Quill Award for Graphic Novel
Naruto Wins 2006 Quill Honour
**OF 2006 QUILL Award**_
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Volume 7 Of Hit Manga Serial Declared A Winner Of "Consumer's Option"
Literary Laurels
To Accolade Excellence In Writing And Publishing*
San Francisco, CA, October 11, 2006 – Viz Media, LLC (Viz Media), one
of the amusement industry's most innovative and comprehensive
publishing, animation and licensing companies, has appear that Shonen
Jump NARUTO Vol. seven has won the 2006 Quill Award for Best Graphic Novel, a
first for any manga.
The Quills Award is an initiative launched with the combined support of
Reed Business organisation Information and NBC, and is designed to act as an
manufacture qualified "consumers pick" programme to honor excellence in writing
and publishing, recognizing the creators of corking literature, and
promoting reading and literacy initiatives. The Quill Awards celebrates the
best books of the year in xix popular categories, ranging from
romance to biography to graphic novels. The winners were appear at the
Quill Awards Ceremony concluding night in New York Urban center.
NARUTO has become one of Viz Media's virtually successful manga properties
in terms of sales. The series, by creator Masashi Kishimoto, depicts
the adventures of a young boy who trains to become a ninja and has sold
more than 66 meg copies in Nippon since Shueisha, Inc began publishing
the manga in 1999. In North America, the massive amount of fan interest
in the brand continues to build.
NARUTO has emerged as ane of the best selling and nearly popular manga
serial throughout Due north America, regularly placing in both Graphic Novel
and Overall General Fiction categories on noted literary sales rosters
including BookScan and the U.s. Today Acme 150. Momentum for the property
has persisted as the NARUTO anime analogue (also distributed by VIZ
Media) continues to captivate millions of viewers on Cartoon Network.
"Nosotros are extremely pleased to accept been honored with the 2006 Quill
Award in the Graphic Novel category for NARUTO," states Hidemi
Fukuhara, CEO, Viz Media. "The Quill Award is very special to united states of america as it is a
consumer voted award and reflects fan favorites every bit well as buying trends
and also serves as an honor for the manga genre as a whole and
NARUTO specifically."
Almost Viz Media, LLC
Headquartered in San Francisco, CA, Viz Media, LLC (Viz Media), is ane
of the most comprehensive and innovative companies in the field of
manga publishing, animation and entertainment licensing of Japanese
content. Owned by 3 of Japan's largest creators and licensors of manga
and blitheness, Shueisha, Inc., Shogakukan, Inc., and Shogakukan Production
Co., Ltd. (Sho-Pro Japan), Viz Media is a leader in the publishing and
distribution of Japanese manga for English speaking audiences in North
America and a global licensor of Japanese manga and animation. The
company offers an integrated production line including, magazines such as
SHONEN Spring and SHOJO Beat, graphic novels, videos, DVDs, audio soundtracks
and develops and markets blithe entertainment from initial
product, television receiver placement and distribution, to merchandise licensing and
promotions for audiences and consumers of all ages.
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