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Beamcast – October 25

October 25, 2010 Leave a comment

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In this week’s show:

News
Sket Dance anime adaptation set for Spring 2011
One Piece has 200 million books in print
New shonen magazine, Sakura Hearts

Licensing announcement
Viz: Ao no Exorcist (Blue Exorcist)

Non-shonen news
Fruits Basket, Pluto live action adaptations

Weekly Oricon rankings (10/11 – 10/17)

New releases

[anime]
Fullmetal Alchemist – Second Season Viridian Collection (DVD) $49.98
Naruto – Season 4 Box Set 1 Uncut (DVD) $49.95
One Piece – Season 3 Part 3 (DVD) $49.98
Trigun – Complete Series (DVD) $49.98

[manga]
Kuroshitsuji (vol. 3) $10.99
Cirque du Freak (vol. 7) $10.99
Code:Breaker (vol. 2) $10.99
Hero Tales (vol. 4) $10.99
Negima! (vol. 28) $10.99
Pastel (vol. 15) $11.99
Soul Eater (vol. 4) $10.99
Zombie Loan (vol. 10) $10.99

Discussion / Weekly Poll
Last week’s results:
Which among the Jump “Super Legends” is your favorite author?
1. Toriyama Akira (Dragon Ball, Dr. Slump) (46%)
2. Sorachi Hideaki (Gintama) (20%)
3. Kishimoto Masashi (Naruto) (17%)
4. Konomi Takeshi (Prince of Tennis) (10%)
5. Akimoto Osamu (KochiKame) (5%)
6. Usuta Kyousuke (Sexy Commando Gaiden: Sugoiyo! Masaru-san, Pyuu to Fuku! Jaguar) (2%)

This week:
Which of these 100+ chapter series is most deserving of an anime?
(Bloody Monday, Code:Breaker, Kimi no Iru Machi, MiXiM11, Psyren, Yankee-kun to Megane-chan)

The Great Shonen Tier List
Characters added:
Oars (One Piece)
Akimichi Chouji (Naruto)
Dio Brando (JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure)
Jirou (Toriko)
Sasagawa Ryohei (Katekyo Hitman Reborn!)
Son Gohan (Dragon Ball)

Anime Discussion
Nurarihyon no Mago (ep. 16)
Legend of the Legendary Heroes (ep. 17)
Shinryaku! Ika Musume (ep. 3)
To Aru Majutsu no Index II (ep. 3)
The World God Only Knows (ep. 3)
Bakuman (ep. 3)

This Week in Manga
0:41:57 – Donten Prism Solar Car 1 (new series!)
0:47:18 – Naruto 514
0:54:42 – One Piece 601
1:03:11 – Bakuman 106
1:11:31 – Beelzebub 81
1:17:12 – Fairy Tail 206
1:21:27 – Hayate no Gotoku! 293
1:24:51 – Kekkaishi 326
1:31:27 – History’s Strongest Disciple Kenichi 403-404
1:38:23 – AR∀GO 40
1:44:07 – Toriko 115
1:50:23 – Gamaran 67-68
1:55:22 – The World God Only Knows 118
1:58:49 – Mahou Sensei Negima! 306
2:04:19 – Zettai Karen Children 235
2:08:33 – GE ~ Good Ending 55-56
2:12:35 – SWOT 13
2:16:44 – Enigma 6
2:26:27 – Bankara-san ga Tooru
2:31:49 – Air Gear 292
2:32:48 – Code:Breaker 108-109
2:34:17 – Katekyo Hitman Reborn! 311

Chapters of the Week

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Oricon Manga Sales Rankings: First Half 2010

June 3, 2010 Leave a comment

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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