Tokyopop has closed a public stock offer that brought in more than 300 new shareholders at US$5.00 per share, and it has licensed a run of manga and manhwa for 2027. Its accountants doubt the company can continue operating.
Tokyopop's public share offer ended Thursday with more than 300 people buying stock at US$5.00 each, up from 14 owners before the offer, founder Stu Levy said. The company is seeking up to about US$1.2 million and targets US$50 million in annual revenue by 2030, against roughly US$15 million now. Its accountants doubt it can continue operating, so the money raised carries more weight than the shareholder count suggests.
Alongside the offer, Tokyopop kept adding to its catalog. Five manga were licensed at Anime Expo 2026, among them omnibus editions of How I Attended an All Guy's Mixer and a Hololive comic. At Anime NYC, the company announced two manhwa, Lily of the Valley by Rangrari and Magic Soup by Kimpeacock and Tropicalarmpit, as part of a nine-title licensing lineup that also includes seven new manga. Those seven include Garagarapon, a story about government officials resolving conflicts between the real world and imagined ones, and And Then, She Became Mina., about a girl who receives the heart of a mass murderer.
The next round landed in September: five manga for English release in spring-summer 2027, among them Can't Buy My Love by Pitari Mishima, Romantically Challenged by Hi Calo, and LOVE IS PAIN by Arata Minami. The lineup runs across romance and omegaverse stories, a narrower bet than the horror, fantasy, and BL spread announced earlier.
Every title announced since July is dated 2027. The licensing announcements and the share offer are the two things the company has put out in this stretch, and the offer is the one its accountants attached doubt to.
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Tokyopop's public stock offer ends Thursday, founder Stu Levy said. More than 300 people bought shares at US$5.00 each, up from 14 owners before the offer. The company seeks up to about US$1.2 million and targets US$50 million in annual revenue by 2030, against roughly US$15 million now. Its accountants doubt it can continue.
Tokyopop announced on Friday that it has licensed five manga titles for English release in spring-summer 2027: Can't Buy My Love by Pitari Mishima, A Fangirl's Guide to Learning How to Date 3D Men, Romantically Challenged by Hi Calo, LOVE IS PAIN by Arata Minami, and How to Fall In Love with You Again. The lineup runs across romance and omegaverse stories.
Tokyopop announced at Anime NYC on Friday that it has licensed seven new manga, all scheduled for release in 2027. The slate includes Garagarapon, a story about government officials resolving conflicts between the real world and imagined ones, and And Then, She Became Mina., about a girl who receives the heart of a mass murderer. Also licensed: What Goes On Behind the Scenes, SIX: Paths of Horror, The Commander's Proposal Is Out of the Question!, and Breathe Out, Look at Me.
Tokyopop announced two new manhwa licenses at Anime NYC: Lily of the Valley by Rangrari and Magic Soup by Kimpeacock and Tropicalarmpit. Both are scheduled for release in 2027 as part of a nine-title licensing lineup that also includes seven new manga titles. English versions of both manhwa are available on Tapas and Tappytoon.
Tokyopop announced five new manga licenses during its Anime Expo panel on Sunday, including omnibus editions of How I Attended an All Guy's Mixer, a Hololive comic, and three other titles spanning romance, fantasy, and comedy.