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Manga With Biggest 1st Printings from Kodansha, Shogakukan, Shueisha: 2017-2018
posted on by Karen Ressler
The combined May and June 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 2017 through March 2018.
Kodansha
| Rank | Title | Volume Number | Copies Printed (in thousands) |
| 1 | Attack on Titan | 22 | 1870 |
| 2 | The Seven Deadly Sins | 26 | 575 |
| 3 | Saint Young Men | 14 | 428 |
| 4 | Space Brothers | 31 | 372 |
| 5 | Ace of Diamond Act II | 7 | 367 |
| 6 | The Heroic Legend of Arslan | 7 | 358 |
| 7 | Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card | 3 | 357 |
| 8 | Ajin | 10 | 348 |
| 9 | Fairy Tail | 61 | 340 |
| 10 | Chihayafuru | 35 | 330 |
| 11 | That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime | 7 | 295 |
| 12 | Hozuki's Coolheadedness | 25 | 261 |
| 13 | Tokyo Tarareba Girls | 8 | 250 |
| 14 | Chūkan Kanriroku Tonegawa | 5 | 245 |
| 15 | What Did You Eat Yesterday? | 13 | 242 |
Shogakukan
| Rank | Title | Volume Number | Copies Printed (in thousands) |
| 1 | Silver Spoon | 14 | 850 |
| 2 | Detective Conan | 94 | 700 |
| 3 | Magi | 33 | 410 |
| 4 | Mix | 11 | 401 |
| 5 | Major 2nd | 9 | 370 |
| 6 | Teasing Master Takagi-san | 8 | 290 |
| 7 | Umimachi Diary | 8 | 250 |
| 8 | Kūbo Ibuki | 9 | 240 |
| 9 | Karakai Jōzu no (Moto) Takagi-san | 2 | 200 |
| 10 | Blue Giant Supreme | 2 | 200 |
| 11 | Magi: Adventure of Sinbad | 13 | 190 |
| 12 | Dagashi Kashi | 10 | 190 |
| 13 | Shinya no Dame Koi Zukan | 3 | 180 |
| 14 | Comi-san wa Comyushō desu. | 8 | 160 |
| 14 | Ani ni Aisaresugite Komattemasu | 6 | 160 |
| 14 | Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt | 10 | 160 |
Shueisha
| Rank | Title | Volume Number | Copies Printed (in thousands) |
| 1 | One Piece | 88 | 3300 |
| 2 | Hunter x Hunter | 35 | 1500 |
| 3 | Tokyo Ghoul:re | 15 | 820 |
| 4 | One-Punch Man | 14 | 750 |
| 5 | Kingdom | 49 | 750 |
| 6 | Haikyu!! | 26 | 640 |
| 7 | My Hero Academia | 17 | 600 |
| 8 | Boruto: Naruto Next Generations | 4 | 450 |
| 9 | The Promised Neverland | 7 | 400 |
| 10 | Dragon Ball Super | 5 | 400 |
| 11 | JoJolion | 17 | 370 |
| 12 | Blue Exorcist | 21 | 360 |
| 13 | Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma | 28 | 330 |
| 14 | Omoi, Omoware, Furi, Furare | 7 | 320 |
| 15 | Seraph of the End: Vampire Reign | 14 | 305 |
Attack on Titan and One Piece have topped the lists for their respective publishers since at least 2013. Silver Spoon also topped the Shogakukan list from 2013-2014 and 2014-2015, but no Silver Spoon volume shipped between April 2016 and March 2017, so Detective Conan ranked #1 instead.
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