Top-Selling Manga in Japan - 2011 (First Half)

[redon]

Here Oricon Manga sales from November 22, 2010 to May 22, 2011.

Top-Selling Manga by Series

1 One Piece – Eiichiro Oda -- 23,366,030 -- Shueisha
2 Gantz -- Hiroya Oku -- 3,110,842 -- Shueisha
3 Naruto -- Masashi Kishimoto -- 3,035,593 -- Shueisha
4 Shingeki no Kyojin -- Hajime Isayama -- 2,613,851-- Kodansha
5 Fairy Tail Hiro Mashima -- 2,501,768 -- Kodansha
6 Bakuman. Story: Tsugumi Ohba / Art: Takeshi Obata -- 2,471,448 -- Shueisha
7 Kimi ni Todoke -- Karuho Shiina -- 2,421,162 -- Shueisha
8 Gintama -- Hideaki Sorachi -- 2,332,55 -- Shueisha
9 Bleach Tite Kubo -- 1,980,234 -- Shueisha
10 Toriko #12 -- Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro -- 1,836,000 -- Shueisha

http://www.oricon.co.jp/entertainment/ranking/2011/bookrank0601/index06.html

Top-Selling Manga by Volume

1 One Piece #61 – Eiichiro Oda -- 3,133,092 -- Shueisha
2 One Piece #62 -- Eiichiro Oda -- 2,698,663 -- Shueisha
3 Naruto #54 -- Masashi Kishimoto -- 1,178,643 -- Shueisha
4 Kimi ni Todoke #13 -- Karuho Shiina -- 1,120,177 -- Shueisha
5 Fullmetal Alchemist #27 -- Hiromu Arakawa -- 1,113,444 -- Square Enix
6 Naruto #55 -- Masashi Kishimoto -- 997,927 -- Shueisha
7 Nodame Cantabile #25 -- Tomoko Ninomiya -- 981,451 -- Kodansha
8 Saint Young Men (Saint O-nii-san) #6 -- Hikaru Nakamura -- 942,762 -- Kodansha
9 Bleach #48 -- Tite Kubo -- 822,941 -- Shueisha
10 Shingeki no Kyojin #3 -- Hajime Isayama -- 791,207 -- Kodansha
11 Bleach #49 -- Tite Kubo -- 646,700 -- Shueisha
12 Shingeki no Kyojin #4 -- Hajime Isayama -- 629,164 -- Kodansha
13 Shingeki no Kyojin #1 -- Hajime Isayama -- 605,915 -- Kodansha
14 One Piece #60 -- Eiichiro Oda -- 604,485 -- Shueisha
15 Yotsuba&! #10 -- Kiyohiko Azuma -- 593,878 -- ASCII Media Works/ Kadokawa Group Publishing
16 Shingeki no Kyojin #2 -- Hajime Isayama -- 587,565 -- Kodansha
17 Bakuman. #11 -- Story: Tsugumi Ohba / Art: Takeshi Obata -- 586,726 -- Shueisha
18 Kuroshitsuji (Black Butler) #11 -- Yana Toboso -- 559,916 -- Square Enix
19 REAL #10 -- Takehiko Inoue -- 557,236 -- Shueisha
20 March comes in like a lion [Sangatsu no Lion] #5 – Chika Umino -- 553,245 -- Hakusensha

Last 30 places.

http://www.oricon.co.jp/entertainment/ranking/2011/bookrank0601/index05.html
http://www.oricon.co.jp/entertainment/ranking/2011/bookrank0601/index05_1.html

or

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-05-31/top-selling-manga-in-japan-by-volume/2011-first-half

[Dubanka]

23 million!? 20 million higher than the next highest? Surely this is a miscalculation or a typo?

[redon]

@Dubanka:

23 million!? 20 million higher than the next highest? Surely this is a miscalculation or a typo?

It´s OK, here´s Oricon web.

http://www.oricon.co.jp/entertainment/ranking/2011/bookrank0601/index06.html
http://www.oricon.co.jp/entertainment/ranking/2011/bookrank0601/index05.html
http://www.oricon.co.jp/entertainment/ranking/2011/bookrank0601/index05_1.html

[Kishido]

Flawless Vitory… But how can it be... If the top 2 volumes sold 3 million unity... I doubt that the older ones were able to push it to 23 million

[redon]

One Piece Vol. 1 to 5 sold more than 300,000 copies each one, if the other 52 OP Volumes out of TOP 50 sold around 300,000 copies each one…

52 x 300,000 = 15,600,000 copies

It´s possible One Piece sold more than 23 million copies in 6 month ^^

[Sick_Fool]

Wah, 20 million lead? Holy shit.

Good to see Gintama and Toriko there. Surprised Shingeki no Kyojin is actually selling that high - s'all good though since it's a good manga.

