Digital Manga and Anime News

Manga in the United States has gained more visibility in the average bookstore over the years. In the early 2000's Barnes and Noble had a single shelf with manga titles that weren't very current. Today, there are entire sections devoted to manga, with multiple bookshelves. This has increased the sheer number of titles, there are hundreds of mainstream ones available, in … [Read more...] about Manga in the US has more visibility than ever before

In the first three months of 2021 manga sales are doing tremendously well in the United States. According to NPD BookScan, print manga titles sold 3.6 million units. Meanwhile, a recent study by ICV2, stated that manga has helped graphic novel sales in North America skyrocket by 80% in 2021, with 4 million units being sold at the beginning of this year. This was the highest … [Read more...] about Manga sales off to a strong start in 2021

Sony are the owners of Funimation and they offered AT&T over one billion dollars to buy Crunchyroll in December. The US Justice department has launched a probe to see if the merger would limit the options of Japanese studios looking to license shows in the US. This probe will delay the closing of the deal by a couple of months. Viewer demand for anime has surged during the … [Read more...] about Department of Justice investigating Funimation and Crunchyroll merger

Funimation and Crunchyroll are two of the largest subscription based anime and manga streaming platforms. They tend to post anime the day it airs in Japan, allowing people access to material and helping curb piracy. Last Week, Sony Pictures announced that AT&T and Warner Media agreed to sell Crunchyroll to Funimation. The deal was in the works for the past couple of months … [Read more...] about Funimation purchases Crunchyroll for $1.2 Billion

Many e-readers and large screen E INK devices are primarily marketed to read ebooks, but manga is increasing in popularity. Many of the biggest brands now support CBZ/CBR files, out of the box. These are chiefly file types that have a bunch of images inside of them. Brands like Pocketbook and Kobo have the best support for this format. There are also a bunch of Android readers … [Read more...] about The best e-readers and E INK devices to read digital manga

Kodansha has announced that they are going to be releasing digital manga, the same day, on ComiXology Unlimited. Anyone with a subscription plan will be able to read new releases of manga including Attack on Titan, EDENS ZERO, The Ghost in the Shell: The Human Algorithm, and more.Manga fans can now read even more Kodansha Comics series at no additional cost with comiXology … [Read more...] about Kodansha to release same-day manga on ComiXology Unlimited

Viz Media is one of the largest distributors of manga and anime. The company has just partnered with Funimation, the second largest streaming platform, next to Crunchyroll. The new deal will include 2018 sci-fi boxing anime Megalo Box and Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet. They'll join existing titles from the VIZ Media catalog, such as Hunter x Hunter, on September 22nd, and a … [Read more...] about Viz partners with Funimation for streaming anime

Viz Media is one of the largest manga distributors in the United States and due to COVID, sales are booming. Kevin Hamric, the vice president of publishing sales at Viz Media recently gave an interview to ICV2 and stated "VIZ has been doing extraordinarily well during the pandemic period. Our sales are beyond expectations. For VIZ, it's extremely good, but the manga market is … [Read more...] about Manga Sales are booming due to COVID