Every major book store has a manga section about twice as big as western comics.
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DudeImMacGyver@sh.itjust.works 2 years ago
Is it more popular? Are you sure you’re not just making an assumption based on your anecdotal experiences?
SeattleRain@lemmy.world 2 years ago
agent_nycto@lemmy.world 2 years ago
That’s also because of how they are printed.
Vendetta9076@sh.itjust.works 2 years ago
Yes.
Demon Slayer either nearly sold the same amount of units in one year as the entire American comic industry or actually just straight up outsold it. Manga is very much larger than comic books.
ICastFist@programming.dev 2 years ago
I remember seeing that headline some time ago.
www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/…/.173234
According to this fact check piece, for 2019, Demon Slayer probably sold around 10.8m copies (Shueisha reported such number), vs 15 million sum of the “top 750 titles” comics. Demon Slayer didn’t outsell “the entire western comic industry”, but it damn well outsold the vast majority of best sellers. I couldn’t find anything concrete for 2020.
Vendetta9076@sh.itjust.works 2 years ago
Yeah I remember there being some uncertainty on the actual numbers when I last looked at it so I said “nearly” cause I didn’t wanna look it up. Thanks for giving the actual numbers though :)
DudeImMacGyver@sh.itjust.works 2 years ago
Didn’t realize this was only comics