Oricon Manga Sales Rankings: First Half 2010
Oricon has released their figures for manga sales in Japan for the first half of 2010.
Top 10 Series – First Half 2010 (Dec. 7, 2009 – May 31, 2010)
Rank |
Series |
Volumes Sold |
Magazine |
1 | One Piece | 15,220,095 | Shonen Jump |
2 | Naruto | 4,178,597 | Shonen Jump |
3 | Fairy Tail | 3,616,942 | Shonen Magazine |
4 | Fullmetal Alchemist | 3,169,048 | Shonen Gangan |
5 | Nodame Cantabile | 3,029,300 | Kiss |
6 | Bleach | 2,626,932 | Shonen Jump |
7 | Kimi ni Todoke | 2,533,556 | Bessatsu Margaret |
8 | Gintama | 2,376,060 | Shonen Jump |
9 | Katekyo Hitman Reborn! | 2,083,508 | Shonen Jump |
10 | Bakuman | 1,574,448 | Shonen Jump |
The most notable series on the list is One Piece, which not only outsold the next best-selling series (Naruto) by a ludicrous amount, but within a half-year has already outsold its entire previous year’s worth of sales (14,721,241). Weekly Shonen Jump dominates the list, with the only shonen competition coming from Fairy Tail, which has seen a surge in sales thanks to its anime, and Fullmetal Alchemist. Bakuman is the most surprising entrant in this list; having sold this many copies with only eight volumes available to date, and with an anime adaptation coming this fall, it’s a series on the rise.
Top 25 Volumes – First Half 2010 (Dec. 7, 2009 – May 31, 2010)
Rank |
Volume |
Volumes Sold |
Magazine |
1 | One Piece 57 | 2,305,594 | Shonen Jump |
2 | One Piece 56 | 2,276,013 | Shonen Jump |
3 | Fullmetal Alchemist 24 | 1,251,949 | Shonen Gangan |
4 | Nodame Cantabile 23 | 1,223,488 | Kiss |
5 | Fullmetal Alchemist 25 | 1,208,345 | Shonen Gangan |
6 | Naruto 49 | 1,152,551 | Shonen Jump |
7 | Naruto 50 | 1,119,029 | Shonen Jump |
8 | Naruto 51 | 952,072 | Shonen Jump |
9 | Kimi ni Todoke 10 | 939,831 | Bessatsu Margaret |
10 | Hunter x Hunter 27 | 918,059 | Shonen Jump |
11 | Nodame Cantabile 24 | 838,322 | Kiss |
12 | Bleach 42 | 803,252 | Shonen Jump |
13 | Neon Genesis Evangelion 12 | 771,680 | Young Ace |
14 | Bleach 43 | 729,335 | Shonen Jump |
15 | Bleach 44 | 716,829 | Shonen Jump |
16 | Black Butler 8 | 612,185 | Monthly GFantasy |
17 | Katekyo Hitman Reborn! 27 | 583,082 | Shonen Jump |
18 | Detective Conan 67 | 566,216 | Shonen Sunday |
19 | Katekyo Hitman Reborn! 28 | 554,355 | Shonen Jump |
20 | Real 9 | 552,049 | Young Jump |
21 | D.Gray-man 19 | 547,988 | Jump SQ |
22 | Yotsuba&! 9 | 529,316 | Dengeki Daioh |
23 | Ookiku Furikubatte 13 | 514,474 | Afternoon |
24 | Vagabond 32 | 505,964 | Weekly Morning |
25 | Gintama 32 | 487,694 | Shonen Jump |
Weekly Shonen Jump again controls the list, with 48% of the top 25. Of the top 25, 18 are shonen releases, and 12 of those (67%) are Shonen Jump titles. Surprisingly, despite Fairy Tail placing in the Top 10 Series chart for the same time period, no volumes of Fairy Tail or any other Shonen Magazine series placed in this list, while only one Shonen Sunday release did (Detective Conan 67).
Source: Oricon (Series, Volumes)
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