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Kodansha cancels all series with TOKYOPOP
From TOKYOPOP press release Aug 31,2009:
The Japanese publisher Kodansha, from whom TOKYOPOP has licensed many terrific series over the years — Chobits, Love Hina, Samurai Deeper Kyo, Rave Master, Initial D, Kindaichi, Life, GetBackers, and Love Attack, to name a few — has decided to let all existing contracts with TOKYOPOP expire on all manga series that they have licensed to us. As a result, Kodansha will not renew any licenses with TOKYOPOP for any new manga volumes. What does this mean? TOKYOPOP will not be allowed to complete the publication of any series that is currently in progress; in addition, TOKYOPOP will not be allowed to reprint titles after the current inventory has been sold out, so once these series are sold out at retail, they will not be available for consumers to purchase. The reasons for Kodansha’s decision were not communicated to TOKYOPOP. We have received many emails and phone calls about titles related to this announcement, and given the nature of the negotiations, we could not definitely answer any of those questions until now. We love all of these series, and we are disappointed that we will not get to enjoy the outcome of some of our favorite manga. We hope to see these series completed some day…. However, if they are ever published again, they will not be published by TOKYOPOP. Partial list of Kodansha titles TP has published or is publishing: A.I. Love You Baby Birth Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad Blame! Boys Be… Cardcaptor Sakura (due for omnibus treatment from Dark Horse, I think) Cherry Juice Chobits (due for omnibus treatment from Dark Horse) Clover (available in new omnibus from Dark Horse) Confidential Confessions Culdcept Cyborg 009 Dead End Deus Vitae Dragon Head Dragon Voice Dream Saga Et Cetera FLCL Flower of Eden (licensed but never published) GetBackers Girl Got Game Great Teacher Onizuka GTO: The Early Years Harlem BeatRebound Heat Guy J Ice Blade Initial D Instant Teen: Just Add Nuts Jing: King of Bandits Kami Kaze Kamichama Karin Kedamono Damono Kilala Princess Kindaichi Case Files Life Love Hina Magic Knight Rayearth Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi Mars Mink Miracle Girls Mobile Fighter G Gundam Mobile Suit Gundam Side Story: The Blue Destiny Mobile Suit Gundam Wing Parasyte (since published anew by Del Rey) Peach Girl and spin-offs Pixie Pop Planetes Le Portrait de Petite Cossette Psychic Academy Rave Master Remote RG Veda Rose Hip Rose Sailor Moon Saint Tail Sakura Taisen Samurai Deeper Kyo (picked up by Del Rey) Smuggler Telepathic Wanderers Tokyo Mew Mew and sequel Tramps Like Us Voices of a Distant Star Warriors of Tao Zodiac P.I. Sources: HERE and HERE |
dang.... that's not news you want to hear.....
with any luck though, they'll let ADV print their stuff... (I've always liked ADV a little better than tokyopop for some reason) we can only hope:rheart::rheart::rheart::rheart::rheart::rheart::rheart: 7 lucky : rheart : 's ...wish on them |
well damn that's just about all my fav series :/
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Ack, that's a shame. Lots of fans will be let down on this one. I wonder if there are others who are supposed to pick it up?
I get all mine imported in Japanese anyways, but still, that's a shame. |
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That's quit a bit of manga that will no longer be as available now. I may have only read one manga book completely but this isn't really great news.
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Ugh. I hope that doesn't mean I'll have to purchase the other three Ultimate Editions of Battle Royale much faster than I had anticipated. :(
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WOW thats surprising i think have read and or own 90% of the manga on that list. Not something i really wanted to hear and whats more surprising Kodansha did not even give a reason as to why this decision was made. It a shame fans wont be able to complete their collections or have the joy of reading some great manga material.
im really disappointed. |
Plus, you have to wonder what\'s going to happen to TOKYOPOP as a result...
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