VIZ MEDIA SHOWCASES WORLD’S HOTTEST ANIME TITLES
AT 2013 LICENSING EXPO
ACCEL
WORLD, BERSERK: THE GOLDEN AGE ARC TRILOGY, ‘K’ And NARUTO
SHIPPUDEN, Among The New Titles To Be Showcased
San
Francisco, CA, June 17, 2013 – VIZ
Media, LLC (VIZ Media), the largest
distributor and licensor of anime and manga in North America, returns
to Las Vegas for the 2013 Licensing Expo with a robust catalog of
some of the world’s top anime properties. The 2013 Licensing Expo
is the world’s largest and most
influential licensing industry event and takes place June 18th-20th
at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas, NV. VIZ Media
will be located in Booth # A137.
The
annual Licensing Expo (www.licensingexpo.com)
is the licensing industry's premier trade event for leveraging
properties and brand equity to develop merchandise, Licensing Expo
attracts more than 400 exhibitors representing more than 5,000 brands
and properties in entertainment; sports; fashion and apparel;
publishing; art and design; automotive; animation/anime; home and
housewares; and lifestyle. Attendees from more than 80 countries
represent the world's leading retailers, licensees, manufacturers,
distributors and licensing agents.
Anime
properties VIZ Media will highlight at 2013 Licensing Expo include:
NARUTO
SHIPPUDEN (Rated
‘T+’ for Older Teens)
NARUTO
has become the hottest animated series across North America and is
one of VIZ Media’s most successful manga and animated properties in
terms of sales. NARUTO has aired on TV since 2005, and is currently
the most watched anime program on Cartoon Network’s Toonami block.
On HULU, the 500+ subtitled episodes have reached over 200 million
views. In addition, digital downloads are available on all major
platforms including iTunes, Xbox, Amazon, Google and Xbox. NARUTO’s
continuous popularity has brought more than 1000 consumer products to
the U.S. market, including video games from Namco Bandai (7 million
copies sold), graphic novels from VIZ Media (127 million copies
sold), and trading card games from Bandai America (10 million packs
sold).
In
May 2013, the first official fan-designed t-shirt contest took place.
The contest’s success resulted the immediate interest from numerous
retail buyers. VIZ Media continues to secure new licensees and expand
to new product lines, ranging from digital products to food and
beverage items.
More
information is available on the official website at VIZ.com/naruto.
BERSERK:
THE GOLDEN AGE TRILOGY (Rated ‘M’ for Mature Audiences)
Based
on the bestselling medieval dark fantasy manga (graphic novel)
series created by Kentaro Miura, the BERSERK animation is
beloved by not only anime and manga fans, but also holds a large
following in the action-fantasy world. To date, 31 million BERSERK
graphic novels have been sold worldwide. The trilogy has been
nominated for multiple international movie awards for its extreme
precision, and dynamic graphics.
The
first two movies screened at a special premiere event in San
Francisco in Spring 2013, and the third film will debut Summer 2014.
Figures and accessories made in Japan are currently available in the
U.S. High-end collectors figures are scheduled for released in early
2014.
For
more information on the BERSERK: THE GOLDEN AGE ARC film trilogy,
please visit the official Facebook page at:
www.facebook.com/BerserkFilm.
ACCEL
WORLD (Rated ‘T+’ for Older Teens)
Based
on award winning novel (3.5 million copies sold in Japan), ACCEL
WORLD takes place in the year 2046 when the virtual world becomes
reality. All 24 subtitled episodes are available on Hulu and the
series is top rated in the Science Fiction Anime category. In
addition, 100,000 copies
of Namco Bandai’s Accel World
PSP and PS3 games have sold in Japan. Currently apparel,
accessories, and figures are available in the US market. ACCEL WORLD
continues to venture into new item categories in 2013.
For
more information on ACCEL WORLD, please visit:
VIZAnime.com/accel-world.
K
(Rated ‘T’ for Teens)
From
GoHands, the studio that brought you the cyberpunk anime film series
Mardock Scramble,
and the enigmatic writers’ collective GoRA Project comes K.
The highly anticipated series revealed little information on the plot
until the its simultaneous debut in 54 countries in 2012. Upon its
release, K instantly attracted the attention of a wide fan base. The
first K publicity event in Japan resulted in attendance exceeding
250% of capacity, and sold out of 5000 event tickets in 15 minutes.
All 13 episodes are currently streamed on Hulu and are top ranking in
the Action Adventure Anime category.
For
more information about K, please visit VIZAnime.com/k.
Additional
VIZ Media anime properties available for license include:
- BLEACH
- DEATH NOTE
- INUYASHA: THE FINAL ACT
- LAGRANGE: THE FLOWER OF RIN-NE
- NARUTO
- NARUTO SPINOFF: ROCK LEE AND HIS NINJA PALS
- TIGER & BUNNY
- VAMPIRE KNIGHT
- ZETMAN
For
more information on other VIZ Media anime properties, please visit:
www.viz.com/anime.
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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