![]() Įlex Media established their adult manga imprint, Level Comics in 2005. As of December 2008, almost 7500 comic volumes had been published. Elex Media began to adopt the Japanese manga style publishing in 1995 and applied it to local comics in 2001. Indonesian local comics began to appear in 1994 with the publication of the Imperium Majapahit (Majapahit Empire) by Jan Mintaraga. Various private television stations licensed and broadcast Japanese anime which also influenced the interest of comic and manga lovers in Indonesia. The decision of the New Order government to allow the establishment of private television stations was also influential in the spread of outside culture, including the manga. Other manga like Kungfu Boy, Doraemon, and Dragon Ball began to follow. In 1991, Elex Media plunged into the manga publishing industry with the publication of Kyoko Mizuki's Candy Candy manga, originally published by Kodansha. The founder of Kompas, Jakob Oetama, was interested in the potential of manga during his visit to Japan in the late 1980s. Established in 1985, Elex Media initially published various electronic and computer-themed books.
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