VIZ Media Launches New Manga Subscription Service with Shogakukan, Shojo Beat Titles and More
Image via official VIZ Media website
What’s better than offering one of the best deals in manga? Offering two.
Shonen Jump fans have been eating good for a while now with free simulpubbed chapters and a decades-spanning catalog, all on a cheap and accessible service from VIZ Media. So, given its massive success, the company took another pioneering step forward today with the surprise launch of a brand-new app called VIZ Manga.
For only U.S$1.99 per month, manga fans are able to access an initial library of 10,000 chapters that notably includes many titles from Shogakukan magazines — such as Case Closed, Komi Can’t Communicate, Uzumaki, Call of the Night and the various works of Rumiko Takahashi — with digital simulpubs for the first time outside of Japan, as well as Shojo Beat titles like Nana and more.
VIZ Media’s CEO, Ken Sasaki, had this message for fans:
Our CEO has news to share!
Download the updated VIZ Manga app and start reading today! https://t.co/rIOGk0eqN1 #VIZManga pic.twitter.com/EMP4cegXwf
— VIZ (@VIZMedia) May 9, 2023
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VIZ Manga uses the same system as Shonen Jump — new chapters for free, old chapters on a flat subscription — but as a separate purchase from its predecessor. The app is only available in North America at launch, but the company states that they plan on expanding to other territories in the future.
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