As Japan's economy started to rapidly descend from the intoxicating highs of the 1980s bubble, the anime and
manga businesses found themselves in need of something big.
After seeing that, Shogakukan, Kodansha, and Akita Shoten all entered the market within the year, but I don't believe that any of them expected that it would become the core of
their manga business.
Creator Kazuki Takahashi first tried to break into
the manga business in 1982, but success eluded him until YU - GI - OH!
Moderator Saki Miyata opened the panel for JManga — a new joint endeavor from Japanese publishers to release manga digitally in English — with a presentation on
the manga business in Japan.
Overdrive, the largest provider of audiobooks and e-books to public libraries is getting into
the manga business.
With Crunchyroll getting into
the manga business, I thought I should do a review of the Crunchyroll manga section.
ICv2 noted four topic points in the North American manga marketplace in the past year: Viz Media maintained its strong # 1 market share, Tokyopop left
the manga business, Kodansha entered the market, and Yen Press rose to # 2 in market share.
Artist / author Kazuki Takahashi first tried to break into
the manga business in 1982, but success eluded him until Yu - Gi - Oh!