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VIZ Media Expands Manga Library On Overdrive Digital Lending Platform

VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), a premier company in the fields of publishing, animation distribution, and global entertainment licensing announces a substantial expansion of its catalog of published manga titles available digitally through OverDrive. An impressive update of 99 new series were made available this month to participating public and school libraries across the United States and Canada that utilize OverDrive.

OverDrive is a leading digital reading platform, supplying the industry’s largest catalog of eBooks, audiobooks and streaming video to 36,000 libraries and schools worldwide, including 90 percent of all public libraries in the U.S.

The latest additions, which augment over 100 other VIZ Media series already available on OverDrive, span an impressive range of action/adventure, sci-fi, fantasy, drama and romance titles by some of manga’s most popular and revered creators. Notable just-added series include 7thGARDENBLACK CLOVERHAIKYU!!KUROKO’S BASKETBALLLUCKY☆STARPLATINUM ENDYU-GI-OH! and many more. A series of original novels that explore deeper into NARUTO and TOKYO GHOUL are also now available to readers.

A comprehensive list of all VIZ Media manga titles available on OverDrive may be viewed at: OverDrive.com/publishers/VIZMedia.

“The addition of so many new titles on OverDrive will give readers an industry leading selection of outstanding digital content,” says Kevin Hamric, Senior Director, Publishing Sales & Marketing, VIZ Media. “We invite OverDrive readers to explore the VIZ Media library and to enjoy some of the greatest series the category has to offer.”

For more information on VIZ Media manga titles, please visit VIZ.com.