Manga Made Up 76% Of Overall Comics & Graphic Novel Sales In The US In 2021

In accordance with NPD BookScan, manga gross sales made up over 76% of gross sales by quantity of the general comics and graphic novel class in the US in 2021.

Manga got here beneath the Grownup Graphic Novels class, which alone grew 107% in comparison with 2020. Manga led the pack and dominated the numbers, as they offered 15 million copies over the gross sales figures in 2020, recording a meteoric rise of 171%.

Manga offered a complete quantity of 24.4 million models in 2021. Gross sales of print manga titles within the U.S. elevated by 3.6 million models within the first quarter of 2021 in comparison with the identical interval in 2020.

Specialists say this was the direct results of the increase in anime, with pandemic stricken readers moving into to a manga shopping for spree. The anime impact was clearly seen, as the highest manga sequence by gross sales have been carefully linked to the preferred anime sequence on OTT platforms like Hulu, Netflix, and Crunchyroll.

Yae Sahashi, Kodansha v-p of gross sales and advertising stated, “Anime and on-line fan communities are all the time the largest drivers of manga gross sales. We imagine there’s been renewed and excited curiosity in anime, with new audiences, introduced in with every new season. Anime is now simpler to look at wherever and at any time when by way of platforms like Netflix, Crunchyroll, and Funimation. Most of the anime premiering proper now have been delayed from 2020 into 2021 as a result of pandemic, which can be partly why spring manga gross sales have surpassed vacation gross sales for the primary time.”

General, graphic novel gross sales in 2021 have been up 65% from 2020. Actually, 21 million extra graphic novels have been offered in 2021 than in 2020.

In accordance with Publishers Weekly, NPD Bookscan’s Govt Director of Enterprise Growth Kristen McLean claimed in a current presentation that value rises could have an affect on e-book gross sales, and that publishers should monitor client reactions.

Nonetheless, comics retailers ought to have an amazing 12 months in 2022, she stated, as extra individuals return to the in-person expertise.

As Jason Mojica of Hey Youngsters Comics in Greenpoint wrote “Folks … anticipate bookstores (and sure, comedian e-book shops) to be magic.” Folks need the magic of touching issues and speaking to individuals once more, and the comics store expertise – all the time as a lot a social occasion as a procuring journey – shall be a part of that.

Supply: ComicsBeat