Pros
Anime and manga are booming! It’s a great time to be in the industry with anime growing each year.
Cons
Unfortunately, VIZ has a real bully culture that’s well-known in Japanese companies. It makes sense as a lot of VIZ employees are Japanese. You’ll experience what’s called “power harassment” in Japan where you’ll get called out for anything in front of others in meetings. This is a fear tactic in the Japanese work culture to try and deter out-of-the-box thinking in favor of going with anything a boss or long-time VIZ employee says. I wish HR would try to combat bullying in VIZ, but that doesn’t seem like it’ll happen. If you want to be in a growth/team culture, VIZ isn’t the place. If you’re willing to stay at VIZ for 20 years so you can then become a senior employee to then talk down to new people, by all means you’ll feel at home here.