{"rewrite":{"id":"r_4774c3277b29d768cfc5edfe","clusterId":"c_67ff41e5b3c0f4267fa9e446","slug":"mangaplaza-passes-1-million-users-in-fifth-year-of-u-s-operation","model":"deepseek-v4-flash","headline":"MangaPlaza Passes 1 Million Users in Fifth Year of U.S. Operation","summary":"NTT Solmare's digital manga platform MangaPlaza passed 1 million registered users at the end of July, five years after launching in the United States. Female readers make up about 90 percent of paying subscribers, and the platform carries titles from more than 120 publishers. A cousin service, Manga Mirai, is closing and moving its content to MangaPlaza. The Osaka-based operator also runs the Japanese platform Comic C'moA, and the two share a marketing and technology team.","whyItMatters":"MangaPlaza's growth shows a female-focused digital manga platform can build a large U.S. audience even as a cousin service, Manga Mirai, shuts down and migrates its content to the platform.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eMangaPlaza is one of nearly a dozen Japanese-run digital manga platforms that have opened in North America since the COVID-19 pandemic, as publishers work to counter online piracy. NTT Solmare, which has run the Japanese e-book platform Comic C\u0026#39;moA since 2004, built MangaPlaza\u0026#39;s catalog of more than 120 publishers on relationships formed through that service, and the two platforms share a single marketing and technology team.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSenior producer Daichi Katsuki said North American fan communities for adult romance and boys\u0026#39; love manga are more established and more open than their Japanese counterparts. The company opened a subsidiary in Sunnyvale, California in February to pursue partnerships with Silicon Valley technology firms, and e-book division manager Ryusuke Ishii said the company would use tools that help it reach customers on the website.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"MangaPlaza, NTT Solmare's digital manga platform for female readers, passed 1 million registered users in its fifth year in the U.S. Female users are about 90% of paying subscribers. A cousin service, Manga Mirai, is closing and moving its content to MangaPlaza.","twitterPost":"MangaPlaza passed 1 million registered users in its fifth year of U.S. operation. Female readers make up about 90% of paying subscribers. NTT Solmare's platform carries titles from 120+ publishers, and Manga Mirai is migrating its content over.","threadsPost":null,"newsletterBlurb":"NTT Solmare's MangaPlaza crossed 1 million registered users at the end of July, five years into its U.S. run. Female readers are about 90 percent of paying subscribers, and the platform draws on more than 120 publishers. A cousin service, Manga Mirai, is closing and moving its content to MangaPlaza.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Animenomics\",\"url\":\"https://news.animenomics.com/p/mangaplaza-scales-up-us-digital-manga-operations\",\"title\":\"MangaPlaza scales up U.S. digital manga ops\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4635,"outputTokens":2738,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1788368883,"createdAt":"2026-09-02T16:58:41.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-09-02T17:02:24.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-02T17:02:24.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_67ff41e5b3c0f4267fa9e446","canonicalTitle":"MangaPlaza scales up U.S. digital manga ops","representativeArticleId":"a_5c2b11d57350e46a51c3f4d4","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[\"NTT Solmare\"],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"business\",\"domain\":\"manga\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"business","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-09-02T12:02:42.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-09-02T12:02:42.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-02T17:02:23.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Animenomics","url":"https://news.animenomics.com/p/mangaplaza-scales-up-us-digital-manga-operations","title":"MangaPlaza scales up U.S. digital manga ops"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":[],"studios":["NTT Solmare"],"people":[],"type":"business","domain":"manga","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}