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NEWS: One Piece Manga Has 300 Million Copies in Print

Somewhere wrote:

enurtsol wrote: Hiro94 wrote: Oda must be one rich son of a bitch. Im glad though he deserves it the man is probably one of the best story tellers around. I recall Naoko Takeuchi driving her Lamborghini when her Sailor Moon exploded all around the world - and that was 2 decades ago. Probably not the best example. She comes from a rich family and was already driving expensive cars before becoming a pro mangaka, as I understand.

Naoko Takeuchi had to go to school Kyoritsu University of Pharmacy to become a pharmacist just in case her manga dream doesn't pan out, and worked as a miko (like Rei) at a nearby shrine while a student. Not that rich.

RAmmsoldat wrote:

Are these numbers international or japan only?

Japan only.

Which makes it even more mind-blowing.

Japan only.

Which makes it even more mind-blowing.

Yeah, I mean its not as popular outside japan for some unknown reason but it still does well enough.

@Hospodar:
I am intersted in this info, where did you get it?

perroloco wrote:

@Hospodar: I am intersted in this info, where did you get it?

Japanese sources, I assume. I've heard what I've heard from a Japanese person on another forum.
Apparently it's one of those facts that aren't so well known among English speakers, but is common knowledge for Japanese people.
English sources usually don't even mention the fact that she comes from a family of jewelry dealers.

On Topic:
This makes One Piece being the 3rd best selling book series in the world! With the same number of sales as Perry Mason with 82 books and Goosebumps with 62 books + spin off series(how much they are I don't know, but probably more than 10). So One Piece as less books, but the same sales as them .

Now it needs 150 Million more sales to surpass the second place, Harry Potter(If One Piece keeps selling like this in 38 volumes, 8 years it catches it).
And after that, 403 Million more to catch "Maigret" the best selling book series reported to this day.
Maigret lasted 41 years with 75 books and 28 short stories! Let see if One Piece is able to surpass this giant!

Somewhere wrote:

perroloco wrote: @Hospodar: I am intersted in this info, where did you get it? Japanese sources, I assume. I've heard what I've heard from a Japanese person on another forum. Apparently it's one of those facts that aren't so well known among English speakers, but is common knowledge for Japanese people. English sources usually don't even mention the fact that she comes from a family of jewelry dealers.

So we just added another reason for why Togashi doesn't work :O

On Topic:
This makes One Piece being the 3rd best selling book series in the world! With the same number of sales as Perry Mason with 82 books and Goosebumps with 62 books + spin off series(how much they are I don't know, but probably more than 10). So One Piece as less books, but the same sales as them .

Now it needs 150 Million more sales to surpass the second place, Harry Potter(If One Piece keeps selling like this in 38 volumes, 8 years it catches it).
And after that, 403 Million more to catch "Maigret" the best selling book series reported to this day.
Maigret lasted 41 years with 75 books and 28 short stories! Let see if One Piece is able to surpass this giant!

Somewhere wrote:

perroloco wrote: @Hospodar: I am intersted in this info, where did you get it? Japanese sources, I assume. I've heard what I've heard from a Japanese person on another forum. Apparently it's one of those facts that aren't so well known among English speakers, but is common knowledge for Japanese people. English sources usually don't even mention the fact that she comes from a family of jewelry dealers.

So we just added another reason for why Togashi doesn't work :O

bigivel wrote:

On Topic: This makes One Piece being the 3rd best selling book series in the world! With the same number of sales as Perry Mason with 82 books and Goosebumps with 62 books + spin off series(how much they are I don't know, but probably more than 10). So One Piece as less books, but the same sales as them . Now it needs 150 Million more sales to surpass the second place, Harry Potter(If One Piece keeps selling like this in 38 volumes, 8 years it catches it). And after that, 403 Million more to catch "Maigret" the best selling book series reported to this day. Maigret lasted 41 years with 75 books and 28 short stories! Let see if One Piece is able to surpass this giant!

There's also Asterix which was at 325 million sold back in 2009 (with 34 volumes only). ^^

bigivel wrote:

Somewhere wrote: perroloco wrote: @Hospodar: I am intersted in this info, where did you get it? Japanese sources, I assume. I've heard what I've heard from a Japanese person on another forum. Apparently it's one of those facts that aren't so well known among English speakers, but is common knowledge for Japanese people. English sources usually don't even mention the fact that she comes from a family of jewelry dealers. So we just added another reason for why Togashi doesn't work :O

Ah, telephone game.

Kutsu wrote:

bigivel wrote: On Topic: This makes One Piece being the 3rd best selling book series in the world! With the same number of sales as Perry Mason with 82 books and Goosebumps with 62 books + spin off series(how much they are I don't know, but probably more than 10). So One Piece as less books, but the same sales as them . Now it needs 150 Million more sales to surpass the second place, Harry Potter(If One Piece keeps selling like this in 38 volumes, 8 years it catches it). And after that, 403 Million more to catch "Maigret" the best selling book series reported to this day. Maigret lasted 41 years with 75 books and 28 short stories! Let see if One Piece is able to surpass this giant! There's also Asterix which was at 325 million sold back in 2009 (with 34 volumes only). ^^

Harry Potter did it all with 7.

Well, if you check Japanese wikipedia, it'll mention her family being jewelers. And I'd figure that if you're willing to trust English wikipedia in the first place, then the Japanese version is fair game.

Sewingrose wrote:

Sometimes when you look at that these numbers and your mind boggles at that level of popularity, how many people are buying it, and you think, "Can a series really be that good with that many fans?" And then you remember actually reading it, and you realize, yes, yes it can.

Indeed, as someone who reads/watches many other different types of series as well I often forget why I keep up with one piece, but then I just re-watch of the older episodes or read the latest chapter and automatically remember.

People can call One Piece overrated as much as they want, but by damn it it must be worth SOMETHING if so many different people are fans of it.

Thatguy3331 wrote:

Sewingrose wrote: Sometimes when you look at that these numbers and your mind boggles at that level of popularity, how many people are buying it, and you think, "Can a series really be that good with that many fans?" And then you remember actually reading it, and you realize, yes, yes it can. Indeed, as someone who reads/watches many other different types of series as well I often forget why I keep up with one piece, but then I just re-watch of the older episodes or read the latest chapter and automatically remember. People can call One Piece overrated as much as they want, but by damn it it must be worth SOMETHING if so many different people are fans of it.

I remember debating with someone on MAL in this regard, he said that One Piece is just average, with below average characters, below average story telling and subjectively bad art. I brought up the topic of top selling manga, and he told me that top selling doesn't guarantee it's quality, and I told him it sold 3 times greater than the 2nd place, selling 4mil copies per volume, and he went out and insults the 4mil people that are buying OP manga in Japan, now you see how ridiculously rude he is?