About Tokyopop

• Founded in 1996 by Stuart Levy, TOKYOPOP is the largest English-language publisher of manga in the world. It is hailed as a leading youth-oriented entertainment brand.

• Manga are full-length graphic novels in black and white, illustrated in the same Japanese artistic tradition that produced anime. These comics feature character-driven stories about teenagers dealing with high school drama and relationships, adventure and romance, and mystery and tragedy—unlike American comics that are filled with cookie-cutter superheroes.

• TOKYOPOP publishes approximately 40 English-language manga titles a month.

• Cine-Manga, a division of TOKYOPOP, publishes manga comic books based on popular movies, TV shows, sports stars and music groups. Cine-Manga titles include Kim Possible, Lizzie McGuire, The Incredibles and Finding Nemo.

• Manga's rising popularity has led to TOKYOPOP's production of spin-offs, soundtracks, product tie-ins, DVDs and CD-ROMs. TOKYOPOP also produces TV shows on Cartoon Network, Showtime and G4Media.

• TOKYOPOP pioneered "100% Authentic Manga," printing the comics exactly as they are in Japan—reading right to left, or "backward." TOKYOPOP was also the first publisher to release manga in a format that sold for $9.99 or less, at major retailers. Previously, manga was only available in comic stores, where it was sold in expensive collector's sets.

• TOKYOPOP sponsors the semi-annual Rising Stars of Manga™ competition to encourage the development of homegrown talent.

• TOKYOPOP is headquartered in Los Angeles and Tokyo, and its global reach has recently expanded to Europe, with new offices in the UK and Germany.

• With nearly 28 million books in print, TOKYOPOP's award-winning catalog of licensed and original properties features more than 200,000 pages of manga in more than 1,000 volumes.