English Manga Report
English Manga Report 2004
Manga release statistics for 2004: new English volumes by month and by publisher, and how long a volume takes to come from Japan to English. Computed from Mangainfo's catalog of English editions.
Updated .
88
new English manga volumes in 2004
- new English volumes
- 88
- publishers
- 7
- median from Japan to English
- 107 months
- series new to English
- 4
Mangainfo counts 88 new English manga volumes released in 2004. They belong to 24 series from 7 publishers. 2003 had 136. That is 48 fewer, a drop of 35.3%.
VIZ Media released the most: 39 volumes, or 44.3% of the year. Dark Horse followed with 19 and Ballantine Books Inc with 15.
February was the busiest month with 4 volumes. InuYasha had the most volumes in one month: 2 in June.
A volume took a median of 107 months to go from its Japanese release to its first English edition. The average was 97.8 months. Both figures cover the 36 volumes whose dates in Japan and in English are known at least to the month. Vagabond moved fastest: a median of 29 months over 5 volumes. Ranma ½ had the longest wait: a median of 168 months.
4 series got their first English edition in 2004. Among them are Trigun Maximum, xxxHOLiC and Red River. 3 series finished in English. Their last volume came out in 2004. They are Azumanga Daioh, Trigun Maximum and xxxHOLiC.
New English manga volumes per month, 2004
| Month | Volumes | Status |
|---|---|---|
| January | 3 | Released |
| February | 4 | Released |
| March | 4 | Released |
| April | 4 | Released |
| May | 3 | Released |
| June | 2 | Released |
| July | 1 | Released |
| August | 3 | Released |
| September | 3 | Released |
| October | 4 | Released |
| November | 1 | Released |
| December | 4 | Released |
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<p>Source: <a href="https://mangainfo.com/report/2004">Mangainfo English Manga Report 2004</a></p>Top English manga publishers by new volumes, 2004
| Publisher | Volumes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| VIZ Media | 39 | 44.3% |
| Dark Horse | 19 | 21.6% |
| Ballantine Books Inc | 15 | 17% |
| Tokyopop | 9 | 10.2% |
| ADV Manga | 4 | 4.5% |
| Chuang Yi Publishing | 1 | 1.1% |
| Gutsoon Entertainment | 1 | 1.1% |
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<p>Source: <a href="https://mangainfo.com/report/2004">Mangainfo English Manga Report 2004</a></p>Months from Japan to English by publisher, 2004
| Publisher | Median | Average | Volumes |
|---|---|---|---|
| VIZ Media | 107 months | 95.7 months | 31 |
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<p>Source: <a href="https://mangainfo.com/report/2004">Mangainfo English Manga Report 2004</a></p>Fastest and slowest series from Japan to English
| Series | Median | Volumes |
|---|---|---|
| Vagabond | 29 months | 5 |
| InuYasha | 50 months | 6 |
| X | 69.5 months | 2 |
| Red River | 107 months | 3 |
| Battle Angel Alita | 130.5 months | 2 |
| Series | Median | Volumes |
|---|---|---|
| Ranma ½ | 168 months | 5 |
| Berserk | 153.5 months | 2 |
| Basara | 138.5 months | 6 |
| Battle Angel Alita | 130.5 months | 2 |
| Red River | 107 months | 3 |
Started in English
| Series | Publisher | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Trigun Maximum | Dark Horse | |
| xxxHOLiC | Ballantine Books Inc | |
| Red River | VIZ Media | |
| Zatch Bell! | VIZ Media |
From the license tracker for 2004.
Finished in English
| Series | Volumes | Last volume |
|---|---|---|
| Azumanga Daioh | 4 | |
| Trigun Maximum | 14 | |
| xxxHOLiC | 19 |
Month by month
Methodology
The report counts Japanese manga volumes in English. A volume counts once, in the month of its first English edition from a manga publisher. Later editions of the same volume, such as an ebook after the print book or an omnibus, do not count again. Library rebinds and distributors do not count as publishers. A volume dated only to a year counts in the year but in no month.
The time from Japan to English is counted in calendar months, from the month of the Japanese release to the month of the first English edition. Only volumes whose dates are known at least to the month on both sides count. That keeps a guessed day out of the figures. A volume whose English date comes before its Japanese date is left out as a data error. In 2004 that left out 51 volumes without a date to the month, 1 without a Japanese date and 0 with English first. A publisher needs 5 such volumes for its own figure, and a series 2.
The data is Mangainfo's catalog: the series with a page on Mangainfo, without adult series. It is large but not complete, so older years and small publishers are undercounted. English edition data comes largely from ISBNdb. Japanese dates come from the National Diet Library. "Started in English" uses the license tracker. "Finished in English" is a series finished in Japan whose every volume is out in English, with the last one out in 2004. The figures are computed again every day, so they change as the catalog grows.
Use and cite
The figures and charts are free to use with credit: "Source: Mangainfo" and a link to this page. The rows behind them are in the open dataset under CC BY 4.0. The figures are also at /api/v1/report/2004.
Mangainfo. (2004). English Manga Report 2004. https://mangainfo.com/report/2004