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Attack on Titan anime is one of the best series in TV history, but why the original source/manga sales is so bad and declining?
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Feb 14, 2021 6:27 AM
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It's a monthly manga compared to its competition which is weekly.
Feb 14, 2021 6:27 AM
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top5 in japan is not bad
Feb 14, 2021 6:34 AM
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It's monthly manga and complicated. so people generally want to watch anime rather than reading manga
Feb 14, 2021 6:35 AM
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It's not that good, One piece and KnY are way better, you are just a fan so you think the anime is good.
Feb 14, 2021 6:42 AM
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As usual another useless thread,and who said manga sales are bad?a monthly manga being top 5 in Japan is extrodinary
Feb 14, 2021 6:49 AM
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Yeageristttt said:
Attack on Titan anime is one of the best series in TV history, but why the original source/manga sales is so bad and declining?
may be people don't want to spoil the anime
Feb 14, 2021 6:57 AM
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Only 3 volumes per year compared to weekly which get 4 or 5.
Feb 14, 2021 7:05 AM
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Manga sales are not bad at all.

Look at this
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-11-29/top-selling-manga-in-japan-by-volume-2020/.166844
Demon Slayer dominating, then One Piece, then Spy x Family and AoT.

What Demon Slayer and JJK are doing right now is what AoT did in 2013-2014. Anime adaptation making the IP more popular and the manga sales explode.
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The sales are not bad at all for a monthly manga, the fact that it still is in the top 5 near newer ones like jjk and demon slayer should speak volumes.
Feb 14, 2021 7:12 AM
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badmintona said:
It's not that good, One piece and KnY are way better, you are just a fan so you think the anime is good.
kny is no where close to AoT and One Piece is not a lot better id say OP=AoT>KnY
Feb 14, 2021 7:12 AM
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Anni_hilator said:
It's monthly manga and complicated. so people generally want to watch anime rather than reading manga
I mean the manga aint that confusing tbh
Feb 14, 2021 7:28 AM

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Huh ? Sales are actually pretty good considering its a monthly manga .


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Feb 14, 2021 7:38 AM

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badmintona said:
It's not that good, One piece and KnY are way better, you are just a fan so you think the anime is good.
KnY manga better? Good fkn jk m8 not even in the same stratosphere.
Feb 14, 2021 7:42 AM

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Arcashark said:
badmintona said:
It's not that good, One piece and KnY are way better, you are just a fan so you think the anime is good.
kny is no where close to AoT and One Piece is not a lot better id say OP=AoT>KnY

He's probably trolling.

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Feb 14, 2021 7:45 AM

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While it's true the sales WERE declining (it's going up now thanks to the anime) it's nowhere near "bad sales"
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If attack on titan sales a are bad, then 99.9% of manga sales are garbage then. lmao

Only a few series sells better than snk despite its decline in sales.
Feb 14, 2021 7:47 AM
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Probably those manga readers who always spoil the plot just read it illegally.
Feb 14, 2021 7:55 AM

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MappaPrefersJJK said:
While it's true the sales WERE declining (it's going up now thanks to the anime) it's nowhere near "bad sales"

ayy is this your redemption arc?
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badmintona said:
It's not that good, One piece and KnY are way better, you are just a fan so you think the anime is good.
joke of the year....omedeto
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badmintona said:
It's not that good, One piece and KnY are way better, you are just a fan so you think the anime is good.

Joke of the year...omedeto
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Yeageristttt said:
Attack on Titan anime is one of the best series in TV history, but why the original source/manga sales is so bad and declining?



No one wants to get spoiled for the final few chapters ig😂
Feb 14, 2021 8:02 AM
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Fax001s said:
The sales are not bad at all for a monthly manga, the fact that it still is in the top 5 near newer ones like jjk and demon slayer should speak volumes.



It has the most sales for monthly manga
Feb 14, 2021 8:02 AM

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Attack on titan is in top 13 despite being Monthly so I don't think it's bad.

badmintona said:
It's not that good, One piece and KnY are way better, you are just a fan so you think the anime is good.

