Selling Shōjo in the New Millenium

 

Sources:

1.  “Shōjo” - ANN Lexicon

2.  “Matt Thorn Returns to Translation” - Publisher’s Weekly

3.  Milton Griep Interview

4.  “About Rachel Thorn” - Rachel Thorn’s Blog

5.  “Viz / ShoPro Merger Complete” - ANN 

6.  “Jason Thompson's House of 1000 Manga Special Guest Edition: Love Song and Four Shojo Stories” - ANN

7.  “The TokyoPop Effect” - Rachel Thorn’s Blog (Archive)

8.  “Tokyopop” - ANN

9.  “Sailor Moon (GN 1 of 11)” - ANN

10.  “SHOJO MANGA AND ANIME--BIG BUSINESS IN JAPAN” - ICv2

11.  “Where can I read the original 90s sailormoon manga??” - r/SailorMoon

12.  “The One And Only Animerica Magazine” - ANN

13.  [Animerica Extra] - ANN

14.  “Why Did Shonen Jump Succeed In America?” - ANN

15.  “TOKYOPOP PLANS MAJOR MANGA EXPANSION” - ICv2

16.  “Oh Shoujo Comics for Girls” - Sequential Tart

17.  “RETAILERS--GROW WITH SHOJO!” - ICv2

18.  “How to Sell Shojo” - ICv2

19.  “GROW WITH SHOJO DISPLAY CONTEST” - ICv2

20.  “FIRST PRIZE IN THE SHOJO DISPLAY CONTEST” - ICv2

21.  “SECOND PRIZE IN THE SHOJO DISPLAY CONTEST” - ICv2

22.  “THIRD PRIZE IN THE SHOJO DISPLAY CONTEST” - ICv2

23.  “THIRD PLACE WINNER--COLLECTIBLE DREAMS” - ICv2

24.  “SECOND PLACE WINNER--ALL ABOUT BOOKS AND COMICS” - ICv2

25.  “GROW WITH SHOJO DISPLAY CONTEST WINNERS ANNOUNCED” - ICv2

26.  “Company History” - Sanrio

27.  “FIRST PLACE WINNER--PLANET COMICS” - ICv2

28.  “'FUTURE SUCCESS DEPENDS ON FEMALES'” - ICv2

Video Credits:

• Shopping at a comic book store in 1992 - Vampire Robot
• Working the checkout at Barnes and Noble in 1997 - Vampire Robot
• Toonami - Sailor Moon Short Promo (1080p HD) - SlimD716
• Sailor Moon Doll Commercial - Bandai 1995 - Joshua Alvané
• Hot Topic "Ozzfest" Commercial - SporeMedia
• Back to school shopping at a mall in 1996 [Hot Topic, Payless Shoes, PacSun] - Vampire Robot
• My Animerica Extra Magazine Collection - Protaku82
• 'Musicland' [01] - TV commercial (1981) - Lottoman17
• Inside a Borders bookstore in 1997 - Vampire Robot
• Colorado comic book retailers continue to push forward despite drop in sales - Denver7