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VIZ Media has announced that it has expanded its relationship with the digital reading platform, OverDrive. An impressive collection of newly added digital manga titles by some of the genre’s most popular and renowned creators are now available at participating public and school libraries in the United States and Canada on the platform.
OverDrive is a leading digital reading platform, supplying the industry’s largest catalog of eBooks, audiobooks, streaming video and periodicals to 36,000 libraries, schools and retailers worldwide, including 90 percent of all public libraries in the U.S.
New VIZ Media /Overdrive manga series include:
And scores more!
Additional manga titles will continue to be added throughout 2017.
VIZ Media detailed a bevy of publishing acquisitions during its official panel event held this past weekend at the 2016 Anime Expo in Los Angeles, CA.
VIZ Media delighted manga readers as it detailed a host of upcoming new titles to be published under the company’s various imprints. The new series include the continuation of Akira Toriyama’s seminal series, Dragon Ball, in the new Dragon Ball Super. The landmark shojo series Revolutionary Girl Utena returns in a deluxe complete manga box set. Shojo readers also will not want to miss The Water Dragon’s Bride, a brand new work by the creator of Dawn of the Arcana. Delighting sci-fi fans, VIZ Media announced the debut later this year of the mecha action manga Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt. The company also announced Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V and the release of Rurouni Kenshin in new 3-in-1 omnibus editions.
New VIZ Signature Acquisition:
MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM THUNDERBOLT · Available Fall 2016
Story & Art by Yasuo Ohtagaki, Original Concept by Hajime Yatate and Yoshiyuki Tomino
An epic story of war and survival set in the legendary Gundam universe! In the Universal Century year 0079, humanity is divided between Earth and huge space colonies known as Sides. The colony known as Side 3 proclaims independence as the Principality of Zeon, and declares war on the Earth Federation. As the conflict nears the one-year mark, the Earth Federation and the forces of Zeon are locked in a fierce battle for the Thunderbolt Sector, an area of space scarred by the wreckage of destroyed colonies.
New Shonen Jump Acquisitions:
DRAGON BALL SUPER · Available Spring 2017
Story by Akira Toriyama, Story & Art by Toyotaro
Goku’s adventure from the bestselling classic manga DRAGON BALL continues in this new series! Ever since Goku became Earth’s greatest hero and gathered the seven Dragon Balls to defeat the evil Boo, his life on Earth has grown a little dull. But new threats loom overhead, and Goku and his friends will have to defend the planet once again!
RUROUNI KENSHIN 3-in-1 · Available Winter 2017
By Nobuhiro Watsuki
Experience the beloved samurai action series in bargain 3-in-1 omnibus editions! Action, romance, and historical intrigue help make Nobuhiro Watsuki’s Rurouni Kenshin, the tale of a wandering swordsman set against the backdrop of the Meiji Restoration, one of the most popular Shonen Jump titles of all time.
YU-GI-OH! ARC V · Available Spring 2017
Original Concept by Kazuki Takahashi, Production Support by Studio Dice, Story by Shin Yoshida, Art by Naohito Miyoshi, Duel Composition by Masahiro Hikokubo
The latest series based on the hit collectible card game! Action Duels have become a global sensation, but what is the dark secret behind them that threatens to destroy the world? Exclusive rare card inside (limited to first printing).
New Shojo Beat Acquisitions
REVOLUTIONARY GIRL UTENA Deluxe Box Set · Available Spring 2017
Story and Art by Chiho Saito, Created by Be-Papas
The entire series of Revolutionary Girl Utena plus The Adolescence of Utena are collected into two hardcover omnibus volumes with color pages of the original covers and poster in this long-awaited collector’s set. Utena strives to be strong and noble like the childhood prince she yearns to meet again. But when she finds herself seduced into the twisted duels of Ohtori Academy, can she become the prince she’s been waiting for?
THE WATER DRAGON’S BRIDE · Available Spring 2017
By Rei Toma
The newest fantasy adventure romance by the bestselling author of DAWN OF THE ARCANA (also published by VIZ Media)! In the blink of an eye, a modern-day girl named Asahi is whisked away from her warm and happy home and stranded in a strange and mysterious world where she is sacrificed to a water dragon god! What plans are in store for her, and what will happen when she comes face to face with this god?
