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12:00:59 <bay|Ota|Viz> Good afternoon everyone
12:01:08 <bay|Ota|Viz> Welcome to the Viz Media Panel at otakon 2013
12:01:16 <bay|Ota|Viz> You guys may recognize me from otakon at years past
12:01:28 <bay|Ota|Viz> I'm charlene ingram and i'm the new marketing manager at Viz
12:02:49 <bay|Ota|Viz> and my partner in crime, mark divera, part of the publishing team
12:02:33 <bay|Ota|Viz> he's responsible for putting all that cool manga in bookstores
12:02:45 <bay|Ota|Viz> thank you very much, hi everyone
12:02:54 <bay|Ota|Viz> i work sales, i sell manga to the bookstores
12:03:06 <bay|Ota|Viz> and part of my job is letting you know what manga we're putting out in the near future
12:03:18 <bay|Ota|Viz> so who wants to hear about what manga we're putting out
12:03:38 <bay|Ota|Viz> Print Manga
12:04:20 <bay|Ota|Viz> Gangsta
12:04:21 <bay|Ota|Viz> Art and Story: Kohske
12:04:22 <bay|Ota|Viz> street date 2/18/14
12:05:11 <bay|Ota|Viz> $12.99 every 3 months
12:04:21 <bay|Ota|Viz> viz signature line
12:04:31 <bay|Ota|Viz> and who is a fan of nisekoi in shonen jump?
12:04:51 <bay|Ota|Viz> Nisekoi: False Love
12:04:56 <bay|Ota|Viz> art and story: Naoshi Komi
12:05:00 <bay|Ota|Viz> Street date 1/7/14
12:05:04 <bay|Ota|Viz> $9.99
12:05:06 <bay|Ota|Viz> every 2 months
12:06:04 <bay|Ota|Viz> (going over the story and comparing it to rosario and vampire)
12:06:24 <bay|Ota|Viz> Dragon Ball Full Color Edition
12:06:26 <bay|Ota|Viz> 2/4/14
12:06:31 <bay|Ota|Viz> $19.99
12:07:05 <bay|Ota|Viz> another series...
12:07:08 <bay|Ota|Viz> Deadman Wonderland
12:07:18 <bay|Ota|Viz> 2/11/14, $9.99, every 2 months
12:07:22 <bay|Ota|Viz> (this is repeating ax)
12:08:24 <bay|Ota|Viz> this is an anouncement we brought to ax which got a bit of a response
12:08:36 <bay|Ota|Viz> Ranma 1/2
12:08:39 <bay|Ota|Viz> coming back into print
12:09:04 <bay|Ota|Viz> right to left, 2 in 1 format, 3/11/14, $14.99
12:09:04 <bay|Ota|Viz> every 2 months
12:09:39 <bay|Ota|Viz> next up
12:09:46 <bay|Ota|Viz> new editions to the ghibli library
12:09:53 <bay|Ota|Viz> The Art of Princess Monoke
12:10:12 <bay|Ota|Viz> the one ghibli artbook we hadn't released yet in hardcover
12:10:18 <bay|Ota|Viz> May 2014, $24.99
12:10:23 <bay|Ota|Viz> non-fiction books
12:10:38 <bay|Ota|Viz> Starting Point: 1979-1996 Paperback edition
12:10:41 <bay|Ota|Viz> 3/17/14
12:10:44 <bay|Ota|Viz> $16.99
12:10:46 <bay|Ota|Viz> and the second part
12:10:50 <bay|Ota|Viz> Turning Point: 1997-2008
12:11:00 <bay|Ota|Viz> 4/8/14, $29.99
12:11:06 <bay|Ota|Viz> collections of essays about and by Hayao Miyazaki
12:11:14 <bay|Ota|Viz> coming up is our one Haikasoru annoucnement
12:11:16 <bay|Ota|Viz> SF imprint
12:11:29 <bay|Ota|Viz> All You Need is Kill
12:11:31 <bay|Ota|Viz> Graphic novel
12:11:38 <bay|Ota|Viz> graphic novel adapted from the japanese sf novel
12:11:56 <bay|Ota|Viz> upcoming tom cruise movie Edge of Tomrorow is based on this story (movie in may 2014)
12:12:07 <bay|Ota|Viz> art by Lee Ferguson, story adapted by Nick Mamatas
12:12:37 <bay|Ota|Viz> some point midway next year
12:12:46 <bay|Ota|Viz> print manga otakon announcements
12:13:00 <bay|Ota|Viz> Bakuman box set
12:13:05 <bay|Ota|Viz> first time showing what it looks like
12:13:07 <bay|Ota|Viz> 10/1/13
