Editing Megatokyo (section)

== Books ==
''Megatokyo'' was first published in print by [[Studio Ironcat]], a partnership announced in September 2002.<ref name="ironcat">{{cite web | title=''Megatokyo'' Press Release (8/2/2002) | url=http://www.megatokyo.com/pressrelease/2002-08-02.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030416014559/http://www.megatokyo.com/pressrelease/2002-08-02.html | archive-date=2003-04-16 | access-date = June 26, 2006 }}</ref> Following this, the first book, a compilation of ''Megatokyo'' strips under the title ''Megatokyo Volume One: Chapter Zero'', was released by Studio Ironcat in January 2003.<ref name=amazon>{{cite book | title=''Megatokyo Vol 1 Chapter Zero'' at Amazon.com | isbn=1929090307 | last1=Gallagher | first1=Fred | last2=Caston | first2=Rodney | last3=Nguyen | first3=Dominic | year=2002 | publisher=I.C. Entertainment }}</ref> According to Gallagher, Studio Ironcat was unable to meet demand for the book, due to problems the company was facing at the time.<ref name="ironcat3">{{cite web|last=Kean |first=Benjamin |title=Fred Gallagher On The ''Megatokyo'' Move |url=http://www.newsarama.com/forums/showthread.php?s=34c696bc13825b53fece13404e8c40f2&threadid=61060 |access-date=June 27, 2006 }}{{dead link|date=May 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> On July 7, 2003, Gallagher announced that Ironcat would not continue to publish ''Megatokyo'' in book form.<ref name="ironcat2">{{cite web |last=Gallagher |first=Fred |date=July 7, 2003 |work=Megatokyo |title=re: ''megatokyo'' book 2 |url=http://www.megatokyo.com/index.php?strip_id=432 |access-date=June 26, 2006 |archive-date=July 7, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060707161838/http://www.megatokyo.com/index.php?strip_id=432 |url-status=live }} Fred Gallagher announces that Studio Ironcat will not publish ''Megatokyo'' volumes 2 and above.</ref> This was followed by an announcement on August 27, 2003, that [[Dark Horse Comics]] would publish ''Megatokyo Volume 2'' and future collected volumes, including a revised edition of ''Megatokyo Volume 1''.<ref name="darkhorseannouncement">{{cite web | last=Gallagher | first=Fred | date=August 27, 2003 | work=Megatokyo | title=Megatokyo joins Dark Horse Comics | url=http://www.megatokyo.com/index.php?strip_id=454 | access-date=June 26, 2006 | archive-date=June 30, 2006 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060630054024/http://www.megatokyo.com/index.php?strip_id=454 | url-status=live }} Fred Gallagher announces ''Megatokyo''{{'s}} move to Dark Horse Comics.</ref> The comic once more changed publishers in February 2006, moving from Dark Horse Comics to the [[CMX (comics)|CMX Manga]] imprint of [[DC Comics]].<ref name="CMX_announcement">{{cite web|title=''Megatokyo'' changes publishers to DC Comics / CMX Manga |url=http://www.comicon.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=36;t=004818 |access-date=February 26, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060630142130/http://www.comicon.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic%3Bf%3D36%3Bt%3D004818 |archive-date=June 30, 2006 }}</ref> The comic then transferred to CMX's parent Wildstorm, with its last volume published in July 2010.<ref name="shutdown">{{cite web|url=http://www.dccollector.com/2010/05/18/dc-closes-the-door-on-cmx/ |title=DC Closes the Door on CMX! |access-date=2010-05-18 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100522033442/http://www.dccollector.com/2010/05/18/dc-closes-the-door-on-cmx/ |archive-date=May 22, 2010 }}</ref>
CMX, along with Wildstorm closed down in 2010. Former publisher Dark Horse regained the rights to the series and planned to release it in omnibus format in January 2013, but did not.

{{As of|July 2010}}, six volumes are available for purchase: volumes 1 through 3 from Dark Horse, volumes 4 and 5 by CMX/DC, and volume 6 by Wildstorm. The books have also been translated into German, Italian, French, and Polish.<ref name="popularity" /> In July 2004, ''Megatokyo'' was the tenth best-selling manga property in the United States,<ref name="ICV2july2004">{{cite web | date=July 7, 2004 | title=ICv2 Looks at Manga Channel Shift | url=http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/5241.html | access-date=April 14, 2006 | archive-date=June 23, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130623122609/http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/5241.html | url-status=live }}</ref> and during the week ending February 20, 2005, volume 3 ranked third in the [[Nielsen BookScan]] figures,<ref name="ICV2march2005">{{cite magazine | date=March 4, 2005 | title=''Megatokyo'' Reaches Number 3 | url=http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/6520.html | magazine=ICV2 | access-date=April 14, 2006 | archive-date=October 4, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004233550/http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/6520.html | url-status=live }}</ref> which was not only its highest ranking to date ({{as of|August 2006|lc=on}}), but also made it the highest monthly rank for an [[original English-language manga]] title.<ref name="ICV2march2005" />

