MCD
Honest Work
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Were there any particular content trends that you are seeing as far as particular kinds of series that people seemed to be gravitating toward in this period?
My Hero Academia still leads the pack. It seems to be the Shonen Jump-type things, with My Hero Academia and One Punch Man. Anything with Junji Ito's name on it has just incredibly high sales right now. So, horror manga seems to be strong.
Spy x Family just came out, Volume 1, and those sales are very strong. So the Shonen Jump stuff and the Shonen-type series seem to be leading the pack.
Full interview: https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/46277/manga-covid-era-binge-reading-box-sets-volume-1s-more
Thanks to: NSESN
Well deserved, Horikoshi.
Ultra
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It's definitely been my go-to Shounen ever since Hunter x Hunter went on indefinite Hiatus.
Bigkrev
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I don't find this particularly surprising? It's been popular for years, it's regularly one of the best selling graphic novels in america each month, and there is a giant population of people who had more discretionary spending money since the pandemic started and wiped out live events like Sports/concerts/conventions/bars/etc and travel, so why not try to finally pick up a series you have heard about for years, or go back and start buying missing volumes?
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MCD
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Bigkrev said:
I don't find this particularly surprising? It's been popular for years, it's regularly one of the best selling graphic novels in america each month, and there is a giant population of people who had more discretionary spending money since the pandemic started and wiped out live events like Sports/concerts/conventions/bars/etc and travel, so why not try to finally pick up a series you have heard about for years, or go back and start buying missing volumes?
Current pandemic made it explode:
Observer: My Hero Academia Is U.S.'s 2nd Most 'In-Demand' TV Title in Last 60 Days
Data is tracked through social media, fan ratings, piracy
www.animenewsnetwork.com
Which is good news and bodes well for the series future.
jman0625
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Just wondering because of how the manga is going, how did Naruto's manga sales change post time skip?
Thatonedice1
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The latest arc has been a roller coaster of hype so I understand why.
Blackage
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Yeah this current arc is bonkers.
KNZFive
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I'm more surprised to hear that Junji Ito stuff is apparently selling extremely well. It was just a few years ago that his stuff felt like a "best kept secret" for manga fans, as horror wasn't a top selling genre. But I guess word of mouth and online discussion over the years has spread his name in the West as THE horror manga author.
He's a legend, so I'm glad to see his stuff selling so well in the West/US.
Dale Copper
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MCD said:
Current pandemic made it explode:
Observer: My Hero Academia Is U.S.'s 2nd Most 'In-Demand' TV Title in Last 60 Days
Data is tracked through social media, fan ratings, piracy
www.animenewsnetwork.com
Which is good news and bodes well for the series future.
Parrot Analytics, a data firm that tracks TV popularity through social media, fan ratings, and piracy to figure out who's watching what, here are the 10 most in-demand TV titles in the United States over the last 60 days. "
Into the trash this article goes.
NotLiquid
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The ongoing arc right now is firing on all cylinders, might end up being the best one yet depending on how they stick the landing.
rrc1594
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NotLiquid said:
The ongoing arc right now is firing on all cylinders, might end up being the best one yet depending on how they stick the landing.
Which is always an issue I have with MHA
B.K.
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I need to catch up. I haven't read the series in over a year.
Trafalgar Law
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it's ok, caught up, still feels a bit dissapoinitng
jujutsu kaisen and chainsaw man are superior, cant wait for them to blow up
Curler
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Good to see Spy x Family doing really well too! Well-deserved!
Lunar Wolf
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jman0625 said:
Just wondering because of how the manga is going, how did Naruto's manga sales change post time skip?
It did extremely well still.
Post-timeskip, the first arc of the post-timeskip era was beating One Piece and 1st place in Shonen Jump's rankings.
It became second place to One Piece in Shonen Jump's rankings during the course of the second arc and Kishimoto's inability to keep that forward momentum going and it stayed second place for 5 more more arcs from 2006-2011.
It was until the War Arc that it dipped to third place for the rest of its tenure (2012-2015)
HStallion
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I'll have to check it out again but so many disappointing story arcs really burned me out. Not surprised by the popularity what-so-ever though. It was huge even before the pandemic.
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