 According to Mangablog, Tokyopop announced that Kodansha has decided to let all the licensed of manga granted to Tokyopop to expire. Tokyopop will not be allowed to complete the ongoing series nor reprint the sold-out titles. Tokyopop's out of print list Kodansha established a new corporation in US last year and started the international publication on their own. Source: Mangablog Related topics: Kodansha to Publish, Sell Manga in U.S. Tokyopop Germany Loses Kodansha's Manga Story by Aionic |
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| why? i really hate these companies licensing manga titles and then the release would be like the following year or something =_=. even fan scanlations take like, 2-3 days :X |
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| Oh wow.. |
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| Wow thats a long list there. |
rron1993 said: Wow thats a long list there. |
| that's not good D: there's so many titles I wanted to buy on there... :[ |
| Not cool...not cool at all.. |
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| Kodansha says, "TokyoPop, you're fired." Wow. Losing that many titles... that's crippling. |
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| is that whole list going to be published by the new company? or are they just reserving the right to? |
| Dang, I really wanted to buy these titles, but since they are going out of print quickly, I guess not..... *sigh* |
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| Is Samurai Deeper Kyo part of this too? I just want to get this series over with already...and I'm either going to have to stop at a random volume or get volumes from a different publisher later on? Same with Getbackers. Great. |
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| ooooh Well~ nothing I own is on the list so yay! Too bad for the people collecting them though :/ |
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| Wow ..that's bad |
Waffocopter said: Is Samurai Deeper Kyo part of this too? I just want to get this series over with already...and I'm either going to have to stop at a random volume or get volumes from a different publisher later on? Same with Getbackers. Great. I didn't see SDK on that list but if it had been I would have raged I am waiting for TP to end it for years |
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| Wow that is a lot only own like two on the list so not a big deal for me but still thats a harsh blow to the manga industry. |
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| Meh... a lot are just titles with a lot of volumes... Nothing really interesting anyway lol |
| FUCK. MY CLAMP. </3 |
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Waffocopter said: Is Samurai Deeper Kyo part of this too? I just want to get this series over with already...and I'm either going to have to stop at a random volume or get volumes from a different publisher later on? Same with Getbackers. Great. SDK is gonna be published by another company. It was either Dark Horse or Del Ray iirc. |
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| This is a hugh amount of manga they're not allowed to publish anymore. The same thing happend here in Germany. Tokyopop wasn't allowed to publish several manga anymore, but but only a few, not THIS many manga-series. o___O' |
| DAMNIT! not Confidential Confessions... fuck... and I was seriously about to get started on GTO too... AND A.I. LOVE YOU? what the hell! ...what is this world coming too?! |
| What isn't red? What isn't blue? |
kennikitty said: This is a hugh amount of manga they're not allowed to publish anymore. The same thing happend here in Germany. Tokyopop wasn't allowed to publish several manga anymore, but but only a few, not THIS many manga-series. o___O' yap, but i didnt like TP anyways >_>" so i am not that disapointed, the thing is just that it will take time till they release their own doesnt it? q.q" |
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| Further info about which titles are to be "left in limbo" can be found here, according to Deb Aoki, About.com Guide to Manga. This may answer some of people's questions. Also,here, where she quotes the actual confirmation by TokyoPop of the split, and discusses some of the signs leading up to it, from an observer's point of view. Dark Horse and DC Comics (edit: sorry, meant to say Del Rey, NOT DC!) have been publishing some of them, but will they pick up new ones? And apparently, the Kodansha USA is still in the will-it-ever-happen stage? Also, webcast by TokyoPop planned for tomorrow (see 2nd article above for info on access). |
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| noooo wtf, how am i gonna get GTO now!? |
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| This is actually kind of result of an old news. Kodansha is trying to set an international publishing company at USA, just like Shueisha have, because they realized that it gives more money, rather than selling the rights to another publishing company... just wait a little more, and this series will be published by the new Kodansha´s company. |
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SkiesOfBlue said: DAMNIT! not Confidential Confessions CC has been OOP for awhile now, as far as I'm aware. It's a shame, though - it's one of the best manga out there. I picked it up just before all stock was gone from a UK import store. Like I said in my original message (wasn't included), the biggest loss here is GTO: The Early Years. Only 80/267 chapters are on the net, and Tokyopop are being forced to drop it two-thirds of the way through, leaving the content of the final five 370 page volumes untranslated. It has some content on par with its sequel and I've been enjoying it a lot... |
| I thought Confidential Confessions and Mars (among others, but those I want) were already oop? And not Getbackers! DDDD: It's not done yet! |
