WHAT IS VIZ COMICS?
Viz is an American subsidiary of another Japanese publishing house, Shogokukan. It has been publishing English-language translations of manga and anime since 1989. Viz Comics first brought Gunnm to English- speaking North America with under the title “Battle Angel Alita” in 1992. Their home page is at: http://www.viz.com. As for the English translators, Fred Burke has been a longtime writer with Viz, and an author in his own right. Sterling Bell and Matt Thorn left the series in 1993, and Toshifumi Yoshida–best known for his dubbing work–replaced them in the translation. Yoshida’s page is at: http://www.crl.com/~tyoshida/toshi.html. Viz has released a book of their interviews in Animerica. It contains the 1993 interview. Bibliographical information is: Animerica Interviews The First Five Years of Animerica, Anime & Manga Monthly (1992-97) Edited by Trish Ledoux Cadence Books, San Francisco, California ISBN 1-56931-220-6 For information about foreign publishers of Gunnm, please consul
