We have the updated ranking from the Oricon regarding the best-selling manga up to June of this year (2023). The list shows several popular works that have won the hearts of fans over the years.
Updated ranking: The best-selling manga as of June 2023
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Therefore, unsurprisingly, considering the popularity of these series, they all also have anime adaptations.
1. Blue Lock – 8,046,032 copies
2. Chainsaw Man – 4,492,906
3. Slam Dunk – 4,199,966 4.
4. Jujutsu Kaisen – 3,757,215 5.
5. One Piece – 3,550,097
6. Spy x Family – 2,688,171
7. Tokyo Revengers – 2,622,078
8. Boku no Hero – 1,887,507
9. OSHI NO KO – 1,690,722
10. KINGDOM – 1,569,434
Thus, Slam Dunk emerged, thanks in turn to the film The First Slam Dunk, released at the end of December 2022. However, the list highlights Blue Lock, Chainsaw Man, and Oshi no Ko, series that gained popularity in 2023 thanks to the release of their anime adaptations.
Synopsis Blue Lock:
The story begins with Japan's elimination from the 2018 FIFA World Cup, prompting the Japan Football Union to initiate a program to scout high school players who will begin training for the 2022 World Cup. Isagi Yoichi, a striker, receives an invitation to this program shortly after his team misses out on qualifying for the national championship. But his coach, Ego Jinpachi, intends to "end Japan's failing football" by introducing a radical new training regime: isolating 300 young strikers in a prison-like institution called "Blue Lock" and subjecting them to rigorous training with the goal of creating "The best striker in the world."
Finally, the first season of the anime was directed by Tetsuaki Watanabe at the Blue Lock studio Tetsuaki Watanabe.
Furthermore, the manga Blue Lock debuted in Weekly Shonen in August 2018, authored by Muneyuki Kaneshiro and Yusuke Nomura.
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Source: Shounen Jump News