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Founded | July 2, 1986; 37 years ago (1986-07-02) (as VIZ LLC.) |
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Founder | Seiji Horibuchi |
Headquarters | San Francisco, California, U.S. |
Key people | Ken Sasaki (President & CEO) Hidemi Fukuhara (Vice-President) |
Owner | Hitotsubashi Group: Shueisha (40%) Shogakukan (40%) Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions (20%)[1] |
Parent | Simon & Schuster[2] (Manga; United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, India) Diamond Book Distributors (Manga, rest of world)[3] Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (Under Studio Distribution Services LLC) (Anime, physical media) |
Divisions | Viz Productions (Film and Television) |
Website | www |
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VIZ Media LLC. is an American manga-publishing and anime-dubbing company headquartered in San Francisco, California. It was founded in 1986 as VIZ LLC. In 2005, VIZ LLC and ShoPro Entertainment merged to form the current VIZ Media LLC, which is owned by Japanese publishing conglomerate Hitotsubashi Group, which includes Shueisha, Shogakukan, and Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions (ShoPro).[1] In 2017, Viz Media was the largest publisher of graphic novels in the United States, with a 23% share of the market.[4]