Viz Manga App Now On iPhone And iPod Touch As Well

Ishaan Sahdev

Published: May 8, 2011 11:58 am

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As some of you might remember, Viz have a manga app on the iPad, which is home to series such as Bakuman, Naruto and Ouran High School Host Club. This app is now being extended to the iPhone and iPod Touch as well, and Viz are commemorating the launch with a sale.

Publishers Weekly report that Viz are offering the first volumes of certain series at a discounted price of $2.99 through midnight on May 9th, PST. This is a 40% discount on the regular price of $4.99. Additionally, two new series have been added to the app in the form of Natsume Ono’s House of Five Leaves and not Simple.

Interestingly, Viz VP, Alvin Lu, says that feedback to Viz’s one-time experiment with releasing certain books in digital format before their print versions has been met with positive feedback. The response to digital was larger than Viz anticipated, but at the same time, there was no impact on print sales.

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Ishaan Sahdev

Ishaan specializes in game design/sales analysis. He's the former managing editor of Siliconera and wrote the book "The Legend of Zelda - A Complete Development History". He also used to moonlight as a professional manga editor. These days, his day job has nothing to do with games, but the two inform each other nonetheless.