comiXology And VIZ Media Add 36 Hakusensha Manga Series

VIZ Media and comiXology announced that 385 volumes of manga from Japanese publisher Hakusensha are now available on their digital platforms for Kindle Fire tablets, iPad, iPhone, Android and Windows 8-based devices. The new English language manga span 36 series, with action, comedy, and shojo romance, including 12 volumes of Library Wars: Love & War, in which libraries mobilize to defend themselves from a repressive government; 33 volumes of the show biz shojo manga Skip Beat!; 21 volumes of the shojo science fiction manga Please Save My Earth; 18 volumes of Otomen, about a boy who loves shojo manga and feminine pastimes; 18 volumes of the screwball romantic comedy Ouran High School Host Club; and, 19 volumes of the high school vampire fantasy Vampire Knight.

This latest content update expands the VIZ Manga digital catalog on comiXology to more than 1500 volumes across 220 different series.

“ComiXology is a service that is widely enjoyed by many avid comic and manga readers, and the addition of this substantial library of Hakusensha titles will give these fans an even larger array of content to enjoy with all the flexibility and ease of use the digital format offers,” says Eric Eberhardt, VIZ Media’s Director of Digital Marketing. “We look forward to continuing our relationship with the comiXology platform, and invite readers to enjoy the massive selection of VIZ Media manga content that is now available!”