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Posted by Sandra Monte on September 11, 2008
VIZ Media Expands NARUTO Brand in South America
VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry’s most innovative and comprehensive publishing, animation and licensing companies, has announced that International Merchandising Consultants (IMC) has been named as the Merchandise Licensing Agent in Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay and Uruguay for the smash-hit property NARUTO.
IMC has been a leading South American entertainment licensing company for a variety of cutting-edge entertainment properties for over 27 years and will have the exclusive right to negotiate product licensing deals with local partners in Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay and Uruguay for the NARUTO brand on behalf of VIZ Media. The company represents some of the hottest brands in the industry today, including a variety from Lucasfilm, Fox and Marvel.
The agreement lends even more momentum to the growing popularity of the NARUTO franchise throughout Latin America and further widens the overall international appeal of this unique property. Targeting tweens and teens, the animated series portrays the adventures of a young boy named Naruto Uzumaki who trains to become a ninja. The series has captured legions of fans across North America, where it’s seen weekly by millions on Cartoon Network and also on YTV in Canada.
VIZ Media has also licensed broadcast rights to various broadcasters in the region, including Cartoon Network Latin America (Pan-regional), Televisa (Mexico), SBT (Brazil), Televen (Venezuela), Chilevision (Chile), City TV Bogota (Colombia), America TV (Peru) and many others. In addition to this impressive list of broadcast partners, NARUTO has a broad merchandising program in several Latin American territories. Licensed categories include apparel, back-to-school, snack food promotion, toys, sticker albums, home entertainment and others.
IMAGE © Viz Media
Interessante saber que houve mudanças de licenciador em vários países da América Latina. Seré que Naruto não atingiu os níveis de lucro desejados? Será que no Brasil a coisa vai bem? Sinceramente, acho que não. Porque deixou de ser novidade e “febrinha” entre a molecada… Enfim, a grana não é minha mesmo…
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Posted by Sandra Monte on July 15, 2008
Viz to Review Portfolios at Comic-Con International
The North American manga publisher Viz Media will be looking for aspiring artists during its first ever portfolio review at Comic-Con International on July 27 in San Diego, California. Marc Weidenbaum, Vice President of Original Publishing, and Eric Searleman, Senior Editor, will be conducting the review from 2:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Weidenbaum discussed his company’s original comic plans at New York Comic Con in April.
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Traduzindo, a companhia Viz Media estará a procura de novos talentos americanos ou quem estiver de passagem por lá, no que diz respeito ao mundo dos quadrinistas e mangkás. É curioso ver o interesse deles por novos talentos. Aqui… bem, aqui, infelizmente, algumas editoras só vão em eventos para vender seus produtos ou para desfazer encalhe. Isso é tão triste…
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Posted by Sandra Monte on March 25, 2008
VIZ MEDIA announces license for BLEACH THE MOVIE
VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media) has announced that it has secured the license from TV Tokyo Corporation, Shueisha Inc. and Dentsu Inc. for BLEACH THE MOVIE: MEMORIES OF NOBODY in the Americas, Europe and Oceania. The feature film, which will be aimed primarily at teens and older teens, will have a limited theatrical release in major cities throughout North America this summer with the DVD release to follow winter 2008. Subsequent details will be released in coming weeks.
BLEACH THE MOVIE: MEMORIES OF NOBODY is inspired by the successful animated television series BLEACH airing on Adult Swim, which is based on the best-selling manga series (rated ‘T’ for Teens) by Tite Kubo, also published in North America by VIZ Media.
“We are extremely excited to announce the domestic license for BLEACH THE MOVIE: MEMORIES OF NOBODY,” says Liza Coppola, Sr. Vice President, VIZ Media. “BLEACH has emerged as one of the most popular animated, manga and video game properties in North America and the release of this film will no doubt captivate millions of avid fans. Filled with riveting animation and spectacular battle scenes featuring all the major characters, BLEACH THE MOVIE is ideally suited for a theatrical presentation and we look forward to making it a summer filled with epic action as this film makes its way to theatres in major markets throughout North America.”
BLEACH is a tremendously successful multimedia property internationally. The manga has been licensed to more than a dozen countries, and has sold over 50 million copies in Japan alone. In North America the manga has been a sales hit and the popular animated series (both rated ‘T’ for Teens) is viewed weekly by millions in the United States and Canada. This success has further spawned an array of related video games, apparel, action figures, trading cards and other merchandise. For more information on BLEACH and BLEACH THE MOVIE: MEMORIES OF NOBODY please visit the official BLEACH website at bleach.viz.com or www.viz.com/.
