Anime Expo 2007
Viz Entertainment
by Mikhail Koulikov,
ists: Wendy Shimamura (associate product manager, home entertainment) Animerica)
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Under Viz's Kazune Kawahara's High School Debut is also slated to start in January. It is set to continue on a bi-monthly release schedule.
Under the Noriko Ogiwara's Dragon Sword and Wind Child ($16.99). Based on Shinto mythology, this novel was originally released in English in 1993 by Farrar Strauss & Giroux, but that edition has long been out of print.
Between September and December of this year, Viz will release a total of twelve volumes of Death Note and I's) are now reaching their final volumes.
Viz's plans for anime releases through the rest of 2007 include the fourth Naruto uncut box set, which is scheduled for August, and the first Naruto movie. It will be released on September 4, and later in the summer, there will be one more theatrical showing at the UA Horton Plaza Theater. The DVD release of the film will include the Hidden Leaf Village Grand Sports Festival short, and numerous retailers will be offering various extras with the film, including a lunch box, mousepads, and OST samplers.
Viz's final anime release of 2007 will be Death Note. Volume one will be released on November 20, and further volumes will follow each month. Both a standard DVD-only edition and a collector's special box will be available. The collector's box will include a limited-edition Ryuk figure, which will also be offered for stand-alone purchase via the Viz website. Viz is hoping to also have Death Note air on Adult Swim, but no specific details of any arrangement have been confirmed yet.
This report has been verified with a studio representative.
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