An ICv2 Release. ICv2 is launching a week of special manga content on ICv2, sponsored by VIZ Media and Dark Horse Comics. The special content will include market info, interviews, news, and special features.
"We've got great content planned for this year's Manga Week," ICv2 President Milton Griepp said. "We've been doing this event for several years, and this year's is shaping up to be the best yet. We want to thank our sponsors, VIZ Media and Dark Horse, for supporting this opportunity to delve into this important category in more depth."
ICv2's Manga Week kicks off with a two-part interview with VIZ Senior Director--Sales and Marketing Kevin Hamric, in which he talks about the manga market overall, and the surge in sales of manga directed at female readers in comic stores, (see "Interview with VIZ's Kevin Hamric, Part 1"); reveals what he believes will be the company's #1 release of 2015, and talks about the exciting changes in the anime market (see "Interview with VIZ's Kevin Hamric, Part 2").
An interview with Dark Horse Comics CEO Mike Richardson will appear later in the week.
If you have news on manga we should be covering, please send us a tip at Tips@icv2.com. If you've got a comment on what's happening in manga, please send it to Comments@icv2.com.
Interviews, News, Market Info, More
Posted by ICv2 on March 9, 2015 @ 3:45 am CT
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