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Kinokuniya USA's top Japanese-language manga bestsellers over the last six years tend to be Shonen Jump titles.
This year, though, Ryoko Kui's illustration book and "The Guy She Was Interested in Wasn't a Guy at All" are topping the chart.
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Kinokuniya USA's top English-language manga bestsellers so far this year are the Kinokuniya exclusive edition of "Initial D Omnibus" and, as expected, "The Guy She Was Interested in Wasn't a Guy at All".
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Kinokuniya USA's EN manga sales reached its peak in 2022 at around US$17 million, four times the pre-pandemic figure. This year's sales as of the end of October are US$12.5 million and is on pace to match last year's US$15 million.
JP manga sales are one-fourth of EN manga sales level.
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Kadokawa is also increasingly less reliant on the Americas for international sales as sales in Asian markets (outside Japan) rise across all business segments. 15/15
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Mushoku Tensei comes in as the top-selling title in Kadokawa's publishing business segment, while Oshi no Ko is the top-selling title in anime. A new addition on this slide is the breakdown of publishing sales between actual book sales vs. licensing sales (to anime, etc). 14/15
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Looking back over multiple fiscal years, it's clear that Kadokawa's anime licensing sales have grown significantly. Operating margin of the overall licensing business remains fairly consistent over the years. 13/15