One piece prints 300 million copies!

Robby

How long do you guys think it will take for One Piece to reach the next 100 million?
2-3 years?

Each volume gets a first print run of about ~3 million, and there's 4 volumes a year. So, 60 mill in the next five years from just that.. (though Oda is being forcibly slowed down a little, so there might only be 3 volumes some years.) and thats not accounting for sales of the previous 70+ volumes. (let alone other merchandise or whatnot.) Sales and viewership also picked up along during the marineford war and people got a lot of backstock volumes then, and there probably won't be another spike like that again.

But all things said and done at its current rate it'll probably hit 400 mill within another 4 or 5 years.

I imagine there will be a huge increase in first print runs whenever the series nears its end in 10 or 15 years though. (It'll probably be doing crazy 4 mill first prints by then ANYWAY… only to inflate more for the finale.)

Still, it'll be catching up to and passing Asterix soon!

Josl

@RobbyBevard:

Each volume gets a first print run of about ~3 million, and there's 4 volumes a year. So, 60 mill in the next five years from just that.. (though Oda is being forcibly slowed down a little, so there might only be 3 volumes some years.) and thats not accounting for sales of the previous 70+ volumes. (let alone other merchandise or whatnot.) Sales and viewership also picked up along during the marineford war and people got a lot of backstock volumes then, and there probably won't be another spike like that again.

But all things said and done at its current rate it'll probably hit 400 mill within another 4 or 5 years.

I imagine there will be a huge increase in first print runs whenever the series nears its end in 10 or 15 years though. (It'll probably be doing crazy 4 mill first prints by then ANYWAY… only to inflate more for the finale.)

Still, it'll be catching up to and passing Asterix soon!

One Piece had a first print run of 4 Million since Volume 64. Volume 67 had the highest first print run with 4050000
You can see the first print runs here on this site even if you can’t read Japanese:
http://www.geocities.jp/wj_log/rank/

Robby

@Josl:

One Piece had a first print run of 4 Million since Volume 64. Volume 67 had the highest first print run with 4050000
You can see the first print runs here on this site even if you can’t read Japanese:
http://www.geocities.jp/wj_log/rank/

…that just shows you how long I've been into this series... I'm still remembering it hitting the 3 mill threshhold. Yeesh. 4 has been the standard for almost three years?

Well, up all my math by a little then. So new copies alone will sell 80 million in five years... so it'll definitely hit the 400 mill mark sooner than that. Maybe only another 3 years then.

redon

Newspaper from Shizuoka and Nagano.

redon

Newspaper from Niigata and Aichi.

andre

This should be a worldwide event…

tion

Silverr

Next Gifu. I think they means, next is Luffy.

Ping

Waiting for Jinbe's.

redon

@Silverr:

Next Gifu. I think they means, next is Luffy.

No, it´s Pellona ^^

Silverr

I was wrong. I'm try again. Next Fukui, Toyama and Ishikawa.
I think next characters X Drake, Franky and Izo.

Greg

Drake probably won't be used because he's not on the advertisement on the website behind Luffy.

Brook would have been a great choice but at this rate it'll probably be Tashigi.

Unless they stretch it with Dragon but I doubt that.

Silverr

Oh. I see it now. Drake and Izo not behind Luffy.
Then hmmm, I thinks Lola, Franky and maybe Robin. ^o^
So they have used Momonosuke exception?

redon

One Piece has sold 130,150,000 copies since Oricon began reporting book sales in 2009. In 2013 has sold 17,207,000 copies (until last week).

http://news.nicovideo.jp/watch/nw830020

ワンピ23作連続コミック首位に、シリーズ全売上は1億3015.0万部。

11月11日付けのオリコン“本”ランキングコミック部門は、尾田栄一郎の人気コミック最新刊「ONE PIECE 72」（11月1日発売・集英社）が、週間売上154.0万部で初登場首位を獲得、50巻（2008年6月発売）から記録している「連続首位獲得数」を今作で23作連続とし、同シリーズが持つ「シリーズ連続首位獲得数記録」をさらに伸ばした。

今週でシリーズ全売上は1億3015.0万部、今年の売上だけを見ても1720.7万部と、2位以下に圧倒的な差を付けている。

先週11月1日（金）には、原作者、尾田栄一郎氏公認の公式総合ウェブサイトがオープン、また昨年開催され、東京会場のみで51万人を動員した「ONE PIECE展」の初海外開催となる台湾開催が決定するなど話題も豊富で、人気はまだまだ続きそうだ。

Greg

Called it.

