The digital reading platform has convinced leading Japanese comics publishers to entrust it with part of their catalogs. Bleach, Parasite and Ajin will soon be integrated into the application.
The second biggest manga market after Japan, France remains an Eldorado for Japanese publishers, despite declining sales in 2023. Some 40 million copies were sold in 2023 (-18%), generating sales of around 331 million euros (-13%), according to the GFK institute. Nevertheless, piracy is highly developed mainly due to the lack of satisfactory legal offers. This is what motivated the creation of the of the start-up Mangas.iowhich, since 2020, has been offering a Netflix-style digital platform for unlimited reading of comics by subscription.
Very modest four years ago, the catalog now includes nearly thirty publishers actively publishing manga in France (Panini, KanaDelcourt-Tonkam, Akata, Ki-oon…), with over 300 series and 2000 volumes available. And the first of these, Glénat, will be joining the adventure from November 14.
Win over Japanese rights holders
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