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Viz Media - Wikipedia. Coordinates: 3. 7°4. N1. 22°2. 5′0. 1″W / 3. N 1. 22. 4. 17. 06°W / 3. VIZ Media LLC is a Japanese- American manga, anime and entertainment company headquartered in San Francisco, California. It was founded in 1. VIZ LLC. In 2. 00.

VIZ LLC and Sho. Pro Entertainment merged to form the current VIZ Media LLC, which is jointly owned by Japanese publishers Shueisha, Shogakukan and Shogakukan- Shueisha Productions (Sho. Pro).[3]Early history[edit]Seiji Horibuchi, originally from Tokushima Prefecture in Shikoku, moved to California in 1.

After living in the mountains for almost two years, he moved to San Francisco, where he started a business exporting American cultural items to Japan, and became a writer of cultural information. He also became interested in publishing Japanese manga in the United States, though he himself was not a fan of Japanese comics until a visit to Japan in 1.

Katsuhiro Otomo's single- volume title Domu: A Child's Dream. His idea came to fruition after he met Masahiro Ohga, then managing director of Shogakukan, in 1. Shogakukan provided Horibuchi with $2. Horibuichi used in 1. VIZ Communications.[4].

The exterior of Viz Media's former headquarters in San Francisco, California. VIZ Communications released its first titles in 1. Legend of Kamui, however sales were mediocre due to the specialist comic market being adverse to venturing into new territory. To counteract this problem, VIZ expanded into the general publishing business and began publishing various art related books in 1. Into these titles, Horibuchi began publishing manga, calling them graphic novels so they would be carried by mainstream bookstores. The plan worked and after several years, leading booksellers began to have dedicated shelves for manga titles. Sales also picked up when VIZ Communications acquired the license for the comedy series Ranma ½, which became an instant hit.[4]The company continued to see success when it expanded into the anime distribution market, began publishing Shonen Jump, an English adaptation of the popular Japanese magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump.

It also acquired another huge selling title, Inu. Yasha. In the late 1. VIZ began making the push to move into the European and South American markets.[4]Shueisha co- ownership and mergers: 2. When Shueisha became a joint owner of Viz Media in 2. Shogakukan and Shueisha began to release manga exclusively through Viz. Shueisha's deal with Viz may have been prompted by competition with Raijin Comics, a rival manga publisher created in 2.

Shueisha, taking their properties with them. Some exceptions to this exclusivity exist, however: Shueisha permitted DC Comics's subsidiary CMX Manga to license Tenjho Tenge (although it was later re- licensed and re- released by VIZ Media) and Kamikaze Kaito Jeanne, permitted Dark Horse Comics to license Gantz, Lady Snowblood, Shadow Lady, The Monkey King, and recently Yasuhiro Nightow's Blood Blockade Battlefront and CLAMP's Gate 7. Shueisha also permitted Seven Seas Entertainment to license Hayate X Blade, and permitted Tokyopop to license Kodocha, Marmalade Boy and Digimon Next and will allow Kodansha USA to license the Battle Angel Alita manga in America. Shogakukan permitted Tokyopop to license Corrector Yui, the now- defunct Comics.

One to license Wounded Man - The White Haired Demon, permitted Dark Horse Comics to license Crying Freeman (even though it was previously licensed by VIZ) and recently New Lone Wolf and Cub (however, this is because Dark Horse has the original series) and The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, and permitted Hachette Book Group's subsidiary Yen Press to license Azumanga Daioh, My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU and Cirque du Freak (however for Cirque du Freak, this is because their sister company publishes the original novels. For Azumanga Daioh, Yen Press's license of the manga was a month before Shogakukan reprinted the manga in May 2. ASCII Media Works (when Yen Press announced the license) to Shogakukan (when Yen Press released it). The Yen Press edition is a newly translated and lettered version of ADV Manga's edition (taken from ASCII Media Works) as opposed to the 3- volume edition by Shogakukan. Yen Press has expressed interest in releasing the 3- volume edition although editor Kurt Hassler said he is not "sure this will be possible.", possibly because of the fact that Shogakukan owns Viz and that they almost exclusively license their titles to them.). In March 2. 01. 0, Shogakukan began a partnership with Fantagraphics Books to issue a line of manga to be edited by Matt Thorn. In 2. 00. 3, possibly in response to Shogakukan and Shueisha's co- ownership of VIZ, Japanese publisher Kodansha formed a co- venture with Del Rey.[6]In 2.

VIZ Communications was merged with Sho. Pro Entertainment, funding company Shogakukan's American distribution division.

Horibuchi became the new company's chairman.[citation needed] In 2. Horibuchi started a related division, Viz Pictures, for releasing selected live- action films in the US to theaters and DVD.[7]On December 1. Viz Media announced that starting on April 1, 2. Warner Home Video would be handling the distribution of both its new and existing catalog releases. Viz itself is still the licensor and will do all production, while tapping the distribution powerhouse that distributes the works of other major companies such as BBC, National Geographic Channel, and Cartoon Network. Viz President and CEO Hidemi Fukuhara stated that he believes the partnership will help the company grow its anime holdings more effectively.[8]On February 2.

Viz Media laid off an unknown number of employees in order to help be more streamlined to face the current economic climate.[9] On May 1. VIZ Media again laid off a number of workers, 6.

This time they released a press release claiming that none of their current product lines would be affected.[1. In April 2. 01. 2, it was announced that the Senior Vice- President and General Manager of Viz Media Ken Sasaki would be succeeding executive producer Hidemi Fukuhara as President and CEO; Fukuhara will subsequently take up the position of Vice- President at the end of the month.[1. Manga ratings[edit]In contrast to similar TV and film ratings, Viz also has set up certain "manga ratings" for their products based on their content.[1. A (All Ages): Suitable for readers of all ages. Such titles may contain little or no objectionable content.

Some, however, may contain mild language and fantasy violence but no swearing or nudity. T (Teen): 1. 3 years or Older. May be suitable for early teens and older. Such titles may contain violence, blood, use of strong language, suggestive themes or situations, crude humor, alcohol and/tobacco use, which some people may find inappropriate. T+ (Older Teen): 1.

May be suitable for older teens and adults. Such titles may contain intense violence, sexual content, nudity, frequent strong language, alcohol, tobacco and/or other substance use. M (Mature Readers): Suitable for 1.

Such titles may contain much more extreme violence, mature themes, and graphic depictions. Despite its name, Viz's manga ratings were also used on licensed anime titles, though, in the later 2.

Reception[edit]Viz Media was awarded the Manga Publisher of the Year Gem Award by Diamond Comic Distributors in 2. VIZ keeps on publishing many titles, some of the most popular including: Dragon Ball, One Piece, Detective Conan (as Case Closed), Bleach, Inu.

Yasha, and Naruto which results a high success of the company as well as a large amount of the North American readers. Viz also received an award for Manga Trade Paperback of the Year for its release of the fourteenth volume of the Naruto series.[1. Watch The Suicide Shop The Cartoon Full Version. Publication style[edit]By 2. VIZ Communications kept some publications in the original right- to- left format, while in other publications it mirrored pages from Japan's right- to- left reading format to fit the Western left- to- right reading style.

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