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Title: It's official...TOKYOPOP will be GONE!
Post by: Arcademan on April 16 2011, 09:48 am

TOKYOPOP is Closing Down! (http://blog.newsarama.com/2011/04/15/tokyopop-goes-u-s-publishing-closes/)

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For nearly 15 years, TOKYOPOP, led by Stu Levy, its founder, CEO and Chief Creative Officer, has pioneered the English-language manga movement and touched the hearts, minds and souls of enthusiasts worldwide.

Today, we are sad to inform our loyal community of manga fans, our passionate creators of manga content, our business and retail partners, and other stakeholders who have supported us through the years that as of May 31, 2011, TOKYOPOP is closing its Los Angeles-based North American publishing operations.

TOKYOPOP film and television projects and European operations, including the German publishing program, will not be affected by the Los Angeles office closure. In addition, TOKYOPOP will continue its global rights sales via its office in Hamburg, Germany.

Got lots of my manga series from TOKYOPOP including the majority of the early CLAMP series. Sad but seeing the last couple of years, you saw the end for them was coming.