[Kishido]

Seriously… Where is this boom coming from that the old volumes are running like that o_O

[Kisoto]

From what I'm understanding, the new OP fans in Japan are starting late (just like I did), and when they get hooked they go back and get the rest of the series, starting naturally with the first volume. This is the only series running that I can believe would be able to hook fans like that and keep them getting more volumes from the moment they read that first one and want more!

I just wish the popularity extended further. It really deserves to with numbers that exceptional to the other series on both charts!

[Juvar]

I like that Gantz is second. Didn't expect that at all. And I hope we'll see Toriko overtaking Bleach soon :ninja:

[Zanzith]

I wonder why volume 60 sold so low compared to 61 and 62, could it because of the flashback?

[rickfox]

@Zanzith:

I wonder why volume 60 sold so low compared to 61 and 62, could it because of the flashback?

well. Don't you see that is–--

Top selling Manga in Japan - 2011(first half)

[goty]

Hey One Piece! Stop humiliating the competition please?

@rickfox:

well. Don't you see that is–--

Top selling Manga in Japan - 2011(first half)

Yes.

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-04-06/one-piece-manga-no.60-is-oricon-1st-3-million-seller

#60 was released in November 4. This list starts on November 22, when it had sold about 2 and a half million already.

[redon]

@Zanzith:

I wonder why volume 60 sold so low compared to 61 and 62, could it because of the flashback?

Becouse Volume 60 was on sale 4th November 2010 and these sales are from November 22, 2010 to May 22, 2011. Between 4th November to 22th November One Piece Volume 60 sold 2,492,183 copies ^^

[Castelmore]

Yeah, Toriko !!! Almost as much as Bleach Guy's crap !!
But fuck, Fairy Tail is really overrated
Where's Beelzebub ?
Best manga actually running in Jump, for me, with OP and Toriko.

[Gizmo]

One Piece outsold the other 9 on the list combined by over a million

[Luffyko]

One Piece is just amazing. It sold 20 million volumes more than the second, Gantz?
Awesome.
Hehe, Naruto's just number 3 x'D

[Serpent541]

That's more than any of other series on the list combined! One Piece is dominating right now.

[Luffyfan]

Yah, One Piece deserves this best manga ever! What the heck is Grantz?? Never heard of it =/ Wow, never knew Fairy Tail was that high? I laugh at Bleach falling, it should get crushed.

[Juvar]

@Luffyfan:

Yah, One Piece deserves this best manga ever! What the heck is Grantz?? Never heard of it =/ Wow, never knew Fairy Tail was that high? I laugh at Bleach falling, it should get crushed.

GANTZ. Go read it.

[Don Quichotte De Flamingo]

Iam actually surprised about how well Gantz still sells his volumnes.
20 million lead for OP…what do you expect!

[m00n]

Gantz #2 is surprising. If there was any manga that I ever thought would sell better overseas, it was Gantz. And although I still have a habit of reading, its not that good. Neither is Fariy Tail for that matter. FMA will be missed on these lists. On the brigth side of things: If we're lucky we might not even see Bleach on the years end list.

[Gliblord]

Yeah I'm going to miss seeing FMA pwn on these lists.

[Lana_Patrick]

Just made a few calcs, One Piece sold about 52% out of the top 10 alone.

[goty]

Gantz being 2nd is due to the live-action movie hype. Same boost happened to 20th Century Boys and NANA after its movies, for instance.

[Aohige_AP]

Guys, keep in mind, the early volumes of One Piece like vol.1~10 all sold over 300k each. Just in this first half of 2011.
There's a lot of people picking up the titles now and buying the old issues.

In fact, total sales of One Piece back issues alone are outselling any other manga series TOTAL.
OP popularity is more insane than some of you realize.

EDIT: And my recommendation. Anyone who hasn't picked up Shingeki no Kyojin, go do so now.
That title is gonna become a Juggernaut the size of FMA soon.

[IgorGB]

Congratulations to Oda, the guy deserves it.

Are there other threads about these rankings? I'm new here and I got curious about the last semesters.

@Aohige_AP:

EDIT: And my recommendation. Anyone who hasn't picked up Shingeki no Kyojin, go do so now.
That title is gonna become a Juggernaut the size of FMA soon.

I saw that being strongly recommended somewhere, and the synopsis really interested me. I think I'll give it a try.

[No Maam]

@Aohige_AP:

EDIT: And my recommendation. Anyone who hasn't picked up Shingeki no Kyojin, go do so now.
That title is gonna become a Juggernaut the size of FMA soon.

I fucking love it Aohige, and have tried to get it to be picked up like two years ago by any scan group I could find.

But scan releases take so long and mangareader swaped the most recent chapter for a volume of a completely different series for some reason

[MasterKingJC]

Damn. Imagine how much the final volume of One Piece will cost.

