Viz Media Set To Speed Up ‘Bleach’ And ‘One Piece’ Digital Releases

Viz Media is making some changes to their release schedule when it comes to the digital side of their business which includes VIZManga.com and the VIZ Manga App for the Apple iPad™, iPhone™ and iPod™ touch. The latest update includes a just-announced manga “speed up” for BLEACH and ONE PIECE that will bring both series up to date with their North American print counterparts by December.

Beginning today and continuing each Monday thereafter, new digital volumes of manga creator Tite Kubo’s supernatural action saga, BLEACH, as well as the high seas pirate adventures of Eiichiro Oda’s ONE PIECE, will for be available online on VIZManga.com and also for download on the VIZ Manga App.

The latest manga speed up complements a similar accelerated release schedule announced earlier this month for NARUTO, which just saw the release of 7 manga volumes in 7 days on VIZManga.com and the VIZ Manga App, and established digital parity with the bestselling series’ print counterpart.

Other notable September digital manga releases for both platforms will include the concluding volume to Inio Asano’s WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD!, which will launch on September 12^th, as well as final volume to Akira Toriyama’s DRAGON BALL Z, available the same day. The newest edition of Natsume Ono’s acclaimed samurai drama, HOUSE OF FIVE LEAVES Volume 4, is scheduled for September 19^th, a day before the print counterpart’s national release.

Additional new VIZ Media manga volumes launching include:

September 12^th:

1. BAKUMAN。 Vol. 6
2. BLEACH Vol. 23
3. CLAYMORE Vol. 18
4. D GRAY-MAN Vol. 19
5. DRAGON BALL Z Vol. 26 – Final Volume!
6. FUSHIGI YUGI: GENBU KAIDEN Vol. 6
7. HYDE & CLOSER Vol. 5
8. NEON GENESIS EVANGELION Chapter 6
9. ONE PIECE Vol. 43
10. OTOMEN Vol. 10
11. SATURN APARTMENTS Vol. 2
12. WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD! Vol. 2 – Series Conclusion!

 September 19^th:

1. BLEACH Vol. 24
2. HOUSE OF FIVE LEAVES Vol. 4 – Debuts a day before the print counterpart!
3. KEKKAISHI Vol. 13
4. NATSUME’S BOOK OF FRIENDS Vol. 8
5. NEON GENESIS EVANGELION Chapter 7
6. ONE PIECE Vol. 44
7. ROSARIO + VAMPIRE II Vol. 5
8. RUROUNI KENSHIN Vol. 22 

September 26^th:

1. ARATA: THE LEGEND Vol. 6
2. BLEACH Vol. 25
3. CHILDREN OF THE SEA Vol. 4
4. D. GRAY-MAN Vol. 20
5. INUYASHA (VIZBIG) Vol. 4 – Exclusive to the VIZ Manga App for iPad
6. MAOH: JUVENILE REMIX Vol. 6
7. NEON GENESIS EVANGELION Chapter 8
8. ONE PIECE Vol. 45
9. VAMPIRE KNIGHT Vol. 11

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