Japan's Yearly Manga and Light Novel Rankings for 2016

Here are the manga and light novel sales rankings for the fiscal year of 2016 (November 23, 2015 - November 20, 2016).

Manga Sales by Series
*1.　12,314,326　One Piece
*2.　*6,887,192　Ansatsu Kyoushitsu
*3.　*6,595,968　Kingdom
*4.　*6,544,081　Shingeki no Kyojin
*5.　*6,474,394　Haikyuu!!
*6.　*5,115,573　Nanatsu no Taizai
*7.　*5,114,916　Boku no Hero Academia
*8.　*4,278,599　Tokyo Ghoul:re
*9.　*3,979,760　One Punch-Man
10.　*3,477,128　Shokugeki no Souma

11.　*3,019,944　Chihayafuru
12.　*3,013,816　Terra Formars
13.　*2,719,478　Fairy Tail
14.　*2,622,350　Detective Conan
15.　*2,507,468　Boku dake ga Inai Machi
16.　*2,449,593　Prison School
17.　*2,253,028　Bleach
18.　*2,234,851　World Trigger
19.　*2,231,751　Gintama
20.　*2,215,458　Magi

21.　*2,034,806　Diamond no Ace Act II
22.　*2,021,612　Kimi ni Todoke
23.　*1,986,335　Days
24.　*1,914,613　Nisekoi
25.　*1,879,623　Bungou Stray Dogs
26.　*1,835,668　Golden Kamuy
27.　*1,816,669　Major 2nd
28.　*1,809,055　Orange
29.　*1,735,680　Owari no Seraph
30.　*1,679,180　Ajin


Manga Sales by Volumes
*1.　*2,981,494　One Piece Vol.80
*2.　*2,696,528　One Piece Vol.81
*3.　*2,532,488　One Piece Vol.82
*4.　*2,287,521　One Piece Vol.83
*5.　*1,983,248　Shingeki no Kyojin Vol.18
*6.　*1,746,669　Shingeki no Kyojin Vol.19
*7.　*1,554,398　Shingeki no Kyojin Vol.20
*8.　*1,272,692　Hunter x Hunter Vol.33
*9.　*1,027,550　Ansatsu Kyoushitsu Vol.18
10.　*1,009,268　Ansatsu Kyoushitsu Vol.17

11.　*1,002,154　Haikyuu!! Vol.19
12.　**,997,020　Tokyo Ghoul:re Vol.5
13.　**,957,057　Tokyo Ghoul:re Vol.6
14.　**,956,003　Haikyuu!! Vol.20
15.　**,939,893　Ansatsu Kyoushitsu Vol.20
16.　**,930,105　Ansatsu Kyoushitsu Vol.19
17.　**,912,269　One Punch-Man Vol.10
18.　**,882,840　Haikyuu!! Vol.22
19.　**,875,062　Haikyuu!! Vol.21
20.　**,867,287　Tokyo Ghoul:re Vol.7

Rank 21 - 100

Light Novel Sales by Series
*1.　*1,417,661　Kimi no Na wa.
*2.　*1,174,562　Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo!
*3.　*1,020,673　Sword Art Online
*4.　*1,007,381　Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu
*5.　**,711,154　Overlord
*6.　**,602,256　Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei
*7.　**,562,187　No Game No Life
*8.　**,450,791　Monogatari Series
*9.　**,449,192　Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darou ka
10.　**,435,482　Kokuhaku Yokou Renshuu Series

11.　**,422,569　Boukyaku Tantei Series
12.　**,380,144　Hai to Gensou no Grimgar
13.　**,361,088　Sword Art Online: Progressive
14.　**,294,478　Tensei shitara Slime Datta Ken
15.　**,292,746　Bungou Stray Dogs "Dazai Osamu no Nyuusha Shiken"
16.　**,287,728　Saijaku Muhai no Bahamut
17.　**,282,826　Kimi no Na wa. Another Side: Earthbound
18.　**,282,077　Netgame no Yome wa Onna no Ko ja Nai to Omotta?
19.　**,281,195　Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index
20.　**,256,782　Haikyuu!! Shousetsu-ban!!

21.　**,236,127　Kagerou Daze
22.　**,225,229　Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo! Spin-off
23.　**,195,199　Ansatsu Kyoushitsu
24.　**,185,710　Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Comedy wa Machigatteiru.
25.　**,181,314　Ensemble Stars!
26.　**,180,275　Imouto sae Ireba Ii.
27.　**,174,175　Orange
28.　**,168,542　Gakusen Toshi Asterisk
29.　**,163,829　Rokudenashi Majutsu Koushi to Akashic Records
30.　**,162,562　Date A Live


Light Novel Sales by Volumes
*1.　*1,196,994　Kimi no Na wa. (Kadokawa Bunko)
*2.　**,321,834　Sword Art Online Vol.17
*3.　**,298,674　Sword Art Online: Progressive Vol.4
*4.　**,288,839　Sword Art Online Vol.18
*5.　**,282,826　Kimi no Na wa. Another Side: Earthbound
*6.　**,220,667　Kimi no Na wa. (Kadokawa Tsubasa Bunko)
*7.　**,213,663　Mahouka Koukou no Rettouse Vol.19
*8.　**,187,833　No Game No Life Vol.8
*9.　**,177,519　Overlord Vol.10
10.　**,169,814　Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei Vol.20

