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Beamcast – October 11

October 11, 2010 Leave a comment

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In this week’s show:

News
The World God Only Knows anime second season listed for April 2011

Licensing announcements
Dark Horse: Kekkai Sensen (USA: Bloodline Battlefront), Drifters, Shinjuku Azul

Weekly Oricon rankings (9/27 – 10/3)

New releases

[manga]
Case Closed (vol. 36) $9.99
Cross Game (vol. 1) $19.99
Hyde & Closer (vol. 2) $9.99
InuYasha (vol. 53) $9.99
Kekkaishi (vol. 23) $9.99
Yakitate!! Japan (vol. 24) $9.99

Discussion / Weekly Poll
Last week’s results:
What is your favorite Naruto arc?
1. Chuunin Exam / Invasion of Konoha (44%) | 2. Invasion of Pain (22%) | 3. Land of Waves (11%)

This week:
Which of these Fall 2010 shonen anime are you watching?
(Bakuman, Shinryaku! Ika Musume, To Aru Majutsu no Index II, The World God Only Knows)

The Great Shonen Tier List

Characters added:
Aokiji (One Piece)
Temari (Naruto)
Mephisto Bart Kucabara (Defense Devil)
Apachai Hopachai (History’s Strongest Disciple Kenichi)
Kid Buu (Dragon Ball)
Shimura Shinpachi (Gintama)

Anime Discussion
Legend of the Legendary Heroes (ep. 15)
Nurarihyon no Mago (ep. 14)
Shinryaku! Ika Musume (ep. 1)
To Aru Majutsu no Index II (ep. 1)
Bakuman (ep. 1)
The World God Only Knows (ep. 1)

This Week in Manga
0:58:49 – Soul Eater 78
1:05:43 – Naruto 512
1:16:09 – Bleach 423
1:26:12 – One Piece 599
1:41:27 – Bakuman 104
1:46:32 – Beelzebub 80
1:51:49 – Fairy Tail 204
1:54:07 – Hayate no Gotoku! 291
1:57:29 – History’s Strongest Disciple Kenichi 402
2:05:54 – AR∀GO 38
2:08:38 – Toriko 113
2:13:55 – Gamaran 65-66
2:17:32 – The World God Only Knows 116
2:22:02 – Psyren 138
2:26:00 – Defense Devil 68
2:28:14 – Zettai Karen Children 233
2:30:37 – GE ~ Good Ending 54
2:33:24 – Kimi no Iru Machi 108
2:33:57 – Enigma 4
2:39:21 – Bench!
2:44:49 – Deadman Wonderland 38b
2:46:27 – Air Gear 290
2:47:39 – Bloody Monday: Season 2 – 42
2:48:45 – Code:Breaker 107
2:50:02 – Katekyo Hitman Reborn! 309

Chapters of the Week

Final Flash

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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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