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| ALL YOU NEED IS KILL © 2014 by Takeshi Obata, Hiroshi Sakurazaka, Ryosuke Takeuchi, Yoshitoshi Abe/SHUEISHA INC. |
VIZ MEDIA CELEBRATES 2 YEAR ANNIVERSARY
AND LAUNCHES EDGY SCI-FI ACTION MANGA SERIES
ALL YOU NEED IS KILL
IN SPECIAL WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP ISSUE
Popular Weekly Digital Manga Anthology Celebrates Sophomore
Anniversary With Special Weekend Issue Featuring The Premiere
Of Sci-Fi Series By Creator Of DEATH NOTE and BAKUMAN
VIZ Media marks WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP’s 2 Year Digital Anniversary with the debut
of ALL YOU NEED IS KILL, by acclaimed manga (graphic novel) creator Takeshi
Obata, in a special issue debuting today
Saturday, January 11th. The bestselling weekly serial manga anthology features the
synchronized latest chapters of the world’s most popular series debuting
digitally on the same day as the Japanese Weekly
Shonen Jump counterpart.
Weekly
Shonen Jump takes a short break in Japan next week, but to launch this highly
anticipated new series, VIZ Media’s Shonen Jump editors have prepared a very
special Takeshi Obata-themed edition that coincides with the sophomore
anniversary of the digital launch of the publication.
Scheduled for a Saturday release, this bonus issue will
feature Chapter 1 of ALL YOU NEED IS KILL along with previews of Obata Sensei's
greatest hits. ALL YOU NEED IS KILL is the story of a futuristic soldier who
dies in battle and is reborn each day to defend Earth against deadly alien
invaders called Mimics. Takeshi Obata is a renowned artist of several massively
successful manga series including DEATH NOTE, BAKUMAN。, RALΩGRAD, and
HIKARU NO GO (all titles also published in North America by VIZ Media)
The original ALL YOU NEED IS KILL novel, by author Hiroshi
Sakurazaka, has been called, “science fiction for the
adrenaline junkie,” and is published in North America by VIZ Media’s Haikasoru
imprint. The novel been notably adapted into a forthcoming sci-fi live-action blockbuster,
titled Edge of Tomorrow, scheduled
for release this summer from Warner Bros. and starring Tom Cruise, Emily Blunt
and Bill Paxton.
“WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP is the world’s leading ambassador for manga content
and, aided by the advent of digital technology, we are able to oversee the
simultaneous release of the latest chapters of some of the world’s most popular
series to fans in North America as well as in the United Kingdom, South Africa
and Oceania,” says Editor-in-Chief Andy Nakatani. “We were honored to be the
first publication to bring Takeshi Obata’s newest work to North American
readers and we look forward to him reaching an even wider international fan
base with the debut of the ALL YOU NEED IS KILL manga.”
WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP is the world’s premiere
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fans single issues for only $0.99 each and 1 Year Memberships are available for
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WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP features an award-winning roster of the
very latest chapters of popular ongoing manga series such as BLEACH, BLUE EXORCIST,
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