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It's the New Year, and Viz Media has released their titles for March 2021 in advance All the big series are here along with some new titles. Shonen Jump Courtesy of Viz Media My Hero Academia: Team-Up Missions, Vol 1 Story and Art by Yoko Akiyama Original Concept by Kohei Horikoshi Midoriya is excited for his first team-up mission until[...]

His output seems unstoppable right now. "Remina" cover, courtesy of Viz Media The cosmic, unstoppable monster this time is an entire planet A scientist discovers a distant planet moving across space, devouring and destroying any bodies in its way, even planets He names it Remina after his beloved daughter He's lauded for his important discovery, and Remina[...]

Viz Media announced the publication of Jujutsu Kaisen 0, a one-shot prequel to the hit series Jujutsu Kaisen The manga has sold over 10 million copies worldwide and is currently enjoying an anime adaptation The prequel will be by Gege Akutami and released on January 5th, 2021. "Jujutsu Kaisen 0" cover art courtesy of Viz Media Jujutsu[...]

1 cover, Viz Media The concluding chapter to Chainsaw Man was simultaneously serialized in English on Viz Media's Shonen Jump app at the same time the original Japanese version was published in Japan The original Japanese collected volume 10, or Tankubon, will be published in Japan on January 4th, 2021, and the final volume 11 will[...]

Fans can't get enough of their favourite series and characters, so light novels – the Japanese term for Young Adult novels – offer side stories, spin-off stories featuring fan-favourite characters – are a logical spinoff. "Naruto: Naruto's Story – Family Day," light novel cover art, Viz Media Naruto: Naruto's Story – Family Day Written by Mirei Miyamoto[...]

"Revolutionary Girl Utena: After the Revolution" covert art, Viz Media The original series was a groundbreaking LGBTQ fantasy epic where themes and meanings were expressed as symbols and allegory Tenjou Utena fought the oppressive student council of an elite academy school to rescue an abused girl named Anthy, who was offered up as the prize in[...]

And minor Urusawa is still fun. "Sneeze" by Naoki Urusawa, cover art from Viz Media. Urusawa is a sort of Alan Moore-esque manga creator best known for long-running series like Pineapple Army, Yawara!, and the latter deconstructionist epics Pluto, which reimagined an old Astro Boy story into a Science Fiction saga about war crimes and atonement, Monster,[...]

Viz Media officially released their list of manga titles coming out in February 2021. Shonen Jump "JoJo's Bizarre Adventure" cover art, Viz Media JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Part 4–Diamond Is Unbreakable, Vol 8 Story and Art by Hirohiko Araki What kind of weirdo lives on a transmission tower?! An all-new enemy Stand attempts to trap, outwit and eliminate Josuke Higashikata[...]

Of course, Viz Media is going to celebrate this historic occasion! "One Piece," Viz Media Eiichiro Oda premiered his goofy pirate adventure manga back in 1997 It follows irrepressibly cheerful hero Luffy who gets stretchy limb superpowers after eating a magical devil fruit, and he decides to become the King of the Pirates! As you do[...]

Naoki Urasawa's Asafora leads Viz Media LLC's listings for January 2021, through direct market comic book shops in North America And as well as the Pokemon, we also get a How To Draw Star Wars volume too Here are the full solicitations. ASADORA GN VOL 01 VIZ MEDIA LLC Naoki Urasawa's Asafora Leads Viz Media Solicits For January[...]

Viz Media gave him the deluxe treatment with a gorgeous hardcover collection that includes colour pages There's no commentary on the stories, but the selection is actually a tour of Ito's mind as they reveal his influences and how they make him choose horror subjects. "Venus in the Blind Spot" cover, Viz Media The collection features several[...]

Viz Media's Urian Brown (Marketing) and Karla Clark (Manga Editor) discuss anime and manga for NYCC x MCM Metaverse The panel started up with a message to the viewers from none other than the creator of Beastars, Paru Itagaki Brown and Clark then proceeded to discuss recently premiered as well as upcoming manga and anime[...]

1 cover, Viz Media Tatsuki Fujimoto has a flair for quiet poignance in his portrayal of sad Denji's life He's alone, in debt (as many heroes in manga are these days to reflect a common dilemma many Japanese people live through), barely socialized, craving friends, romance, sex, and a sense of belonging in life All this[...]

1 cover, Viz Media Writer Ryosuke Takeuchi and artist Hikaru Miyoshi acknowledge the original old, balding wizened Moriarty, who encounters Sherlock Holmes decades in the future but introduces a retcon to his origin with a nod and a wink Louis and James Moriarty are orphans that Albert Moriarty persuaded his father to adopt as an act[...]

Viz Media announced a new Jujutsu Kaisen special event by unlocking the manga series' first seven chapters free to read on the Shonen Jump website and app for a week starting October 2nd in order for fans to get ready for the brand new anime premiering in the same month. Page from "Jujutsu Kaiden", Viz Media As[...]

