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2008's Top-Selling Manga in Japan, by Series
posted on by Egan Loo
The following chart covers sales from December 24, 2007 to November 16, 2008. No new manga volume of Naoki Urasawa's 20th Century Boys was released in 2008. However over 3.7 million copies of the suspense manga were still sold on the strength of the ongoing movie trilogy and manga reissues such as the 24-volume 20th Century Boys/21st Century Boys set. Similarly, Masanori Morita's Rookies baseball manga enjoyed a resurgence thanks to the 2008 live-action drama adaptation and reissues of the compiled volumes.
| Rank | Title | Author | Total Copies | Publisher | Cover |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | One Piece | Eiichiro Oda | 5,956,540 | Shueisha |  |
| 2 | Naruto | Masashi Kishimoto | 4,261,054 | Shueisha |  |
| 3 | 20th Century Boys | Naoki Urasawa | 3,710,054 | Shogakukan |  |
| 4 | Katekyo Hitman Reborn! | Akira Amano | 3,371,618 | Shueisha |  |
| 5 | Bleach | Kubotite | 3,161,825 | Shueisha |  |
| 6 | NANA | Ai Yazawa | 3,122,146 | Shueisha |  |
| 7 | Soul Eater | Atsushi Ookubo | 3,076,351 | Square Enix |  |
| 8 | Nodame Cantabile | Tomoko Ninomiya | 2,799,299 | Kodansha |  |
| 9 | Rookies | Masanori Morita | 2,765,163 | Shueisha |  |
| 10 | Gintama #26 | Hideaki Sorachi | 2,390,196 | Shueisha |  |
Source: Oricon
Update: For the top 50 manga of 2008 by volume, see this chart and this chart.
follow-up of Japanese Comic Ranking, December 16-22
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