Viz Media had lots of pretty cool announcements at Anime Expo 2007 – especially if you’re into either Naruto or Death Note. Some of the highlights include the release of the Naruto movie on DVD on September 4, 2007, the ending of the Death Note manga (volume 12). They also talked about their plans for the Death Note anime series: currently download-to-own episodes 1-16 (subtitled) and the volume 1 dvd release on November 20, 2007!
2007 – 2008 Releases
Manga
Uzumaki, reformatted
- Release date: October 2007
- 3 volumes
- Released bi-monthly
- $9.99
- M-rated
GYO
- Release date: October 2007
- Volume 1
- January 2008, Volume 2
Tekkon Kinkreet: Black and White
- Release date: September, 2007
- 1 volume
- $29.95
- M-rated
Magazines: Shojo Beat
Sand Chronicles
- Release date: January 2008
- New Release every 4 months
- Rated T+
- $8.99
- Bi-monthly
- Winner of 2005 Shogakukan Manga Award
High School Debut
- Release date: January 2008
- Bi-monthly
- Rated T
- $8.99
- Ongoing series
Viz Fiction
Brave Story
- Release date: August 2007
- Miyuki Miyabe
- Young Adult Fantasy Fiction
- $23.99
Dragon Sword & Wind Child
- Release date: October 2007
- Noriko Ogiwara
- $16.00
- Tales of the Megatama Series
Death Note: Final Volume
- Release date: July 2007
- Volume 12
1’s: Final Volume
- Release date: September 2007
- Volume 15
Naruto Nation
- 12 volumes to be released in 4 months
- Volumes 18, 21 and 24 will come with an exclusive sticker
- This is in order to get ahead of the anime
Shonen Jump Evolution
- 4 to 5 Naruto issues up-to-date
- August – Bobobo
- October – Dragonball videogame
- November – New manga series begins (title not announced)
- December – A special manga preview
- Shamen King ends in December (it’s leaving the magazine but will be released on it’s own every two months)
Naruto Movie
- DVD
- Release date: September 4th, 2007
- Will debut on the big screen on July 28 at the UA Theater in Horton Plaza
Naruto Uncut
- Box set volume 4
- Release date: August 6th, 2007
- $24.98 with a bonus – ‘Hidden Leaf Village’
Death Note
Death Note will be available via ‘download to own’. It’s available subtitled, with no English dub (yet). You can buy the episodes here:
Death Note DVD
- Volume 1
- Release date: November 20, 2007
- 4 episodes
- $24.99
I thought for sure that Viz would have their booth at AX this year, especically since Death Note 12 came out on 7/3, they could have sold advance copies like they did for Death Note 10 at New York Comicon in February.
where were they?
@Neko, a lot of big names didn’t show this year for a booth (Viz, Tokyopop) or at all (CLAMP). I heard that their absences might have had something to do with the venue. So where will that leave us next year when we have to go a venue in LA where some people are afraid to even go to?