Stu Levy – comicpop library

February 17, 2012

The Next Step Forward

It has nearly been a year since the 9.0 earthquake and tsunami struck the Tohoku coastal region of Japan. Stu Levy, the founder of TokyoPop, has been living in Japan to help with relief and filming a documentary of the disaster and recovery efforts. On March 14 at 7:00 p.m. AMC theaters will be screening his finished documentary, Pray For Japan. Tickets are available at Fandango website, linked below. All proceeds of the screening will be going to the rebuilding efforts taking place in Tohoku. Thanks to YouTube and “PrayforJapanFilm” for the trailer below.

http://www.fandango.com/prayforjapan_152463/movietimes

October 13, 2011

TokyoPop Coming Back?

TokyoPop founder Stu Levy is looking into the possibility of starting the publishing arm of the company. Since all of the company’s selection of title right’s reverted back to the original owners Tokyopop will have to work on getting those titles back.

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-10-12/tokyopop-confirms-intent-to-publish-manga-again

April 18, 2011

TokyoPop Closing North American Doors

ICv2 is reporting that TokyoPop will be closing its doors May 31st. This will be a blow to the manga publishing industry. TokyoPop cited recent economic hardships, the Borders’ bankruptcy and Kodansha expanding their relationship with Random Books/DelRey. How this will effect release dates on titles has not yet been determined. Follow the links below for the full article on the closing and the second link to Stu Levy’s statement on TokyoPop’s closing.

http://www.icv2.com/articles/markets/19869.html

http://www.icv2.com/articles/markets/19870.html