Quirky Romantic Tale Of An Otaku Who Finds Love To Make North American Premiere in New York

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Placement Is The Highest Sales Placement Ever Achieved By A Manga Title In North America

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San Francisco-Based Animation And Publishing Giant Will Help End The August Program With Thousands of Gifts For Children

OAKLAND, CA - Time flies when you're having fun: BART's Kids Ride Free Saturdays program ends tomorrow, Saturday, August 26 but it will do so with a whirlwind of excitement.

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San Francisco, CA, August 22, 2006 - VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry's most innovative and comprehensive publishing, animation and licensing companies has closed deals with three of the largest terrestrial elevision companies in Latin America for two animated series from Japan: NARUTO and ZATCH BELL!. America TV (Peru) has acquired 52 episodes each of ZATCH BELL! and NARUTO ; TV Globo (Brazil) has acquired 52 episodes of ZATCH BELL! and Televideo Services picked up 52 episodes each of ZATCH BELL! and NARUTO for Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Paraguay, and Honduras.

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Kaori Yuki's Godchild (Count Cain) will no longer be serialized in Viz Media's Shojo Beat anthology. According to Evelyn Dubocq from Viz, "We periodically switch out stories to keep the magazine fresh... Pulling the manga from the magazine lets us put the graphic novels out more quickly."

Source: ANN

From Papo de Budega comes an interview with VIZ Media Vice President International Carol Roeder. Carol Roeder talks about titles that will appear soon in Latin America, along other informations.

Viz has announced the following new licenses:

- "Shakugan no Shana" by Takahashi Yashichirou
- "Count Cain" by Kaori Yuki
- "Dragon Drive" by Sakura Kenichi
Shojo Beat
- "LoveCom" (Lovely Complex) by Nakahara Aya
- "Millenium Snow" by Hattori Bisco
Novel
- "Shakugan no Shana Novel" by Sasakura Ayao
- "Brave Story Novel" by Miyabe Miyuki

Special Theatrical Premiere and Preview Round Out Schedule for Nation's Largest Comics Event

San Francisco, CA, JULY 13, 2006 - VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry's most innovative and comprehensive publishing, animation and licensing companies, has announced a variety of special events, theatrical premieres, and speaker panels in and around the 2006 Comic-Con International. Comic-Con takes place July 20-23 at the convention center in San Diego, CA.

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Viz:
- "We're Crazy for Dogs" by Sakuragi Yukiya

June Manga (DMP):
- "LoveHolic" by Kawai Touko
- "Solfege" by Yoshinaga Fumi
- "Alcohol, Shirt & Kiss" by Kuwabara Yuuko
- "The Day I Became a Butterfly" by Sumomo Yumeka
- "Seven" by Tenzen Momoko

Viz announces:

- "Gentleman's Alliance" by Tanemura Arina
- "Punch!"
- "Be With You (novel)"