Viz Media

Viz Media is a North American publisher of anime, manga and other products in the Japanese entertainment industry, based in San Francisco. The company was formed from a merger of Viz and ShoPro Entertainment in 2005. Viz Media also publishes several magazines about anime and manga, including American editions of magazines such as Weekly Shonen Jump Japanese. There is a close cooperation with the Japanese publishers Shueisha and Shogakukan, both of which are shareholders of the company since 2002 and 2003 respectively. Almost all of Shueisha manga series are published exclusively by Viz Media in the American market.

The publisher is active as VIZ Media Europe in Europe.

Publications

Magazine

  • (Never ) Anime Rica
  • Animerica Extra ( set )
  • Game On ( set )
  • Manga Vizion ( adjusted )
  • Pulp ( Set)
  • Shojo Beat
  • Shonen Jump USA
  • Free Anime Rica

Manga and anime ( selection)

Real Movies

  • Uzumaki

Soundtrack

  • Ranma ½ Original TV Soundtrack, Volume 1

Criticism

The publisher is often criticized for changes to the published manga. So how Ranma ½ manga were adapted in the translation to western standards and also changing the reading direction of the Japanese to Western. The censorship was criticized in series like Dragon Ball. Viz Media justified the changes to the fact that the manga with a lower age rating out of bookstores, can be offered as in supermarkets.

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