Japan’s Manga Market Contracts as Print Collapse Outpaces Digital Gains
Japan’s manga market falls 1.7% to ¥693bn in 2025, ending eight-year growth streak as print sales collapse 14.4% and digital growth stalls at 2.9%.
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Category: Comics
When Christie’s puts Sailor Moon next to Hokusai, publishing should pay attention
Christie’s first anime and manga sale signals a cultural reappraisal with major implications for how publishers manage the long-term value of their physical IP.
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Japan’s Content Industry: From Cultural Superpower to Economic Pillar
Japan boosts content industry budget to ¥35bn, targeting ¥20tn overseas sales by 2033. New policies address piracy, AI translation and creator working conditions amid global competition.
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When Ink Becomes Gold: Record Sales Reshape the Collectibles Market
A Pokémon card and a Superman comic have shattered collectibles records, with sales of $16.5m and $15m — what does this mean for the publishing industry?
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Manga Publishing’s Strategic Pivot to India
Analysis of Yoshitoki Ōima’s India tour as a strategic publishing play by Japanese stakeholders targeting institutional gatekeepers and emerging market share.
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Fans Lined Up All Night For The First Day Of The 2026 Taipei International Comics & Animation Festival
Taipei’s 500 000-fan anime expo: 100 vendors, NT$250 m spend, new safety rules, youth vouchers and a push for local IP—what publishers can learn.
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From Sketchbook to Shelf: One Publisher’s Quest to Build a Congolese Comics Industry
Jevic Josué Otiléon, founder of Centrale Comics, on winning the Prix Lili 2025 and building a sustainable comics ecosystem in Congo and beyond.
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Superman Comic Sells for Record $15M Million. What This Means for Publishing (And for Me!)
Record $15M Superman comic sale signals new era for publishing professionals examining alternative investments and cultural asset values in rare publications.
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South Korea Imposes Mandatory AI-Labelling Of Content. TNPS Asks: Creative Safeguard or Sales Killer?
South Korea’s AI Basic Act forces webtoon platforms to label AI-assisted content, sparking debate over transparency, creativity and reader trust.
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Saudi Arabia Is Teaching Teenagers To Make Manga – Western Publishers Wake Up And Smell The Cultural Coffee
Cultural Caf© and Saudi partners train young creators to script and illustrate manga rooted in local heritage, signalling a new rights-buying opportunity for publishers.
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AnimeJapan 2026: Unprecedented Business Opportunities for Publishing Professionals
AnimeJapan 2026 offers publishing professionals unprecedented access to licensing deals and market insights at Tokyo Big Sight, 30-31 March, following record-breaking public days.
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India’s Comics Industry 2025: IP Gold Rush Meets AI Disruption
India’s comic market hit $687M in 2024, projected to reach $1.35B by 2030. Key trends: AI disruption, transmedia expansion, and original IP driving global ambitions.
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