11.　**,161,438　Monogatari Series: Off Season Vol.2 "Wazamonogatari"
12.　**,156,725　Kotonoha no Niwa
13.　**,155,634　Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo! Vol.1
14.　**,155,363　Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu Vol.1
15.　**,148,378　Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei SS
16.　**,145,803　No Game No Life Vol.9
17.　**,135,511　Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo! Vol.2
18.　**,131,893　Byousoku 5 Centimeter (Kadokawa Bunko)
19.　**,131,173　Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darou ka Vol.10
20.　**,131,170　Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo! Vol.3

Rank 21 - 46



Source: Oricon Youtaiju

← First Half

Boku no hero 7th it is really starting to grow in japan. Come season 2 it might sell as well as haikyuu or Kingdom if the arc quality improves

Wow KonoSuba beating out SAO for the whole year, and Re:Zero just an inch from doing it as well. How times have changed

12.　**,380,144　Hai to Gensou no Grimgar

Impressive stuff.

19.　**,281,195　Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index

How the mighty have fallen. Stop adding new character at each volume Kamachi.

Damn you Kimi no Na wa ! Konosuba missed its chance to be #1 :(

>*8.　*4,278,599　Tokyo Ghoul:re

Sold more than last year again.

>14.　**,155,363　Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu Vol.1

Huh? The weekly ranking in September shows it sold more than 170k.

https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=1553201

Did they make a mistake or something?

OPM Sales per Volume increased.

OPM Vol 7 in a year did 771,009

OPM Volume 10 in a year did 912,269

BNHA with Season 2 can reach OPM/TG level.　

Japan really loves their shounen series.

Happy to see Ajin at least broke the top 30.

>*2.　*1,174,562　Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo!

get rekt ReZero o/

They better announce a season two fast!


I didn't know it sold so well, awesome!

*4.　*6,544,081　Shingeki no Kyojin

Wasn't sure on 2nd but thought it had enough for third, though snk per volume sales has decline since last year, whether if this is because more people are moving towards buying digital volumes or some folks lost interest, or maybe both.

Anyhow its still impressive that snk is still up there since it only releases 3 volumes a year, while most series on the list releases 4.

Manga sales overall is going down and that trend will continue since everything is slowly becoming digital in Japan.


*3.　*6,595,968　Kingdom

Congratulations on Kingdom for making it in the top 3, it is a awesome series and it fully deserve that spot, will try and find time to catch up.

Yass!!! Tg made it into the top 10 with around 500k more than last year & one of its vols almost sold 1 mil copies <3

Also nice to see opm, magi, nnt on the list~

Kingdom selling so well but no S3 announcement. T_T

One Piece the king as always though lol, no surprise there.

>threshold is 1,679,180

Lowest threshold in a while , last year it was almost 2 million, it'll get even lower next year with all the series that ended.
Very few new series are big hits.

Take a good rest Kubo, please come back :'(
17.　*2,253,028　Bleach

Sasuga.
*5.　**,711,154　Overlord

A remake would be better.

Nah it was fine, by S2 almost all CGI stuff went away anyways.

i am more surprised world trigger surpass gintama... the fanbase still growth.. i am affraid it's already in declining phase...

12.　**,380,144　Hai to Gensou no Grimgar

From the first half of the year:
*7.　*,302,013　Hai to Gensou no Grimgar
34.　*,*49,792　Hai to Gensou no Grimgar Vol.1
42.　*,*44,136　Hai to Gensou no Grimgar Vol.2

Cut-off now: 54,480
Means volume 1 hasn't sold 4688 copies in half a year now, it was probably really close though. Volume 9 sold 25,905 before it dropped off the weekly ranks, say it sold 40k by now, that's still around 38k copies for the other 8 volumes, that's 4,750 each. Really curious to see the exact numbers for volume 1.

Still, ending up as a 40k averager after the anime isn't bad at all, considering it never even ranked in the weekly sales before it.

This thread is only for sales this year. That means volume 1 had sold 21,139 before the start of this year (well, a bit more since that's from September).

It had more to do with Rakuyou Arc being mostly garbage aside from Umibozu flashback and fight vs Utsuro and Katsura vs Monkey.

Manga
*4.　*6,544,081　Shingeki no Kyojin
So close! If this ranking had been released in a few weeks, SNK would be in the 2nd place.

29.　*1,735,680　Owari no Seraph
Glad to see my demon-vampire OTP here \o/
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Manga - by Volume
40.　**,644,389　Kuroshitsuji Vol23
Nice, Sebby!
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Light novel
25.　**,181,314　Ensemble Stars!
YEEEEEEEEES, CAN'T WAIT FOR THE ANIME OF MY BABIES

11.　*3,019,944　Chihayafuru

Good, now give me S3!

the fact that a t.v show boosted Kingdom into 3rd stop this year and 4th/5th or something last year is insane
for a single episode to boost a manga into a top 5 seller, i wonder what other manga have been featured on that show

also the random HxH volume is pretty funny thing to see

Ah thanks. Totally forgot about that.

