Viz media announces several exciting events at Comic-Con this year, including a playable demo of Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 2, and exciting exclusives for sale, including limited edition Sage Naruto figures and One Piece Luffy mallows!

VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry’s most innovative and comprehensive publishing, animation and licensing companies, has announced an exciting roster of personal appearances, panel discussions, events, giveaways and convention exclusives for 2010 Comic-Con International. Comic-Con is the nation’s largest comic book and science fiction event, and takes place July 21-25 at the San Diego Convention Center, CA. VIZ Media will be located in Booth 2813.

Fans won’t want to miss a very special opportunity to meet comics and pop culture icon Stan Lee, co-creator along with Hiroyuki Takei (SHAMAN KING) of the groundbreaking ULTIMO manga series (rated ‘T’ for Teens), on Saturday, July 24th. Mr. Lee will be a special guest at the SHONEN JUMP Panel, scheduled at 10:30AM in Room #9, where fans will get the latest manga and anime news and on-the-spot surprises, including a special ULTIMO button for all attendees. Mr. Lee will also make an in-person appearance at the VIZ Media booth for a signing session of ULTIMO Volume 2 at 1:15pm.

VAMPIRE KNIGHT (rated ‘T+’ for Older Teens) is the newest anime series to captivate fans and is based on the smash hit manga series by Matsuri Hino, also published by VIZ Media. To celebrate the release of DVD Volume 1, the company is pleased to welcome as guests the talented voice actors Mela Lee (Yuki), Vic Mignogna (Zero) and Ethan Murray (Kaname) on Friday, July 23rd. Catch Vic Mignogna in the VIZ Media booth at 11:00am, where he will host the VAMPIRE KNIGHT trivia game. The festivities continue at 1:00pm, where fans will have the opportunity to meet the three voice actors at an in-booth signing session. Round out the day at the VAMPIRE KNIGHT Panel, at 3:30pm in Room #9, where VAMPIRE KNIGHT manga editor Nancy Thistlethwaite and the VAMPIRE KNIGHT voice actors will have an in-depth discussion of the edgy gothic romantic drama. There will also be a raffle, featuring exclusive prizes, for fans who come dressed in their best VAMPIRE KNIGHT costume.

The VIZ Media booth will be an exciting destination on the show floor for fans, with exclusive products available for purchase during special times throughout the show (attendees should check the digital signboard at the front of the booth for the daily schedule). For the NARUTO SHIPPUDEN fan, there will be a NARUTO SHIPPUDEN Limited Edition Sage Naruto Figure from Toynami and straight-from-Japan full-color reproduction NARUTO SHIPPUDEN animation cels (from Digital Manga) featuring favorite characters Naruto and Sasuke. Two special VAMPIRE KNIGHT bundles will be offered: VAMPIRE KNIGHT anime DVD Volume 1 with a Cross Academy armband set, and a set of 6 collectable VAMPIRE KNIGHT pins (armband and pins both from Great Eastern). Also available will be a bundle featuring ONE PIECE Volume 54 (rated ‘T’ for Teens) and ONE PIECE Limited Edition Luffy Mallow (from FUNimation and Shocker Toys), and exclusive BLEACH iPhone 3G/3GS cell phone cases from France in two designs featuring Ichigo and Toshiro.

VIZ Media will be offering a variety of fun activities at the booth this year. Fans can pose with their favorite VAMPIRE KNIGHT or KEKKAISHI anime characters in a special photo area. Test your knowledge in the NARUTO and BLEACH trivia games. Try the fan-favorite claw catcher game to snag fun NARUTO SHIPPUDEN or BLEACH prizes. Everyone’s a winner at the VIZ Media Treasure Trove, where players grab a coin to exchange for cool prizes. Fans can sample the video game area, featuring Namco Bandai Games America with a preview of NARUTO SHIPPUDEN Ultimate Ninja Storm 2 (Rated T for Teen) for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation® 3. Scan your badge to enter to win a NARUTO SHIPPUDEN-branded PSP® game system and NARUTO SHIPPUDEN Ultimate Ninja Heroes 3 (Rated T for Teen) for the PSP® (no purchase necessary), and get a Bandai collectible card good for three free NARUTO SHIPPUDEN episodes on the PlayStation® Network.

The VIZ Media collectable tote bag is back in a brand new color for 2010 – get your free bag to see what series are featured this year. Other giveaways include BIOMEGA posters, VIZ Media Bling, VAMPIRE KNIGHT manga samplers, and much more while supplies last!

