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.

Various private television stations licensed and broadcast Japanese anime which also influenced the interest of comic and manga lovers in Indonesia.

Elex Media began to adopt the Japanese manga style publishing in 1995 and applied it to local comics in 2001.

Their manga titles including 20th Century Boys, Homunculus, Vagabond, Shin Angyo Onshi, and Soul Eater.

The book titles included in this category are Lucky Luke, Smurf, Michel Vaillant, Yakari, and Spirou & Fantasio.