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redon

Newspaper from Fukui, Toyama and Ishikawa.

redon

More newspapers.

Luxor

@redon:

One Piece has sold 130,150,000 copies since Oricon began reporting book sales in 2009. In 2013 has sold 17,207,000 copies (until last week).

http://news.nicovideo.jp/watch/nw830020

So I'm assuming we should look at the total sales, not the Oricon?

And thanks for all the newspaper scans. Are these all different papers from different regions? Or all Shueisha publications?

Takto

@Luxor:

So I'm assuming we should look at the total sales, not the Oricon?And thanks for all the newspaper scans. Are these all different papers from different regions? Or all Shueisha publications?

If you think of the year sales then I guss vol. 72 isn't in it and also nevember and december of 2012. But I guess I am wrong and these are the actual year sales. Wonder how much snk will have

redon

Newspaper from Osaka, Kyoto, Shiga and Wakayama.

will-of-R

300 mil is only in Japan, right?
I bet it will add up more than 50 mil if the worldwide also counted. *Cz me and my brother bought all of the volume, and did bought several volume twice due to bundled issue.
Is it hard to get the sales record worldwide I wonder? It will be blast xD

Do love the Yamagata, Hokkaido, and Shirakawa-go version.
http://www.shonenjump.com/j/3oku/

I bet Luffy will appear in Kumamoto perfecture! Where Oda was born…

#it also has T-Shirt design competition, I hope someone from Arlong Park submit their design..

CCC

@will-of-R:

I bet Luffy will appear in Kumamoto perfecture! Where Oda was born…

Seems like a good bet. That, or Okinawa, given that Oda said it's Luffy's most representative prefecture in the latest SBS.

For anyone interested in the T-shirt contest, scroll down on that link to the spot with three postcards in a row. The point is to combine OP characters with some element of culture from any one of Japan's 47 prefectures. You can either submit a written description of your idea ("Luffy riding a shachiko [tiger fish on top of castles]") or draw the design. Don't just say "Luffy x Aichi prefecture."
Deadline is January 14th, 2013

This is the address to send it to:
〒119-0163　集英社　週刊少年ジャンプ編集部
「OPJ47クルーズ　Ｔシャツデザインコンテスト**！****」係
JAPAN**

And of course you also need to include your own return address and penname. I'd be happy to help type that out for anyone interested in trying. Just send me a pm or visitor message.

will-of-R

@CCC:

For anyone interested in the T-shirt contest, scroll down on that link to the spot with three postcards in a row. The point is to combine OP characters with some element of culture from any one of Japan's 47 prefectures. You can either submit a written description of your idea ("Luffy riding a shachiko [tiger fish on top of castles]") or draw the design. Don't just say "Luffy x Aichi prefecture."
Deadline is January 14th, 2013

This is the address to send it to:
〒119-0163　集英社　週刊少年ジャンプ編集部
「OPJ47クルーズ　Ｔシャツデザインコンテスト**！****」係
JAPAN**

And of course you also need to include your own return address and penname. I'd be happy to help type that out for anyone interested in trying. Just send me a pm or visitor message.

COME ON GUUUUYS, WE MIGHT MAKE IT!! XD
Thanks for translating!

woah, now I'm interested in making one for Kyoto or Nara, huyeah

CCC

It honestly seems unlikely that he'd choose a design from anyone NOT from the prefecture they're representing in the design, but we've gone up against worse odds before. So why not?

redon

More newspaper for next days.

DemonX

Cool, though are these normal newspapers with OP covers or some special OP newspaper? Must have missed the info on it!

TofuAndag

They are one-page ads on normal local newspapers of individual prefectures.

redon

Newspaper from Mie, Nara, Hyogo, Okayama, Hiroshima, Tottori, Shimane, Yamaguchi and Kagawa.

Enzeru

Now I wanna visit Nara and Mie.

Ping

Oh man.. I wanna see Jinbe's!!

Silverr

The remaining characters:
Doflamingo, Jinbe, Lola, Wicca, Ace, Tsuru, Franky, Hannyabal.
The remaining prefecture:
November 19: Fukuoka, Saga, Nagasaki and Kumamoto
November 20: Oita, Miyazaki, Kagoshima and Okinawa

God! I wonder where Luffy? Or will Luffy?

