English Manga Report
English Manga Report 2005
Manga release statistics for 2005: 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 .
189
new English manga volumes in 2005
- new English volumes
- 189
- publishers
- 8
- median from Japan to English
- 40 months
- series new to English
- 3
Mangainfo counts 189 new English manga volumes released in 2005. They belong to 27 series from 8 publishers. 2004 had 88. That is 101 more, a rise of 114.8%.
VIZ Media released the most: 154 volumes, or 81.5% of the year. Tokyopop followed with 18 and Dark Horse with 6.
July was the busiest month with 8 volumes.
A volume took a median of 40 months to go from its Japanese release to its first English edition. The average was 62.5 months. Both figures cover the 49 volumes whose dates in Japan and in English are known at least to the month. Tokyopop was the fastest of the publishers with 5 or more such volumes, at a median of 36 months. VIZ Media took the longest at 45.5 months. Vagabond moved fastest: a median of 11 months over 3 volumes. Berserk had the longest wait: a median of 134 months.
3 series got their first English edition in 2005. They are Eden: It's an Endless World!, Yotsuba&! and BECK. 5 series finished in English. Their last volume came out in 2005. Among them are Eyeshield 21, Fullmetal Alchemist and Ouran High School Host Club.
New English manga volumes per month, 2005
| Month | Volumes | Status |
|---|---|---|
| January | 2 | Released |
| February | 6 | Released |
| March | 3 | Released |
| April | 4 | Released |
| May | 7 | Released |
| June | 1 | Released |
| July | 8 | Released |
| August | 1 | Released |
| September | 5 | Released |
| October | 2 | Released |
| November | 6 | Released |
| December | 4 | Released |
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<p>Source: <a href="https://mangainfo.com/report/2005">Mangainfo English Manga Report 2005</a></p>Top English manga publishers by new volumes, 2005
| Publisher | Volumes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| VIZ Media | 154 | 81.5% |
| Tokyopop | 18 | 9.5% |
| Dark Horse | 6 | 3.2% |
| ADV Manga | 4 | 2.1% |
| Del Rey, Ballantine | 3 | 1.6% |
| Del Rey/Ballantine Books | 2 | 1.1% |
| Del Rey | 1 | 0.5% |
| Scholastic Incorporated | 1 | 0.5% |
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<p>Source: <a href="https://mangainfo.com/report/2005">Mangainfo English Manga Report 2005</a></p>Months from Japan to English by publisher, 2005
| Publisher | Median | Average | Volumes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tokyopop | 36 months | 39.1 months | 12 |
| VIZ Media | 45.5 months | 64.5 months | 34 |
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<p>Source: <a href="https://mangainfo.com/report/2005">Mangainfo English Manga Report 2005</a></p>Fastest and slowest series from Japan to English
| Series | Median | Volumes |
|---|---|---|
| Vagabond | 11 months | 3 |
| Death Note | 17 months | 2 |
| Ouran High School Host Club | 22 months | 3 |
| Kare Kano: His and Her Circumstances | 22.5 months | 4 |
| Eyeshield 21 | 26 months | 4 |
| Series | Median | Volumes |
|---|---|---|
| Berserk | 134 months | 3 |
| Basara | 132 months | 3 |
| Ranma ½ | 128 months | 3 |
| Red River | 103 months | 5 |
| Hunter x Hunter | 80 months | 3 |
Started in English
| Series | Publisher | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Eden: It's an Endless World! | Dark Horse | |
| Yotsuba&! | ADV Manga | |
| BECK | Tokyopop |
From the license tracker for 2005.
Finished in English
| Series | Volumes | Last volume |
|---|---|---|
| Eyeshield 21 | 37 | |
| Fullmetal Alchemist | 27 | |
| Ouran High School Host Club | 18 | |
| Battle Angel Alita | 9 | |
| GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka | 25 |
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 2005 that left out 140 volumes without a date to the month, 0 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 2005. 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/2005.
Mangainfo. (2005). English Manga Report 2005. https://mangainfo.com/report/2005