Visitors To VIZ Media Booth (#619) Invited To Screen Two Trailers Of Hit Series On Web-Enabled Cell Phones

San Francisco, CA, February 13 , 2007— VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry's most innovative and comprehensive publishing, animation and licensing companies, is making available exclusively at the 2007 New York Comic-Con cell phone downloads of promotional trailers for the popular DEATH NOTE anime series.  The 2007 New York Comic-Con show takes place from February 23-25 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City. 

Two DEATH NOTE trailers will be available on a one-time-only basis for cell phone downloads exclusively during the New York Comic-Con show.  The first trailer will be available Saturday, February 24th, and the second on Sunday, February 25th. Visitors should come to VIZ Media’s booth #619 to download the content to their Bluetooth-enabled cell phone or to get a code to enter through their cellular service provider.  Standard text message and other phone charges will apply.

VIZ Media’s announcement marks the first time this well-known Japanese anime property is being made legally available to U.S. audiences for download. According to VIZ Media executives, new and authorized download-to-own technology will facilitate the delivery of anime content legally, securely and with vivid clarity.  A DVD release of DEATH NOTE is also planned for US release and will include an English dub as well as subtitles, special packaging and possibly collectible premiums. DEATH NOTE, a Japanese graphic novel rated for older teens, is based on the Shueisha manga series of the same name and is currently one of the hottest anime titles in Japan. Published in North America by VIZ Media, it depicts the adventures of Light Yagami, an ace student with great prospects but who is bored out of his mind. All of that changes when he finds the Death Note, a notebook dropped by a rogue Shinigami death god.  Any human whose name is written in the notebook dies, and Light vows to use the power of the Death Note to rid the world of evil. But when criminals begin dropping dead, the authorities send the legendary detective L to investigate, and he is soon hot on the trail of Light, who must now reevaluate his once noble goal.

About VIZ Media, LLC

Headquartered in San Francisco, CA, VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), is one of the most comprehensive and innovative companies in the field of manga publishing, animation and entertainment licensing of Japanese content. Owned by three of Japan's largest creators and licensors of manga and animation, Shueisha Inc., Shogakukan Inc., and Shogakukan Production Co., Ltd. (ShoPro Japan), VIZ Media is a leader in the publishing and distribution of Japanese manga for English speaking audiences in North America and a global licensor of Japanese manga and animation. The company offers an integrated product line including, magazines such as SHONEN JUMP and SHOJO BEAT, graphic novels, videos, DVDs, audio soundtracks and develops and markets animated entertainment from initial production, television placement and distribution, to merchandise licensing and promotions for audiences and consumers of all ages.

Contact VIZ Media at 295 Bay Street, San Francisco, CA 94133; Phone (415) 546–7073; Fax (415) 546–7086; and web site at www.viz.com.

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