TokyoPop Publisher Profile

US Offices
People's Bank Building
5900 Wilshire Boulevard
20th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90036-5020

Japan Offices
TokyoPop Japan
Aoyama Tajimaya Bldg., 8th Floor
Kita Aoyama 2-7-11, Minato-ku Tokyo 107-0061 JAPAN

Los Angeles-based TokyoPop has established itself as one of the major publishers of English-language manga in the world. Besides licensing and translating Japanese manga and Korean manhwa, TokyoPop also publishes and promotes original English language manga by creators from the U.S. and Canada.

TokyoPop's innovations in the manga market include their "100% Authentic Manga" line, which presented Japanese manga in its original right-to-left format, its Rising Stars of Manga talent search and standardized content rating system.

• HarperCollins Publishers
• Paramount Pictures
• Universal Pictures
• Nickelodeon
• The Walt Disney Company

• shonen manga
• shojo manga
• anime manga
• kodomo manga
• yaoi manga
• original English-language manga

• Fruits Basket by Natsuki Takaya
• Rave Master by Hiro Mashima
• GetBackers by Yuya Aoki and Rando Ayamine
• Kingdom Hearts by Shiro Amano
• Initial D by Shuichi Shigeno

TokyoPop accepts submissions of original manga and fiction by artists and writers via mail. They also occasionally offer portfolio reviews at major professional comic conventions, such as San Diego Comic-Con International.

TokyoPop's annual Rising Stars of Manga competition provides creators of original English language manga an opportunity to publish their artwork in an anthology comic that is distributed worldwide.

Visit TokyoPop for additional information about specific requirements and submission guidelines.

• Chibi Vampire, Battle Vixens Manga Artists at Sakura-Con - March 18, 2008
• TokyoPop: Read Fruits Basket Vol. 19 for Free on March 14 - March 12, 2008
• Voting Opens for TokyoPop's Rising Stars of Manga 8 - March 8, 2008
• Interview with Gothic & Lolita Bible Editors - March 1, 2008
• Friday in L.A.: Be an Extra in the Van Von Hunter Movie - February 26, 2008
• Win in Style With TokyoPop's Gothic & Lolita Giveaways - February 10, 2008
• TokyoPop: "What's Your Alice?" Contest - January 28, 2008
• Interview with Dramacon Creator Svetlana Chmakova - January 10, 2008
• TokyoPop, Verizon Announce New Mobile Manga, Anime - January 9, 2008
• TokyoPop To Release Gothic & Lolita Bible in U.S. - December 5, 2008
• TokyoPop Asks "Who's The Hottest Shojo Stud?" - October 11, 2007
• 6 Major Manga Trends to Watch in 2008 - August 1, 2007
• Friday at Comic-Con: Shonen Jump, TokyoPop, Eisners - July 27, 2007
• Is Manga Made in the U.S. Still Manga? - June 11, 2007
• Fruits Basket Tops Comics Bestsellers List - May 11, 2007