Ranking the the Top-Selling Manga Titles of 2023
Oricon has released its full ranking of 2023's best-selling manga.
The end of the year is looking closer by the day, and of course, that means every industry is rounding up its successes. The manga industry is no exception as the field has been booming over the past few years. Now, it seems the team at Oricon has its final annual estimates available, and the numbers breakdown which manga titles sold the best in Japan this past year.
And for those curious, no – Chainsaw Man did not come in first. That honor with to a sports series this year and honestly? Blue Lock deserves all the praise.
That is right! Blue Lock came in first place with Oricon's 2023 yearly estimates. The hit series put out nearly 11 million copies between November 2022 and November 2023. Blue Lock took first place by a wide margin as the FIFA World Cup put a special spotlight on Blue Lock, and many have likened the series to hits like Haikyuu and Slam Dunk.
As for the top ten, some new and throwback series made the cut at Oricon. So if you want to read up on the sales, you can read find the list of top-selling titles below:
- Blue Lock – 10.52 million
- Jujutsu Kaisen – 8.54m
- One Piece – 7.18m
- Oshi no Ko – 5.40m
- Chainsaw Man – 5.35m
- Slam Dunk – 5.00m
- Spy x Family – 4.32m
- My Hero Academia – 3.52m
- Tokyo Revengers – 3.21m
- Kingdom – 3.19m
While the manga industry had some familiar faces pop up in Oricon's top ten list, the top 20 list is definitely broader. A slew of emerging series popped up like Do Not Say Mystery and even The Apothecary Diaries. So for those curious, you can read the rest of Oricon's victors of 2023 below:
- Frieren: Beyond Journey's End
- That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime
- The Apothecary Diaries
- Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun
- Kaiju No. 8
- Do Not Say Mystery
- Sakamoto Days
- Mashle: Magic and Muscles
- Aoashi
- Detective Conan
- Toliet-Bound Hanako-kun
- My Love Story with Yamada-kun at Lv999
- Record of Ragnarok
- Blue Box
- Bocchi the Rock
What do you make of this 2023 sales breakdown? Have you checked out any of these manga series? Let us know what you think in the comments below as well as on Twitter and Instagram. You can also hit me up @MeganPetersCB to share your take!
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