In New Series From VIZ Media’s Shojo Beat Imprint, A Celebrated Opera
Singer Dies In A Tragic Accident, Returning As A Vampire With A Diabolical Mission
To Spawn The Next Generation Of Undead
VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), the largest distributor and licensor of manga and anime in North America, notably expands its shojo manga (graphic novel) roster with the launch of the new series BLACK ROSE ALICE from award winning creator Setona Mizushiro.
BLACK ROSE ALICE, Vol. 1 is now available in print
from the Shojo Beat imprint and is rated ‘T+’ for Older Teens. Volumes each carry
an MSRP of $9.99 U.S. / $12.99 CAN. Future installments of this continuing
series will be released in English on a bi-monthly basis.
A digital version of BLACK ROSE ALICE, Vol. 1 is
also available for
$6.99 (USD/CAN) from VIZManga.com
and through the VIZ MANGA App for the Apple iPad®, iPhone®
and iPod® touch, Android-powered smart phones, as well as through
the Nook, Kobo, Kindle, iBooks and GooglePlay stores.
In
BLACK ROSE ALICE,
Dimitri Lewandowski is a celebrated tenor in early 1900s Vienna. When he is
killed in an accident, his corpse is colonized by the seeds of a vampire
master. At first, Dimitri denies that anything has changed, but as the people
around him start dying, he is forced to accept the ghastly truth.
“BLACK
ROSE ALICE is a dark
supernatural romance with a suspenseful storyline that puts its own unique
twist on the vampire genre,” says Pancha Diaz, Editor. “After a prologue set in
a beautifully rendered 1900s Vienna, the series flashes forward to modern Japan
where Dimitri, who has become a fully developed vampire, appears in the dreams
of a heartbroken woman to present a sinister proposal – he will save her fatally
injured love, for a terrible price!”
Setona Mizushiro’s professional debut, Fuyu ga, Owarou Toshiteita (Winter Was Ending), won the 1993 Shogakukan Manga New Author Award. Her gender bending psychological thriller, After School Nightmare, was nominated for an Eisner Award and also recognized by YALSA as a Great Graphic Novel in 2007.
For
more information on BLACK ROSE ALICE, or other shojo manga titles from VIZ Media, please
visit www.VIZ.com.
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