VIZ MEDIA DETAILS UPCOMING COMPLETE BOX SETS FOR MANGA SERIES CLAYMORE AND ROSARIO + VAMPIRE

VIZ MEDIA DETAILS UPCOMING COMPLETE BOX SETS FOR MANGA SERIES CLAYMORE AND ROSARIO VAMPIRE

Sets To Feature Entire Series Runs For The Bestselling Medieval Action Saga And High School Vampire Comedy

With Exclusive Premium Items

San Francisco, CA, February 24, 2015 VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), the largest distributor and licensor of manga and anime in North America, details two substantial forthcoming manga (graphic novel) releases set for the Fourth Quarter that feature new complete series box sets for CLAYMORE and ROSARIO VAMPIRE.

Both sets will be published under the Shonen Jump Advanced imprint and will arrive in time for the start of the 2015 Holiday shopping season. The CLAYMORE complete series box set releases in October and will include Volumes 1-27 of creator Norihiro Yagi's epic medieval action saga. CLAYMORE is a riveting, multi-arc, character-driven action story that has been a New York Times manga bestseller. The ROSARIO VAMPIRE set debuts in November and will contain BOTH seasons of creator Akihisa Ikeda's acclaimed high school vampire drama in a special 24-volume manga box set edition. Both releases also will include a collectable premium.

CLAYMORE COMPLETE MANGA SERIES BOX SET Rated T for Older Teens MSRP: $214.99 U.S. / $249.99 CAN Available October 2015

This box set contains Volumes 1-27, along with a booklet of cover images never before released in North America. In a world where monsters called Yoma prey on humans and live among them in disguise, humanity s only hope is a new breed of warrior known as Claymores. Half human, half monster, these silver-eyed slayers possess supernatural strength but are condemned to fight their savage impulses or lose their humanity completely.

ROSARIO VAMPIRE COMPLETE MANGA SERIES BOX SET Rated T for Older Teens MSRP: 185.99 U.S. / $214.99 CAN Available November 2015

This box set contains the original ROSARIO VAMPIRE and the sequel series ROSARIO VAMPIRE SEASON II for a total of 24 volumes, and also includes an exclusive full-color mini-comic. Average human teenage boy Tsukune accidentally enrolls at a boarding school for monsters no, not jocks and popular kids, but bona fide werewolves, witches, and unnameables out of his wildest nightmares! On the plus side, all the girls have a monster crush on him. On the negative side, all the boys are so jealous they want to kill him! And so do the girls he spurns because he only has eyes for one of them the far-from-average vampire Moka. On the plus side, Moka only has glowing red eyes for Tsukune. On the O-negative side, she also has a burning, unquenchable thirst for his blood...

For more information on these or other manga titles published by VIZ Media, please visit www.VIZ.com.

About VIZ Media, LLC

Headquartered in San Francisco, California, VIZ Media distributes, markets and licenses the best anime and manga titles direct from Japan. Owned by three of Japan s largest manga and animation companies, Shueisha Inc., Shogakukan Inc., and Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions, Co., Ltd., VIZ Media has the most extensive library of anime and manga for English speaking audiences in North America, the United Kingdom, Ireland and South Africa. With its popular digital manga anthology WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP and blockbuster properties like NARUTO, BLEACH and ONE PIECE, VIZ Media offers cutting-edge action, romance and family friendly properties for anime, manga, science fiction and fantasy fans of all ages. VIZ Media properties are available as graphic novels, DVDs, animated television series, feature films, downloadable and streaming video and a variety of consumer products. Learn more about VIZ Media, anime and manga at www.VIZ.com.

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