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VIZ Media, LLC is an American entertainment company headquartered in San Francisco, California, focused on publishing manga, and distribution and licensing Japanese anime, films, and television series. The company was founded in 1986 as VIZ, LLC.
Published bi-monthly, Koneko talks about Japanese pop culture, and has news about the newest anime & manga series that come out from Japan. [36] [6] RAN: Spanish: Argentina: 1994 1998 Bi-Monthly Independent RAN (acronym of Robot Argentino Nipón) was a magazine about Japanese animation. It started as a fanzine and gained a more professional ...
In 2002 Viz began publishing a monthly American edition of the famous Japanese "phone book"-style manga anthology Shōnen Jump featuring some of the most popular manga titles from Japan, including Dragon Ball Z, Naruto, Bleach and One Piece. Its circulation far surpassed that of previous American manga anthologies, reaching 180,000 in 2005. [45]
Based on Shueisha's popular Japanese magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump, Weekly Shonen Jump is an attempt to provide English readers with easily accessible, affordable, and officially licensed editions of the latest installments of popular Shōnen Jump manga soon after their release in Japan, as an alternative to popular bootleg scanlation services.
As of February 2025, twenty-eight volumes have been released in Japan. Viz Media has licensed the series, [ 1 ] and currently twenty-seven volumes have been released in English. Volume list
First Volume of One Piece, released in Japan by Shueisha on December 24, 1997 One Piece is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Eiichiro Oda which has been translated into various languages and spawned a substantial media franchise, including animated and live action television series, films, video games, and associated music and merchandise. It follows the adventures of the ...
In 2011, Naruto helped Viz Media generate $200 million in annual licensed merchandise sales. [96] By 2019, Viz Media has sold more than 3 million Naruto anime home video units, while the anime is also a top digital streaming performer on Hulu. [97] Naruto: Shippuden has been ranked several times as one of the most watched series in Japan.
Shojo Beat is a shōjo manga magazine formerly published in North America by Viz Media.Launched in June 2005 as a sister magazine for Shonen Jump, it featured serialized chapters from six manga series, as well as articles on Japanese culture, manga, anime, fashion and beauty.