Stu Levy
Encyclopedia
Stuart J. "Stu" Levy is the founder, CEO and Chief Creative Officer of the manga
media company Tokyopop
. Levy also produces, directs, and writes for graphic novel
s, film
and television
.
and a Juris Doctor from Georgetown University
Law Center. He studied at Tokyo University and Keio University
in Japan and is a California attorney. Currently, Levy chairs the Producer Guild of America's International Committee and was previously a Board Member of its New Media Council.
titles in Tokyo. Receiving investment from Mitsui Ventures, NVCC and angels, Levy moved back to the U.S. to form Tokyopop (formerly Mixx Entertainment) in 1997, a business venture designed to introduce the Western world
to manga entertainment of all forms.
, California
; Tokyo, Japan; Hamburg, Germany; and London, United Kingdom, as well as distribution and licensing arrangements with over 40 countries worldwide.
Tokyopop's first manga graphic novel release was Sailor Moon
. Tokyopop engineered prominent book distribution via retail stores, standardized book trim size, created a basic industry-wide rating system, developed the first-ever retail manga displays and introduced the world of graphic novels to a previously untapped audience—teenage girls. In 2002, Tokyopop launched its line of 100% Authentic Manga (printed right-to-left). Tokyopop launched their Global Manga publishing program in 2003 via the introduction of its "Rising Stars of Manga
" talent competition.
Tokyopop helped to pioneer the Cine-Manga format, a blend of cinematic properties and sequential art that uses imagery from movies and television series. Levy secured licenses to publish Cine-Manga with major entertainment brands including Disney, Nickelodeon
, DreamWorks
, Paramount
, Universal
, and the NBA.
In 2006, the company launched an international line of teen fiction and began syndicating manga to U.S. newspaper
s and teen fashion magazine CosmoGIRL!
. That same year, Tokyopop entered into a publishing agreement with HarperCollins
Publishing to distribute Tokyopop manga and to co-publish squential art based on HarperCollins' top youth novels.
Levy also expanded Tokyopop's property reach beyond publishing into television series and DVD
distribution, with many of its shows broadcast in the United States on Cartoon Network
, Showtime and G4techTV
and released on DVD.
In 2007, Levy formed Tokyopop Media to focus on digital, film and television adaptations of Tokyopop's licensed manga content. Tokyopop Media chose William Morris
to represent Tokyopop and Levy as writer, director, and producer of entertainment content. Under Levy's guidance, Tokyopop Media began producing a number of animated web shows based on Tokyopop properties including I Luv Halloween
, by Ben Roman and Keith Giffen
; Bizenghast
, by M. Alice LeGrow
; Riding Shotgun, by Nate Bowden and Tracy Yardley
, and A Midnight Opera
, by Hans Steinbach
, which were launched in conjunction with MySpace
.
In 2008, Tokyopop announced a major restructuring that will create two separate divisions—the Tokyopop Inc. publishing unit and Tokyopop Media, a digital and comics-to-films unit—under the Tokyopop Group’s holding company. The moves will result in the layoffs of about 79 Tokyopop staffers.
for multiple film, television and DVD projects. His TV credits include Street Fury
, which he created, GTO
(English version for Showtime TV), Rave Master
(English version for Cartoon Network's Toonami), and Reign: The Conqueror (English version for Cartoon Network's Adult Swim.) His DVD credits include the English versions of: Initial D
, Marmalade Boy
, Saint Tail
, Samurai Girl: Real Bout High School
, Vampire Princess Miyu
, Brigadoon, Spring & Chaos, FMW, High School Ghostbusters, and Anime: Concept to Reality.
Levy is an executive producer on the 2011 film Priest, based on the Tokyopop manga series and produced by Screen Gems
, a Sony Pictures company.
; Love Like Blood
(based on Lament of the Lamb
by Kei Toume
); Mail Order Ninja
by Josh Elder
; My Dead Girlfriend
, by Eric Wight
; Poison Candy, by David Hine
and Hans Steinbach; Princess Ai
, by D.J. Milky, Misaho Kujiradou and Courtney Love
; Riding Shotgun, by Nate Bowden and Tracy Yardley and Van Von Hunter
, by Mike Schwark and Ron Kaulfersch.
