VIZ MEDIA PREPARES NORTH AMERICAN FANS FOR HOT NEW MANGA RELEASES FROM SHOJO BEAT AND SHONEN SUNDAY IMPRINTS
New Acquisitions Set To Debut Beginning This Summer Include MIDNIGHT SECRETARY and MAGI
San Francisco, CA, February 14, 2013 – VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media),
the largest publisher, distributor and licensor of manga and anime in
North America, has just announced details on several new forthcoming
manga series acquisitions scheduled to launch beginning this summer and
continuing into the fall.
Four
of the brand new manga titles that will be published under VIZ Media’s
Shojo Beat imprint are HAPPY MARRIAGE?! by creator Maki Enjoji, MIDNIGHT SECRETARY by creator/artist Tomu Ohmi, SWEET REIN from creator Sakura Tsukuba, and VOICE OVER!: SEIYUU ACADEMY by creator/artist Maki Minami. Under the Shonen Sunday imprint, VIZ will publish the popular new series MAGI, by creator Shinobu Ohtaka.
“Summer
and fall are shaping up to be exciting seasons for manga fans as we
preview several notable acquisitions for our Shojo Beat and Shonen
Sunday imprints,” says Leyla Aker, VIZ Media Vice President of
Editorial. “From the odd-couple romances of HAPPY MARRIAGE?! and
MIDNIGHT SECRETARY, to the anime industry-inspired comedy of VOICE
OVER!: SEIYUU ACADEMY, and the supernatural drama of SWEET REIN, there
will be a variety of intriguing new stories in store for our readers.
And if exotic adventure is more your speed, you definitely won’t want to
miss the North American debut of MAGI, the manga series that’s the
basis for the popular anime.”
New Shojo Beat Manga Acquisitions:
HAPPY MARRIAGE?! · Rated “M” for Mature ·
MSRP: $9.99 U.S. / $12.99 CAN · Available August 6, 2013
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?!
MIDNIGHT SECRETARY · Rated “M” for Mature ·
MSRP: $9.99 U.S. / $12.99 CAN · Available September 3, 2013
Kaya
Satozuka is a brilliant secretary who excels at her job, which is why
she doesn’t bat an eye when she’s assigned to be personal secretary to
Kyohei Touma, the very difficult managing director of Touma Foods. It
doesn’t faze her when her new boss seems determined to make her fail,
and she even manages to take it in stride when she discovers the secret
behind his prickly behavior…he’s a vampire! But while Kaya easily adapts
to late nights and keeping a schedule of his “dinner dates,” will her
ultra-competence help when Kyohei’s smoldering gaze starts turning her
way?!
VOICE OVER!: SeiYUU ACADEMY · Rated “T” for Teens ·
MSRP: $9.99 U.S. / $12.99 CAN · Available October 1, 2013
Hime
Kino’s dream is to one day perform voice acting like her hero, Sakura
Aoyama, from the Lovely Blazer anime. So getting accepted to the
prestigious Hiragi Academy’s voice actor department is the first step in
the right direction! But on her first day of class she meets Sakura’s
grouchy son, Senri, who tells Hime that her voice is awful and Lovely
Blazers is stupid. Hime will not let that stand unchallenged. She’ll
show everyone that she IS a voice-acting princess, whether they like it
or not!!
SWEET REIN · Rated ‘T+’ for Older Teens ·
MSRP: $9.99 U.S. / $12.99 CAN · Available November 5, 2013
Sad
at the thought of spending Christmas alone, Kurumi goes out for a walk.
While she’s crossing the street, a boy bumps into her and a rein
suddenly appears that binds them together. The overjoyed boy tells her
she’s his master, and that she’s a Santa Claus. Kurumi dismisses him as a
crazy person, but then he transforms into a reindeer?!
New Shonen Sunday Manga Acquisition:
MAGI · Rated ‘T’ for Teens · MSRP: $9.99 U.S. / $12.99 CAN ·
Available August 13, 2013
Deep
within the deserts lie the mysterious Dungeons, vast stores of riches
open 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.
Together with the genie Hugo and his friend, Ali Baba, Aladdin sets out
to find his fortune in the depths of the endless dunes…
More information on Shojo Beat manga titles is available at: ShojoBeat.com.
Additional information on Shonen Sunday manga titles is available at: ShonenSunday.com.
For information on other manga titles from VIZ Media, please visit www.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 INUYASHA, 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
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