English Manga Report
English Manga Report 2024
Manga release statistics for 2024: 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 .
586
new English manga volumes in 2024
- new English volumes
- 586
- publishers
- 19
- median from Japan to English
- 20 months
- series new to English
- 32
Mangainfo counts 586 new English manga volumes released in 2024. They belong to 220 series from 19 publishers. 2023 had 571. That is 15 more, a rise of 2.6%.
Kodansha released the most: 190 volumes, or 32.4% of the year. Seven Seas followed with 141 and VIZ Media with 118.
April was the busiest month with 53 volumes. More Than a Married Couple, but Not Lovers. had the most volumes in one month: 2 in August.
A volume took a median of 20 months to go from its Japanese release to its first English edition. The average was 30.7 months. Both figures cover the 510 volumes whose dates in Japan and in English are known at least to the month. Vertical was the fastest of the publishers with 5 or more such volumes, at a median of 11 months. One Peace Books took the longest at 43.5 months. Space Brothers moved fastest: a median of 4.5 months over 2 volumes. As the Gods Will had the longest wait: a median of 158.5 months.
32 series got their first English edition in 2024. Among them are Anjo the Mischievous Gal, Fool Night and Hirayasumi. 18 series finished in English. Their last volume came out in 2024. Among them are You and I Are Polar Opposites, Hinamatsuri and Girlfriend, Girlfriend.
New English manga volumes per month, 2024
| Month | Volumes | Status |
|---|---|---|
| January | 52 | Released |
| February | 35 | Released |
| March | 35 | Released |
| April | 53 | Released |
| May | 43 | Released |
| June | 42 | Released |
| July | 38 | Released |
| August | 49 | Released |
| September | 41 | Released |
| October | 42 | Released |
| November | 39 | Released |
| December | 41 | Released |
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<p>Source: <a href="https://mangainfo.com/report/2024">Mangainfo English Manga Report 2024</a></p>Top English manga publishers by new volumes, 2024
| Publisher | Volumes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kodansha | 190 | 32.4% |
| Seven Seas | 141 | 24.1% |
| VIZ Media | 118 | 20.1% |
| Yen Press | 53 | 9% |
| J-Novel Club | 23 | 3.9% |
| One Peace Books | 20 | 3.4% |
| Square Enix | 9 | 1.5% |
| Vertical | 7 | 1.2% |
| Inklore | 4 | 0.7% |
| Orange USA Inc | 4 | 0.7% |
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<p>Source: <a href="https://mangainfo.com/report/2024">Mangainfo English Manga Report 2024</a></p>Months from Japan to English by publisher, 2024
| Publisher | Median | Average | Volumes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vertical | 11 months | 13 months | 5 |
| Square Enix | 13 months | 13 months | 5 |
| Kodansha | 13 months | 24.6 months | 170 |
| VIZ Media | 18 months | 32.3 months | 91 |
| Seven Seas | 21 months | 28.3 months | 135 |
| Yen Press | 21.5 months | 26.7 months | 48 |
| J-Novel Club | 34.5 months | 47.7 months | 22 |
| One Peace Books | 43.5 months | 41.8 months | 18 |
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<p>Source: <a href="https://mangainfo.com/report/2024">Mangainfo English Manga Report 2024</a></p>Fastest and slowest series from Japan to English
| Series | Median | Volumes |
|---|---|---|
| Space Brothers | 4.5 months | 2 |
| A Condition Called Love | 5 months | 2 |
| Medalist | 5 months | 2 |
| We're New at This | 5 months | 3 |
| Shangri-La Frontier | 5 months | 5 |
| Series | Median | Volumes |
|---|---|---|
| As the Gods Will | 158.5 months | 2 |
| Wolf Girl and Black Prince | 127.5 months | 6 |
| Last Game | 123 months | 4 |
| This Art Club Has a Problem! | 118 months | 3 |
| Teppu | 111 months | 4 |
Started in English
From the license tracker for 2024.
Finished in English
| Series | Volumes | Last volume |
|---|---|---|
| You and I Are Polar Opposites | 8 | |
| Hinamatsuri | 19 | |
| Girlfriend, Girlfriend | 16 | |
| The Fable | 22 | |
| Gleipnir | 14 | |
| Kubo Won't Let Me Be Invisible | 12 | |
| Watari-kun's ****** Is about to Collapse | 16 | |
| That's My Atypical Girl | 12 | |
| Teppu | 8 | |
| Bakemonogatari | 22 | |
| Boruto: Naruto Next Generations | 20 | |
| It Takes Two Tomorrow, Too | 5 | |
| Blood on the Tracks | 17 | |
| When Will Ayumu Make His Move? | 17 | |
| Horimiya | 17 | |
| Helck | 12 | |
| Mashle: Magic and Muscles | 18 | |
| Noragami: Stray God | 27 |
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 2024 that left out 76 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 2024. 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/2024.
Mangainfo. (2024). English Manga Report 2024. https://mangainfo.com/report/2024