{"rewrite":{"id":"r_b97d26bc3f1dc7e9de503fe5","clusterId":"c_f2f6163215fb508bf98e7e60","slug":"viz-media-licenses-kyousuke-motomi-s-registry-of-the-divine-for-viz-manga-app","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Viz Media Licenses Kyousuke Motomi's Registry of the Divine for Viz Manga App","summary":"Viz Media announced on Wednesday that it has licensed Kyousuke Motomi's Registry of the Divine (Yaoyoruzu Toriatsukai Setsumeisho) manga and will begin English releases on the Viz Manga app on Thursday. The manga centers on Shiori, a college student who can see strange things and takes a job where Japanese gods and deities are the clients. Motomi launched it in Shogakukan's Betsucomi magazine on January 13.","whyItMatters":"Viz is picking up Motomi's newest Betsucomi series while her earlier Queen's Quality has 3.7 million copies in circulation and Dengeki Daisy heads to television in January 2027, so the license lands with an established readership already in place.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eMotomi launched the manga in Shogakukan\u0026#39;s Betsucomi magazine on January 13, and Shogakukan released the first compiled volume on October 26. Viz describes the story as a modern-day gods and deities fantasy: Shiori, an ordinary college student who has seen strange things since childhood, loses her job when her employer goes bankrupt and is introduced to a position where all the Japanese gods, goddesses, and deities are the clients.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe license adds another Motomi title to Viz\u0026#39;s catalog. Viz already publishes Queen\u0026#39;s Quality in English, and the company has also released her Beast Master and QQ Sweeper manga.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Registry of the Divine reaches English readers on the Viz Manga app a day after the license announcement, while Kyousuke Motomi's Betsucomi serialization is still running in Japan.","twitterPost":"Kyousuke Motomi's Registry of the Divine gets an English release on the Viz Manga app a day after the license news, with the Betsucomi serialization still running.","threadsPost":"Registry of the Divine lands in English on the Viz Manga app the day after Viz Media announced the license, so readers start the Shiori story while Kyousuke Motomi's Betsucomi run is still in progress in Japan.","newsletterBlurb":"Viz Media has licensed Kyousuke Motomi's Registry of the Divine and will start English releases on the Viz Manga app on Thursday. The manga launched in Shogakukan's Betsucomi magazine on January 13, and the first compiled volume followed on October 26. Viz already publishes Motomi's Queen's Quality, which has 3.7 million copies in circulation.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Anime News Network\",\"url\":\"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-11-12/viz-media-licenses-kyousuke-motomi-registry-of-the-divine-manga/.243741\",\"title\":\"Viz Media Licenses Kyousuke Motomi's Registry of the Divine Manga\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":5277,"outputTokens":786,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1794476967,"createdAt":"2026-11-12T09:43:40.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-11-12T09:48:22.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-11-12T09:48:22.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_f2f6163215fb508bf98e7e60","canonicalTitle":"News\nViz Media Licenses Kyousuke Motomi's Registry of the Divine Manga","representativeArticleId":"a_9852d0092e54d58324d5fd69","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[\"Registry of the Divine\"],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[\"Viz Media\"],\"people\":[\"Kyousuke Motomi\"],\"type\":\"license\",\"domain\":\"manga\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-11-12T08:19:35.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-11-12T08:19:35.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-11-12T09:48:22.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Anime News Network","url":"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-11-12/viz-media-licenses-kyousuke-motomi-registry-of-the-divine-manga/.243741","title":"News\nViz Media Licenses Kyousuke Motomi's Registry of the Divine Manga"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":["Registry of the Divine"],"work_titles":[],"studios":["Viz Media"],"people":["Kyousuke Motomi"],"type":"license","domain":"manga","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":["Viz Media licensed Kyousuke Motomi's Registry of the Divine manga and will begin English releases on the Viz Manga app on Thursday.","Motomi launched the manga in Shogakukan's Betsucomi magazine on January 13.","Shogakukan released the manga's first compiled book volume on October 26.","The manga centers on Shiori, a college student who can see strange things and takes a job serving Japanese gods and deities as clients.","Motomi's Queen's Quality manga has 3.7 million copies in circulation, and her Dengeki Daisy manga is inspiring a television anime debuting in January 2027."],"pageLinks":{"healthSlugs":["registry-of-the-divine","viz-media","kyousuke-motomi"],"storySlugs":[],"entities":[{"slug":"registry-of-the-divine","supported":0,"disputed":0,"contradicted":0,"unverified":4,"overall":"unverified","story_count":1,"has_dossier":false},{"slug":"viz-media","supported":7,"disputed":0,"contradicted":0,"unverified":18,"overall":"green","story_count":15,"has_dossier":true},{"slug":"kyousuke-motomi","supported":0,"disputed":0,"contradicted":0,"unverified":1,"overall":"unverified","story_count":1,"has_dossier":false}],"stories":[],"entitiesOk":true,"storiesOk":true}}