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This article is from the Manga Glossary, by Steve Pearl starbuck@cybercomm.net with numerous contributions by others.

44 Manga: tankoubon ^[$BC19TK\^[(B

"Separate volume", or book. Mangas are sold in tankoubon format after
being serialized in magazines, with each tankoubon containing around 5-11
instalments. Most manga tankoubons are softcover, of about 200 black &
white pages in length, and sell for around 400 yen. However, there are a
large number of semi-standard formats, generally conforming to metric page
sizes.

Some common versions ("-ban"):
aizou-ban ^[$@0&B"HG^[(B (special or hardcover version)
Around 300-1200 pages, costing Y600-2000.
anime-ban ^[$@%"%K%aHG^[(B (colour anime comics)
Normal tankoubon size, at about twice the price.
kaizoku-ban ^[$@3$B1HG^[(B (pirate or bootleg version)
Same as the original, more or less.
wide-ban ^[$@%o%$%IHG^[(B, gouka-ban ^[$B9k2ZHG^[(B (deluxe version)
Around 400-1200 pages, costing Y400-1200. Pages may be slightly
larger than the original printing. (Often just another name for
aizoku-ban.)

Tankoubon sales account for a large proportion of a publisher's profits,
while magazines barely recover their costs, especially those with high
circulations. However, magazines may occasionally include short stories or
colour pages which rarely, if ever, find their way into tankoubons.

The English word "comics" ("komikkusu") is used interchangeably with
"tankoubon", although "komikkusu" is not usually used to describe Western
comics.

See also: Yomuzou's Weekly Manga Bestseller Lists
<http://ccwf.cc.utexas.edu/~susanooh/manga.html#weekly>

 

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