VIZ MEDIA LAUNCHES SCI-FI MANGA SERIES
WORLD TRIGGER IN GRAPHIC NOVEL FORMAT
Two
Unlikely Heroes Are Earth’s Last Hope Against Alien Invaders In New
Manga Action Series Straight From The Pages Of WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP;
Series To Debut In Print And Digitally
San Francisco, CA, September 16, 2014 –
VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), the largest distributor and licensor of
manga and anime in North America, announces the print and digital launch
of creator Daisuke Ashihara’s thrilling sci-fi action manga series –
WORLD TRIGGER – in a dedicated graphic novel format on October 7th. The series is currently being serialized chapter-by-chapter SIMULTANEOUS to Japan in the pages of the digital anthology WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP.
WORLD TRIGGER will be published under the Shonen Jump imprint with the first two volumes releasing simultaneously on October 7th. Volumes 1 and 2 are rated ‘T’ for Teens and will carry an MSRP of $9.99 U.S. / $12.99 CAN each. New volumes are scheduled to be released bi-monthly.
Digital versions of WORLD TRIGGER also will launch for $6.99 (USD/CAN) each on the same day on VIZManga.com and through the VIZ MANGA App for the Apple iPad®, iPhone® and iPod® touch, Android-powered smart phones, as well as through the Nook, Kobo, Kindle, iBooks, comiXology and GooglePlay stores.
Destroy thy Neighbor!
Earth is under constant threat from Neighbors, invincible monsters from
another dimension that destroy humanity’s way of life. At least there
are the elite agents of Border, warriors who co-opt alien technology to
fight back. Our hero Osamu Mikumo may not be the best agent, but along
with his Neighbor friend Yuma, he’ll do whatever it takes to defend life
on Earth as we know it.
In the series’ opening volume, when straight-laced
Osamu meets a feisty humanoid Neighbor named Yuma, everything that he
thinks is right is turned on its head. Can the two natural enemies ever
become friends?
Things
become tense and the action heats up in Volume 2. Osamu has protected
the feisty Neighbor’s identity ever since they met, but he’s about to
get a rude awakening when he discovers that Border has ways of sniffing
out traitors in their midst.
“WORLD
TRIGGER begins four years after a gate to another dimension opens,
letting alien Neighbors invade and the unlikely heroic duo of Osamu and
Yuma must deploy powerful weaponry called Triggers to defeat the
invaders and save the world,” says Hope Donovan, Editor. “WORLD TRIGGER has
captivated fans in serialized form in WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP, and with the
anime releasing in October, we can’t wait to introduce even more readers
to the manga series with the simultaneous launch of the first two
graphic novels in early October.”
WORLD TRIGGER creator Daisuke Ashihara began his manga career at the age of 27 when his manga, Room 303, won second place in the 75th Osamu Tezuka Awards. His first full series, Super Dog Rilienthal, began serialization in Japan in Weekly Shonen Jump in 2009. WORLD TRIGGER is his second serialized work to appear in Weekly Shonen Jump and chapters also run in the English digital counterpart published by VIZ Media. Daisuke Ashihara is also the author of several shorter works, including the manga one-shots Super Dog Rilienthal, Trigger Keeper and Elite Agent Jin.
For more information on WORLD TRIGGER, or 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
manga at www.VIZ.com.
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WORLD TRIGGER © 2013 by Daisuke Ashihara/SHUEIHSA Inc.
WORLD TRIGGER © 2013 by Daisuke Ashihara/SHUEIHSA Inc.
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