, Karma Club, Kung Fu Klutz & Karate Cool, the novel adaptation of Sailor Moon, Stray Sheep and CD-ROM Best Selection '96. Current projects include Fright Elevator, Street Fury
, Treasure Chess, and the upcoming sequel to Princess Ai, Prism of the Midnight Dawn.
and Verizon's VCast. Web shows include I Luv Halloween, Riding Shotgun, A Midnight Opera, and Bizenghast. Two new shows—Gyakushu and Sokora Refugees
—will launch in Spring 2008. A series of Princess Ai-based music videos will launch later in 2008.
manga lifestyle website at www.Tokyopop.com.
(APALC), a group that helps immigrant women who were taken advantage of by their husbands and did not know their own rights. He also supports the Make-a-Wish Foundation
, a charity dedicated to granting the wishes of children with life-threatening medical conditions.
Additionally, Levy regularly donates Tokyopop manga to libraries
across the U.S. as well as to The Kids' Wish Network, a non-profit foundation that deploys toys and books to hospital emergency rooms across the nation.
Manga
Manga is the Japanese word for "comics" and consists of comics and print cartoons . In the West, the term "manga" has been appropriated to refer specifically to comics created in Japan, or by Japanese authors, in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 19th...
media company Tokyopop
Tokyopop
Tokyopop, styled TOKYOPOP, and formerly known as Mixx, is a distributor, licensor, and publisher of anime, manga, manhwa, and Western manga-style works. The existing German publishing division produces German translations of licensed Japanese properties and original English-language manga, as well...
. Levy also produces, directs, and writes for graphic novel
Graphic novel
A graphic novel is a narrative work in which the story is conveyed to the reader using sequential art in either an experimental design or in a traditional comics format...
s, film
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
and television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
.
Credentials
Levy holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics/Business from UCLAUniversity of California, Los Angeles
The University of California, Los Angeles is a public research university located in the Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, USA. It was founded in 1919 as the "Southern Branch" of the University of California and is the second oldest of the ten campuses...
and a Juris Doctor from Georgetown University
Georgetown University
Georgetown University is a private, Jesuit, research university whose main campus is in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Founded in 1789, it is the oldest Catholic university in the United States...
Law Center. He studied at Tokyo University and Keio University
Keio University
,abbreviated as Keio or Keidai , is a Japanese university located in Minato, Tokyo. It is known as the oldest institute of higher education in Japan. Founder Fukuzawa Yukichi originally established it as a school for Western studies in 1858 in Edo . It has eleven campuses in Tokyo and Kanagawa...
in Japan and is a California attorney. Currently, Levy chairs the Producer Guild of America's International Committee and was previously a Board Member of its New Media Council.
Early projects
Levy designed and produced JapanOnline.com in 1995, for which he won the New Media Invision Award for "Best Design on the Web." From 1994 to 1997, he produced and distributed CD-ROM multimedia edutainmentEdutainment
Edutainment is a form of entertainment designed to educate as well as to amuse.-Overview:...
titles in Tokyo. Receiving investment from Mitsui Ventures, NVCC and angels, Levy moved back to the U.S. to form Tokyopop (formerly Mixx Entertainment) in 1997, a business venture designed to introduce the Western world
Western world
The Western world, also known as the West and the Occident , is a term referring to the countries of Western Europe , the countries of the Americas, as well all countries of Northern and Central Europe, Australia and New Zealand...
to manga entertainment of all forms.
Tokyopop
Stu Levy founded Tokyopop in 1997. The company has offices in Los AngelesLos Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
; Tokyo, Japan; Hamburg, Germany; and London, United Kingdom, as well as distribution and licensing arrangements with over 40 countries worldwide.
Tokyopop's first manga graphic novel release was Sailor Moon
Sailor Moon
Sailor Moon, known as , is a media franchise created by manga artist Naoko Takeuchi. Fred Patten credits Takeuchi with popularizing the concept of a team of magical girls, and Paul Gravett credits the series with "revitalizing" the magical-girl genre itself...
