In the category of "This makes Mugen's head hurt"...

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Apparently Japanese manga will never make it big in America because Americans don't eat rice, among other things.

I think my favorite bit is where he says that Americans don't like teenage angst. Now, please excuse me. I have to go eat sushi while reading Judy Blume and Sweet Valley High.

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Really, if he wanted to be smart about it he'd point out that Americans don't read books. Woes.

Yeah, it's growing-- it's big news in the book trade because sales have been pretty flat. There's more and more space in the trade magazines devoted to manga in the past 2-3 years.