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Founded | July 1986; 38 years ago (1986-07) |
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Founder | Seiji Horibuchi |
Headquarters location | San Francisco,California,U.S. |
Distribution | Simon & Schuster[1] (Manga; United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, India) Diamond Book Distributors (Manga, rest of world)[2] Warner Home Video (Anime, physical media) |
Key people | Ken Sasaki(President &CEO) Hidemi Fukuhara(Vice-President) |
Imprints | Viz Productions (Film and Television) |
Owner(s) | Hitotsubashi Group: Shueisha (40%) Shogakukan (40%) Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions (20%)[3] |
Official website | www |
VIZ Media LLC is an Americanmanga publisher,anime distributor andentertainment company. Its headquarter is inSan Francisco, California. It was founded in 1986 as VIZ LLC. As of 2017, Viz Media is the largest publisher ofgraphic novels andcomic books in the United States, with a 23% share of the market.[4]