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Manga With Biggest 1st Printings from Kodansha, Shogakukan, Shueisha
posted on by Karen Ressler
The joint May/June issue of The Tsukuru magazine published a chart listing the top 15 manga volumes for three major publishers — Kodansha, Shogakukan, Shueisha — in the last 12 months based on first printings. The chart reflects the print runs from April 2013 through March 2014. The editor of Hajime Isayama's Attack on Titan manga announced last month that the manga will top its own record; volume 13 will ship on Wednesday with 2.75 million copies.
Kodansha
| Rank | Title | Volume Number | Copies Printed (in thousands) |
| 1 | Attack on Titan | 12 | 2250 |
| 2 | Saint Young Men | 9 | 965 |
| 3 | Vagabond | 35 | 900 |
| 4 | Fairy Tail | 38 | 600 |
| 5 | Space Brothers | 22 | 507 |
| 6 | Chihayafuru | 21 | 400 |
| 7 | Hajime no Ippo | 102 | 380 |
| 8 | Ookiku Furikabutte (Big Windup!) | 21 | 380 |
| 9 | Ahiru no Sora | 38 | 370 |
| 10 | Say I Love You. | 11 | 355 |
| 11 | Ace of Diamond | 39 | 340 |
| 12 | Initial D | 46 | 335 |
| 13 | The Seven Deadly Sins | 6 | 310 |
| 14 | Giant Killing | 29 | 310 |
| 15 | Ajin | 3 | 300 |
Shogakukan
| Rank | Title | Volume Number | Copies Printed (in thousands) |
| 1 | Silver Spoon | 11 | 1200 |
| 2 | Detective Conan | 79 | 700 |
| 3 | MIX | 3 | 650 |
| 4 | Magi | 20 | 640 |
| 5 | Magi: Sinbad no Bōken | 2 | 350 |
| 6 | Hayate the Combat Butler | 37 | 260 |
| 7 | Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt | 3 | 235 |
| 8 | I am a Hero | 12 | 230 |
| 9 | Kobayashi ga Kawai Sugite Tsurai!! | 6 | 223 |
| 10 | The World God Only Knows | 21 | 215 |
| 11* | Miseinen dakedo Kodomo ja Nai | 1 | 200 |
| 12* | Yume no Shizuku, Kin no Torikago | 4 | 200 |
| 13* | Kanojo wa Uso o Ai Shisugiteru | 13 | 200 |
| 14* | Ane no Kekkon | 5 | 180 |
| 15* | Shijō Saikyō no Deshi Kenichi | 52 | 180 |
Shueisha
| Rank | Title | Volume Number | Copies Printed (in thousands) |
| 1 | One Piece | 73 | 4000 |
| 2 | Naruto | 68 | 1400 |
| 3 | Kuroko's Basketball | 24 | 1000 |
| 4 | Assassination Classroom | 3 | 1000 |
| 5 | Kimi ni Todoke | 21 | 850 |
| 6 | Blue Exorcist | 12 | 750 |
| 7 | Terra Formars | 8 | 750 |
| 8 | REAL | 12 | 700 |
| 9 | Jojolion | 6 | 700 |
| 10 | Bleach | 62 | 660 |
| 11 | Toriko | 29 | 540 |
| 13 | D. Gray-man | 24 | 500 |
| 13 | To Love-Ru -Trouble- Darkness | 9 | 480 |
| 14 | Ao Haru Ride | 9 | 460 |
| 15 | Gintama | 53 | 410 |
*Shogakukan's #11 through #13 all sold around the same number over volumes, as did its #14 and #15.
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