Viz, Big Daddy V, how big?

[Antonio E. Gonzalez]

Hmmm, some might mistake this for a pro-wrestling thread! ; )

Aaanyway . . . Naruto, Bleach, Inuyasha, Death Note . . . anyone
know just how big these successes have made Viz, specifically their
anime division? Also, with the live-action and manga versions, when
are they getting the anime version of Lovely Complex?

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On Jun 14, 4:13 pm, Antonio E. Gonzalez <AntEGM...@aol.com> wrote:
>    Hmmm, some might mistake this for a pro-wrestling thread! ; )

I don't need any more visuals of that guy's skin folds, thank you.

>    Aaanyway . . . Naruto, Bleach, Inuyasha, Death Note . . . anyone
> know just how big these successes have made Viz, specifically their
> anime division?  Also, with the live-action and manga versions, when
> are they getting the anime version of Lovely Complex?

Viz, for as much as it might surprise, doesn't appear to care much for
the anime -- it's, as I've said a number of times, more their Shonen
Jump _franchises_ at this point. It's one of the reasons I don't see
them as a major licensing player, even though they appeared to be a
couple years or so back. Which is why, if what I've heard rumored is
correct, once was six major licensing players will now be only two.

Mike

[Travers Naran]

Viz is owned by two of the big publishers in Japan: Shogakukan and
Shueisha. Viz is merely their licensing and releasing arm in America.

Viz is to Shogakukan and Shueisha as BBC America (formerly Lionheart TV)
is to the BBC.

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Yeah. The point I'm trying to make is that they have no real interest
in anime, per se...

(Which see their abandonment of most of the rest of their non-Shonen
Jump material...)

A year or 18 months ago, they probably felt differently, but, now...

Mike