ICv2 has compiled a list of the top 25 selling manga series for the first half of 2011, and VIZ dominated sales with 14 titles lead unsuprisingly by Naruto, Bleach, and Vampire Knight taking the top three spots.
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Tokyopop Testing Out On-Demand Printing
At some point, it happens to most manga collectors: you lend a friend a few volumes of one of your series, and you never get them back. What’s worse is when that series is out of print, and you can’t just go to the store to replace it. Now, Tokyopop is trying to remedy that with their online store.
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Tokyopop To Ship Next Two Full Metal Panic! Novels Together
It has been about two years since Tokyopop last shipped one of Shoji Gatoh’s Full Metal Panic! novels, but the wait will soon be over.
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VIZ, Tokyopop, Yen Press Join International Anti-Piracy Coalition
VIZ Media, Tokyopop and Yen Press have joined a coalition including Japan’s Digital Comic Association, Vertical, Inc., Tuttle-Mori Agency and Square Enix (they publish manga in Japan) in forming an international organization to combat manga piracy on the internet.
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Could You Be America’s Greatest Otaku?
Tokyopop will be touring this summer and filming a reality show as they search for the biggest otaku in America.
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Yubisaki Milk Tea Ends Its Run
The final installment of Tomochika Miyano’s Yubisaki Milk Tea manga ran in Young Animal last week.
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Kodansha To Start US Manga Publishing Division
ccording to an article in Publishers Weekly, Kodansha will be opening a new manga publishing division in New York City. They will be using the “Kodansha Comics” brand and will be distributed by Random House.
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