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Viz Media Announces Plans to Publish New Manga Series Based on Nintendo's Hit Video Game Splatoon TM

Forthcoming Title For Readers Of All Ages Adapts The Colorful Shooter Game Into An Action/Adventure Manga Series Set To Launch Later This Year

San Francisco, CA, May 19, 2017 – Nintendo's hit game title SPLATOON.

The Splatoon manga series, created by Hinodeya Sankichi, is scheduled to launch exclusively in print in late 2017 and will be rated ‘A’ for All Ages.

Splatoon is a third-person shooter video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Wii UTM and was released worldwide in 2015. The game was co-created by SXSW Gaming Award in 2016. A sequel game title, SplatoonTM 2, will be released this year for the Nintendo SwitchTM platform.

In the Splatoon manga series, four Inklings that can switch between human and squid forms get caught up in a Splatoon Turf War that launches them into all-new adventures inspired by the hit Nintendo video game!

Manga creator and artist CoroCoro Comic Magazine.

For additional information on SPLATOON and/or other manga titles published by Viz Media, please visit VIZ.com.

About Viz Media, LLC
Established in 1986, Viz Media is the premier company in the field of publishing, animation distribution, and global entertainment licensing. Along with its popular digital magazine Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions, Co., Ltd., Viz Media is dedicated to bringing the best titles for English-speaking audiences worldwide.

Learn more about Viz Media and its properties at VIZ.com.

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