Comments on: Postponed, Not Canceled at Tokyopop? Is that like how ADV still publishes manga?

By: Cynthia

Cynthia — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 08:07:39 +0000

I hate Tokyopop. Is there anyone here who would like to petition these series listed above to be published by other companies like Yen Press and Delrey Manga?

By: Bum

Bum — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 07:01:33 +0000

Ugh, guess it’s safe to say by now that Rure 4 is never gonna see the light of day. Ah well.

By: Kita

Kita — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 16:59:39 +0000

I wasn’t a huge fan of Tokyopop titles prior to this. But being a fan of Kingdom Hearts, of course I ended up buying those. And now, all I have to say is that this is ridiculous. Here they are putting titles that were on-going on ‘Hiatus’, yet they are still finding time to be licensing NEW titles. What the f***??
Get your crap together, Tokyopop. How about finishing current series you seemed to hold off! Or how about giving titles over to other publishing companies so that we’re not left with unfinished series? It’s not been, what now almost 2 years?

By: Richard

Richard — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 01:42:00 +0000

say it ain’t so…Missing??? That’s horrible…I hope that it’s just being delayed. I’ve been looking and waiting for 3 and 4 for what seems like forever.

By: cristina

cristina — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 02:47:38 +0000

NOT PICK OF THE LITTER!!!!!!!!!!!!
I LOVE pick of the litter!
And NOSATSU JUNKIE! I tried to buy #6, but i couldn’t find it in the two books stores closest to my house… I’m so SAD! Two of the mangas I absolutely love are on that list;well, i also LOVE rure, but I haven’t bought those yet…I don’t like reading online, i like reading the books themselves.

By: Audra

Audra — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 03:07:59 +0000

WHAT!? NO! I love Genju no Seiza! It my favoritest ever! Don’t cancel it! Please!

By: Eli

Eli — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 01:28:19 +0000

NNNOOOOO!!!! I was waiting forever for Missing (the novel) volumes 3 and 4 to come out! Does anyone know if they were completely cancelled? T^T..(crying)…

By: Mindori

Mindori — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 15:46:22 +0000

Why is Nosatsu junkie. Volume 7 / by Ryoko Fukuyama ; [translation, Alethea being delay? I want to read more so badly!!!!!! I LOVE it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: Spring 2009 | Panikku

Spring 2009 | Panikku — Mon, 04 May 2009 16:49:40 +0000

[...] Here is a list of all the titles that are ‘postponed’ but I won’t be surprised if … [...]

By: PaleBlack

PaleBlack — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 12:13:07 +0000

I don’t see Platinum Garden on that list, but the next volumes of that have vanished.

As for Never Give Up! Nooooo! I love this series. I don’t normally read that much Tokyopop but this one dragged me in.

And I agree with the comments about not liking e-books. The entire point of me liking buying manga is because I like holding it. E-books really don’t do it for me, and whilst I’d read them to finish a series, I don’t see why I shouldn’t turn to scanlations.

By: crystal

crystal — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 22:36:56 +0000

CAN’T BE TRUE DD:

i was waiting for J-POP IDOL VOL.2

so unfair! i hope it will continue i want to buy & read it so badly ;_;

By: MangaBlog » Blog Archive » More on those Tokyopop cancellations

MangaBlog » Blog Archive » More on those Tokyopop cancellations — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 20:36:56 +0000

[...] Cine-Manga, which I have a copy of right now so I can vouch that it exists. I looked back at the list of cancelled fall titles that Christopher Butcher posted at Comics212 a while back, and I did find some volumes that have [...]

By: Christle Roberts

Christle Roberts — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 22:49:11 +0000

ahhh!!! ME TOOO!!!! I WAS WONDERING ABOUT LIFE!!!! ITS FRICKIN AMAZING!!! *drool* i agree with veronica!! I WANNA KNOW TOO!!!! i don’t think i’ll live if i dont know happens next in Life… x_x

By: Veronica Smith

Veronica Smith — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 04:42:04 +0000

see, i was wondering what was taking TOKYOPOP so long to release LIFE vol. 10. and ive been searching for it EVERYWHERE! and now 11 to? i deal with each release being 4 months apart, but i want to know if i atleast order them online, they will publish a set for me. if they will, let me know.

