Japan s Manga and Comic Industry Hits Record Profits in 2020
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The manga industry is strong in a way it has never been before, and that was made clear last year. Despite the pandemic s supply chain problems, manga sold very well around the world in 2020. Now, a new report has been published about the industry s growth last year, and it turns out the sector has broken records to chart the highest profits on record since 1978.
The publication comes from AJPEA, an organization that tracks the progress of manga and comics sales from Japan. It turns out the combined market size for Japanese comics both print and digital is up more than 20%. Looking at things year over year, the market size for Japanese comics is up 23% which pushed its total to 612.5 billion yen. And for those curious, that is a cool $5.6 billion USD. This record marks the first time the market size has crossed 600 billion yen, and the reason why is clear.
New Anime Poll Ranks the Top Shows of 2020
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The new year is well underway at this point, but there are some looking back to 2020 despite all of its many pitfalls. In fact, anime fans are taking a look at the year to see which series managed to thrive amidst the pandemic, and a good few managed to carve out a name for themselves. That is why a recent poll asked those fans to rank their top shows of 2020, and the results are in at last.
As reported by Anime Corner, the popular fan-page polled followers on Twitter to see what their favorite titles of 2020 were. Nearly 50,000 entries were recorded as fans gave their support to a number of top-tier series. And now, the final results have been released.