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VIZ
MEDIA TAKES MANGA FANS BEHIND THE MICROPHONE FOR THE LAUNCH OF
VOICE
OVER!: SEIYU ACADEMY
Dive
Into The Competitive World Of Anime Voice Acting As A Talented Girl
Rises To The Top Of The Industry In This New Shojo Manga Series From
The Creator Of S•A
San
Francisco, CA, September 24, 2013 –
VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), the largest
publisher, distributor and licensor of manga and anime in North
America, takes readers on a journey into Japan’s burgeoning anime
voice acting industry with the release of VOICE
OVER!: SEIYU ACADEMY on October 1st.
The new manga (graphic novel) series by Maki Minami will be published
under the company’s Shojo Beat imprint, is rated ‘T’ for Teens,
and will carry an MSRP of $9.99
U.S. / $12.99 CAN.
VOICE
OVER!: SEIYU ACADEMY will also be available digitally for $6.99 (U.S
/ CAN) from VIZManga.com and for digital download through the VIZ
MANGA App for the Apple iPad®,
iPhone®
and iPod®
touch, Android-powered smart phones, and also for NOOK tablets and
devices.
Hime
Kino’s dream is to one day become a voice actor like her hero
Sakura Aoyama from the Lovely
♥
Blazers anime,
and getting accepted to the prestigious Holly Academy’s voice actor
department is the first step in the right direction! But Hime’s
gruff voice has earned her the scorn of teachers and students alike.
Hime will not let that stand unchallenged. She’ll show everyone
that she is too
a voice acting princess, whether they like it or not!!
“Creator
Maki Minami
thoroughly researched the Japanese voice acting, or ‘seiyu,’
industry for her ongoing series, VOICE
OVER!: SEIYU ACADEMY, and accurately presents this competitive, high
pressure world as the backdrop for a
romance-tinged
story of a talented girl’s ascension to the top of her profession,”
says Pancha Diaz, Editor. “Hime
Kino’s
husky voice often has her portraying male characters and already
frustrated at becoming typecast, and her personal life becomes even
more complicated when one of her already-famous classmates starts
paying her special attention!”
Manga
creator Maki Minami
is debuted in 2001 with Kanata
no Ao (Faraway
Blue). Her other works include Kimi
wa Girlfriend (You're
My Girlfriend), Mainichi
ga Takaramono (Every
Day Is a Treasure) and Yuki
Atataka (Warm
Winter). Maki Minami is best known in North America for her
shojo manga series, S•A, which
was serialized in Japan's Hana
to Yume magazine
and made into an anime in 2008.
S•A is
published domestically by VIZ Media.
For
more information on VOICE
OVER: SEIYU ACADEMY
or other popular shojo manga titles from VIZ Media, please visit
http://www.viz.com/manga/print/shojo-beat.
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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