New iPad, Viz Manga Deal for March
Posted in Digital and Webcomics, Manga News on March 2, 2011 by JohannaWhat great timing! Just as Apple announces its new iPad 2, Viz has announced a special March Madness deal for manga on the device.
By the end of the month, Viz intends to have over a hundred manga volumes available to buy, and to promote their publications, any volume one of a series costs only 99 cents during March (instead of the usual $4.99 charge). Plus, if you take the iPad survey, you get a chance to win a $50 iTunes gift card.
I don’t own the gadget, so I’m not part of the audience for this deal, but Katherine Dacey recommends it for excellent image resolution and simple, intuitive navigation. Additionally, as I was reminded in the email release, this is a perfect way to “build up your digital, portable, legal library of manga!” The Viz Manga app includes sixteen series; available this week are the following:
- BAKUMAN｡ Vol. 2
- BLEACH Vol. 9
- CAPTIVE HEARTS Vol. 2
- CLAYMORE Vol. 4
- D.GRAY MAN Vol. 5
- DEATH NOTE Vol. 7
- DRAGON BALL Vol. 14
- MERUPURI Vol. 2
- NARUTO Vol. 15
- NATSUME’S BOOK OF FRIENDS Vol. 1
- ONE PIECE Vol. 15
- OTOMEN Vol. 3
- OURAN HIGH SCHOOL HOST CLUB Vol. 3
- RUROUNI KENSHIN Vol. 7
- TORIKO Vol. 2
- VAMPIRE KNIGHT Vol. 4
03/04/2011 at 2:24 PM
I may be getting an iPad equivalent this summer. One of my main purposes would be manga.
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