Atanassova beforehand held the place of LoveLove imprint Model Editor
Tokyopop introduced on the finish of September that its LoveLove imprint Model Editor Lena Atanassova turns into the brand new editor-in-chief. Atanassova will lead the editorial staff, handle and increase manufacturing of all titles Tokyopop‘s catalog to horror, manhwaand titles taken from webtoon. She may also handle and increase manufacturing of manga and graphic novels primarily based on licensed mental property from Disney, Ubisoftand different corporations.
Atanassova joined Tokyopop in 2018, and was instrumental in establishing the LoveLove imprint in 2020. The imprint focuses on romances with titles that concentrate on straight and LGBTQ+ tales.
Tokyopop introduced in Could a multi-year gross sales and distribution settlement with Penguin Random Home Writer Providers (PRHPS), a division of Penguin Random Hometo divide the entire Tokyopop frontlist and backlist for all gross sales channels worldwide, from January 1, 2025.
Stu Levy arrange Tokyopopinitially known as Mixx, in 1997 and printed manga in serial kind in his Mixxzine journal. Tokyopop later pioneered the publication of “non-flipped” manga (displayed in its unique right-to-left studying format) for all its titles in 2002 and launched divisions in the UK and Germany, in addition to an imprint devoted to boys’ love manga known as Blu, between 2003 and 2005.
Tokyopop closed its North American publishing operations in Could 2011, however partnered with different corporations to publish manga and world manga after closing. Tokyopop introduced on his Anime Expo panel in 2015 that it deliberate to begin publishing manga once more in 2016, and introduced its first new manga licenses in 2018.
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