Anime Expo is the largest dedicated anime/manga fan convention in North America and takes place July 1st–4th at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, CA. Tickets and full details are available at: Anime-Expo.org. VIZ Media will be located on the main convention floor in Booth #2206.

VIZ Media is excited to welcome FOOD WARS! manga co-creator Yuto Tsukuda as an Anime Expo Guest of Honor. Catch him live in person for several panel discussions and autograph events throughout the weekend. Attendees are also invited to a series of exciting panel sessions on JOJO’S BIZARRE ADVENTURE, SAILOR MOON, BORUTO: NARUTO NEXT GENERATIONS, and WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP.

The in-booth VIZ Media retail area (#2206) located in the main hall will offer a variety of must-have Anime Expo convention exclusives. Each purchase comes with a special VIZ Media 2017 exclusive limited edition tote bag offered in three designs. Select from SAILOR MOON, Shonen Jump (featuring ONE-PUNCH MAN and BORUTO), or POKÉMON themed tote bags. Notable VIZ Media Anime Expo exclusives and presales include:

• FOOD WARS! Vol. 19 - $10
o Latest volume of the series available ahead of street-date
• ONE-PUNCH MAN and ONE PIECE Manga Replicas - $15 each
o Exclusive from Japan!
• ONE-PUNCH MAN Oppai T-Shirt - $20
o Exclusive VIZ Media color edition
• SAILOR MOON CRYSTAL Season III T-Shirt - $15
o 2017 exclusive design!

Special Pre-Street & Pre-Order Items:

• THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: FOUR SWORDS – LEGENDARY EDITION - $15
• POKÉMON ADVENTURES 20TH ANNIVERSARY ILLUSTRATION BOOK - $25
• VAMPIRE KNIGHT: MEMORIES, Vol. 1 - $10
• JOJO’S BIZARRE ADVENTURE Season 1 Blu-ray Set Pre-Order - $65
o Pre-Order the set at the VIZ Media booth and receive an exclusive bandana as your gift with purchase

Special Bundles And Gift With Purchases:

• ONE-PUNCH MAN Starter Bundle - $60
o Includes ONE-PUNCH MAN Limited Edition Blu-ray Set and Vol. 1 manga; also receive an exclusive Hero Association silvertone metal pin
• BORUTO Starter Bundle - $32
o Includes BORUTO: NARUTO THE MOVIE Combo Pack and BORUTO: NARUTO NEXT GENERATIONS Vol. 1 manga; also receive an exclusive BORUTO postcard set
• Premium WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP Annual Subscription - $30
o Includes an exclusive WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP hat and YU-GI-OH! trading cards, Apprentice Illusion Magician and Galaxy Eyes Cipher Blade Dragon

Other fun activities taking place at the VIZ Media booth will include:

• SAILOR MOON CRYSTAL Quest for New Power
Help the Sailor Guardians on their quest and win a special prize from Sailor Moon herself!
• ONE-PUNCH MAN – What Hero Rank Are You?
Find out your Hero Association Rank!
• Manga sampler, poster and postcard giveaways
Stop by the VIZ Media booth’s front desk for a variety of freebies!

VIZ Media Anime Expo Panels & Special Events Include:

Saturday, July 1st

1:30pm – 2:30pm VIZ Media Panel (Petree Hall / Room LP1)
Don’t miss it! Catch special announcements, exclusive first looks, and prizes.

4:00pm Yuto Tsukuda Autograph Session
Anime Expo Autograph Signing Area
Meet FOOD WARS! co-creator Yuto Tsukuda and receive a personally signed shikishi art board. For more information, please visit: Anime-Expo.org/how-to-get-an-autograph.

6:30pm – 7:30pm WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP Official Panel
LACC Room 408AB / Room LP3
Find out about the LATEST developments on new Shonen Jump series, fan favorites, and special guest, Yuto Tsukuda!

Sunday, July 2nd

11:20am Yuto Tsukuda Autograph Session
Anime Expo Autograph Signing Area
An encore opportunity to meet Yuto Tsukuda, and receive a personalized shikishi art board!

2:30pm – 4:00pm VIZ Media FOOD WARS Panel
LACC Room 408AB / Room LP3
Join VIZ Media and Warner Bros. Japan in welcoming the co-creator of the saucy culinary manga FOOD WARS! Tsukuda Sensei, along with his Japanese and English editors, will discuss the creative process behind the hit series.