It's like a stew cooked from lots of leftover ingredients and spices. "Mujirushi: The Sign of Dreams" cover, Viz Media Kumiko is a sensible 10-year-old watching her family fall apart Her gullible dope of a father has blown the family's money on one get-rich-quick scheme after another, and her mother has taken off in frustration, taking what's[...]

The first volume of Viz Media's Spy x Family by Tatsuya Endo established the premise and tone of the series A spy forms a fake family as cover for his new mission, unaware that his fake daughter is a telepath, and his fake wife is an assassin, and only the little girl knows all their[...]

VIZ Media, America's leading pop culture publisher and producer of Japanese manga and animation in North America announced today Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon is coming to Crunchyroll, Funimation, and Hulu on October 3, 2020 The series is an anime-only sequel to Rumiko Takahashi's classic manga and anime series Inuyasha The original manga series ran from 1996 to[...]

They also released a new English-subtitled trailer. "Burn the Witch" key art, Viz Media. Burn the Witch is Kubo's first new manga work since his manga saga Bleach ended in 2016 after running for 15 years The new series is not a sequel but takes place in another corner of the same universe as Bleach with an[...]

It's also the type of high concept mashup that, somehow, only could have come out of Japan. "Spy x Familys" Volume 1 cover, copyright Viz Media Codename: Twilight is a master spy, the best of the best Efficient, pragmatic, cool under pressure, he is at the top of his game The mission is all, and he follows[...]

Viz Media announced the upcoming publication of Moriarty the Patriot Volume 1, a manga that offers not just an adaptation of the Sherlock Holmes stories, but a spinoff and alternate take on the canon. "Moriarty the Patriot" Volume 1 cover art, Viz Media Sherlock Holmes has always been popular in Japan, which has a huge and voracious[...]

Viz Media has licensed Minoji Kurata's manga Assassin's Creed: Blade of Shao Jun. The first volume is scheduled for publication on February 16th, 2021 The manga series is an adaptation of the 2.5D side-scrolling Ubisoft game Assassin's Creed: China. "Assassin's Creed: Blade of Shao Jun" Vol 1 artwork from Viz Media The character Shao Jun first appeared in[...]

Acclaimed music producer and DJ Steve Aoki and VIZ Media have teamed up to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Masashi Kishimoto's classic manga series Naruto Shippuden with "NARUTO x DIM MAK" Aoki's streetwear fashion brand will be bringing out a limited edition line of Naruto Shippuden apparel on September 5th. Steve Aoki in NARUTO X DIM[...]

Viz Media has released their list of manga and art book titles they are releasing in December 2020 Once again, the usual favourites are here, but there are some surprises as well, like a Junji Ito Science Fiction title! Enjoy! Shonen Jump "Chainsaw Man" cover art from Viz Media Chainsaw Man, Vol 2 Story and Art by Tatsuki Fujimoto Now that[...]

Viz Media released the full list of their titles coming out in November Once again, it runs the full gamut of Shonen, Shojo, art books, Disney adaptations, more adult fare, and some horror There is something for everyone again. Shonen Jump "JoJo's Bizarre Adventure", cover art from Viz Media JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Part 4–Diamond Is Unbreakable, Vol[...]

During today's Comic-Con@Home virtual panel, publisher VIZ Media interviewed Junji Ito, the acclaimed manga writer and master of horror media During the conversation, the masterful mangaka spoke of varied inspirations and answered questions posed to him by his audience across the globe. A screencap of the interview with Junji Ito hosted by VIZ Media, featuring the[...]

Not looking to waste any time, Funimation announced Friday morning that it was partnering with VIZ Media to bring the original Naruto series to the streaming service That's right: starting July 6, all 220 original episodes will be subbed, dubbed, and ready to stream in the United States and Canada. A look at Naruto (Image: Funimation) Whether it's[...]

Viz Media is publishing RWBY: The Official Manga, an official manga adaptation of Rooster Teeth's popular American CGI anime , this time created by creators in Japan RWBY (pronounced "Ruby") began streaming in 2013 It has since garnered a massive global fanbase whose cosplayers can be seen in every major convention across the US Rooster[...]

The final chapter of popular manga series The Promised Neverland was posted online by Viz Media on their website just this weekend That's it—the grand finale The entire story has been leading to this Shueisha's (also Viz Media's parent company) Weekly Shonen Jump published the final chapter by Kaiu Shirai and Pozuka Demizu in print[...]

This is the first time the series has suspended publication in its entire 52-year run. Golgo 13 cover art from Viz Media According to Anime News Network, the Japanese newspaper the Sankei Shimbun reported last Friday that Golgo 13 was going on hiatus in Shogakukan's Big Comic The manga anthology had been running the series for a whopping 52[...]