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Thank you for stopping by and checking out our website. Please note that by using the TOKYOPOP Inc. ("TOKYOPOP") website you are indicating your agreement to these Terms of Service (gTermsh). The Terms are legally binding and govern your use of the site. These Terms define our legal rights and obligations to you and your rights and obligations to us. If you do not agree with any of these Terms, please do not use the TOKYOPOP website, since using the TOKYOPOP website indicates your agreement to be bound by these Terms. TOKYOPOP reserves the right, at its discretion, to change these Terms at any time. Your continued use of this website following the posting of changes to these Terms indicates your agreement with those changes. Please make sure to check back from time to time to see whether there have been any changes.

TOKYOPOP is an international entertainment company with offices and websites in Japan, Germany, and the UK. When you are on any international TOKYOPOP website, you are bound by the Terms of Service and applicable laws governing that website and its contents.

Trademark and Copyright Policy
This website contains material that is provided by TOKYOPOP Inc. and other sources and is protected by U.S. and international copyright and trademark laws and other proprietary rights. The characters, logos, and titles are also protected as registered or unregistered trademarks, trade names, and/or service marks owned by TOKYOPOP or its licensors. Images and text are copyrighted materials owned by TOKYOPOP or its licensors. No material may be copied, reproduced, republished, or redistributed in any way. However, since TOKYOPOP encourages fans to create websites dedicated to their favorite characters and series, your use of copyrighted material for a personal, non-commercial website is acceptable. Non-commercial uses of these copyrighted materials on personal websites is only allowed as long as proper copyright information is displayed within or adjacent to the images, images are not modified except to proportionately change their size, and text is not edited so that its meaning is changed. We do reserve the right, at the request of an individual copyright holder, to require that you not use or discontinue use of images, including logos. Modification or use of the copyright content on this site for any purpose not permitted by these Terms is expressly prohibited. For more detailed info on copyright policy, please email us at info@tokyopop.com.

Links and Downloads
The TOKYOPOP Website may provide links to other World Wide Web sites and resources for your convenience only. But, since TOKYOPOP has no control over these third party sites and resources, you acknowledge and agree that TOKYOPOP is not responsible or liable for the availability of these third party sites or resources, or for any content, advertising, products or other materials available from such sites or resources. You also acknowledge and agree that TOKYOPOP is not responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss (including any damage to your computer software, hardware, or peripherals) caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with your use of or reliance on any such content, goods or services available on or through any such third party site or resource.

No license is implied nor inferred to link to any of TOKYOPOP's websites and we reserve the right to insist that any link to this site be discontinued.

Submissions and Communications
We are always pleased and interested to hear from our visitors, and we welcome your comments via email at info@tokyopop.com. If you do not want your Email to be published on our website, you must clearly identify it as gNOT FOR PUBLICATIONh. However, due to the popularity of our site, we cannot respond to all the Emails that we receive.

Separate from our Rising Stars of Manga™ competition, which is only open to US residents, we also welcome submissions from aspiring manga-ka, novelists and artists from around the world. To send us your submissions, please follow the instructions set out at http://www.tokyopop.com/aboutus/submissions.php and most importantly, fill out and send us the Submission Release Form found at http://www.tokyopop.com/aboutus/release.pdf. WE DO NOT ACCEPT ELECTRONIC SUBMISSIONS ONLINE OR VIA EMAIL. If you violate this policy and submit your idea(s) electronically, TOKYOPOP is not liable for similarities between your submission and any work later published by us. If, despite your agreement to these Terms, you send us creative suggestions, ideas, notes, drawings, concepts, or other information online or without a release, such submissions are deemed to be and remain the property of TOKYOPOP. Also, these submissions are not subject to any obligation on TOKYOPOP's part and TOKYOPOP is not liable for any use or disclosure of any submissions.

TOKYOPOP sends out a periodic Email "Blast" messages to lists of subscribers. These lists are compiled by gathering information from fans who have indicated that they wish to receive Email broadcasts from us - we do NOT add Email addresses to our lists without having been requested to do so by the address owner. We also are committed to making it as easy as possible for our visitors to remove themselves from our lists. For more information regarding our lists, please visit http://www.tokyopop.com/news/subunsub.php.

Indemnification, Limitation of Liability, Disclaimer
By use of this site, you agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless TOKYOPOP, its officers, directors, employees, agents, licensors, representatives, and third party providers to the website from and against all losses, expenses, damages, and costs, including attorneys' fees and court costs, resulting from any violation of these Terms by you. TOKYOPOP reserves the right to assume, at its sole expense, the exclusive defense and control of any matter subject to indemnification by you, in which event, you will fully cooperate with TOKYOPOP in asserting any available defenses. TOKYOPOP does not accept any liability for any loss or damages, whether direct, indirect, actual, consequential, or otherwise, resulting from the use of the materials and content of our website. The materials on the TOKYOPOP website are provided without warranties of any kind, either express or implied. Your use of, browsing of and downloading from the site is at your own risk. You understand and agree that you will be solely responsible for any damage to your computer system, including peripherals, or loss of data that results from the download and/or use of such material. If you are dissatisfied with any of the materials contained on the website, or any of these Terms, please discontinue accessing and using the website. The materials and all other content in this site are presented for the purpose of providing entertainment and information and promoting manga, novels, anime programs, films, music, and other products available in the United States, its territories, and possessions. This site is controlled and operated by TOKYOPOP Inc. from its offices in the State of California, United States of America.