Digital Manga Updates for 2nd Half of May Include Continuation Of Monday 40% Promo on Select Volume 1 Titles, HONEY AND CLOVER Debut
VIZ Media rounds out the month of May with big news for WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP ALPHA members as it debuts in today’s issue the new RUROUNI KENSHIN manga (graphic novel) reboot – RUROUNI KENSHIN: RESTORATION.
RUROUNI KENSHIN: RESTORATION will be serialized once a month in WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP ALPHA. To celebrate the upcoming live action movie, Nobuhiro Watsuki, the original creator of RURUNI KENSHIN (published by VIZ Media in North America, rated ‘T’ for Older Teens) reinvented his classic manga with all-new twists and turns. Action, romance, and historical intrigue abound in RUROUNI KENSHIN: RESTORATION, the tale of a wandering swordsman during Japan’s chaotic Meiji Restoration. Join Kenshin, Kaoru, Yahiko and others as they take up their swords once again!
Each new digital edition of WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP ALPHA treats manga fans across North America to the latest chapters of some of the world’s most popular manga series only two weeks after they debut in Japan’s massively popular WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP magazine.
WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP ALPHA is available through an annual membership that provides 52 weeks of digital access to 48 weekly issues for just $25.99. Single issues of WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP ALPHA can be read for four weeks for only $0.99. Each issue may be read on VIZManga.com/sj-weekly, and also on the updated VIZ Manga App for iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch. WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP ALPHA members also receive an annual collector’s yearbook, 4 Yu-Gi-Oh! cards throughout the year delivered to your door, and access to exclusive content, including creator interviews and exclusive videos.
VIZ Media also continues its special May manga promotion on VIZManga.com and the VIZ MANGA App for the Apple iPad®, iPhone® and iPod® touch, offering a 40% off discount on five select Volume 1 digital titles (Reg. MSRP: $4.99, Sale Price: $2.99) each Monday through the end of the month.
Discount Manga Titles for May 21st Include:
HIKARU NO GO Vol. 1 · Rated ‘A’ for All Ages
NURA: RISE OF THE YOKAI CLAN Vol. 1 · Rated ‘T’ for Teens
ROSARIO + VAMPIRE Vol. 1 · Rated ‘T+’ for Older Teens
RUROUNI KENSHIN Vol. 1 · Rated ‘T+’ for Older Teens
TEGAMI BACHI Vol. 1 · Rated ‘T’ for Teens
Discount Manga Titles for May 28th Include:
BLEACH Vol. 1 · Rated ‘T’ for Teens
CLAYMORE Vol. 1 · Rated ‘T+’ for Older Teens
DRAGON BALL Vol. 1 · Rated ‘T+’ for Older Teens
KEKKAISHI Vol. 1 · Rated ‘T’ for Teens
THE PRINCE OF TENNIS Vol. 1 · Rated ‘A’ for All Ages
Finally, in addition to updates to 19 other series, shojo fans can look forward to the debut on May 28th of HONEY AND CLOVER (rated ‘T+’ for Older Teens). Created by Chica Umino. the story follows Takemoto, a sophomore art student in Tokyo, who thinks his greatest worries in life are finding ways to eat more meat and getting to class on time. But with friends like his, life is never going to be that tame.
The VIZ MANGA APP is available for free through the iTunes Store and all manga volumes are generally available for purchase and download in the U.S. and Canada within the application for $4.99 (U.S. / CAN) per volume. More than 55 series and 500+ volumes are currently available for download.
VIZ Media’s multiple digital manga platforms allow for universal access to read manga from an iPhone, iPod touch, iPad, and now, on VIZManga.com for desktop/laptop PC-enabled computers as well as Android-powered devices with built-in web browsers. The free VIZ Manga App is the top application for reading manga and features a rapidly growing library of the most popular manga series in the world. For more information, please visit VIZManga.com or www.VIZ.com/apps.
For more information on WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP ALPHA and exclusive subscriber offers, please visit SJAlpha.com.
