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VIZ Media brings one of Japan’s most celebrated anime series to an exhilarating conclusion as it announces the home media release of the final BLEACH DVD Box Set Edition on September 29th. BLEACH Set 26 contains 2-discs with the climactic final 12 episodes (355-366) of the series about the adventures of a clairvoyant teenager. Content is available with dialogue selections for dubbed English as well as subtitled, Japanese 2.0 audio, with episodes presented in 16×9 video. The set will carry an MSRP of $44.82 U.S. / $51.99 CAN. (more…)

Tickets to New York Comic Con 2015 are now on sale! Grab your tickets here!

VIZ Media invites SAILOR MOON fans across North America to join the company’s anime team as it hosts a special SAILOR MOON R Mini-Moonlight Party to mark the series’ English dub episode debut of the final episodes of SAILOR MOON R Part 1 on its streaming platform, Neon Alley. (more…)

ReedPOP, today announced that tickets for New York Comic Con along with the second annual New York Super Week will go on sale online beginning Wednesday, May 13 at 12:00 PM EDT. This year fans will have three options to purchase tickets for New York Comic Con, including online at the New York Comic Con website, on-site at Special Edition: NYC 2015 on Pier 94 June 6-7 and an event at Midtown Comics later this summer the exclusive retailer for NYCC 2015. New York Super Week takes over the Big Apple October 5-11 with the crown jewel event, New York Comic Con, taking place October 8-11 at the Javits Center. (more…)

Viz Media announced four of its critically-acclaimed titles have been nominated for the 2015 Will Eisner Comics Industry Awards, as announced by the awards committee. The nominations include HELLO KITTY, HELLO 40: A CELEBRATION IN 40 STORIES for Best Publication for Early Readers, as well three nominations for manga (graphic novel) in the category of Best U.S. Edition of International Material – Asia. These include ALL YOU NEED IS KILL, with original story by Hiroshi Sakurazaka and art by Takeshi Obata, MASTER KEATON, Vol. 1 by Naoki Urasawa, with story by Hokusei Katsushika and Takashi Nagasaki, and ONE-PUNCH MAN, with story by ONE and artwork by Yusuke Murata. (more…)

General admission as well as V.I.P. passes are now available for The J-POP SUMMIT, the Japanese pop culture celebration held annually in San Francisco. The 2015 J-POP SUMMIT will begin with an Opening Night Premiere Screening event on Friday August 7th at The Castro Theatre, and also take place Saturday and Sunday August 8th and 9th at the historic Fort Mason Center in San Francisco’s Marina district. Additional details are available at: www.J-POP.com. (more…)

VIZ Media prepares to start March with a fresh update of new programming to be added throughout the month on its Neon Alley free anime streaming platform.

Join anime’s favorite otaku vampire as he tries to navigate the human world with hilarious results in BLOOD LAD. Fans can catch the complete series, episodes 1-10, English dubbed or subtitled of the supernatural action comedy series all month on Neon Alley. (more…)

Right Stuf, Inc. is excited to announce an exclusive distribution deal with Japanese anime producer and distributor PONY CANYON INC. This new agreement will see high-end, collector-grade Blu-ray, DVD, and merchandise items from Pony Canyon distributed in the United States and Canada for the first time by Right Stuf. Pony Canyon has plans to release exclusive sets of new and catalog programming monthly. The first of these series sets are slated for release on April 10. (more…)

Anime producer and distributor Right Stuf, Inc. is excited to announce a new expanded distribution deal with Sunrise Inc. to release the Mobile Suit Gundam franchise in North America.

The Mobile Suit Gundam franchise is a space opera anime that redefined the mecha genre. The original Mobile Suit Gundam series focused on using giant combat robots as a tool to win a war. This plot line structure strongly influenced future mecha series in the anime industry. (more…)

Just received news that Hatsune Miku will be available to obtain in the new update for Brave Frontier. Also Luka will be a free toon for NYCC attendees to obtain with code from the Brave Frontier booth #542.