Based on Novel
July 16, 2009
Viz Pictures has acquired rights to the combat action comedy Battle League Horumo.
Live Action Trilogy Based on Urasawa Manga
July 7, 2009
Viz Pictures has licensed all three live action films based on Naoki Urasawa’s 20th Century Boys.
30 Volumes in Six Months
July 6, 2009
Viz Media is going to do an accelerated release for the One Piece manga in order to get release dates in North America closer to the release dates in Japan .
At the New York Asian Film Festival
June 20, 2009
Viz Pictures, an is premiering Shimako Sako’s K-20: The Fiend With 20 Faces at the New York Asian Film Festival.
Top Three Series
June 10, 2009
Viz Media is launching a Viz Media channel in the anime category of PlayStation Networks’ video delivery service.
Five Series Planned
May 21, 2009
Viz Media has soft-launched a Webcomics site tied to Ikki , a monthly magazine from Shogakukan in Japan, and its Viz Signature line of graphic novels here in North America.
In 'Difficult Economic Climate'
May 19, 2009
Viz Media has confirmed that the July 2009 issue of Shojo Beat will be the last.
At 500 TWE Stores
April 22, 2009
Viz Media has launched a promotion at 500 Suncoast and FYE stores through which fans that buy $20 worth of Naruto Shippuden merchandise receive a free DVD sampler disc.
In Coming Months
April 17, 2009
Five Viz anime series will launch on the Funimation Channel in the next few months.
Junior Novel, Chapter & Sticker Books
March 3, 2009
Viz Media has published a number of books that tie-in with the 20th Century Fox film Dragonball: Evolution.