In July 2007, [[Kodansha]] announced that in 2008 it intends to publish ''Megatokyo'' in a Japanese-language edition, (in a silver slipcased box as part of Kodansha Box editions, a new manga line started in November 2006). Depending on reader response, Kodansha hoped to subsequently publish the entire ''Megatokyo'' book series.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/new-titles/adult-announcements/article/15115-kodansha-to-publish-megatokyo-in-japan-.html|title=Kodansha to Publish Megatokyo in Japan|access-date=December 2, 2011|last=Reid|first=Calvin|date=July 10, 2007|work=[[Publishers Weekly]]|archive-date=November 24, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111124193035/http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/new-titles/adult-announcements/article/15115-kodansha-to-publish-megatokyo-in-japan-.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The first volume was released in Japan on May 7, 2009.<ref>Copyright notice on the book ({{ISBN|978-4-06-283660-9}})</ref>

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 | Title           = Megatokyo Volume 1 {{no italic|(2nd edition)}}
 | VolumeNumber    = 01
 | RelDate         = 31 March 2004<ref name="Darkhorse1">{{cite web |title=Megatokyo Volume 1 TPB :: Profile :: Dark Horse Comics |publisher=Dark Horse Comics, Inc. |url=http://www.darkhorse.com/Books/13-072/Megatokyo-Volume-1-TPB |access-date=2010-08-08 |archive-date=August 15, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100815235733/http://www.darkhorse.com/Books/13-072/Megatokyo-Volume-1-TPB |url-status=live }}</ref>
 | ISBN            = 1-59307-163-9
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 | Title           = Megatokyo Volume 2
 | VolumeNumber    = 02
 | RelDate         = 21 January 2004<ref name="Darkhorse2">{{cite web | title=Megatokyo Volume 2 TPB :: Profile :: Dark Horse Comics | url=http://www.darkhorse.com/Books/13-071/Megatokyo-Volume-2-TPB | publisher=Dark Horse Comics, Inc. | access-date=2010-08-08 | archive-date=August 15, 2010 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100815235656/http://www.darkhorse.com/Books/13-071/Megatokyo-Volume-2-TPB | url-status=live }}</ref>
 | ISBN            = 1-59307-118-3
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 | Title           = Megatokyo Volume 3
 | VolumeNumber    = 03
 | RelDate         = 2 February 2005<ref name="Darkhorse3">{{cite web | title=Megatokyo Volume 3 TPB :: Profile :: Dark Horse Comics | url=http://www.darkhorse.com/Books/10-541/Megatokyo-Volume-3-TPB | publisher=Dark Horse Comics, Inc. | access-date=2010-08-08 | archive-date=August 20, 2010 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100820095348/http://www.darkhorse.com/Books/10-541/Megatokyo-Volume-3-TPB | url-status=live }}</ref>
 | ISBN            = 1-59307-305-4
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 | Title           = Megatokyo Volume 4
 | VolumeNumber    = 04
 | RelDate         = 21 June 2006<ref>{{cite book|title=Megatokyo: Volume 4 (9781401211264): Fred Gallagher: Books|isbn=1401211267|quote=Publisher: CMX (June 21, 2006)|last1=Gallagher|first1=Fred M.|last2=Caston|first2=Rodney|year=2006|publisher=Dark Horse Comics }}</ref>
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 | Title           = Megatokyo Volume 5
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 | RelDate         = 23 May 2007<ref name="CMX5">{{cite web | title=Megatokyo v.5 is... | first=Fred | last=Gallagher | url=http://www.megatokyo.com/index.php?strip_id=991 | date=April 23, 2007 | access-date=2010-08-08 | quote=Megatokyo Volume 5 has had to go back to press and will hit stores four weeks from now on May 23rd. | archive-date=April 26, 2007 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070426032050/http://megatokyo.com/index.php?strip_id=991 | url-status=live }}</ref>
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 | Title           = Megatokyo Volume 6
 | VolumeNumber    = 06
 | RelDate         = 14 July 2010<ref name="CMX6">{{cite web |title=Megatokyo Vol. 6 |publisher=DC Comics |url=http://dccomics.com/dccomics/graphic_novels/?gn=14558 |access-date=2010-08-08 |quote=On Sale July 14, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100804094431/http://www.dccomics.com/dccomics/graphic_novels/?gn=14558 |archive-date=August 4, 2010 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
 | ISBN            = 1-4012-2481-4
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