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Toren Smith predicts manga industry to go bust

posted on 2004-04-14 22:10 EDT by Christopher Macdonald

The often outspoken founder of Studio Proteus is featured in an article in the Comics Journal. He predicts that the current flood of manga titles in the North American market will lead to a drop in sales caused by the importation of lots of "crap" manga that is imported to meet demand.

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