Release que recebemos da Viz Media. Traduzindo: o filme de Bleach (劇場版BLEACH [ブリーチ] MEMORIES OF NOBODY) foi licenciado para todas as Américas (entre outros lugares). Ou seja, o Brasil está incluso. Contudo, isso não quer dizer que teremos a animação em breve. Esperamos que sim… Claro. Mas, quando se trata de animes no Brasil, é tudo tão difícil…
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Posted by Sandra Monte on February 25, 2008
VIZ MEDIA TEAMS WITH MADMAN ENTERTAINMENT
VIZ Media announced its continued global expansion with a new distribution agreement with Madman Entertainment to offer a wide variety of Shueisha manga (graphic novel) series to the burgeoning market in Australia and New Zealand. Shueisha Inc., is one of Japan’s largest publishers and is a parent company of VIZ Media.
Some initial VIZ Media titles to be published will include smash hit properties like NARUTO, set to debut in March, BLEACH, scheduled to launch in April, and DEATH NOTE, which will be introduced in May. Several popular shojo series such as THE GENTLEMEN’S ALLIANCE †, FULL MOON, LOVE*COM and NANA are also set for publication this year along with action favorites that include ONE PIECE, D. GRAY MAN, BLACK CAT and CLAYMORE.
Madman is Australia’s number one distributor of manga (graphic novels), with a wide range of popular titles already available, including some of the industry’s biggest licenses. In late 2006-early 2007, Madman was a key sponsor of the Tezuka – The Marvel of Manga exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria and the Gallery of New South Wales, and also launched a dedicated manga section on its website, www.madman.com.au.
Em resumo: a Viz e a Madman fecharam um acordo para a editora australiana lançar mangás de propriedade da Viz, e consequentemente, da Shueisha (a Viz detém os direitos de lançamento dos mangás da Shueisha). O que isso tem a ver conosco? Nada. Ué.. 😛
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Posted by Sandra Monte on February 18, 2008
Animax channel don´t buy Death Note
Death Note by Viz Media
VIZ Media informed Papo de Budega that Animax Channel don´t buy Death Note デスノート anime version. According to Anime Manga e TV Paga, this information is on Produ.com website. With a violent style of animation, if some Latin America cable TV to buy Death Note, it´s possible that Animax channel acquires the title. Other information coming soon.
Canal Animax ainda não comprou Death Note
A Viz Media informou ao Papo de Budega que o canal Animax ainda não adquiriu os direitos do anime de Death Note デスノート. Segundo o Anime Manga e TV Paga, a informação da compra estaria no site Produ.com
Existe a possibilidade de Death Noite ir para o canal Animax, pois possivelmente seria a única emissora de animações com interesse em exibir um anime violento. Outras informações em breve.
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Posted by Sandra Monte on November 4, 2007
Viz Pictures Adds Live-Action Honey & Clover, Love*Com, Nana
Viz Pictures, the movie distributor linked to Viz Media, has confirmed its live-action film licenses for Honey and Clover, Love*Com the Movie, and both NANA movies. All four movies are based on shōjo manga that Viz Media has released in English under the Shojo Beat label.
Complete news is here.
Interessante ver que um monte de filmes chegarão aos Estados Unidos. Nana, Honey and Clover, Love*Com… Lamentavelmente, não há previsão de algum deles chegar aqui. Todos eles são distribuídos pela Viz. Bem que a Playarte poderia se dar o trabalho de trazer algum e não apenas animes…
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Posted by Sandra Monte on September 3, 2007
BLUE DRAGON GAME released worldwide
Xbox 360 RPG game, BLUE DRAGON ブルードラゴン, is now released around the world. Below is a quick snap shot of game review as FYI. Europe released date 8/24, US released date 8/28. BLUE DRAGON game was created by Hironobu Sakagushi 坂口博信 with character design by Akira Toriyama 鳥山明, developed by Mistwalker and Artoon and published by Microsoft Game Studios. BLUE DRAGON was created to expand Xbox 360 user base and RPG library towards younger audience. BLUE DRAGON Anime is created based on the original concept of XBox 360 game created by H. Sakaguxhi. Anime also features character designs by Akira Toriyama.
IMAGE © Viz Media, TV Tokyo, Xbox 360 game “Blue Dragon” published by Microsoft
Segundo o release, Blue Dragon está disponível na Europa e Estados Unidos. Acho interessante para quem curte games, dar uma olhada!
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Posted by Sandra Monte on August 9, 2007
VIZ MEDIA Licenses NARUTO in Venezuela
VIZ MEDIA licenses NARUTO ナルト in Venezuela to Corporacion Televen C.A. The series is seen pan-regionally on cable platform and has been sold to terrestrial broadcasters in Peru, Chile, Paraguay, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Brazil and now Venezuela. They are 52 episodes of Naruto (first season), which launched on July 9, 2007 at 10:00 a.m.
