| We have already discussed the crisis of the anime market in US here. Now I wanna discuss another topic: the manga market in US. Manga Market (million dollars) US 100 (2004) ---- 145 (2005) --- 200 (2006) --- 210 (2007) Japan 5847 (1996) --- 4810 (2006) France 50.7 (2000) --- 313.5 (2006) --- 319.2 (2007) #million euro Total Graphic Novel Market in US (million dollars) 207 (2004) --- 245 (2005) --- 330 (2006) --- 375 (2007) ANN ICV2 Anime!Anime! Anime!Anime! du9 Manga distributers in US was disappointed at this data. The American comic sales increased by 10%, but the manga sales increased only by 5%. The article above speculated that this slowing down was due to the onset of the competition between the American comics and Manga, which had been considered to be in different categories. The rapid increase of newly released American comics kicked out manga from bookshelves of stores. Did you guys notice anything wrong with the manga stores in your place? |
dtshykAug 15, 2008 1:58 AM
| Actually in my local B&N the manga and comic section has increased a lot. |
    |
| imo I think the manga market is doing better than the DVD one. and it's still increasing, so that's good. |
kazerfozl said: Actually in my local B&N the manga and comic section has increased a lot. I imagine from your comment that manga sales are increasing in some area where manga is still regarded as a new culture, but are declining in areas where manga was introduced relatively long ago and has become not attractive anymore. |
| I wonder if this is from people sitting in the aisles reading manga instead of buying it? (like I need another excuse to hate those people) I think the manga market is fine though, I doubt it will plummet like the DVD market did. I know many people are like me: I don't buy anime, but I do buy manga (much cheaper hobby). I think most people like to reread manga more than they like to rewatch anime. I think that the spike in American comic sales is probably because of all the movies based on comics coming out lately. |
    |
i think manga outsells dvd |
| |
| I think manga is and will continue to do fine, its not expensive like anime dvds are. |
ro said: i think manga outsells dvd yakyuu-addict said: I think manga is and will continue to do fine, its not expensive like anime dvds are. It's a bit optimistic. Manga looks doing good only when compared to DVD, but DVD business is in awful situation. All the distributers except for Funimation are making debt. Complaints from a US manga publisher. Sakura-Con '08: Dark Horse Bemoans Manga Sales He gave two reasons for the slow sales of manga in US. 1. The strict rating of manga and the resulting shrink wrap. 2. Scanlations |
dtshykAug 15, 2008 7:19 PM
More topics from this board
Sticky: » 2024 Manga Reading Challenge - Sign Up ( 1 2 3 4 5 ... Last Page )MRC_mod - Jan 18 |
516 |
by sassss
»»
11 minutes ago |
|
» Best way to get into mangaGeekyanimegirl01 - Dec 7 |
7 |
by Shirayukin
»»
Dec 9, 9:41 PM |
|
» What fonts do manga use?-Haoto- - May 8, 2018 |
8 |
by DesuMaiden
»»
Dec 9, 9:38 AM |
|
» Do you collect physical copies of manga? ( 1 2 )DesuMaiden - Sep 6 |
60 |
by Cammell
»»
Dec 9, 4:25 AM |
|
» Who is your favourite mangaka?Ragodo - Dec 8 |
5 |
by tchitchouan
»»
Dec 9, 3:47 AM |