The nominees for the 2017 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards have been announced.

ICv2 caught up with VIZ Media Vice President – Publishing Leyla Aker to talk about what Viz is seeing in the kids’ market, what’s selling, and what’s coming.

It’s not a great week for home entertainment releases, but there are some offerings of wildly varying quality including an unjustly maligned movie with a major appeal to dog owners, the third movie in the Ring horror film franchise, a low-price edition of the science fiction series The 4400 , and a wonderful, wordless animated film The Red Turtle , which was co-produced by Studio Ghibli.

Dyskami Publishing Company has announced a new license with Toei Animation Inc. to produce a line of tabletop games based on the hit anime series Sailor Moon Crystal.

There aren’t a lot of home entertainment releases this week, but there are some choice ones including La La Land , the fifth Underworld action horror film, the first seasons of the gritty TNT series Animal Kingdom and anime One-Punch Man .

Seven Seas Entertainment has announced multiple licenses for English manga and light novel series coming later this year.

During Sakura-Con 2017 in Seattle, Yen Press announced a number of new acquisitions.

Japanime Games has announced its 2017 game releases.

This week’s home entertainment offerings include a controversial adaptation of one of the most acclaimed storylines in the DC Comics universe, a hugely successful horror/thriller from M. Knight Shyamalan, a new edition of a long out of print Sailor Moon movie, the U.S. disc debut of an excellent Studio Ghibli film from the 1990s, and the first season of a popular new anime superhero series.

Gen Con has announced expanded exhibition and event space will be used at the Lucas Oil Stadium, including a special showcase recreating the first Gen Con.