“Light novels have the essence of manga, animation, and video games combined,” says Viz founder, Seiji Horibuchi.

Viz translators, Jim Hubbert and Cathy Hirano, discuss the challenges of translating fantasy and sci-fi novels from Japanese into English for Viz’s Haikasoru imprint.

Viz are set to publish the Ico: Castle of the Mist novel by Miyabe Miyuki this year.

Rurouni Kenshin, Ouran, Otomen and Vampire Knight join the line-up.

Utsuho is a boy whose honesty as a child caused an enormous catastrophe, due to which he decided that lying was the better alternative.

And they promise to remain faithful to the original Japanese manga.

Shueisha and Viz are rebooting both the Japanese and North American versions of Shonen Jump. How will the U.S. version be different?

With Death Note vol. 1 available for free at launch. Paid manga available for $4.99 per volume.

Pop-culture news and analysis site, ICv2, presented part of their annual comic market report at the New York Comic-Con last weekend.

Viz are all set to publish double-sized volumes of the Mitsuru Adachi baseball love comedy.

VIZ are calling it a mix of horror and “tortured romance.”

Viz publish a large number of series aimed at a younger audience. However, the idea of what a “kid-oriented” series is, varies from country-to-country.

Viz’s line-up of novels is going digital within weeks.

Viz just revealed three new licenses under their Haikasoru imprint, which deals in sci-fi and fantasy novels from Japan.