Here’s a quick update: I checked with Tokyopop today and they told me that Fruits Basket and Gakuen Alice will definitely continue—I know, duh on Fruits Basket, but Gakuen Alice is a newer series. They couldn’t give me definite answers on anything else, but Dan Hipp noted on his blog that volume 3 of Gyakushu would be online only. At The Beat, Heidi had this to say:
In other developments, we’ve heard from a couple of good sources that Tokyopop is releasing several creators from their contracts, and negotiating with others for their publishing rights. Expect to see some movement there over the next month or so.
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Brigid Alverson has been reading comics since she was 4. After earning an MFA in printmaking, she headed to New York to become a famous artist but ended up working with words instead of pictures, first as a book editor and later as a newspaper reporter. She started
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Any word on “Beck”? It’s the one and only Tokyopop title on my read list, and I would be very sad to see it go.
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UM I CANT BELIEVE IT!!!!!!!!!!WHY!!!!!!!!!!I hope the creator of Maid Sama gets its rights back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I mean thats my FAVORTIE MANGA EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!Hiro Fujiwara i hope u get ur rights back!!!!!!!!!