VIZ Media
- Sort Name
- VIZ Media
- Type
- Publisher
- Area
- San Francisco
- Date Founded
- 1986-07-02
- Date Dissolved
- ?
Wikipedia
VIZ Media, LLC is an American entertainment company headquartered in San Francisco, California, focused on publishing manga, and distribution and licensing Japanese anime, films, and television series.
The company was founded in 1986 as VIZ, LLC. In 2005, VIZ and ShoPro Entertainment merged to form the current VIZ Media, which is owned by Japanese publishing conglomerates Shueisha and Shogakukan, as well as Japanese production company Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions (ShoPro). In 2017, Viz Media was the largest publisher of graphic novels in the United States in the bookstore market, with a 23% share of the market.
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- VIZ Media is/was the owner of Shonen Jump Advanced
- VIZ Media is/was an employer of Amy Yu(VIZ Media editor)
- VIZ Media is/was the owner of VIZ Profiles
- VIZ Media is/was the owner of VIZ Select
- VIZ Media is/was an employer of Casey Loe(VIZ Media translator)
- VIZ Media is/was the owner of Studio Ghibli Library
- VIZ Media is/was the owner of Shonen Jump(VIZ Media Imprint)
- VIZ Media is/was the owner of Shonen Sunday
- VIZ Media is/was the owner of Art of VIZ
- VIZ Media is/was the owner of VIZ Fiction
- VIZ Media is/was the owner of Shojo Beat(Imprint)
- VIZ Media is/was the owner of SJ Fiction
- VIZ Media is/was the owner of SB Fiction
- VIZ Media is/was the owner of VIZ Signature
- VIZ Media is/was the owner of SJ Profiles
- VIZ Media is/was the owner of VIZ Originals
- VIZ Media is/was the owner of SB Profiles
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- Last Modified
- 2024-01-09