VIZ
MEDIA’S NEON
ALLEY
EVOLVES TO BECOME NEW HOME FOR DIGITAL STREAMING ANIME CONTENT IN THE
U.S.
Anime
Streaming Brand To Be Carried By Hulu And Hulu Plus Video-On-Demand
Services, And Will Continue To Offer Simulcast Premieres And
Exclusive Content To An Expanded Audience
San
Francisco, CA, February 11, 2014 –
VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), the largest
publisher, distributor and licensor of manga and anime in North
America, announces a significant milestone in the evolution of Neon
Alley as the company moves to consolidate all of its digital
streaming anime content offerings under its Neon Alley brand.
Effective
April 1st,
VIZ Media will transition its weekly episodic anime programming to
the successful free ad-supported Hulu and subscription-based Hulu
Plus Video-On-Demand services. The move also expands VIZ Media’s
role as a content partner for one of the U.S.’s biggest video
streaming providers.
U.S.
fans will be able to catch a wide variety of brand new anime, as well
as classic content distributed and/or licensed by VIZ Media, for FREE
at www.NeonAlley.com.
The site will also become the new home for all FREE
streaming anime content previously available on VIZAnime.com,
including first-run simulcasts for hit series such as NARUTO
SHIPPUDEN. Titles will be presented with easy-to-use selections for
dubbed and/or subbed content (when available).
Neon
Alley will reach an expansive on-demand audience on the free,
ad-supported Hulu and Hulu Plus subscription service, which enables
viewers to watch shows anytime, anywhere across devices, including
PS4, PS3, Xbox One, Xbox 360, Roku, Chromecast, and a multitude of
additional mobile devices that already support the app. Additional
details on Hulu Plus enabled devices can be found here.
VIZ Media will continue to make programming decisions for Neon Alley,
and will release additional news on Neon Alley availability for
Canadian users in the near future.
“Neon
Alley’s mission has always been to offer an innovative way for
domestic fans to access and enjoy dubbed
high-quality anime content legally, and as a content partner for Hulu
and Hulu Plus, the Neon Alley brand makes a big stride to fulfill
this objective and expand our audience substantially across the most
widely used digital platforms and devices,” says Brian Ige, Vice
President, Animation. “Viewers will have more free ways than ever
to access and watch their favorite shows, and we
look forward to fans joining us for a new era of anime enjoyment!”
Additional
information on Neon Alley is available at: www.NeonAlley.com.
For
more information on anime 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.
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