For the novel series I found what the 3rd volume cover was going to look like. I found it on a Walmart online shopping page with out of stock on the message.
https://www.walmart.com/ip/The-Good-Witch-of-the-West-Novel-3/10164388
It would seem they planned to release the 3rd novel volume in November 2008, but didn't do so due to them trying to acquire too many licenses on manga and the occasional LNs.
Tokyopop sure made some poor business decisions. They should've been like Viz and acquired a few at a time to release and sell before acquiring so many.
They needed to make sure the titles work. They shouldn't have tried buying as many as possible and seeing what stuck. That was too much risk for them to take on.
Plus for them to cheat out the publishing companies in Japan on the money for the licenses was a bad idea. They are slowly regaining their reputation in the European market on licenses on Japan manga, so there's hope they'll try to come back to the U.S. market in the future. |
RandomcardcaptorNov 16, 2019 10:13 AM