Oricon released its semi-annual sales figures for manga and light novels. A list of the 30 best-selling manga titles in the 1st half of 2016. The measurement period ran from sales from November 23, 2015 to May 22, 2016.
One Piece is once again the best-selling manga title in Japan with almost 6.5 million copies. Nanatzu no Taizai, which came in 1st place in the ranking in the 1st half of last year, is now in sixth place. Assassination Classroom came in 2nd place, followed by Attack on Titan.
Finally, see the Ranking:
30th – Yotsuba&! by Kiyohiro Azuma / ASCII Media Works / sales: 920,185
29th – Konodori by Yuu Suzunoki / Kodansha / sales: 934,730
28th – Major 2nd by Takuya Mitsuda / Shogakukan / sales: 938,777
27th – I am a Hero by Kengo Hanazawa / Shogakukan / sales: 982,923
26th – Jojo's Bizarre Adventure by Hirihiko Araki / Shueisha / sales: 1,047,950
25th – Dagashi Kashi from Kotoyama / Shogakukan / sales: 1,098,890
24th – Golden Kamuy by Satoru Noda / Shueisha / sales: 1,110,116
23rd – Ajin by Gamon Sakurai / Kodansha / sales: 1,110,691
22nd – Bleach by Tite Kubo / Shueisha / sales: 1,129,676
21st – Owari no Seraph: Vampire Rejin by Daisuke Furuya (storyboard), Takaya Kagami (story) and Yamato Yamamoto (arts) / Shueisha / sales: 1,193,851
20th – World Trigger by Daisuke Ashihara / Shueisha / sales: 1,254,621
19th – Magi by Shinobu Ohtaka / Shogakukan / sales: 1,340,330
18th – Prison School by Akira Hiramoto / Kodansha / sales: 1,414,896
17th – Gintama by Hideaki Sorachi / Shueisha / sales: 1,468,890
16th – Fairy Tail by Hiro Mashima / Kodansha / sales: 1,534,636
15th – Orange by Ichigo Tanako / Futabasha / sales: 1,604,284
14th – Detective Conan by Gosho Aoyama / Shogakukan / sales: 1,612,080
13th – Food Wars: Shogukeki no Soum by Yuuto Tsukuda (Story), Shun Saeki (Arts) and Yuki Morisaki (cooperation) / Shueisha / sales: 1,756,603
12th – Chihayafuru by Yuki Suetsugu / Kodansha / sales: 1,885,180
11th – Terra Formars by Yuu Sasuga (story) and Keinichi Tachibana (arts) / Shueisha / sales: 1,906,964
10th – Boku no Hero Academia by Kouhei Horikoshi / Shueisha / sales: 2,135,591
9th – Tokyo Ghoul:re by Sui Ichida / Shueisha / sales: 2,179,345
8th – Boku Dake ga Inai Machi (ERASED) by Kei Sanbe / Kadokawa / sales: 2,332,110
7th – One Punch Man by One (History) and Yuusuke Murata (Arts) / Shueisha / sales: 2,553,331
6th – Nanatsu no Taizai (The Seven Deadly Sins) by Nakaba Suzuki / Kodansha / sales; 2,712,499
5th – Kingdom by Yasuhisa Hara / Shueisha / sales: 3,561,489
4th – Haikyuu!! by Haruichi Furudate / Shueisha / sales: 4,016,578
3rd – Shingeki no Kyojin (Attack on Titan) by Hajime Isayama / Kodansha / sales: 4,370,941
2nd – Assassination Classroom (Ansatsu Kyoushitsu) by Yusei Matsui / Shueisha / sales: 4,391,966
1st – One Piece by Eiichiro Oda / Shueisha / sales: 6,470,105
Source: Oricon
