Dokodemo Young Champion Digital Magazine Ends Publication
The magazine's closure shows how a successful digital subscription service can replace a standalone digital publication when platform constraints limit growth.
Reporting from 1 sources: Anime News Network.
Akita Shoten's Dokodemo Young Champion digital manga magazine will cease publication with its June issue. The magazine, which began as a 300-page digital supplement in 2019, grew to 2,000 pages. Plans to expand to 3,000 pages were abandoned because some digital retailers could not sell a magazine of that size. All serialized manga are moving to Akita Shoten's YanChan Web service, which launched in March 2023 and has over 1 million subscribers.
The magazine started as a 300-page digital supplement to Young Champion in 2019 and grew to 2,000 pages. The editorial staff had planned to expand to 3,000 pages but found that some digital retailers could not sell a magazine of that size, leading to the decision to end publication. Manga from the magazine, including Plus-Sized Elf and From Old Country Bumpkin to Master Swordsman, are moving to YanChan Web, which launched in March 2023 and has more than 1 million subscribers. The staff said the magazine's role was essentially over given the service's success.
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