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Shueisha Tops 270-Billion-Yen Manga Market in 2009
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The Oricon survey firm revealed in a January 29 publishing market report that 270.5 billion yen (about US$2.983 billion) was spent on 5.02431 billion manga volumes in 2009. The company tracked sales from December 29, 2008 to December 27, 2009.
Oricon pegged the entire book publishing market — including not just manga, but other forms of printed matter — at 1.156 trillion yen (about US$12.75 billion) with 13.10644 billion copies sold. Manga represented 23.4% of the entire book publishing market by yen paid, and 38.3% by the number of copies sold. Oricon also recorded 18.9 million volumes of light novels sold in 2009, which adds up to 8.5% of the total book publishing market by yen paid.
Shueisha had the highest market share of any manga publisher with 6.0% by yen paid and 11.0% by copies sold. The market share breakdown is as follows:
| Publisher | 2009 Sales | Market Share by Yen | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yen | US$ | ||
| Shueisha | 68.8 billion yen | US$759 million | 6.0% |
| Kodansha | 50.9 billion yen | US$563 million | 4.4% |
| Shogakukan | 37.7 billion yen | US$417 million | 3.3% |
| Square Enix | 18.5 billion yen | US$205 million | 1.6% |
| Kadokawa Group Publishing | 13.1 billion yen | US$145 million | 1.1% |
| Hakusensha | 13.0 billion yen | US$144 million | 1.1% |
Oricon posted the list of 2009's 10 top-selling manga titles in December.
Source: animeanime.jp
