From Twitter 04-16-2011

[doronjosama]

• 07:56:10: I really like @khyungbird 's goodbye to TokyoPop: http://khyungbird.livejournal.com/82308.html
  
• 16:01:09: It's been years now since she passed, but sometimes, I really miss my Grandma Myrt. Hits me at the oddest times.
  
• 21:08:42: Dear iTunes: I only want to purchase "Gentlemen Take Polaroids" by Japan. Why is it an album-only purchase?! Argh!
  
• 21:09:57: I mean, I do own a live version of the song on CD, but it's like twenty minutes too long. I <3 Japan, but jebus, the jazzy noodling=too much
  
• 21:27:38: @theDivaLea @comixace Yeah, sorry, Toren Smith truly started the Manga Revolution in America. But ya know what they say bout pioneers....
  
• 21:42:16: @theDivaLea @comixace Yep, arrows in the back, is how I usually hear it. :P
  

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Comments

[furtech.livejournal.com]

What -do- they say about pioneers??

Could I get the two-bit version of what happened?

[doronjosama.livejournal.com]

The saying is that pioneers are the ones who get arrows in the back. They're out in front, exploring and trailblazing, so they get killed and everyone who comes after them has an easier time.

Tokyopop's CEO Stu Levy has an ego the size of Jupiter, and thus, when he talks about his company, he tends towards hype. As in, he revolutionized manga and created the market for it in America.

This is patently untrue, as the person who really did that was Toren Smith in the 1980's.

Tokyopop is closing its American publishing division in May 2011, which means they're not really that committed to the "manga revolution". The CEO is going to run off and make movies. Or something. He's already responsible for the horrific Hulu show "America's Greatest Otaku", which he poured vast quantities of the company's cash into.