Bad bait bruh
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MappaPrefersJJK said:
While it's true the sales WERE declining (it's going up now thanks to the anime) it's nowhere near "bad sales"

ayy is this your redemption arc?

He's talking about the sales not the story
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top5 in japan is not bad

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Feb 14, 2021 8:02 AM
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Arcashark said:
badmintona said:
It's not that good, One piece and KnY are way better, you are just a fan so you think the anime is good.
kny is no where close to AoT and One Piece is not a lot better id say OP=AoT>KnY


im an AoT fanboy myself but dude. one piece manga is just incomparably better than AoT in every aspect.
if its just anime AoT definitely is way better , but in source material , one piece is just way too good.
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Mack_Yeager said:
Fax001s said:
The sales are not bad at all for a monthly manga, the fact that it still is in the top 5 near newer ones like jjk and demon slayer should speak volumes.



It has the most sales for monthly manga

Exactly, it's really impressive
Feb 14, 2021 8:20 AM
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Consider amounts of sales per chapter,not total sales , because one piece has over 1000 chapters whereas demon slayer became popular because of some random gamer said it was the best series of all time
Feb 14, 2021 8:22 AM
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beanie_weeny said:
Arcashark said:
kny is no where close to AoT and One Piece is not a lot better id say OP=AoT>KnY


im an AoT fanboy myself but dude. one piece manga is just incomparably better than AoT in every aspect.
if its just anime AoT definitely is way better , but in source material , one piece is just way too good.



Get this straight ,no one supports AOT because it had a rough start in manga ,but when it's actually a masterpiece everyone keeps blaming the first few chapter s,atleast read till chapters above 100 then you will understand why AOT is better than most ,berserk is exception
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Why are no. AOT Stans making treads😂 like these
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Mack_Yeager said:


Get this straight ,no one supports AOT because it had a rough start in manga ,but when it's actually a masterpiece everyone keeps blaming the first few chapter s,atleast read till chapters above 100 then you will understand why AOT is better than most ,berserk is exception


dude i love AoT and have read it till chap 137. im not saying AoT is bad. its just that i cant see how you can compare one piece to AoT at all.
Two things i can say about AoT manga which is better than one piece is that AoT is short. way less chapters . much faster to read through.
It got great cliffhangers .

Other than these two one piece is way better than AoT in every other aspect.its not a miracle that one piece still has such good manga sales even after almost 25 years of its debut.
Feb 14, 2021 8:50 AM
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what matters is volume sales or copies in circulation

Attack on Titan got 32 volumes at the moment and has 100 millions copies in circulation while Demon Slayer got only 23 volumes in total and has 150 million copies in circulation

so Demon Slayer is clearly doing more good, source https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_manga

but 100 million copies in circulation in just 30+ volumes is very impressive already
Feb 14, 2021 8:55 AM
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deg said:
what matters is volume sales or copies in circulation

Attack on Titan got 32 volumes at the moment and has 100 millions copies in circulation while Demon Slayer got only 23 volumes in total and has 150 million copies in circulation

so Demon Slayer is clearly doing more good, source https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_manga

but 100 million copies in circulation in just 30+ volumes is very impressive already


demon slayer series and movie just ramped the manga sales way too damn high lol.
too bad the manga sucks ass after the mugen train arc -.-
Feb 14, 2021 8:59 AM
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beanie_weeny said:
deg said:
what matters is volume sales or copies in circulation

Attack on Titan got 32 volumes at the moment and has 100 millions copies in circulation while Demon Slayer got only 23 volumes in total and has 150 million copies in circulation

so Demon Slayer is clearly doing more good, source https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_manga

but 100 million copies in circulation in just 30+ volumes is very impressive already


demon slayer series and movie just ramped the manga sales way too damn high lol.
too bad the manga sucks ass after the mugen train arc -.-


well demon slayer is simple so mainstream friendly unlike attack on titan that can be complex i guess at least there in japan since worldwide attack on titan is king in popularity
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deg said:
beanie_weeny said:


demon slayer series and movie just ramped the manga sales way too damn high lol.
too bad the manga sucks ass after the mugen train arc -.-


well demon slayer is simple so mainstream friendly unlike attack on titan that can be complex i guess at least there in japan since worldwide attack on titan is king in popularity
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deg said:
what matters is volume sales or copies in circulation

