TOKYOPOP

FOUNDER

In 1997 Stu founded TOKYOPOP, a company that established the market for manga in North America, introducing the term to the English language in the process. Over its history, TOKYOPOP has published over 3000 books, distributed anime and Asian films on home video and television, licensed merchandise to consumer goods companies, created graphic novels of major brands and led the way digitally in social media, e-commerce and user-generated content.

Official site: tokyopop.com

TOKYOPOP Germany: http://www.tokyopop.de

TOKYOPOP’s brand expanded internationally with offices in Europe and Japan and a network of over 160 partners in more than 50 countries and 30 languages. Through TOKYOPOP, Stu has produced live-action and animated film and television content based on its extensive intellectual property library, including Priest, America’s Greatest Otaku, Van Von Hunter, and a slate of projects currently in development.

TOKYOPOP is one of the top publishers of manga and the #1 publisher of “light novels” in Germany. In the English language, TOKYOPOP boasts an eclectic curation of boutique manga including its imprints LoveLove, Disney Manga, International Women of Manga, as well as through licensing and distribution partnerships for brands such as Ubi Soft’s Assassins Creed, Capcom’s Resident Evil, and Black-owned manga studio Noir Caesar. TOKYOPOP is dedicated to multi-cultural, diverse storytelling.