Tokyopop Lets Sailor Moon Rights Lapse

Tokyopop's Sailor Moon books have been out of print long enough for manga rights to revert back to their Japanese owner, several Anime-related web sites are reporting. The most interesting thing -- maybe the only iteresting thing -- about such news is that the Sailor Moon books were at one time (if not still) the company's all-time best-seller and their success certainly set the company on the road to publishing properties designed to appeal to a female readership, a move that distinguished the company and helped it grow.

I swear I recently saw something in passing that Tokyopop wanted to renew as of late last year, but that some deadline had passed even then. Can't find it now, though.
 
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