Tokyopop

Tokyopop (styled TOKYOPOP) is an American distributor, licensor and publisher of, , and Western manga-style works. The German publishing division produces translations of licensed Japanese properties and, as well as original German-language manga. Tokyopop's US publishing division publishes works in English. Tokyopop has its US headquarters near LAX in. Its parent company's offices are in Tokyo, Japan and its sister company's office is in Hamburg, Germany.
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Foundation
Tokyopop was founded in 1997 by Stuart J. Levy as Mixx Entertainment. Tokyopop was once the name of a magazine publication under Mixx Entertainment. Tokyopop magazine focused on highlighting pop culture in Japan. Following the magazine's cancellation in 1999, Mixx Entertainment rebranded their anime and manga division as "Tokyopop". In the late 1990s, the company's headquarters were in Los Angeles.

Company Name
Across its publication history, Tokyopop has published licensed and original works under the names Mixx Entertainment (Pocket Mixx, and Mixx Manga Premium Edition), and some stylization of Tokyopop (TokyoPop, TOKYOPOP manga Magazine, and TOKYOPOP). Its other publication names include Chix Comix and SMILE.

In 2008, in response to financial hardship, Tokyopop restructured the company under "Tokyopop Group" umbrella. , Split into two companies: Tokyopop, Inc would continue focusing on manga, while Tokyopop Media LLC was centered on "new media".

Publishing Sailor Moon
While the company was known as Mixx Entertainment, it sold MixxZine, a manga magazine where popular serials like Sailor Moon were published weekly. Mixxzine later became Tokyopop before it was discontinued. Capitalizing on the popularity of Sailor Moon, Mixx also created the magazine, Smile, a magazine that was half girls’ magazine, and half manga anthology, and also continued the Sailor Moon story after being discontinued in Mixxzine.

Cultural anthropologist praised Stu Levy for opening up an untapped market for animation with the publication of Sailor Moon and other titles. Before Sailor Moon, the belief among entertainment executives was that "girls don't watch cartoons."

Due to Sailor Moon’s immense popularity, Tokyopop discontinued the serial from its magazines, and released it separately as its first manga graphic novel.

They engineered prominent book distribution through retail stores, standardized book trim size, created a basic industry-wide rating system, and developed the first-ever retail manga displays and introduced the world of graphic novels to an audience of teenage girls. Also, together with, Tokyopop offered retailers free spinner rack displays for Tokyopop manga, thereby increasing the visibility of the medium in bookstores.

Tokyopop officially lost publishing rights to Sailor Moon in 2005. It would remain out of print until 2011. Kodansha Comics bought publishing rights to the manga, and announced its intent to begin republishing the series, starting with prequel, Codename: Sailor V.

List of Sailor Moon Publications

 * Pretty Solider Sailor Moon manga
 * Pretty Solider Sailor Moon comics
 * Sailor Moon: The Novel
 * Sailor Moon Scout Guides