12:13:10 <bay|Ota|Viz> $159.99
12:13:19 <bay|Ota|Viz> Takeshi Obata, Tsugumi Ohba
12:14:02 <bay|Ota|Viz> it weighs about 7lbs
12:14:16 <bay|Ota|Viz> also comes with a double sided poster
12:14:22 <bay|Ota|Viz> and otter no 11 mini comic
12:14:50 <bay|Ota|Viz> the comic inside the bakuman story
12:15:09 <bay|Ota|Viz> and now new announcement
12:15:11 <bay|Ota|Viz> most requested reprint title
12:16:12 <bay|Ota|Viz> Monster
12:16:13 <bay|Ota|Viz> (manga)
12:16:14 <bay|Ota|Viz> Naoki Urasawa
12:16:14 <bay|Ota|Viz> july 2014
12:16:13 <bay|Ota|Viz> $19.99, releases every 3 months
12:16:29 <bay|Ota|Viz> in 2-in-1 format
12:16:44 <bay|Ota|Viz> this is how it was published in japan in reprint
12:16:38 <bay|Ota|Viz> with color pages
12:16:51 <bay|Ota|Viz> now to digital
12:17:11 <bay|Ota|Viz> Viz Media is publishing digital as well
12:17:15 <bay|Ota|Viz> and we do that through the viz manga app
12:17:29 <bay|Ota|Viz> and that's through nook, android, itunes... and now kobo
12:19:05 <bay|Ota|Viz> manga titles come out day and date
12:19:05 <bay|Ota|Viz> and one of the good thing about the digital app and the ebook store is that there have been digital exclusives
12:19:06 <bay|Ota|Viz> like nisekoi which is now coming to print because so many people bought it digitally
12:19:17 <bay|Ota|Viz> and mature titles are available through the website
12:19:35 <bay|Ota|Viz> and some series we can't bring back into print but can bring them back digitall
12:19:41 <bay|Ota|Viz> Please Save My Earth, MAR, Case Closed
12:20:03 <bay|Ota|Viz> Digital gifts now available
12:20:12 <bay|Ota|Viz> you can buy manga on the website and gift it to people
12:20:27 <bay|Ota|Viz> and when i said earlier, titles in print will be available digitally
12:20:31 <bay|Ota|Viz> (going over recent releases)
12:20:52 <bay|Ota|Viz> in Septmber
12:21:01 <bay|Ota|Viz> recent shoujo hit, demon love spell vol 4
12:21:03 <bay|Ota|Viz> one piece 68
12:21:16 <bay|Ota|Viz> and a whole bunch of manga is on sale for the month of august
12:21:21 <bay|Ota|Viz> 20% off sale
12:21:42 <bay|Ota|Viz> Weekly Shonen Jump
12:21:54 <bay|Ota|Viz> who remembers shonen jump magazine
12:22:11 <bay|Ota|Viz> we finally turned it into a digital magazine
12:22:26 <bay|Ota|Viz> where we release a few weekly shonen jump titles from japan simultaneously
12:22:31 <bay|Ota|Viz> (paraphrased)
12:23:15 <bay|Ota|Viz> $25.99 for the entire year, and get a digital issue a week, which is about 100 pages
12:23:57 <bay|Ota|Viz> where is it available? on the same devices that the viz manga app is available because it's done through the viz manga app
12:24:32 <bay|Ota|Viz> and a recent piece of news is that weekly shonen jump is available in other english speaking countries
12:24:30 <bay|Ota|Viz> itunes now and coming soon to android
12:24:44 <bay|Ota|Viz> and if you aren't sure about shonen jump, you can get a started park
12:25:01 <bay|Ota|Viz> it freatures the chapter 1s of all the series currently running in shonen jump
12:25:18 <bay|Ota|Viz> another way to enjoy shonen jump content for free is android only with the free button
12:25:24 <bay|Ota|Viz> where you try out another app to get an issue for free
12:25:45 <bay|Ota|Viz> and for subscribers only, if you are a subscriber, you get 4 yugioh cards a year
12:25:57 <bay|Ota|Viz> new series...