I'm expecting sales in the hundreds of thousands.

[BluePheasant]

@MasterKingJC:

Damn. Imagine how much the final volume of One Piece will cost.

I'm expecting sales in the hundreds of thousands.

More like millions mate. The current books already sell in the millions.

[Croc7]

Good thing Gantz is getting what it deserves. Its a great manga and a lot of idiots tend to underrate it.

[Juvar]

@Croc7:

Good thing Gantz is getting what it deserves. Its a great manga and a lot of idiots tend to underrate it.

16 chars of agreed. I wish Berserk would get more love though… Gantz has somewhat lost most of it's magic with the current humanoid alien invasion arc, in my opinion. Although it seems everything before was a setup for it and this is the actual plot of the story, I haven't really come to like it yet.

[No Maam]

@MasterKingJC:

Damn. Imagine how much the final volume of One Piece will cost.

I'm expecting sales in the hundreds of thousands.

There will be only one copy printed.

And Bill Gates will buy it. :ninja:

[city_lights31]

These numbers are almost hard to believe…almost.

[Luxor]

@No:

I fucking love it Aohige, and have tried to get it to be picked up like two years ago by any scan group I could find.

But scan releases take so long and mangareader swaped the most recent chapter for a volume of a completely different series for some reason

What're you talking about? Isn't it there?
http://www.mangareader.net/shingeki-no-kyojin/10

[Aohige_AP]

They're only up to 10??

The latest chapter is 21.

[THE SEA]

This post is deleted!

[Verilance]

@Aohige_AP:

Guys, keep in mind, the early volumes of One Piece like vol.1~10 all sold over 300k each. Just in this first half of 2011.
There's a lot of people picking up the titles now and buying the old issues.

In fact, total sales of One Piece back issues alone are outselling any other manga series TOTAL.
OP popularity is more insane than some of you realize.

One thing I was thinking about the other day, while reading a article on how much Mangakas earn in a year, is…

"Is the phenomenon that is One Piece a positive or a detriment to the industry as a whole?"

I love One Piece but was thinking that just as in the music industry the rise of Mega Bands has a over all negative effect on smaller bands could Oda be harming lesser known or up and coming Mangakas unintentionally because there is no way they can get close to his popularity

[THE SEA]

@Aohige_AP:

They're only up to 10??

It's volume 3, chapter 13 actually if you checked the site. The way Mangareader organize the chapters sucked.

[IgorGB]

@Verilance:

One thing I was thinking about the other day, while reading a article on how much Mangakas earn in a year, is…

"Is the phenomenon that is One Piece a positive or a detriment to the industry as a whole?"

I love One Piece but was thinking that just as in the music industry the rise of Mega Bands has a over all negative effect on smaller bands could Oda be harming lesser known or up and coming Mangakas unintentionally because there is no way they can get close to his popularity

I don't think it's bad. Unlike in music, Oda's not selling a lot because of a current trend, the manga has been running for almost 15 years. It sells a lot because it's good. The others don't sell as much because they are not as good.

[Aaronrules380]

I also get the feeling, though there's a good chance I'm wrong, that One Piece is a series that attracts a lot of people who normally wouldn't buy manga or wouldn't buy Shonen Manga. I mean to keep selling so well on old volumes it must be attracting new fans, and I can't help but feel like the typical shonen manga fanbase would be drying up by now

[stephen]

Yeah, the surge OP has over everything else is because they're getting major mainstream crossover with people that don't buy manga otherwise. It's like Harry Potter: J.K. Rowling isn't really stealing thunder from other authors–the people that are buying her books and nobody else's are the ones that don't read books anyway.

[Urouge]

@Aaronrules380:

I also get the feeling, though there's a good chance I'm wrong, that One Piece is a series that attracts a lot of people who normally wouldn't buy manga or wouldn't buy Shonen Manga. I mean to keep selling so well on old volumes it must be attracting new fans, and I can't help but feel like the typical shonen manga fanbase would be drying up by now

I'm sure that's true, but also the current Shonen fanbase was too young or in some cases not even alive for the early volumes.

[THE SEA]

@stephen:

Yeah, the surge OP has over everything else is because they're getting major mainstream crossover with people that don't buy manga otherwise. It's like Harry Potter: J.K. Rowling isn't really stealing thunder from other authors–the people that are buying her books and nobody else's are the ones that don't read books anyway.

Yeah. The discussion between Akamatsu and Takekuma suggested the same thing:

Takekuma: Apparently, combination magazines have a lot of different authors in them, but buyers just want to read the work by one specific author, and so they don’t want to pay money for comics they don’t want to read. And so, I was told, that’s why combination magazines are at a disadvantage.

