Japan's Yearly Manga and Light Novel Rankings for 2016 (First Half)

by Snow
May 29, 2016 4:21 PM | 123 Comments

Here are the Manga and Light Novel sales rankings for the first half of the fiscal year of 2016 (November 23, 2015 - May 22, 2016).

Manga Sales by Series

*1.　6,470,105　One Piece
*2.　4,391,966　Ansatsu Kyoushitsu
*3.　4,370,941　Shingeki no Kyojin
*4.　4,016,578　Haikyuu!!
*5.　3,561,489　Kingdom
*6.　2,712,499　Nanatsu no Taizai
*7.　2,553,331　One Punch-Man
*8.　2,332,110　Boku dake ga Inai Machi
*9.　2,179,345　Tokyo Ghoul:re
10.　2,135,591　Boku no Hero Academia

11.　1,906,964　Terra Formars
12.　1,885,180　Chihayafuru
13.　1,756,603　Shokugeki no Souma
14.　1,612,080　Detective Conan
15.　1,604,284　Orange
16.　1,534,636　Fairy Tail
17.　1,468,890　Gintama
18.　1,414,896　Prison School
19.　1,340,330　Magi
20.　1,254,621　World Trigger

21.　1,193,851　Owari no Seraph
22.　1,129,676　Bleach
23.　1,110,691　Ajin
24.　1,110,116　Golden Kamuy
25.　1,098,890　Dagashi Kashi
26.　1,047,950　JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken
27.　*,982,923　I Am a Hero
28.　*,938,777　Major 2nd
29.　*,934,730　Kou no Dori
30.　*,920,185　Yotsuba to!

Manga Sales by Volumes

*1.　2,884,594　One Piece Vol.80
*2.　2,444,509　One Piece Vol.81
*3.　1,918,144　Shingeki no Kyojin Vol.18
*4.　1,526,685　Shingeki no Kyojin Vol.19
*5.　*,976,396　Ansatsu Kyoushitsu Vol.18
*6.　*,975,371　Ansatsu Kyoushitsu Vol.17
*7.　*,952,701　Haikyuu!! Vol.19
*8.　*,923,202　Tokyo Ghoul:re Vol.5
*9.　*,882,038　Haikyuu!! Vol.20
10.　*,848,591　Tokyo Ghoul:re Vol.6

11.　*,831,146　One Punch-Man Vol.10
12.　*,829,380　Ansatsu Kyoushitsu Vol.19
13.　*,781,247　Yotsuba to! Vol.13
14.　*,738,579　Kimi ni Todoke Vol.25
15.　*,735,261　Nanatsu no Taizai Vol.18
16.　*,719,345　Nanatsu no Taizai Vol.19
17.　*,681,860　Kingdom Vol.41
18.　*,677,309　Haikyuu!! Vol.21
19.　*,651,628　Sakamoto desu ga? Vol.4
20.　*,645,765　Detective Conan Vol.88

Rank 21 - 100

Light Novel Sales by Series

*1.　*,757,412　Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo!
*2.　*,489,374　Sword Art Online
*3.　*,371,880　Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei
*4.　*,321,535　Sword Art Online: Progressive
*5.　*,308,471　Monogatari Series
*6.　*,304,721　No Game No Life
*7.　*,302,013　Hai to Gensou no Grimgar
*8.　*,297,459　Boukyaku Tantei Series
*9.　*,280,586　Kokuhaku Yokou Renshuu Series
10.　*,263,357　Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu

11.　*,238,163　Saijaku Muhai no Bahamut
12.　*,213,521　Overlord
13.　*,210,762　Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darou ka
14.　*,178,019　Netgame no Yome wa Onna no Ko ja Nai to Omotta?
15.　*,165,442　Haikyuu!! Shousetsu-ban!!
16.　*,157,460　Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo! Spin-off
17.　*,155,250　Rakudai Kishi no Cavalry
18.　*,138,679　Orange
19.　*,132,196　Tensei shitara Slime Datta Ken
20.　*,128,460　Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index

21.　*,127,373　Owari no Seraph: Kyuuketsuki Mikaela no Monogatari
22.　*,123,649　Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Comedy wa Machigatteiru.
23.　*,120,955　Eiga Ansatsu Kyoushitsu
24.　*,119,692　Gakusen Toshi Asterisk
25.　*,105,145　Imouto sae Ireba Ii.
26.　*,104,704　Bungou Stray Dogs
27.　*,104,267　Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei SS
28.　*,101,012　Gate: Jieitai Kanochi nite, Kaku Tatakaeri Gaiden
29.　*,100,077　Owari no Seraph: Ichinose Guren, 16-sai no Catastrophe
30.　*,*96,084　Date A Live

Light Novel Sales by Volumes

Light Novels Separated by Specific Ranking

Source: Oricon Youtaiju

20 of 123 Comments Recent Comments

Overlord still selling yay!!
I bought vol1 from yen press, waiting for arrival

Jun 5, 2016 8:14 PM by Helios373

The big question will be how much BnHA will continue to rise. Will it have an epic anime boost and then start sinking once the anime ends? Or will the anime boost have put it on that 800k-900k volume amount that WSJ series like Haikyuu and AC have?