5:00pm JOJO’S BIZARRE ADVENTURE Cast Signing
VIZ Media Booth #2206
Meet English Voice Actors Patrick Seitz (Dio) and Matt Mercer (Jotaro) from the legendary series’ Season 2, STARDUST CRUSADERS and get a signed poster.

7:30pm – 9:00pm JOJO’S BIZARRE ADVENTURE Official Panel
Room LP1 / Petree Hall
Join the voice cast of JOJO’S BIZARRE ADVENTURE for a celebration of this epic series with special guests and surprises!

Monday, July 3rd

11:00am – 1:00pm SAILOR MOON Official Panel
Room LP1 / Petree Hall
Join many members from the staff and cast of SAILOR MOON and SAILOR MOON CRYSTAL for a festive time filled with news and updates from everyone’s favorite Guardians of Love and Justice.

11:30am Yuto Tsukuda Autograph Session
Kinokuniya Anime Expo Booth #3700
This signing event will be limited to the first 100 customers that purchase a VIZ Media FOOD WARS! manga at the Kinokuniya booth during Anime Expo. Please see the Kinokuniya booth for more information.

2:00pm SAILOR MOON Voice Cast Autograph Session
Anime Expo Autograph Signing Area
Don’t miss the chance to meet the English voice cast of SAILOR MOON. The first 100 people will receive a signed personalized poster.

5:30pm Yuto Tsukuda Autograph Session
Barnes & Noble at The Grove
This off-site signing will be limited to the first 100 customers that purchase a FOOD WARS! manga title at the Grove location on July 3rd. Contact the store directly for more information. **Note – this appearance is not affiliated with Anime Expo.

Tuesday, July 4th

1:00pm – 2:00pm SHONEN JUMP Presents BORUTO: NARUTO NEXT GENERATIONS Official Panel
Room LP3 / LACC 408AB
Meet the English voice cast of the hit film, BORUTO: NARUTO THE MOVIE! We’ll be talking about the movie, manga and the all-new TV series streaming each week on VIZ.com!

“With the end of this best-selling, long-running hit manga announced earlier this year, this bundle represents an amazing value and opportunity to get all caught up with the entire Fairy Tail universe in time for its conclusion later in 2017.” said Alvin Lu, General Manager of Kodansha Advanced Media.

The manga comes in multiple formats including CBZ, PDF, and ePub, so they can be read on computer, e-readers, iPads, cell phones, and a wide array of mobile devices. Bundle buyers choose where their money goes—between Kodansha Comics, two charities (the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the American Civil Liberties Union), and, if they like, a third charity of their choice via the PayPal Giving Fund. If they like what Humble Bundle does, they can leave a Humble Tip too.

This special bundle ends WEDNESDAY, July 5, 10:59 A.M. PACIFIC TIME.

Here’s what bundle buyers get with each tier:

Pay $1 or more
Unlock Fairy Tail volumes 1-5 + a discount code for 1-month subscription to FUNimation

Pay $8 or more
Unlock Fairy Tail volumes 6-25 and the spin-off series:
Fairy Tail Ice Trail volume 1
Fairy Tail Zero
Fairy Tail Blue Mistral volume 1
Fairy Girls volumes 1-2

Pay $15 or more
Unlock Fairy Tail volumes 26-45 and the spin-off series:
Fairy Tail Rhodonite
Fairy Tail Ice Trail volume 2
Fairy Tail Twin Dragons of Sabertooth volume 1
Fairy Tail Blue Mistral volumes 2-3
Fairy Girls volumes 3-4

Pay $17 or more
Unlock all of above + Humble Bundle exclusive never-before-translated works:
Exclusive Artbook: Fairy Tail: Swimsuit Issue
Special one-shot manga: Fairy Tail: The Fairies’ Booby Prizes

Each game in the SEGA Forever lineup is free-to-play, ad-supported, playable offline, and includes added features like cloud saves, controller support, and leaderboards. For players who prefer a pristinely ad-free mobile gaming experience - folks who want to play SEGA just like they remember playing in their basement, without interruptions from parents, siblings, or homework - we’ve rolled back the price so each game can be purchased without ads for $1.99. As the SEGA Forever collection expands through months and years, it will include both official emulations and ported games that pan all SEGA console eras, each adapted specifically for mobile devices while remaining faithful to the original games.

“Above all else SEGA Forever is a celebration of nostalgia. It’s about allowing fans to reconnect with past experiences and share them with family and friends in an accessible and convenient way,” explains Mike Evans, CMO of SEGA’s Mobile Division in the West. “Join us on a journey of rediscovery as we roll out two decades of classic games free on mobile. Create your own ‘SEGA Forever folder’ and collect your favorite classics. Enjoy moments of nostalgia on the go, or sync a Bluetooth controller to enjoy a console-like experience in your living room. SEGA Forever democratizes retro gaming, and seeks to change how the world plays, rediscovers, and shares in classic game experiences.”