Akamatsu: If you compare Jump’s circulation to One Piece’s print run, One Piece is higher. And so, readers of One Piece these days don’t really read other titles. They don’t have time to, either. Once One Piece overtook Jump, I think people began to feel that it’s just faster to buy the paperbacks of One Piece and Naruto and Bleach, then other titles like Bakuman, and that the era of reading magazines is already over.

—Comic Natalie actually did a survey of its users. The results showed that on average, they’re buying 6-8 volumes of manga a month. About 2-3% said they bought over 30 a month, so everyone’s buying a lot of trade paperbacks. People around their 30s buy the most, and that’s also where the highest earners were, so they’re able to buy a lot. One thing they’re not buying, though, is magazines. Looking at those results, I really understood how important it is to listen to the paperback-only readers.

Takekuma: Around the beginning of the 1980s, the current business model of recouping profits through trade paperback sales was created, and publishers became extremely expansionary when the entire industry started to become lively as we entered the bubble era. That’s why they were fine with losing money on magazine sales. They figured that they would sell magazines as an advertising medium in order to sell paperbacks. But now, they’re losing their efficacy as an advertising medium.

Akamatsu: So, One Piece, Bleach, and Naruto will still most likely be around in three years. The reason is because Shueisha can’t end their serializations. Similarly, Magazine will still have Hajime no Ippo. But eventually, they’ll have to come to an end. And when they do, the three major magazines might end. They’re not developing new artists, after all.
It’s difficult for an editor to tell a major, established artist with a relatively fixed style, whose manga also sells well, to fix something he sees wrong in a manga, because the editor will be in trouble if the artists makes the fixes, then stops selling as much. It’s the same at both Magazine and Sunday. You draw it, they run it. Editors don’t intervene very much. If three years pass with nothing but artists like this at a magazine, the editors won’t know how to make corrections anymore.

There will be new artists, but no one to fix their work and no place to publish it, and no place for editors to be trained, either. Once that happens, all that will be left are major hit manga that span for ten to twenty years. Those hit titles will be like Lupin III, where the characters can’t be killed off, because there’s a new movie every few years. Once that happens, manga gets stale, and slowly grows weaker and weaker. Once that happens, the industry declines further.

[Monkey King]

@Juvar:

GANTZ. Go read it.

If you like terrible manga.

[Aohige_AP]

Gantz isn't terrible, it's a classic case of B-rated movies.
Those movies may be cheezy and bad, but they have their own value of entertainment, and Gantz fills that.
It does what it does very well. And enjoyable.
You're not supposed to take it too seriously.

You have to have a taste for it and it's rather selective, so I wouldn't recommend Gantz indiscriminately to all.

Also, as for effect of OP on the market, I personally feel it's more positive than not.
The manga market was kind of in a downturn, and OP revitalized interest in a large range of people.
The Harry Potter comparison is actually pretty good.

[MasterKingJC]

@BluePheasant:

More like millions mate. The current books already sell in the millions.

I actually meant in the hundreds of thousands of millions.

[Monkey King]

@Aohige_AP:

Gantz isn't terrible, it's a classic case of B-rated movies.
Those movies may be cheezy and bad, but they have their own value of entertainment, and Gantz fills that.
It does what it does very well. And enjoyable.
You're not supposed to take it too seriously.

You have to have a taste for it and it's rather selective, so I wouldn't recommend Gantz indiscriminately to all.

If only Gantz realized that, it would be enjoyable after all.

[Croc7]

Gantz is an enjoyable manga with superb action but it also has a lot of hidden messages here and there, which a lot of people fail to see because of their low reading comprehension skills….

[Steven D. Teach]

@Aohige_AP:

EDIT: And my recommendation. Anyone who hasn't picked up Shingeki no Kyojin, go do so now.
That title is gonna become a Juggernaut the size of FMA soon.

I just steamrolled through that. Really impressed with how morbidly realistic it can be. Those titan faces are like super realistic Vascos.

[Juvar]

@Aohige_AP:

Gantz isn't terrible, it's a classic case of B-rated movies.
Those movies may be cheezy and bad, but they have their own value of entertainment, and Gantz fills that.
It does what it does very well. And enjoyable.
You're not supposed to take it too seriously.

You have to have a taste for it and it's rather selective, so I wouldn't recommend Gantz indiscriminately to all.

Also, as for effect of OP on the market, I personally feel it's more positive than not.
The manga market was kind of in a downturn, and OP revitalized interest in a large range of people.
The Harry Potter comparison is actually pretty good.

And I happen to be one who likes it for what it is. Although, as I said, not as much anymore, but I'm still going through new chapters once they come out.

Anyways, I'm really surprised it's second on the list, simply because it is so different and "rather selective", as you put it…

Also, Shingeki no Kyojin - :wub: Thanks for the recommendation!