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Roundup of Newly Revealed Print Counts for Manga, Light Novel Series (March - May 2018)
posted on by Crystalyn Hodgkins
Black Clover, Food Wars!, Chihayafuru, Naruto, Golden Kamuy, Overlord, Sound! Euphonium, Log Horizon, more
Publishers will often reveal how many copies of a manga or light novel series volumes are in print. The following are print counts ANN has found recently, listed in order of how many volumes are available.
| Manga | # of Copies in Print | # of Volumes in Print | Source |
| Manga Sutra | 27 million | 75 | Young Animal Arashi 6th issue (May 2) |
| Naruto | 235 million (140 domestic, 95 overseas) | 72 | Mainichi Shimbun's Mantan Web (April 27) |
| Onihei Crime Reports in Edo | 6.5 million | 65 | Amazon listing of Comic Ran June issue (April 27) |
| Chihayafuru | 22 million | 37 | Toho (March 17) |
| Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma | 14 million | 29 | 29th volume (May 2) |
| Nisekoi | 12 million | 25 | Oricon News (May 4) |
| Shinsengumi Imon Peace Maker and Peace Maker Kurogane | 6 million | 5 volumes (Shinsengumi Imon Peace Maker), 14 volumes (Peace Maker Kurogane) | Peace Maker Kurogane's 14th volume (April 13) |
| Black Clover | 5.8 million | 16 | 16th volume (May 2) |
| Yotsuba&! | 16.7 million (13.7 million domestic, 3 million overseas) | 13 (14th volume shipped on April 28) | Kadokawa via Crunchyroll (April 27) |
| Golden Kamuy | 5 million | 13 | Official Twitter account (April 26) |
| After the Rain | 2 million | 9 (10th volume shipped on April 27) | Big Comic Spirits combined 21st/22nd issue (April 23) |
| Osake wa Fūfu ni Natte kara | 480,000 | 9 | Official Twitter account (April 12) |
| BEASTARS | 1.3 million | 7 (8th volume shipped on May 8) | Big Comic Spirits combined 21st/22nd issue (April 26) |
| We Never Learn | 1 million | 6 | 6th volume (May 2) |
| Robot × Laserbeam | 700,000 | 5 | 5th volume (May 2) |
| Nagi no Oitoma | 700,000 | 3 | Official Twitter (March 22) |
| Basilisk: Ōka Ninpōchō | 400,000 | 2 (3rd volume shipped on May 7) | Young Magazine combined 21st/22nd issue (April 23) |
| DARLING in the FRANXX | 400,000 | 2 | 2nd volume (May 2) |
| Novel Title | # of Copies in Print | # of Volumes in Print | Source |
| Overlord | 7 million (number includes light novels and manga) | 13 (novel volumes, 13th volume shipped on April 27) | Volume 9 of manga (April 26) |
| Log Horizon | 1.5 million (number includes light novels and manga) | 11 (novel volumes) | Volume 13 of Overlord (April 27) |
| Sound! Euphonium | 1.4 million | 10 | Takarajimasha via Crunchyroll (April 20) |
| Saga of Tanya the Evil | 3 million (number includes light novels and manga) | 9 (novel volumes) | Volume 13 of Overlord (April 27) |
| Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online | 1 million | 6 | Dengeki Bunko (April 29) |
Thanks to #Verso.Sciolto for the Chihayafuru news tip.
Update: BEASTARS and Nagi no Oitoma counts added. Thanks, Thorfinn.
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