What was Marvel thinking when they made the Marvel Mangaverse?
What was Marvel thinking when they made the Marvel Mangaverse?
Michael Roberts
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Ryan King
>Manga makes money
>I like money
Jaxson Barnes
Did the Mangaverse make money?
Jaxson Diaz
I don't know but that was probably the goal.
Gabriel Campbell
Was manga even threatening comics sales at the time?
Hunter Hernandez
Maybe but it doesn't have to have been, all that matters is that it was making enough money for Marvel to want in.
Christian Anderson
Idk but I think it was more about hopping onto a trend. The Mangaverse was in like
2000-2002 (with some more stuff that came out in 2006) anime and manga had been gaining popularity in the west pretty much since the 70s or 80s but was really picking up in the 90s and early 2000s.
Joshua Flores
The early-mid 2000s was the best time for manga in America in terms of sales up until 2020 (and 2021) started outpacing those earlier sales.
William Price
Didn't this turn Punisher into a magical girl?
Asher Morris
Idk but based if so