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The following is a list of the best-selling Japanese manga series to date in terms of the number of collected tankōbon volumes sold. All series in this list have at least 20 million copies in circulation. This list is limited to Japanese manga and does not include manhwa, manhua or original English-language manga.
According to Guinness World Records, as of 1995, the Bible was the best-selling book of all time, with an estimated 5 billion copies sold and distributed. [1] Sales estimates for other printed religious texts include at least 800 million copies for the Qur'an and 200 million copies for the Book of Mormon. [2]
To keep the list manageable, only authors with estimated sales of at least 100 million are included. Authors of comic books are not included unless they have been published in book format (for example, comic albums, manga tankōbon volumes, trade paperbacks, or graphic novels).
Bye Bye, Earth (ばいばい、アース, Bai Bai, Āsu) is a Japanese fantasy novel series written by Tow Ubukata and illustrated by Yoshitaka Amano. Kadokawa Shoten have published two volumes in December 2000.
First chapter First volume Last chapter Last volume 61 77: 704: Gin Tama (銀魂) Hideaki Sorachi: Weekly Shōnen Jump (weekly) Shueisha 2003 December 8, 2003 [95] June 20, 2019 August 2, 2019 [96] 62 76: 296 [97] G・DEFEND (ジー・ディフェンド) Shuu Morimoto: Racish, Ichi*raki (monthly) Tosuisha: 1993 May 1993: Ongoing 63 75: 395 ...
The term also refers to the format itself—a comic collection in a trade paperback sized (roughly 13 cm × 18 cm, 5 in × 7 in) book (as opposed to the larger 18 cm × 25 cm, 7 in × 10 in format used by traditional American graphic novels). Although Japanese manga tankobon may be in various sizes, the most common are Japanese B6 (12.8 cm × ...
In Japan, the City Hunter manga ran for six years in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine from Issue 13 of 1985 to Issue 50 of 1991. The first compiled City Hunter collections were published under the Jump Comics imprint from 1985 to 1992, and totaled 35 volumes. The second edition was from Shueisha Editions, who published an 18 book version ...
In North America, Hunter × Hunter is licensed for English publication by Viz Media as part of their Shonen Jump Advanced line of graphics novels, aimed at older teenagers. [7] [8] They published the first volume on April 5, 2005, and all 37 volumes have been released as of October 3, 2023.