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MAGIC IS IN THE AIR, AS MAMESHIBA RETURN FOR THEIR
LATEST SPELLBINDING ADVENTURE IN MAMESHIBA: ENCHANTED!
VIZ
Media’s Perfect Square Imprint Delivers New All Ages Adventures
Featuring Japan’s Irresistibly Cute Sensations
San
Francisco, CA, September 3, 2013 –
VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), the largest
publisher, distributor and licensor of manga, graphic novels and
anime in North America, announces the return of the whimsical
Japanese character sensations – MAMESHIBA – for a brand new
original graphic novel adventure in MAMESHIBA:
ENCHANTED!, featuring stories by James Turner and artwork by Jorge
Monlongo.
MAMESHIBA:
ENCHANTED! is rated
‘A’ for All Ages and debuts today from VIZ Media’s Perfect
Square imprint with an MSRP of $6.99 U.S. / $7.99 CAN. A digital
version of MAMESHIBA: ENCHANTED
for the Apple iPad®
and iPad®
Mini is also available for download from
the Perfect Square App
for $4.99 U.S. / CAN.
In
ENCHANTED--the third graphic novel
featuring the cute bean-dogs from Japan--there's
magic in the air!
Cranberry
Bean is under a spell, Edamame's kitchen is haunted, and Sword Bean
is protecting the newest members of the Mameshiba family: Babyshiba!
It’s all fun and games until someone upsets a magic tortoise!
“We’re
going out with a bang in our last MAMESHIBA volume! We've got ghost
hunters, tributes to comic great Jack Kirby and author Jane Austen,
and...a tutu,” says Traci Todd, Senior Editor, Children's
Publishing. “The story and art team of James
Turner and Jorge Monlongo have really raised the bar this time, and
we're so thrilled with the results."
Perfect
Square is VIZ Media’s new comprehensive publishing imprint aimed at
kids and kids at heart with a focus on delivering comics, manga,
graphic novels and other children’s books with an emphasis on
strong storytelling, eye-popping graphics, empowering themes, and a
dash of irreverence, that captures the imagination of a whole
new generation.
MAMESHIBA
writer James Turner started
making comics as soon as he was able to hold a pencil, and he has
been spouting a nonsensical whirlwind of monsters, robots and talking
vegetables ever since. His acclaimed web comic 'The
Unfeasible Adventures of Beaver and Steve'
won tens of thousands of followers online, and his anthropomorphic
crime fighting team, “The
Super Animal Adventure Squad,” appeared
weekly in the pages of the children's comic, DFC.
Jorge
Monlongo is
a renowned comics and book illustrator and game designer who blends
traditional and digital techniques. His work has been featured in
several prominent magazines, including Rolling
Stone.
Additional
details on Perfect Square are available at www.PerfectSquare.com.
For
more information on MAMESHIBA other 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, Australia, New Zealand 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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