The 26-episode anime based on the Top Cow's Witchblade is set to debut in Japan in April.

Dark Horse has announced that Timothy Truman will take over the writing of the monthly Conan series with issue #33.

Timur Bekmambetov has signed on to direct an adaptation of Mark Millar and JG Jones' Wanted comic book series for Universal.

New York Comic-Con has announced that Neal Adams and Jim Steranko will join Kevin Smith, Jim Lee, Brad Meltzer, Todd McFarlane, and Joe Quesada as Guests of Honor at the inaugural show.

In Part 4, we talk about American manga- and anime-influenced productions, and the bookstore, mass merchant, and comic store channels for manga.

In Part 3, we talk about cut and uncut anime editions, fan downloads, and DVD pricing.

In Part 2, we talk about the Viz consumers, manga production and frequency, and Viz's intellectual property launch strategy.

We recently spoke to Liza Coppola, Viz Media Vice President Sales and Marketing, about the North American manga and anime markets and Viz's place in them. In Part 1, we talk about Viz's TV-driven hits, the openings for shojo in the U.S. market, and the Viz anthology titles.

In January Bandai America is launching a new line of 1.5-inch T een Titans Comic Game Heroes, which come with a game component .

Bill Jemas is launching a new comic book imprint -- Hyp-No-Tech.