And speaking of AC, Im assuming that despite the fact the series is now officially over, my understanding is it still has like 3 volumes to be released, so I think it'll stay at that #2 or #3 spot for the rest of the year, though I doubt it'll be within the top 20 for 2017.

Jun 4, 2016 1:20 PM by MysticLeviathan

LordPerucho said:
Its me or World Trigger is slowly getting more and more popular?

The anime ended on a very aggressive cliff hanger with no clear intentions of coming back, so I'm guessing most of what's left of anime watchers picked up the manga for more.

Jun 4, 2016 1:15 PM by Botato

geralt said:
Yeah the anime boost did wonders for it at the time, but as soon as that ended it's been declining rapidly. At this rate even Kingdom will outsell it in a per volume basis.

Yup. But on the brighter side (for it), it's not the only series to have fallen off a cliff.

chrisbj said:
Lol, I was looking forward to a deep analysis of the list from you....

Finals... are taking away all my time. I probably won't be able to comment on my most anticipated volume (HxH 33) until after two or three days *weeps*

Jun 2, 2016 2:32 AM by Agafin

Agafin said:
NNT used to sell about as much as the AC/TG/HQ trio less than a year ago.

Lol, I was looking forward to a deep analysis of the list from you....

Jun 1, 2016 12:57 PM by chrisbj

Agafin said:
NNT used to sell about as much as the AC/TG/HQ trio less than a year ago.

Yeah the anime boost did wonders for it at the time, but as soon as that ended it's been declining rapidly. At this rate even Kingdom will outsell it in a per volume basis.

Jun 1, 2016 5:15 AM by geralt

NNT used to sell about as much as the AC/TG/HQ trio less than a year ago.

Jun 1, 2016 4:50 AM by Agafin

Sooooo happy for Kono suba!

May 31, 2016 8:45 PM by Machination

chrisbj said:

The threshold is lower than last year

The full year cutoff line in 2011 was 1.4 million, now the cutoff might be 2 million+ this year.

May 31, 2016 7:44 PM by ichii_1

ichii_1 said:

Virtualtr3 said:

I don't think Yotsuba would work on TV, but maybe I am wrong.

Author doesn't like how they did Azumanga Daioh so he isn't letting Yotsuba get an anime, maybe he'll change his mind someday.

chrisbj said:

I just noticed Nisekoi and Yowapeda didn't make the list, Toriko welcomes you to the club....

Toriko still has a chance :'(

The cutoff line just keeps growing each year, so it's not a fair assessment.
Any series with less than 2 million sales probably won't even make the top 30 this year.

The threshold is lower than last year

May 31, 2016 4:37 PM by chrisbj

tsudecimo said:

Virtualtr3 said:

I don't think Yotsuba would work on TV, but maybe I am wrong.

The author thinks the same

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-12-04/yotsuba&creator-kiyohiko-azuma-addresses-anime-rumors

Haha, yea I think that's where I got the idea from and I simply agree with him.

May 31, 2016 1:43 PM by Tippitak

I expected more of One Piece.
I'm happy for Snk since life has became more fair and made it bypass Nanatsu no Taizai.
And the most unexpected thing: If Fairy Tail buying that much?

And for the LN: I'm always sad to not to see Rokka no Yuusha I know that the author took a long break since the last volume but it's the most underrated story ever.

May 31, 2016 1:18 PM by xEzioAuditore

@Snow:
spotted an error:

56.　*,*30,131　Jinrui Saikyou no Hatsukoi

in the light novel rankings should be Jinrui Saikyou no Junai.

edit:

*9.　*,101,596　Haikyuu!! Shousetsu-ban!! Vol.4

Should be vol 6

May 31, 2016 7:39 AM by kuuderes_shadow

BNHA is gonna become the next big thing, especially with the events that are happening in the manga...

May 31, 2016 6:48 AM by LordPerucho

Boku no hero academia reaches 5.2 Million Copies Printed

May 31, 2016 3:53 AM by harkan

My Hero Academia has been doing well this year. I'm really anxious to see how volume 9 will sell.

