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'''Tokyopop''', formerly Mixx, is a translator and distributor of [[Manga]], aka [[Captain Obvious|Japanese comics]]. It was one of the most prolific manga publishers in the US, along with [[Viz Media]] and [[Del Rey]], and was one of the first publishers to print their manga "back to front", i.e. in the original Japanese format. They promoted titles printed under this format as "100% Authentic Manga!", although it may have been done for economic as much as artistic reasons.

They tried to expand their line by sponsoring "[[Animesque|Original English Manga]]," including manga-styled ''[[Star Trek]]'' stories, a [[Return to Labyrinth|sequel]] to ''[[Labyrinth (Film)|Labyrinth]]'', and CEO Stu Levy's Ugly Baby Project, [[Princess Ai]]. It also included genuinely original work, like Brandon Graham's ''King City'' and Becky Cloonan's ''East Coast Rising''. Some of these titles were more successful than others.

For a few years, they ran a ''Rising Stars Of Manga'' competition, inviting people to send in short one-shot mangas (though some people would send in prologues to larger stories...TokyoPop figured that as long as it stood on its own as a story, it was fine) and publishing ten winners each year. Many of those winners were offered to do full series: examples are [[Peach Fuzz]], [[Atomic King Daidogan]], [[Dogby Walks Alone]], and even the famed [[Ever After (Webcomicwebcomic)|Endling]] won the second competition! Unfortunately, after seven contests, the entire competition seems to have ceased, and [[Screwed Byby the Network|most of the artists who were offered deals have had their series pulled.]]

As of 4/15/11, the company has [http://www.animenewsnetwork.comcc//news/2011-04-15/tokyopop-to-close-north-american-publishing-division closed down all American operations, leaving only their international office in Germany open]; however, they have recently confirmed that [http://www.animenewsnetwork.comcc//news/2011-10-12/tokyopop-confirms-intent-to-publish-manga-again they intend to return to the American industry.] However (again), they entered the realms of [[Trolling Creator]] as this wasn't the cause and [http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2011/10/11-1/tokyopop-returns-kind-of they were merely creating a newsletter on Asian pop-culture].

=== Notable Manga and Comic Series: ===

* [[Plus Anima (Manga)|+Anima]] (manga)

* [[Ai Yori Aoshi (Manga)|Ai Yori Aoshi]] (manga)

* [[Aria (Mangamanga)|Aria]] (manga)

* [[B't X (Anime)|B't X]] (manga)

* [[Cardcaptor Sakura (Manga)|Cardcaptor Sakura]] (Manga)

* [[Cherry Juice (Manga)|Cherry Juice]]

* [[Chobits (Manga)|Chobits]] (though it seems [[Dark Horse Comics]] has the rights now)

* [[Ciel: theThe Last Autumn Story]] (manhwa)

* [[Cowboy Bebop (Anime)|Cowboy Bebop]] (manga adaptations)

* [[Fate/stay Stay Nightnight]] (manga)

* [[Get BackersGetBackers]]

* [[Goth (Mangamanga)|Goth]] (manga, plus the original novel by Otsuichi)

* [[Hekikai no Ai ON (Manga)AiON|Hekikai no Ai ON]]

* [[Axis Powers Hetalia (Manga)|Axis Powers Hetalia]]

* [[Ikki Tousen]] (Manga, as ''Battle Vixens''. [[Macekre|Macekred]]d.)

* [[Initial D]] (Manga and anime. Blatantly [[Cultural Translation|Americanized]] and [[Bowdlerize|Bowdlerized]]d. To compound this, the manga has a prominent [[Blatant Lies|"100% Authentic Manga"]] on the cover.)

* [[Life (Mangamanga)|Life]]

* [[Lizzie McguireMcGuire]] (laughable manga adaptation)

* [[MaiMy-HiME]] (manga)

* [[Reign: theThe Conqueror]] (a.k.a. ''Alexander Senki'')

* [[Saber Marionette J (Anime)|Saber Marionette J]] (The manga adaptation. [[Macekre|Macekred]]d.)

* [[Sailor Moon]] (Manga, [[Macekre|Macekred]]d in an effort to match the [[Macekre|Macekred]]d dub. Until it overtook the anime and some stuff was the same as the original leading to an odd mix of dub and original terms and names.)

* [[Slayers]] (Translations of the [[Light Novel|Light Novels]]s.)

* [[The Tarot Cafe (Manhwa)|The Tarot Cafe]]

* [[Tokyo Mew Mew]] (one of their most popular shoujo titles, but their decidedly revisionist translation has drawn a lot of Canon Dorf rage -- evenrage—even more than the usual Tokyopop fare does)

* [[Vassalord]]

* [[Your and My Secret (Manga)|Your and My Secret]] (the last volume, volume 8, remains unpublished)

* [[Zone-00]] (written by Kiyo Kyujyo,<ref>it actually says Kiyo QJO on the covers, but the art style is pretty obvious</ref>, the author of the [[Trinity Blood]] manga. Currently at nine volumes. Unfortunately, [[Tokyo Pop]] only published the first four volumes before they shut down...)