VIZ MEDIA PREMIERES OMNIBUS PRINT EDITION OF ALL YOU NEED IS KILL MANGA
Sci-Fi Action Manga By Takeshi Obata, Creator Of DEATH NOTE, Adapts The Award-Winning Japanese Novel That Inspired The Summer Blockbuster Film Edge Of Tomorrow
San Francisco, CA, October 22, 2014 –
VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), the largest distributor and licensor of
manga and anime in North America, announces the print launch of famed
manga artist Takeshi Obata’s latest manga (graphic novel) masterpiece
with the release of ALL YOU NEED IS KILL as an oversized omnibus edition
on November 4th.
ALL
YOU NEED IS KILL collects both volumes into this complete edition and
features color inserts, is rated ‘T+’ for Older Teens and will be
available under the Shonen Jump Advanced imprint with a print MSRP of
$14.99 U.S. / $16.99 CAN.
Digital editions for the pair of individual volumes are also available for $6.99 each across all platforms serviced by VIZManga.com
and the VIZ Manga App, and are similarly available on the storefronts
for the Kindle, iBooks, GooglePlay, Kobo, ComiXology, and Nook. The
free VIZ Manga App continues to be the top application for reading
digital manga and features a massive library of the most popular series
in the world. With
the dynamic platform, fans can explore and enjoy a massive catalog of
classic manga series that spans more than 2,200 volumes across more than
200 different series.
Takeshi
Obata’s ALL YOU NEED IS KILL originally premiered in VIZ Media’s WEEKLY
SHONEN JUMP digital manga anthology earlier this year and is the
stunning manga realization of the popular Japanese sci-fi novel, written
by Hiroshi Sakurazaka. In this rousing action story, when
the alien Mimics invade, Keiji Kiriya is just one of many recruits
shoved into a suit of battle armor called a Jacket and sent out to kill.
Keiji dies on the battlefield, only to be reborn each morning to fight
and die again and again. On his 158th iteration, he gets a
message from a mysterious ally – the female soldier known as the Full
Metal Bitch. Is she the key to Keiji's escape or his final death?
The bestselling ALL YOU NEED IS KILL novel also inspired the live-action summer blockbuster – Edge of Tomorrow – which starred Tom Cruise, Emily Blunt and Bill Paxton.
The original novel also was
the launch title in 2009 for Haikasoru, VIZ Media’s unique literary
imprint dedicated to publishing the most compelling contemporary
Japanese science fiction and fantasy for English-speaking audiences. VIZ
Media also published a special movie tie-in version of the ALL YOU NEED IS KILL/EDGE OF TOMORROW novel over the summer to support the release of the live-action film.
“Coming
just after Takeshi Obata’s first-ever U.S. appearance at the recent New
York Comic Con, we are very excited to announce the print debut of his
action-packed manga treatment of ALL YOU NEED IS KILL,” says Mike
Montesa, Editor. “Hiroshi
Sakurazaka’s award winning novel comes to life with tense and
engrossing characters and plenty of visceral battle scenes, all
wonderfully depicted with Obata’s signature highly detailed style. The
alien Mimics are bent on destroying humanity but they are about to meet
their match in this exceptional new release from VIZ Media!”
Manga artist Takeshi
Obata was born in 1969 in Niigata, Japan, and is the artist of the
wildly popular SHONEN JUMP title HIKARU NO GO (available from VIZ
Media), which won the 2003 Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize: Shinsei "New
Hope" award and the 2000 Shogakukan Manga award. Obata is also the
artist of the smash hit series, DEATH NOTE (also published by VIZ
Media), as well as Arabian Majin Bokentan Lamp Lamp, Ayatsuri Sakon, Cyborg Jichan G. ALL YOU NEED IS KILL is his latest work following the hugely successful series BAKUMAN｡ (also published by VIZ Media).
For more information on ALL YOU NEED IS KILL or other manga and/or anime titles published by 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 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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