Viz Media
VIZ Media LLC is an American manga publisher, anime distributor and entertainment company. Its headquarter is in San Francisco, California. It was founded in 1986 as VIZ LLC. As of 2017, Viz Media is the largest publisher of graphic novels and comic books in the United States, with a 23% share of the market.[4]
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| Founded | July 1986 |
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| Founder | Seiji Horibuchi |
| Headquarters location | San Francisco, California, U.S. |
| Distribution | Simon & Schuster[1] (Manga; United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, India) Diamond Book Distributors (Manga, rest of world)[2] Warner Home Video (Anime, physical media) |
| Key people | Ken Sasaki (President & CEO) Hidemi Fukuhara (Vice-President) |
| Imprints | Viz Productions (Film and Television) |
| Owner(s) | Hitotsubashi Group: Shueisha (40%) Shogakukan (40%) Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions (20%)[3] |
| Official website | www |
References
- ↑ Print Publishing Sales and Distribution
- ↑ "Our Publishers". Archived from the original on 2019-10-24. Retrieved 2020-03-09.
- ↑ "About VIZ Media". Viz Media. Retrieved 2016-10-09.
- ↑ Magulick, Aaron (October 8, 2017). "Viz Manga Sales are Destroying DC, Marvel in Comic Market". GoBoiano. http://goboiano.com/viz-manga-sales-are-destroying-dc-marvel-in-comic-market/. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
