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bikkle wrote:Japan publishing heavyweights roll out U.S. comic
WHY DOES MANGA SUCCEED WHERE AMERICAN COMICS FAIL? Frederick L. Schodt's recent book, Dreamland Japan, "almost 2 billion manga books and magazines were sold in Japan in 1995, which means over 15 manga-related items for every person in Japan. The manga industry boasts $6 billion in annual revenues, which amounts to a staggering $50 spent on manga for every Japanese person." ....
GILES: Today, Manga seems to have reached a zenith of popularity in Japan that rivals anything the American comics market could ever imagine. Why is it so popular?
SCHODT: Actually, if you talk to manga publishers in Japan, they will sob and moan and groan about the poor state of the industry. There's a decade-long recession going on. Young readers are spending more and more time on video games and the internet, and spending all their disposable income on cell phones. Manga sales have been static, sometimes even declining for the last few years.
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what [sic] is Shonen Jump?
Shonen Jump are printed in the right-to-left Japanese-reading format to preserve the original artwork--but with English sound effects to make them as easy to read in America as they were in Japan. Produced with the cooperation of the original artists and editors, Shonen Jump is the new language of comics.
http://www.shonenjump.com/what/?PHPSESSID=1b60d6f011e28e62e74988264c25b3c6
Andocrates wrote:I don't think it will succeed, for a few reasons. Manga is generally not in color, and they are very expensive. Manga plays fast and lose with nudity, even in some dragon ball I read, while I'm a big fan of nudity I don't think most moms would approve.
Popular manga gets U.S. version
S.F. publisher launches comic
...Viz has stamped Shonen Jump "Rated T for teen," a voluntary rating similar to the one used by the video game industry. "It's an issue we're sensitive to, " says Rick Bauer, Viz vice president for sales and marketing.
While some of the comics from Japan include elements of sex or violence, Bauer said Viz faces a balancing act between "keeping true to the original intent of the story and the artist's original work, and making sure it's acceptable to U.S. culture."
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