Overview
- In an interview published January 26 by Nikkei XTrend, DC’s president called manga’s appeal a different sensibility rather than a matter of art style.
- He argued American comics remain concentrated in superheroes, while manga ranges from slice‑of‑life to cooking and sports.
- Lee contrasted Western views of comics as children’s media with Japan’s mainstream adult readership across many genres.
- He noted the manga market is larger than the American comics industry and framed the key question as what lessons U.S. publishers should adopt.
- Coverage points to recent signals of momentum, including record‑setting anime films in the U.S. and Netflix’s new partnership with MAPPA, as DC experiments with broader non‑superhero lines.