I mean other Asian markets like China and Southeast Asia (Korea is a major one). It's weird that Chinese market is only a third of French market when you compare their population.
I mean, it makes sense. China is infamous as a country that will ban and/or censor anything which conflicts with government beliefs in some way, so most popular manga I imagine wouldn't fly over there. And Korea has a long, very complicated history of hatred towards the Japanese ontop of being pretty censorship happy themselves. Boichi even went on record saying that he moved to Japan because the Korean comic market being virtually dead.
Ehm, I should clarify my point on Korea. They are forth biggest market after Japan, NA, France.
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Yeah. The pirating is likely affecting markets more than censorship.
Imagine the sales of a new Kimetsu volume without severe stock issues.
I read somewhere the main readerbase in the explosion is middle-aged women.
It was on the news when volume 18 got released and apparently the series is super popular with women in their 30s and 40s. It was the only demographic mentioned but it probably has found success with many others.
That's really interesting to hear, but it helps explain how these enormous backlog sales can stay steady after so long. I wonder if Weekly Shonen Jump total magazine sales will also improve as a result of Kimetsu's explosive popularity?
Doubtful. More people follow by volume than by magazine nowadays. The Kimetsu volumes are about three volumes behind the current point of serialization as well, and with the final battle ongoing it's impossible to jump in.
Well, we can have information about the main demographic of Kimetsu no Yaiba here:
hon-hikidashi.jp
They're really saying screw you to the anime-onlys aren't they?
Yeah I can see why just like HunterXHunter and Hitman Reborn the majority of the main cast are male characters
That second PV is beyond hype. I didn't watch the first one but I'll definitely watch this one. They are both canon too which is nice to knowThey're really saying screw you to the anime-onlys aren't they?
Then that's pretty much before the explosion.Well, we can have information about the main demographic of Kimetsu no Yaiba here:
アニメ化効果は最大9.0倍！2019年春アニメの原作コミック売上ランキングベスト5 | ほんのひきだし
2019年春アニメの原作コミック 売上ランキングベスト5 2019年4月より、春クールのTVアニメがスタート。今クールも漫画原作のタイトルが豊作で、その数は約30タイトルにものぼります。 アニメの原作コミックは、通常、放送開始とともに売上が大きく跳ね上がります。人気の高いアニメほどその傾向は強いので、「原作コミックの売上を見れば、どのアニメ作品に人気があるのかわかる」ともいえるでしょう。 放送中の
The ratio male:female is 4:6
The main age for the audience is 10s and 20s. So, not middle age.
PS: The manga was released only until Volume 15 when this information appear.