Finally, VIZ Media is proud to have three manga titles – OISHINBO (rated ‘T’ for Teens), by Tetsu Kariya and Akira Hanasaki; PLUTO: URASAWA × TEZUKA (rated ‘T+’ for Older Teens), by Naoki Urasawa, Takashi Nagasaki, Macoto Tezka and Tezuka Productions; and NAOKI URASAWA’S 20TH CENTURY BOYS (rated ‘T+’ for Older Teens), by Naoki Urasawa – nominated for 5 awards for the 2010 Will Eisner Comics Industry Awards, which are considered the Oscars of the comic book industry. In addition, Naoki Urasawa is nominated for Best Writer/Artist for his work on NAOKI URASAWA’S 20TH CENTURY BOYS and PLUTO: URASAWA × TEZUKA. Winners will be announced at a gala ceremony at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront Hotel on the evening of Friday, July 23rd.

For more up-to-date information on VIZ Media’s activities at San Diego Comic-Con International, visit www.VIZAnime.com/comiccon/.

About VIZ Media, LLC
Headquartered in San Francisco, CA, VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), is one of the most comprehensive and innovative companies in the field of manga (graphic novel) publishing, animation and entertainment licensing of Japanese content. Owned by three of Japan’s largest creators and licensors of manga and animation, Shueisha Inc., Shogakukan Inc., and Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions, Co., Ltd., VIZ Media is a leader in the publishing and distribution of Japanese manga for English speaking audiences in North America, the United Kingdom, Ireland, and South Africa and is a global ex-Asia licensor of Japanese manga and animation. The company offers an integrated product line including the popular monthly manga anthology SHONEN JUMP magazine, graphic novels, and DVDs, and develops, markets, licenses, and distributes animated entertainment for audiences and consumers of all ages.

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  • Exkirion

    This is fine and all but when the freakin’ demo will come out? The rest of the stuff do not interest me so much

  • LeoZeo

    This all sounds AWESOME!! But I’m in the UK, goddamn it! =(

    @Exkirion
    Above all, I am mainly interested in a demo date. Supposed to be released around this time according to various internet sources. Although an actual demo would be great, just knowing when the demo will arrive would be well recieved.

  • Anonymous2

    Doesn’t really have anything to do with Storm 2 so much, and yet the put it in its section.

  • Anonymous2

    And is there still no info about the Japanese Demo’s release date?

  • dimension

    i know rite i only wanna know info bout storm 2 thr rest i dont giva shit$ I WANT THE DEMO

  • deathstalker

    i would like to hear about the next naruto movie for the u.s

  • kibito11

    i would like to hear about the fuckin demo

  • slffjwmn

    when is the ****** demo coming out

  • TrueNarutoArt

    JUST GIVE US THE F***IN DEMO I DONT WANT BUT ITS ANNOYIN

  • TrueNarutoArt

    IM MEAN ITS GETTIN ANNOYIN THE DIRECTOR IS DOIN IT ON PURPOSE ARGGHH

  • Anonymous2

    @kibito11 Hey Kibito, I’ve been trying to ask either you or Saif, what does someone have to do to join Team Jubi, because I think I may want to join now.

  • THEFUCKISTHEDEMO!

    WHERE THE HELL is THE DEMO!

  • kibito11

    @anonymous go to team-jubi.webs.com n register n tell me u did n ill add ya pal

  • Anonymous2

    @kibito11 Ok, thanks for the info, I’ll do it as soon as possible.

  • Arakune

    AniMagic in Germany shows first public and exclusive gameplay demo of it, playable for everybody. Hopefully someone captures the stuff.

  • Arakune

    @Arakune
    With it I mean Ninja Storm 2

  • Anonymous

    same please bring the demo out already geez

  • MR.Deezi

    Everybody chill out damn.

  • Exkirion

    I think it’s understandable that everyone is frustrated, they said info will come this week, yet it is already Thursday but nothing…

  • OMGTHE4th

    FUUUUU

  • TrueNarutoArt

    Im making an Clan called Naru if you want to join my PSN is TrueArtist15,and yes i draw Naruto im a Narutard

  • TrueNarutoArt

    i agree with MR.Deezi please calm down.Have patience the demo willbe out soon.^_^

  • Anonymous

    well its friday and no new news yet hoping for somthing today

  • LiLi

    LoL, i think its comming out the same date as last year, July 17, which is actually, technically this saturday, which counts as this week ^_^

  • MR.Deezi

    @LiLi
    hmmm..good thinkin.

  • Anonymous

    @LiLi
    are you sure?

  • LiLi

    @Anonymous

    lol WAIT its only a guess, im not a reliable source, so if it doesnt cum saturday dnt yell @ me lol
    im as clueless as everyone else

  • Anonymous

    @LiLi
    i see of course i wont yell at you lol

  • kibito11

    wtf where hell is the info or the fucking demo

  • Anonymous2

    Well Japan didn’t get any PS3 demos in it’s update, and there’s no rumored content yet, but sooner or later it may come around.

  • Anonymous

    @kibito11
    yea where is that fucking demo already

  • kibito11

    demo if some fucking whack job spreaded a rumor again ima kick his ass wen i find him n ill find him by didcating my whole life n wen i find him ILLLLL KICK HIS ASSS either tht or itll b like last yr n release the 17 pf july

  • kibito11

    *of

  • Anonymous2

    We may get info on the demo that day but since the updates already happened, I don’t really know if the demo would even come then, I still haven’t heard when it supposed to release in Japan yet, so I expect to hear that info on the 17th then, but not too much.

