Tokyopop
For the music movie, see Tokyo Pop.Tokyopop, formerly known as
Mixx, is a distributor of
manga in
English,
German,
Japanese,
Russian (
Dramacon was licensed,even though the manga is English,not Russian),and
Korean.The company is incorporated in
Tokyo,
Japan, with its largest office in
Los Angeles, California and branches in the
UK and
Germany. Tokyopop also licenses and publishes
manhwa,
anime and translated Japanese
novels, and produces "Cine-Manga" (also called "
animanga" or Anime-books; a line of graphic novels using still shots taken from animated or live-action
television shows and
movies) and
original manga-style comics in English and German. They sell their products through
bookstores and
comic stores throughout the
USA,
Canada,
Ireland, the UK, Germany,
Austria, and German-speaking
Swiss markets.
In
May 2004, in a rare move for an American
comic book publisher, Tokyopop launched a
television advertising campaign, targeting several
cable television channels:
Cartoon Network,
Spike TV,
MTV,
Tech TV and
G4.
Tokyopop, when it was formerly known as Mixx, sold
MixxZine, a manga magazine. Mixx also sold the
shōjo manga anthology
Smile.
Mixxzine later became
Tokyopop before it was discontinued. In 2005 Tokyopop began a new, free publication, called
Manga (originally
Takuhai), to feature their latest releases.
In
March 2006, Tokyopop and
HarperCollins Publishers announced a co-publishing agreement that will have selling, distribution rights of all Tokyopop manga and books transferred over to HarperCollins in mid-June 2006. The agreement will also turn HarperCollins books into
manga format (traditionally longer than American comics and more akin to the size of
graphic novels) thanks to Tokyopop. The first author whose books are adapted into manga is
Meg Cabot. The first line of Tokyopop-HarperCollins manga will be released in 2007 with the goal of the line publishing up to 24 titles each year.
Manhwa
* Ami, Queen of Hearts
* Crazy Love Story
Manhua
* Bye Bye Baby!
* Comic Schule
* The Flower Ring
* Sweet As Candy
* White Night MelodyOriginal English-language manga
* @Large
* Dramacon
* Peach Fuzz
* ShutterBox
* Sokora RefugeesOriginal German-language manga
* Gothic Sports
* Iscel
* Manga-Fieber
* Sketchbook Berlin
* Yonen BuzzManga
* Star Wars Manga Black (スター・ウォーズ×マンガ【'】)
* Star Wars Manga Silver (スター・ウォーズ×マンガ【銀】)Cine-Manga
* Star Wars Episodes I"VI
* Madagascar (マダガスカル)*Tokyopop official homepage
*Tokyopop UK official homepage
*Tokyopop Germany official homepage
*Full Circle: The Unofficial History of MixxZine
*Tokyopop's Official MySpace Page
