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Emerje
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Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2011 1:07 pm
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Very sad to see them go. I used to be subscribed to MixxZine so I've been following them through their changes for a long time now. People can say what they want about Levy, but he started the company and was at the helm when they were at the top of their game as well. 2008 hurt everyone and they took a major hit from Borders among other things. Don't place all of the blame on Levy, there was an avalanche of events that few companies could recover from.
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bayoab
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Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2011 1:10 pm
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Jozoiscute wrote: | Wait....what-what-WHAT?
Tokyopop is closing? As in: the biggest manga publisher in the United States is closing? As in: no more manga is ever going to be published from them again? |
They aren't the biggest publisher. Viz and Yen Press are larger according to CBRs analysis of Bookscan. Though what % they control comes down to how you compute "size." ~15% based on income, ~13% based on sales.
DmonHiro wrote: | NOOOOOO!!!! There's only ONE volume of Future Diary left!!!! YOU CAN'T DO THIS TO ME!!!!
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Two actually. Ends at 12.
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b4k4ni04
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Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2011 1:10 pm
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TitanXL wrote: | 'American manga artists'?
Anyway, yeah, I'm not one to usually say this, but it definitely looks like buying manga and stuff these days is kind of pointless. We just have Viz, Yen Press, and Del Ray left? |
Del Ray kinda got forced out of the market when Kodansha decided to take over all their own titles in the US.
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RestLessone
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Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2011 1:11 pm
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It's too bad for the people that lost their jobs. Despite TP making some poor decisions, they were important to the development of the manga market in the US.
Well, Hetalia is likely to be picked up in no time. Hopefully Flat, Chibisan Date, The Embalmer, and a few more titles as well...Wont hold my breath, though.
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skafreak51
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Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2011 1:12 pm
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Really bad news, less and less people have been buying manga, it looks like it's going to start nearing its end in the US. I don't know whether it's the economy to blame, or if people just aren't interested anymore.
This is really depressing.
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kh_gal
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Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2011 1:12 pm
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Oh my gosh... >.< This is horrible. What's going to happen to the US Manga industry now? All we have left is VIZ, Yen Press, and Kodansha Comics (and Yen and Kodansha barely publishes anything!)
Question though: Does anyone know if all the titles scheduled by Tokyopop are coming out before the company closes? The press release stated Tokyopop was shutting down on May 31st. So technically all the stuff before then could still be coming out, right?
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st_owly
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Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2011 1:13 pm
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RestlessOne wrote: | It's too bad for the people that lost their jobs. Despite TP making some poor decisions, they were important to the development of the manga market in the US.
Well, Hetalia is likely to be picked up in no time. Hopefully Flat, Chibisan Date, The Embalmer, and a few more titles as well... |
Hopefully Yen will pick up Hetalia. I think they'd treat it well, and quite frankly, people would be foolish not to, it's on the bestseller list pretty much every week.
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Jarmel
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Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2011 1:13 pm
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Damn I was looking into picking up Future Diary. That's not happening now.
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DmonHiro
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Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2011 1:13 pm
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bayoab wrote: |
Two actually. Ends at 12. |
No, there are only 11 Future Diary volumes.
There is 1 more volume of side-stories (mosaic) , and one more of an alternate time-line (paradox), but only 11 volumes of the actual story.
Also, Paradox was freaking amazing. If you read it after the 11 volumes, it just blows your mind at how awesome it is.
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Songdragosa
Joined: 15 Apr 2011
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Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2011 1:13 pm
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b4k4ni04 wrote: |
TitanXL wrote: | 'American manga artists'?
Anyway, yeah, I'm not one to usually say this, but it definitely looks like buying manga and stuff these days is kind of pointless. We just have Viz, Yen Press, and Del Ray left? |
Del Ray kinda got forced out of the market when Kodansha decided to take over all their own titles in the US. |
So it's pretty much Viz (who holds most of the Shonen chips) and Yen Press (who made a boatload of money off of the Twilight adaptation)?
*sigh* I like those two companies enough, but I miss the diversity of publishers.
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asimpson2006
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Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2011 1:14 pm
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Emerje wrote: | Very sad to see them go. I used to be subscribed to MixxZine so I've been following them through their changes for a long time now. People can say what they want about Levy, but he started the company and was at the helm when they were at the top of their game as well. 2008 hurt everyone and they took a major hit from Borders among other things. Don't place all of the blame on Levy, there was an avalanche of events that few companies could recover from.
Emerje |
Most people would put a lot of the blame on Levy since he is hated so much.
It's sad to see them go away, I did like their releases of manga at least from the ones I have seen. The question that now begs to be asked is who is going to pick the titles they still have the license for?
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kyokun703
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Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2011 1:14 pm
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kh_gal wrote: |
Oh my gosh... >.< This is horrible. What's going to happen to the US Manga industry now? All we have left is VIZ, Yen Press, and Kodansha Comics (and Yen and Kodansha barely publishes anything!) |
Don't forget Vertical. Vertical is quickly rising the ranks and becoming one of my favorite publishers, as they take the more niche/mature stuff.
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ZeetherKID77
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Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2011 1:15 pm
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I feel bad, although I stopped caring for Tokyopop after the Initial D debacle. Hopefully their popular series find new homes. I bet Seven Seas will want Qwaser
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RestLessone
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Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2011 1:15 pm
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st_owly wrote: |
RestlessOne wrote: | It's too bad for the people that lost their jobs. Despite TP making some poor decisions, they were important to the development of the manga market in the US.
Well, Hetalia is likely to be picked up in no time. Hopefully Flat, Chibisan Date, The Embalmer, and a few more titles as well... |
Hopefully Yen will pick up Hetalia. I think they'd treat it well, and quite frankly, people would be foolish not to, it's on the bestseller list pretty much every week. |
I'm hoping for Yen as well. I'd double dip for them.
There some titles (Alice in the Country of Hearts and Hetalia, for example) that will definitely be picked up. It's the smaller series that didn't bring in the sales that probably wont be re-licensed.
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Songdragosa
Joined: 15 Apr 2011
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Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2011 1:16 pm
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kh_gal wrote: | Question though: Does anyone know if all the titles scheduled by Tokyopop are coming out before the company closes? The press release stated Tokyopop was shutting down on May 31st. So technically all the stuff before then could still be coming out, right? |
That makes me hopeful for the last volume of the .hack//GU novels at least. No other company will probably pick up such an old series (heck, I'm surprised Tokyopop still stuck with it).
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