VIZ Media has announced several new manga titles for 2014, along with updated info on some previously announced titles.
 
Terra Formars by Yu Sasuga, with illustration by Kenichi Tachibana, is a buzz title in Japan this year (though the series has been running in Weekly Young Jump since 2011), appearing on several Top Titles lists.  The sci-fi horror story follows the crew of the second manned mission to Mars, which humanity has been attempting to terraform (with the help of giant cockroaches).  Terra Formars Vol. 1 releases on July 15, and Vol. 2 will follow on September 16. Both have an MSRP of $12.99.
 
VIZ also plans to release new omnibus editions of Naoki Urasawa’s classic psychological/ medical crime manga Monster, the award winning and critically acclaimed series which was released here by Viz in eighteen volumes from 2004-2008. The series has been adapted into a Madhouse anime series (see “Viz Media Presenting 'Hunter x Hunter' & 'Monster' Anime Series”) and Guillermo del Toro is currently developing a live-action series for HBO (see “Del Toro on 'Monster'”).  Monster, Vol. 1: The Perfect Edition will be released on July 15. The 426-page volume carries an MSRP of $19.99.
 
VIZ will begin releasing Arina Tanemura’s shojo manga series Phantom Thief Jeanne in March. Tanemura (The Legend of Princess Sakura, The Gentlemen’s Alliance)  is a well-known manga-ka, and “Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne” which ran in Ribon from 1998 to 2000, was adapted by Toei Animation into a 44-episode anime. The fantasy series follows a high school girl who is the reincarnation of Jeanne D'Arc and transforms into a phantom thief-magical girl to recover scattered art works that contain pieces of God’s power to save them from demons.  Phantom Thief Jeanne Vol. 1 will release on March 4, followed by Vol. 2 on May 6, Vol. 3 on July 1, and Vol. 4 on September 2. MSRP on all volumes is $10.99.
 
Other releases already announced include VIZ’s planned U.S. relaunch of the  Ranma ½  property in 2014, with the Ranma 1/2 (2-in-1 Edition): Vol. 1 releasing March 11 (see “Restored 'Ranma ½'”).
 
Dragon Ball Full Color, Vol. 1 by Akira Toriyama was announced back in July (see “Viz Media Adds 'Deadman Wonderland,' 'Gangsta' Mangas “).  Vol.1 will be released on February 4, Vol. 2 on April 1, and Vol. 3: Saiyan Arc on June 3.  MSRP on all three is $19.99.
 
From VIZ’s Haikasoru sci-fi literary imprint, they will release All You Need is Kill, both as an OGN and in novel form as a special movie tie with Edge of Tomorrow (see “The 'All You Need is Kill' Adaptation: Live, Die, Repeat”). The Edge of Tomorrow book will release on April 29 with an MSRP of $7.99 and the OGN will release May 6 with an MSRP of $14.99.