English Manga Report
English Manga Report 2015
Manga release statistics for 2015: 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 .
307
new English manga volumes in 2015
- new English volumes
- 307
- publishers
- 4
- median from Japan to English
- 17 months
- series new to English
- 8
Mangainfo counts 307 new English manga volumes released in 2015. They belong to 43 series from 4 publishers. 2014 had 359. That is 52 fewer, a drop of 14.5%.
VIZ Media released the most: 197 volumes, or 64.2% of the year. Kodansha followed with 62 and Seven Seas with 32.
December was the busiest month with 11 volumes. Dragon Ball had the most volumes in one month: 3 in June.
A volume took a median of 17 months to go from its Japanese release to its first English edition. The average was 40.6 months. Both figures cover the 100 volumes whose dates in Japan and in English are known at least to the month. Seven Seas was the fastest of the publishers with 5 or more such volumes, at a median of 13 months. Kodansha took the longest at 33 months. Attack on Titan moved fastest: a median of 4 months over 2 volumes. Dragon Ball had the longest wait: a median of 278.5 months.
8 series got their first English edition in 2015. Among them are A Silent Voice, Tokyo Ghoul and Barakamon. 13 series finished in English. Their last volume came out in 2015. Among them are A Silent Voice, Inuyashiki and Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer.
New English manga volumes per month, 2015
| Month | Volumes | Status |
|---|---|---|
| January | 6 | Released |
| February | 5 | Released |
| March | 9 | Released |
| April | 9 | Released |
| May | 8 | Released |
| June | 7 | Released |
| July | 9 | Released |
| August | 8 | Released |
| September | 10 | Released |
| October | 9 | Released |
| November | 9 | Released |
| December | 11 | Released |
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<p>Source: <a href="https://mangainfo.com/report/2015">Mangainfo English Manga Report 2015</a></p>Top English manga publishers by new volumes, 2015
| Publisher | Volumes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| VIZ Media | 197 | 64.2% |
| Kodansha | 62 | 20.2% |
| Seven Seas | 32 | 10.4% |
| Yen Press | 16 | 5.2% |
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<p>Source: <a href="https://mangainfo.com/report/2015">Mangainfo English Manga Report 2015</a></p>Months from Japan to English by publisher, 2015
| Publisher | Median | Average | Volumes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seven Seas | 13 months | 38 months | 11 |
| VIZ Media | 14 months | 47.7 months | 55 |
| Yen Press | 27 months | 30.8 months | 15 |
| Kodansha | 33 months | 29.1 months | 19 |
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<p>Source: <a href="https://mangainfo.com/report/2015">Mangainfo English Manga Report 2015</a></p>Fastest and slowest series from Japan to English
| Series | Median | Volumes |
|---|---|---|
| Attack on Titan | 4 months | 2 |
| Black Butler | 7 months | 3 |
| Blood Lad | 9 months | 2 |
| Naruto | 9.5 months | 4 |
| Claymore | 9.5 months | 2 |
| Series | Median | Volumes |
|---|---|---|
| Dragon Ball | 278.5 months | 6 |
| Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer | 84.5 months | 4 |
| Barakamon | 52 months | 3 |
| Akame ga KILL! | 50.5 months | 4 |
| Dorohedoro | 45 months | 3 |
Started in English
| Series | Publisher | Date |
|---|---|---|
| A Silent Voice | Kodansha | |
| Tokyo Ghoul | VIZ Media | |
| Barakamon | Yen Press | |
| Akame ga KILL! | Yen Press | |
| The Ancient Magus' Bride | Seven Seas | |
| Fragments of Horror | VIZ Media | |
| Horimiya | Yen Press | |
| Junji Ito's Cat Diary: Yon & Mu | Kodansha |
From the license tracker for 2015.
Finished in English
| Series | Volumes | Last volume |
|---|---|---|
| A Silent Voice | 7 | |
| Inuyashiki | 10 | |
| Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer | 10 | |
| Requiem of the Rose King | 17 | |
| Twin Star Exorcists | 35 | |
| Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches | 28 | |
| Your Lie in April | 11 | |
| Sankarea: Undying Love | 11 | |
| Soul Eater | 25 | |
| Fragments of Horror | 1 | |
| Claymore | 27 | |
| Naruto | 72 | |
| Junji Ito's Cat Diary: Yon & Mu | 1 |
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 2015 that left out 207 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 2015. 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/2015.
Mangainfo. (2015). English Manga Report 2015. https://mangainfo.com/report/2015