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Re:Launch HN: Azuki (YC W22) – All-you-can-read manga subscr... by toyg on Friday March 25, 2022 @06:55PM (#30807781)
About 1, one of the factors for renewed interest in expanding the reach of manga is that the Japanese government started paying very good money for it, over the last 10 years or so: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cool_Japan#Creative_Industries...
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Re:Launch HN: Azuki (YC W22) – All-you-can-read manga subscr... by chocolatkey on Friday March 25, 2022 @09:08PM (#30808435)
You are correct, this is the reason many JP publishers are hiring agencies (of varying quality) to localize their content and publish in English themselves, or exclusively on their platform. Because they get those subsidies
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