12:26:02 <bay|Ota|Viz> One Punch Man
12:26:21 <bay|Ota|Viz> story by one, art by yusuke murata
12:27:28 <bay|Ota|Viz> Dragonball Full Color
12:27:32 <bay|Ota|Viz> and World Trigger
12:27:56 <bay|Ota|Viz> Jaco the Galactic Patrolman
12:27:58 <bay|Ota|Viz> latest series by Akira Toriyama
12:28:12 <bay|Ota|Viz> and with Shonen jump, you don't only get the comic content, you get the community
12:28:38 <bay|Ota|Viz> on the website we have a podcast, and other articles that shonen jump readers might enjoy
12:28:55 <bay|Ota|Viz> that's it for me...thank you for listening to my portion
12:29:05 <bay|Ota|Viz> and now handing this off to charlene who will be telling you about anime
12:29:09 <bay|Ota|Viz> talking about neon alley
12:29:19 <bay|Ota|Viz> and then new releases, then new announcements
12:29:53 <bay|Ota|Viz> first sizzle reel for neon alley
12:31:05 <bay|Ota|Viz> (the aniplex titles are getting more cheers than their own, this is sorta amusing)
12:31:28 <bay|Ota|Viz> (then again, 1 > 0)
12:32:00 <bay|Ota|Viz> let's give it up for neon alley
12:32:28 <bay|Ota|Viz> so besides that video, you are probably asking what neon alley is, think of it as the anime channel you always dreamed of, 24/7 anime,
12:32:30 <bay|Ota|Viz> (lost)
12:32:58 <bay|Ota|Viz> it's available on xbox360 and ps3 and now on the internet
12:33:09 <bay|Ota|Viz> it's all anime all the time, except sundays when we run martial arts movies
12:33:28 <bay|Ota|Viz> every subscriber automatically gets entered every week into give aways
12:33:47 <bay|Ota|Viz> every week we have premieres, we also have your anime favorites
12:33:52 <bay|Ota|Viz> so neon alley is the anime channel you always dreamed of
12:34:07 <bay|Ota|Viz> and yes, neon alley is on the internet now, based on popular demand
12:34:15 <bay|Ota|Viz> so you can go on the internet and watch, it's the same feed as through the game systems
12:34:18 <bay|Ota|Viz> also from fan demand
12:34:35 <bay|Ota|Viz> working on the catch up component so people watch what they missed
12:34:39 <bay|Ota|Viz> look for it coming very very soon
12:35:19 <bay|Ota|Viz> (going over the bullet points)
12:36:52 <bay|Ota|Viz> now showing on neon alley
12:36:56 <bay|Ota|Viz> K
12:37:29 <bay|Ota|Viz> more One Piece
12:37:43 <bay|Ota|Viz> we are working with our dear friends at funimation and toei to bring you more one piece every week
12:37:47 <bay|Ota|Viz> we also have premieres
12:37:56 <bay|Ota|Viz> we have a cool one coming up on sunday
12:38:07 <bay|Ota|Viz> Tiger and Bunny the movie: The Beginning english dub premiere
12:38:39 <bay|Ota|Viz> also featuring all your old favorites
12:38:42 <bay|Ota|Viz> (same list)
12:39:20 <bay|Ota|Viz> but you guys want to hear announcements
12:39:22 <bay|Ota|Viz> fall lineup so far
12:39:26 <bay|Ota|Viz> 2 new titles...
12:39:34 <bay|Ota|Viz> one more at the panel tomorrow
12:39:49 <bay|Ota|Viz> Madoka Magica
12:39:50 <bay|Ota|Viz> Magi
12:39:59 <bay|Ota|Viz> premier of the dub of Magi
12:40:02 <bay|Ota|Viz> stay tuned for showtimes
12:40:07 <bay|Ota|Viz> now the shiny disc portion
12:40:10 <bay|Ota|Viz> animation new releases
12:40:36 <bay|Ota|Viz> Nura: rise of the yokai clan, bleach 17/18
12:40:38 <bay|Ota|Viz> (already out or solicited)
12:40:59 <bay|Ota|Viz> Naruto 15 out, movie 4 9/17/13, set 16 10/8/13
12:41:17 <bay|Ota|Viz> $24.98 bd/$19.98 dvd movie 4
12:41:24 <bay|Ota|Viz> la grange out now
12:41:28 <bay|Ota|Viz> season 2 sometime this winter
12:41:40 <bay|Ota|Viz> Beserk - The Golden Age Arc 2 out now
12:42:41 <bay|Ota|Viz> we will be doing the R18 version for movie 3
12:42:45 <bay|Ota|Viz> we just announced recently..
