VIZ MEDIA AND COMIXOLOGY EXPAND DIGITAL MANGA CATALOG IN MASSIVE NEW CONTENT UPDATE WITH BOOKS FROM SHOGAKUKAN
ComiXology,
The Revolutionary Cloud-Based Digital Comics Platform, Adds More Than
650 New VIZ Media Manga Volumes Including New Additions To Continuing
Titles And Entire Runs Of Legacy Fan-Favorites
Today,
over 650 new manga volumes, spanning more than 65 acclaimed series, and
all in English, have been added to the comiXology platform for manga
fans to browse, buy and enjoy. Many VIZ Media series are now available
in their entirety and span an extremely diverse range of adventure,
action, sci-fi, horror, mystery, and romance genres. New volumes of
fan-favorite continuing series are added to comiXology each week as part
of VIZ Media’s regular weekly digital manga update schedule. Please
visit www.comixology.com for more information.
All
the new VIZ Media manga titles found in this massive update were
originally published in Japan by Shogakukan, Inc., a VIZ Media parent
company and one of Japan’s biggest publishing companies. This latest
comiXology content update makes more than 1,100 VIZ Media manga volumes
across more than 190 different series available. Readers can enjoy all
these acclaimed releases using comiXology’s Manga Fixed Format, which
enables a dedicated right-to-left full-page reading experience and the
highest resolution pages available.
“With
this latest update manga fans now have even more to love with these VIZ
Media Shogakukan books,” said comiXology CEO and co-founder David
Steinberger. “VIZ Media’s huge library of classic and fan-favorite
series offer something for every reader and every week we’re bringing
even more to the comiXology platform.”
“The
latest titles to join comiXology’s catalog substantially expands the
VIZ Media roster of series available through the platform, and we are
thrilled to deepen our relationship with this innovative platform and
offer so much exciting new content to fans,” says Eric Eberhardt, VIZ
Media’s Director of Digital Marketing. “Readers are increasingly
enjoying their favorite titles digitally, and comiXology has become a
great destination for them to access a broad array of content. This
latest update provides the latest installments for scores of continuing
VIZ Media series and the complete runs of dozens of other acclaimed
legacy titles.”
New and notable VIZ Media manga series now available on comiXology include:
MAGI Vols. 1-10 · Rated ‘T’ for Teens · Continuing Series
Deep
within the desert lie the mysterious Dungeons, vast stores of riches
there for the taking by anyone lucky enough to find them and brave
enough to venture into the depths from where few have ever returned.
Plucky young adventurer Aladdin means to find the Dungeons and their
riches, but Aladdin may be just as mysterious as the treasures he
seeks.
CASE CLOSED Vols. 1-53 · Rated ‘T+’ for Older Teens · Continuing Series
Jimmy
Kudo, the son of a world-renowned mystery writer, is a high school
detective who has cracked the most baffling of cases. One day while on a
date with his childhood friend Rachel Moore, Jimmy observes a pair of
men in black involved in some shady business. The men capture Jimmy and
give him a poisonous substance to rub out their witness. But instead of
killing him, it turns him into a little kid! Jimmy takes on the
pseudonym Conan Edogawa and continues to solve all the difficult cases
that come his way. All the while, he's looking for the men in black and
the mysterious organization they're with in order to find a cure for his
miniature malady.
BLACK BIRD Vols. 1-18 · Rated ‘T’ for Teens · Complete Series
There
is a world of myth and magic that intersects ours, and only a special
few can see it. Misao Harada is one such person, and she wants nothing
to do with magical realms. She just wants to have a normal high school
life and maybe get a boyfriend. But she is the bride of demon prophecy,
and her blood grants incredible powers, her flesh immortality. Now the
demon realm is fighting over the right to her hand...or her life!
THE DRIFTING CLASSROOM Vols. 1-10 · Rated ‘M’ for Mature Readers ·
Complete Series
Out
of nowhere, a Japanese elementary school is transported into a hostile
world. Soon, the students and teachers must struggle to survive in
impossible conditions, besieged by terrifying creatures and beset by
madness. Part horror, part science fiction, THE DRIFTING CLASSROOM is a classic can't-put-down manga series from horror manga master Kazuo Umezu.
HAPPY MARRIAGE?! Vols. 1-10 · Rated ‘M’ for Mature Readers ·
Complete Series
In
order to help her father, Chiwa Takanashi agrees to an arranged
marriage with the company president, Hokuto Mamiya – a man she doesn’t
know – at the request of Hokuto’s grandfather. Chiwa believes the
arrangement isn’t binding, but her new partner seems to think otherwise.
Can two strangers living together find their way to a happy marriage?!
ITSUWARIBITO Vols. 1-13 · Rated ‘T+’ for Older Teens · Continuing Series
Utsuho’s
truthfulness as a child resulted in an enormous catastrophe, and he
decided to lie from that day forward. Raised in a village of orphans by a
monk, Utsuho is an unrepentant troublemaker. The monk eventually
inspires him to help people, but there’s no way Utsuho’s going to lead
an honest life! Instead, he’s going to use his talents for mischief and
deception for good!
MIDNIGHT SECRETARY Vols. 1-7 · Rated ‘M’ for Mature Readers ·
Complete Series
Kaya
Satozuka prides herself on being an excellent secretary and a
consummate professional, so she doesn’t even bat an eye when she’s
reassigned to the office of her company’s difficult director, Kyohei
Touma. He’s as prickly – and hot – as rumors paint him, but Kaya is
unfazed…until she discovers that he’s a vampire!!
With
over 50,000 comics, manga, and graphic novels from more than 75
publishers, comiXology offers one of the biggest selection of digital
comics in the world. ComiXology’s immense catalog and cinematic Guided
View reading experience makes it the best digital platform for comic,
manga and graphic novel fans worldwide. Fans can discover favorite
comics, manga and graphic novels at comixology.com and also try the comiXology app available on all major mobile platforms.
About comiXology
ComiXology,
an Amazon.com, Inc. subsidiary (NASDAQ:AMZN), has revolutionized the
comic book and graphic novel industry by delivering a cloud-based
digital comics platform that makes discovering, buying, and reading
comics more fun than ever before. ComiXology’s Guided View reading
technology transforms the comic book medium into an immersive and
cinematic experience, helping comiXology become a top ten grossing iPad
app in 2011 and 2012 and the top grossing non-game iPad app in 2012 and
2013. Offering the broadest library of comic book content from over 75
publishers – and independent creators as well – comiXology will not stop
until everyone on the face of the planet has become a comic book fan.
ComiXology is based in New York City, with operations in Los Angeles and
Paris. For more information visit www.comixology.com.
About VIZ Media, LLC
Headquartered
in San Francisco, California, VIZ Media distributes, markets and
licenses the best anime and manga titles direct from Japan. Owned by
three of Japan's largest manga and animation companies, Shueisha Inc.,
Shogakukan Inc., and Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions, Co., Ltd., VIZ
Media has the most extensive library of anime and manga for English
speaking audiences in North America, the United Kingdom, Ireland and
South Africa. With its popular digital manga anthology WEEKLY SHONEN
JUMP and blockbuster properties like NARUTO, BLEACH and ONE PIECE, VIZ
Media offers cutting-edge action, romance and family friendly properties
for anime, manga, science fiction and fantasy fans of all ages. VIZ
Media properties are available as graphic novels, DVDs, animated
television series, feature films, downloadable and streaming video and a
variety of consumer products. Learn more about VIZ Media, anime and
manga at www.VIZ.com.
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