News Licensing Announcements.

[Xadyu]

It's indeed strange that we haven't heard anything about Neuro nor Liar Game, can i be that they still decide to announce that later this year?

 

[Bomber D Rufi]

Geez, I was expecting Neuro...or at least Sket Dance. How I'd love to buy some legal Sket....

 

[Drmke]

Viz....You don't license all the awesome manga from Weekly Jump you have to choose form, instead you decided to go with Yu-Gi-Oh! R (which btw, the have started releasing for those who don't know). Shame on you.

 

[Kaiten]

At least they licensed Bakuman and Toriko. Hopefully Mago and Sket Dance, at the least, will be coming soon. Neuro continues to surprise me. VIZ's taste in seinen suggests their buyers like that style of manga. Neuro may be shonen but it fits in with a lot of the series they are licensing for VIZ Signature.

I'm sure they are just announcing minor, first quarter manga right now. Bigger ones like Neuro probably won't come out that time of year. Retail sales are to low after Christmas.

 

[Drmke]

Well, since their Shonen Jump line will have several manga ending soon

YuYu Hakusho - 1 more volume
Knights of the Zodiac - 1 more volume
Nora - 2 more volumes
Rosario + Vampire - 1 more volume
Whistle! - 1 or 2(?) more volumes
And I think JoJo is about over with what they are planning on releasing.

So They should start a line of new series coming in soon. They tend to like to keep a certain amount of series going at the same time.

 

[Kaiten]

So far the additions will be:

Tegami Bachi
Rosario + Vampire Season II
Toriko
Bakuman

 

[Drmke]

As well as Yu-Gi-Oh! R and Ultimo....so maybe they won't have any others for awhile then.

 

[Kaiten]

Forgot about those two. I assume they'll bring over something else next year. Shin Prince of Tennis is definitely coming. Part one was so popular. Mago is a can't miss for U.S. release, action Shonen Jump. It will do well. Sket Dance should have a solid following too.

 

[Xadyu]

How are the Gintama sales for VIZ? They could easily figure out if they should license Sket Dance just by looking to how Gintama is doing over here.

 

[Kaiten]

U.S. sales figures are undisclosed. Gintama never makes the N.Y. Times manga top. The book store I work at, one of the largest in the country, only stocks the most recent two or three volumes. We always get new ones in, at least. I don't know as that will stop VIZ from licensing other Jump comedy. They seem to license what they like and have realistic sales expectations.

 

[Horsee]

Del Ray
Rave Master

What will they do? Re-release the whole series or continue what the Tokyo-poop () cancelled (because of Kodansha)?

Oh, and please VIZ... I want MAJOR!!!

 

[Drmke]

Oh, and please VIZ... I want MAJOR!!!

I wish, but chances are it will never be licensed with how long it is.

 

[Horsee]

Breaking news:
World Embryo by Dark Horse (first volume: August 15, 2010)

 

[Kaiten]

Inuyasha VIZBig volume 1: November 10, 2009
GoGo Monster: December 8, 2009
All My Darling Daughters: January 19, 2010
Crown volume 1: February 2, 2010
Ultimo volume 1: February 2, 2010
Biomega volume 1: February 9, 2010
Bokurano: Ours volume 1: February 16, 2010
Cactus Secret volume 1: March 2, 2010
Arata: the Legend volume 1: March 9, 2010
Kingyo Used Books volume 1: May 16, 2010
Dorohedoro volume 1: March 16, 2010
Stepping on Roses volume 1: April 6, 2010
Rosario + Vampire season II volume 1: April 16, 2010
Flower in a Storm volume 1: May 4, 2010
Maoh: Juvenile Remix volume 1: May 11, 2010
Saturn Apartments volume 1: May 18, 2010
I'll Give It My All..... Tomorrow volume 1: May 18, 2010

 

[Mushashi]

ultimo v1, by viz next month , and hero tails 3 yen press.

 

[Horsee]

New omnibus releases:
One Piece: East Blue
It seems to be a 3-in-1 book with regular size. (So it's not a "VIZBIG")

Release dates:
1. December 1, 2009
2. January 5, 2010
3. March 2, 2010
4. May 4, 2010

Covers (source: amazon.com):

Spoiler

Del Rey Omnibuses: They will release a lot of omnibus books next year. Here's a list:

Samurai Deeper Kyo 35/36: December 15, 2009
Samurai Deeper Kyo 37/38: June 22, 2010
Mushishi 8/9/10: July 27, 2010
School Rumble 14/15/16: July 27, 2010
Air Gear 15/16/17: August 31, 2010
Shiki Tsukai 7/8: September 28, 2010
Orange Planet 3/4/5: September 28, 2010
Hell Girl 7/8/9: October 26, 2010
Wild @ Heart 1/2/3: October 26, 2010
Yagyu Ninja Scrolls 8/9: October 26, 2010
The Wallflower 22/23/24: October 26, 2010
Papillon 5/6/7: November 23, 2010
Psycho Busters 6/7: November 23, 2010

As you can see they will change a lot of currenty running series from regular tankoubon into omnibus. These series will not released apart.

 

[Mushashi]

the vizbigz are much cheaper but i always feel like im lifting weights with them

 

[predsfan]

Is Viz going to start publishing One Piece in VizBig editions? I saw this on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1421536250/ref=pe_5050_13594870_snp_dp and they are also apparently releasing 4-6 at the same time as well. Has there been any news on when the release schedule of the rest (I wouldn't know where to check). I need to plan dammit .

 

[Kaiten]

More or less, even though they won't be called VIZBig. There will be four volumes of One Piece: East Blue, each an omnibus with three volumes. They cost three dollars less than VIZbig so I wonder if there will be all the bells and whistles (bigger dimensions, color pages, etc.) If they are VIZBig by another name I would probably get them. If not, no.

 

[Xadyu]

If I'm correct it's just 3-in-1, nothing more then that.

Besides the bad cover, the size is like the regular chapters and there are no extra additions to the volumes.