The first batch of SEGA Forever games has been carefully curated, boasting both blockbusters and core fan favorites; The collection will officially kick off tomorrow with five Mega Drive / Genesis titles, all of which will be available to download for free on the Google Play Store for Android devices and on the App Store for iPhone and iPad, where they will be accompanied by iMessage sticker packs:

Sonic The Hedgehog, the 1991 household classic that has remained at the forefront of hearts and minds since inception

Phantasy Star II, the longtime fan-favourite RPG from 1989

Comix Zone and Kid Chameleon, two American titles developed by SEGA’s in-house studio STI

Altered Beast, the original Genesis pack-in title, a beat-em-up set in Ancient Greece that represents a weird and wonderful segment of the SEGA catalogue that is ripe for rediscovery

Following tomorrow’s launch, the SEGA Forever collection will continue to grow with additional releases coming every two weeks.

Martian Successor Nadesico Complete Collection Blu-ray

Directed by Tatsuo Sato (Bodacious Space Pirates, Shingu: Secret of the Stellar Wars, Stellvia)
Character Design by Keiji Gotoh (Sengoku Collection, Uta~Kata)
Animation by XEBEC (The Third: The Girl with the Blue Eye, Fafner, Lagrange – The Flower of Rin-ne)
Available on Blu-ray in the US for the first time ever

Tatsuo Sato’s Comedy Masterpiece Returns in High Definition!

The Earth, its moon and its Martian colonies are under alien attack, but the war against the “Jovian lizards” has, so far, been nothing short of a series of disasters.

Disgusted by the incompetence of Earth’s military, the independent arms manufacturer Nergal builds its own space battleship and plans to launch a desperate offensive to save humanity. But due to a shortage of trained soldiers, they’ve assembled the most unorthodox crew to ever launch into orbit! With a pacifist cook-turned-unwilling mecha pilot and a ditsy admiral’s daughter in command, can this unprecedented gathering of geeks, misfits and anime fans prevail against the Jovian menace?

Contains all 26 episodes of the TV series and the Prince of Darkness movie across 4 Blu-rays PLUS an entire DVD of extras including the Gekigangar 3 OVA!

Special Features: Clean Opening, Clean Ending, TV Spots, Trailers, Interviews with Actors and Staff, “Welcome to Belle Equipe” featurette, “Nadesico Sorekara” special, and a music video.

Tickets for the premiere are almost all sold out - get your tickets here.

For those around the country, follow the event live on VIZ Media’s Snapchat (”vizmedia”)! There will be takeovers from voice actor Robbie Daymond (voice of Mamoru Chiba / Tuxedo Mask) and other special guests!

As SAILOR MOON R: THE MOVIE opens, the young Mamoru gives a single rose in thanks to a lonely boy who helped him recover from the crash that claimed his parents. This long-forgotten friend, Fiore, has been searching the galaxy for a flower worthy of that sweet gesture long ago. The mysterious flower he finds is beautiful, but has a dark side - it has the power to take over planets and is tied to an ominous new asteroid near Earth! Faced with an enemy blooming out of control, it’s up to Sailor Moon and the Sailor Guardians to band together, stop the impending destruction and save Mamoru!

VIZ Media also continues its special subscription promotion on WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP and invites fans to enjoy FREE digital chapters of popular continuing series such as BORUTO, DRAGON BALL SUPER, HAIKYU!!, HUNTER X HUNTER, SERAPH OF THE END and more! New additions to the free section include REBORN creator Akira Amano’s sci-fi series, ELDLIVE. Chapters from ONE PIECE, RUROUNI KENSHIN and YU-GI-OH! TRANSCEND GAME, a sequel to the YU-GI-OH! series by Kazuki Takahashi will also debut in January.

DRAGON BALL FULL COLOR FREEZA ARC, Vol. 5 • Final Volume!
Available Now!
After years of training and adventure, Goku has become Earth’s ultimate warrior. And his son, Gohan, shows even greater promise. But the stakes are increasing as even deadlier enemies threaten the planet. Now experience this legendary manga classic in full color!

YO-KAI WATCH, Vols. 1-6 • Digital Debut!
Available Now on Kindle, iBooks, Nook and GooglePlay!
Nate Adams was your regular, everyday kid, until he received the Yo-kai Watch, which allows him to see Yo-kai that are normally invisible to the naked eye!

