Reuters discovers manga — “a Japanese style of comic packed with big-eyed, wild-haired characters” — has infiltrated the UK, and is even adapting the works of Shakespeare.

Yeah, it’s an odd little overview that tries to cover too much territory in about 20 paragraphs. But it does manage to provide some figures about Tokyopop’s performance in the UK:

“We have gone from nothing in the UK to a business that doubles every year,” said Dennis McGuirk, director of Tokyopop’s British operations, which opened more than three years ago.

The company, which publishes translated versions of Japanese manga books as well as stories penned by non-Japanese artists, generated revenue of 2 million pounds ($3.93 million) last year in Britain alone and looks set to make 4 million pounds in 2007.

Other than that, it’s … well, odd.

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