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NEWS: 2011 Comic Sales Totaled 271.71 Billion Yen in Japan


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Sunday Silence



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PostPosted: Mon Jan 23, 2012 5:44 pm Reply with quote
And they say their loosing money from the pirates? Gimme a break now....
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Cecilthedarkknight_234



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PostPosted: Mon Jan 23, 2012 5:57 pm Reply with quote
oh gee and the manga industry is dying yeah right.. it made a total of 3.520019billion us dollars..
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 23, 2012 6:10 pm Reply with quote
So how much money is that just from One Piece
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Sunday Silence



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PostPosted: Mon Jan 23, 2012 6:16 pm Reply with quote
firedragon54738 wrote:
So how much money is that just from One Piece


Good point. but still, given that it's one of the most pirated (ha!) titles out there......the piracy argument is very hard to believe.
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 23, 2012 6:24 pm Reply with quote
firedragon54738 wrote:
So how much money is that just from One Piece

If we use the average price of manga, 500 yen, in Japan then apply that to the total sales from 2011. We can guess that OP's contribution would be around 19 billion yen, which is about 7% of the total comic sales in Japan.
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 23, 2012 6:35 pm Reply with quote
Sunday Silence wrote:
And they say [they're losing] money from the pirates? Gimme a break now....

That's the American industry, not Japanese. How you can mistake the two, which are vastly different, is beyond me.
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I was going to say "in before people say the industry is dying due to a less than 1% loss in numbers", but it turns out they made more money than last year regardless.
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 23, 2012 6:52 pm Reply with quote
Wow Oda just keeps raking it in doesnt he. Well the series is amazing so he does deserve it Rolling Eyes
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Cecilthedarkknight_234



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PostPosted: Mon Jan 23, 2012 6:55 pm Reply with quote
Megiddo wrote:
Sunday Silence wrote:
And they say [they're losing] money from the pirates? Gimme a break now....

That's the American industry, not Japanese. How you can mistake the two, which are vastly different, is beyond me.


true enough there but people talk about it dying in the japan as well.
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Sunday Silence



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PostPosted: Mon Jan 23, 2012 7:12 pm Reply with quote
Megiddo wrote:
Sunday Silence wrote:
And they say [they're losing] money from the pirates? Gimme a break now....

That's the American industry, not Japanese. How you can mistake the two, which are vastly different, is beyond me.


http://io9.com/5874951/why-manga-publishing-is-dying-and-how-it-could-get-better

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But the problem isn't just about fickle Americans — the Japanese manga market is hurting too. Sales of manga magazines, the traditional delivery medium for manga in Japan, peaked in 1995, and have been falling ever since. Graphic novel sales remained steady longer, but have also declined.
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population_tire



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PostPosted: Mon Jan 23, 2012 7:33 pm Reply with quote
daichi383 wrote:
Wow Oda just keeps raking it in doesnt he. Well the series is amazing so he does deserve it Rolling Eyes
That eye roll bothers me.
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BigOnAnime
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 23, 2012 7:34 pm Reply with quote
Megiddo wrote:
Sunday Silence wrote:
And they say [they're losing] money from the pirates? Gimme a break now....

That's the American industry, not Japanese. How you can mistake the two, which are vastly different, is beyond me.
Indeed, I mean look at the difference (Bottom of this article.). Hardly any money is made off of manga here compared to Japan.
animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-04-15/america-2009-anime-market-pegged-at-us$2.741-billion
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enurtsol



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So, less and less Japanese are reading books? Laughing
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TitanXL



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PostPosted: Mon Jan 23, 2012 9:05 pm Reply with quote
Sunday Silence wrote:
Megiddo wrote:
Sunday Silence wrote:
And they say [they're losing] money from the pirates? Gimme a break now....

That's the American industry, not Japanese. How you can mistake the two, which are vastly different, is beyond me.


http://io9.com/5874951/why-manga-publishing-is-dying-and-how-it-could-get-better

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But the problem isn't just about fickle Americans — the Japanese manga market is hurting too. Sales of manga magazines, the traditional delivery medium for manga in Japan, peaked in 1995, and have been falling ever since. Graphic novel sales remained steady longer, but have also declined.


Please don't use any of Gawker's sites as credible sources, they live entirely on sensationalist opinionated editorials. And the comments are even worse and clearly aimed at people who only watch Toonami/Adult Swim. Sankaku Complex probably offers more objectivity, or at least doesn't pretend to be anything more than it is.
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Sunday Silence



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PostPosted: Mon Jan 23, 2012 10:28 pm Reply with quote
TitanXL wrote:
Sankaku Complex probably offers more objectivity, or at least doesn't pretend to be anything more than it is.


But they have nudity on the front page.
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