Comments on: “Why Manga Doesn’t Sell Overseas” http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2009/10/11/why-manga-doesnt-sell-overseas/ Anime, manga and games, observed from Japan Tue, 14 Feb 2012 10:15:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Anonymous http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2009/10/11/why-manga-doesnt-sell-overseas/#comment-795601 Anonymous Sat, 09 Apr 2011 10:02:12 +0000 http://www.sankakucomplex.com/?p=23917#comment-795601 yeah, One Piece volume 60 translation is bad , very bad. yeah, One Piece volume 60 translation is bad , very bad.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2009/10/11/why-manga-doesnt-sell-overseas/#comment-795572 Anonymous Sat, 09 Apr 2011 08:32:15 +0000 http://www.sankakucomplex.com/?p=23917#comment-795572 I read the english translation of the manga in my country, Malaysia. The localized version sucked and are heavily censored even if they're cheap about RM4-Rm7.50 (USD1.30-USD2.50). (I recall a scene in the Dragonball manga where they added a black bra for Bulma). The really good English translated one is about RM30+ (USD10) whcih is pretty steep for most people. Plus these books are sold at specialist bookstores which are found in the capital as far as I know. I read the english translation of the manga in my country, Malaysia. The localized version sucked and are heavily censored even if they're cheap about RM4-Rm7.50 (USD1.30-USD2.50).
(I recall a scene in the Dragonball manga where they added a black bra for Bulma).

The really good English translated one is about RM30+ (USD10) whcih is pretty steep for most people. Plus these books are sold at specialist bookstores which are found in the capital as far as I know.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2009/10/11/why-manga-doesnt-sell-overseas/#comment-761054 Anonymous Tue, 22 Feb 2011 17:52:21 +0000 http://www.sankakucomplex.com/?p=23917#comment-761054 I live in Florida, United States. I lived in Japan from 1990 - 1994. I loved Japan alot, though I was oo young to notice all the characters / cartoons there. I was more into that badass food known as sushi! - Anyway... As I got older I started looking into manga / anime... Ironically I was turned off by it. But when I was 17 I saw a VHS series alled La Blue Girl. Hit 18 bought the DVD set for all 6 episodes for like 120 bucks. I cut lawns to make money. After seeing hentai / I totally started looking into other things. Suffice to say. As of Yesterday... I now own 120 hentai DVD's ( Uncensored Only - can't find the censored ones here nor have away to get a region free DVD player / I own about 2 book selves of manga / hentai and other. I have about All volumes of Dragon Ball / Bleach / Witch Blade / Rin / etc etc... I just wish all I buy would show these companies especially the hentai ones there are fans overseas like me who do buy hentai. And none hentai like. I hate censorship just as much as the next person reguardless of country. The problem is priacy. Morons in the US who say its A-Ok to show people being killed on TV / and blood gore all over the place. But god forbid, we see some cartoon monsters having sex with a none living character... Sigh. I'm powerless in the end I guess. I buy my stuff, I have "VERY" few things 'free'. I believe if you love it, you buy it. Pixy-soft title: As known in English to me "Anti-Demon ninjas" - I wanted to see the whole series, uncensored of course.. But If I buy it, it has to be uncensored. I just can't get past the pixels. I understand it. But, if only peple in Japan and elsewhere could have it removed... Thus no more fears of reverse importing... And for people like me I could buy easier without fear of censorship / and the need to buy a region free dvd player which is damn above my budget. I live in Florida, United States. I lived in Japan from 1990 - 1994. I loved Japan alot, though I was oo young to notice all the characters / cartoons there. I was more into that badass food known as sushi! - Anyway... As I got older I started looking into manga / anime... Ironically I was turned off by it. But when I was 17 I saw a VHS series alled La Blue Girl. Hit 18 bought the DVD set for all 6 episodes for like 120 bucks. I cut lawns to make money.
After seeing hentai / I totally started looking into other things. Suffice to say. As of Yesterday... I now own 120 hentai DVD's ( Uncensored Only - can't find the censored ones here nor have away to get a region free DVD player / I own about 2 book selves of manga / hentai and other. I have about All volumes of Dragon Ball / Bleach / Witch Blade / Rin / etc etc... I just wish all I buy would show these companies especially the hentai ones there are fans overseas like me who do buy hentai. And none hentai like.
I hate censorship just as much as the next person reguardless of country. The problem is priacy. Morons in the US who say its A-Ok to show people being killed on TV / and blood gore all over the place. But god forbid, we see some cartoon monsters having sex with a none living character... Sigh. I'm powerless in the end I guess. I buy my stuff, I have "VERY" few things 'free'. I believe if you love it, you buy it. Pixy-soft title: As known in English to me "Anti-Demon ninjas" - I wanted to see the whole series, uncensored of course.. But If I buy it, it has to be uncensored. I just can't get past the pixels.
I understand it. But, if only peple in Japan and elsewhere could have it removed... Thus no more fears of reverse importing... And for people like me I could buy easier without fear of censorship / and the need to buy a region free dvd player which is damn above my budget.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2009/10/11/why-manga-doesnt-sell-overseas/#comment-760796 Anonymous Tue, 22 Feb 2011 07:34:42 +0000 http://www.sankakucomplex.com/?p=23917#comment-760796 You're probably incapable of finding a decent scan group or you only read NaruBleach speedscans. It's even worse for anime, I constantly CRINGE at the official subs, compared to the high quality fansubs out there. You're probably incapable of finding a decent scan group or you only read NaruBleach speedscans.

