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Tokyopop Manga Titles Pulled from July Solicitations

Icarus Publishing notes (link contains explicitly sexual images) that Diamond Comic Distributors have cancelled the July solicitations for the following Tokyopop volumes:

• Atelier Marie and Elie - Zarlburge Alchemist volume 5
• Blazin' Barrels volume 11
• Legend of "Zipangu" BLOOD SUCKER volume 8
• Dragon Voice volume 11
• Forget About Love volume 2
• Gakuen Heaven-Nakajima
• Gosick volume 2
• I Wish… volume 3
• Kat & Mouse volume 4
• Liling-Po volume 9
• Love Mode volume 11
• Missing (Novel) volume 4: The Hanged Man
• Mobile Suit Gundam: École du Ciel Volume 9
• Nosatsu Junkie volume 7
• Pick of the Litter volume 5
• Planet Blood volume 9
• Poison Candy volume 2
• Rure volume 4
• Saver volume 7
• Shin Megami Tensei: Kahn volume 3
• Snow volume 2
• Sorcerer Hunters — 100% Authentic Format volume 11
• Suppli volume 4
• That Guy Was Splendid volume 1
• Trinity Blood - Reborn On The Mars volume 3
• Zig·Zag volume 4
• Star Trek: The Next Generation volume 1 (postponed until Spring 2009)

Tokyopop's release of Lagoon Engine volume 6 has also been cancelled for June. A title can still be re-solicited after a cancelled solicitation. Diamond caters to the direct-sales retailers such as comic book stores.