Manga;
One Piece leading again, Congratulations. . .

*7.　*5,114,916　Boku no Hero Academia

From *27 last year, now in the top 10, good job with the anime as well.

LN;
12.　**,380,144　Hai to Gensou no Grimgar

Its saddening that HataMaou is nowhere at the ranks but this is good news enough.

pretty notable sales drop as a whole from 2015.

One Piece dominating as expected. ♦

"✌ I know more about ghouls than ghouls themselves ✌" ♦

What even are ghouls, anyway? ♣

-TPM- ♠

That's far from the problem. Japanese fans are dropping it because the endgame is so far off and there's no anime adaptation for them to look forward to.

Dengeki's poor handling of the series since NT started has fucked it over.

15.　*2,507,468　Boku dake ga Inai Machi

This is actually the nicest to see.

Glad to see One Piece on top as expected.

Good job BnHA, breaking into the top 10 is awesome. :D

Surprised that Days sold that much.

Woo! One Piece wins. Dunno about the other ones, congrats, I guess, personally don't like SnK, but sure, grats for getting #4.

Damn these shounens sell a ton. On the other hand, Kimi no na wa tops the year as expected with only a single volume.

Almost everything is down from last year it seems

One piece leading again so damn happy

Well to be fair KonoSuba has about 3 months of more active advertisement than Re:Zero which explains that little edge it has on it. If that time difference would be smaller or even non existent it might look differently.

Still awesome two see that these two series manages to hold their own against big shots like KNNW and SAO

As someone who just got into TG nice to see it selling so well.

But what I'm really happy about is the 2nd and 4th place of the LN rankings. So KonoSuba made about 400k in the second half of 2016 ( May - November ), solid post anime boost. But for Re:Zero to almost surpass this in 3 months less advertisement is even crazier. In fact when you think about it, it managed to pull these numbers in a yearly list while it only had active advertisement in 6 1/2 months out of 12. I can imagine that if the anime adaptation aired earlier it would have been probably 2nd on the list maybe even first surpassing Kimi no na wa.

I mean it already has the title for the fastest selling volume 1 LN ever since NGNL in 2014, well until KNNW came. So stuff like this might have been possible.

Now that KonoSuba and Re:Zero get a crossover novel series I'm really curious what effects this will have on both series and how it will sell!

depends on blu ray sales and streamers for more sequels

You're looking at the wrong cutoff. For Grimgar volume 1 to have got on these rankings it would have needed to sell at least 103706 copies.

Good to see Overlord and ReZero selling well, second seasons of both please

im glad One Punch Man is selling well

but i wonder how much more manga is sold after the anime aired

@Snow - Nademonogatari sold 115,277 copies. It's on the light novel top 30 ranking.

Edit: it also says rank 21-58 when there are only 46 on there (47 if the above is added)

Plus the top item on the light novel series rankings includes both editions, not just the Kadokawa Bunko one.

Good to see Kingdom aka the best ongoing manga selling so well.

Good. One Piece continue it's dominance as usual. It also good to see Kingdom going strong. Attack on Titan is there as expected.

Also nice to see Re:Zero and Overlord doing well.

Tired to see One Piece up there to be honest... Well some series dropped compared to last year, but some did much better. Good to see Chihayafuru, Kingdom and Diamond no Ace doing well.

Kimi no Na wa barely came out in a few months lol. Such a handicap and still took first place.

Based Shinkai.

ALL HAIL DA KING! o/

One Piece the dominator again! Doing Japan a great justice Oda =).
Kingdom actully doing better then Aot and Gintama hmm Should give that a shot soon...

Kingdom is one of the best better known series running atm, so glad it keeps charting high every year. It will probably be on number 2 next year considering Ansatsu is over, unless some new show appears and takes the industry with storm.

Also happy for Tokyo Ghoul, and looks like Boku no Hero Academia is doing really well so far since its still pretty new. I guess that's Jump's new mascot.

Oh World Trigger ranked higher this year.
Good stuff.

Nope if you have been following manga sales for a while, you would realise that a good chunk of kingdom sales is from backlog sales. It will probably sell between 3.5m to 5m max next year, that is if it doesn't get a remake or 3rd season.

And the reason why I am saying it wont get second place because it wont top snk next year, and that is even if snk doesn't get a second season next year, not saying snk will get second place next year but more like it wont top snk next year, due to its backlog sales drying up.

Kingdom per volume sales are 600k so unless these sales go up it is not going to happen.

But kingdom does have the recipe to beat one piece if this series got just half of snk 2013 boost it would easily surpass one piece just because it has over 50+ volumes which would rack up the backlog sales.

Super happy to see Kingdom in the top 3 and Boku no hero Academia in the top 10! Glad to see Golden Kamuy in the top 30. Also good to see Konosuba being a top seller.