Forum - View topicNEWS: Dark Horse's Manga Sales Up 13%, Vertical Also Up 18%
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Shay Guy
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So there might actually be a solid case for a Rose of Versailles license? |
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Anton Chigurh
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Weird. I just bought MW - my first Vertical title - and have been reading Black Jack from the library. May this good news come frequently.
Not. Happening. And I'd snap it up on the first day if it ever came out, but I don't see the market being kind to such a dark - almost mindlessly so - series. We'll have to make do with Viz Signature's Bokurano release for the time being, one-book-every-six-months schedule and all. |
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Sakagami Tomoyo
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It's good to hear it's not all doom and gloom in the manga publishing world.
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BrightxRingxFirefly
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I'm glad to hear that these two are doing well in such a tough climate, especially with titles that aren't exactly trendy. I've been picking up Vertical's Tezuka releases and am gearing up to grab the CLAMP omnibuses that DH is putting out.
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The Xenos
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Good to see, in my opinion, are two of the best US manga publishers are doing well.
It's a shame something like CMX is gone, but DC never ran it like it was expected to last. I swear the higher ups just wanted (false) proof that there's no money in manga and the good old boy system of men in tights is the only show in down. |
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littlegreenwolf
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Hmm, maybe if these CLAMP rereleases do well enough, we'll see Dark Horse venture more into the shoujo market. I can't recall many titles of theirs being shoujo oriented. Usually they go for "traditional" comic themes.
Unfortunately I already own most CLAMP items they're releasing, so not much from me there for purchases. I do wonder though if my Okimono Kimono book came in yet. |
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njprogfan
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I agree, it's nice to hear some good news during all this manga doom and gloom recently. |
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GATSU
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Good for Black Jack. I guess the CR upload of the anime's been good for it after all. Time for the CPM OVAs to be license-rescued now, too.
As for Dark Horse, if they're making money, maybe they can take a chance on YUA and 3X3 Eyes again. But yeah, it helps to publish titles people actually want to read, not just Harlequin manga. 
Glorious:
It's not just that. The younger buyers are actually interested in this stuff, but companies have been awful at marketing those titles. In fact, older buyers are actually pickier than younger buyers. So for them, a release like Black Jack is a steal. Shay: Jason said the manga-ka's charging a ransom for a U.S. release. 
As for Shadow Star, I'm creeped out enough by Bokurano's compensated dating sub-plot, so no dice-especially with current legal issues. greenwolf: Other than OMG, DH has been awful at winning over shoujo readers. They practically lost out on the manga boom. |
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ikillchicken
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Good. I don't read much manga but what I do read is mostly from Dark Horse.
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ABCBTom
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What? So many people reading Eden? Where have you people been hiding? I thought I was the only one.
Come out of the closet, Eden fans. I hear people talking up series all of the time, but never Eden. Series that are well-kept secrets do not get finished. Spread the love! |
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Patachu
Past ANN Contributor
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I think the important thing to take from this is that the "grown-up manga" publishers are succeeding, while the ones that invested heavily in the teen market are getting hosed.
Predictions: Non-manga pubs like Fantagraphics and D&Q continue to dig up the works of "old masters" and release them as overpriced volumes that snooty collectors will gladly pay for. Viz's Signature and IKKI lines continue to strengthen, becoming second in importance only to Shonen Jump. Tokyopop continues to survive as a company for Ihavenofreakingcluehow but I guess some people will pay for anything with the words "Warcraft" on it. |
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Anton Chigurh
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Hah. It's no secret Naruto, One Piece and the likes are the series moving the big numbers, but to hear/read that the titles immediately below them in terms of sales are seinen titles gets me all giddy. I would've believed series by Naoki Urasawa (to mention only one author) weren't selling even one fifth of what the big names were. I do wonder - and it's fine if this information cannot be made public at all - how well they actually do. Hopefully well enough. |
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Pirkaf
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While loosers blame scanlations for their sales decrease, companies who actually care about their manga (quality paper, quality translation etc.) increase their sales. Good job!
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GATSU
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Patachu: That's not entirely accurate. DH lost money on Satsuma Gishiden, and only seems to be breaking even on Eden at best, while Vertical hasn't really done well with the Keiko Takemiya stuff. And the teen demo is probably still the biggest chunk of the market, given the continued success of Naruto. What the publishers bet wrong on in general was flooding the market with copy-cats and wannabes without working on brand recognition. But I think the holdover manga fans who got into the boom when they were younger are willing to expand beyond the shonen and shojo stuff, and their WOM is boosting sales to titles which would otherwise be more niche. As for the older stuff being over-priced, with Amazon discounts, and higher-than-average page counts, those are actually pretty good deals. Try buying all of the U.S. One Piece out right now. Now that's friggin' expensive. And Tokyopop's surviving off of Fruits Basket. As long as they don't bet on too many new titles at once, again, they might be able to re-expand their market share one day.
Anton: I doubt Urasawa does well, or Animeigo would have a reason to finish Yawara. But 20CB, Pluto and the Monster anime are probably helping to gradually build interest in his other stuff. |
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Tamaria
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I wish Americans weren't so... American. The series is available in many different languages, so why not English? Maybe I should just buy that new French edition from Glenat... I haven't read any French books/comics in ages, but judging from the summaries, my French hasn't gotten very rusty...
The manga subforum? :) |
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