The 12th volume of of Shingeki no Kyojin is truly a hit of titanic proportions, outselling all manga this year save One Piece.
With 2.2 million copies of the recently released volume 12 sold, Attack on Titan crushed even the likes of Naruto and Kuroko no Basket, which managed only to pass the paltry one million mark this year.
Only One Piece managed more, with some of the latest tankobon managing to shift as much as 4 million copies.
Shingeki has gone from selling 40,000 copies at its start 3 years ago to over 2 million with its latest volume – some 50 times more.
Its huge grand total of 28 million volumes sold does however have some way to go before it catches up to Japan’s national manga One Piece – now at over 300 million.
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wow
so numbers
much yen
no wonder Isayama wants to drag it as long as possible.
shingeki no doge
what's with this so foo much bar shit scattered everywhere ...
this shit is not even funny ...
ever heard of internet memes?
the fact that it doesn't correspond to your sense of humor doesn't make it shit; many people, myself included, find little jokes like this chucklesome ツ
Better question is - from all those millions of copies, how little is the author's income compared to greedy publishers ? :p
10%, that's a fixed rate for every author as far as i know.
even so, if we consider the price of one volume to be minimal - that is, 430 yen or so - that's some 917000 USD from vol. 12 sales only if my calculation is right.
Not that i criticise him or something though, he lives by this work of his after all.
Nice guess. It's 429 yen.
Does Oda go by that 10% also...i would assume "he" would be an exception to the rule since he carries the manga industry on his back.
I imagine the situation is the same as with music: you sign up once, and they own your soul forever.
That is, unless the author was dumb enough to take a single high priced check for the anime and not get an actual cut from it. wouldn't be the first time this happened.
Yo, Japan, I'm a let you finish but Shingeki no Kyojin is the best of all time.
But no seriously, this is fucking epic stuff and the numbers just mean people want more. Hopefully we'll see a season 2.
There's so much stupid stuff in Shingeki no Kyojin, I don't even know why it has a huge fan base.
the exact same thing can be said about almost every commercially successful series/manga/whatever nowadays. Different people like it for a varriety of reasons ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Sure, there is a lot of incoherences - huge and tiny-, like Eren being not curious about a crucial thing for years, or the rails (in the anime) but the suspension of disbelief remains effective, until now.
Remember Saint Seiya ?
don't get me start on saint seiya
Its because its not PEDOPHILIA and doesnt concentrate on loli moe that ssick idiots wanna see, this one brings back memories of mature animes like Sword for truth, ninja scroll, angel cop, and others, Though
I'll admit, this anime is not as interesting as when it started.
Not a good as ONEPIECE!!
So are people not starting this at volume 1?
most likely they're starting from where the anime left off; or buying the first volumes from second-hand book stores where sales dont count. Also borrowing from friends and manga rental stores, reading online like a pirate, etc.
You can almost hear the original hipster fans of the manga cringe.
awful over rated crap...
I have to agree for the most part, atleast from what i saw of the anime it isn't as amazing as some people seem to claim but thats the same for anything i guess *cough*CoD*cough*
I'm not trying to put the authors work down however its just my opinion that it wasn't a "great" series, thats not to say its bad its just not something i would rate or recommend to friends, but again, thats just a personal opinion, doesn't make it the same for everyone :)
Kyojin is certainly no masterpeace, but it's far from crap. Quality is not a binary state.
what the hell, shingeki no kyojin is actually just another horror/guro manga with desperate story that most character or all of them dead in the end
last chapter, we see women get her throat slit in front of a child
well with this popularty, now hajime isyama will lost his guro touch in his manga
So SnK is finally entering the "Big Three" category as the official replacement for Bleach.
And that means "Say goodbye to story progression."
Compare this news with this
http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2013/12/06/shingeki-no-kyojin-mangaka-i-dumped-its-shocking-ending/
And we all know where it's heading.
can't milk series if everyone is dead, assuming he gave to pressure of higher ups, seems like all of the mangaka give way too quick to pressure.
realistically its hard enough (i.e. next to impossible) to ever achieve serious success as a mangaka.
can you really fault Isayama that much when his series suddenly takes off and a publisher exec says "hey, we want to you to make some changes to maximize the profits and longevity of your new hit series"?
the chances of one hit are hard enough, the chances of more than 1 even slimmer. this is likely his one shot to make some money off his work.
for you its just another manga to read or quit at a whim. no skin off your back.
for Isayama, its his livelihood.
