VIZ Media Launching Simultaneous Manga Releases in Bid to Combat Piracy

VIZ Media will offer same-day English releases of popular Japanese manga through their new VIZ Manga app.
The app provides over 10,000 chapters from 148 series across genres like romance, fantasy, and horror.
Fifteen series will release new chapters in English the same day they publish in Japan.
The service costs $1.99 per month but offers some content for free.
The faster releases aim to reduce the wait between Japanese and English editions and curb interest in illegal fan translations.