The sales volume of manga magazines and manga books in Japan amounted to 582 million copies in 2017. The number steadily decreased from around 1.89 billion copies sold in 1995.
Total number of print manga copies sold in Japan from 1990 to 2017 (in millions)
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Dentsu. (August 26, 2019). Total number of print manga copies sold in Japan from 1990 to 2017 (in millions) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 20, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/688419/japan-manga-unit-sales/
Dentsu. "Total number of print manga copies sold in Japan from 1990 to 2017 (in millions)." Chart. August 26, 2019. Statista. Accessed April 20, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/688419/japan-manga-unit-sales/
Dentsu. (2019). Total number of print manga copies sold in Japan from 1990 to 2017 (in millions). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 20, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/688419/japan-manga-unit-sales/
Dentsu. "Total Number of Print Manga Copies Sold in Japan from 1990 to 2017 (in Millions)." Statista, Statista Inc., 26 Aug 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/688419/japan-manga-unit-sales/
Dentsu, Total number of print manga copies sold in Japan from 1990 to 2017 (in millions) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/688419/japan-manga-unit-sales/ (last visited April 20, 2024)
Total number of print manga copies sold in Japan from 1990 to 2017 (in millions) [Graph], Dentsu, August 26, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/688419/japan-manga-unit-sales/