from 462 people, they reached their $13,000 target in only two months. 24-year-old who lives in southern vietnamontributed $8. >> we waited a long time for something like this. there were plenty of kids comics, but nothing you wanted to read. to me it wasn't about investing in a publication. it was a way to participate in a community that was making manga. i wanted to be a part of that. even on a small scale. >> the first volume of holy dragon imper ter had a huge impact. it was the first his ttorical manga for adults. the buzz even spread overseas bringing them international awards. then in december 2014, he set-up manga production company. the idea was to use crowd funding to publish the work of young manga artists and the underlying aim was to help establish a new manga culture in vietnam. >> translator: manga is still not widely understood in vietnam and writing comics is noteally sesneptable profession, but 9xenat kids undg and get passionately behind it. we just wanted to create a place where we could help saspiring young manga creators to realize their work. >> in its first two years, com