VIZ MEDIA CELEBRATES THE RETURN OF
HUNTER X HUNTER MANGA SERIES TO THE PAGES OF WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP
The
World’s Leading Digital Manga Anthology Debuts The Imaginative
Bestselling Action/Adventure Series In June; New Exclusive Collectable
YU-GI-OH! Trading Card Also Announced For WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP Subscribers
San Francisco, CA, April 29, 2014 – VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media),
the largest publisher, distributor and licensor of manga and anime in
North America, delivers exciting news to manga (graphic novel) fans as
it announces the return of Yoshihiro Togashi's acclaimed action/adventure, HUNTER X HUNTER.
The continuing series has been on hiatus, but returns on Monday, June 2nd with the simultaneous release of brand new chapters of a new story arc in the Japanese version of Weekly Shonen Jump
as well as the North American digital counterpart that is published by
VIZ Media. Catch the latest English issues of WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP at http://shonenjump.viz.com.
VIZ
Media also delights North American WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP readers and
subscribers with the announcement of the release of a brand new
collectable YU-GI-OH! trading card. The latest card, Black Luster Soldier - Envoy of the Evening Twilight will be mailed to current subscribers in early August.
In the HUNTER X HUNTER manga series, Hunters
are a special breed, dedicated to tracking down treasures, magical
beasts, and even other people. But such pursuits require a license, and
less than one in a hundred thousand can pass the grueling qualification
exam. Those who do pass gain access to restricted areas, amazing stores
of information, and the right to call themselves Hunters.
VIZ
Media publishes the long-running HUNTER X HUNTER manga series in-print
and digitally and recently released the latest edition – Volume 32.
Future dedicated print and digital volumes of the series will be
published twice a year. VIZ Media is also the home media distributor of
the HUNTER X HUNTER anime series on DVD.
HUNTER X HUNTER manga creator Yoshihiro
Togashi's manga career began in 1986, at the age of 20, when he won the
coveted Osamu Tezuka Award for new manga artists. He debuted in the
Japanese Weekly Shonen Jump magazine in 1989 with the romantic comedy Tende Shawaru Cupid.
From 1990 to 1994 he wrote and drew the hit manga series, YU YU HAKUSHO
(also published by VIZ Media, rated ‘T’ for Teens), which was followed
by the dark comedy science-fiction series, Level E, and the adventure
series, HUNTER X HUNTER. In 1999 he married the manga artist Naoko
Takeuchi.
WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP is VIZ Media’s renowned weekly
digital serial anthology that features the synchronized latest chapters
of a variety of popular manga series debuting on the same day as the Japanese Weekly Shonen Jump magazine counterpart. Subscribers can access issues via VIZManga.com, the VIZ Manga App, or with the Apple iPad Newsstand App. Exclusive
1 Year Memberships are available for only $25.99 and include 48 weekly
digital issues as well as special premiums including 4 Yu-Gi-Oh!
Collectable Trading Cards,
rare one-shot manga releases, digital-only promotions, and access to
additional subscriber-only content including creator interviews and
insightful promo videos.
Current WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP issues feature the latest chapters of many of the world’s most popular series such as ALL YOU NEED IS KILL, BLEACH, NARUTO,
NISEKOI, ONE PIECE, TORIKO, SERAPH OF THE END and WORLD TRIGGER.
Monthly series such as BLUE EXORCIST and YU-GI-OH! ZEXAL debut on the
closest Monday after the Japanese release. Also serialized in the
anthology is fan favorite ONE-PUNCH MAN, and the most recent addition to
the magazine, STEALTH SYMPHONY. More information on WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP is available at: http://shonenjump.viz.com.
For more information on WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP and exclusive subscriber offers, please visit shonenjump.viz.com.
For more information on VIZ Media manga titles, 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
manga at www.VIZ.com.
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