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By: Kuriousity | manga reviews and news » Blog Archive » Rattled Faith As Tokyopop Lays Off Manga Editors

Sun, 06 Mar 2011 00:59:58 +0000

[...] But now with Lillian in particular gone (never had I felt more in-touch with TP than via their webinars), and the continued production of money-sucking events I don’t really understand, I really [...]

By: Manga Xanadu » Blog Archive » This Week in Manga 8/1-8/7/09

Manga Xanadu » Blog Archive » This Week in Manga 8/1-8/7/09 — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 06:07:54 +0000

[...] work for us Westcoasters). But Lissa Pattillo of Kuriousity was kind enough to give a detailed report. I agree with Lissa, this is a great way for publishers to communicate with not just the press, [...]

By: Kuriousity » Blog Archive » Happy New Year 2010!

Kuriousity » Blog Archive » Happy New Year 2010! — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 02:53:56 +0000

[...] of the top entries posted here on Kuriousity in 2009 include Farewell to Viz’s Shojo Beat, Tokyopop Webinar: Part One, YaoiCon 2009 – Digital Manga, There Are Some of My Favourite Things… And Yours? and [...]

By: Lissa

Lissa — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:33:16 +0000

You're most welcome – it was the number one question I wanted to ask since Genju no Seiza is one of my favourite series. I really appreciated their honest answer, even if it doesn't bode terribly well for us fans. Fingers crossed though!

By: Ruth

Ruth — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 01:02:28 +0000

Oh, thanks for asking the question about Genju no Seiza!! I've been checking for -any- information on its status for too many months now. Its by far one of my favourite series and I hate the cliffhanger its left off at in volume 7. Good to hear at least some recent-ish info on it!

*come on awesome manga*

By: kelakagandy

kelakagandy — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 04:11:31 +0000

"Trinity Blood: Reborn on the Mars (Vol. 03) – 11/3/09"

Oh gosh, I'm sooooo glad you posted this, since I wasn't able to make the webinar and didn't think they would even mention the Trinity Blood novels anymore (since they have a habit of just kind of ignoring series they've dropped, which I thought they were).

It's nice to see they're bringing Furuba Ultimate back too, since I can't bring myself to buy all the smaller paperback ones now that I have hardback ones. xD

By: Light Reading » Tokyopop Novels Back on Release Schedule!

Light Reading » Tokyopop Novels Back on Release Schedule! — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 18:16:38 +0000

[...] Here’s Kuriousity’s post about the Tokyopop Webinar where this information was announced. [...]

By: Lorena

Lorena — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 12:54:36 +0000

I really wanted to attend this, but was unable due to work. But, I hope that there are other licenses that they'll be in the stronger position to bring back, like Suppli. I've loved that manga from the start and even went so far as to watch the entire Japanese drama based on it when it began to lapse. Unfortunately, the drama took a LOT of creative license and so I still want to read the rest of this series!

By: Tina

Tina — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 23:43:44 +0000

"Unfortunately the project fell through on the eve of its success due to the Tokyopop restructuring when there just wasn’t enough manpower at the company anymore."

That's a nice way of saying 'criticism of the concept killed the Pilot Progam.' I was a little annoyed that many comments on those projects seemed geared at scolding the company for being so uncool about the contracts. :/ It seemed like they were ragging on the artists in lieu of being able to rag on the company face-to-face.

By: lys

lys — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 20:49:51 +0000

Ha! I see you got screenshots of the covers for the new titles they announced! I was too slow to get Happy Cafe's cover (it was the cutest one, too!) but I nabbed the rest. I am a cover-design-nerd…

I loved hearing them talk about the new and upcoming series—it was fun and made a few titles I didn't have an interest in seem worth checking out! The preview pages from M & N cracked me up.

Julie- I'm bummed we haven't heard anything about Nosatsu Junkie too! (Zig*Zag as well.) One of the editors (Lillian) mentioned that the delayed titles were still being looked at/discussed, and it seemed like she was hinting that there was stuff she couldn't currently discuss, so maybe there are some sorts of alternative plans in the works…? Or maybe it's my usual blind optimism…

Yes, Lissa, thanks for doing this writeup! Great job catching all those quotes!

By: Lissa

Lissa — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 20:21:20 +0000

I don't blame you on the worry over Tokyopop's recent history with dropping series. I was glad to hear during the webinar that they feel they're in a stronger position for releases right now but the concern remains. I asked the question about Genju no Seiza, one of my favourite series they're currently (or were currently) releasing. I've got my fingers crossed it comes back though regret we can't get our hopes too high about anything that doesn't at least poke near the bestsellers' lists.

By: julie

julie — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 19:47:02 +0000

I wish I would have been able to see more than the last ten minutes of this, but I had to work.

I get a little alarmed seeing all of the new series on the release list. One of my faves – Nosatsu Junkie – was dropped, and it will take some time before I trust TP not to do that again. I wish they would finish releasing what they started. They could offer some of the less popular series as ebooks.

Thanks for taking the time to write this up :)