VIZ to Launch Console Channel

June 28, 2012 by Mercedes Milligan No Comments

VIZ Media, the anime and manga giant, has announced plans to launch Neon Alley, a 24-hour anime channel featuring the world’s most popular titles set to debut on game consoles this fall. The service will be available in the United States and Canada. Neon Alley will present a mix of [...]

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VIZ Media Forms New Digital Division

April 24, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments

San Francisco-based manga and anime house VIZ Media has formed a new announced the formation of VIZ Labs, a new division of the company led by Gagan Singh, exec VP, president and CTO. VIZ Labs will focus on innovation in digital content distribution, and will consolidate engineering and digital business [...]

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Ken Sasaki Promoted to CEO of VIZ

March 30, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments

Ken Sasaki has been named the new president and CEO of San Francisco-based manga and anime distributor VIZ Media. Sasaki will succeed Hidemi Fukuhara as as of April 1st, 2012. Sasaki joined VIZ Media in February of 2008 and most recently served as senior VP and general manager, where he [...]

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