I think Gintama's heading for an ending in a year or two itself...Sorachi has pretty much done all of the arcs he said he'd do, and the two loose ends in the series have teamed up and are heading to Earth. Once they're taken care of, there really isn't much else left for Gintama, although it's not exactly a plot laden series. With that said, I think Beelze could become a top dog, and I won't comment on Toriko since I don't read it.
Isayama Hajime is author of Shingeki no Kyojin, currently serializing in Bessatsu Shonen Magazine. He used to submit his works to Shonen Jump, but his editor said, "bring Jump, not a manga." Then, Isayama changed to Magazine and becomes successful.
One Piece sold about 16,500,000 copies within first 10 volumes; Naruto sold about 12,000,000 copies within first 13 volumes; and Bleach sold about 7,000,000 copies within first 10 volumes.
Yes, I agree with you. But it is very difficult for series to reach One Piece/Naruto level at this time period. Also with Japanese government intervention going on, it has became even harder for series to become big hit.In any case, like others have said, in due time, other manga will surely rise up and gain popularity and become the "new" big 3/whatever number. It may not be even Beelze, Toriko or anything that is running in JUMP right now, it could be something else altogether. The future is unknown, and that's what makes it exciting, no?
No. Nurarihyon sold 3,600,000 copies in only 2010, in chapter 125 the autor said that the first 12 volumes have sold about 6,000,000 copies.
Yes, I know. Nurarihyon currently sold 6,600,000 within 13 volumes. I'm just making comparison for other series' around first 10 volumes tank sales. That's why I posted only up to 10 volumes.
Wow, the differences were so great even at the beginning! I always thought the earlier arcs of OP were not as well received, so I'm surprised that it sold this well right off the bat.
Probably, but most JUMP anime do get decent timeslots so that's never really been much of an issue for them.
They already announced in the insert texts that they're just releasing volume 1. But the fact that they're doing it when only about 14 chapters are out means it's being pushed. Also it's said stuff like "make sure you reserve it because they'll probably get sold out" in the insert comments, too.
Don't expect huge sales, retailers typically don't order a lot of copies of a new series. Most sales for early volumes are retroactive, new fans catching up on the volumes they didn't buy. That's probably why Mago sold so well this year, fans drawn in by the Kyoto arc and the anime buying volumes they didn't get when it was new.
Yup, Oricon (and all tracking services) track how many copies are sold to retailers. Copies sold to consumers are only tracked by the stores, those numbers are rarely made public.
An anime is only of any value to the publisher if it increases sales, they're basically infomercials for the manga. The anime probably pushed yearly volume sales into the top 5. Late night anime are aimed at college age audience who generally don't read Jump and might not have been exposed to the series by buying the magazine. A lot of people who otherwise buy SQ or Young Jump may have been buying the volumes of Mago from 2008-2009 that they missed.