Manga in Japan appears synonymous with One Piece in much the same way that manga overseas is a shorthand for saying “Naruto“, if the latest manga sales figures are anything to go by.
The collected Oricon Top 50 figures for manga sales through the first half of 2009 (shown below) give a complete picture of what manga series are dominating Japan of late, with the usual blockbusters of Bleach, Naruto, and (of course) One Piece dominating much of the list.
- Sales figures shown are for November 11, 2008 – May, 17 2009.
2009 First Half Manga Sales Rankings
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Rank Sales Name 1 1,801,877 ONE PIECE 53 2 1,778,239 ONE PIECE 52 3 1,418,089 NANA 21 4 1,170,718 鋼の錬金術師 21 / Full Metal Alchemist 21 5 1,131,145 NARUTO 45 6 1,068,430 鋼の錬金術師 22 / Full Metal Alchemist 22 7 927,610 BLEACH 36 8 907,714 BLEACH 37
9 864,708 NARUTO 46 10 822,238 BLEACH 38
11 685,186 君に届け 8 / Kimi ni Todoke 8
12 677,411 聖☆おにいさん 3 / Saint☆Onii-san 3
13 619,501 黒執事 6 / Kuroshitsuji 6
14 611,100 D.Gray-man 17
15 598,192 家庭教師ヒットマンREBORN! 23 / Katekyou Hitman REBORN! 23
16 593,589 名探偵コナン 64 / Detective Conan 64
17 589,656 PLUTO 7
18 572,946 バガボンド 29 / Vagabond 29
19 557,839 銀魂 26 / Gintama 26
20 554,920 家庭教師ヒットマンREBORN! 24 / Katekyou Hitman REBORN! 24
21 551,829 ガラスの仮面 43 / Garasu no Kamen (Glass Mask) 43
22 545,496 銀魂 27 / Gintama 27
23 493,768 銀魂 28 / Gintama 28
24 465,760 XxxHOLIC 14
25 441,939 3月のライオン 2 / Sangatsu no Lion 2
26 402,965 もやしもん 7 / Moyashimon 7
27 394,567 バクマン。 2 / Bakuman 2
28 381,633 バクマン。 3 / Bakuman 3
29 376,340 ハヤテのごとく! 18 / Hayate no Gotoku! 18
30 374,257 桜蘭高校ホスト部 14 / Ouran High School Host Club 14
31 373,020 ソウルイーター 14 / Soul Eater 14
32 366,651 FAIRY TAIL 14
33 365,235 聖☆おにいさん 1 / Saint☆Onii-san 1
34 363,446 高校デビュー 13 / Koukou Debut 13
35 347,574 あひるの空 23 / Ahiru no Sora
36 334,536 メイちゃんの執事 1 / Mei-chan no Shitsuji 1
37 332,697 聖☆おにいさん 2 / Saint☆Onii-san 2
38 332,338 ツバサ 25 / Tsubasa 25
39 331,985 FAIRY TAIL 13
40 327,918 NARUTO 44
41 324,396 クロスゲーム 14 / Cross Game 14
42 321,461 ツバサ 26 / Tsubasa 26
43 319,543 ハヤテのごとく! 19 / Hayate no Gotoku! 19
44 317,381 MAJOR 70
45 317,125 WORST 22
46 316,221 あひるの空 22 / Ahiru no Sora 22
47 315,469 結界師 23 / Kekkaishi 23
48 315,150 デトロイト・メタル・シティ 7 / Detroit Metal City 7
49 313,845 蟲師 10 / Mushishi 10
50 313,214 MAJOR 69
Sales after May 17 are not included in the list, but including the figures we saw in the June 2009 Oricon charts would put the new One Piece 54 volume at the #4 spot, or possibly even into the top 3 if even more recent sales figures were available.
Another June release, Bleach 39 would also come into this list at around spot #23, making this yet another strong performance for Shonen Jump titles, which also includes One Piece and Naruto.
Gangan, Square-Enix’s own encyclopedia-thick manga magazine, comes in second to Jump with popular titles Full Metal Alchemist and Kuroshitsuji also earning respectable numbers.
Via Oricon.
geez, a lot of that top 50 list are not even memorable. how the f♥♥k are they so popular, wtf
Lol, you watch too many fanservice anime. That stuff is unmemorable. Srsly?
well if you ask me which manga I ‘m willing to buy it would be dragonball and one piece~~~ I can read them over and over~~~ but something like naruto ~ once is enough, no offense
Vagabond=Samurai
Gintama is excellent.
One piece too.
Include Full Metal Alchemist and Ill agree.
Unlike Naruto and DB, One Piece deserves all the praise and popularity it gets!