MangaPlaza Celebrates Third Anniversary With List of Trending Titles, Special Promotions
NTT Solmare Corp is celebrating the third anniversary of MangaPlaza platform with various campaigns and perks for its users and a big reveal of its hottest titles. The platform, which boasts largely female audience, is well-know for bringing boys' love (BL) titles to English speakers.
According to MangaPlaza, the most popular titles from the "General" category in 2024 were (random order):
- The Lady's Family Whose Kindness Was Repaid With Betrayal Takes Revenge*
- To Sir, Without Love: I'm Divorcing You
- After Giving Up on Improving Our Relationship and Distancing Myself, My Salty Fiance Began to Pester Me*
- The Ayakashi Hunter's Tainted Bride
- The Counterfeit's Fateful Encounter
Similarly, the top titles in the BL genre on MangaPlaza in 2024 were:
- Delinquent Omega Belongs to the Beast King!
- The Titan's Bride
- The Seduction of the Deep Sleeper
- The Wolf's Bride*
- My "Toy" is Connected to My Best Friend*
*Only on MangaPlaza
MangaPlaza also announced that is bringing The Ogre’s Bride (Kureha, Jun Togashi) to its platform this March.
"We have seen growth of approximately 300% in quarterly sales for the second year in a row on MangaPlaza, achieving immense popularity within three years among its large and still-growing user base. We would like to keep playing a major role in the spread and expansion of manga and manga culture overseas," said President Asahi at NTT Solmare. Journalist and author Deborah Aoki also commented on the impact MangaPlaza has had since its launch:
"Manga is currently one of the top 4 bestselling categories across all books in North America, with fiction in the romance genre right beside it as a perennial top-seller. However romance manga [including shojo manga, josei manga, yuri (girls’ love), and BL manga] is generally overshadowed by shonen (boys) manga, especially series with an anime tie-in. MangaPlaza is showing that manga—even manga aimed primarily at female readers and without a high profile anime series—is something that readers overseas are craving.”
MangaPlaza - Third Anniversary Reward Campaigns
To celebrate the third anniversary, a special campaign will be held with a massive stamp quest allowing users to accumulate a substantial amount of points for use on the site. In addition, users will be able to take part in a special gift point lottery available via the site's web push notifications. Premium members, who subscribe at the rate of $6.99 per month, will be able to earn 33% more in point rewards until the end of March. More details:
Large-Scale Free Campaign – Approximately 200 free chapters will be made available for everyone to read, across a large selection of titles. (First 100 chapters: 3/1 - 3/15, Second 100 chapters: 3/16 - 3/31)
Premium Member Subscription Perks – With their membership, users can temporarily access 100 read-in-full titles and additional chapters for 100 more titles. (3/1 - 4/30)
Gift Code Lottery – Users will be able to enter a lottery by clicking the site’s push notifications for a chance to win 3,000 points. 30 winners will be selected for the prize. (3/3 - 3/31)
“X” Follow and Repost Campaign – Users who participate in this “X” social media campaign will have a chance to win 10,000 points. 10 winners will receive this grand prize. (3/3 - 3/31)
Special Limited Offer for Subscribers – Premium members will receive 33% more value on point purchases. (3/3 - 3/31)
Best Hit titles of 2024 Feature – Users will be able to earn 10% point rewards on purchases of popular 2024 titles. (3/3 - 3/31)
Special Stamp Quest – Participate in a special stamp quest, where users accumulate stamps with every site visit. After collecting a certain amount of stamps, users will receive up to 300 points as a gift. (3/23 - 3/27)
Source: Press Release