It's even worse for anime, I constantly CRINGE at the official subs, compared to the high quality fansubs out there.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2009/10/11/why-manga-doesnt-sell-overseas/#comment-760738 Anonymous Tue, 22 Feb 2011 06:19:56 +0000 http://www.sankakucomplex.com/?p=23917#comment-760738 Biggest reason of course is that people don't want to spend their money on crap. Biggest reason of course is that people don't want to spend their money on crap.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2009/10/11/why-manga-doesnt-sell-overseas/#comment-701793 Anonymous Sun, 19 Dec 2010 18:55:57 +0000 http://www.sankakucomplex.com/?p=23917#comment-701793 Internet- the only place where you can admit to fapping to underaged girls withouth getting funny looks. Internet- the only place where you can admit to fapping to underaged girls withouth getting funny looks.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2009/10/11/why-manga-doesnt-sell-overseas/#comment-698235 Anonymous Thu, 16 Dec 2010 10:38:21 +0000 http://www.sankakucomplex.com/?p=23917#comment-698235 My thoughts exactly. The percentage of people that read manga in Japan is much higher than the percentage of people in the USA that read not just manga but comics as well. Thanks to the USA government in the 60's creating the Comics Code Authority it left the USA's comics industry gutted from it's former glory, now all that's left is a shadow of it's former self. Be aware this could now happen to Japan because of this Youth bill, the fact that so many manga fans here in the USA read online doesn't help things either. Comics and manga companies are hoping to sell their stuff, and if it's not making the money they will just stop printing it. Granted the opening reasons are a part of the factor why manga doesn't sell as well in the USA. My thoughts exactly. The percentage of people that read manga in Japan is much higher than the percentage of people in the USA that read not just manga but comics as well. Thanks to the USA government in the 60's creating the Comics Code Authority it left the USA's comics industry gutted from it's former glory, now all that's left is a shadow of it's former self. Be aware this could now happen to Japan because of this Youth bill, the fact that so many manga fans here in the USA read online doesn't help things either. Comics and manga companies are hoping to sell their stuff, and if it's not making the money they will just stop printing it.
Granted the opening reasons are a part of the factor why manga doesn't sell as well in the USA.

]]> By: Lawence Codye http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2009/10/11/why-manga-doesnt-sell-overseas/#comment-666118 Lawence Codye Mon, 15 Nov 2010 08:06:25 +0000 http://www.sankakucomplex.com/?p=23917#comment-666118 Yeah, I can't even get to a store that actually sells Manga pretty much at all... Wal-Mart & Target just aren't cutting it... Yeah, I can't even get to a store that actually sells Manga pretty much at all...

Wal-Mart & Target just aren't cutting it...

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2009/10/11/why-manga-doesnt-sell-overseas/#comment-542567 Anonymous Sun, 27 Jun 2010 23:41:28 +0000 http://www.sankakucomplex.com/?p=23917#comment-542567 The real reason is that the american publishers censor the manga and also you cant find a lot of titles in US. So who is guilty? the publishers The real reason is that the american publishers censor the manga and also you cant find a lot of titles in US. So who is guilty? the publishers

