Tokyopop to cut down on UK releases
Writen by NeoBlade on Thursday, 12 of June , 2008 at 3:03 pm, ,
Manga publisher Tokyopop has announced that it will be decreasing its output of Manga titles in the UK after sluggish sales. This is a direct link from the parent company in the USA as they look to downsize the company to maintain profits. The knock on effect then is that Tokyopop UK will be releasing 20 titles a month down from the previous 25.
According to reports, visual novels in the UK rose over 40% over the past 4 months of the year however sales of Tokyopop books have dropped around 4%. This is significant because previously Tokyopop enjoyed a near monopoly on the market with 80-90% market share in the UK. Now it only has around 50%, a marked reduction.
Should be interesting to see what Tokyopop will try to do, to push its brand to more people in the UK. How many of you currently enjoy their releases also?
Category: Anime & Manga, eMagi News
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Made Tuesday, 15 of July , 2008 at 3:06 am
[...] It is also noted that the North American division of Tokyopop have confirmed that more cuts will happen to their Manga line, could it also filter through here as well as reported earlier on eMagi we wrote about Tokyopop slashing UK manga releases. [...]
