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VIZ MEDIA DEBUTS
SUNNY, A
NEW MASTERWORK FROM ACCLAIMED MANGA CREATOR TAIYO MATSUMOTO
Eisner
Award-Winning Creator Offers A Poignant Story Of Beating The Odds In
Ways That Count
San
Francisco, CA, May 8, 2013 – VIZ
Media, LLC (VIZ Media), the largest
distributor and licensor of anime and manga in North America, debuts
a touching new work by award winning manga creator, Taiyo Matsumoto,
with the release of SUNNY Volume 1 on May 21st.
The new hardcover release will be published under the VIZ Signature
imprint, is rated ‘T’ for Teens, and will carry an MSRP of $22.99
U.S. / $26.99 CAN. SUNNY will also be available on the same day
digitally for $9.99 U.S. / CAN from the VIZ Manga App and at
VIZManga.com.
Translated
by noted
visual
effects artist and Tekkonkinkreet
film producer Michael Arias (The
Abyss,
Princess
Mononoke,
The
Animatrix),
SUNNY
is
the story of beating the odds, in the ways that count. It’s the
brand-new masterwork from Eisner Award-winner Taiyo Matsumoto, one of
Japan’s most innovative and acclaimed manga artists.
“Taiyo
Matsumoto delivers an emotional, and at times bittersweet, story
about a diverse group of kids that live at a Japanese orphanage,”
says Leyla Aker, Vice President, Publishing. “They find solace in
Sunny, a dilapidated old Nissan car that sits abandoned in the garden
of the orphanage. It’s off-limits to adults but becomes something
of a clubhouse for the kids and a way for them to escape their
everyday lives. It’s been said that Matsumoto’s genius
is his ability to portray both the essential truths and fleeting
moments of transcendence in life. His latest work, SUNNY, reaffirms
his status as one of the world’s greatest manga creators.”
Taiyo
Matsumoto has won extensive international critical acclaim for his
rough and often-unflinching depictions of disaffected youth drawn in
an unconventional and
surrealist art style he developed after a visit to France and
exposure to artists like Moebius. His manga works, including GOGO
MONSTER, BLUE SPRING and NO. 5 (all published by VIZ Media), offer a
unique art style that reflects both Japanese and European influences.
His TEKKONKINKREET:
BLACK &
WHITE (also
available from VIZ Media) won the 2008
Eisner
Comic
Industry Award
for
the Best U.S. Edition of
International Material – Japan, and was also adapted into an anime
feature film. Another of
Matsumoto’s manga works, PING PONG, was made into an award-winning
live action film.
For
more information on SUNNY or other manga titles from VIZ Media,
please visit www.VIZ.com.
About VIZ
Media, LLC
Headquartered
in San Francisco, California, VIZ Media distributes, markets and
licenses the best anime and manga titles direct from Japan. Owned by
three of Japan's largest manga and animation companies, Shueisha
Inc., Shogakukan Inc., and Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions, Co.,
Ltd., VIZ Media has the most extensive library of anime and manga for
English speaking audiences in North America, the United Kingdom,
Ireland and South Africa. With its popular digital manga anthology
WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP and blockbuster properties like NARUTO, BLEACH and
INUYASHA, VIZ Media offers cutting-edge action, romance and family
friendly properties for anime, manga, science fiction and fantasy
fans of all ages. VIZ Media properties are available as graphic
novels, DVDs, animated television series, feature films, downloadable
and streaming video and a variety of consumer products. Learn more
about VIZ Media, anime and manga at www.VIZ.com.
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