VIZ MEDIA DELIVERS A MANGA TRIPLE THREAT WITH THE LAUNCH OF
YU-GI-OH! 3-IN-1 OMNIBUS SERIES
Catch 3 Complete Volumes Of Creator Kazuki Takahashi’s Original Bestselling Fantasy Action Manga Series In New Omnibus Format
San Francisco, CA, January 13, 2015 –
VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), the largest distributor and licensor of
manga and anime in North America, triples its dueling power as it
announces the launch of Kazuki Takahashi’s YU-GI-OH! manga series in a
new 3-in-1 omnibus on February 3rd.
Published
under the Shonen Jump imprint, YU-GI-OH! 3-in-1, Vol. 1 is rated ‘T’
for Teens and will carry an MSRP of $14.99 U.S. / $16.99 CAN. It is the
latest title to join VIZ Media’s extensive roster of 3-in-1 omnibus
releases for some of manga’s greatest series. Future YU-GI-OH! 3-in-1
editions will cover the entire 38-volume series and will be published
quarterly for a total of 13 volumes.
Tenth-grader
Yugi always had his head in some game – until he solved the Millennium
Puzzle, an Egyptian artifact containing the spirit of a master gambler
from the age of the pharaohs! Possessed by the puzzle, Yugi becomes
Yu-Gi-Oh, the King of Games, and challenges evildoers to the Shadow
Games...weird games with high stakes and high risks!
The games begin in the opening YU-GI-OH! omnibus volume!
Meet Seto Kaiba, master of the world's most dangerous collectible card
game. When Kaiba discovers that Yugi's grandfather owns the incredibly
rare "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" card, he will stop at nothing to get
it...even if he has to duel with Yugi's dark alter ego Yu-Gi-Oh! Then,
out of the sands of Egypt, the mystic Shadi has come to test Yugi's
powers, which will give Yugi his greatest challenge yet. If he loses,
his best friends will die!
“This
new omnibus is a great way to dive into all the action of the original
YU-GI-OH! manga series for the very first time, or revisit it in a whole
new way – undivided and in its entirety,” says Erica Yee, Editor.
“YU-GI-OH! remains the Number 1 trading card game property in the world,
and the popularity of the property has also spawned several top-rated
anime series, bestselling video games, and a vast array of action
figures and other collectables. We look forward to even more fans
discovering this tremendous manga series with the new 3-in-1 editions.”
Creator Kazuki Takahashi first tried to break into the manga business in 1982, but success eluded him until YU-GI-OH! debuted in the Japanese Weekly Shonen Jump magazine in 1996. YU-GI-OH!’s themes
of friendship and fighting, together with Takahashi's weird and
imaginative monsters, soon became enormously successful, spawning a
real-world card game, video games, and four anime series. In addition to
the original YU-GI-OH! manga series, VIZ Media also publishes YU-GI-OH!
5D’s, YU-GI-OH! R, YU-GI-OH! GX, and YU-GI-OH! ZEXAL.
For more information on YU-GI-OH! and other award-winning 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 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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