Viz Media
Viz Media is the San Francisco manga and anime publisher founded in 1986 by Seiji Horibuchi and owned by Shueisha and Shogakukan, publisher of Naruto, One Piece and Death Note in English.
- Editions tracked
- 72
- First editions
- 56
- Books
- 72
- Years
- 1994 to 2022
Viz Media is a publisher based in United States. We track 72 editions it published between 1994 and 2022, 56 of them first editions across 72 books. Each book lists its first edition and the points that identify it.
About Viz Media
Viz Media is a San Francisco publisher and distributor of English-language manga and anime, founded in 1986 by Seiji Horibuchi as Viz Communications, with start-up money from Shogakukan, and now owned by the Japanese publishers Shueisha and Shogakukan.
In 2005 it merged with ShoPro Entertainment, Shogakukan's American subsidiary, and took the name Viz Media; its parent is Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions.
Its catalogue includes many of the best-known manga series in English, among them Dragon Ball, One Piece, Naruto, Bleach, Inuyasha and Detective Conan, published as Case Closed. It released the first English volume of Death Note in October 2005 and Junji Ito's horror series Uzumaki, first issued in three volumes in 2001 and 2002, reissued with new covers in 2007 and 2008, and collected as a deluxe hardcover in 2013.
Its English-language Shonen Jump magazine began with an issue cover-dated January 2003, which needed three printings and sold more than 300,000 copies.
We have not yet written the guide to Viz Media's first-edition conventions. Until we do, check each book's own page: we list its points where we know them. Know how Viz Media marked its firsts? Tell us.
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Frequently asked questions
How many Viz Media books does MyVolumes track?
We track 72 editions published by Viz Media, 56 of them first editions, across 72 books.
Where these facts come from
- Viz Media, Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)
- Death Note, Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)
- Uzumaki, Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)
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