Argh Argh Argh.

[kurenai_tenka]

(Stolen from von_questenberg)

Tokyopop is shutting down

Godamnit.

Comments

[x_reggg]

ANN said it was just the north american branch, is it actually the whole company? o___O;;

[kurenai_tenka]

Ah, maybe I've misunderstood then. I took that to mean all their English manga (since the above link says that their European/German sections are still open, which implied to me a different language of manga).

[starrfire]

maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan that suuuuuuuucks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[kurenai_tenka]

Seriously!! I really hope I've misunderstood, because I have ongoings with them that I've really been looking forward to. >_>

[kurenai_tenka]

Seriously. But the whole industry was in decline what with all the websites giving out scans for free (and of course the recession)... a lot of others have gone down, but I guess Tokyopop has folded because they probably invested the most money in things like liscencing and the like. Apparently their film/anime division is still up though, as well as their German manga. So uh, good for the Germans? .___.

[astrokittie]

HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHA
oh god it serves them right.

Unfortunate that a bunch of licenses and series are going to be left hanging now.

[kurenai_tenka]

GUUURL don't laugh I have ongoings that I NOW CAN'T READ. THIS IS VERY SRS BSNS. ;_;

Though conversely, any particular reason why it serves them right?

[shanejayell]

Tokyo Pop ran a contest called 'Rising Stars of Manga' in which they scouted North Americans doing manga. but the winners were kids and were offered VERY one sided contracts that favored TP. Once details of those contracts leaked, a lot of creators were VERY pissed with TP.

[kurenai_tenka]

Oh yeah, Rising Stars. My take on it was always that it was good as a jumping off point, even if it was a totally terrible deal for anyone who was already a professional.

Then again, I don't think I ever heard all the details. Link?

Icon is totally appropriate

[pashchan]

....What?

Man that sucks, those volumes I've been collecting are going to become rare.

And what about the series that are still ongoing?

Re: Icon is totally appropriate

[kurenai_tenka]

Maybe, depends which they are. A lot of them had very wide printings sooo...

Their ongoings are likely to float in the liscencing ether, since until those licences run out no-one else can translate them, but they won't be translating them either. =/

In short; argh. :(