TokyoPop can kiss my big, fat oshiri! So there I am, being lazy and deciding to take the evening off since it is a holiday weekend and by George, I’m going to goof off. And then word comes to me from multiple sources, saying that at Anime Expo, TokyoPop (or rather Stu Levy) says, “We’re
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Kore wa TokyoPop-Zombie Desu ka?
October 15th, 2011 
AstroNerdBoy Kore wa TokyoPop-Zombie Desu ka? On Wednesday, October 12th, the manga Twitter world began to buzz as nineteen days before Halloween, what appears to be the corpse of the once giant manga publishing company, TokyoPop, burst through the ground and started shuffling around. Naturally, this might be some sort of zombie-troll and so a challenge
Did You Hate TokyoPop Because It Was a “Teenager” Company?
July 10th, 2011 AstroNerdBoy Did You Hate TokyoPop Because It Was a “Teenager” Company? You know, I honestly thought I wouldn’t be writing a lengthy piece on TokyoPop after I had posted my TokyoPop license-rescue wish list. However, after reading Lianne’s insider thoughts on TokyoPop’s closure and her speculation on the reason people hated TokyoPop so much, I had
My TokyoPop Manga License Rescue Dream List
June 15th, 2011 AstroNerdBoy I took some time to take the books down from my manga bookcase in order to do some much-needed dusting and get some new titles inserted such as Fairy Tail. As I did this, I looked at the TokyoPop manga titles and lamented the fact that it is very possible that some or all of
Gakuen Alice Manga Volume 16
May 17th, 2011 AstroNerdBoy Gakuen Alice Manga Volume 16 学園アリス manga review –> BUY FROM RIGHTSTUF! –> Not currently for sale at RAKUTEN.COM (formerly BUY.COM) –> PURCHASE FROM BARNES & NOBLE Note: The title is currently out of print (updated March 06, 2014). SPOILER Summary/Synopsis: With the Sports Festival over, Mikan is more popular than ever with her classmates.
Goodbye, TokyoPop
April 16th, 2011 AstroNerdBoy Goodbye, TokyoPop Times they are a changing. Last year, Del Rey all but completely dropped from the manga publishing field (save for a very few titles like xxxHOLiC). Yesterday, word came out that TokyoPop is going to close its publishing doors, meaning TokyoPop will now disappear from the manga publishing field as well. Turn the
Gakuen Alice Manga Volume 15
April 15th, 2011 AstroNerdBoy 学園アリス manga review Gakuen Alice Manga Volume 15 –> Not available from RAKUTEN.COM (formerly BUY.COM) –> PURCHASE FROM BARNES & NOBLE –> PURCHASE FROM RIGHTSTUF! SPOILER Summary/Synopsis: The sports festival goes and Luca is happy to win an event in front of Mikan. With Luna having Natsume figuratively tied up, Luca and Mikan end up
TokyoPop Explains Why Series Go On Hiatus
February 26th, 2011 AstroNerdBoy TokyoPop Explains Why Series Go On Hiatus TokyoPop LillianDP has an interesting article describing the manga sales process of getting it from the publisher to the retailer. It really is a good piece and I encourage you all to read this. That said, I did want to address one aspect of the article, that being
