"Manga Day" 2025: Free Issues for Fans and the Curious on Saturday

Offering extensive free reading samples as a low-threshold option for comic beginners and a platform for fan exchange - that is the goal of "Manga Day," which will be held for the fourth time in the DACH region (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) on Saturday (September 27th). In 2024, 870,000 free manga editions were distributed in over 1,200 bookstores, libraries, and comic shops. At least as many are expected this year.

"Manga Day" takes place for the fourth time in the DACH region

In this country, all Japanese comics are called mangas. Their peculiarity: They are black and white and are read from right to left. The fan community is large: Around 80 percent of sales in the comic segment in the German-speaking region are attributed to manga magazines. The industry revenue amounts to over approximately 100 million euros annually.

28 different manga reading samples have been prepared for this year, one of them from the Vienna-based publisher Manga JAM Session, founded in 2019. "The publisher places special emphasis on faithful translations. Therefore, native German speakers with very good Japanese knowledge and native Japanese speakers with German knowledge work closely together to review the translations. This ensures that the charm and fascination of the original can be fully brought to life," according to a self-description. On Manga Day, they are represented with the 128-page "Helck" by Nanaki Nanao, a fantasy story set in the demon realm.

Find participating shops in the respective area: https://mangaday.de/finde-deinen-lieblings-shop-2025/

(APA/Red)

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