Asian vs. non asian manga reader

Asianboysiam · Heimin (Commoner) Joined: Jun 05, 2005 Posts: 72

i'm just curious do you think the asian population or the non asian population read more manga and i'm not trying to be racist i'm just curious

Ani_MaSTeR · Mr. Lolipedo-Fin Joined: Jun 04, 2005 Posts: 1830

im pretty sure is the asians that read it more, like in countries neighbouring to japan, such as china and indonesia. japan obivously, cuz they're the publishers and the very first to read it, then i guess would be the chinese, maybe because of the use of kanji in the manga, then idonesia. many of the people i know (and those i dont) are from idonesia, and they all talk about anime / manga that ive never heard of or are pretty new.
dont take it from me tho, i dont reli base any of the above on any hard evidence, only what i know from work.
compared to the western countries, asian is the larger manga consumers. it takes months, possibly years to publish a manga in the U.S according to Anime-insider.

se7en · Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2005 3:28 am Post subject:

yea ... almost all of the animes are from japan .. and many of them are based on manga ...
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CGY · Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2005 10:07 am Post subject:

Who ever create manga, their people read more! Which would be the Asians.

Well, a fact is, I personally read over 500 volumes already...

quosimos · Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2005 10:46 am Post subject:

im asian, Chinese to be precise. wouldnt be surprised if asians turned out as the majority here. one question though: why are there so many Canadians in this forum? another thing i noticed is that there arent many people from the U.K. here

Fenix · Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2005 11:01 am Post subject:

I'm pretty sure asians read far more manga than non-asians.. One of my friends has been exchange student in Japan, and he said all the boys read manga both during breaks and during classes..
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astrangeperson · Heimin (Commoner) Joined: Sep 20, 2005 Posts: 52

Asians are definitely the majority in terms of manga and anime fans. I think it's 'cause we're more closely related to it than non-asians.

aprun · Heimin (Commoner) Joined: Jul 02, 2004 Posts: 68

Well I'm chinese American. I guess i like manga and anime better is because it makes me feel reconnected to my ancestry. Back to the roots right? I mean, Americans have their own thing, like making as much money off something as they can.

KPCat · newbie! Joined: Sep 28, 2005 Posts: 12

From just my group of friends, I've found that all of my asian friends read manga, but only a few of the others even know what manga is lol.

Juky · newbie! Joined: Aug 31, 2005 Posts: 37 Location: Dendratre

Definately asians. I've been to Japan a couple of times and anime and manga are major forms of entertainment. There's biiiiiiiig stores that specificly sell anime and manga relates stuff and I've been past rows of anime toy vending machines... you don't really see that in western countries. Though, the Japanese have vending machineces for everything. Another thing is, that asian countries such as Japan, Taiwan, China and going down that coast line don't really have the alternative to anime - american style comics are not well known. So it's just all anime and manga.
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mkg12 · newbie! Joined: Sep 19, 2005 Posts: 4

No offense or anything, but i think this poll is a little pointless. It is obvious that Anime/Manga would be bigger with asian people considering where it is from and where it is most popular, which would be in Asia. Maybe a poll on how many people here are asian or non-asian would be better. And I am Chinese and definitely believe Asians are more into manga and anime.

sayoku · Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2005 1:39 am Post subject:

hope this doesnt lead to any racist issues.

im taiwanese/ australian, in taiwan everything is jap influenced, and i meant everything
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blehgg · Heimin (Commoner) Joined: Sep 25, 2005 Posts: 59

isnt manga technically asian??

white manga = comic??

Happy_Dojo · Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2005 10:48 am Post subject:

on a majority asians would read more manga i think due to the fact that it's part of their culture in the same way that comics are majoritly read by non-asians because it's part of the culture.
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knightza · newbie! Joined: Sep 29, 2005 Posts: 11

I m asia reader hehe..