VIZ Media Announces Julietta Suzuki as a Guest at the 2015 Anime Expo
VIZ Media is partnering with the 2015 Anime Expo to present manga creator Julietta Suzuki for her first-ever professional appearance outside of Japan. The 2015 Anime Expo will be taking place July 2-5, 2015 at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, CA. Julietta Suzuki is the creator of the shojo manga series, Kamisama […]
VIZ Media Announces New Bleach and Naruto Manga Box Sets
VIZ Media prepares to thrill fans of the Bleach and Naruto manga series as it announces the forthcoming release of the latest box set editions for both titles. Scheduled for release on July 7, 2015, the Bleach Manga Box Set 2 and Naruto Manga Box Set 2 each contain over 20 individual manga volumes at […]
New Anime Releases for the Week of June 16, 2015
This week sees new anime releases from Buena Vista, FUNimation Entertainment, and Sentai Filmworks. Starting with this week’s new releases, I will be featuring a “Pick of the Week.” My choice this week is the re-issue of Hayao Miyazaki’s Spirited Away as a Blu-ray/DVD combo pack. Spirited Away Blu-ray/DVD Combo Buena Vista – Sub and […]
New Manga Releases for the Week of June 16, 2015
This week sees new manga releases from Kodansha Comics, Seven Seas Entertainment, and VIZ Media. Starting with this week’s new releases, I will be featuring a “Pick of the Week.” My choice for this week is the first volume of the Tokyo Ghoul manga series. Tokyo Ghoul Volume 1 by Sui Ishida VIZ Media – […]
VIZ Media Launches the Twin Star Exorcists Manga Series
VIZ Media unleashes the supernatural action manga series, Twin Star Exorcists, on July 7, 2015. Created by Yoshiaki Sukeno, Twin Star Exorcists is rated ‘T’ for Teens and will be published in print with an MSRP of $9.99 U.S. / $12.99 CAN. The series also launches digitally on July 7, 2015 via VIZManga.com and the […]
The 2015 J-Pop Summit Announces Interactive Pop Travel Attractions
The 2015 J-Pop Summit, the Japanese pop culture event held annually in San Francisco, offers a fun and interactive experience of what it’s like to travel to Japan as it announces the Pop Travel Area. The 2015 J-Pop Summit takes places August 8 and 9, 2015 at the historic Fort Mason Center in San Francisco’s […]
New Anime Releases for the Week of June 9, 2015
This week sees new anime releases from FUNimation Entertainment, PONYCAN USA, and Sentai Filmworks. CLAMP Double Feature: Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle and xxxHOLiC Movies S.A.V.E. Edition DVD FUNimation Entertainment – Sub and Dub – MSRP: $9.98 Get it for $11.27 From the sweeping universe of CLAMP, two journeys run parallel yet intersect. As two souls seek […]
Manga Review: Blue Exorcist Volume 13
Blue Exorcist Volume 13 focuses on a high school boy named Rin Okumura and his friends, who all attend True Cross Academy to learn how to become Exorcists. Blue Exorcist Volume 13 Written by: Kazue Kato Publisher: Shueisha English Publisher: VIZ Media Release Date: June 2, 2015 Get it for $7.81! Volume 13 opens with […]
Manga Review: Voice Over! Seiyu Academy Volume 11
Voice Over! Seiyu Academy Volume 11 focuses on Hime Kino, a high school girl who is part of Holly Academy High School’s voice acting department. She has a gruff voice that doesn’t work well for female voice acting roles, but she’s been given a chance at fame by posing as a boy named Shiro in […]
Manga Review: Food Wars! Volume 6
Food Wars! Volume 6 focuses on Soma Yukihira, a boy who dreams of becoming a full-time chef at his father’s restaurant and to surpass his father’s culinary skills. When Soma graduates from middle school his father shuts down the restaurant to cook in America. However, Soma is sent to the Totsuki Culinary Academy, an elite […]
New Manga Releases for the Week of June 9, 2015
This week sees new manga releases from Fantagraphics, Kodansha Comics, Seven Seas Entertainment, and VIZ Media. Arata: The Legend Volume 22 by Yuu Watase VIZ Media – MSRP: $9.99 Get it for $9.13! Desperate to save Kotoha, who hovers near death, Arata and the others decide to enter the town ruled by Ikisu, one of […]
Manga Review: Seraph of the End: Vampire Reign Volume 5
Seraph of the End: Vampire Reign Volume 5 takes place in a world where vampires rule the earth and enslave children to serve as their food source. A boy named Yuichiro escapes from the vampire city, but only after seeing the other orphans he lived with killed in front of him. Unknown to Yuichiro, his […]
VIZ Media Announces the Print Release of the One-Punch Man Manga
VIZ Media delivers the print debut of the One-Punch manga in September 2015 with the release of Volumes 1 and 2. The action-comedy manga series created by writer ONE and artist Yusuke Murata is rated “T” for Teens and the print volumes will carry an MSRP of $9.99 U.S. / $12.99 CAN each. Future print […]
VIZ Media Announces the Release of Tokyo Ghoul
VIZ Media takes readers on an incredible journey into the dark world of the flesh-eating undead that live in secret all around us with the launch of Sui Ishida’s manga series – Tokyo Ghoul – on June 16, 2015. Tokyo Ghoul is rated “T+” and individual volumes will carry a MSRP of $12.99 U.S. / […]
The 2015 J-Pop Summit Presents San Francisco’s First Ever Sake Summit Festival
The 2015 J-Pop Summit, the Japanese pop culture event held annually in San Francisco, is proud to announce the city’s very first Sake Summit, a festival to celebrate Japan’s national spirit taking place in the city’s downtown Union Square Park on the weekend of August 8 and 9, 2015. Organized by the J-Pop Summit Festival […]