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"Tokyopop Splits into Two Companies - Cuts Production 50%"

http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/12677.html

Bad news for the manga output, possibly good news for more anime and live-action films.
One way or the other, it looks like there's going to be far less titles coming out in the near future.


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“The time is now for us to focus our publishing business to overcome current market challenges. Few releases will allow for less cannibalization at retail.”
8O What is the ratio for Manga and Anime? I think that there's more anime out there than manga (in the english markets) but I have not checked lately so I could be wrong.
At this point they have to struggle with setting up the company, dubbing and so forth. Hopefully the stuff that they release will not be too expensive
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I want them to sub the Zettai kareshi drama and have an american release! I would buy it! O_O
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yeah we will have to see what this functional means for their manga output.
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:O NO! Does this mean I must wait longer for manga releases? This makes me very sad... :l
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Penguinton wrote::O NO! Does this mean I must wait longer for manga releases? This makes me very sad... :l
Yeah we still don't know much. Some stuff might get cut or released less often, or they might just not get many new licenses and thus have a gradual decrease in production. No one knows yet sadly.
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Well the last 3 (if i remember correctly) volumes of Fruits Basket have been released approximately 6 months apart. I think it's completely ridiculous when the manga series ended 2 1/2 years ago.

With only 5 volumes left, why wait so long to get such a well known series on the shelves? It's not as if there is any doubt at how well they will sell once they are available.

Maybe that is just a small taste of what the US manga industry will become for good. Maybe it will become even worse.

I don't see this working in their favor at all though, regardless of which route they take in the end.

I understood if the series was still being written in Japan, but if a series is finished there is no reason not to release them in a timely manner in the US.
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Still not much info but on animeondvd.com, one Tokyopop translator stated that the Gosick, Missing, and the Chibi Vampire novels are going to be canceled. It seems like the novels are going to be hit pretty hard, at the moment not much other info is out.
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miz ducky wrote:Well the last 3 (if i remember correctly) volumes of Fruits Basket have been released approximately 6 months apart. I think it's completely ridiculous when the manga series ended 2 1/2 years ago.

With only 5 volumes left, why wait so long to get such a well known series on the shelves? It's not as if there is any doubt at how well they will sell once they are available.

I understood if the series was still being written in Japan, but if a series is finished there is no reason not to release them in a timely manner in the US.
Lol... Maybe they are slowly releasing the volumes so you can keep going back to the book store to check and maybe you'll buy other manga instead.

I would think people would get angry after 2.5 years and go online and read the scanlations instead. So I think it's hurting them.
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