Top Manga Artists Make Average of 70 Million Yen, Rest Make Average of 2. In , some tankobon volumes of a manga series were published in Japan. Sounds like a pretty good living. But what about the remaining 5, artists out there?

Their average annual royalty income was just 2. For a year of work. Not counting expenses, of which a manga-ka has many. Not exactly conducive to a rockin' lifestyle, especially if you're living in one of the world's most expensive cities.

And remember, that's the AVERAGE. Which means a significant amount are making significantly less than that.

It's extraordinarily difficult to earn a "middle class" standard of living as a manga artist. As mentioned in the comments, it's estimated one has to sell , copies of their works to even match the average salaryman's annual income.

These are the correct figures. Avery May 31, at Thanks for the catch!

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MattAlt May 31, at Not a very good summary of the original Japanese. Again, it is per person. It only says that artists must publish more than one volume a year and sell more than , copies of all their volumes a year to make a good living.

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But there is a lot missing in the original article as well. First, this is "inzei" or royalities, not "genkoryo," which is what artists get for first publishing their work in magazines. Second, it does not mention all the other income if you happen to get a bit of merchandizing or secondary use deals. Third, it does not mention that most artists producing serialized work especially once a week have to hire and pay for assistants--which comes out of their fees.

I should stress that it is the assistants that often get the lowest salaries and thus many artists do both: Aaron Gerow May 31, at Well, I read that even payments that artist get from magazines has not increased since the late 's. Everybody has been sounding the drums that Manga is declining with no end in sight and the article Matt posted is reinforcing it. Dave June 01, at Actually, you're right and you're wrong.

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It was probably bad to say "per volume," as that assumes each author has but a single volume out which some do and this is more about what they earn in royalties altogether. I fixed that and thank you for pointing it out.

But the genkoryo per-page rate doesn't really figure into this because, as discussed in the other articles linked above, it isn't really possible to make a living off of genkoryo for most artists.

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Tankobon royalties are how manga artists really make their money. Selling , volumes of anything is a tremendous achievement. If that's what it takes to make the average salaryman's salary which is what the Sato Shuho, the manga-ka being quoted, is saying , it's yet another example of just how difficult it is to make a solid living in the industry.

The original Japanese article actually does discuss merchandising, albeit obliquely. It states that the author of One Piece made 1. But this isn't really a realistic portrait of what the average manga-ka is making. There are a huge number perhaps the majority of manga that don't have any sort of merchandise deal. MattAlt June 01, at I'd assume its mostly about volume and less about the price of your works. Yes the top artist get high price points, but for the average artists, price points are pretty even.

You have to have lots of transactions. Actually, I hear it's not quite as expensive to live in Tokyo if you eat like the natives which I assume these mangaka do because the cost of living was calculated using how much it cost to have an American-style steak dinner every night obviously more expensive in Japan.

But I heard it at an anime convention panel about living in Tokyo. Quibble June 18, at I'd take anything you hear about Tokyo at an anime convention with a grain of salt. Perhaps whoever was speaking confused steaks with the "Big Mac index" that the Economist uses to explain the relative power of currencies. We're talking about annual salaries, not a cost of living index.

That's a whole different ballgame. MattAlt June 19, at I rally like watching anime or manga series. Account Deleted July 05, at Allen July 11, at In life and in manga just a few people rocks and make lots of money. Any way, I love gooood manga.

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