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NEWS: Tokyopop Webcast's Next Installment Posted from Japan




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bglassbrook



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PostPosted: Thu Nov 26, 2009 12:26 am Reply with quote
This sounds like it could be pretty interesting to hear about, as long as it isn't just a bunch of puffing. Right up until the Q&A devolves into a slew of "When is 'title' going to resume?" or "Why haven't you licensed 'series' yet?" and they close the session to go be productive anyway.
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KanjiiZ



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PostPosted: Thu Nov 26, 2009 12:58 am Reply with quote
I would LOVE to ask how that Courtney Love manga and all of those stupid Amanda Show cine-manga did. I wanna ask why they even bother staying in business. They release two volumes and then quit anyway.
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TsukasaElkKite



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PostPosted: Tue Dec 01, 2009 4:37 pm Reply with quote
I want to ask when the next volume of Loveless is going to be released and why they dumped all their Kodansha licenses, including a lot of series that were still ongoing.
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LKK



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PostPosted: Tue Dec 01, 2009 5:49 pm Reply with quote
TsukasaElkKite wrote:
why they dumped all their Kodansha licenses, including a lot of series that were still ongoing.

You have the situation backwards. Tokyopop did not dump the Kodansha licenses. Kodansha withdrew their licenses from Tokyopop. Tokyopop has already stated they do not know why Kodansha pulled all its licenses from them.
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rabrek



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PostPosted: Thu Dec 03, 2009 11:11 am Reply with quote
TsukasaElkKite wrote:
I want to ask when the next volume of Loveless is going to be released


A quick check of Amazon and AmazonJapan shows that the English releases are out through v8. The Japanese tankouban for Loveless v9 was released... last week. For whatever reason, there's a 21-month gap between the Japanese releases of v8 and v9.
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Bloodypocky15



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PostPosted: Fri Dec 04, 2009 9:19 am Reply with quote
rabrek wrote:
TsukasaElkKite wrote:
I want to ask when the next volume of Loveless is going to be released


A quick check of Amazon and AmazonJapan shows that the English releases are out through v8. The Japanese tankouban for Loveless v9 was released... last week. For whatever reason, there's a 21-month gap between the Japanese releases of v8 and v9.

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Baltimoron



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PostPosted: Fri Dec 04, 2009 10:46 am Reply with quote
LKK wrote:
TsukasaElkKite wrote:
why they dumped all their Kodansha licenses, including a lot of series that were still ongoing.

You have the situation backwards. Tokyopop did not dump the Kodansha licenses. Kodansha withdrew their licenses from Tokyopop. Tokyopop has already stated they do not know why Kodansha pulled all its licenses from them.


Two reasons, probably. First, Kodansha directly entered the American manga market in September with reprints of the formerly-Dark Horse licensed Ghost in the Shell and Akira. There's no reason to go through a licensee when you're present in the same market and Kodansha's license-pulling was likely a lead-up to their entry. Second, it's quite possible Kodansha was displeased as a licensor with TokyoPop's generally slipshod quality.
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