English Manga Report
English Manga Report 2006
Manga release statistics for 2006: 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 .
71
new English manga volumes in 2006
- new English volumes
- 71
- publishers
- 7
- median from Japan to English
- 95 months
- series new to English
- 2
Mangainfo counts 71 new English manga volumes released in 2006. They belong to 22 series from 7 publishers. 2005 had 189. That is 118 fewer, a drop of 62.4%.
VIZ Media released the most: 36 volumes, or 50.7% of the year. Dark Horse followed with 16 and Tokyopop with 13.
August was the busiest month with 7 volumes. InuYasha had the most volumes in one month: 2 in August.
A volume took a median of 95 months to go from its Japanese release to its first English edition. The average was 77.3 months. Both figures cover the 43 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 70 months. Dark Horse took the longest at 113 months. InuYasha moved fastest: a median of 5 months over 5 volumes. Monster had the longest wait: a median of 120 months.
2 series got their first English edition in 2006. They are Air Gear and Reborn!. 3 series finished in English. Their last volume came out in 2006. They are Tomie, Battle Royale and Rurouni Kenshin.
New English manga volumes per month, 2006
| Month | Volumes | Status |
|---|---|---|
| January | 3 | Released |
| February | 1 | Released |
| March | 2 | Released |
| April | 4 | Released |
| May | 3 | Released |
| June | 4 | Released |
| July | 6 | Released |
| August | 7 | Released |
| September | 3 | Released |
| October | 5 | Released |
| November | 1 | Released |
| December | 4 | Released |
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<p>Source: <a href="https://mangainfo.com/report/2006">Mangainfo English Manga Report 2006</a></p>Top English manga publishers by new volumes, 2006
| Publisher | Volumes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| VIZ Media | 36 | 50.7% |
| Dark Horse | 16 | 22.5% |
| Tokyopop | 13 | 18.3% |
| Del Rey, Ballantine | 3 | 4.2% |
| ADV Manga | 1 | 1.4% |
| Del Rey | 1 | 1.4% |
| Del Rey/Ballantine Books | 1 | 1.4% |
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<p>Source: <a href="https://mangainfo.com/report/2006">Mangainfo English Manga Report 2006</a></p>Months from Japan to English by publisher, 2006
| Publisher | Median | Average | Volumes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tokyopop | 70 months | 58.1 months | 9 |
| VIZ Media | 97.5 months | 78.7 months | 28 |
| Dark Horse | 113 months | 99.2 months | 6 |
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<p>Source: <a href="https://mangainfo.com/report/2006">Mangainfo English Manga Report 2006</a></p>Fastest and slowest series from Japan to English
| Series | Median | Volumes |
|---|---|---|
| InuYasha | 5 months | 5 |
| Vagabond | 6 months | 3 |
| Kare Kano: His and Her Circumstances | 17.5 months | 2 |
| Zatch Bell! | 50 months | 2 |
| BECK | 70.5 months | 4 |
Started in English
| Series | Publisher | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Air Gear | Del Rey, Ballantine | |
| Reborn! | VIZ Media |
From the license tracker for 2006.
Finished in English
| Series | Volumes | Last volume |
|---|---|---|
| Tomie | 2 | |
| Battle Royale | 15 | |
| Rurouni Kenshin | 28 |
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 2006 that left out 28 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 2006. 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/2006.
Mangainfo. (2006). English Manga Report 2006. https://mangainfo.com/report/2006