Sentences with phrase «japanese licensors»

When I started covering manga, in 2005, Tokyopop was trying to do a lot of this, but they couldn't because the Japanese licensors traditionally didn't want to let you move on to the digital platforms.

In general — this is not specific to Viz — it's my understanding that Japanese licensors have separate contracts for different territories.

While Japanese licensors have traditionally put strict limits on manga licenses, region - blocking seems to be going the way of the dodo.

I know it worked well in the music industry, but I'm not really sure on the manga side, especially as this is more on the license, the Japanese licensor, if they are willing to go with it.

Not exact matches

San Francisco, CA, September 8, 2014 — VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), the largest publisher, distributor and licensor of manga and anime in North America, generates additional synergy between its English language WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP digital manga magazine and the original Japanese print counterpart with the launch of the new «Jump Start» initiative.

A: Unfortunately, Otaku USA is not a manga publisher and we only run previews in the magazine from US licensors of true published Japanese manga.

VIZ MEDIA PREMIERES OMNIBUS PRINT EDITION OF ALL YOU NEED IS KILL MANGA Sci - Fi Action Manga By Takeshi Obata, Creator Of DEATH NOTE, Adapts The Award - Winning Japanese Novel That Inspired The Summer Blockbuster Film Edge Of Tomorrow San Francisco, CA, October 22, 2014 — VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), the largest distributor and licensor of... Read More...

While American licensors are responsible for a lot of censorship and mismanagement of manga, nitpicking and control - freakish demands from Japanese publishers - i.e. you can't advertise in this publication because it's too «niche» or because they have ties to a rival publisher, you can't say this in an ad because it's disrespectful, etc. - also make it hard for American publishers to market their wares.