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Tokyopop will publish Saki Sakimoto's Never Let Go manga, originally published by ShuCream BL, in their November 2023 solicits and solicitations, though it's scheduled for January next year, as are most of their listings It is joined by Cocomi's Send Them A Farewell Gift For The Last Time, #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width:[...]

Why I Adopted My Husband is TOKYOPOP's first nonfiction manga, an inspiring true story of how a gay couple in Japan formalized their union by adapting a legal loophole The story is part memoir, part informational literature highlighting the importance of legally recognized unions concerning matters of hospital rights, inheritance, and the everyday privileges many[...]

TOKYOPOP is launching LoveLove, a diverse imprint of shojo, josei, girls love, boys love manga, and graphic novel titles by Western creators; the LoveLove line offers romantic stories and characters for everyone The LoveLove catalog is curated to include age-appropriate content for readers ranging from teens to adults Titles cover a wide age range, from[...]

Tokyopop will be present at Anime Expo 2023 with a slate of panels, special guests, and special booth activities and premiums that will be available during the convention Anime Expo will occur July 1-4 at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, CA The annual event draws over 100,000 attendees and is the nation's[...]

Love Murder Basketball is a new manga by Kurutta Hito and Tsunderuuu from TokyoPop as part of their August 2023 solicits, though actually out in October They also have Ordinary Tempest Vol 1 by Marcus Kwabena, John Lawrence and Chris Krady, Black Cat & Vampire Vol 1 by Nikki Taino, and Sating The Wolf Vol[...]

TokyoPop has had the Nightmare Before Christmas license for some time, and has explored earlier days of a number of character's lives But for Free Comic Book Day tomorrow, they are looking at the origin of Jack Skellington, his initial battle with Oogie Boogie and how Jack became the Pumpkin King in the first place,[...]

Tokyopop is finally getting its Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness: The Beginning prequel manga collection by Keith R A DeCandido, Carmelo Zagaria and Valentina Cuomo up and out there, in their July 2023 solicits and solicitations, but actually out in September Also listed is Marcus Kwabena, John Lawrence and Chris Krady's Arms of The Dragon from[...]

MBC Anime is a venture led by anime and manga expert Stu Levy, founder and CEO of TOKYOPOP, international distributor, licensor, and publisher of anime and manga. MBC Anime logo, from MBC Group, Tokyopop Through the new initiative, MBC Anime will commission, produce, and invest in a series of world-class quality anime titles Often aimed at adults,[...]

The comic was also published online in Ukranian and English, and now TokyoPop are to put it in print in English in their June 2023 solicits and solicitations. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 100%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php */ GHOST OF KYIV #1 TOKYOPOP APR232189 (W) Matsuda Djuko Well-known Japanese[...]

The guardian of the title is Naoto Matsumura, a local farmer who decides to stay behind to care for all the abandoned pets and livestock in the town out of a sense of duty. "Guardian of Fukushima" cover art courtesy of Tokyopop. For Tokyopop publisher Stuart Levy and creators Ewen Blain and Fabian Grolleau, Guardian of Fukushima[...]

TokyoPop has, instead stepped up for their LoveXLove manga line Launching in July, though in their  May 2023 solicits, it is joined by the new OEL Noir Caesar line, showrun by NBA star Johnny Lee O'Bryant III The full solicit list runs below. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 100%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid[...]

In our second professional sportsperson-turned-comic creator story of the day, basketball player Johnny Lee O'Bryant III has signed a deal for his publisher  Noir Caesar Entertainment, with Tokyopop to publish new manga – including his own – this summer. The first three titles will see the coming-of-age martial arts drama, Xogenasys and the sci-fi adventure, Primus[...]

TOKYOPOP is publishing Guardian of Fukushima, a moving new graphic novel depicting the true story of the aftermath of the devastating 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Tohoku, Japan, from the perspective of Naoto Matsumura, an ordinary man who risked his life by remaining behind to care for animals left behind following the disastrous meltdown at the[...]

Tokyopop time! As we all know from YouTube commentators, modern American comic books are failing in terms of sales (even though they inexplicable seem to be increasing) because the publishers and creators are just telling a series of woke political lectures, and this is why manga is also increasing sales in America because they don't[...]

TOKYOPOP announced this week that it has promoted Marc Visnick to COO and Publisher He had previously served as VP of Publishing since joining the manga and graphic novel company in early 2022 Visnick will devise and lead many of the publisher's key initiatives and strategies from here on. Photo courtesy of TOKYOPOP In this new role,[...]

Manga publisher Tokyopop is to publish a prequel to the Nightmare Before Christmas movie, in comic book form, The Battle For Pumpkin King, a new original story follows the friendship and inevitable rivalry between Jack Skellington and Oogie Boogie It will follow their previous sequel series, Zero's Journey and Mirror Moon, also written by Dan[...]

Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness: The Beginning is a new manga series continuing from Tokyopop Based on last year's horror-action CG animated miniseries on Netflix starring Resident Evil 2 protagonists Leon S Kennedy and Claire Redfield, the manga series by Keith R A DeCandido, Carmelo Zagaria, Valentina Cuomo will tell the origins of that series before the animated cameras started[...]

ПЕРЕМОГА: Victory for Ukraine is a new full-color graphic novel anthology by Ukrainian creators highlighting the war in Ukraine from Tokyopop that debuts digitally on August 24th, Ukrainian Independence Day, with a print release on September 27th, 2022 Proceeds from the sales will go to Razom for Ukraine. "Peremoha: Victory for Ukraine" cover art courtesy of[...]

Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness: The Beginning is a new manga series continuing from Tokyopop Based on last year's horror-action CG animated miniseries on Netflix starring Resident Evil 2 protagonists Leon S Kennedy and Claire Redfield, the manga series by Keith R A DeCandido, Carmelo Zagaria, Valentina Cuomo will tell the origins of that series before the animated[...]

Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness: The Beginning is a new manga series launching in Tokyopop's September 2022 solicits and solicitations below Based on last year's horror-action CG animated miniseries on Netflix starring Resident Evil 2 protagonists Leon S Kennedy and Claire Redfield, the manga series by Keith R A DeCandido, Carmelo Zagaria, Valentina Cuomo will tell the[...]

The Formerly Fallen Daughter of Duke by Saki Ichibu and Ushio Shirotori is a new manga series launching in Tokyopop's August 2022 solicits and solicitations below. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 100%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php */ FORMERLY FALLEN DAUGHTER OF DUKE GN VOL 01 TOKYOPOP JUN222361 (W) Saki[...]

TokyoPop is to translate and publish the French manga series Guardian Of Fukushima by Naoto Matsumura for Free Comic Book Day in May, as well as the rest of TokyoPop's March 2022 solicits and solicitations below   FCBD 2022 THE GUARDIAN OF FUKUSHIMA TOKYOPOP JAN220041 March 11th, 2011: a massive earthquake off the coast of Japan triggered a devastating tsunami[...]

Back at the beginning of April, manga publisher TokyoPop  stated that they will "delay the print release of our upcoming titles originally scheduled for release in April and May of 2020." However, they accelerated digital releases, outsourcing work to freelancers, and looking to resume printing and releasing as soon as possible They stated that "we[...]

Manga publisher TokyoPop has joined Kodansha and Yen Press in announcing a revived publishing schedule They state that they will "delay the print release of our upcoming titles originally scheduled for release in April and May of 2020." However, they will be accelerating digital releases, outsourcing work to freelancers, and looking to resume printing and[...]

Tokyopop is all about The Nightmare Before Christmas at San Diego Comic-Con this year, With a San Diego Comic Con exclusive variant of last year's Free Comic Book Day title The Nightmare Before Christmas #0, ahead of September's launch of the graphic novel Find this – and plenty of Nightmare prints at Booth 4037 on[...]

The first collected volumes of Hanger and Tarot Cafe are released in print, plus Zero's Journey continues. Check out the Tokyopop June 2018 solicits here for full details.

Nightmare Before Christmas: Zero's Journey finally comes out, and The Aristocats receives a manga adaptation, all of this comes from Tokyopop this May Details below. Zero from Touchstone Picture's Nightmare Before Christmas MAR181959 NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHIRSTMAS ZEROS JOURNEY #1 (W) Dj Milky (A/CA) Kei Ishiyama When Jack Skellington's faithful pet Zero gets lost, the ghost pup must get the help of the residents[...]

Tokyopop and IDW announced today an alliance to distribute Tokyopop's titles to the world through IDW International IDW international will manage Tokyopop's catalog of more than 100 IPs for non-English language markets In a press release, Tokyopop's Stu Levy and IDW's Greg Goldstein exchanged complimentary quotes, fulfilling the sacred ritual required to cement any business deal[...]

Evie of the Disney Descendants is receiving a new trilogy, Zero's Journey begins, and new series Kamo kicks off, all courtesy of Tokyopop More details below. DESCENDANTS: UNTITLED EVIE TRILOGY, VOL 1 Writer: Jason Muell Artist: Natsuki Minami As a talented designer, Evie can't wait to enter Auradon's national design competition, traveling and challenging other young hopefuls from all across the land[...]

For Free Comic Book Day 2018, Tokyopop is bringing out Nightmare Before Christmas: Zero's Journey #0 by Dj Mikly and Kei Ishiyama. Plus Goldfisch Manga gets a second volume and the Disney Fairies Manga gets a fifth volume. JAN180043 FCBD 2018 NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS ZEROS JOURNEY #0 (W) Dj Milky (A/CA) Kei Ishiyama When Jack Skellington's faithful pet Zero gets lost, the ghost pup must get the help[...]