Editing Tokyopop (section)

=== Rise of Tokyopop ===
Tokyopop became one of the biggest manga publishers outside [[Japan]], and as such, was attributed with popularizing manga in the [[United States]].  By 2004, it boasted the largest  market share of manga sales in the U.S., reaching as high as 50% of manga exports to the United States, according to Nissei Weekly.

Tokyopop was also instrumental in the introduction of manhwa to western audiences. Brad Brooks and Tim Pilcher, authors of ''The Essential Guide to World Comics. London'', said that Tokyopop "published many [[Koreans|Korean]] artists' work, possibly without Western fans even realizing the strips don't come from Japan. Series like ''[[King of Hell (comic)|King of Hell]]'' by Kim Jae-hwan and Ra In-soo, and the [[Gothic fiction|Gothic]] [[vampire]] tale ''[[Model (manhwa)|Model]]'' by [[Lee So-young (artist)|Lee So-young]] are both Korean, but could easily be mistaken for manga."<ref name="worldcomics">{{cite book | last=Brooks | first=Brad | author2=Pilcher, Tim | title=The Essential Guide to World Comics | publisher=[[Collins & Brown]] | date=October 28, 2005 | location=London | isbn=1-84340-300-5 | url-access=registration | url=https://archive.org/details/essentialguideto0000pilc }}</ref> In 2005, Tokyopop began a new, free publication called ''[[Manga (magazine)|Manga]]'' (originally ''Takuhai'') to feature their latest releases.

Tokyopop secured newspaper distribution in the form of [[Sunday comics]], featuring its titles Princess Ai, Mail Order Ninja, Peach Fuzz, and Van Von Hunter.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Manga Hits the Funny Pages |url=https://icv2.com/articles/comics/view/7782/manga-hits-funny-pages |access-date=June 6, 2022 |website=icv2.com |language=en}}</ref>

In March 2006, Tokyopop and [[HarperCollins Publishers]] announced a co-publishing agreement in which the sale and distribution rights of some Tokyopop manga and books, under this co-publishing license, would be transferred to HarperCollins in mid-June 2006. The agreement enabled Tokyopop to produce [[Original English-language manga|original English-language (OEL) manga]] adaptations of HarperCollins' books. [[Meg Cabot]]'s books were the first to be adapted into the manga format, along with the ''[[Warriors (novel series)|Warriors]]'' series by [[Erin Hunter]].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/28/business/media/28comics.html?scp=3&sq=meg+cabot&st=nyt | work=[[The New York Times]] | title=Comic Book Publisher Switches a Deal to HarperCollins | first=Edward | last=Wyatt | date=March 28, 2006 | access-date=May 25, 2010}}</ref> The first line of Tokyopop-HarperCollins OEL manga was released in 2007 with the goal of publishing up to 24 titles each year.<ref name="harpercollins">{{cite web | last=Crum | first=Erin | date=March 27, 2006 | url=http://www.harpercollins.com/footer/release.aspx?id=423&b=&year=2006 | title=HarperCollins Publishers and Tokyopop Announce Innovative Co-Publishing, Sales, and Distribution Agreement | publisher=[[HarperCollins Publishers]] | access-date=April 10, 2006 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110426005007/http://www.harpercollins.com/footer/release.aspx?id=423&b=&year=2006 | archive-date=April 26, 2011 | url-status=dead }}</ref>

Tokyopop entered a licensing arrangement with [[Kaplan, Inc.|Kaplan]], a leading provider of educational and training services in 2007,<ref>{{Cite web |title="KABOOM!" "SLAM!" and "ARRGH!" Supplemented By "ERADICATE!" "RELINQUISH!" and "ILLUMINATE!" |url=https://kaplan.com/release/kaboom-slam-and-arrgh-supplemented-by-eradicate-relinquish-and-illuminate/ |access-date=May 24, 2022 |website=Kaplan |language=en}}</ref> to help students study vocabulary words in preparation for the [[SAT]]s.<ref>{{Cite web |author=C. B. R. Staff |date=May 31, 2007 |title=Kaplan and Tokyopop Introduce Vocab-Building Manga Series |url=https://www.cbr.com/kaplan-and-tokyopop-introduce-vocab-building-manga-series/ |access-date=May 24, 2022 |website=CBR |language=en-US}}</ref>

Tokyopop has released several series based on American games, films, and characters, such as ''[[Warcraft]]'',<ref>{{cite web | url=http://kotaku.com/380931/tokyopop-publishing-more-warcraft-starcraft-manga | title=Tokyopop Publishing More Warcraft, StarCraft Manga | last=Fahey | first=Mike | work=[[Kotaku]] | date=April 17, 2008 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://archive.today/20120711063238/http://kotaku.com/380931/tokyopop-publishing-more-warcraft-starcraft-manga | archive-date=July 11, 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.comicsbulletin.com/news/109173264226099.htm | title=TokyoPop to Produce Warcraft Manga Trilogy | last=Patty | first=Shawn | work=ComicsBulletin | date=August 5, 2004}}</ref> the ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]'' video game series, and [[Jim Henson]] films.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.tokyopop.com/product/1712 | title=Book Info: Return to Labyrinth Volume 1 | work=Tokyopop | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090824142456/http://www.tokyopop.com/product/1712 | archive-date=August 24, 2009 }}</ref> They released the first volume of a series based on the ''[[Hellgate: London]]'' video game in April 2008.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.tokyopop.com/shop/2244/HellgateLondon/1 | title=Book Info: Hellgate: London Volume 1 | work=Tokyopop }}{{Dead link|date=July 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=no }}</ref>