[WastingMyTime89]

> but in recent years I'd imagine that's been getting decimated by east Asian manga

France has been consuming manga for decades. It's the market with the most translations (more than in the US) and is by itself 40% of the European market. There were already some notable anime coproductions between France and Japan in the 80s.

Amusingly, like with comic books, the culture surrounding mangas in France is actually very different than in the US. As pretty much everyone has been exposed to anime as a child, there is far less of a stigma surrounding it and you can consume some without being seen as a weirdo.

If it hasn't killed BD yet, it probably never will. I wouldn't be surprised if it was actually growing the market.