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A Second Bad Year in a Row for Manga
Sales Down 20% in 2009
Published: 04/16/2010, Last Updated: 04/18/2010 11:57pm
This drop-off comes on the heels of a 17% decline from manga’s high point in 2007
when sales reached their peak of $210 million, which means that manga sales declined
by a third from 2007 to 2009.
2007年のピークから2009年時点で17%の落ち込み
Despite the recent declines, manga remains a key component of the overall graphic market
in North America. In European markets where manga boomed before it hit it big here in
the States, there was a post-boom drop-off, but sales then stabilized at a substantial level.
In spite of a 19% drop in the number of releases and a 20% decline in sales, manga titles still
represented 35% of all the graphic novels released in the U.S. in 2009 and accounted for
a similar percentage of sales in the category.
落ち込んではいるが、北アメリカのコミック・グラフィックノベル市場のキーコンポーネントで
あることには変わりない
ヨーロッパ市場においても同様のブーム後の沈滞はあったが、その後の売り上げは十分
大きなレベルで安定している
北米においても出版数で19%、売り上げで20%の落ち込みにもかかわらず、漫画は出版数で
グラフィックノベル全体の35%を占めているし、売り上げも同様の割合を占めている
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