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Manga With Biggest 1st Printings from Kodansha, Shogakukan, Shueisha: 2014-2015
posted on by Karen Ressler
The July issue of The Tsukuru Shuppan's Tsukuru magazine published a chart on Saturday listing the top 15 manga volumes for three major publishers — Kodansha, Shogakukan, and Shueisha — in the last 12 months based on first printings. The chart reflects the first print runs from volumes released between April 2014 through March 2015.
Kodansha
| Rank | Title | Volume Number | Copies Printed (in thousands) |
| 1 | Attack on Titan | 13 | 2750 |
| 2 | The Seven Deadly Sins | 13 | 800 |
| 3 | Saint Young Men | 10 | 750 |
| 4 | Vagabond | 37 | 680 |
| 5 | Fairy Tail | 43 | 600 |
| 6 | Attack on Titan: No Regrets | * | 550 |
| 7 | Ajin | 4 | 520 |
| 8 | Space Brothers | 24 | 505 |
| 9 | Chihayafuru | 24 | 400 |
| 10 | Hozuki no Reitetsu | 15 | 380 |
| 11 | The Heroic Legend of Arslan | 3 | 370 |
| 12 | Ahiru no Sora | 39 | 365 |
| 13 | Ookiku Furikabutte (Big Windup!) | 23 | 340 |
| 14 | Say I Love You. | 13 | 340 |
| 15 | Daiya no A (Ace of Diamond) | 41 | 340 |
Shogakukan
| Rank | Title | Volume Number | Copies Printed (in thousands) |
| 1 | Silver Spoon | 12 | 1200 |
| 2 | Detective Conan | 83 | 700 |
| 3 | Yo-kai Watch | 4 | 670 |
| 4 | Magi | 21 | 660 |
| 5 | Yo-kai Watch: Tanjō no Himitsu da Nyan! (movie manga) | - | 650 |
| 6 | MIX | 5 | 630 |
| 7 | Black Lagoon | 10 | 500 |
| 8 | Magi: Sinbad no Bōken | 3 | 400 |
| 9 | Master Keaton Remaster | - | 300 |
| 10 | Umimachi Diary | 6 | 260 |
| 11 | Yo-kai Watch "Zen Yo-Kai Dai-Hyakka" #1-26 | - | 230 |
| 12 | I am a Hero | 15 | 225 |
| 13 | So Cute It Hurts!! | 7 | 212 |
| 14 | Kanojo wa Uso o Ai Shisugiteru | 14 | 210 |
| 15 | Yume no Shizuku, Kin no Torikago | 5 | 210 |
Shueisha
| Rank | Title | Volume Number | Copies Printed (in thousands) |
| 1 | One Piece | 76 | 4000 |
| 2 | Naruto | 72 | 1300 |
| 3 | Terra Formars | 12 | 900 |
| 4 | Assassination Classroom | 13 | 850 |
| 5 | Kimi ni Todoke | 23 | 810 |
| 6 | Haikyu!! | 15 | 750 |
| 7 | Kuroko no Basuke (Kuroko's Basketball) | 30 | 700 |
| 8 | Tokyo Ghoul:re | * | 700 |
| 9 | Ao Haru Ride (Blue Spring Ride) | 12 | 660 |
| 10 | REAL | 14 | 650 |
| 11 | JoJolion | 9 | 600 |
| 13 | Bleach | 66 | 600 |
| 13 | Blue Exorcist | 13 | 600 |
| 14 | Kyō wa Kaisha Yasumimasu. | 8 | 600 |
| 15 | One-Punch Man | 7 | 500 |
* Note: The volume numbers for these two series were not specified, but the release dates listed in the magazine match the release dates for volume 2 for both series.
The #1 titles for each publisher has not changed since last year.
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