Tokyopop update: Aria, Tactics on the way

Posted on June 9, 2009 by Brigid Alverson

I know there has been a lot of speculation about vol. 5 of Aria, so when I got this news I figured I’d pass it along right away: Tokyopop marketing director Marco Pavia e-mailed me today to let me know that vol. 5 of Aria will be out in November, and vol. 8 of Tactics, another former ADV title, is scheduled for a January 2010 release. Marco says

As you may recall, sales of these two series had been slow as the challenges of the economy grew, so we had adjusted the release frequency of these and a few other series earlier in the year. It looks like demand has picked up, so I hope everyone enjoys—and buys—these new volumes.

So yes, fan demand does make a difference!

UPDATE: Johanna’s post, linked above, lists a number of Tokyopop manga that were cancelled from Previews, and Marco just pointed out that a number of them—VB Rose, Elemental Gelade, Jyu Oh Sei—are back on the schedule. So the question of whether books are being cancelled or postponed seems to be answered, at least for some titles.

About Brigid Alverson

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 MangaBlog to keep track of her daughters’ reading habits and now covers manga, comics and graphic novels as a freelancer for School Library Journal, Publishers Weekly Comics Week, Comic Book Resources, the Barnes & Noble Sci-Fi & Fantasy Blog, and Robot 6. She also edits the Good Comics for Kids blog at School Library Journal. Now settled in the outskirts of Boston, Brigid is married to a physicist and has two daughters.
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10 Responses to Tokyopop update: Aria, Tactics on the way

  1. Dop says:
    June 9, 2009 at 4:58 pm

    YES!!!

    Thank you, that’s just made my day. Roll on November!

  2. Lorena says:
    June 9, 2009 at 5:04 pm

    Now if only we could find out if Tokyopop has dropped Suppli or not!

  3. Anna says:
    June 9, 2009 at 5:10 pm

    And Queen’s Knight! It is frustrating when a series gets postponed or canceled when they’ve already issued so many volumes.

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  5. Jenny says:
    June 9, 2009 at 7:01 pm

    How about Suppli 4? :)

  6. shannon says:
    June 9, 2009 at 10:22 pm

    I would also like to know about Suppli…

  7. BAnna says:
    June 10, 2009 at 12:35 am

    I’m so pleased to see Tactics on the ‘revived’ list, even if we have to wait until January 2010 for the next volume. I just picked up Jyu-Oh-Sei 3 at the local Borders, and saw on Amazon that V.B. Rose 6 is scheduled for October. Does anyone know what date Elemental Gelade 11 is rescheduled for?

    And ditto about Queen’s Knight. I bought the first twelve, and would love to get the remaining four at some point…

  8. Isaac Hale says:
    June 10, 2009 at 1:06 am

    Awesome! Can we have “Off*Beat” back now? Pretty please?

  9. Steph says:
    June 10, 2009 at 12:26 pm

    Second on the “Off*Beat” and I would like to add “Demon Flowers” 5 to the please add back list.

  10. ame says:
    June 10, 2009 at 11:55 pm

    suppli 4 would be like a sweet dream, but a new release date for v.b rose is more than enough!!

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