English Manga Report
English Manga Report 2012
Manga release statistics for 2012: 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 .
103
new English manga volumes in 2012
- new English volumes
- 103
- publishers
- 5
- median from Japan to English
- 45.5 months
- series new to English
- 6
Mangainfo counts 103 new English manga volumes released in 2012. They belong to 21 series from 5 publishers. 2011 had 305. That is 202 fewer, a drop of 66.2%.
VIZ Media released the most: 86 volumes, or 83.5% of the year. Vertical followed with 11 and Kodansha with 3.
October was the busiest month with 14 volumes. Kimi ni Todoke: From Me to You had the most volumes in one month: 4 in April.
A volume took a median of 45.5 months to go from its Japanese release to its first English edition. The average was 63 months. Both figures cover the 94 volumes whose dates in Japan and in English are known at least to the month. Naruto moved fastest: a median of 5.5 months over 2 volumes. Hikaru no Go had the longest wait: a median of 135 months.
6 series got their first English edition in 2012. Among them are Kimi ni Todoke: From Me to You, Dawn of the Arcana and High School Debut. One series finished in English. Its last volume came out in 2012. It is No Longer Human.
New English manga volumes per month, 2012
| Month | Volumes | Status |
|---|---|---|
| January | 4 | Released |
| February | 1 | Released |
| March | 2 | Released |
| April | 8 | Released |
| May | 8 | Released |
| June | 9 | Released |
| July | 12 | Released |
| August | 9 | Released |
| September | 9 | Released |
| October | 14 | Released |
| November | 12 | Released |
| December | 6 | Released |
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<p>Source: <a href="https://mangainfo.com/report/2012">Mangainfo English Manga Report 2012</a></p>Top English manga publishers by new volumes, 2012
| Publisher | Volumes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| VIZ Media | 86 | 83.5% |
| Vertical | 11 | 10.7% |
| Kodansha | 3 | 2.9% |
| Yen Press | 2 | 1.9% |
| Chuang Yi Publishing | 1 | 1% |
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<p>Source: <a href="https://mangainfo.com/report/2012">Mangainfo English Manga Report 2012</a></p>Months from Japan to English by publisher, 2012
| Publisher | Median | Average | Volumes |
|---|---|---|---|
| VIZ Media | 50 months | 64.5 months | 86 |
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<p>Source: <a href="https://mangainfo.com/report/2012">Mangainfo English Manga Report 2012</a></p>Fastest and slowest series from Japan to English
| Series | Median | Volumes |
|---|---|---|
| Naruto | 5.5 months | 2 |
| One Piece | 7 months | 2 |
| D.Gray-man | 10.5 months | 2 |
| Vampire Knight | 11 months | 3 |
| Claymore | 12 months | 2 |
| Series | Median | Volumes |
|---|---|---|
| Hikaru no Go | 135 months | 19 |
| Dorohedoro | 100 months | 8 |
| Bokurano: Ours | 83 months | 2 |
| High School Debut | 75 months | 9 |
| Kimi ni Todoke: From Me to You | 44 months | 15 |
Started in English
| Series | Publisher | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Kimi ni Todoke: From Me to You | VIZ Media | |
| Dawn of the Arcana | VIZ Media | |
| High School Debut | VIZ Media | |
| Black Lagoon | VIZ Media | |
| Dorohedoro | VIZ Media | |
| Nisekoi: False Love | VIZ Media |
From the license tracker for 2012.
Finished in English
| Series | Volumes | Last volume |
|---|---|---|
| No Longer Human | 3 |
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 2012 that left out 9 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 2012. 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/2012.
Mangainfo. (2012). English Manga Report 2012. https://mangainfo.com/report/2012