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Emerje
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I honestly had no idea manga artists could make that kind of money in a three year span. Is this normal? And that's just for an adaptation, I've always thought of manga adaptation artists as being on a lower rung compared to original creators (be it a single writer/artist or a duo) since they're likely assigned by a publisher and are happy to do whatever work they can get without much room to negotiate. I guess I wasn't prepared for those numbers. Emerje |
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WANNFH
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It's maybe not sound as standard, but ~1.6M USD of income for three years seems completely fair for a hit manga. |
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Kadmos1
 Posts: 13626 Location: In Phoenix but has an 85308 ZIP |
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I get that most people in the world despise paying taxes. Morally and ethically taxes might be questionable, but it is a legal thing in many jurisdictions. How much one should pay and what they should be taxed on are also concerns.
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Emerje
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No doubt, but we all know how unfair the industry tends to be outside of the really heavy 20+ year hitters. Knowing that someone drawing an adaptation made nearly $2 million over 3 years is an unexpected success story that makes me wonder just what kind of bank NEW successful original creators are making. Emerje |
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Minos_Kurumada
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In Bakuman they give the numbers in Shounen Jump, its a lot if you get a top series, at least 2 characters bought Lamborghinis and irl Rumiko Takahashi is always mentioned as one of the richest women in Japan. ----------- A shame such hero got caught, I personally always help people to evade for free. |
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tinyirnfist0
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Are you kidding? Because that kind of thing will land you in jail. |
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Minos_Kurumada
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If my government was competent enough to catch me then there wouldn't be need for evasion to begin with. I think I have been evading for 20 years and counting. |
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WANNFH
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But considering even the adaptations of successful LN - now if you think that Nekokurage made over 1.5M USD even when the sales of manga were not even at prime and that was years before the TV adaptation that skyrocketed the numbers, now think how much from the splits have Taiki Kawakami, the artist of TenSura manga - which is literally the biggest current hit of Kodansha on manga side. |
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NeverConvex
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Yeah, I think this is likely it -- although, I really suspect it's way more uneven than this 95% suggests. Manga (/books/acting/etc) has an economic model similar to sports: there are only so many eyeballs, but given the ability of modern tech to transmit their work to billions of people, the industry can easily be dominated by a small number of people perceived to be 'the best' at their craft. In a setup like this, I generally expect the top incomes will take home really outsized percentage of overall profits, and the top incomes are almost completely uninformative about the median person's income in the industry. |
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Emerje
Posts: 7424 Location: Maine |
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No doubt, but that's why I clarified in my second post I'm talking more about new talent and adaptations which are typically contracted out by a publisher rather than a creator. Emerje |
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Meexa
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I forget the term/lingo for this. But to my understanding, if you just add up the sales from 20ips within a specific industry. Those top 20 IPS will make up at least 2/3rds of the revenue.
So if you reach best seller once, I wouldn't be surprised you would be making bank. |
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MFrontier
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To be a mangaka or to file taxes...although it's kind of funny how the actual Apothecary Diaries author got involved by telling them to "talk to a tax accountant."
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LegitPancake
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What I don’t understand is why they (she?) are still in trouble. It says they paid all taxes and fees they owed in 2022, so what is there left to be prosecuted for?
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tsog
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You mean Pareto Principle? Never though I'd find people openly advocating breaking tax laws on ANN. |
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Meexa
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Ah yes that is it, thank you. It is the Pareto Principle. |
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