FMA: The Sacred Star of Milos
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FMA: The Sacred Star of Milos
1:00 AM on 04.19.2011
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hopefully they'll tell us what will become of Battle Vixens/Ikki Tousen ..and Qwaser of Stigmata!!
this is fuckin bullshit!!
this is fuckin bullshit!!
Sad for the company, but as long as Aria gets finished I think I'll be okay. I also need to try to get matching spines for Love Hina, but it's not a high priority.
WWWWWWWWWWHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT!!!???????????????!!!!!!!!
WHAT ABOUT MY FATE/STAY NIGHT MANGA!?!?!
Dammit, first they cut Ecole du Ciel which will forever sit unfinished on my shelf... don't die yet ******!!!
WHAT ABOUT MY FATE/STAY NIGHT MANGA!?!?!
Dammit, first they cut Ecole du Ciel which will forever sit unfinished on my shelf... don't die yet ******!!!
My god, Borders really screwed everyone over hard. I wonder with the advent of online prices if they'll ever be able to get their MSRP prices of $10 a book anymore. And I wanted to complete my Love Hina collection!
Were they still using shitty paper? I kinda lost interest after the quality of their SGT Frog releases.
I'm sorry to see this happen. But it doesn't really effect me as NO ONE DISTRIBUTES WHAT I LIKE TO READ ANYWAY :(
I was going to buy Future Diary when it was released :/
I've missed that Borders went down. It's sad, I liked those stores.
I've missed that Borders went down. It's sad, I liked those stores.
Sad about Ikki Tousen, but they already screwed me over by not translating anymore Initial D. All they seem to come out with is mediocre manga at best. Tokyopop has always been pretty garbage. It still sucks that another publisher is closing up shop.
Well, hope they can finish Future Diary and Hanako And the Terror of allegory before then. And are they doing Deadman Wonderland too? If so, ****.
Most of the series I buy are Viz, but I do have one by TokyoPop and that's Maid-Sama. So does this mean I'll never get any volumes after 8?
Conveniently, I have no on-going series I purchase from them.
Everything I buy is Del Ray, anyway. They're pretty good quality, I must say.
Everything I buy is Del Ray, anyway. They're pretty good quality, I must say.
Was wondering when this would show up on Japanator. I don't buy much manga anymore, but my collection is 80% Tokyopop.
Oh please, please let them continue releasing the Twelve Kingdom novels...or let another company pick it up. I've been waiting for years to read about what happened beyond the anime and now it looks like those translated novels may never come...
Is this the bottom falling out of the western manga industry?
Is it really due to scanlation/piracy? I've only read one manga in scanlation -- Saint Young Men -- and I have the Japanese editions of that.
I don't like reading manga online. Do people put them on eReaders?
Is it really due to scanlation/piracy? I've only read one manga in scanlation -- Saint Young Men -- and I have the Japanese editions of that.
I don't like reading manga online. Do people put them on eReaders?
oh SHIT. Guess I need to pick up those copies of Fruits Basket while I still can lol
I just wonder what'll happen to the licenses, though the news seems to imply something will done for still ongoing series. Wouldn't be suprised to see other publishers continuing on the more popular series. They did already lose FLCL to Dark Horse so that Omnibus will still be coming out.
Too bad though, just sounds like too many bad things happened at one time for them.
I just wonder what'll happen to the licenses, though the news seems to imply something will done for still ongoing series. Wouldn't be suprised to see other publishers continuing on the more popular series. They did already lose FLCL to Dark Horse so that Omnibus will still be coming out.
Too bad though, just sounds like too many bad things happened at one time for them.
Everyone hoping they are going to finish things up... yeah not happening... they currently only have 6 employees and they are planning on completely closing up shop by the end of May.
Article with an interview with the CEO:
http://www.comicsbeat.com/2011/04/15/end-of-an-era-tokyopop-shutting-down/
http://www.comicsbeat.com/2011/04/15/end-of-an-era-tokyopop-shutting-down/
I havent paid much attention to Tokyopop in a few years simply because at one time or another there selection didnt interest me as much so I slowly stopped looking at what they had to offer. They were great for when I was first started getting into manga so I do appreciate all that they have done.
On the other hand Id much rather see Manga authors self publish and or join distribution sites like OpenManga. If sites like that gain traction and more authors begin to self publish I think it will end up being better in the long run for both authors and consumers.
Sad to see them go but I hope they can come back some time in the future.
On the other hand Id much rather see Manga authors self publish and or join distribution sites like OpenManga. If sites like that gain traction and more authors begin to self publish I think it will end up being better in the long run for both authors and consumers.
Sad to see them go but I hope they can come back some time in the future.
@Crobdan: Pretty much. You could find the odd volume with nice decent paper once in a while, but most of the time was super-acid paper that turned yellow in months.
*sigh* I was fiddling with the idea of buying Deadman Wonderland or Future Diary too. I also kinda wanted to complete my collection of Keiko Suenobu's LIFE at some point. Hopefully someone else will pick them up. Also, ancient complaint, but I really wish someone would finish what TokyoPop started and pick up Kino no Tabi. I think the collective fanbase needs something to put next to vol 1.
You would think Tokyopop which had better titles than CMX would have survived. I mean they just released Lives which was really interesting and they were gonna release Sacred Blacksmith too. This is a very sad time indeed. I hope Viz, Yen press, Kodansha and Darkhorse stick around.