MiyamotoMusashi

ZoroFTW9

@MiyamotoMusashi:

http://25.media.tumblr.com/8c88db8007079635cf695c4f2ea576fd/tumblr_mwh1zkd8Ur1qbxqfpo1_500.png

Do you know the source of this picture ? I'm not sure whether OP selling 345 million worldwide is legit or not.

MiyamotoMusashi

@ZoroFTW9:

Do you know the source of this picture ? I'm not sure whether OP selling 345 million worldwide is legit or not.

from the Dressrosa Special in the Viz Jump, meaning it should be legit

Correction, it´s today's issue of Jump from Viz. Page 64 says that 345 million copies were sold worldwide.

redon

@Silverr:

The remaining characters:
Doflamingo, Jinbe, Lola, Wicca, Ace, Tsuru, Franky, Hannyabal.
The remaining prefecture:
November 19: Fukuoka, Saga, Nagasaki and Kumamoto
November 20: Oita, Miyazaki, Kagoshima and Okinawa

God! I wonder where Luffy? Or will Luffy? [qimg]http://www.korsanfan.com/forum/images/smilies/smile_agla.gif[/qimg]

Fukuoka -> Lola // Saga -> Doflamingo // Nagasaki -> Franky // Kumamoto -> Ace

@MiyamotoMusashi:

Correction, it´s today's issue of Jump from Viz. Page 64 says that 345 million copies were sold worldwide.

Could someone post full page, please?

Dryish

Holy crap that page of Ace's is amazing. The clouds are so pretty.

And a hearty lol at Franky's page. Where else could he be than on a ship?

Luxor

Franky's gonna cruise to the end of the world.

Galaxy 9000

@redon:

Could someone post full page, please?

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MetaMario

This is amazing! Loved that Robin's exploring a cave, Indiana Jones-style.

CCC

So Ace got Oda's home prefecture…

Luffy's got to be Okinawa, then.

Devil G.

@redon:

Newspaper from Mie, Nara, Hyogo, Okayama, Hiroshima, Tottori, Shimane, Yamaguchi and Kagawa.

http://thumbnails107.imagebam.com/28944/82f6de289431731.jpg http://thumbnails108.imagebam.com/28944/515a91289431747.jpg http://thumbnails108.imagebam.com/28944/d9de11289431759.jpg
http://thumbnails108.imagebam.com/28944/a2561c289431779.jpg http://thumbnails104.imagebam.com/28944/d51b0d289431803.jpg http://thumbnails108.imagebam.com/28944/da41bb289431817.jpg
http://thumbnails108.imagebam.com/28944/791403289431834.jpg http://thumbnails106.imagebam.com/28944/05cd64289431853.jpg http://thumbnails108.imagebam.com/28944/a82271289431872.jpg

UROUGE!!! Japanese know what's good. Hannyabal appearing on the newspaper surprised me as well.

redon

Miyazaki -> Tsuru // Kagoshima -> Tontatta dwarves

@Galaxy:

! [qimg]http://puu.sh/5mBKJ.jpg[/qimg]

Thanks!!!

–- Update From New Post Merge ---

And last newspapers: Oita -> Hannyabal // Okinawa -> Jinbe

Greg

Well the newspaper characters are a wrap….or are they?

No Luffy yet so I'm wondering if he'll be in ALL the newspapers tomorrow.

Would be appropriate.

Kingdomkey

@redon:

And last newspapers: Oita -> Hannyabal // Okinawa -> Jinbe
http://thumbnails106.imagebam.com/28993/64f301289925889.jpg http://thumbnails107.imagebam.com/28993/1c0a33289925894.jpg

I remember someone posting in the next crew mate thread about how Jinbe's "nationality" matches more someone from Okinawa rather than mainland Japan like Zoro so I guess this proves that point. (Think it was Drake_Cloud).

redon

One Piece will go to New York!!!

Devil G.

I… wasn't expecting this.

Silverr

redon, is that a new drawing by Oda-sensei?

redon

@Silverr:

redon, that's a new drawing by Oda-sensei?

I think so but I can´t ensure 100%

Aaronrules380

So… what exactly does that mean?

fogdark

From what I'm getting, that picture of Luffy will also appear in The New York Times. And also, does this mean that One Piece Ten, or some form of it, will go to New York?