VIZ MEDIA’S NEON ALLEY EVOLVES TO BECOME NEW HOME FOR DIGITAL STREAMING ANIME CONTENT IN THE U.S.
Anime
Streaming Brand To Be Carried By Hulu And Hulu Plus Video-On-Demand
Services, And Will Continue To Offer Simulcast Premieres And Exclusive
Content To An Expanded Audience
San Francisco, CA, February 11, 2014 – VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media),
the largest publisher, distributor and licensor of manga and anime in
North America, announces a significant milestone in the evolution of
Neon Alley as the company moves to consolidate all of its digital
streaming anime content offerings under its Neon Alley brand.
Effective April 1st,
VIZ Media will transition its weekly episodic anime programming to the
successful free ad-supported Hulu and subscription-based Hulu Plus
Video-On-Demand services. The move also expands VIZ Media’s role as a
content partner for one of the U.S.’s biggest video streaming providers.
U.S.
fans will be able to catch a wide variety of brand new anime, as well
as classic content distributed and/or licensed by VIZ Media, for FREE at www.NeonAlley.com. The site will also become the new home for all FREE
streaming anime content previously available on VIZAnime.com, including
first-run simulcasts for hit series such as NARUTO SHIPPUDEN. Titles
will be presented with easy-to-use selections for dubbed and/or subbed
content (when available).
Neon
Alley will reach an expansive on-demand audience on the free,
ad-supported Hulu and Hulu Plus subscription service, which enables
viewers to watch shows anytime, anywhere across devices, including PS4,
PS3, Xbox One, Xbox 360, Roku, Chromecast, and a multitude of additional
mobile devices that already support the app. Additional details on Hulu Plus enabled devices can be found here.
VIZ Media will continue to make programming decisions for Neon Alley,
and will release additional news on Neon Alley availability for Canadian
users in the near future.
“Neon Alley’s mission has always been to offer an innovative way for domestic fans to access and enjoy
dubbed high-quality anime content legally, and as a content partner for
Hulu and Hulu Plus, the Neon Alley brand makes a big stride to fulfill
this objective and expand our audience substantially across the most
widely used digital platforms and devices,” says Brian Ige, Vice
President, Animation. “Viewers will have more free ways than ever to
access and watch their favorite shows, and we look forward to fans joining us for a new era of anime enjoyment!”
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.
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