The main cast is returning for the second Manga Nov 11, 5 comments. The com The magazine had teased in July that Arakawa was launching a new manga soon. The manga centers o Nov 11, 3 comments. Yatora Yaguchi has recently abandoned the well-worn academic path to pursue his artistic dreams.
But wanting to be an artist is much easier than developing the skills to accomplish his goals. Does this highly More of an extended musical performance than Christopher Farris evaluates Kei and Yuri's adventures to find which sci-fi hijinks still deliver decades later.
Created by prolific Twitter user porntagonist as a way to celebrate both his own birthday and the seri Lynzee and James relive the horrors of art school with a discussion of Netflix's Blue Period! Agent wrote: Tokyopop is like a bad boyfriend.
They broke promises, licenses and contracts. They released inferior products, promised to improve and never did.
Then they subjected us all to the messiest break up in the manga biz by going bankrupt and leaving the fate of many beloved series of manga and light novels up in the air. Now they think they can come crawling back as if nothing ever happened?! It's not going to be that easy. I'm glad there's a healthy amount of skepticism here. Joined: 20 Feb Posts: Thing is that TokyoPop at one point had the English manga industry at their command and proceeded to flush it down the crapper with extreme prejudice.
Joined: 22 Nov Posts: Calico wrote: I guess with rumors that DMP is on the verge of bankruptcy, Tokyopop needed to come back and fill the void of incompetent manga publisher. Joined: 03 Nov Posts: So, how about that OEL Manga publishing bit? I've been under a rock since and I was somewhat away from the collapse of Borders and Tokyopop. That's a curious bit from me, because I was hoping something would come out of it. You burned me once, don't think you can win over people again. I'll never forget when you told Initial D fans who hated your translation that "maybe we should pack white out and sharpies in with every volume" and you almost changed Takumi's occupation to pizza delivery.
Don't think you can weasel your way back into the market and get away with it. Subscriber Joined: 17 Apr Posts: BlueRex wrote: Relative newbie to anime particularly coming in long after companies like Tokyopop and ADV left the business , what is this about?!
I say that because now there might have been a re-translated version licensed by a company like Viz Media or Yen Press. It could even be a lesser-known manga title. Joined: 24 Jul Posts: Joined: 14 Feb Posts: Didn't think these mangas were known enough to be honest. TsukasaElkKite wrote: Calico wrote: I guess with rumors that DMP is on the verge of bankruptcy, Tokyopop needed to come back and fill the void of incompetent manga publisher.
Tokyopop Germany is not closing down. The global manga program gave many young U. This has caused some bitterness among creators, who would like to continue or republish their stories but can't because they don't own the rights which, to be fair, they knowingly signed away.
It's my understanding that the latter company holds the rights to their global manga, and it is not closing up shop. What does this mean for creators? With no publishing division, Tokyopop has zero incentive to hold on to print rights to the global manga. Titles coming from Kodansha includes new editions of Akira and Ghost in the Shell, according to Amazon listings ferreted out by astute fans, but other details are speculative.
Meanwhile, what about Tokyopop? The company has been seen as staging a bit of a comeback after a rough year or so which saw big layoffs. They recently announced new fall titles , including Domo, a new Hack and more. Although some saw the Kodansha defection as a body blow, this Anime Vice interview with Tpop spokesperson Kasia Piekarz reveals that they must have seen it coming and had some kind of plan in place:.
What surprised us most was that they cancelled licenses for series that were almost finished, such as Samurai Deeper Kyo and Rave Master. We were down to a handful a month, if that. So, no new changes aside from those that have already happened prior to this announcement.
Even when you see a truck barreling down on you, you can only brace for impact so much. Seven years ago, Tokyopop flipped their manga and created a revolution that rearranged bookstores and helped pave the way for the graphic novel boom in general.
They were the game changers. And now? As Simon Jones gently suggests , Kodansha has no reason to explain its rejection of Toykopop:. While things seem to be picking up again for Tokyopop lately, the company had been under the financial weather, amid ongoing turmoil in the book retail market and tightening competition between mid-list manga titles.
And however rocky the alliance between Kodansha and Random House may have gotten, that seems to be a thing of the past, with Del Rey still acquiring new Kodansha licenses, including series which were initially published by Tokyopop. Dark horse, too, received new Kodansha licenses perhaps as penance for GitS. Does Kodansha really need to verbalize a reason for letting the TP licenses lapse?
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