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Originally Posted by MMM
One of my biggest influences into getting into manga was the short lived Mangajin magazine. This was a monthly magazine that took pages from manga to use as introductions to Japanese culture and pop culture. Instead of learning Japanese to read manga I was reading manga to learn Japanese. The magazine was published from 1990 to 1996.
So really, don't listen when people tell you scanlators brought manga to North America. It simply isn't true, and it is an insult to the pioneering publishers who dared bring these very different titles to a new audience in the West.
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I am afraid that this part its true
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don't listen when people tell you scanlators brought manga to North America. It simply isn't true
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Qayin stated quite correctly
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Japanese manga sales in the USA begun around 2000
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Dragon ball made its first TV debut around 1989-2000 on a canadian kids network YTV.
MMM do you not see that we are going through a recession? the reason for the low sells of the mangas at the markets isn't because of scanlators its because of the economic downturn.
Whats worse we might face another economic problem
Skittish consumers, executives boost odds of new U.S. downturn - The Globe and Mail
People have been less going into stores and would rather save there money, just in case.
I will be making a youtube video stating our economic problem & how it has effected the markets hopefully i can post it here.