VIZ Media

:This article deals with the American media company. For other uses, please see Viz (disambiguation).

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VIZ Media, LLC, headquartered in San Francisco, California, is a major American anime, manga and Japanese entertainment company formed by the merger of VIZ, LLC and ShoPro Entertainment. The company is commonly referred to as "Viz", the same name used in previous incarnations of VIZ LLC.

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San Francisco, California - American - Anime - Manga - Japanese - Entertainment - ShoPro Entertainment

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Viz also produces a manga and anime review magazine, Animerica; as well as an English language version of Shueisha's Shonen Jump (shōnen manga) magazine, and a shōjo manga monthly called Shojo Beat. It used to publish Animerica Extra, a shōjo manga monthly, and PULP magazine, an adult-oriented manga monthly that featured story lines inappropriate for younger readers, though not pornography (see seinen, josei).

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Manga - Anime - Magazine - Animerica - English language - Shueisha - Shonen Jump - Shōnen - Shōjo - Shojo Beat - Animerica Extra - PULP - Pornography - Seinen - Josei

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It is jointly-owned by Japan publishers Shogakukan and Shueisha.

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Japan - Shogakukan - Shueisha

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