Analysis From Folks With Whom I’m Not Familiar: Manga Industry In Trouble

The writer Paul Di Filippo sent me and several other folks a link to this post, which claims the domestic manga industry is in "dire straits." I'm not familiar with the specific author or the site, really, and the analysis in the piece seems like it was tossed from a blender rather than laid out in logical fashion, but there's a lot there to digest and I'm more than willing to take news of a decline at face value. Basically, I think what's being argued is that the industry has two classic signs of anything in decline: more than 1/3 of a drop over a several-year period and what could be more than 10 percent down since last year this time. When something contracts tightly all at once, it becomes harder for the supporting infrastructure to adjust, and so you have a definite potential weakness in the immediate market in question.

This isn't really news, although you've tended to see this kind of analysis in front of an article explaining why a) worldwide publishing efforts, b) crossover programs into other media, c) on-line publication, particularly through phones, are all now more important than ever.
 
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