PLATINUM END, Vol. 2 • Digital First!
Available January 17th!
Catch the latest edition of the action-packed supernatural drama by the creators of DEATH NOTE in a special digital first release.

TOKYO GHOUL: VOID Novel
Available January 17th!
After the unprecedented raid on the Ghoul detention center by The Aogiri Tree organization, the Commission of Counter Ghoul is working to tighten security across the twenty-three wards. However, some Ghouls begin to cause unrest in the 8th Ward, continuing the cycle of retaliation between human and ghoul. And what of Kaneki after he left the 20th Ward? This second novel depicts the aftermath six months after the 11th Ward occupation.

ONE-PUNCH MAN, Vol. 11 • Digital First!
Available January 24th!
Don’t miss the latest volume of the hard hitting action series in a special digital first release.

WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP Holiday Sale

• Catch the special Holiday pricing on an annual subscription to the world’s most popular weekly manga magazine for only $19.99 before it ends! Available for a limited time only through Jan. 15th.

Free Chapter highlights of a variety of popular Weekly Shonen Jump series available at: www.viz.com/shonenjump/chapters/all.
Free chapters are available now of the following series:
• BORUTO
• DRAGON BALL SUPER
• ELDLIVE
• HAIKYU!!
• HUNTER X HUNTER
• SERAPH OF THE END
• And More!!
January digital manga updates to a variety of continuing series include new volumes for twelve popular VIZ Media titles. Notable new digital releases include volumes for shojo series such as BEHIND THE SCENES!! (Vol. 3), THE DEMON PRINCE OF MOMOCHI HOUSE (Vol. 7) and HONEY SO SWEET (Vol. 5). Also catch releases for HAIKYU!! (Vol. 7), NISEKOI (Vol. 19), TWIN STAR EXORCISTS (Vol. 7), TERRA FORMARS (Vol. 16) and more!

The free VIZ Manga App continues to be the top application for reading digital manga and features a massive library of the most popular series in the world. Through the innovative VIZ Manga digital platform registered users are able to use one account to view their purchased manga across more devices than ever. New series and volumes are added every Tuesday. Fans can also find these titles and more for the NOOK, Kindle Fire, and Kobo eReaders, as well as in the ComiXology, iBooks and Google Play Stores.

Most manga volumes are available for purchase and download in the U.S. and Canada within the VIZ Manga application starting from only $4.99 (U.S. / CAN) each. Readers can also explore free Chapter 1 previews of most series.

For more information, please visit VIZ.com.

As part of this collaboration, Ariana’s hit song “Touch It” will be arranged as a FINAL FANTASY BRAVE EXVIUS –style remix, which can be listened on YouTube.

More details around the collaboration and limited-time in-game event will be revealed in the middle of January.

Square Enix also announced that FINAL FANTASY BRAVE EXVIUS has surpassed nine million downloads worldwide, excluding Japan. To celebrate this special milestone, for a limited time, players will receive a significant boost in daily log-in bonuses.

FINAL FANTASY BRAVE EXVIUS is available now as a free-to-play app (with in-app purchases) through the App Store, Google Play, and the Amazon App store.

About Mobile Suit Gundam Movie Trilogy:

Universal Century 0079. Amuro Ray finds himself caught up in the war between the Earth Federation and the Principality of Zeon. He unwillingly becomes the pilot of a prototype Mobile Suit called the Gundam. Now he and the crew of the White Base will have to fight for their very lives as the enemy attempts to destroy this new weapon at all costs.

Combatants will face triumph and turmoil as they battle their way through space to get to their final destination on Earth. The outcome of the war lies in the hands of the Newtype in the anime series that started it all.

About Mobile Suit Gundam 0083:

Universal Century 0083. Having triumphed in the One-Year War, the Earth Federation has grown complacent, while the last remnants of Zeon forces have been planning one final stand. It all hinges on ace Zeon pilot Anavel Gato stealing one of the new prototype Gundams out from under the Federation’s nose. With a nuclear-equipped Gundam missing and their pride wounded, the Federation ship Albion and rookie pilot Kou Uraki set out in pursuit of the Zeon thieves and the stolen Gundam GP02A.

Contains episodes 1-13 of Stardust Memory plus the Afterglow of Zeon compilation film.

Special Features: The animation shorts “The Mayfly of Space 1″ and “The Mayfly of Space 2″, Clean Openings, Clean Closings, and Japanese Promos