We recently caught up with Viz Senior Vice President Liza Coppola to discuss the current state of the manga and anime markets, and what's coming from Viz. In Part 3, we talk about the anime market, including the relatively nascent shojo market, the sales channels for anime, Viz's live action program, and the comparison between the Japanese and American markets.

In Part 2, we talk about Viz's manga anthologies, the plans for Naruto in 2008, the 'next Naruto,' and Viz's fiction program.

In Part 1, we talk about the manga market in the states, where it's sold, the number of releases in 2007 and 2008, and OEL manga.

Viz is conducting a promotion with Langer Juice surrounding the release of the Naruto the Movie: Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow DVD.

Viz has announced the English language voice cast for its biggest release of the fall, the Death Note Vol. 1 DVD.

In Part 3, we talk about DC's investment in Japan, and how that relates to its strategy for a flow of content for its CMX line, the launch of DC's new Minx imprint, and the opportunities for cross-fertilization of content and customers with MMORPGs.

Three retail chains will offer exclusive versions of the Naruto the Movie DVD.

ICv2 has learned that ADV will take over sales, marketing, and distribution functions for all Geneon titles effective October 1st.

Viz Pictures has announced plans to release the live action movie based on Aya Nakahara's shojo manga, Love*Com .

The launch issue of Thor , which shipped with three covers during July, topped comic sales to comic stores in July with over 165,000 copies sold.