Forum - View topicNEWS: Top-Selling Manga in Japan by Series: 1st Half of 2009
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skafreak51
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wow, gintama is number 5? that's awesome.
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lys
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I really enjoy these posts, getting to see the relative popularity of series I follow (and those I might be interested in following once they're available in English). Thanks for putting them together for us!
(and a correction—looks like Bleach has a One Piece cover on this chart) |
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whoisfriend
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Bloody Monday? I read the first couple chapters before. Didn't think it was this popular. I'm glad when a suspense manga makes a top 10 list like this. Really cool.
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YuYuUrameshi
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What? Bleach beat Naruto? That's flipping amazing! Go Bleach!
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Richard J.
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Too bad the sales numbers here aren't that high.
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Hi no Neko
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"aren't that high"? I don't know about Japan's sales standards, but a comics publisher in America would kill to have a million-selling series . . . heck, that's a remarkable number for book series in general. |
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Big Hed
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That's what he meant  I almost misinterpreted it too, at first. I am also impressed that Bleach beat Naruto. Nothing holds a candle to One Piece though, it seems.
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Tratious
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wow im impressed by what spot bleach is in one piece is still double what bleach has though make the story better kubo and you could
"potentially" pass |
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penguintruth
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I'm glad that Fullmetal Alchemist and 20th Century Boys are at least on the list, them being two of my favorite manga.
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vashfanatic
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Agreed. 20th Century Boys has actually finished for over a year now, but the movies are undoubtedly boosting sales. Another thing to note: all the titles are shounen and seinen. No love for shoujo or josei series, I guess. 
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britannicamoore
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woot. Thats such a crazy difference between number 1 and
number 2. |
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doctordoom85
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Isn't it less common for guys to purchase shojo/josei in Japan compared to the US and other countries? I dunno, I remember the author of Megatokyo commenting on this (and in the comic, several Japanese schoolgirls find it bizzare that Piro is reading in the shojo section), so if shojo/josei titles don't find as large a male audience compared to America's success in doing so with titles like Fruits Basket, it's not too surprising. I'm not sure about any of this, but it could be the case. |
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vashfanatic
Posts: 3495 Location: Back stateside |
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Yeah, but last time I checked, women had money and could buy manga as well... |
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penguintruth
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The first movie certainly made me want to actually purchase the Viz manga volumes. I can only hope there's a R1 DVD release for the movies. |
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doctordoom85
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What I mean is that while shonen/seinen apparently reaches multiple demographics judging by sales, shojo/josei might be having trouble spreading beyond their key demographic (in Japan, at least). |
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