Manga with the Highest Initial Print Runs in the Last Year
What was the manga with the highest initial print runs last year? Every year, initial print runs help to show which manga are trending in Japan.
The May issue of Tsukuru magazine, published by Tsukuru Shuppan, revealed the 15 manga volumes with the highest initial print runs released between April 2024 and March 2025 by the three major Japanese publishers: Kodansha, Shogakukan, and Shueisha.
These are the Manga with the Highest Initial Print Runs Last Year
In this survey, you can see which titles lead the publishing market in terms of print volume right after their release. And as expected, One Piece and Jujutsu Kaisen are strong among Shueisha’s best-sellers.
Below, you can check out the rankings of manga with the largest initial print runs among the 3 largest manga publishers in Japan.
Kodansha
| Rank | Title | Volume | Copies Printed |
| 1 | That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime | 26 | 450,000 |
| 2 | BLUELOCK | 29 | 400,000 |
| 3 | Chiikawa | 7 | 300,000 |
| 4 | Space Brothers | 44 | 235,000 |
| 5 | BLUELOCK -Episode Nagi- | 4 | 210,000 |
| 6 | What Did You Eat Yesterday? | 23 | 200,000 |
| 7 | Land of the Lustrous | 13 | 190,000 |
| 8 | In the Clear Moonlit Dusk | 8 | 165,000 |
| 9 | The Heroic Legend of Arslan | 21 | 150,500 |
| 10 | Wind Breaker | 21 | 150,000 |
| 11 | A Sign of Affection | 11 | 125,000 |
| 12 | Grand Blue | 22 | 120,000 |
| 12 | Blue Period | 16 | 120,000 |
| 12 | MF Ghost | 20 | 120,000 |
| 15 | Hajime no Ippo | 141 | 115,000 |
Shogakukan
| Rank | Title | Volume | Copies Printed |
| 1 | Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End | 14 | 700,000 |
| 2 | Detective Conan | 106 | 600,000 |
| 3 | Don’t Call It Mystery | 14 | 450,000 |
| 4 | Kusuriya no Hitorigoto: Mao Mao no Kōkyū Nazotoki Techō | 19 | 220,000 |
| 5 | Aoashi | 38 | 200,000 |
| 6 | Mix | 22 | 195,000 |
| 7 | Blue Giant Momentum | 2 | 135,000 |
| 8 | Firefly Wedding | 4 | 125,000 |
| 9 | Detective Conan Special | 1 | 110,000 |
| 10 | Kūbo Ibuki Great Game | 13 | 102,000 |
| 11 | Major 2nd | 28 | 92,000 |
| 12 | Love Phantom | 13 | 90,000 |
| 13 | Komi Can’t Communicate | 33 | 82,000 |
| 14 | Ao no Orchestra | 12 | 80,000 |
| 14 | Detective Conan Heiji & Kazuha NEW Selection | 1 | 80,000 |
Shueisha
| Rank | Title | Volume | Copies Printed |
| 1 | One Piece | 109 | 3.2 million |
| 2 | Jujutsu Kaisen | 29 | 1.8 million |
| 2 | Jujutsu Kaisen | 30 | 1.8 million |
| 3 | SPY x FAMILY | 14 | 1.3 million |
| 4 | Hunter X Hunter | 38 | 1.3 million |
| 5 | Kingdom | 72 | 930,000 |
| 6 | My Hero Academia | 42 | 850,000 |
| 7 | Oshi no Ko | 16 | 550,000 |
| 8 | Kaiju No. 8 | 12 | 500,000 |
| 8 | Chainsaw Man | 17 | 500,000 |
| 10 | One-Punch Man | 31 | 440,000 |
| 11 | World Trigger | 27 | 420,000 |
| 12 | The JOJOLands | 3 | 340,000 |
| 13 | Dr. Stone | 27 | 300,000 |
| 14 | Dragon Ball Super | 23 | 270,000 |
| 15 | REAL | 16 | 250,000 |
It’s amazing to see how Shueisha dominates the manga market with its shonen manga. It’s no wonder that it’s the demographic that sells the most manga in Japan, according to this report.
Another detail is that most of the mangas shown in the 3 rankings have anime adaptations, showing how much an anime helps manga sales.
via Você Sabia Anime