. Tokyopop engineered prominent book distribution via retail stores, standardized book trim size, created a basic industry-wide rating system, developed the first-ever retail manga displays and introduced the world of graphic novels to a previously untapped audience—teenage girls. In 2002, Tokyopop launched its line of 100% Authentic Manga (printed right-to-left). Tokyopop launched their Global Manga publishing program in 2003 via the introduction of its "Rising Stars of Manga
Rising Stars of Manga
Rising Stars of Manga was an English-language comic anthology published by TOKYOPOP from 2002 to 2008, and a contest held by the same company. It was originally semi-annual, but switched to annual beginning with the 6th volume....
" talent competition.
Tokyopop helped to pioneer the Cine-Manga format, a blend of cinematic properties and sequential art that uses imagery from movies and television series. Levy secured licenses to publish Cine-Manga with major entertainment brands including Disney, Nickelodeon
Nickelodeon (TV channel)
Nickelodeon, often simply called Nick and originally named Pinwheel, is an American children's channel owned by MTV Networks, a subsidiary of Viacom International. The channel is primarily aimed at children ages 7–17, with the exception of their weekday morning program block aimed at preschoolers...
, DreamWorks
DreamWorks
DreamWorks Pictures, also known as DreamWorks, LLC, DreamWorks SKG, DreamWorks II Distribution Co., LLC, DreamWorks Studios or DW Studios, LLC, is an American film studio which develops, produces, and distributes films, video games and television programming...
, Paramount
Paramount Pictures
Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American film production and distribution company, located at 5555 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood. Founded in 1912 and currently owned by media conglomerate Viacom, it is America's oldest existing film studio; it is also the last major film studio still...
, Universal
Universal Studios
Universal Pictures , a subsidiary of NBCUniversal, is one of the six major movie studios....
, and the NBA.
In 2006, the company launched an international line of teen fiction and began syndicating manga to U.S. newspaper
Newspaper
A newspaper is a scheduled publication containing news of current events, informative articles, diverse features and advertising. It usually is printed on relatively inexpensive, low-grade paper such as newsprint. By 2007, there were 6580 daily newspapers in the world selling 395 million copies a...
s and teen fashion magazine CosmoGIRL!
CosmoGIRL!
CosmoGirl was an American magazine based in New York City, published from 1999 until 2008. The teenage spin-off of Cosmopolitan magazine, it targeted teenage girls and featured fashion and celebrities. It was published ten times a year and reached approximately eight million readers before folding....
. That same year, Tokyopop entered into a publishing agreement with HarperCollins
HarperCollins
HarperCollins is a publishing company owned by News Corporation. It is the combination of the publishers William Collins, Sons and Co Ltd, a British company, and Harper & Row, an American company, itself the result of an earlier merger of Harper & Brothers and Row, Peterson & Company. The worldwide...
Publishing to distribute Tokyopop manga and to co-publish squential art based on HarperCollins' top youth novels.
Levy also expanded Tokyopop's property reach beyond publishing into television series and DVD
DVD
A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
distribution, with many of its shows broadcast in the United States on Cartoon Network
Cartoon Network
Cartoon Network is a name of television channels worldwide created by Turner Broadcasting which used to primarily show animated programming. The channel began broadcasting on October 1, 1992 in the United States....
, Showtime and G4techTV
G4techTV
G4techTV was a cable and satellite channel resulting from a merger between Comcast-owned G4 and TechTV. The headquarters is based in Los Angeles...
and released on DVD.
In 2007, Levy formed Tokyopop Media to focus on digital, film and television adaptations of Tokyopop's licensed manga content. Tokyopop Media chose William Morris
William Morris
William Morris 24 March 18343 October 1896 was an English textile designer, artist, writer, and socialist associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and the English Arts and Crafts Movement...
to represent Tokyopop and Levy as writer, director, and producer of entertainment content. Under Levy's guidance, Tokyopop Media began producing a number of animated web shows based on Tokyopop properties including I Luv Halloween
I Luv Halloween
I Luv Halloween is a horror-comedy original English-language manga written by Keith Giffen and illustrated by Benjamin Roman. In North America, Tokyopop released the series in three volumes from October 2005 to September 2007 and re-released it as one volume in October 2008. Menford Electronic Art...
, by Ben Roman and Keith Giffen
Keith Giffen
Keith Ian Giffen is an American comic book illustrator and writer.-Biography:Giffen was born in Queens, New York City....
