Tonkam is a French publisher and one of the first publishers of manga in French, issuing its first titles in 1994. It was founded by Sylvie Chang and Dominique Véret with the financial assistance of a Parisian bookseller, Yu-Chi Chang. The company had some legal problems when it published New Angel; because of its hentai content was forced to retire the product from the market. In 1996, Tonkam entered into a venture with the Belgian publisher Ypnos to publish Korean manhwa, but the experience was short-lived as Ypnos closed soon after.
Dominique Véret, left his post of publishing director in the early years 2000 to found the publishing company Akata, in partnership with Delcourt.
At the end of 2005, after the death of Yu-Chi Chang, Mmes Françoise and Sylvie Chang, owners of the company, signed a contract with Delcourt which became the major actionist of the company, but the two companies kept different editorial strategies and identities. However, Tonkam could enjoy the structures and editorial presence of Delcourt, so during January 2006, Tonkam dropped its in-house distribution system, and its distribution is currently assured by Hachette.
Guy Delcourt is the current CEO.
Titles published
Titles published by Delcourt/Tonkam include the following: Adolf Angel/Dust Angel Sanctuary Appare Jipangu! Asatte Dance Ayashi no Ceres Black & White Black Magic Blue Spring Bokko Boku wo Tsutsumu Tsuki no Hikari Buddha Butsu Zone Cat's Eye - Rights moved to Panini Manga in 2004 Count Cain Crazy Kouzu BC Cross Game Descendants of Darkness DNA² Dominion Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai Duck Prince Fairy Cube Fake Family Compo - Rights moved to Panini Manga in 2004 Fever, la rencontre ultime Flame of Recca Frères du Japon (Nihon no Kyodai) Fushigi Yūgi Fushigi Yūgi Genbu Kaiden Gakuen Heaven Gakuen Tengoku Gankyu Kitan Yui Gantz Godchild Guuzen ga Nokosu Mono Gyo H2 Hana-Kimi Hellsing Hellstar Remina Hidamari no Ki High School! Kimengumi Hikaru no Go Hiyoko Brand - Okusama wa Joshi Kousei Homunculus Hyper Rune I¨s I'll Ichi the Killer Ichigo 100% Imadoki! Jesus Jin Joan JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Jinbē Kare Kano Kimagure Orange Road Kindaichi Case Files Kizuna: Bonds of Love Komorebi no Moto de - Rights moved to Panini Manga in 2004 Koucha Ouji Lady Georgie Lawful Drug Love & Destroy Ludwig Revolution M Magical Taruruto Maison Ikkoku Miyuki-chan in Wonderland MW Phoenix Please Save My Earth Pretty Face Rash!! - Rights moved to Panini Manga in 2004 RG Veda Rookies Sakura no Hanasaki Kukoro - Rights moved to Panini Manga in 2004 Secret Chaser Seimaden Screw Shadow Lady Shiba Inu Short Program Shounentachi no ita Natsu - Rights moved to Panini Manga in 2004 Shumari Special A Spirit of the sun Tenshi no okurimono - Rights moved to Panini Manga in 2004 The Executive's Dog The Crater The One I Love The Tragedy of P The World Reads Japan's Modern Literature Tigre et Dragon Tokyo Babylon Tomie Tough Trigun Trigun Maximum Uzumaki Vagabond Video Girl Ai Wish X Yamada Taro Monogatari Zetman Zetsuai 1989
References
External links Editions Tonkam official site