It seems that free online scanlations and a lack of big name T.V anime titles are the major contributing factors to the shrinking manga industry;

I am somewhat surprised by this, but I shouldn’t be, manga is a big industry so why shouldn’t a 4 year degree be more common?

Warner Brothers wants the rights to bleach;
The Hollywood Reporter newspaper’s Heat Vision blog reports that the American film studio Warner Brothers “is in the process of securing the movie rights to” Tite Kubo’s Bleach supernatural …

Manga sales have dipped an historic 6.6% in Japan this year;

*Note*  picture is not the actual ship discussed in news article*
With a One Piece theme park already made, ideas are being thrown around to create the going merry, the ship used by characters in the …