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Most people watching the US manga world kinda saw this coming, what with Kodansha refusing to renew TOKYOPOP Germany's licenses amidst rumors of Kodansha's own entry into the US manga market (which we still have no real word on). However, TOKYOPOP has officially announced that Kodansha is severing ties with them and refusing to renew a number of titles.
 
Unfortunately that means that if you've been collecting a series from Tpop that they haven't finished publishing yet, you will not be able to get any further volumes from TOKYOPOP. Over at Precocious Curmudgeon, David Welsh has a list of all (he thinks) of the titles affected by the announcement. A quick glance makes it look like most of the big names are complete, but there are plenty that aren't and won't be done in time-- Getbackers, for example, has 11 volumes left. Initial D only has a few volumes left before it's caught up with the Japanese version-- but it's still ongoing there, so there's no way TOKYOPOP can finish it.

Some of the titles have already been picked up elsewhere-- namely the CLAMP titles that are being released in omnibus form by Dark Horse.  Here's hoping for a quick pick-up for some...