Post by ainominako on Jul 19, 2005 9:21:09 GMT -5
This seems like an important subject to the sailormoon community....
As you know, the english version of sailormoon manga was published by Mixx, a division of Tokyopop. I figured if I wanted the manga re-released, I should go to them.
I had been emailing Tokyopop (customerservice@tokyopop.com) on a regular basis for three years asking and begging them to reissue the manga. They re-released Bakuretsu (Sorcerer) Hunters that had been flipped originally, and they also re-released Paradise Kiss, even though it had been printed manga-style the first time. I thought perhaps they marked my mail as spam or were just incredibly rude and had yet to reply. I was so frustrated! I know there are liscensing issues and stuff, but who would oppose re-releasing sailormoon? They began their manga-format allegedly because the readers asked for it, so I, a reader, am asking for sailormoon.
SO, I went to their website where they have a page for every manga title... or they did... Sailormoon is GONE!!! It's not on their list!! It was recently there, say... a month or two ago, but it's gone now. What the hell? They still have some very old series released in english around the same time as sailormoon (saint tail, miracle girls) that are now out of print, but no sailormoon. WHAT DOES THIS MEAN!?
So then, I dashed to their primary competitors, Viz. No sailormoon there, either. I was really hoping that Viz bought the license or something so they could release it, but I guess it was just wishful thinking.
SO, I tried to think of other companies that carried manga, and I thought of ADV. ADV has a few manga titles, so I checked to see if they had sailormoon... no such luck. I realize ADV films' contract for the dvds expired, so it was no surprise they were no longer listed, either.
What does this mean? Are they just going to let sailormoon die? How can they do this? Did another company get a hold of sailormoon, or did everyone mysteriously drop sailormoon out of existence like some government cover-up? How could this happen? Am I missing something!? Someone, please, tell me where sailormoon went!
As you know, the english version of sailormoon manga was published by Mixx, a division of Tokyopop. I figured if I wanted the manga re-released, I should go to them.
I had been emailing Tokyopop (customerservice@tokyopop.com) on a regular basis for three years asking and begging them to reissue the manga. They re-released Bakuretsu (Sorcerer) Hunters that had been flipped originally, and they also re-released Paradise Kiss, even though it had been printed manga-style the first time. I thought perhaps they marked my mail as spam or were just incredibly rude and had yet to reply. I was so frustrated! I know there are liscensing issues and stuff, but who would oppose re-releasing sailormoon? They began their manga-format allegedly because the readers asked for it, so I, a reader, am asking for sailormoon.
SO, I went to their website where they have a page for every manga title... or they did... Sailormoon is GONE!!! It's not on their list!! It was recently there, say... a month or two ago, but it's gone now. What the hell? They still have some very old series released in english around the same time as sailormoon (saint tail, miracle girls) that are now out of print, but no sailormoon. WHAT DOES THIS MEAN!?
So then, I dashed to their primary competitors, Viz. No sailormoon there, either. I was really hoping that Viz bought the license or something so they could release it, but I guess it was just wishful thinking.
SO, I tried to think of other companies that carried manga, and I thought of ADV. ADV has a few manga titles, so I checked to see if they had sailormoon... no such luck. I realize ADV films' contract for the dvds expired, so it was no surprise they were no longer listed, either.
What does this mean? Are they just going to let sailormoon die? How can they do this? Did another company get a hold of sailormoon, or did everyone mysteriously drop sailormoon out of existence like some government cover-up? How could this happen? Am I missing something!? Someone, please, tell me where sailormoon went!