At Manga Productions, the Saudis tap a new generation for talent | The DeanBeat

In Saudi Arabia, more than 70% of the population is under the age of 35. And these days they are growing up reading manga (comics), watching anime films and TV shows, and playing video games. It’s the perfect workforce for Manga Productions, a Riyadh company that is in all of those businesses.

Saudi kids are very engaged with this kind of content, which is largely created in Japan and other parts of Asia. And because they have grown up with this content, they have a fighting chance to create it on the world stage. Much of the content could be consumed in Saudi Arabia, but the biggest dreamers in the country want to export Saudi manga, anime and games to the rest of the world.