{"id":15330,"date":"2011-11-29T20:12:18","date_gmt":"2011-11-30T04:12:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/?p=15330"},"modified":"2011-11-29T21:33:51","modified_gmt":"2011-11-30T05:33:51","slug":"viz-media-announces-the-release-of-d-gray-man-illustrations-noche","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/?p=15330","title":{"rendered":"VIZ Media Announces the Release of  &#8220;D.Gray-man Illustrations: Noche&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>from <a href=\"http:\/\/vizmedia.com\/\">VIZ Media<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), the largest distributor and licensor of anime and manga in North America, will delight manga (graphic novel) art fans with the release of <em>D.Gray-man Illustrations: Noche<\/em> on December 6th. The new art book arrives just in time for the holidays and will carry an MSRP of $21.99 U.S. \/ $25.99 CAN.<\/p>\n<p>Enter the lavish fictional 19th century world of <em>D.Gray-man<\/em> in this new collection featuring nearly 100 pages of full-color character art, magazine covers, and other original compositions by series creator Katsura Hoshino. Also featured are insightful Q&#038;A\u2019s between Hoshino and two manga creators that inspire her: Takeshi Obata, the artist behind <em>Hikaru no Go<\/em>, <em>Bakuman<\/em>, and the smash hit <em>Death Note<\/em> (all published in North America by VIZ Media); and Osamu Akimoto, whose manga series, <em>Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Koen Mae Hashutsujo<\/em>, has been serialized in the best-selling boy&#8217;s manga magazine in the world, <em>Weekly Shonen Jump<\/em>, for 35 years and remains the magazine\u2019s longest-running manga series. <em>D.Gray-man Illustrations: Noche<\/em> also includes an exclusive, double-sided full-color poster.<\/p>\n<p>Set in a fictional version of 19th century England, <em>D.Gray-man<\/em> (published by VIZ Media\u2019s Shonen Jump Advanced imprint; rated \u2018T+\u2019 for Older Teens) is the story of Allen Walker, a 15-year-old boy who roams the earth in search of Innocence. Washed away to unknown parts of the world after The Great Flood, Innocence is the mysterious substance used to create weapons that obliterate demons known as akuma.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>D.Gray-man Illustrations: Noche<\/em> is an ideal collection of the work of Katsura Hoshino, and shows off many of her most memorable characters from the hit series,\u201d says Andy Nakatani, Editorial Director. \u201cFans can savor lush renderings of Allen Walker, Lenalee Lee, and the evil Millennium Earl and learn more about Hoshino\u2019s background, influences and the evolution of <em>D.Gray-man<\/em> in an enlightening interview conducted by two of the biggest names in the manga world! This new release also makes a thoughtful gift for that special fan this holiday season.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Born in 1980 in Japan\u2019s Shiga Prefecture, Katsura Hoshino&#8217;s hit manga series <em>D.Gray-man<\/em> has been serialized in <em>Weekly Shonen Jump<\/em> since 2004. Her first series, <em>Continue<\/em>, debuted in <em>Weekly Shonen Jump<\/em> in 2003.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on <em>D.Gray-man<\/em>, or other Shonen Jump titles from VIZ Media, please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/shonenjump.viz.com\/\">ShonenJump.viz.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>from VIZ Media: VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), the largest distributor and licensor of anime and manga in North America, will delight manga (graphic novel) art fans with the release of D.Gray-man Illustrations: Noche on December 6th. The new art book arrives just in time for the holidays and will carry an MSRP of $21.99 &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/?p=15330\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;VIZ Media Announces the Release of  &#8220;D.Gray-man Illustrations: Noche&#8221;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,20,5,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcements","category-arts-culture","category-books-writing","category-comics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15330","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15330"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15330\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}