Re: Manga popular in US (Florida Today)

"Hoshisato" wrote.

> > (..) apparently men in Japan don't read manga (..)
>
> If you browse to the article about J magazine circulation posted by
> Ping Kuo, you'l find it is completely contradicting the above
> statement:
>
> : even more surprising, both Super Jump and Business Jump (ugly
> artworks

Ugly is in the mind of the beholder.

> : for grown up.) simply outsold all of them, even Young Jump, (heavy
> : sexual theme, 110,000), by a big margin, (300,000-400,000),
> apparently
> : salarymen have more time and money to spend on manga than highschool
> or
> : college students.

If they don't have more money than students then the world is working
right.

>
> Florida Today probably doesnt' want to get caught promoting grown-up
> manga ^_^;;
>
More likely they are simply ignorant.
I would leave them to be enlightened on the point by a Florida fan.
If one is here they might check their local libraries to see if they feature
the manga based "Japan, Inc." It along with the stats would make a great
talking point on the idea.

later
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