; Bizenghast
Bizenghast
Bizenghast is an ongoing original English-language manga series written and illustrated by M. Alice LeGrow. It is currently being published in North America by Tokyopop, which has released seven volumes as of July 2010, and is expected to conclude with the eighth book...
, by M. Alice LeGrow
M. Alice LeGrow
Mary Alice LeGrow , better known by her pen name M. Alice LeGrow, is an American manga-influenced alternate comic book artist best known for her original English-language manga series Bizenghast...
; Riding Shotgun, by Nate Bowden and Tracy Yardley
Tracy Yardley
Tracy Yardley is an American comic book artist best known for his work with the Sonic the Hedgehog comic series, published by Archie Comics. He currently is still working on the same series since 2005 and was occasionly working in Archie Comics' now-ended side-series Sonic X...
, and A Midnight Opera
A Midnight Opera
A Midnight Opera is an original English-language manga by Hans Steinbach. It was published by Tokyopop in North America from November 8, 2005 to November 7, 2006.-Development:...
, by Hans Steinbach
Hans Steinbach
Hans Steinbach is a German comic book artist, born in Damascus, Syria to a German father and a Syrian mother.He draws in a contemporary/gothic manga style....
, which were launched in conjunction with MySpace
MySpace
Myspace is a social networking service owned by Specific Media LLC and pop star Justin Timberlake. Myspace launched in August 2003 and is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California. In August 2011, Myspace had 33.1 million unique U.S. visitors....
.
In 2008, Tokyopop announced a major restructuring that will create two separate divisions—the Tokyopop Inc. publishing unit and Tokyopop Media, a digital and comics-to-films unit—under the Tokyopop Group’s holding company. The moves will result in the layoffs of about 79 Tokyopop staffers.
Executive producer, feature film and TV
From 2000 to 2004, Stu Levy served as executive producerExecutive producer
An executive producer is a producer who is not involved in any technical aspects of the film making or music process, but who is still responsible for the overall production...
for multiple film, television and DVD projects. His TV credits include Street Fury
Street Fury
Street Fury was a TV show on G4 that showcased women and cars. It was hosted by Carlton "Big C" Lewis. Along with Formula D and Fastlane, the show aired Sunday nights, as part of the "G4 Sunday Nights" block. It was at one time the main show for a G4 block called "The Whip Set", but the block name...
, which he created, GTO
GTO
GTO is an abbreviation of:* A gate turn-off thyristor*Geographic targeting order, an order issued by the United States Secretary of Treasury* Geostationary transfer orbit, an intermediate orbit around the Earth...
(English version for Showtime TV), Rave Master
Rave Master
, is a manga series written and illustrated by Hiro Mashima. The manga was serialized in Shōnen Magazine from July 1999 through July 2005, and published in thirty-five tankōbon by Kodansha. The manga series was licensed for an English release in North America by Tokyopop until Kodansha allowed...
(English version for Cartoon Network's Toonami), and Reign: The Conqueror (English version for Cartoon Network's Adult Swim.) His DVD credits include the English versions of: Initial D
Initial D
is a manga by Shuichi Shigeno which has been serialized in Kodansha's Young Magazine since 1995. It has been adapted into a long-running anime series by OB Planning, Studio Comet, Studio Gallop, Pastel, and A.C.G.T, and a live action film by Avex and Media Asia...
, Marmalade Boy
Marmalade Boy
is a shōjo manga by Wataru Yoshizumi. It was published by Shueisha in the magazine Ribon from May 1992 to October 1995 and collected in eight tankōbon volumes. The series was adapted by Toei Animation as a 76-episode anime television series which aired on TV Asahi and Fuji TV in 1994 to 1995. This...
, Saint Tail
Saint Tail
, is a magical girl manga and anime series. Originally a twenty-four part manga by Megumi Tachikawa, the story was brought to television anime by producer Tokyo Movie Shinsha, with forty-three episodes and one short, broadcast by ABC...
, Samurai Girl: Real Bout High School
Samurai Girl: Real Bout High School
is a Japanese light novel series written by Reiji Saiga and illustrated by Sora Inoue. It was serialized in Dragon Magazine from 1997 to 2010. A manga adaptation by the same authors was serialized in Montly Comic Dragon from 1998 to 2001. A 13-episode anime television series was produced by Gonzo...