May 30, 2016 5:59 PM by Nakurawari

LordPerucho said:

tsudecimo said:

http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-880577-1

2015年12月4日

December 4, 2015

Ok, I was wrong, my bad it was December and not November. .

Its me or World Trigger is slowly getting more and more popular?

I'm surprise you still haven't got the point yet. Snk volume 18 was release in December just like opm' as you can see it's counted in the first half 2016 manga sales. All the sales from mid November to Mid may are included in the first half sales.

May 30, 2016 4:45 PM by keragamming

tsudecimo said:

LordPerucho said:
OPM Volume 10 was released in November 2015...

http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-880577-1

2015年12月4日

December 4, 2015

Ok, I was wrong, my bad it was December and not November. .

Its me or World Trigger is slowly getting more and more popular?

May 30, 2016 4:02 PM by LordPerucho

Virtualtr3 said:

Kuma said:

one day, wake me up when youtsubato got adaptation...

I don't think Yotsuba would work on TV, but maybe I am wrong.

The author thinks the same

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-12-04/yotsuba&creator-kiyohiko-azuma-addresses-anime-rumors

May 30, 2016 3:27 PM by tsudecimo

Virtualtr3 said:

Kuma said:

one day, wake me up when youtsubato got adaptation...

I don't think Yotsuba would work on TV, but maybe I am wrong.

Author doesn't like how they did Azumanga Daioh so he isn't letting Yotsuba get an anime, maybe he'll change his mind someday.

chrisbj said:

I just noticed Nisekoi and Yowapeda didn't make the list, Toriko welcomes you to the club....

Toriko still has a chance :'(

The cutoff line just keeps growing each year, so it's not a fair assessment.
Any series with less than 2 million sales probably won't even make the top 30 this year.

May 30, 2016 3:23 PM by ichii_1

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Manga:	One Piece, Ansatsu Kyoushitsu, Shingeki no Kyojin, Haikyuu!!, Kingdom, Nanatsu no Taizai, One Punch-Man, Boku dake ga Inai Machi, Tokyo Ghoul:re, Boku no Hero Academia, Terra Formars, Chihayafuru, Shokugeki no Souma, Meitantei Conan, Orange, Fairy Tail, Gintama, Magi, World Trigger, Owari no Seraph, Bleach, Ajin, Golden Kamuy, Dagashi Kashi, I Am a Hero, Major 2nd, Kounodori, Yotsuba to!, Kimi ni Todoke, Sakamoto desu ga?, Ao no Exorcist, Kuroko no Basket: Extra Game, Wotaku ni Koi wa Muzukashii, Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun, Natsume Yuujinchou, Omoi, Omoware, Furi, Furare, Diamond no Ace Act II, JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken Part 8: JoJolion, Mix, Ore Monogatari!!, Saint☆Oniisan, Kyou wa Kaisha Yasumimasu., Mahoutsukai no Yome, Kuroshitsuji, Uchuu Kyoudai, Otoyomegatari, Barakamon, Arslan Senki, Horimiya, Nisekoi, Ookiku Furikabutte, Handa-kun, Toriko, P to JK, Hoozuki no Reitetsu, Ahiru no Sora, Umimachi Diary, Skip Beat!, To LOVE-Ru Darkness, Ookami Shoujo to Kuro Ouji, Platinum End, Giant Killing, Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo!, Sword Art Online, Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei, Sword Art Online: Progressive, No Game No Life, Hai to Gensou no Grimgar, Boukyaku Tantei Series, Kokuhaku Yokou Renshuu Series, Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu, Saijaku Muhai no Bahamut, Overlord, Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darou ka, Netoge no Yome wa Onnanoko ja Nai to Omotta?, Haikyuu!! Shousetsu-ban!!, Rakudai Kishi no Cavalry, Orange, Tensei shitara Slime Datta Ken, Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index, Owari no Seraph: Kyuuketsuki Mikaela no Monogatari, Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Comedy wa Machigatteiru., Gakusen Toshi Asterisk, Imouto sae Ireba Ii., Bungou Stray Dogs, Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei SS, Gate: Jieitai Kanochi nite, Kaku Tatakaeri Gaiden, Owari no Seraph: Ichinose Guren, 16-sai no Catastrophe, Date A Live, Monogatari Series: Off Season, Hataraku Maou-sama!, Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online, Zero no Tsukaima, Hidan no Aria, High School DxD, Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo! Spin-off: Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Bakuen wo!, Strike the Blood, Fate/strange Fake, Eromanga-sensei, Last Embryo, Tokyo Ravens, Madan no Ou to Vanadis, Boku no Hero Academia: Yuuei Hakusho, Saikyou Series, Hyakushou Kizoku