Japan's Yearly Manga and Light Novel Rankings for 2016

Dec 1, 2016 6:12 AM

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*8.　*1,272,692　Hunter x Hunter Vol.33
If only HxH Had a regular release , it could sell more !
Anyway Sooo happy that My favourite manga is still sooo appreciated !
And I'm so happy it sold that much !
It almost made it to be in top 30 with just 1 volume though.
Togashi , release new chapters before HxH loose all the fans !

Glad to see One Piece at the first place and the strong sales of ansatsu kyoushitsu

Dec 1, 2016 7:08 AM

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keragamming said:

Mirorin said:
Kingdom selling so well but no S3 announcement. T_T

One Piece the king as always though lol, no surprise there.

A remake would be better.

I can't believe I'm saying this but a live action film series would be better :(
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwevH2yP3Hc

Dec 1, 2016 8:40 AM

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HaXXspetten said:
Wow KonoSuba beating out SAO for the whole year, and Re:Zero just an inch from doing it as well. How times have changed

That's not so hard though with SAO only releasing 2 new volumes and KonoSuba and Re:Zero getting that anime boost from 0 to 100. KonoSuba has 8 volumes in the top 46, doubt it comes anywhere close to SAO next year.
Though it's a (nice) change of pace for now.

Dec 1, 2016 9:33 AM

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Ramkec said:
Kingdom is one of the best better known series running atm, so glad it keeps charting high every year. It will probably be on number 2 next year considering Ansatsu is over, unless some new show appears and takes the industry with storm.

Also happy for Tokyo Ghoul, and looks like Boku no Hero Academia is doing really well so far since its still pretty new. I guess that's Jump's new mascot.

No chance for Rank 2 as Shingeki no Kyojin Season 2 will air Spring 2017. That will boost all the volume sales.

Dec 1, 2016 9:41 AM

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Fappa said:

Toadesstern said:
>*2.　*1,174,562　Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo!

get rekt ReZero o/

Well to be fair KonoSuba has about 3 months of more active advertisement than Re:Zero which explains that little edge it has on it. If that time difference would be smaller or even non existent it might look differently.

Still awesome two see that these two series manages to hold their own against big shots like KNNW and SAO

Let's just say I'd consider 2cours of anime an advantage in "active advertisement" over just 1cour as well so theres that :P
With season2 hitting Winter 2017 (next season) I'm not sure if just increasing the timespan would change a lot

But yeah, as much as I loved doing that "get rekt ReZero" joke for the sake of the rivalry on here between the two, being up there with SAO and even above it was the first thing I quoted elsewhere as well

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Dec 1, 2016 9:53 AM

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Well I'm happy to see Gintama, Orange and Haikyuu in the list <3

Kuroshitsuji as well <3

OMG ENSEMBLE STARS IS IN THE LIST FOR THE LN!!!! I CANT BELIEVE IT, CAMT WAIT TO WWTCH THE ANIME.

Dec 1, 2016 10:02 AM

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Pretty happy with the top 10. Chihayafuru almost made it this year too but those sales figure looks good. Season 3 when?

In regarding LN sales, it looks like Kimi no Na wa. took everyone by storm. Really glad to see Okitegami Kyouko no Bibouroku doing well. Another title on the list that not many people may be familiar with is Tensei shitara Slime Datta Ken. I have a feeling we'll be hearing more about this a lot more in the future.

Dec 1, 2016 10:30 AM

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Not surprised by Kimi no Na wa clinching the first spot......hell it was awesome.
/*Bows*/Super Shinkai!

But I am a bit disappointed in Fairy tail and Ginatama not making it to the top tens...