By: demonfruit

demonfruit — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 20:42:16 +0000

I was wondering what happened to Harukaze Bitter Bop 3 and Brave Story 6. Glad I found this post. God I hope these aren’t canceled D:

By: kitty

kitty — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 19:27:14 +0000

Great, they CANCELLED PICK OF THE LITTER!!!

By: kitty

kitty — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 19:22:31 +0000

Wtf, they postponed or cancelled Pick of the Litter 5!? OoO I was waiting FOREVER for that!! Ugh, the lincense problem with Kino no Tabi was already really bad!! TT-TT Just 2 more volumes and Pick of The Litter will be over!!! Shoot.. ;-;

By: kyonichi

kyonichi — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 22:32:52 +0000

WTF are they thinking “publishing” manga in e-format? The only thing that makes fanscans threaten manga less than fansubs threaten anime is the vast difference in quality of experience between holding a book and reading a manga off of a computer screen. E-format only releases are going to drive fans away towards the fanscans that are (seemingly at this point) faster, more reliable, and free. How is losing all these customers going to cut their costs? Also, canceling series that are so close to finishing is going to end up giving them ADVmanga-esque diminishing returns, where the fans don’t trust them to finish a series and stop buying the few comics they do continue to print.

By: Ed

Ed — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 21:02:18 +0000

Hey Chris,
I have been told by TOKYOPOP that Beck will see a print run next year. But it could possibly come in a new format. And expect to even see Kindaichi back as well.
That said not every title will come back or so I have been told. With certain publishers having having stronger ties with Tokyopop.

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 05:49:52 +0000

Ah, apparently LOVE MODE 11 was offered in a previews update, how about that.

MAY088287 E LOVE MODE GN VOL 11 (OF 11) (A) (C: 1-0-0) (PP #826)

New code folks! Tell your retailer! I almost missed it…

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 05:45:58 +0000

Oh, and Brigid, thanks for asking about BECK. If you get a chance to do follow-up, I’d love to know if “publishing” means “printing”, or if they’re trying for e-printing.

ALSO! About Love Mode, this was in the JUL08 Previews for items shipping in September (and October):

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TOKYOPOP
PLEASE NOTE: The following titles are offered in the July PREVIEWS, but have been cancelled by the publisher after PREVIEWS went to press: Atelier Marie And Elie -Zarlburg Alchemist Volume 5, Blazin’ Barrels Volume 11, Blood Sucker Volume 8, Dragon Voice Volume 11, Forget About Love Volume 2, Gakuen Heaven-Nakajima, Gosick Volume 2, I Wish… Volume 3, Kat & Mouse Volume 4, Liling-Po Volume 9, Love Mode Volume 11, Missing (Novel) Volume 4: The Hanged Man, Mobile Suit Gundam Ecole Du Ciel Volume 9, Nosatsu Junkie Volume 7, Pick Of The Litter Volume 5, Planet Blood Volume 9, Poison Candy Volume 2, Rure Volume 4, Saver Volume 7, Shin Megami Tensei (Kahn) Volume 3, Snow Volume 2, Sorcerer Hunters — 100% Authentic Format Volume 11, Suppli Volume 4, That Guy Was Splendid Volume 1, Trinity Blood – Reborn On The Mars Volume 3, and Zig*Zag Volume 4. In addition, Star Trek: The Next Generation Volume 1 has been postponed until Spring 2009. While these items are listed in the catalog, they are not available for order. Please use caution when placing your Tokyopop order.
–

So, yeah. I don’t know what to tell you, but as a retailer I was not even allowed to place orders, so I don’t know HOW they’re shipping that for the first week of October.

Best,

- Chris

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 05:42:33 +0000

I’m not much of a betting man, but I’d wager that a big part of the ‘renegotiations for scheduling’ actually have to do with acquiring digital publishing rights for a lot of these titles. Essentially, they can do whatever they want with the OEL, they own that outright (except when they don’t–Shutterbox). It’s much, much cheaper to “publish” work online, particularly if you’re going to find a way to charge for it even nominally… I’d bet that they’re going to see if their contracts for a lot of the low-performing stuff let them not actually publish print editions, because I can’t imagine a mature Japanese manga publisher is going to just throw those rights in, or not tie the rights together…

They’ve also used the words “publishing” to mean both print and online, which is a little duplicitous in my mind…

Oh, and to the commenter who was worried about LOVE MODE 11, at the BLU blog they said that one has actually been rescheduled. I don’t have a link handy but if you google it you should find it.

