VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), a premier company in the fields of publishing, animation distribution, and global entertainment licensing, announces special guest appearances, panel discussions, autograph sessions, promotional giveaways and a variety of exclusive and pre-street retail items as part of its participation in Anime Expo 2017. Read the rest of this entry »
Kodansha Comics presents the Humble Manga Bundle: Fairy Tail in partnership with Humble Bundle. The offering amounts to a whopping $630 worth of digital manga, including a massive chunk (45 volumes!) of Hiro Mashima’s epic-fantasy manga Fairy Tail. The actual cost of the bundle is based on Humble Bundle’s unique pay-what-you-want charitable model. Read the rest of this entry »
In celebration of a simpler time - an era that came before cool kale, hyper-connectedness, DIY artisanal beer-making, and social media mayhem - SEGA Networks Inc. is bringing a growing collection of classic video games from every console era to your mobile device for free. The collection, called SEGA Forever, is a re-awakening of archetypal gaming, an ode to the deep and diverse SEGA catalogue, and the beginning of a retro revolution that will transport players back through two decades of console gaming. Read the rest of this entry »
FUNimation has announced today that Makoto Shinkai’s highly acclaimed film, Your Name, will be in North American theaters April 7th! The film will be presented in Japanese with English subtitles or English dub. Along with the American release is also a newly recorded soundtrack by Japanese band Radwimps.
One Piece Film: Gold will only be playing for a few more days. Fans around the world are raving about the One Piece movie that has outdone all others by a landslide. You don’t want to miss this epic theatrical release—it ends in less than a week! See it in select theaters JANUARY 10-17 for a limited time only.
One of my all time favorite anime is making a come back thanks to Nozomi. Nozomi Entertainment is pleased to announce the release of Martian Successor Nadesico Complete Collection. Martian Successor Nadesico Complete Collection will be available on Blu-ray and DVD April 4, 2017. Read the rest of this entry »
The big day is almost here - SAILOR MOON R: THE MOVIE will make a special red carpet event debut this Friday January 13th at the Theatre at Ace Hotel in Los Angeles! Held at a historical and beautiful Spanish Gothic-styled style theater in downtown Los Angeles, the premiere precedes the nationwide release of the movie starting January 19th! The premiere will include a special live Q&A with members of the English-language cast and the staff behind the film, and all attendees will receive an exclusive SAILOR MOON character board! Themed SAILOR MOON drinks and merchandise will also be offered, and fans can use an official Sailor Moon Snapchat filter, available to audiences only at this special event! Read the rest of this entry »
VIZ Media delivers fresh manga for the New Year with a brand new digital manga update for 2017. Fans can dive into the digital debut of the supernatural phenomenon, YO-KAI WATCH (Vols. 1-6) and the not-to-be-missed series finale of the vivid DRAGON BALL FULL COLOR FREEZA ARC (Vol. 5). Other notable digital first releases include ONE-PUNCH MAN (Vol. 11) and PLATINUM END (Vol. 2), which will debut in advance of their print counterparts. Horror fans and followers of TOKYO GHOUL can look forward to the release of TOKYO GHOUL: VOID, the latest in a new line of novels inspired by the smash hit manga series created by Sui Ishida. Read the rest of this entry »
Fans of FINAL FANTASY® BRAVE EXVIUS®, the free-to-play FINAL FANTASY® mobile game, are in for a surprise this month as internationally acclaimed recording artist and actress Ariana Grande will lend her likeness to the hit RPG. The collaboration with the superstar is further detailed in a new video, which can be viewed on YouTube. Read the rest of this entry »
Right Stuf, Inc. and anime producer Sunrise Inc. are excited to announce the upcoming releases of Mobile Suit Gundam Movie Trilogy and Mobile Suit Gundam 0083. Mobile Suit Gundam Movie Trilogy will be available on Blu-ray and Mobile Suit Gundam 0083 will be available on Blu-ray and DVD April 4, 2017. Read the rest of this entry »
Kitsu, a startup changing the way the community experiences anime, announced today that it has raised six hundred thousand dollars in a seed round between San Francisco, California-based entertainment company VIZ Media, LLC, and Manila, Philippines-based entrepreneur Bernard Chong. Kitsu will use these funds to build out its world-class content discovery platform at kitsu.io, led by Kitsu founder and CEO, Josh Fabian, who started the project under the Hummingbird name. Josh previously was Lead Designer, Groupon Stores, and Lead Designer, oBaz. Read the rest of this entry »
Kodansha Comics has released a manga and newsfeed app dedicated to its monster-hit property, Attack on Titan. The app comes with a number of unique features: Read the rest of this entry »
Funimation Entertainment announced its acquisition of “Attack on Titan” Season 2 and the return of the worldwide hit anime series which was first introduced to U.S. and Canadian audiences in 2013. “Attack on Titan” Season 2 is scheduled to premiere in April 2017 in Japan. Read the rest of this entry »
VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), a premier company in the fields of publishing, animation distribution, and global entertainment licensing, notably expands its catalog of omnibus manga releases with the announcement of RUROUNI KENSHIN 3-in-1, Vol. 1 on January 3rd. Read the rest of this entry »
Toei Animation Inc., acclaimed producers of global animation, and VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), a premier company in the fields of publishing, animation distribution, and global entertainment licensing, present an exclusive opportunity for SAILOR MOON fans. Through their partnership, they have organized a very special one night presentation at Downtown LA’s legendary Theatre at Ace Hotel in celebration of the U.S. theatrical premiere of SAILOR MOON R: THE MOVIE. Read the rest of this entry »
VIZ expands its POKÉMON home media collection with the December release of the POKÉMON DIAMOND & PEARL MOVIE PACK and POKÉMON THE SERIES: X•Y KALOS QUEST DVD SET 2. The newly-debuted POKÉMON DIAMOND & PEARL MOVIE PACK is a substantial four Blu-ray disc steelbook edition containing four full-length POKÉMON feature films: THE RISE OF DARKRAI, GIRATINA AND THE SKY WARRIOR, ARCEUS AND THE JEWEL OF LIFE and ZOROARK: MASTER OF ILLUSIONS. Read the rest of this entry »
Right Stuf, Inc. and anime producer Sunrise Inc. are excited to announce the upcoming Blu-ray release of Turn A Gundam Collection 2. Turn A Gundam Collection 2 will be available on March 7, 2017. Read the rest of this entry »
VIZ Media expands the mysterious world first depicted in the manga crime thriller, GANGSTA., with the release of a new spin-off series, GANGSTA: CURSED., on December 20th. The edgy new manga features story by Kohske, the creator of the original GANGSTA. series, with artwork by Syuhei Kamo, and contains prequel stories for several of the main characters that appeared in the initial series. Read the rest of this entry »
Right Stuf, Inc. and Sunrise Inc. has announce the upcoming releases of Mobile Suit Gundam F91 and Turn A Gundam Collection 1. Mobile Suit Gundam F91 will be available on Blu-ray and DVD and Turn A Gundam Collection 1 will be available on Blu-ray February 7, 2017. Read the rest of this entry »