
Da Vinci magazine has released what their devoted readers consider to be the top 50 manga of 2014, with the long-reigning One Piece at last being stamped into oblivion by a titanic foe – for the second year running in fact.
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Charts giant Oricon rank for best selling manga of 2014, with the top spot once again being seized by renowned piracy series One Piece for the 6th year in a row, though with Shingeki no Kyojin hastily cutting the distance in comparison to last year – perhaps to catch up one day soon, not least with Naruto down and out.
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The most perverted guys in anime history have been ranked, making for a highly contested title if ever there was one – and producing some rather surprising results with an age-old retro title stealing the spotlight at first place.
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Anime fanatics have been quizzed as to what anime they would most like to inflict a live-action adaptation on, with some predictably dire choices on display.
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Yet another effort to rank the sexiest anime characters of all time has emerged, with both classic titles and late night debauchery getting a look in.
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Lady anime watchers have compiled a concise ranking of the anime that can be watched again and again without becoming stale – with the animated film powerhouse that is Studio Ghibli as usual dominating nicely, which may be as well considering the studio is now on “hiatus”…
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The lust of anime and manga fans again finds itself grounded in a ranking of the 2D lasses with the most enticing and womenly curves – and in at least one case hard muscles…
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Oricon has released their biannual ranking for the best selling light novels and manga for the first half of 2014, with Shingeki no Kyojin surprising few with its dominating manga sales, now surpassing even the legendary One Piece – though with more curious results from light novels in evidence, as the likes of Kagerou Daze tops the list despite the mediocrity of its associated anime.
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Even the likes of Doraemon has finally been displaced from the ranks of the most kiddy-friendly manga Japanese parents want their remaining offspring reading, to be replaced by the likes of One Piece, Naruto and even Silver Spoon – although a certain titanic blockbuster of recent years is still yet to make its scale felt.
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Top manga publishers are vowing a legal crackdown on sites wicked enough to post spoilers about the plot of such gems as Naruto and One Piece, blaming them for their declining sales, and have already threatened one of one of the largest such sites into virtual closure.
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The 12th volume of of Shingeki no Kyojin is truly a hit of titanic proportions, outselling all manga this year save One Piece.
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Though a taboo subject for some, Japanese anime fans quizzed on which anime titles they would like Hollywood to adapt into a movie (or, perhaps more realistically, despoil into an abomination) have gamely surrendered their favourite classics for inclusion into the remake mill…
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