, Vampire Princess Miyu
Vampire Princess Miyu
is a Japanese horror manga series by Narumi Kakinouchi and Toshiki Hirano, as well as an anime adaptation by the same creators. The anime was originally presented in a 4-episode OVA licenced by AnimEigo in 1988, and was later adapted into a 26-episode television series licensed by Tokyopop and...
, Brigadoon, Spring & Chaos, FMW, High School Ghostbusters, and Anime: Concept to Reality.
Levy is an executive producer on the 2011 film Priest, based on the Tokyopop manga series and produced by Screen Gems
Screen Gems
Screen Gems is an American movie production company and subsidiary company of Sony Pictures Entertainment's Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group that has served several different purposes for its parent companies over the decades since its incorporation....
, a Sony Pictures company.
Producer, feature film
In 2007, Levy began to serve as Producer on a number of live-action and animated film and television adaptations of Tokyopop manga, including Battle Vixens, by Yugi Shiozaki; Gyakushu, by Dan HippDan Hipp
Daniel Spencer Hipp is an American comic book author and illustrator.-Biography:In 2004 Dan Hipp caught the attention of Image Comics Publisher Erik Larsen and then Executive Director Eric Stephenson who picked up his and Mark Andrew Smith's first comic book series titled the Amazing Joy...
; Love Like Blood
Love Like Blood
Love Like Blood is a German gothic rock/gothic metal band.- Biography :Its nucleus consists of Eysel brothers . The band was active in the years 1989-2001 and is now on hiatus. Its early sound reminisces the style of The Fields of the Nephilim...
(based on Lament of the Lamb
Lament of the Lamb
is a horror manga, OVA series and live action film about Kazuna, a boy with a mysterious illness which turns out to be vampirism. "Hitsuji no Uta" literally means "Song of the Sheep"...
by Kei Toume
Kei Toume
is a Japanese manga artist.Kei Toume studied at the Tama Art University in Tokyo. Her first manga, Rokujō gekijō, was published in Comic Burger magazine in 1992. The manga won her the Shiki prize in a contest held by Kodansha in 1993. A year later, her follow-up manga Mannequin also won a prize.She...
); Mail Order Ninja
Mail Order Ninja
Mail Order Ninja is an original English-language manga written by Joshua Elder and illustrated by Erich Owen. It was the winner of Tokyopop's fifth Rising Stars of Manga competition...
by Josh Elder
Josh Elder
Josh Elder is an American journalist, lecturer and writer, primarily of comic books and graphic novels.-Biography:...
; My Dead Girlfriend
My Dead Girlfriend
My Dead Girlfriend is an original English-language manga written and illustrated by Eric Wight, published by Tokyopop. The first volume "A Tryst Of Fate" came out Valentines Day 2007. It has received positive reviews from the likes of Joss Whedon , Jeph Loeb and Meg Cabot.-Volumes:* Wight, Eric. My...
, by Eric Wight
Eric Wight
Eric Wight is a professional artist, illustrator and animator. He graduated from the School of Visual Arts and currently lives in Eastern Pennsylvania.-Overview:Wight is the author of the manga, My Dead Girlfriend...
; Poison Candy, by David Hine
David Hine
-Biography:Hine has been working in comics since the early 1980s. For Crisis he drew the series Sticky Fingers in 1989, and wrote and drew a number of short pieces in 1990 and 1991...
and Hans Steinbach; Princess Ai
Princess Ai
is a manga co-created by Courtney Love, Ai Yazawa, Misaho Kujiradou, and DJ Milky , and is published in English by Tokyopop.The story deals with an amnesiac girl named Ai who was torn from her homeland, and awakens in present-day Tokyo...
, by D.J. Milky, Misaho Kujiradou and Courtney Love
Courtney Love
Courtney Michelle Love is an American rock musician. Love is the lead vocalist, lyricist, and rhythm guitarist for alternative rock band Hole, which she formed in 1989, and is an actress who has moved from bit parts in Alex Cox films to significant and acclaimed roles in The People vs...
; Riding Shotgun, by Nate Bowden and Tracy Yardley and Van Von Hunter
Van Von Hunter
Van Von Hunter is a weekly, hand drawn parody-manga begun in 2002 by Cleveland, Ohio-based artists Mike Schwark and Ron Kaulfersch of Pseudomé Studio. It has since been published in newspapers, books, and as a webcomic...
