As announced in the July 1 issue of Viz's digital Weekly Shonen Jump magazine, Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama's new manga, Jaco the Galactic Patrolman , will be joining the mag's lineup. It all starts in the July 15 Super Issue, which celebrates Jump 's …Read more »
New People has a couple of special screenings in store for those in the San Diego area during this year's Comic-Con. They'll be holding multiple screenings of both Gantz films—based on Hiroya Oku's manga of the same name—at the Pacific Gaslamp 15 Theatres. Gantz and …Read more »
The name may sound closer to some extremely kiddy fare, but Tiger & Bunny is actually the title of the latest action series Viz Media has acquired for simulcasting on vizanime.com . Directed by Karas 's Keiichi Sato, Tiger & Bunny takes place in the …Read more »
There are already multiple ways to catch the latest entry in the Mobile Suit Gundam universe; download for a small fee, or cough up beaucoup bucks to own each episode on Blu-ray. Now the folks at New People are offering up one more thanks to …Read more »
You know that upcoming Voltron relaunch, right? Voltron Force is setting up a multi-pronged, blazing-sword-level attack on us all, starting with the new animated series set to debut on Nicktoons this summer. That's not all the Voltron Force we'll be getting, though. Multiple partners have …Read more »
Those of you that fancy your anime dubbed and downloadable are in for a treat now that Viz has popped two of their relatively popular series up on iTunes. Both Hikaru no Go and Mär are available in their entirety, dubbed and uncut, on Apple's …Read more »
Viz and New People are giving up to 100 people the chance to check out the world premiere of the Gantz live-action film on January 20, and all you've gotta do is sign up! You can head to the contest via the top banner on …Read more »
Fans of Wataru Yoshizumi's romantic-comedy shojo manga Ultra Maniac will be pleased to find the anime adaptation officially streaming and available for download starting today. Viz Media, who also publishes the manga, has kicked things off with the first of 13 season one part one …Read more »
What better time to dig into baseball manga and anime than October? Viz seems to agree with that, and are marking next week as somewhat of a "Cross Game Week" in celebration of the release of the manga's first volume. Series creator Mitsuru Adachi ( …Read more »
Shortly after announcing their addition of Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan to the Shonen Jump imprint, Viz has already readied the simulcast of the fresh series, with the first episode popping up on their Viz Anime site today. Directed by Junji Nishimura ( Kyo …Read more »
If you haven't marked your calendars already, consider this a reminder. Based on Yellow Tanabe's popular manga—in which barrier master Yoshimori Sumimura balances his every day life with the family legacy of guarding the land from supernatural baddies— Kekkaishi will be kicking off its 52-episode …Read more »
Whether you're just sitting around trying to put things off until Monday, or perhaps waiting with party hat fixed atop your head for tonight's Lost finale, I figure Sunday is always a good time for fresh reading material. In that regard, one of the best …Read more »
Yellow Tanabe's manga Kekkaishi , which began its run in Shonen Sunday back in 2003, will now be airing over here in animated form. Viz Media has licensed all 52 episodes of the Sunrise series, and you'll be able to catch it on Adult Swim …Read more »
For anyone that wasn't already "in the know," Matsuri Hino's Vampire Knight manga is pretty darn popular around these parts. I don't mean specifically here , but in the US in general. With that in mind, it's reasonable to assume the anime will enjoy similar …Read more »
If Kekkaishi —based on Yellow Tanabe's manga, still ongoing in Japan at 27 volumes—has been stuck on your "to watch" list, or even if this is the first you've heard of the series, Viz is now presenting a convenient way to give it a gander. …Read more »
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