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Originally Posted by ahi
Japan is years if not a full decade ahead of the United States technologically, and while people might be surfing the web on their cell-phones on the subway instead of reading manga, I don't think their printing industry shows even the most preliminary sign of being on the way out.
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I know it's just one datapoint,
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In 1982, Weekly Shōnen Jump had a circulation of 2.55 million. By 1995, circulation numbers swelled to 6.53 million. The magazine's editor-in-chief Masahiko Ibaraki believes this was due to the magazine including "hit titles such as Dragon Ball, Slam Dunk and others." After hitting this peak, the circulation numbers began dropping again. By 2007, circulation was at 2.7 million.
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From what I hear, the circulation of pretty much all manga magazines is going down and they're closing left and right, while digital manga is growing very fast.