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| Bleach is now licensed.; Press release inside. | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Mar 18 2006, 12:19 PM (122 Views) | |
| Squishy | Mar 18 2006, 12:19 PM Post #1 |
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burn it and kill it with fire
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VIZ MEDIA NAMED MASTER LICENSOR FOR HIT JAPANESE ACTION MANGA SHONEN JUMP’s BLEACH TV Tokyo Corporation And Shueisha Inc. Appoints VIZ Media To Represent Broadcast, Home Video And Merchandising Rights In The Americas, Europe And Oceania For SHONEN JUMP’s BLEACH! San Francisco, CA, March 15, 2006 – VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry's most innovative and comprehensive publishing, animation and licensing companies, announced today that it has secured from worldwide licensors, TV TOKYO Corporation and Shueisha Inc., the television, home video and merchandising rights to SHONEN JUMP’S BLEACH in the Americas, Europe and Oceania. The appointment of VIZ Media as Master Licensor was facilitated by TV TOKYO Medianet, the licensing arm of TV TOKYO. VIZ Media plans to introduce a dynamic rollout strategy that will leverage the strong manga (graphic novels) and entertainment brands into a broad licensing and marketing program. BLEACH’s television broadcast partner and key licensing partners will be determined shortly. “It is a great privilege to be bringing such an outstanding property to so many parts of the world,” said John Easum, executive vice president, VIZ Media. “BLEACH is one of the most powerful and successful new series coming out of Japan, and it has already established a very large fan base in the U.S., due to the enormously successful manga, published by VIZ Media under our SHONEN JUMP imprint. Working together with VIZ Media B.V. in Europe, we look forward to making Bleach a global success.” BLEACH is the story of an average 15-year old, Ichigo Kurosaki, who never asked for the ability to see ghosts--he was born with the gift. When his family is attacked by a Hollow – a malevolent lost soul – Ichigo becomes a Soul Reaper, dedicating his life to protecting the innocent and helping the tortured spirits find peace. BLEACH is author Tite Kubo’s second title and it has spawned 21 volumes to-date that have sold over 28 million copies in Japan. BLEACH has already been translated into more than seven languages and has achieved immense success in Japan not only as a manga and TV title, but also in the realm of licensed categories such as toys, trading card games and video games. About VIZ Media, LLC Headquartered in San Francisco, CA, VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), is one of the most comprehensive and innovative companies in the field of manga publishing, animation and entertainment licensing of Japanese content. Owned by three of Japan’s largest creators and licensors of manga and animation, Shueisha Inc., Shogakukan Inc., and Shogakukan Production Co., Ltd. (ShoPro Japan), VIZ Media is a leader in the publishing and distribution of Japanese manga for English speaking audiences in North America and a global licensor of Japanese manga and animation. The company offers an integrated product line including, magazines such as SHONEN JUMP and SHOJO BEAT, graphic novels, videos, DVDs, audio soundtracks and develops and markets animated entertainment from initial production, television placement and distribution, to merchandise licensing and promotions for audiences and consumers of all ages. Still not gonna stop me from downloading the series. Thoughts, kupo?
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| pokefreakx2 | Mar 18 2006, 12:24 PM Post #2 |
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1337 is bad.
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what is BLEACH? |
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| Squishy | Mar 18 2006, 12:27 PM Post #3 |
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burn it and kill it with fire
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Japanese anime, kupo. |
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| pokefreakx2 | Mar 18 2006, 12:47 PM Post #4 |
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1337 is bad.
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oh ok
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| SquallEternal | Mar 18 2006, 01:57 PM Post #5 |
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Oceanic Revelations
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It's that stuff you make your clothes white with, kupo, duh. No, really, didn't you read any of that? =\ The article DID explain it. It told you the story, it told you it was manga, and it even said it had an anime... |
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| Harvestmoon1 | Mar 18 2006, 08:34 PM Post #6 |
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Pure Evil
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Now that there is a lisence to Bleach we are probably going to either see it on Adult Swim or Toonamai, I doubt this will not make it to Cartoon Network in some form. Kids see it, like it and buy it. VIZ gets rich. |
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| Millinium | Mar 18 2006, 08:35 PM Post #7 |
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Yet another Drizzly Rain
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They better have it for Adult Swim. The thought of who is going to be voice acting kinda scares me though.... especially for Inoue... |
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| Marluxia | Mar 18 2006, 08:42 PM Post #8 |
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Graceful Assassin
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Like Squishy, its not gonna stop me from downloading it. Still, I hope Viz doesn't mess it up or anything.
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| Squishy | Mar 18 2006, 11:28 PM Post #9 |
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burn it and kill it with fire
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It cleary says who got it in the press release. Are you that blind? XD
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| Edguy | Mar 19 2006, 12:40 AM Post #10 |
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I scare myself. Bad.
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Well, I hope that means the Bleach videogame for the Nintendo DS will hit North America, that'd be +1 WiFi game here.
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| Squishy | Mar 19 2006, 09:15 AM Post #11 |
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burn it and kill it with fire
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I'm still planning on importing it either way.
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| Stoopid Lileh ♪ | Mar 20 2006, 01:42 PM Post #12 |
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teh smartestest admeen fo rwo lol
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Meh. I'll watch subs anyways...>.> |
lol @ Satoshige, until I r gets betr joekz.
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