Apan Comic News Today

Popular manga artists have begun a project in central Japan to preserve their work in ink for generations to come, using durable "gampi" paper in Echizen, Fukui Prefecture, the birthplace of traditional "washi" handmade paper.

Sales of manga comic books and magazines in Japan are estimated to have hit a record 677 billion yen ($5 billion) in 2022, but the rise is only marginal as fewer people stayed indoors than during the earlier years of the COVID-19 pandemic, industry data show.