Anime News

Comics That Draw Girls
Date: 2/3/2005
The Los Angeles Times has a focus piece on Shoujo manga being published in the USA and yet another view on how many women are flocking to buy it. Interesting numbers here including quote on manga titles to be dstributed this year. 400 manga releases are attributed to Tokyopop over the coming year with more than half being aimed at females. According to Viz, they have 140 manga titles in the pipes. Tokyopop's Rising Stars of Manga contests reportedly get about 1,000 entries each time they are running.
Source: Anime News Service