How Does An Ordinary Teenager Get Noticed When He Lives In A World Where Everyone Else Is a Crime Fighting Superhero?
San Francisco, CA, August 12, 2015 –
VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), the largest publisher, distributor and
licensor of manga and anime in North America, announces the launch of
creator Kouhei Horikoshi’s brainiac action manga (graphic novel) series – MY HERO ACADEMIA – now available.
MY HERO ACADEMIA is rated ‘T’ for Teens and print volumes carry an MSRP of $9.99 U.S. / $12.99 CAN each. The series is also available digitally via VIZManga.com and the VIZ Manga App and from the Nook, Kobo, Kindle, iBooks, comiXology, and GooglePlay stores. Future English editions of MY HERO ACADEMIA,
which is ongoing in Japan and also serialized in current digital issues
of WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP magazine, will be published bi-annually under VIZ
Media’s Shonen Jump imprint.
What
would the world be like if 80 percent of the population manifested
superpowers called “Quirks”? Heroes and villains would be battling it
out everywhere! Being a hero would mean learning to use your power, but
where would you go to study? The Hero Academy of course! But what would
you do if you were one of the 20 percent who were born Quirkless? Middle
school student Izuku Midoriya wants to be a hero more than anything,
but he hasn’t got an ounce of power in him. With no chance of ever
getting into the prestigious U.A. High School for budding heroes, his
life is looking more and more like a dead end. Then an encounter with
All Might, the greatest hero of them all, gives him a chance to change
his destiny…
“MY
HERO ACADEMIA has been thrilling readers of WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP and has
become the single most requested new series for English publication from
the magazine’s current roster,” says Mike Montesa, Editor. “Readers
will be in for a wild ride in this inventive new series that puts a
fresh spin on the classic superhero concept. Join the action as a
fateful encounter gives young Izuku Midoriya a chance to become part of the next generation of Heroes!”
MY
HERO ACADEMIA creator Kouhei Horikoshi received a Tezuka Award
Honorable Mention in 2006, and after publishing several short stories in
Akamaru Jump, his first serialized work, Oumagadoki Doubutsuen, debuted in Weekly Shonen Jump in 2010. BARRAGE, his second series in Weekly Shonen Jump, was released by VIZ Media; MY HERO ACADEMIA is his third series to appear in Japan in Weekly Shonen Jump.
WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP is
published digitally each week by VIZ Media and features the latest
installments of some of the world’s most popular manga series released
to English readers across North America on the same day as the
magazine’s general print release in Japan. More info is available at: ShonenJump.VIZ.com.
In
addition to the U.S. and Canada, WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP is available to
readers in the U.K., Ireland, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand
at ShonenJump.VIZ.com and through the WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP App for iOS and Android devices.
For more information on WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP and exclusive subscriber offers, please visit shonenjump.viz.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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