Gun-Toting Infant Mafia Hitman Grooms a Shy Student to Take Over an Organized Crime Syndicate Source: VIZ Media, MediaLab press releases Official Site: VIZAnime, j-reborn.com Special Thanks to Jane Lui and Erik Jansen
VIZ Media has announced that it has begun streaming the animated comedy-action series REBORN! (????????? REBORN!, Katekyo Hitman Reborn!, 2006-2010) starting June 1st on VIZAnime.com, the company’s own premier website for free anime, as well as the streaming content provider HULU. VIZAnime is a free-to-use interactive web destination that is now the permanent home to some of the company’s best-loved animated series. The series (rated TV-14) will be presented uncut and subtitled and will debut with the first five episodes available immediately. Five new installments will be uploaded each week. The REBORN! anime series is licensed for U.S. distribution by VIZ Media from TV Tokyo and AniTV. REBORN!’s main protagonist is Tsunayoshi "Tsuna" Sawada, a timid junior high student who is a failure at school, sports, and his social life. But everything around Tsuna completely changes when a fedora wearing, gun-toting baby named Reborn, who claims to be an Italian hit man from Vongola family, shows up! Reborn was sent to groom Tsuna for his future life as a mafia boss of the family! Reborn certainly has his work cut out for him. And will Tsuna be able to step up to the challenge, especially when rival families are also gunning for him?! VIZ Media is the official North American publisher of the Reborn! manga series, written and illustrated by Akira Amano. The series (rated ‘T+’ for Older Teens), which continues to be a top-seller in Japan, is published in North America by VIZ Media under the company’s Shonen Jump Advanced imprint.
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Headquartered in San Francisco, CA, VIZ Media, LLC is one of the most comprehensive and innovative companies in the field of manga 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 magazines such as Shonen Jump and Shojo Beat, graphic novels, and DVDs, and develops, markets, licenses, and distributes animated entertainment for audiences and consumers of all ages. Contact VIZ Media at 295 Bay Street, San Francisco, CA 94133; and website at www.viz.com.