Pulp (manga magazine)

[2] Pulp published editorial features, media reviews, and longform articles in addition to manga.

[1] The magazine expanded in February 2000 to incorporate a wider range of content on Japanese culture, such as photography from Nobuyoshi Araki, reviews by Heinz Insu Fenkl,[3] and "Vulgarity Drifting Diary", a column by sex worker Hikaru Natsumi,[4] nearly doubling the size of the print edition in the process.

[7][8] The magazine's unfinished serialization of Banana Fish continued in Animerica Extra (which itself would fold in 2004),[9] while other titles were published directly as graphic novels by Viz under their Editor's Choice imprint.

"[13] Reflecting on the magazine's commercial failure, Viz editor Shaenon K. Garrity described Pulp as publishing "manga most people just weren't ready for, stuff that was too smart, sexy, bloody, creepy, surreal, or just plain untranslatable for prime time.

"[8] In 2010 Viz launched the literary imprint Viz Signature and the digital distribution platform SigIKKI (an online English version of Monthly Ikki), both of which publish manga aimed at adult audiences.