Back in March of this year, Tokyopop sent out a lengthy remove list to scanlators and download sites through it’s German branch, Tokyopop Germany, (or atleast that’s where I picked up on it first). On that list were 230 manga titles, many of which had been licensed at the time, both by TP and other publishers, while a number of them had not. Well, I kept my hands on that list (due mostly to me being a computer packrat) and I periodically went and checked off titles that were licensed over the past year since then, just for kicks I guess. In these last seven months I’ve crossed off quite a few new titles, the majority of which were picked up by Tokyopop.
I went back this morning to add the newest slew of Tokyopop pick-ups as posted on Amazon over the month, and noticed that my remove list had dwindled down to a mere 23 yet-to-be-licensed titles. While the list in no way guarantees that these titles will be licensed, it’s sure been a good little fortuneteller in its own right thus far, showing a good array of titles Tokyopop, in particular, has had (or still has) on the bargaining table.
I know I’m keeping my fingers crossed for Amatsuki, Harlem Beat and Rose of Versailles (alongside my wishes for a big Sailor Moon manga revival thanks to the yet-to-make-any-announcements English branch of Kodansha. … please, Kodansha?).
Under the cut, I’ve provided the list for any other curious, with titles crossed off indicating they’ve been licensed (feel free to correct me on any mistakes!). What purpose does it serve? Maybe very little, but for those keeping their fingers crossed for some of the remaining titles, may it offer some light at the end of the hopeful tunnel :)
Tokyopop ‘To Remove’ List: (( TITLES CROSSED OUT HAVE BEEN LICENSED AS OF MARCH 2010! ))
+Anima
.hack//Alcor
.hack//Dusk
.hack//GU+
.hack//XXXX
07-Ghost
A.I. Love you
Acony
Ai Yori Aoshi
Akuma to Dolce
Alichino
ALIVE
Amatsuki
Angel Diary
Angelic Layer
Aqua
Arcana
Arcana Soul
Aria
Ashita no Yoichi!
Aspirin
Bakuretsu Tenshi
Baroque
Battle Club
Battle Royale
Battle Vixens (Ikkitousen)
Beautiful People
Beck
Beyond the Beyond
Bird Kiss
Blame!
Blood Sucker
Bloody Kiss
Boys Be
Brave Story
Broken Angels
Bus Gamer
Carat!
Cardcaptor Sakura
Cherry Juice
Chobits
Chronicles of the Cursed Sword
CLAMP School Detectives
Clover (CLAMP)
Confidential Confessions
Cowboy Bebop
Cyber 7
Dazzle
DearS
Demon Diary
Demon Sacred
Deus Vitae
Diabolo
DNAngel
Dolls
Dragon Head
Dragon Knights
Dragon Voice
Duklyon: CLAMP School Defenders
Eden no Hana
Eensy Weensy Monster
Eerie Queerie
Erementar Gerad
Et Cetera
Faeries Landing
FAKE
Far East
Fate Stay Night
Fever
FLCL
Fool’s Gold
Fruits Basket
Full Metal Panic
Futari Ecchi
Futari Ecchi for Ladies
Gacha Gacha
Gakuen Alice
Gakuen Heaven (yaoi)
Ga-rei
Genjuu no Seiza
Gerard & Jaques
Get Backers
Gravitation
Great Techer Onizuka (GTO)
Grenadier
Gundam SEED x Astray
Hana to Akuma
Hands Off!
Harlem Beat wa Toaki made
HaruHana
Heaven!
High School of the Dead
His and Her Circumstances
Hitsuji no Namida
Ichigo Mashimaro
Ikinari Full Metal Panic
Initial D
Innocent Bird
Innocent W
Judas
Junai Tokkou Taichou
Kaichou wa Maid Sama
Kamichama Karin
Kamikaze
Kamiyadori
Karakuri Odette
Kimi ga Koi ni Ochiru
Kimi wa Pet
KimiKiss
King of Hell
King of Thorns
Kingdom Hearts
Kingdom Hearts – Chain of Memories
Kingdom Hearts II
Kirara
Kiss and Never Cry
Kobato
Koi Cha no Osahou
Kono Minikuku mo Utsukushii Sekai
Koori no Mamono no Monogatari
Kyou Kara Maoh
Lagoon Engine
Lament of the Lamb
Love Hina
Love Mode
Love Pistols
Loveless
Lucky Star
Magic Knight Rayearth
Magical x Miracle
Mai Otome Arashi
Mai-HiME
Mai-Otome
Mai-Otome Zwei
Mamotte! Lollipop
Marmalade Boy
Mars
Meine Liebe
Menkui
Metal Heart
Metamo Kiss
Mirai Nikki
Missile Happy
Mobile Suit Crossbone Gundam
Mobile Suit Gundam Seed
Moon Phase
MPD Psycho
Mugen Spiral
Nabari no Ou
Neck and Neck
Never Give UP
New Petshop of Horrors
Nouryokusha Nanaki
Onii-chan to Issho
Peace Maker
Peach Girl
Petshop of Horrors
Pita-Ten
Pixie Pop
PlanetES
Priest
Princess Ai
Psychic Academy
Queen
Qwan
Ragnarok,
Rave Master
Rebirth
RG Veda
Rose Hip Rose
Rose Hip Zero
Sailor Moon
Sailor V
Saiunkoku Monogatari
Saiyuki
Saiyuki Gaiden
Saiyuki Reload
Sakura Taisen
Samurai Deeper Kyo
Sapuri
Seikai Trilogy
Seikon no Qwaser
Senki Senki Momotama
Shiawase Kissa San Choume
Shin Megamitensei
Shonan Jun’ai Gumi
Shrine of the Morning Mist
Shugo Chara
Silver Diamond
Slayers
Soul Rescue
Speed Grapher
Star Wars
Suki
Suppli
Tactics
Tarot Café
The Devil Ororon
The Embalmer
The Good Witch of the West
The Missing
The Rose of Versailles
Togainu no Chi
Togari
Tokko
Tokyo Babylon
Tokyo Mew Mew
Tokyo Mew Mew a la Mode
Tokyo Underground
Trinity Blood
Tsubasa wo Motsu Mono
Urukyu
Vampire Doll
Vampire Game
Vampire Kisses
Velvet Blue Rose
Venus Capriccio
Warcraft the Sunwell Trilogy
Welcome to the NHK
Wild Adapter
Wish
World Embryo
X
X-Day
Yamada Taro Monogatari Yasashii Ryuu no Koroshikata
Yorozuya Toukaido Honpo
Yubisaki Milk Tea
Zig x Zag
Zodiac P.I.
