CATDOLL: Japan Oricon 2015 comic sales revealed: One Piece is strong

It is now the end of 2015, and various annual selections have been released. To prove the popularity of a manga or light novel, sales can be said to be the most direct data. Recently, ORICON (Oricon) announced various rankings of book sales in 2015. For us anime fans, the most concerned are the sales rankings of manga and light novels.

The statistics of this year's list are from December 1, 2014 to November 30, 2015. In the comics list, One Piece, created by Eiichiro Oda, deservedly continues to rank first. The data of more than 14 million copies makes it difficult for newcomers to surpass it. I believe that in the next few years, it will still be difficult for any work to shake its king status. The sales of the original comics of many works that have recently been animated are also very encouraging.

【Top 10 Comic Sales Chart】

1. One Piece

The sales and popularity of the comic "One Piece" are absolutely unstoppable. The cumulative sales this summer have exceeded 14 million copies and have become a Guinness World Record. It is very difficult for any comic to surpass this achievement.

2. The Seven Deadly Sins

"The Seven Deadly Sins" is a juvenile manga written by Japanese manga artist Suzuki Osamu. It was first published as a short story in Kodansha's Weekly Shonen Magazine in 2011. After receiving positive reviews, it was officially serialized in 2012. So far, the cumulative number of single-volume editions has exceeded 10 million. It is also a very popular manga.

3. Attack on Titan

The style and drawing of the original manga of "Attack on Titan" are a bit rough, but the story of the giants and humans fighting for the right to survive is still very attractive. Moreover, after the work was adapted into an animation, its popularity began to soar and boosted the sales of the original manga.

4. Assassination Classroom

The most vicious super creature "Korosensei" in history blew up 70% of the moon and threatened to blow up the earth the next year, but he became a teacher in Class 3E of Kunugigaoka Junior High School for unknown reasons. The heads of state entrusted the task of assassination to Class 3E of Kunugigaoka Junior High School and distributed special weapons to them, hoping that the students could kill Korosensei within a year. The reward for success is 10 billion yen. The students tried their best to kill this teacher, and the story revolves around the extraordinary campus life.

5. "Kingdom"

"Kingdom" is a manga by Japanese manga artist Hara Yasuhisa. It has been serialized in the Japanese manga magazine "Weekly YOUNG JUMP" (Shueisha) since 2006. The story is set in the Warring States Period in China, which has never experienced unification and is full of wars. It is very popular in Japan.

6. Haikyuu!!

"Haikyuu!!" is a sports manga by Japanese manga artist Haruichi Furudate, which was serialized in Shueisha's magazine "Weekly Shonen Jump" in the 12th issue of 2012. This work has been adapted into an animation, which is a popular hot-blooded sports work in recent years.

7. Food Wars!

"Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma" is a serialized work in Shueisha's comic magazine "Weekly Shonen Jump" written by Yuto Tsukuda, illustrated by Shun Saeki, and collaborated by culinary researcher Tomoki Morisaki. The work is set in the famous culinary school "Totsuki Gakuen" in Tokyo, Japan, and tells the story of a small town set meal restaurant owner's son "Soma Yukihira" as the protagonist of the cooking and food comic.

8. Alien on Mars

"Martian Alien" is a Japanese manga written by Yu Takaie and illustrated by Kenichi Tachibana. It is a science fiction and passionate manga serialized in the manga magazine "Weekly Young Jump". In order to make Mars suitable for human habitation, two kinds of creatures were experimentally placed on Mars in the mid-21st century. One of them is modified algae, and the other is an insect that feeds on algae and has a strong reproductive ability - cockroaches. However, they have undergone amazing changes on Mars, and they are about to fight back against humans.

9. Prison School

"Prison School" is a campus comedy comic created by Japanese cartoonist Hiramoto Akira. The work began serialization in the October 2011 issue of Kodansha's comic magazine "Weekly Young Magazine". This work tells the story of the private Hakko School, a long-standing boarding girls' high school. This aristocratic school has begun to recruit male students since this year. However, in the end, only 5 students were admitted. What kind of hilarious life will these 5 boys start in this girls' high school?

10. Tokyo Ghoul:re

Tokyo Ghoul:re is a manga by Japanese manga artist Sui Ishida. It is the second part of the previous work Tokyo Ghoul. In the chaotic and noisy modern city of Tokyo, there are creatures that look like humans but live on human flesh. People call them ghouls. This setting is very attractive, and the animation of the work has also brought high popularity to this work.