ACF 1150: VIZ announces digital manga title "Speed Ups" and new volumes every Monday

BLEACH © 2001 by Tite Kubo/SHUEISHA Inc.

VIZ Media announces Manga "Speed Up" for BLEACH and

ONE PIECE Digital Releases on VIZMANGA.COM and VIZ MANGA APP 

New Digital Volumes To BeReleased Weekly

And Complement Latest Additions

To 19 Other Popular MangaSeries

VIZ Media continues to offer manga (graphic novel) fans a vast libraryof newly added digital titles for September through VIZManga.com and theVIZ Manga App for the Apple iPad™, iPhone™ and iPod™ touch. The latest update includesa just-announced manga “speed up” forBLEACH and ONE PIECE that will bring both series up to date with their NorthAmerican print counterparts by December.

Starting this past Monday, and continuing every Monday thereafter, new digitalvolumes of manga creator Tite Kubo’s supernatural action saga, BLEACH, as wellas the high seas pirate adventures of Eiichiro Oda’s ONE PIECE, will for be available online on VIZManga.com and also for download on the VIZManga App.

The latest manga speedup complements a similar accelerated release schedule announced earlier thismonth for NARUTO, which just saw the release of 7 manga volumes in 7 days onVIZManga.com and the VIZ Manga App, and established digital parity with thebestselling series’ print counterpart.

Other notableSeptember digital manga releases for both platforms will include the concludingvolume to Inio Asano’s WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD!, which will launch on September12^th, as well as final volume to Akira Toriyama’s DRAGON BALL Z,available the same day. The newest edition of Natsume Ono’s acclaimed samuraidrama, HOUSE OF FIVE LEAVES Volume 4, is scheduled for September 19^th,a day before the print counterpart’s national release. 

Additionalnew VIZ Media manga volumes launching include:

September12^th:

BAKUMAN。 Vol. 6

BLEACHVol. 23

CLAYMOREVol. 18

D GRAY-MANVol. 19

DRAGONBALL Z Vol. 26 – Final Volume!

FUSHIGIYUGI: GENBU KAIDEN Vol. 6

HYDE& CLOSER Vol. 5

NEONGENESIS EVANGELION Chapter 6

ONE PIECEVol. 43

OTOMENVol. 10

SATURNAPARTMENTS Vol. 2

WHAT AWONDERFUL WORLD! Vol. 2 – SeriesConclusion!

September19^th:

BLEACHVol. 24

HOUSE OFFIVE LEAVES Vol. 4 – Debuts a day beforethe print counterpart!

KEKKAISHIVol. 13

NATSUME’SBOOK OF FRIENDS Vol. 8

NEONGENESIS EVANGELION Chapter 7

ONE PIECEVol. 44

ROSARIO +VAMPIRE II Vol. 5

RUROUNIKENSHIN Vol. 22

September26^th:

ARATA:THE LEGEND Vol. 6

BLEACHVol. 25

CHILDRENOF THE SEA Vol. 4

D. GRAY-MANVol. 20

INUYASHA(VIZBIG) Vol. 4 – Exclusive to the VIZManga App for iPad

MAOH:JUVENILE REMIX Vol. 6

NEONGENESIS EVANGELION Chapter 8

ONE PIECEVol. 45

VAMPIREKNIGHT Vol. 11

VIZ Media’s digital manga application allows for universal access forfans for reading manga from their iPhone, iPodtouch, iPad, and now, VIZManga.com fordesktop/laptop computers and Android-powered devices with built-in webbrowsers. Withone account, registered users are able to view their purchases across even moredevices than ever.

The free VIZManga App is the top application for reading manga on iOS devices and featuresa rapidly growing library of the most popular manga series in the world, currently offering 40 series and over 400 volumes, with new additions and free Chapter 1 previews addedweekly.

For more information, visit VIZManga.com or www.VIZ.com/apps.