Follow
Mamotte! Lollipop was licensed by Del Rey. Might want to cross that one off your list too.
I'll second the vote for Amatsuki. I'd love to see that one come out. I'm rooting for Saiunkoku, Saiyuki Gaiden, as well as more Gundam (not that I'll get that).
Love the theme, BTW. :)
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Rose of Versailles?
Rose of Versailles??!
If that gets licensed, I think there will be explosions of joy across the internet!
The Rose of Versailles was licensed and partially released as well. The license is still in place, though the company releasing it went bust i think
I'm pretty sure the only official releases of Rose of Versailles in english were the two 1983 volumes you can find reference to on Schodt's page (and the excerpt in Manga Manga! I guess). Those two books might have gotten a brief release in America, but they weren't released for America.
I would very much doubt that the license is still in place though. At the least, I recall reading something years ago about the cost of obtaining a (new) english license for the series being too high (I can't find that claim anywhere online, but the comments in this discussion at least have people who've heard the same claim: http://slightlybiasedmanga.com/most-wanted-licens… )
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I think Harlem Beat is an older Tokyopop license. Waaaay old, pre-flop, out around the same time as their version of Parasyte. On the other hand, everything I can think of that would be comparably old like their first couple Gundam titles and something called Blue Ice or Ice Blue aren't on the list, only the old high profile things like Sailor Moon and MKR.
Also, I think the Rose of Versailles rumor comes from a Jason Thompson interview on ask.com, but I can't dig it up right now.
@Connie: I believe you're thinking of a different Harlem Beat. Tokyopop does have a series called Harlem Beat that's about basketball (?), but I'm hoping for the shoujo/BL release by Kazusa Takashima. The translation of the full name escapes me so I usually just shorten 'Harlem Beat wa Toaki made' down to Harlem Beat ;p
As for Rose of Versailles, a few different sources do have it listed as having an expired license, originally licensed quite a while ago I think (as Tiamat pointed out) but I haven't seen or heard of any releases myself.
I just want to ask…Karakuri Odette is crossed from the list, but I didn't see any confirmation or amazon listing, so I wonder if it's really a license that is sure… ?
@Nadja: I have it marked down as being licensed by Tokyopop but, as you said, I too can't find any confirmation of this. I'll remove the line through it until I can find confirmation of it being licensed (if it was at all).
Rose of Versailles was released in English in Japan in the 80's with a translation by Fred Schodt- I believe this was by it's Japanese publisher, and it was mostly done for english-teaching purposes. Jason Thompson has a review of it in his Manga Guide [which all should have- it's handy].
There was also a segement included in Schodt's Manga Manga! though other segments in that book were subsequently licensed by others, such as Barefoot Gen [multiple publishers, now Last Gasp] and VIZ's edition of Phoenix.
There was a 3 oversize volume french edition not too long ago [though I think it's OOP], so Ikeda is open to international licensing.
Rose of Versailles would severely kick ass- I have the french canadian DVD's, and it's one of the more compelling shojo franchises out there.
PS- Checking WorldCat.org , some libraries do have it, though it'd be one heck of an interlibrary loan….. I imagine the license is quite available.
Thanks for clearing that up, Andre! Appreciated ^^
I gotta say, I'm excited for Yamada Taro Monogatari. Old Ai Morinaga, anyone? XD
So as a European (Belgian, so Germany is like a 1 hour drive for me), if I go to germany I can find all those mangas english translated there? Cause if it's in germans it won't help me much.
@Mugi: All german manga releases are in German.
BTW: I regularly make the opposite trip (Germany to Belgium) to buy French manga in Belgium. There are just so many good series licensed in French, but not in German.
wow thats a large list to be removed :(
Isn't Suppli one of the titles Tokyopop cancelled? What's the big idea here, they won't release the rest of it in English and German themselves and they don't want anyone else to either?
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I don't know about the German version, but several volumes have been released in English by Tokyopop.
"Harlem Beat wa Toaki made" is licensed in German by Carlsen manga.
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