One Punch man, as a late addition, also gets pretty high up. I'd say, Claymore (proper translation) (1), OnePunch (2), then the others as listed.
Originally posted by NemeBro
D. Gray Man is pretty good, I'm over a hundred chapters in.Read it for the Millennium Earl.
I buzzed through the first 4 volumes. He is a character that makes me curious.
1. Naruto
2. Fairy Tail
3. One Piece
4. Bleach
Pretty massive gaps. I honestly didn't like One Piece all that much because it jumped around way too much but still better than Bleach, which even though it might technically have been better, was just sorta forgettable.
Similarly. I like chapters that cover multiple things, but one- and two- page stories aren't enough even if they do contain some reveals.
And Bleach was mostly reporting what just happened.
Naruto, with it's Kage roleout, and Fairy Tail, with it's evil Rogue beating down Natsu, beat them both.
Oh yes, Princess Resurrection just ended. Great series. Somewhat unexpected ending. If you haven't read it, I recommend doing so. It's not a super-long one, 87 chapters, but the individual stories are only a few chapters long, so there's a lot of stuff.
Spoiler:
Never did find out what the heck was up with the aliens ^^
If anyone knows Blade of the Immortal, here's some great cosplay
Some industry stuff, mostly on the US publishing end
Seven Seas mentioned they've expanded every year since '04, despite the decline in the manga market.
Article about how after the decline in US manga things have reached a more stable level
The publishers which closed:
ADV Manga, Bandai, Broccoli Books, CMX (a former imprint of DC), Central Park Media, Go! Comi, and Tokyopop
The ones that stayed around: Viz Media, Yen Press, Kodansha Comics, Dark Horse, Vertical, Udon Entertainment, Seven Seas, Gen Manga, and Digital Manga (DMI).
Yen sounding about as positive as Seven Seas.
And a bit on the 'long tail' of volumes:
"the first volumes of Death Note (first published in 2005), Fairy Tail (2008), Hellsing (2003), and Naruto (2003) all sold over 2,200 copies last year,"
Suggesting new readers are still coming in in good numbers.
And here's a history of manga in the US, 1961 to today!
Shounen Jump's top 20 bestsellers of all time
(Though it gives Dragonball higher sales than I've heard from other sources)
