publishing world got together to discuss what excites them and to lay down some truth on the myths surround publishing manga in North America.
Brad Woods named CMO at Viz
Former Dreamworks SVP Brad Woods has joined Viz Media as Chief Marketing Officer. Woods also has Mattel and Warner Bros. on his resume. At Viz he'll oversee strategies for expansion into multiple channels. Inaddition to it's well known print manga products. Viz also has streaming, online, film, TV and many other home entertainment branches, so hiring a veteran exec to look at all this stuff is a good move.
24 Hours of International Comics: Japan and Solanin
The Beat takes a look at Japan with the manga Solanin during their 24 Hours of International Comics.
Can you smell what Junji Ito has cooking? A deluxe version of horror classic...
A seaside town is haunted by a terrible, terrible stench—and soon much more in Junji Ito's classic horror manga GYO. Originally published in Japan in 2001 (and in English in 2003), Viz is bringing...
‘Link To The Past’ Returns In Reprint of Nintendo Power Series from Viz
by Zachary Clemente
Way back in the early 90s, Nintendo Power published a serialized run of The Legend of Zelda: A Link To The Past limited comic series. Viz announced today that they've acquired the rights to the...
Manga master Junji Ito’s Fragments of Horror from Viz
Junji Ito! Junji Ito! Junji Ito!
Japanese horror master Ito has been avoiding the genre of his greatest triumphs—Uzimaki, Tomie, Gyo— for eight years, but he has a new book out, and Viz will bring...
31 Days of Halloween: Junji Ito does Pokemon
I know we've been slacking a bit with 31 Days due to the horrors of New York Comic-Con, but it's full sped ahead to the pumpkins now. And here is the best thing you will hear today, tomorrow or possibly in a lifetime: Japanese Horror master Junji Ito Is doing a Pokemon collaboration.
Yeah that's right. The creator of Uzumaki, Museum of Terror, the Long Hair in the Attic and much more, is doing POKEMON.
The news was announced in Japan as a "Collaboration," you know, like Tokidoki doing Marvel, except terrifying and unspeakable. It's called “Kowapoke,” which means “Scarypoke” and a single phone wallpaper image has been released thus far. That's Banette, cute little Banette, admittedly not the nicest Pokemon, now all Kowapoke'd up. T-shirts are being given away in Japan now because life is unknowable and terrifying.