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Posted by Sandra Monte on June 19, 2007
VIZ MEDIA NAMES BANDAI AMERICA AS KEY TOY LICENSEE FOR BLUE DRAGON™ ANIME SERIES
New York, NY – JUNE 19, 2007 – VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry’s most innovative and comprehensive publishing, animation and licensing companies, announced at the 2007 Licensing International Expo that Bandai America, Incorporated has been named as the toy licensee for products based on BLUE DRAGON™, a highly anticipated new anime series based on the popular Microsoft Xbox 360 Role Playing Game. Earlier this year, VIZ Media was named the master licensor for the television, home video and non-video game merchandising rights for BLUE DRAGON by a consortium including TV TOKYO Corporation and Shueisha Inc, for the Americas, Europe and Oceania.
The Xbox 360 game “BLUE DRAGON” was developed by Hironobu Sakaguchi (the creator of Final Fantasy) and also features character designs by Akira Toriyama, the creator of the best-selling DRAGON BALL series of manga (which is published in North America by VIZ Media and also featured in SHONEN JUMP Magazine). The BLUE DRAGON anime series had an enthusiastic debut in Japan on TV Tokyo on April 7, 2007 and is produced by Studio Pierrot, which is well known for its work on NARUTO™ and BLEACH™, also licensed by VIZ Media. The BLUE DRAGON video game has already established itself in Japan as one of Microsoft’s hottest releases in the RPG category and will be released in North America and Europe in August 2007.
“Bandai America will bring its extensive design and manufacturing resources to bear to develop an exciting and must-have line of toys and products to support BLUE DRAGON,” states Shodo Omatsu, President & COO, Bandai America Incorporated. “This property extends the most exciting attributes of video gaming and anime and represents a wide range of possibilities for the development of products designed for fans of all ages. We look forward to working with VIZ Media to make BLUE DRAGON a success.”
The BLUE DRAGON anime series is a classic adventure story of magical Shadow powers, flying air fortresses, and unbounded heroism. Brought together by fate, Seven Soldiers of Light must awaken the Shadow within themselves in time to overcome a despotic power and bring peace to their land. Their ensuing journey through a rich fantasy world is also an internal journey to awaken the great power within each of them. Journey with them into the world of BLUE DRAGON!
“Bandai America is an innovative company with a proven legacy of introducing high quality and unique Japanese anime toys and related products to the North American market, and they will play a critical role in our business strategy for BLUE DRAGON,” sates Linda Espinosa, Vice President, Content Management, VIZ Media “We expect gamers as well as legions of manga and anime fans of all stripes to respond enthusiastically to BLUE DRAGON’s action-packed story of overcoming conflicts through adventure and friendship.”
Source: Press Release
O release diz que a Viz Media nomeou a Bandai como empresa que fará a parte de brinquedos de Blue Dragon, o mais recente trabalho do Akira Toiyama. Se algum dia este anime chegar ao Brasil, é possível que os brinquedos sejam baseados no material que a Bandai produzirá para os EUA. O negócio é esperar…
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Posted by Sandra Monte on June 14, 2007
GLOBAL AUDIENCE FOR NARUTO™ EXPANDS AS VIZ MEDIA LICENSES HIT ANIMATED SERIES TO SBT IN BRAZIL
San Francisco, CA JUNE 14, 2007 – VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry’s most innovative and comprehensive publishing, animation and licensing companies, continues to expand the global audience base for its successful NARUTO™ animated series with the latest announcement that SBT (Sistema Brasileiro de Televisão) has been named the terrestrial broadcast partner in Brazil. SBT is one of the country’s largest television networks and is expected to debut the series in the second half of 2007.
The agreement will initially bring 52 episodes of the popular animated series, about a young boy training to become a ninja, to one of the fastest growing television markets in the world The NARUTO brand already possesses a devout following in Brazil through fan access to the internet, and anticipation is expected to rise as the network prepares the series’ debut. . The agreement with SBT was brought to fruition with the assistance of Mr. Nelson Sato, director of Sato Co. who lent his assistance and support throughout the negotiations and helped solidify a new relationship between VIZ Media and SBT.
“SBT is extremely excited to partner with VIZ Media to bring NARUTO to Brazil, with it’s unique characters and interesting story lines”, states Daniela Beyruti, Network Executive of Brazil’s second largest network.
VIZ Media has licensed animated series like NARUTO and another popular titles, such as ZATCH BELL!, to several prominent broadcasters as part of an ongoing campaign to make content available to the Pan- Latin American market. To-date Chilevision (Chile) has licensed 52 episodes of NARUTO, while America TV (Peru) has acquired 52 episodes each of ZATCH BELL! and NARUTO. Televideo Services has picked up 52 episodes each of ZATCH BELL! and NARUTO for Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Paraguay, and Honduras.
“NARUTO is becoming a global success story,” says VIZ Media Senior Licensing Manager Andrea Gonzalez. “This latest agreement presents the first opportunity to partner with SBT, and we are very excited because of their demonstrated commitment to bring innovative programming to an expanding audience. They an ideal partner for the NARUTO brand, sharing our goal to entertain with unique animated content while presenting well developed stories that reinforce positive messages about friendship, loyalty and resilience.”
Source: Press Release
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Papo de Budega 