San Francisco, California-based VIZ Media has inked a distribution deal with Madman Entertainment.
The deal will make a wide variety of Shueisha manga (graphic novels) available in Australia and New Zealand markets.
Some initial VIZ titles to be published include hit properties like Naruto, set to debut in March, Bleach, launching in April, and Death Note, which will be introduced on May.
Madman is Australia’s number-one distributor of manga.