English Manga Report
English Manga Report 2010
Manga release statistics for 2010: 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 .
174
new English manga volumes in 2010
- new English volumes
- 174
- publishers
- 3
- median from Japan to English
- 66 months
- series new to English
- 3
Mangainfo counts 174 new English manga volumes released in 2010. They belong to 16 series from 3 publishers. 2009 had 112. That is 62 more, a rise of 55.4%.
VIZ Media released the most: 168 volumes, or 96.6% of the year. Tokyopop followed with 5 and Chuang Yi Publishing with 1.
November was the busiest month with 13 volumes. Naruto had the most volumes in one month: 5 in November.
A volume took a median of 66 months to go from its Japanese release to its first English edition. The average was 77.4 months. Both figures cover the 43 volumes whose dates in Japan and in English are known at least to the month. Vagabond moved fastest: a median of 5 months over 3 volumes. Dragon Ball had the longest wait: a median of 216 months.
3 series got their first English edition in 2010. They are Dengeki Daisy, Natsume's Book of Friends and Dragon Ball. 5 series finished in English. Their last volume came out in 2010. Among them are Bakuman。, Dengeki Daisy and Kamisama Kiss.
New English manga volumes per month, 2010
| Month | Volumes | Status |
|---|---|---|
| January | 3 | Released |
| February | 1 | Released |
| March | 0 | Released |
| April | 3 | Released |
| May | 1 | Released |
| June | 3 | Released |
| July | 3 | Released |
| August | 3 | Released |
| September | 2 | Released |
| October | 4 | Released |
| November | 13 | Released |
| December | 7 | Released |
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<p>Source: <a href="https://mangainfo.com/report/2010">Mangainfo English Manga Report 2010</a></p>Top English manga publishers by new volumes, 2010
| Publisher | Volumes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| VIZ Media | 168 | 96.6% |
| Tokyopop | 5 | 2.9% |
| Chuang Yi Publishing | 1 | 0.6% |
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<p>Source: <a href="https://mangainfo.com/report/2010">Mangainfo English Manga Report 2010</a></p>Months from Japan to English by publisher, 2010
| Publisher | Median | Average | Volumes |
|---|---|---|---|
| VIZ Media | 67.5 months | 81.6 months | 40 |
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<p>Source: <a href="https://mangainfo.com/report/2010">Mangainfo English Manga Report 2010</a></p>Fastest and slowest series from Japan to English
| Series | Median | Volumes |
|---|---|---|
| Vagabond | 5 months | 3 |
| Toriko | 22 months | 3 |
| Deadman Wonderland | 29.5 months | 2 |
| InuYasha | 36 months | 7 |
| Natsume's Book of Friends | 42.5 months | 2 |
| Series | Median | Volumes |
|---|---|---|
| Dragon Ball | 216 months | 3 |
| One Piece | 148 months | 6 |
| Naruto | 122 months | 6 |
| Shaman King | 73.5 months | 2 |
| Strawberry 100% | 67.5 months | 4 |
Started in English
| Series | Publisher | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Dengeki Daisy | VIZ Media | |
| Natsume's Book of Friends | VIZ Media | |
| Dragon Ball | VIZ Media |
From the license tracker for 2010.
Finished in English
| Series | Volumes | Last volume |
|---|---|---|
| Bakuman。 | 20 | |
| Dengeki Daisy | 16 | |
| Kamisama Kiss | 25 | |
| Toriko | 43 | |
| Red River | 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 2010 that left out 131 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 2010. 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/2010.
Mangainfo. (2010). English Manga Report 2010. https://mangainfo.com/report/2010