However, the last few years, despite the production problems related to the pandemic, have had one increased demand for comics, paper or digital, in many countries around the world. For this reason, it is interesting to see how the industry has grown with the data available and what the revenues of the big companies have been publishers.
On the one hand, while American comics continue to enjoy great popularity at home and abroad, manga are ei Oriental comics in general have managed to far outstrip American productions. This popularity must surely be related to the almost simultaneous spread of anime, series and films in different parts of the world with extraordinary success and dizzying box office numbers.
In the graph at the bottom of the page, created by the Europe Comics team based on data collected in 2020-2021, the top-selling publisher was the giant Shueisha, now the undisputed pillar of Japanese comics at $1.8 billion. Kodansha, another major manga publisher, follows at $1.25 billion and Kadokawa at $1 billion. Also surprising is the Naver Corporation, owner of Webtoon, which manages with 500 million dollars overcome both Marvel Comics and DC comicsthe two reference publishers in the American panorama of comics mainly dedicated to superheroes.
Important results that show how much the Japanese comic culture and oriental is now an integral part of the culture in other countries. Let us know what you think by leaving a comment below.
more fun with data — @EuropeComics posted this graph showing the estimated earnings of the 10 largest comic book publishers in the world over the period 2020-2021. Top 4? all #manga Publishers, with Korean #webtoons (Cocoa/Tapas) and Naver (Webtoon) at #5/#6, easily overtaking Marvel & DC. pic.twitter.com/Dzv3GL5kLV
— Deb Aoki (@debaoki) February 7, 2023
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