Sales for Manga books are booming.
- Rankings by a major comics industry reporting service, ICV2.com, showed Manga titles in forty of the top fifty sales spots in major booksellers of graphic novels. November 2002.
- The How to Draw Manga/Anime market has become popular enough to induce Harper/Collins to launch its on own version: Japanese Comickers: Draw Anime & Manga Like Japan's Hottest Artists.
- According to Amazon sales figures, How to Draw Manga is one of the most popular Japanese anime instruction series available today, along with the How to Draw Anime series.
Japanese anime's presence is growing steadily in a diverse range of industries, including television, film, video, toys, games and book publishing.
- Major video chains such as Blockbuster and Hollywood Video have special sections for Anime titles, while cable TV channels like the Cartoon Network, STARZ, Sci-Fi and MTV regularly feature Anime television shows and film specials.
- The film adaptation of the popular kid's cartoon, Pokemon, debuted at the top of the U.S. box office and grossed $86 million domestically.
- According to a CNN Money Article, merchandise from the Yu-Gi-Oh Anime series that debuted on the WB network this fall, was the No. 1 licensed toy brand in terms of percentage sales increases through the first half of 2002, topping Spiderman, Star Wars and Scooby Doo. These products, which include Trading cards, action figures, and video games earned year-to-date sales of approximately half a billion dollars.
Anime appeals to a broad audience, from grade-school children to adults.
- In addition the popularity of such Anime shows as Pokemon and Yu-Gi-Oh with children, collegestudents have formed Anime Clubs on most major college campuses in the United States.
- Japanese Anime films geared to adults, such as Ghost in the Shell and Princess Mononoke have drawn widespread acclaim from film critics.

This is volume 2 of the How to Draw Manga series (Spanish Language Edition), subtitled Tecnicas (Techniques). This three-chapter book offers instructions in linear perspective, etching, and drawing effect lines. Also explained is how to apply tones, and how to express light and shadows on faces, bodies, and exterior settings.