12:42:50 <bay|Ota|Viz> Tiger and Bunny the Beginning
12:42:53 <bay|Ota|Viz> 10/1/13
12:43:10 <bay|Ota|Viz> 2.5 hours of extra features
12:43:29 <bay|Ota|Viz> production art, trailers, preivew, spremier event, ustream, weekly hero, anime expo event
12:43:39 <bay|Ota|Viz> Zetman the Complete Series
12:43:49 <bay|Ota|Viz> 11/05/2013,, $44.82 DVD, $54.97, marathon play, nyy interview, clean op/ed
12:43:54 <bay|Ota|Viz> Accel World Set 1
12:43:57 <bay|Ota|Viz> 11/26/13
12:44:08 <bay|Ota|Viz> $44.82, $54.97 bd
12:44:15 <bay|Ota|Viz> production art, english trailer, clean op/ed, trailers
12:44:27 <bay|Ota|Viz> we did get the shorts, they are being dubbed, they will be part of the next set
12:46:49 <bay|Ota|Viz> so we did a survey
12:46:50 <bay|Ota|Viz> some retailers will offer a special art of accel world 48 page art booklet (bd size)
12:46:51 <bay|Ota|Viz> animation announcements
12:46:50 <bay|Ota|Viz> New acquistion
12:46:50 <bay|Ota|Viz> Gargantia, DVD and BD rights + OVAs
12:46:50 <bay|Ota|Viz> coming to bd/dvd in 2014
12:47:23 <bay|Ota|Viz> Blood Lad
12:47:23 <bay|Ota|Viz> streaming it simul as japan
12:47:23 <bay|Ota|Viz> coming tenatively next year to dvd/bd
12:47:25 <bay|Ota|Viz> has been doing really well for us, it's really popular
12:47:36 <bay|Ota|Viz> and what is this
12:49:33 <bay|Ota|Viz> (....long intro)
12:50:05 <bay|Ota|Viz> (stilll trying to make it sound important)
12:50:12 <bay|Ota|Viz> Ranma 1/2
12:50:16 <bay|Ota|Viz> coming to neon alley this fall
12:50:26 <bay|Ota|Viz> coming to dvd and bluray and digital
12:51:04 <bay|Ota|Viz> coming to vizanime.com and hulu soon
12:51:59 <bay|Ota|Viz> and without further adieu
12:54:19 <bay|Ota|Viz> here's how you can be interent friends with us
12:54:23 <bay|Ota|Viz> Q: Viz uses fathom events to screen things, any chance of doing that again for T&B?
12:54:22 <bay|Ota|Viz> A; Stay tuned
12:54:24 <bay|Ota|Viz> Q: For the Rising, you did an event out in CA, what can be done to get an event in NY?
12:55:08 <bay|Ota|Viz> A: Let your favorite theater know
12:55:07 <bay|Ota|Viz> Q: Does the sale also apply to sublime? A; Not sure, separate imprint
12:55:05 <bay|Ota|Viz> Q: Bring back Jojos? A: Stay tuned
12:55:12 <bay|Ota|Viz> Q: Kaze Hikaru... up to 30 in Japan and only doing 1/year here...
12:55:39 <bay|Ota|Viz> A: We're really sorry that we only put out 1 vol a year at this point, when we look at the schedule, we have to set priorities for the top selling properties, and the new series that are taking off
12:56:03 <bay|Ota|Viz> so unfotunately series like kaze hikaru get pushed to the back , but we want to keep it around and this is how we do it, but one day hopefully we can push it forward
12:56:18 <bay|Ota|Viz> Q: Consideration for having other digital anthologies, shonen sunday or shoujo beat?
12:56:56 <bay|Ota|Viz> A: Another digital weekly magazine? For now, we're trying to focus on jump, we consider it a new thing for us, it's still considered it would be great to have other, i'd love to see shonen sunday, but we have to get jump going before we can do that
12:57:17 <bay|Ota|Viz> Q: Also on Tiger and Bunny... the second movie is being made now, and the second season is rumored, are you planning to stick around in tiger and bunny?
12:57:25 <bay|Ota|Viz> A; We believe in heros but nothing we can announce at this time
12:58:02 <bay|Ota|Viz> Q: On WSJ, how long do they last and can you get back issues?
12:58:02 <bay|Ota|Viz> Q: On WSJ, how long do they lsat and can you get back issues?
12:58:21 <bay|Ota|Viz> A: You keep it forever, and we're working on back issues
12:58:21 <bay|Ota|Viz> Q: Ranma 1/2, OVAs or movies? A: TV series first, going to see what support
12:58:35 <bay|Ota|Viz> Q: Neon alley on xbox one and ps4?
12:58:44 <bay|Ota|Viz> A: Doing everything we can to expand, but dev units haven't been released yet
12:59:36 <bay|Ota|Viz> A: Catch up component
12:59:38 <bay|Ota|Viz> Q: Neon alley on apple tv and roku in the future? A: Going one by one and making sure each platform is stable
12:59:52 <bay|Ota|Viz> Q: VOD format?
13:00:04 <bay|Ota|Viz> Q: With Bleach and Naruto anime ending, what's next? A; Bleach anime still has 2 more years for us, and naruto shows no sign of stopping
13:00:25 <bay|Ota|Viz> Q: What made you choose a raven?
13:00:40 <bay|Ota|Viz> A: There are many interpretations for the raven, it's up to ethe fan to decide
13:00:41 <bay|Ota|Viz> thank you guys for coming