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2009/10/11/why-manga-doesnt-sell-overseas/#comment-542503 Anonymous Sun, 27 Jun 2010 20:27:19 +0000 http://www.sankakucomplex.com/?p=23917#comment-542503 These are my reasons for not buying more: Selection: I have only 2 places to buy manga within a reasonable driving distance (25 minutes, one way). Books-A-Million and Waldenbooks. I do all my shopping at Waldenbooks because of the second reason on my list... Price: Waldenbooks is the only place nearby that has good coupons. I won't spend $8.99-$14.99 on a single volume of manga. Borders (Waldenbooks parent company) comes out with good coupons. Usually between 30-40% off of a single item. The problem goes back to the previous reason. Waldenbooks has a crappy selection. Sometimes they only get 1 or 2 copies of a new volume in. Sometimes they don't even have new books on the shelf on the release date. I'm STILL waiting for them to have the Ultimate Edition of Fruits Basket #4 - the hardcover ones. It was supposed to have been released over a year ago. Publisher Reliability: There's no guarantee a US publisher will finish releasing a series if the sales aren't good. If they don't, my only recourse is scanlations. Foxy Lady #2 is being released at the end of June. Volume #1 was released over 18 months ago. Publishing Time: With scanlators, I can sometimes read a manga weeks after it's been released in Japan. It could take YEARS for it to show up "legally" in the US. These are my reasons for not buying more:

Selection: I have only 2 places to buy manga within a reasonable driving distance (25 minutes, one way). Books-A-Million and Waldenbooks. I do all my shopping at Waldenbooks because of the second reason on my list...

Price: Waldenbooks is the only place nearby that has good coupons. I won't spend $8.99-$14.99 on a single volume of manga. Borders (Waldenbooks parent company) comes out with good coupons. Usually between 30-40% off of a single item. The problem goes back to the previous reason. Waldenbooks has a crappy selection. Sometimes they only get 1 or 2 copies of a new volume in. Sometimes they don't even have new books on the shelf on the release date. I'm STILL waiting for them to have the Ultimate Edition of Fruits Basket #4 - the hardcover ones. It was supposed to have been released over a year ago.

Publisher Reliability: There's no guarantee a US publisher will finish releasing a series if the sales aren't good. If they don't, my only recourse is scanlations. Foxy Lady #2 is being released at the end of June. Volume #1 was released over 18 months ago.

Publishing Time: With scanlators, I can sometimes read a manga weeks after it's been released in Japan. It could take YEARS for it to show up "legally" in the US.

]]> By: casiopao http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2009/10/11/why-manga-doesnt-sell-overseas/#comment-477826 casiopao Mon, 05 Apr 2010 15:36:06 +0000 http://www.sankakucomplex.com/?p=23917#comment-477826 <p>Huh not selling??? Is that the fact that happens on your countries guys?</p> <p>On my country one manga is only around 1 to 1.5 US dollar so almost all people just buy manga everytime they like the manga. </p> Huh not selling??? Is that the fact that happens on your countries guys?

On my country one manga is only around 1 to 1.5 US dollar so almost all people just buy manga everytime they like the manga.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2009/10/11/why-manga-doesnt-sell-overseas/#comment-477732 Anonymous Mon, 05 Apr 2010 13:28:00 +0000 http://www.sankakucomplex.com/?p=23917#comment-477732 Yes Yes

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2009/10/11/why-manga-doesnt-sell-overseas/#comment-412090 Anonymous Mon, 18 Jan 2010 21:47:36 +0000 http://www.sankakucomplex.com/?p=23917#comment-412090 Eurofag here. The price definitly is my main gripe with manga sold around here. €6.50-€10.00 for one volume is just too damn expensive. Add in the fact that releases are extremely slow, while the quality is not even much better than that of a good fan translation, and you can see why few people buy manga here. Eurofag here. The price definitly is my main gripe with manga sold around here. €6.50-€10.00 for one volume is just too damn expensive. Add in the fact that releases are extremely slow, while the quality is not even much better than that of a good fan translation, and you can see why few people buy manga here.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2009/10/11/why-manga-doesnt-sell-overseas/#comment-405570 Anonymous Sun, 10 Jan 2010 14:46:51 +0000 http://www.sankakucomplex.com/?p=23917#comment-405570 There's a really important reason they've missed: a lot of people in Western countries seem to think comics and cartoons are for little kids. There's a really important reason they've missed: a lot of people in Western countries seem to think comics and cartoons are for little kids.

]]> By: drunkspiderman667 http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2009/10/11/why-manga-doesnt-sell-overseas/#comment-377944 drunkspiderman667 Wed, 09 Dec 2009 19:49:43 +0000 http://www.sankakucomplex.com/?p=23917#comment-377944 americans dont read comics later on in there lives. americans dont read comics later on in there lives.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2009/10/11/why-manga-doesnt-sell-overseas/#comment-376505 Anonymous Mon, 07 Dec 2009 23:22:07 +0000 http://www.sankakucomplex.com/?p=23917#comment-376505 buy.com is a really good place to get manga for cheap prices buy.com is a really good place to get manga for cheap prices

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2009/10/11/why-manga-doesnt-sell-overseas/#comment-326439 Anonymous Fri, 16 Oct 2009 04:35:24 +0000 http://www.sankakucomplex.com/?p=23917#comment-326439 I couldn't agree more, Unellmay. Why don't you people do something with yourselves besides being pedophiles and masturbating at your PC? I couldn't agree more, Unellmay. Why don't you people do something with yourselves besides being pedophiles and masturbating at your PC?

