Sci-Fi manga series ALL YOU NEED IS KILL premieres in 2 Year Digiatl Anniversary of Weekly Shonen Jump

ALL YOU NEED IS KILL (c) 2014 by Takeshi Obata, Hiroshi Sakurazaka, Ryosuke Takeuchi, Yoshitoshi Abe/SHUEISHA INC.



VIZ MEDIA CELEBRATES 2 YEAR ANNIVERSARYAND LAUNCHES EDGY SCI-FI ACTION MANGA SERIESALL YOU NEED IS KILLIN SPECIAL WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP ISSUE


Popular Weekly Digital Manga Anthology Celebrates SophomoreAnniversary With Special Weekend Issue Featuring The PremiereOf Sci-Fi Series By Creator Of DEATH NOTE and BAKUMAN

VIZ Media marks WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP's 2 Year Digital Anniversary with the debut of ALL YOU NEED IS KILL, by acclaimed manga (graphic novel) creator Takeshi Obata, in a special issue debuting today Saturday, January 11th. The bestselling weekly serial manga anthology features the synchronized latest chapters of the world's most popular series debuting digitally on the SAME DAY as the Japanese Weekly Shonen Jump counterpart.

Weekly Shonen Jump takes a short break in Japan next week, but to launch this highly anticipated new series, VIZ Media's Shonen Jump editors have prepared a very special Takeshi Obata-themed edition that coincides with the sophomore anniversary of the digital launch of the publication.

Scheduled for a Saturday release, this bonus issue will feature Chapter 1 of ALL YOU NEED IS KILL along with previews of Obata Sensei's greatest hits. ALL YOU NEED IS KILL is the story of a futuristic soldier who dies in battle and is reborn each day to defend Earth against deadly alien invaders called Mimics. Takeshi Obata is a renowned artist of several massively successful manga series including DEATH NOTE, BAKUMAN , RAL GRAD, and HIKARU NO GO (all titles also published in North America by VIZ Media)

The original ALL YOU NEED IS KILL novel, by author Hiroshi Sakurazaka, has been called, "science fiction for the adrenaline junkie," and is published in North America by VIZ Media's Haikasoru imprint. The novel been notably adapted into a forthcoming sci-fi live-action blockbuster, titled Edge of Tomorrow, scheduled for release this summer from Warner Bros. and starring Tom Cruise, Emily Blunt and Bill Paxton.

"WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP is the world's leading ambassador for manga content and, aided by the advent of digital technology, we are able to oversee the simultaneous release of the latest chapters of some of the world's most popular series to fans in North America as well as in the United Kingdom, South Africa and Oceania," says Editor-in-Chief Andy Nakatani. "We were honored to be the first publication to bring Takeshi Obata's newest work to North American readers and we look forward to him reaching an even wider international fan base with the debut of the ALL YOU NEED IS KILL manga."

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WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP features an award-winning roster of the very latest chapters of popular ongoing manga series such as BLEACH, BLUE EXORCIST, NARUTO, NISEKOI, ONE PIECE, ONE-PUNCH MAN, SERAPH OF THE END, TORIKO, WORLD TRIGGER, YU-GI-OH! ZEXAL and a colorized version of the classic DRAGON BALL.

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