Tokyopop , and formerly known as Mixx , is a distributor , licensor , and publisher of anime , manga , manhwa and Original English-language manga in English , German , and Japanese . Tokyopop has its headquarters in Los Angeles , California and branches in the United Kingdom and Germany . The first manga and manhwa by Tokyopop Germany were published in November 2004 , and the first anime in the fall of 2005 .