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The Viz Signature Line Now and the Future

I haven't read Freesia or Ichi the Killer, HellKorn, but I really like Hideki Arai's works. I've only read of little of The World is Mine and Kiichi!, but they're great. I hope they're licensed. Otherwise, I'll have to splurge and start buying the French versions.

It [Portus] is rated M for mature as well. I feel that this is more of a Viz Signature title. Who feels this way?

Also, all current titles in the Viz Signature line end next year sadly. No more Drifting Classroom, Golgo 13, and Monster next year...

I'd love to see reprints of all the old PULP lines. I stumbled upon an old issue in my boyfriend's garage and was promptly addicted to Voyeur and Strain. I also happened to pick up an old copy of Sanctuary and only wish I could find them all more accessibly. Along with reprints of Phoenix, this would make me a very happy person.

Also, Urasawa insisted on releasing his manga in the states in the same order they were in Japan, so 20th Century Boys will be out promptly after Monster finishes. And I have no doubts it will be on the signature line. Although I highly hope that Pluto is liscened soon, as it's his series I'm most interested in reading.

The French get all the good manga since they aren't stuck in the mindset that cartoons are only for children and have a healthy history of art in various forms, unlike some other refined country we could mention.

You can still find all of Strain, Sanctuary, and Voyeur on Amazon, thats how I picked up the last couple volumes of Strain and Sanctuary. And I do believe Phoenix is being reprinted, I got a copy of three in the mail finally and the 2nd edition was released June 07.

the Signature imprint is pretty much a big joke with Viz and their lack of risk-taking.
playing it "safe" with seinen is about the dumbest thing you can do
gotta give my respect to Del Rey for trying to give us stuff like Mushishi and Devil Blues; but in all fairness Shogakukan is where the real meaty series are. Ikki & Spirits alone cover so many of my favorite manga

The French get all the good manga since they aren't stuck in the mindset that cartoons are only for children and have a healthy history of art in various forms, unlike some other refined country we could mention.

... I trust that you don't read Vagabond? That's a title that should continue into 2009, knowing Inoue's pacing.

Although it's being reprinted, is there any place to buy it now? Amazon, I guess? I haven't really looked. I prefer to buy in-store. Thanks for telling me, though.

What about Ping Pong? Viz has the movie and now what about the five volume Manga? Ping Pong needs the love and so do the fans of Taiyo Matsumoto.

[comic knowledge that I cannot compete against]

More like '15 unless he gets tired and decides to do a giant time leap to Musashi writing the Book of Five Rings.

Only Phoenix and Nausicaa are being reprinted. Both should be available in a few weeks. You'd think that Viz would want to jump on Sanctuary or Strain considering the success that Darkhorse has been having with manly-manga, especially since like someone mentioned most of their series are wrapping up...

All I can say is buy the Tekkon Kinkreet graphic novel.

I actually wouldn't be surprised if Dark Horse picked those up, since they don't have too much on their plate at the moment.

Tekkon is out in certain stores right now. For those of you who are unsure because of the high price keep in mind the book is 600+ pages for $30, which makes it fall into the same price rate as most manga. And considering Viz is using excellent paper, ink and a slip-cover for good measure, its actually a great value.

Sanctuary would be very nice. I get the feeling they're going to just keep releasing Koike manga, even if its sub-par, but getting some Buroson would be a nice change of pace (I'm actually suprised they haven't gone after Fist).