VIZ MEDIA ANNOUNCES RELEASE OF ONE PIECE MANGA BOX SET 2
New
Box Set Edition Features The Continuing Adventures Of The Straw Hat
Pirates With Vols. 24-46 Of The World’s Bestselling Manga Series
San Francisco, CA, October 23, 2014 –
VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), the largest distributor and licensor of
manga and anime in North America, delivers a special treat to fans with
the latest Box Set installment for the world’s most popular manga series
– ONE PIECE.
The ONE PIECE Manga Box Set 2 will be released on November 4th and is rated ‘T’ for Teens. The set contains Volumes 24-46, which comprise the series’ third and fourth story arcs – Skypiea and Water Seven
– and will carry an MSRP of $185.99 U.S. / CAN. The Box Set also
features a full-color poster and special ONE PIECE mini-comic.
As
a child, ONE PIECE main character Monkey D. Luffy dreamed of becoming
King of the Pirates. But his life changed when he accidentally ate the
Gum-Gum Fruit, an enchanted Devil Fruit that gave him the ability to
stretch like rubber. The only drawback? He'll never be able to swim
again – a serious handicap for an aspiring sea dog! Years later, Luffy
sets off on his quest to find the "One Piece," said to be the greatest
treasure in the world...
“This
new release from VIZ Media continues the venerable ONE PIECE saga in
lavish box set form and is a pirate’s treasure for any manga fan,” says
Alexis Kirsch, Editor. “Catch all the action as the Straw Hats search
the exotic sky island of Skypiea for hidden gold and then journey to
Water 7, a wondrous water metropolis constructed upon the ruins of a
sunken city. Jump aboard for fantastic adventures with manga’s favorite
band of pirates!”
ONE PIECE creator Eiichiro Oda began his manga career at the age of 17, when his one-shot cowboy manga, Wanted!,
won second place in the coveted Tezuka manga awards. Oda went on to
work as an assistant to some of the biggest manga artists in the
industry, including Nobuhiro Watsuki (RUROUNI KENSHIN), before winning
the Hop Step Award for new manga artists. His pirate adventure ONE
PIECE, which debuted in Weekly Shonen Jump magazine in 1997, has become one of the most popular manga in Japan and the rest of the world.
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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