Lessons from Otaku Mangaka
In Japan, on Amazon, and across the globe, Japanese comics are selling gangbusters. This year, the fantastic manga “Kimetsu no Yaiba (Demon Slayer)” broke the record for the best-selling comic in Japan, with more than 100 million comics sold.
To give you an idea of how gargantuan this is, consider that there are only 126 million people in the land of the rising sun. According to one survey by Oricon Monitor Research, more than 90 percent of Japan’s population knows about “Demon Slayer.” In another poll, school children reported admiring the hero of the comic — Tanjiro Kamado — more than they do their own parents.