One Piece is Japan's Top Selling Manga!
Tuesday, 4 December 2012 | 02:53 | 0 comments
Japanese survey firm Oricon had revealed the complete list of top selling manga by volume and series. Topping both lists is Eiichiro Oda's pirate manga One Piece.
One Piece have sold an estimated 23,464,866 copies, from November 21st, 2011 to November 18th, 2012, with Volume 65: “To Zero” selling over 3,336,992 estimated copies throughout Japan. Volumes 66 to 68 coming in the 2nd to 4th rank of the "top manga by volume" list.
Tadatoshi Fujimaki's basketball manga Kuroko's Basketball comes in 2nd on the "by series" list, selling an estimated copies of 8,070,446. Meanwhile, Masashi Kishimoto's ninja manga Naruto ranks 3rd in the "by series" list, with the 60th and 61st volumes on the 5th and 6th spot of the "by volume" list.
Surprisingly, the 1/3 part of Shueisha's Shonen Jump Big 3, Tite Kubo's supernatural manga BLEACH was not even in the top 10 of both list. Ranking only in the 12th spot of the "by series" list with 2,974,750 estimated copies sold, and its 55th volume ranking as high as the 17th spot, with Volumes 53-54, and 56 included in the top 50.
Sources: Anime News Network (link 2)
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