TOKYOPOP Titles Now Available on MangaPlaza

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TOKYOPOP Titles Now Available on MangaPlaza

2025-10-17 13:59 Last Updated At：14:11

MARINA DEL REY, Calif. & OSAKA, Japan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct 17, 2025--

TOKYOPOP and NTT Solmare Corp. have announced that TOKYOPOP’s manga titles are now available on MangaPlaza, one of the U.S.’s largest digital manga content libraries. To celebrate this momentous occasion, MangaPlaza is launching a point reward promotion for all TOKYOPOP’s titles including manga and light novels.

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Earn Points for All TOKYOPOP Titles – For a limited time, users can earn 100% in point rewards for all individual purchases.

Promotion Page on MangaPlaza

https://mangaplaza.com/special/20251017-tokyopop/

TOKYOPOP Titles on MangaPlaza

Below are just a few TOKYOPOP titles that are now available on MangaPlaza. More will be added in the future!

About TOKYOPOP Inc.

Founded in 1997, TOKYOPOP brings Asian pop culture to Hollywood and beyond. TOKYOPOP established the market for manga in North America, introducing the term to the English language in the process, and expanding the market in Germany, publishing thousands of books in both languages, distributing anime and Asian films on home video and television, licensing merchandise to consumer goods and companies, and creating graphic novels of both original content and major IP adaptations. With NARUTO THE GALLERY, the company is launching its live events and location-based entertainment division. TOKYOPOP’s core values focus on multiculturalism and diversity; aestheticism and artistic integrity; and passionate and positive storytelling. More information at: https://www.tokyopop.com/.

About MangaPlaza

MangaPlaza has partnered with more than 120 publishers to present one of the nation's largest providers of digital manga. The website boasts a library of over 150,000 manga chapters, many of which are exclusive to MangaPlaza. MangaPlaza also offers a Premium membership for $6.99/month (with a one-week free trial) that grants users unlimited access to over 30,000 chapters and even greater bonuses on point purchases.

About NTT Solmare Corp.

NTT Solmare Corp. (Osaka, Japan) is a subsidiary of NTT WEST Inc, and a leading provider of quality entertainment services to fans across the globe. “Comic C’moA,” their e-book and digital manga site, features one of Japan’s largest digital libraries with over 1,690,000 books, and has been leading the market in Japan and greater Asia for 21 years with over 40 million users each month. In 2019, the company released the global hit mobile game, “Obey Me!,” a dating simulation game with 8 million downloads across 186 countries and regions.

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A South Korean court sentences Yoon to 5 years in prison on charges related to martial law decree

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A South Korean court sentenced former President Yoon Suk Yeol to five years in prison Friday in the first verdict from eight criminal trials over the martial law debacle that forced him out of office and other allegations.

Yoon was impeached, arrested and dismissed as president after his short-lived imposition of martial law in December 2024 triggered huge public protests calling for his ouster.

The most significant criminal charge against him alleges that his martial law enforcement amounted to a rebellion, and the independent counsel has requested the death sentence in the case that is to be decided in a ruling next month.

In Friday's case, the Seoul Central District Court sentenced Yoon for defying attempts to detain him, fabricating the martial law proclamation and sidestepping a legally mandated full Cabinet meeting.

Yoon has maintained he didn’t intend to place the country under military rule for an extended period, saying his decree was only meant to inform the people about the danger of the liberal-controlled parliament obstructing his agenda. But investigators have viewed Yoon’s decree as an attempt to bolster and prolong his rule, charging him with rebellion, abuse of power and other criminal offenses.

Judge Baek Dae-hyun said in the televised ruling that imposing “a grave punishment” was necessary because Yoon hasn’t shown remorse and has only repeated “hard-to-comprehend excuses.” The judge also restoring legal systems damaged by Yoon’s action was necessary.

Yoon, who can appeal the ruling, hasn’t immediately publicly responded to the ruling. But when the independent counsel demanded a 10-year prison term in the case, Yoon’s defense team accused them of being politically driven and lacking legal grounds to demand such “an excessive” sentence.

Prison sentences in the multiple, smaller trials Yoon faces would matter if he is spared the death penalty or life imprisonment at the rebellion trial.

Park SungBae, a lawyer who specializes in criminal law, said there is little chance the court would decide Yoon should face the death penalty in the rebellion case. He said the court will likely issue a life sentence or a sentence of 30 years or more in prison.

South Korea has maintained a de facto moratorium on executions since 1997 and courts rarely hand down death sentences. Park said the court would take into account that Yoon’s decree didn’t cause casualties and didn’t last long, although Yoon hasn’t shown genuine remorse for his action.