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Viz Media Picks Up Miwa's Dogs, Mase's Ikigami Manga
posted on by Egan Loo
In addition to the two new Naoki Urasawa manga titles, the North American publisher Viz Media announced at its Comic-Con International panel today that it added Shirow Miwa's Dogs manga and Motoro Mase's ongoing Ikigami (Death Paper) manga. Dogs and Ikigami will launch next April and May, respectively.
Under its Viz Kids imprint, the publisher will release Shigekatsu Ihara's Pokémon - Diamond and Pearl Adventure, Ryo Takamisaki's manga adaptation of the Pokémon: The Rise of Darkrai film, Mitsuhisa Tamura's BakéGyamon: Backward Game (March 2009), Sayuri Tatsuyama's Happy Happy Clover (May 2009), Hitoshi Shoya's Dinosaur Hour (April 2009), and Kenji Sonishi's Leave it to PET! (April 2009). Outside manga, the imprint is expanding with Pokémon Activity Books, a Where's-Waldo-style Let's Find Pokémon book, a Pokémon Mazes and Puzzles book, and the two-volume Complete Pokémon Pocket Guide.
