English Manga Report
English Manga Report 2018
Manga release statistics for 2018: 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 .
393
new English manga volumes in 2018
- new English volumes
- 393
- publishers
- 9
- median from Japan to English
- 17 months
- series new to English
- 23
Mangainfo counts 393 new English manga volumes released in 2018. They belong to 85 series from 9 publishers. 2017 had 325. That is 68 more, a rise of 20.9%.
VIZ Media released the most: 149 volumes, or 37.9% of the year. Kodansha followed with 87 and Yen Press with 77.
October was the busiest month with 24 volumes. Prison School had the most volumes in one month: 8 in December.
A volume took a median of 17 months to go from its Japanese release to its first English edition. The average was 31 months. Both figures cover the 209 volumes whose dates in Japan and in English are known at least to the month. Kodansha was the fastest of the publishers with 5 or more such volumes, at a median of 14 months. Seven Seas took the longest at 23 months. Attack on Titan moved fastest: a median of 4 months over 2 volumes. Battle Angel Alita had the longest wait: a median of 291 months.
23 series got their first English edition in 2018. Among them are EDENS ZERO, How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom and Tales of Wedding Rings. 12 series finished in English. Their last volume came out in 2018. Among them are Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Dr. STONE and House of the Sun.
New English manga volumes per month, 2018
| Month | Volumes | Status |
|---|---|---|
| January | 10 | Released |
| February | 11 | Released |
| March | 16 | Released |
| April | 16 | Released |
| May | 16 | Released |
| June | 16 | Released |
| July | 23 | Released |
| August | 15 | Released |
| September | 23 | Released |
| October | 24 | Released |
| November | 19 | Released |
| December | 20 | Released |
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<p>Source: <a href="https://mangainfo.com/report/2018">Mangainfo English Manga Report 2018</a></p>Top English manga publishers by new volumes, 2018
| Publisher | Volumes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| VIZ Media | 149 | 37.9% |
| Kodansha | 87 | 22.1% |
| Yen Press | 77 | 19.6% |
| Seven Seas | 52 | 13.2% |
| Dark Horse | 16 | 4.1% |
| Ghost Ship | 4 | 1% |
| J-Novel Club | 4 | 1% |
| Kadokawa Gempak Starz (S) Pte Limited | 2 | 0.5% |
| Tokyopop | 2 | 0.5% |
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<p>Source: <a href="https://mangainfo.com/report/2018">Mangainfo English Manga Report 2018</a></p>Months from Japan to English by publisher, 2018
| Publisher | Median | Average | Volumes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kodansha | 14 months | 41.3 months | 36 |
| Yen Press | 17 months | 30.2 months | 65 |
| VIZ Media | 18 months | 20.6 months | 63 |
| Seven Seas | 23 months | 38.3 months | 37 |
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<p>Source: <a href="https://mangainfo.com/report/2018">Mangainfo English Manga Report 2018</a></p>Fastest and slowest series from Japan to English
| Series | Median | Volumes |
|---|---|---|
| Attack on Titan | 4 months | 2 |
| Monster Musume | 4.5 months | 2 |
| That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime | 4.5 months | 2 |
| The Ancient Magus' Bride | 5 months | 2 |
| The Girl From the Other Side: Siúil, a Rún | 5 months | 2 |
| Series | Median | Volumes |
|---|---|---|
| Battle Angel Alita | 291 months | 3 |
| To Love Ru | 126 months | 2 |
| Chihayafuru | 90.5 months | 2 |
| Ao Haru Ride | 89 months | 2 |
| Prison School | 78.5 months | 8 |
Started in English
| Series | Publisher | Date |
|---|---|---|
| EDENS ZERO | Kodansha | |
| How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom | Seven Seas | |
| Tales of Wedding Rings | Yen Press | |
| Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku | Kodansha | |
| Fire Punch | VIZ Media | |
| Made in Abyss | Seven Seas | |
| The Saga of Tanya the Evil | Yen Press | |
| Boarding School Juliet | Kodansha | |
| The Elder Sister-Like One | Yen Press | |
| Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction | VIZ Media | |
| Yuuna and the Haunted Hot Springs | Seven Seas | |
| My Hero Academia: Vigilantes | VIZ Media | |
| The Dungeon of Black Company | Seven Seas | |
| High-Rise Invasion | Seven Seas | |
| The Quintessential Quintuplets | Kodansha | |
| The Voynich Hotel | Seven Seas | |
| Black Torch | VIZ Media | |
| Tomo-chan is a Girl! | Seven Seas | |
| A Bride's Story | Yen Press | |
| Ao Haru Ride | VIZ Media | |
| Tokyo Revengers | Kodansha | |
| APOSIMZ | Kodansha | |
| Prison School | Yen Press |
From the license tracker for 2018.
Finished in English
| Series | Volumes | Last volume |
|---|---|---|
| Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba | 23 | |
| Dr. STONE | 27 | |
| House of the Sun | 13 | |
| Kaguya-sama: Love is War | 28 | |
| Mob Psycho 100 | 16 | |
| Tales of Wedding Rings | 15 | |
| We Never Learn | 21 | |
| Nisekoi: False Love | 25 | |
| Akame ga KILL! | 15 | |
| Bleach | 74 | |
| Kimi ni Todoke: From Me to You | 30 | |
| Spice & Wolf | 16 |
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 2018 that left out 184 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 2018. 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/2018.
Mangainfo. (2018). English Manga Report 2018. https://mangainfo.com/report/2018