Before the 1990s some trial marketing of manga took place in Brazil, including "Lone Wolf and Cub", the first one published in the country in 1988, "Mai, the Psychic Girl", "Akira", "Cobra", "Crying Freeman", and "The Legend of Kamui". The Brazilian "shōnen" market started in the mid-1990s with "Ranma ½" published by Animangá, although the publication did not prove successful (due to the fact that it was released in the American format and contained only two chapters per issue, roughly equivalent to one fourth of a "tankohon"). It was followed by "", released by Conrad in 1999, during the "Pokémon" boom.