Tokyopop
American entertainment company
Tokyopop (styled TOKYOPOP; formerly known as Mixx Entertainment) is an American distributor, licensor and publisher of anime, manga, manhwa and Western manga-style works. The German publishing division produces German translations of licensed Japanese properties and original English-language manga, as well as original German-language manga. Tokyopop's US publishing division publishes works in English. Tokyopop has its US headquarters near Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, California.
Tokyopop was spun off as an independent company in December 2022 along with its German sister company, TOKYOPOP GmbH becoming a subsidiary of the new TOKYOPOP Inc.
History
1997–2014: founding and early history
Tokyopop was founded in 1997 by Stuart J. Levy. In the late 1990s, the company's headquarters were in Los Angeles.
Tokyopop published a manga magazine called MixxZine which serialized exclusively four classic manga of Kodansha including Sailor Moon, Magic Knight Rayearth, Parasyte, and Ice Blade. Eventually, MixxZine became an Asian pop culture publication entitled Tokyopop Magazine. Additionally, the company published a manga and tech magazine entitled Smile Magazine.
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