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2009/10/11/why-manga-doesnt-sell-overseas/#comment-326437 Anonymous Fri, 16 Oct 2009 04:33:03 +0000 http://www.sankakucomplex.com/?p=23917#comment-326437 Will you people just SHUT THE HELL UP!!! Nobody cares about your sexual preferences, and arguing about it just makes you seem like internet introverts with no life. Keep your ideas about breasts to yourself. The rest of use would like to remain sane. Will you people just SHUT THE HELL UP!!! Nobody cares about your sexual preferences, and arguing about it just makes you seem like internet introverts with no life. Keep your ideas about breasts to yourself. The rest of use would like to remain sane.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2009/10/11/why-manga-doesnt-sell-overseas/#comment-323041 Anonymous Tue, 13 Oct 2009 05:35:26 +0000 http://www.sankakucomplex.com/?p=23917#comment-323041 Please this is totally unrealistic. 1 - We have a lot of discrimination against comics and manga, that are just for children, only geeks read and a lot of stuffs. 2 - Culture: Americans don't read 34% of literate americans read newspapers against 85% of the japanese. 61% of literate americans read books for entertainment agains 100% of the japanese literate. Please this is totally unrealistic.

1 - We have a lot of discrimination against comics and manga, that are just for children, only geeks read and a lot of stuffs.

2 - Culture: Americans don't read

34% of literate americans read newspapers against 85% of the japanese.

61% of literate americans read books for entertainment agains 100% of the japanese literate.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2009/10/11/why-manga-doesnt-sell-overseas/#comment-322719 Anonymous Tue, 13 Oct 2009 01:37:34 +0000 http://www.sankakucomplex.com/?p=23917#comment-322719 Futinari!!! FTW! Futinari!!! FTW!

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2009/10/11/why-manga-doesnt-sell-overseas/#comment-322607 Anonymous Mon, 12 Oct 2009 22:39:20 +0000 http://www.sankakucomplex.com/?p=23917#comment-322607 I think I am going to get myself a sony E-Book reader anway, if they to start with DD, I'd be the happiest Otaku ever. I think I am going to get myself a sony E-Book reader anway, if they to start with DD, I'd be the happiest Otaku ever.

]]> By: Ayu Jochuu http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2009/10/11/why-manga-doesnt-sell-overseas/#comment-322545 Ayu Jochuu Mon, 12 Oct 2009 21:23:07 +0000 http://www.sankakucomplex.com/?p=23917#comment-322545 You don't know much about the female body, don't you? Guess what you can use the muscles down there for... Besides that, there are billion guides existing that are about how to fake certain things at sex. You don't know much about the female body, don't you? Guess what you can use the muscles down there for... Besides that, there are billion guides existing that are about how to fake certain things at sex.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2009/10/11/why-manga-doesnt-sell-overseas/#comment-322521 Anonymous Mon, 12 Oct 2009 20:57:48 +0000 http://www.sankakucomplex.com/?p=23917#comment-322521 Oh Ayu you are so wrong. How can you "fake" vaginal contractions? Don't be such a bitch. Or are you one of those flat chested has who can't enjoy intercourse? You seem bitter, maybe is because of that... Oh Ayu you are so wrong. How can you "fake" vaginal contractions? Don't be such a bitch. Or are you one of those flat chested has who can't enjoy intercourse? You seem bitter, maybe is because of that...

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2009/10/11/why-manga-doesnt-sell-overseas/#comment-322466 Anonymous Mon, 12 Oct 2009 19:50:30 +0000 http://www.sankakucomplex.com/?p=23917#comment-322466 Reading manga on the computer isn't the same thing as reading it in print, so when a series I download gets released I do make an effort to pick up the real copy. If I start in on a series and like it I'll go buy the real copy if it's available. Anymore when I download I tend to focus on stuff that will probably never get released in the US, like say Franken Fran. Reading manga on the computer isn't the same thing as reading it in print, so when a series I download gets released I do make an effort to pick up the real copy. If I start in on a series and like it I'll go buy the real copy if it's available. Anymore when I download I tend to focus on stuff that will probably never get released in the US, like say Franken Fran.

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