| Thank goodness I bought all the volumes of A.I Love You last year. Everything else is none of my concern. |
| Oh no... -___- |
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| Nyaa, so big list D: And LIFE is there too ... |
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| Noes! not Jing!!! *cries* |
| Crap I have to get the last 6 volumes of A I Love You and the last volume of Comic Party fast. |
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| There seems to be this misconception in this thread that these titles are going away permanently. If I had to guess, I would say that Kodansha is probably going to reprint a lot of them under their new American imprint. I wouldn't worry so much. KyuuA4 said: Kodansha says, "TokyoPop, you're fired." Wow. Losing that many titles... that's crippling. Especially since the only other titles that TP puts out are crappy manwha and OEL. oh snap. :O VIZARDichigo said: Wow that is a lot only own like two on the list so not a big deal for me but still thats a harsh blow to the manga industry. Not to the manga industry. Just to Tokyopop. Serves them right. They have made a lot of mistakes in recent years. And when you run a company badly, that company is going to suffer. |
| It looks like stuff that Kodansha publishes will be distributed here by Random House (http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/15748.html), so perhaps those old Tokyopop titles will turn up eventually as Random House books (except for some of the Clamp titles that Dark Horse is doing omnibus things for, such as MKR and CCS) |
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| Damn. That sucks. D: I still have to buy some of those titles too. |
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dtshyk said: This actually sounds good. Now we need the same with anime.Kodansha established a new corporation in US last year and started the international publication on their own. |
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Antanaru said: I agree.dtshyk said: This actually sounds good. Now we need the same with anime.Kodansha established a new corporation in US last year and started the international publication on their own. |
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| I hate titles going out of print. Why do they happen so quickly??? |
Faust721 said: Waffocopter said: Is Samurai Deeper Kyo part of this too? I just want to get this series over with already...and I'm either going to have to stop at a random volume or get volumes from a different publisher later on? Same with Getbackers. Great. SDK is gonna be published by another company. It was either Dark Horse or Del Ray iirc. I just checked it it's DR But they will continue from where TP left off so I just need to buy 2 volumes and I am on track |
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Hamel said: Faust721 said: Waffocopter said: Is Samurai Deeper Kyo part of this too? I just want to get this series over with already...and I'm either going to have to stop at a random volume or get volumes from a different publisher later on? Same with Getbackers. Great. SDK is gonna be published by another company. It was either Dark Horse or Del Ray iirc. I just checked it it's DR But they will continue from where TP left off so I just need to buy 2 volumes and I am on track Ah, well that's a relief. Don't want such a long series left incomplete like that. Phew. |
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| Sad for Tokyo Pop, but if Kodansha is out on its own business I think the matter is to know when they will start publishing and selling those titles themselves. Well, anyway from those titles, the ones that were of my interest I already have them all complete, as they were finished years ago, like Mahoromatic and Comic Party, so if anyone wants those it is a matter of buying the whole lot from TP while they have issues from those titles. |
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| Smart move. I hope they'll eventually print the raws on this side as well so we can get them at a lower price. Raws are cheap but shipping is not. |
| On a side note, does that mean all the ex-Tokyopop licensed titles on online manga reading sites that were asked to be taken down might come back up? I mean I've noticed Dark Horse occasionally has issues with hosting scanlations of their licensed titles, but Del Rey seems to be generally tolerant of it (at least so far). |
| Some of those titles were more or less OOP already. Like Dragon Voice - volume 10 has been out for about 16 months, and there was never any clear word on whether or not the final volume (11) will finally come out. With Rebound, it's been even longer. Maybe I'll finally be able to get it now. Don't care whether it's an online release or not, frankly. Also, WTF: "Cyborg 009 Shotaro Ishinomori 36 Vol. 10 published in March 2005" How was this not already in limbo? Meanwhile, inside my head... |
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dtshyk said: Tokyopop will not be allowed to complete the ongoing series Not like they would anyway... Hopefully this spells the begining of the end for Tokyopoop. |
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Torisunanohokori said: ...IN THE SPECIAL LEVEL OF HELL RESERVED FOR THOSE WHO LET OELs INTO THIS WORLD. ...On a side note, while they were releasing those OELs, they were also royally screwing over a lot of the artists involved. Google Tokyopop Contract Scandal if you are interested. Ninja337 said: dtshyk said: Tokyopop will not be allowed to complete the ongoing series Not like they would anyway... Hopefully this spells the begining of the end for Tokyopoop. I will forever refer to them as "Tokyopoop" now. Thank you. <3 |
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