Anime News

Vietnam And Japan To Partner On Contents
Date: 12/7/2005
Vietnam Net Bridge has more info on an anime / manga seminar held in Hanoi December 2nd. According to their findings Nguyen Thang Vu, Adviser of Kim Dong Publishing House said "Returns from manga compensated losses for Kim Dong, which invested a lot for other books that were unmarketable". Currently, manga equates to 50% of Kim Dong's market-share, with about 20mil 7-17-year-old readers. The Seminar is expected to trigger cooperation between Vietnam-Japan.
Source: Anime News Service