Anyway...I am happy to see Haikyuu doing so well. :-3

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Dec 1, 2016 11:25 AM

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Toadesstern said:

Let's just say I'd consider 2cours of anime an advantage in "active advertisement" over just 1cour as well so theres that :P
With season2 hitting Winter 2017 (next season) I'm not sure if just increasing the timespan would change a lot

But yeah, as much as I loved doing that "get rekt ReZero" joke for the sake of the rivalry on here between the two, being up there with SAO and even above it was the first thing I quoted elsewhere as well

Well I consider the boost and overall increase in average outside of the period the anime was airing as "active advertisement" pretty much before the boost, probably expressed myself a bit sloppily there :P.

I get what you mean, tho said rivalry isn't really there anymore since both series collaborate. So it's more like a give and take :3

Dec 1, 2016 12:47 PM

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Glad seeing some of my favourite manga making it to the top 30 Hunter x Hunter selling more than 1 million copies with just a singe vollume realiased this year makes you wonder how much it would sale if it was regular. I am not suprised at all seeing one piece first it is always first Lol and snk did great but compered to the previous year the sales have dropped i think its probably because fans got bored of waiting for the anime if we dont get this second season next year it will drop even more

Dec 1, 2016 1:08 PM

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*2.　*1,174,562　Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo!

My proudest hit in this list, they made it! It could've been #1 if not for that masterpiece movie. Come on guys... don't buy the LN, just keep on re-watching the movie. You ruined KonoSuba's chance to be #1. Ah well...

22.　**,225,229　Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo! Spin-off

even if you totaled that, KonoSuba still can't beat Kimi no Na Wa lol.

33.　**,104,090　Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo! Vol.7

I also just realized that KonoSuba vol. 1-8 all reached 100k sales for this year.

30.　**,162,562　Date A Live

Oh hey... this actually made to the list... Vol. 15 was okay I guess. We need more Kotori and Kurumi, Tachibana-sensei.

Dec 1, 2016 1:48 PM

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*1.　12,314,326　One Piece
*2.　*6,887,192　Ansatsu Kyoushitsu
*4.　*6,544,081　Shingeki no Kyojin
*5.　*6,474,394　Haikyuu!!
*6.　*5,115,573　Nanatsu no Taizai
*7.　*5,114,916　Boku no Hero Academia
*9.　*3,979,760　One Punch-Man
10.　*3,477,128　Shokugeki no Souma
11.　*3,019,944　Chihayafuru
15.　*2,507,468　Boku dake ga Inai Machi
21.　*2,034,806　Diamond no Ace Act II
23.　*1,986,335　Days
24.　*1,914,613　Nisekoi
28.　*1,809,055　Orange

All of the series I am especially happy for. Love seeing One Piece dominate as usual, and seeing all these other series I enjoy in the top 30 as well really make me happy.

Dec 1, 2016 1:59 PM

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Love Kingdom so im glad its doing well!

Dec 1, 2016 2:31 PM

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otakugirl10 said:
Glad seeing some of my favourite manga making it to the top 30 Hunter x Hunter selling more than 1 million copies with just a singe vollume realiased this year makes you wonder how much it would sale if it was regular. I am not suprised at all seeing one piece first it is always first Lol and snk did great but compered to the previous year the sales have dropped i think its probably because fans got bored of waiting for the anime if we dont get this second season next year it will drop even more

Second season of SnK is scheduled for next year Spring Irrc.
HxH sold 1,600,002 so it almost made it in the top 30.

Dec 1, 2016 2:40 PM

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DarklordVor said:

*2.　*1,174,562　Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo!

22.　**,225,229　Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo! Spin-off

even if you totaled that, KonoSuba still can't beat Kimi no Na Wa lol.

33.　**,104,090　Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo! Vol.7

I also just realized that KonoSuba vol. 1-8 all reached 100k sales for this year.

30.　**,162,562　Date A Live

Oh hey... this actually made to the list... Vol. 15 was okay I guess. We need more Kotori and Kurumi, Tachibana-sensei.

there's also
>17.　**,282,826　Kimi no Na wa. Another Side: Earthbound
so adding spin-off to the count doesn't really help :(

Dec 1, 2016 6:50 PM

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Nice to see Kingdom selling so well.

