After months of hardships and changes, the former giant of manga publishing will cease all operations in the U.S. leaving only a Germany-based licensing division and its film division.
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04-15-2011, 11:16 AM #1Mild-Mannered Reporter
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CBR: Tokyopop Closes U.S. Publishing
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04-15-2011, 11:39 AM #2Senior Member
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I can't say my heart bleeds, considering some of the crap this company has pulled, but I'm sorry to see a manga publisher go.
I'm assuming the current books they're publishing will just stop, and no new licences will begin? Or not?
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04-15-2011, 11:44 AM #3Senior Member
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I'm sad to see these guys go, SGT. Frog, Rave Master, and Fruits Basket were excellent. I hope the licenses get picked up again.
"but the 616 is set in America."
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04-15-2011, 11:44 AM #4Non-fanboy
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It's in the "Stick A Fork In It, It's Done" phase.
Always remember this stuff isn't real.
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04-15-2011, 12:48 PM #5BANNED
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Unfair contracts yes.
Three paragraphs down from that it mentions how they will "try and gain traction in Hollywood for the properties Tokyopop owns..."
Which basically means they will take the ideas they have raped from creators and see if they can't make a buck or two from their thievery.
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04-15-2011, 02:00 PM #6Just as planned...
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After years of ruining and "americanizing" manga properties, Tokyopop is finally put out of our misery.
Can Kodansha start publishing their own products in the US now?
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04-15-2011, 02:51 PM #7Apostle of the Fire
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So much for manga being so popular and selling $$$ ton$ of $$$. Not that I'm rejoycing. Just that I never believed it to be true. Maybe this means comics are just not as popular anymore no matter what.
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04-15-2011, 02:59 PM #8Senior Member
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Can't say I am surprised. I wonder if they could still publish English translations out of Germany.
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04-16-2011, 01:02 AM #9死神
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They already are.
Originally Posted by Skyrider
Theoretically yes but I'm not sure if that would make that much sense. Okay, yeah, they only would have to send the data to the printers and have the manga shipped to Diamond, the book chains and whatever but without anybody overseeing the American market by being there? Could be difficult and the German branch doesn't have THAT much staff right now but maybe they start hiring the next few weeks/months because of something like this. Originally Posted by Sabrina_Fried
Klatuu... barada *cough* *cough*
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04-16-2011, 07:05 AM #10BANNED
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The thing about manga is that they also have animes. In the West, you generally have to buy the animes if you wanna see them. In Japan, they mainly come on TV, so buying them isn't as necessary. As a result, a manga lover in the West finds himself having to shell out cash not only for the graphic novel, but for the expensive anime too. So a manga-fan's comic money goes to both manga and anime, which decreases the manga sales. But a U.S. comic reader's money only goes to the comic, which doesn't affect sales. Originally Posted by MartinRedmond
You're last statement is true as well. Many people don't wanna believe you though.
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04-16-2011, 07:29 AM #11COTM Member
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No, it means that Tokyopop were savvy enough to buy a bunch of licenses to top manga properties when they were going cheap because nobody realised just how big the potential market was and that the Japanese companies that owned the rights eventually wised up so they let the contracts with Tokyopop lapse and started publishing the stuff themselves or negotiated better deals with other companies. Originally Posted by MartinRedmond
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04-16-2011, 12:55 PM #12Just as planned...
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About time. Someone get them on the phone and have them re-release the ENTIRETY of Beck with proper character/guitar names. Originally Posted by Ivan Isaacs
That series is too good to simply stop at vol 13.
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04-16-2011, 01:21 PM #13The Brawling God
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Hopefully someone can pick up Getbackers and King of Hell as well. Originally Posted by Skyrider
About time. Someone get them on the phone and have them re-release the ENTIRETY of Beck with proper character/guitar names.
That series is too good to simply stop at vol 13.
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04-20-2011, 11:42 AM #14New Member
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The only reason I am upset is that I just read that the series King City (Brandon Graham) was supposed to be reprinted but now I guess not... crap. :(
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04-21-2011, 06:36 AM #15死神
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As a trade or what excactly? Originally Posted by EnderWiggin
Because it was completed as a 12-issue magazine series by Image last year.Klatuu... barada *cough* *cough*
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