Viz announced it has secured North American television, home video, and non-videogame merchandising rights to the Blue Dragon anime series, which premiered on Japanese television April 7th. Blue Dragon is based on the XBox 360 game developed by Hironobu Sakaguchi (creator of Final Fantasy), which has been selling in
Blue Dragon is produced by Studio Pierrot (Naruto, Bleach) and has characters by Akira Toriyama (Dragon Ball manga). The storyline follows Seven Soldiers of Light who must tap into their inner Shadows to overthrow a despot and bring peace to their land.
Blue Dragon television broadcast and other Viz licensing partners are expected to be announced shortly.
