Viz Media provides timely access to new manga releases.

Viz Media provides timely access to new manga releases.

Viz Media is trying something new by introducing a subscription service that will give its users fast access to manga releases on the same day as Japan.

Viz Media will give its customers access to more than 10,000 chapters of manga in a variety of genres right away, including works from Shueisha and Shogakukan. Subscriptions, though, should expect "further expansion in the works."

On the same day that the series are released in Japan, fifteen of the available series will have their timely launches to a global audience.

Viz Media will give its customers access to more than 10,000 chapters of manga in a variety of genres right away, including works from Shueisha and Shogakukan. Subscriptions, though, should expect "further expansion in the works."

On the same day that the series are released in Japan, fifteen of the available series will have their timely launches to a global audience.

Consumers in the US have to wait years for access to official manga translations, and physical releases are often expensive to acquire.