  • kibito11

    guess ur right i might as well jus wait for the real game since its not tht far off ne more

  • Egebjerg

    There is a new scan on YouTube.
    It shows sage Naruto vs. Pain and Kakashi vs. Pain

  • Egebjerg

    In the Kakashi vs. Pain fight you can see that Kakashi has Chouji as support character.
    And Pain has Konan as support character.

    Sorry for my bad english. I’m from Denmark so my english isn’t that good. ;-)

  • Anonymous2

    Ok so Kakashi vs. Whichever Pain that was, looks like either Deva Pain or Naraka Pain, since that’s Naraka Pain’s Jutsu in the scan, is a normal battle, that’s cool, I guess that’s probably one of the Naraka Path’s Jutsus in the game.

  • Anonymous

    that new scan on youtube with kakashi and pain and sage naruto is sick..damn

  • Egebjerg

    I can’t w8 to play it!! :-)

  • Anonymous

    @Anonymous2
    can u please link it

  • deathstalker35

    i also want to here the anime for adult swim

  • Anonymous

    ” 大変お待たせしました!!

    2010年7月29日に、PS3版、Xbox360版同時に体験版の配信を開始します。
    最初のボスバトル「カカシ戦」を全部遊べます!!

    是非、楽しんでください!! ”

    It’s on the Japanese blog of NSUNS2, saying the demo will be released on the 29th and that it’ll be the Kakashi boss battle.

  • Exkirion

    @Egebjerg

    Yup i noteced too, Chouji and Konan is confirmed now.

  • Alessandro83

    i can wait until 29 :)
    i have a question : PSN … EU , US or Jap -_-’

  • Egebjerg

    Demo will be released on July 29th 2010 on both PSN and xbox live.
    Information from the official Japanese Naruto Shippuden UNS 2 site
    The demo will allow the player to play the first boss battle “Kakashi” (the same from the E3 demo) :-(
    There is no information on which store the demo will be released on first. Maybe all of them?

  • Egebjerg

    Is it me or do you guys also think that the Kakashi boss batlle is a bit short?
    I hope it will not be the only thing on the demo.

  • Anonymous

    @Alessandro83
    Doesn’t really matter since you can just create a Japanese PSN account and then download it.

  • SolidSteak

    saiyan island is slow. theres a new scan showing sage mode + the demo release date has been announced already. still no word about the matters from saiyan island

  • Alessandro83

    ok thks guys

  • kisame

    @Egebjerg
    ooh, my prediction was close. around the 6th of july i said(it was a random guess) that the demo would come out on august 1st so i was really close lol.

  • Alessandro83

    New scan !
    imagebam.com/image/8e0fdd88797361

  • Naruto

    saiyanisland is slow, theres a new sage mode naruto vs pain scan everyone!

  • Exkirion

    Maybe they can not decide what kind of comment should they put over/under the scan LOL :D

  • Alessandro83

    Maybe they translate jap into english

  • LiLi

    @Alessandro83
    no, they never do that

  • Anonymous

    NEW NARUTO-ナルト-疾風伝 ナルティメットストーム2 2010年10月21日発売決定

    That’s what it says on the official NSUNS2 website, since I don’t understand Japanese I used the google translator.
    So using the google translator it says the game will be released on October 21 in Japan?

  • Alessandro83

    LiLi > ah ok it was Takuya who has translated the ItachivsSasuke scan he’s not from sayanisland ?

    yes anonymous and mi october for Europe

  • darksoul

    it 21 october at the scan too

    the scan looks cool
    and confirm pain vs kakashi

  • darksoul

    now i want to see 6 tails scan and chibaku tensei

  • darksoul

    ohh and i forgot the unforgetable ( KILLERBEE)

  • darksoul

    and it’s 21 oct for japan so it’s propably 28 sep for eur and maybe 1 oct for na

  • darksoul

    in the website looks like the demo release date is 29 july

  • Exkirion

    Uffff
    Guys, here are the release dates
    US: September 28. (official)
    EU: September 24 (non-official but most likely)
    JP: October 21 (as the scan says)

  • Rising

    storm 2 demo will be out july 29th for 360 and ps3

  • Anonymous

    @Exkirion
    They said on the blog it would release in EU/US in mid-October.
    (I mean the developers blog eh)

  • Storm2FTW

    @Alessandro83
    OMG! Thank you!
    All that’s left to be seen is Killerbee

  • Exkirion

    @Anonymous
    True Thank you

  • MR.Deezi

    Ok damn everybody knows the demo comes out the 29th for the 20th time. Now to sit and wait = )

    btw game comes out sept 28. I rmr hearing from E3

  • MR.Deezi

    sept 28 for NA

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