By: chris

chris — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 04:35:08 +0000

@Dave Lartigue:
Glad you liked Earthlight. Volume 3 should be readable on the TokyoPop site in November. Supposedly if a book gets huge amounts of traffic, they might actually print it, but that’s quite a long shot. People will get to read the last part of the story, but it sucks that I won’t have the 3 volume set available at conventions.

Hopefully “postponed” doesn’t mean “stuck on the web” for everything else…

By: Pira

Pira — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 00:57:31 +0000

LOVE MODE 11!??!

That’s the final volume.

*head smacked into desk repeatedly*

By: mightygodking

mightygodking — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:57:43 +0000

Wait, Tokyopop can’t make money off something with Hannah Montana branding? What the fuck is wrong with them? The guys selling Hannah Montana Official Toilet Bowl Brushes turn their nose up at Tokyopop.

By: Olivia

Olivia — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:30:59 +0000

Yeah, it was scary seeing some individual titles on this list. I think everyone can find something on this list that they’ve enjoyed. I hope they all get re-scheduled so that all fans can rest peacefully.

I am also very unhappy that there is a lot of current Manhwa series’ on this list. I hope they’re not the first to go. I was in shock when I saw “Hotel Africa” on this list! If things go drastic for Manhwa, I can only hope that another publisher can pick those licenses up. (Or being that it is Manhwa, Tokyopop will make all those titles online-only. Remember that the Korean pubs make more than just the printing rights available to English pubs)

By: plasticanimalz

plasticanimalz — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:00:18 +0000

I never heard they were canceling books, what I heard is they’re going to publish online to cut costs.

By: Dave Lartigue

Dave Lartigue — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 16:09:52 +0000

I was liking Earthlight, but if there aren’t going to be any more volumes I see no reason to hang on to the two I already have.

By: jun

jun — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 13:43:51 +0000

Waah, this is the first time I've seen Silver Diamond and V. B. Rose on a list. I originally thought I'd escape with minimal impact (Suppli and Kindaichi).

By: Wide-Ranging LinkBlogging » Comics Worth Reading

Wide-Ranging LinkBlogging » Comics Worth Reading — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 12:13:16 +0000

[...] Christopher Butcher publishes a list of Tokyopop titles “on hiatus” (with the most hilarious headline). It’s taking off from a Publishers Weekly Comics Week article that’s supposed to reassure people about Tokyopop’s status — just like the PWCW article that tried to quell ADV speculation. I don’t think it’s working. Nice of PWCW to give the publishers space to speak, though, even if they’re not saying much (or not able to say much). [...]

By: MangaBlog » Blog Archive » Not dead, only sleeping?

MangaBlog » Blog Archive » Not dead, only sleeping? — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 11:34:12 +0000

[...] Kai-Ming Cha and Erin Finnegan cover Otakon in this week’s PWCW, and I talk to Tokyopop marketing director Marco Pavia about those cancellation lists that are making the rounds of the internets; Marco says the lists don’t mean anything as things are still in flux. Chris Butcher responds by posting a list of books that won’t be published this fall. This isn’t necessarily a contradiction, as Marco’s whole point is that many of these books will be rescheduled once rights are negotiated. In the PWCW article I also talked to him about some of the new titles due out soon and the trend toward thicker volumes, which is quite obvious this month. (Image is of the Otakon mascots.) [...]

By: Misterbadexample

Misterbadexample — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 10:29:56 +0000

I know Brandon Graham was posting the unpublished chapters of King City on his blog. After the first chapter, he stopped, and said that “he would let us know” why later.

It’s hard to say what exactly the reasoning was. Maybe he was being pressured by Tokyopop to stop, but I’m thinking it’s equally likely that they are picking the book up again.

Who knows, maybe these books will see the light of day.

By: Brigid

Brigid — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 21:23:37 +0000

Hi Chris! I did ask Marco about Beck, and he said, “We are still publishing Beck.” However, given the fact that negotiations seem to be ongoing, I didn’t see too much point in pursuing a lot of individual titles.

Also, they’re doing a promotion on their website for the Star Trek ultimate edition right now. It’s scheduled for March 2009. Vol. 11 of Love Mode is listed as an Oct. 1 release, and I don’t see it on the Previews cancellation list.