He's probably already got at least a few million dollars by now, this is about fame.
well, mostly about fame, I'm sure he'd be happy to have more millions... :P
*sigh*
Cmon u guys really believe that? (＃｀д´)ﾉ
there is no telling if the manga will become full of fillers just cauz its going well
ofc that lots of manga got problems like that but...o(´^｀)o
lets hope for the best (｡･ω･｡)ﾉ♡
i honestly belive that Hajime-sensei wont mess up with his manga (｡･ω･｡)ﾉ♡
at least thats what i'm hoping.. ミ●﹏☉ミ
It will soon be revealed that the Beast titan is actually just a member of a team of 5 special titans, each with a special power. During the next 300 chapters we MIGHT see the first one die but only if Eren's father, who is actually the first titan hybrid ever and former leader of the hybrids, trains Eren to use Final Getsu... I mean Titan Call. Also, Mikasa feeling too helpless begs Eren's father to turn her into a hybrid too and she saves Eren in a heroic moment.
It's funny because it already has almost no story progression.
Well, I dont want to be that pessimistic. I felt, a big story to tell with Titan. Havnt read it recently for a while. So not sure if it sped up. But I think it be a while before we get fillers and deliberately extending it. Even Bleach, kinda hasnt felt like it been deliberately extending it. Because its pretty much closed all its plot holes.
a very bittersweet moment for the author.
Yeah but he planed to end it so that won't last long. But with this new success it'll probably turn into another bleach and naruto.
I am really disappointed with Naruto.
It used to be a manga about tactical, full with tension battle, with deep philosophy/emotional impact and great artwork.
Now, everything washed down, and nothing to look forward. Now I read it only for the ending.
and despite that, the naruto manga, especially the latest ones dissapoint alot, Why did naruto become a ninja, he should have just been a democrat, he only beats bosses through discussion, how annoying is that!!
trust me.... just cauz it might seems "the end" of story dsnt means that it will b.... mangaka have way more creativity than u might think...
instead of end it or DRAG it he can make it even more awesome in a way that none can expect n not cliche...
Wait are you talking about Naruto? Because if so, no the mangaka is not even trying anymore, they weren't really ninja like before but now they're just wizards throwing fireballs and huge things at each other in a wasteland.
Since when did carpenters start producing manga? This is a serious breakdown in order. Next thing you know Ryuuta Amazuma will start building bookcases and cabinetry.
Actually that would be Toriko.
not really since those are the big three shonen, snk is seinen.
nope, AoT is shounen believe it or not, the same way K-On is considered seinen. Still freaks me the fuck out.
SnK runs in Bessatsu SHOUNEN Magazine, doofus.
Although the content of BSM is closer to seinen mags like Young Jump, it's still technically a shounen manga.
Bleach has been at the very bottom/near the bottom of popularity polls for quite a while..
Yeah...
It will go down
Since http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2013/12/06/shingeki-no-kyojin-mangaka-i-dumped-its-shocking-ending/
I personaly didn't mind with Bad Ending
Just hope this Manga didn't turn out to be bad at the last...
Sry bad English~
And One Piece is shit compared to this, i will never understand how such a repetive and stupid manga is nr.1 all the time.
Firstly, OPINIONS. Secondly, One Piece is consistently good and entertaining, with a giant cast of vivid, lively characters and a huge world full of wildly imaginative places to see.
Attack on Titan's interesting premise and world are something One Piece could arrive at, explore, interact with, and solve in a single arc, or even just a movie instead of a whole series, and it would probably be a much more satisfying read to boot.
Lol, I love how your argument is:
1) That's just an opinion!
2) One Piece is better!
Yeah. It was my opinion.
Dude you have missed, sorry for you, I've watched almost 500 or so episodes of onepiece, AND I TELL YO, BELIEVE IT, ONEPIECE IS DA B.E.S.T.
UP LUFFYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
One piece is good but not THE best anime or manga out there. Are you saying it has a better storyline then Death Note or it better then Dragon Ball /Z, better then Basterd or Akira?
One Piece stomps the fuck out of Shitgeki in pretty much every aspect. The art is far superior and the story telling is miles better. Shitgeki is pretentious edgy shit for retarded idiots!