, by Mike Schwark and Ron Kaulfersch.
Writer and director, feature film
Levy is currently prepping as co-writer (with Greg Lemkin) and co-director (with Takahiko Akiyama) for Love Like Blood—a live-action adaptation of the Tokyopop manga series Lament of the Lamb. Levy directed the anime music video Broken Leash for Princess Ai and is working on an upcoming animated feature film for the series. Also, he is co-writing and co-directing (with Steven Calcote) the upcoming mockumentary about Van Von Hunter, the evil-vanquisher from Mike Schwark and Ron Kaulfersch's manga series by the same name.Author
Under the pen-name D.J. Milky, Levy has written both manga graphic novels and children's books. His writings include: Princess Ai, Juror 13Juror 13
Juror 13 is a one-shot American manga-inspired comic written and illustrated by D. J. Milky and published by Tokyopop. The manga was released by Tokyopop on January 1, 2006.-Reception:...
, Karma Club, Kung Fu Klutz & Karate Cool, the novel adaptation of Sailor Moon, Stray Sheep and CD-ROM Best Selection '96. Current projects include Fright Elevator, Street Fury
Street Fury
Street Fury was a TV show on G4 that showcased women and cars. It was hosted by Carlton "Big C" Lewis. Along with Formula D and Fastlane, the show aired Sunday nights, as part of the "G4 Sunday Nights" block. It was at one time the main show for a G4 block called "The Whip Set", but the block name...
, Treasure Chess, and the upcoming sequel to Princess Ai, Prism of the Midnight Dawn.
Music composer
Levy composed lyrics and songs for Tokyopop projects, including the theme songs for Initial D, Reign the Conqueror, Rave Master, GTO, and the soundtrack for Tokyopop's Princess Ai franchise.Producer, broadband and mobile programming
Levy has produced a number of Web- and Mobile-based shows, distributed through MySpace, YouTubeYouTube
YouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....
and Verizon's VCast. Web shows include I Luv Halloween, Riding Shotgun, A Midnight Opera, and Bizenghast. Two new shows—Gyakushu and Sokora Refugees
Sokora Refugees
Sokora Refugees was an amerimanga webcomic by Segamu and Melissa DeJesus started on 2004-12-31. Sokora Refugees was an ongoing webcomic updating every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, although the webcomic has been on hiatus since 2006-11-10. All comic strips on their website were available free...
—will launch in Spring 2008. A series of Princess Ai-based music videos will launch later in 2008.
Producer, Internet
In 1995, Levy launched Japan Online for which he won the New Media Invision Award for "Best Design on the Web." In 2007, Levy produced and launched a comprehensive social networking and UGCUser-generated content
User generated content covers a range of media content available in a range of modern communications technologies. It entered mainstream usage during 2005 having arisen in web publishing and new media content production circles...
manga lifestyle website at www.Tokyopop.com.
Philanthropy
Levy has volunteered his time to the Asian Pacific American Legal CenterAsian Pacific American Legal Center
The Asian Pacific American Legal Center , a member of the Asian American Center for Advancing Justice, is a non-profit legal aid and civil rights organization dedicated to advocating for civil rights, providing legal services and education and building coalitions on behalf of the Asian Americans...
(APALC), a group that helps immigrant women who were taken advantage of by their husbands and did not know their own rights. He also supports the Make-a-Wish Foundation
Make-A-Wish Foundation
The Make-A-Wish Foundation is a 501 non-profit organization founded in the United States that grants wishes to children who have life-threatening medical conditions. The charity now operates in forty-seven countries around the world through thirty-six affiliate offices.The president & CEO of this...
, a charity dedicated to granting the wishes of children with life-threatening medical conditions.
Additionally, Levy regularly donates Tokyopop manga to libraries
Library
In a traditional sense, a library is a large collection of books, and can refer to the place in which the collection is housed. Today, the term can refer to any collection, including digital sources, resources, and services...
across the U.S. as well as to The Kids' Wish Network, a non-profit foundation that deploys toys and books to hospital emergency rooms across the nation.
External links
- DJ Milky (Archive)