VIZ Media announced several publishing acquisitions during its official panel held at Anime Expo 2016.

The company detailed several upcoming new titles to be published under the company’s various imprints. The new series include the continuation of Akira Toriyama’s seminal series, Dragon Ball, in the new Dragon Ball Super. The landmark shojo series Revolutionary Girl Utena returns in a deluxe complete manga box set. Shojo readers also will not want to miss The Water Dragon’s Bride, a brand new work by the creator of Dawn of the Arcana. VIZ Media also announced the debut later this year of the mecha action manga Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt. The company also announced Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V and the release of Rurouni Kenshin in new 3-in-1 omnibus editions.

New VIZ Signature Acquisition:

MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM THUNDERBOLT
Available Fall 2016
Story & Art by Yasuo Ohtagaki, Original Concept by Hajime Yatate and Yoshiyuki Tomino

An epic story of war and survival set in the legendary Gundam universe. In the Universal Century year 0079, humanity is divided between Earth and huge space colonies known as Sides. The colony known as Side 3 proclaims independence as the Principality of Zeon, and declares war on the Earth Federation. As the conflict nears the one year mark, the Earth Federation and the forces of Zeon are locked in a fierce battle for the Thunderbolt Sector, an area of space scarred by the wreckage of destroyed colonies.

New Shonen Jump Acquisitions:

DRAGON BALL SUPER
Available Spring 2017
Story by Akira Toriyama, Story & Art by Toyotaro

Goku’s adventure from the bestselling classic manga Dragon Ball continues in this new series. Ever since Goku became Earth’s greatest hero and gathered the seven Dragon Balls to defeat the evil Boo, his life on Earth has grown a little dull. But new threats loom overhead, and Goku and his friends will have to defend the planet once again.

RUROUNI KENSHIN 3-in-1
Available Winter 2017
By Nobuhiro Watsuki

Experience the beloved samurai action series in bargain 3-in-1 omnibus editions. Action, romance, and historical intrigue help make Nobuhiro Watsuki’s Rurouni Kenshin, the tale of a wandering swordsman set against the backdrop of the Meiji Restoration, one of the most popular Shonen Jump titles of all time.

YU-GI-OH! ARC V
Available Spring 2017
Original Concept by Kazuki Takahashi, Production Support by Studio Dice, Story by Shin Yoshida, Art by Naohito Miyoshi, Duel Composition by Masahiro Hikokubo

The latest series based on the hit collectible card game. Action Duels have become a global sensation, but what is the dark secret behind them that threatens to destroy the world? Exclusive rare card inside (limited to first printing).

New Shojo Beat Acquisitions

REVOLUTIONARY GIRL UTENA Deluxe Box Set
Available Spring 2017
Story and Art by Chiho Saito, Created by Be-Papas

The entire series of Revolutionary Girl Utena plus The Adolescence of Utena are collected into two hardcover omnibus volumes with color pages of the original covers and poster in this long-awaited collector’s set. Utena strives to be strong and noble like the childhood prince she yearns to meet again. But when she finds herself seduced into the twisted duels of Ohtori Academy, can she become the prince she’s been waiting for?

THE WATER DRAGON’S BRIDE
Available Spring 2017
By Rei Toma

The newest fantasy adventure romance by the bestselling author of Dawn of the Arcana. In the blink of an eye, a modern-day girl named Asahi is whisked away from her warm and happy home and stranded in a strange and mysterious world where she is sacrificed to a water dragon god. What plans are in store for her, and what will happen when she comes face to face with this god?

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