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Box Set And Special Editions Of DEATH NOTE, BLEACH And New Installments Of Ongoing Favorites Offer Unique Gift Ideas To Suit Any Budget And Taste

San Francisco, CA, October 5, 2007 – VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry's most innovative and comprehensive publishing, animation and licensing companies, announced a preview of highly anticipated upcoming anime releases set for the approaching 2007 holiday season.

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From ICv2 comes a 2-part interview (Part 1, Part 2) with Dan Marks, Viz's Viz Senior Vice President of Strategy and Business Development. The interview is centered around Viz's plans for digital delivery of anime, its potential impact on DVD sales, as well as anime on mobile devices, manga downloads, and other forms of digital delivery services.

Via: Icarus Blog

TOMY, DP3, NINTENDO and MAJOR LEAGUE EATING will be presenting an exciting event coming up in New York City -- celebrating the NARUTO Wii launch, they will be holding the FIRST EVER Ramen Noodle Major League Eating contest!

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New Series Based On Xbox 360 Game And Features Notable Character Designs By DRAGON BALL Creator Akira Toriyama

San Francisco, CA, October 4, 2007 – VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry's most innovative and comprehensive publishing, animation and licensing companies, has launched a new website dedicated to the BLUE DRAGON™ anime and video game property at bluedragon.viz.com. BLUE DRAGON is a highly anticipated action adventure anime series based on the popular Xbox 360 Role Playing Game which debuted in North America in August.

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NARUTO Maintains Strong Lead While A Total Of 33 Of The Top 50 Listings Go To VIZ Media Manga Titles

San Francisco, CA, October 1, 2007 - VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry's most innovative and comprehensive publishing, animation and licensing companies, has announced that NARUTO manga volumes 16, 17 and 18 occupied the first, second and third positions on Nielsen BookScan's noted Top 50 Graphic Novel list for the week ending September 23, 2007. The trio of latest volumes from the popular ninja action series has remained in the top three spots on the BookScan Graphic Novel list for four consecutive weeks. More than 2.3 million NARUTO manga volumes have been sold domestically since the series launched.

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VIZ Media Delivers The Creeps This Halloween With Four Acclaimed Horror Manga Releases, Hot New Issue Of Shojo Beat Magazine And A Sponsored Night AT A Haunted Attraction

San Francisco, CA, September 28, 2007 – VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry's most innovative and comprehensive publishing, animation and licensing companies, will spook mature-aged manga fans nationwide with an array of horror manga just in time for Halloween.

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VIZ Media continues the momentum behind its NARUTO NATION campaign as it brings everyone's favorite ninja to 585 Toys "R" US stores nationwide this weekend (Sept 29/30) on behalf of Geoffrey's Birthday, which celebrates the toy retailer's famous giraffe mascot. In addition to the festivities planned at each participating Toys "R" Us store, there will be a special NARUTO NATION area. Toys "R" Us will promote this NARUTO NATION event with in-store flyers, email blasts, as well as feature offers for the numerous NARUTO products available at their stores.

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Suspenseful Mystery To Debut On October 20

San Francisco, CA, September 26, 2007 – VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry's most innovative and comprehensive publishing, animation and licensing companies, has licensed the Shonen Jump DEATH NOTE anime series to Adult Swim for domestic broadcast beginning Saturday, October 20 at midnight (EST) on the network's popular Adult Swim block of programming. New episodes will follow each week thereafter.

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Feature Film Based On Popular Anime And Manga Series Debuts At Number 25 On Nielsen VideoScan

San Francisco, CA, September 25, 2007 - VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry's most innovative and comprehensive publishing, animation and licensing companies, has announced that impressive DVD sales of NARUTO THE MOVIE: NINJA CLASH IN THE LAND OF SNOW have placed the title at Number 25 on Nielsen's VideoScan list of the Top 100 DVD titles for the week ending September 9, 2007. VIZ Media debuted the DVD across North America on September 4. NARUTO THE MOVIE: NINJA CLASH IN THE LAND OF SNOW is a theatrical side story based on the continuity of the massively popular NARUTO animated TV series.

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Variety's Asian film blog, Kaiju Shakedown, has published an interview with Manami Iiboshi, VIZ Pictures's Director of Marketing:

What with all their acquisitions this week, Viz is a natural for an interview about their live action program. They graciously agreed to do an email interview last week and here it is, in all its glory.

Via: Giapet.net