TP cancels volumes with release dates after May 4

[digitalskye.livejournal.com]

As we all know, Tokyopop is going to be shut down by May 31. I'm fairly certain that most of us were expecting that the 3rd volume of Hetalia (along with any other series with volume releases in the near future) were going to be canceled. This is just official confirmation from RightStuf: that volumes with release dates before May 4 seem to be okay, but volumes slated to be released after have been canceled. Being that Hetalia vol. 3 was scheduled for a May 31 release date, it has been canceled.

http://www.rightstuf.com/rssite/main/news/individual/?ForumThreadName=FT0000002354&Offset=0&ReturnTo=Archive

EDIT:
Just to let people know, the closing of TP's North American publishing branch appears to affect the United Kingdom as well, as the UK's books are all imports from NA. The German branch of Tokyopop will be unaffected.

Comments

Re: *INSERT FRENCH WHINE*

[zacloud.livejournal.com]

Man, I hope they don't re-do them... That'd be an unnecessary even-longer-delay before volume 3 would come out. As it is, it might be unbearable unless Tokyopop goes ahead and lets the next company have the current translation progress as property. Which I doubt... so we might have to wait on a whole new translation/editing yet again, and that's after all the license bidding and red tape... -_-

I hope TokyoPop will at least have the decency to let their licenses go without a bunch of drama for the benefit of the fans. Goodness knows them quitting is a dick move considering they coulda sat back and let Hetalia get them out of debt.

And Borders shouldn't be an issue in the age of the internet. Heck, publishers could sell directly from their website nowadays, they can do it cheaper and not have to lose profits to resellers. If they'd get with the times, they could recover, since most of their fanbase are avid internet users who order stuff online anyway. But... well, guess they're quitters. :(

Re: *INSERT FRENCH WHINE*

[arachnes-web.livejournal.com]

There's a lot more to it than just Borders...I wrote a small explanation here (http://hetalia.livejournal.com/10703976.html?thread=192403048#t192403048) if you'd like to read it.

Re: *INSERT FRENCH WHINE*

[deadtree.livejournal.com]

Even Hetalia couldn't possibly have gotten TP out of their horrendous debt, unfortunately.