Carth wrote:<s>Wasn't Code Lyoko banned in China?</s>
Well, yes and no. The Chinese government in Beijing banned the show. The Chinese government in Taipei did not ban Code Lyoko to my knowledge. You will note that the rights were sold in both Simplified and Traditional Chinese. The mainland uses Simplified Chinese, while, er, the-not-mainland uses Traditional. Selling the rights in both implies that Atlantyca is aware of the differing policies.
Also, the ban on Code Lyoko was only because the TV show wasn't made in China and fudged some legal documents or something. Theoretically, books are fine.
As for the lack of rights in English, maybe nobody wanted to buy them? Hate to be a downer, but...