２０年のコミック市場、過去最大規模　「鬼滅」ヒットと巣ごもり需要で

　全国出版協会・出版科学研究所（東京）は２５日、２０２０年のコミック（電子出版を含む）の推定販売金額が前年比２３．０％増の６１２６億円となり、１９７８年の統計開始以来、最大を記録したと発表した。社会現象化した漫画「鬼滅の刃」のヒットとコロナ禍による巣ごもり需要が市場をけん引した。
　内訳は、単行本と漫画誌を合わせた紙のコミック市場が同１３．４％増の２７０６億円、電子コミック市場が同３１．９％増の３４２０億円。紙の単行本では、「鬼滅の刃」の人気が他のヒット作の売り上げにも好影響を及ぼし、「鬼滅」を除いた数値でも前年を上回る結果となった。これまでのコミック市場のピークは９５年の５８６４億円だった。（2021/02/25-16:09）

Estimated sales of comic books and magazines as well as their electronic versions in Japan rose 23.0 pct from the previous year to 612.6 billion yen in 2020, hitting the highest level since such statistics were first compiled in 1978, industry data showed Thursday.
   The previous annual record was 586.4 billion yen, marked in 1995.
   Japan's comic market was led by blockbuster manga series "Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba" and robust stay home-related demand amid the spread of the novel coronavirus, according to the All Japan Magazine and Book Publisher's and Editor's Association and the Research Institute for Publications, both based in Tokyo.
   Estimated sales of comic books and magazines increased 13.4 pct to 270.6 billion yen, and those of digital comics soared 31.9 pct to 342 billion yen.
   Demon Slayer's popularity had a favorable effect on comic book sales as a whole, with sales of comic books other than the megahit manga series posting year-on-year growth.