English Manga Report 2017
English manga in January 2017
Mangainfo counts 15 new English manga volumes released in January 2017. All English editions together come to 15 books for the month, print and digital. VIZ Media had the most: 6 volumes. Franken Fran had the most volumes of one series: 2. The median wait from the Japanese release was 17 months over 15 volumes. 4 series got their first English edition this month. Among them are The Girl From the Other Side: Siúil, a Rún, Death March to the Parallel World Rhapsody and MURCIÉLAGO.
- new English volumes
- 15
- English books, print and digital
- 15
- median from Japan to English
- 17 months
Publishers
| Publisher | Volumes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| VIZ Media | 6 | 40% |
| Seven Seas | 5 | 33.3% |
| Yen Press | 3 | 20% |
| Kodansha | 1 | 6.7% |
Most volumes
| Series | Publisher | Volumes |
|---|---|---|
| Franken Fran | Seven Seas | 2 |
| Bloom Into You | Seven Seas | 1 |
| Dorohedoro | VIZ Media | 1 |
| Haikyu!! | VIZ Media | 1 |
| Horimiya | Yen Press | 1 |
Started in English
| Series | Publisher | First volume |
|---|---|---|
| The Girl From the Other Side: Siúil, a Rún | Seven Seas | Vol. 1, |
| Death March to the Parallel World Rhapsody | Yen Press | Vol. 1, |
| MURCIÉLAGO | Yen Press | Vol. 1, |
| The Ghost in the Shell | Kodansha | Vol. 1, |
A volume counts once, in the month of its first English edition from a manga publisher. The methodology is on the report for 2017. Source: Mangainfo.