If the author of kingdom pulls something as big as "that arc" in 2017 I can see Kingdom remaining in top 5 easily.

Dec 2, 2016 5:48 AM

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Larkanite said:

Second season of SnK is scheduled for next year Spring Irrc.
HxH sold 1,600,002 so it almost made it in the top 30.

They said the same thing this year too they had anmounced snk second season for spring 2016 but changed it again for next year so many fans don't believe it will actually be realised next year i personally don't mind the manga is epic so i am not dropping it for such a stupid reason

Hunter x Hunter 1,600,002 in less than half a year that's awesome we need more chapters asap dark continent arc is epic well actually all the arcs of H x H are epic but we get to see kurapika in action after such a long time i need to see what my boy will do

Dec 2, 2016 11:35 PM

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Ah, Index is now near the bottom of the list, so why is there no adaptation yet? The volumes are still fairly decent; a drop is understandable, but not to this degree.

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Dec 4, 2016 11:46 AM

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SAO only 2 volume releases still selling over 1 million copies. Progressive also adds 360k. Beautiful

Dec 4, 2016 11:51 AM

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Need to check Oda-sensei's net worth right now.

Dec 5, 2016 12:23 AM

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Yohimo_asakura said:
SAO only 2 volume releases still selling over 1 million copies. Progressive also adds 360k. Beautiful

Sword Art Online and Overlord were both on the series rankings top 20 almost every week in the year covered, which is very definite signs of strong back volume sales. This yearly rankings puts figures on this - 410958 copies of Overlord back volumes, 410000 copies of SAO ones. Surprisingly close, there.

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Dec 5, 2016 7:08 AM

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26.　*1,835,668　Golden Kamuy

Wouldnt be surprised to see this one getting an anime seems to be quite popular

Dec 11, 2016 10:24 PM

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>threshold is 1,679,180

Lowest threshold in a while , last year it was almost 2 million, it'll get even lower next year with all the series that ended.
Very few new series are big hits.

Take a good rest Kubo, please come back :'(
17.　*2,253,028　Bleach

Sasuga.

*5.　**,711,154　Overlord

RIP bleach... one of the worst series ever written. it will be forgotten quickly

Captain struggles to defeat a Quincy
Captain reveals hidden power
Defeats Quincy
Quincy trolls them and isn't dead, calls them fools/explains his power.
Almost defeats Captain
Last second/deus ex machina appearance by another captain
Defeats Quincy
Nope, Quincy goes Vollständig
Captain(s) reveals long-awaited Bankai
Quincy is finally defeated. Rinse&Repeat.

Dec 11, 2016 10:32 PM

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MangaOverAnime said:

ichii_1 said:

Take a good rest Kubo, please come back :'(

17.　*2,253,028　Bleach

RIP bleach... one of the worst series ever written. it will be forgotten quickly

Sorry, there's already more bleach stuff planned all the way to 2018, keep hating.

Dec 11, 2016 10:36 PM

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ichii_1 said:

MangaOverAnime said:

RIP bleach... one of the worst series ever written. it will be forgotten quickly

Sorry, there's already more bleach stuff planned all the way to 2018, keep hating.

yeah a shitty live action movie and shitty novels that wont even be written by kubo .Looks promising lmao.

Dec 12, 2016 9:01 AM

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Bleach_Is_Trash said:

ichii_1 said:

Sorry, there's already more bleach stuff planned all the way to 2018, keep hating.

yeah a shitty live action movie and shitty novels that wont even be written by kubo .Looks promising lmao.

Kubo is involved in all of them and there's more to come, nice try thou XD

Jun 27, 2017 6:20 AM

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Tired to see One Piece up there to be honest... Well some series dropped compared to last year, but some did much better. Good to see Chihayafuru, Kingdom and Diamond no Ace doing well.

Well one piece will remain on top every year till it's end

Jul 27, 2017 1:34 PM

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Oregairu season 3!!!!

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