Attack on Titan got 32 volumes at the moment and has 100 millions copies in circulation while Demon Slayer got only 23 volumes in total and has 150 million copies in circulation

so Demon Slayer is clearly doing more good, source https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_manga

but 100 million copies in circulation in just 30+ volumes is very impressive already


Never needed to add in demon slayer to make your point, because demon slayer is one of kind series when it comes to sales in Japan that any series being compared to it will be dwarf in comparison.

Snk is the third best selling series in the 21st century, when it comes to per volume sales, I think that is enough proof.
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keragamming said:
deg said:
what matters is volume sales or copies in circulation

Attack on Titan got 32 volumes at the moment and has 100 millions copies in circulation while Demon Slayer got only 23 volumes in total and has 150 million copies in circulation

so Demon Slayer is clearly doing more good, source https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_manga

but 100 million copies in circulation in just 30+ volumes is very impressive already


Never needed to add in demon slayer to make your point, because demon slayer is such a one of kind series when it comes to sales in Japan that any series being compared to it will be dwarf in comparison.


well im sure people gonna brought up Demon Slayer slaying Attack on Titan on manga sales since the point of this thread is why Attack on Titan is not having much sales in Japan as Demon Slayer that others will brought up so some context should be good
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They aren't though? It's has over 105 million copies in circulation as of January 2021. For a monthly publication spanning over 11 years to consistently sell at least 5 million copies a year is almost unheard of in the industry. It's much harder to maintain sales momentum with that sort of publication schedule than it would be for a weekly release that runs for a few years.

When it's finished airing, it'll likely have sold over 115-120 million copies, putting it around the top 10 best-sellers of all time. It's manga is widely regarded as one of the best of all time, and the anime may just do the same when it's finished.

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deg said:
keragamming said:


Never needed to add in demon slayer to make your point, because demon slayer is such a one of kind series when it comes to sales in Japan that any series being compared to it will be dwarf in comparison.


well im sure people gonna brought up Demon Slayer slaying Attack on Titan on manga sales since the point of this thread is why Attack on Titan is not having much sales in Japan as Demon Slayer that others will brought up so some context should be good


Demon slayer slaying every manga, snk sales were declining before demon slayer boom in popularity though.

But I get your point.
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Aot 100+ million sales are joke for you???

KnY and JJK are overrated
Feb 14, 2021 10:40 AM
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Shouldn't monthly manga sales comparison be done after dividing the weekly manga sales by 4? I don't know how it actually works though.
Subjectivity is a joke on MAL. If you implicitly bring in subjectivity in your counter argument, you've already lost the debate. Also this website is a fankid infestation , have pity on those kids by ignoring there quotes as they have absolutely no clue what exactly is going on.
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badmintona said:
It's not that good, One piece and KnY are way better, you are just a fan so you think the anime is good.


KnY and One Piece is better than AoT ? Now now that's just funny 😂 big joke.
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Mack_Yeager said:
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im an AoT fanboy myself but dude. one piece manga is just incomparably better than AoT in every aspect.
if its just anime AoT definitely is way better , but in source material , one piece is just way too good.



Get this straight ,no one supports AOT because it had a rough start in manga ,but when it's actually a masterpiece everyone keeps blaming the first few chapter s,atleast read till chapters above 100 then you will understand why AOT is better than most ,berserk is exception

I haven't finished OP but I think at peak AoT is better and in general OP is better
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cAbaddon said:
Manga sales are not bad at all.

Look at this
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-11-29/top-selling-manga-in-japan-by-volume-2020/.166844
Demon Slayer dominating, then One Piece, then Spy x Family and AoT.

What Demon Slayer and JJK are doing right now is what AoT did in 2013-2014. Anime adaptation making the IP more popular and the manga sales explode.
AOT never exploded like KNY
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badmintona said:
It's not that good, One piece and KnY are way better, you are just a fan so you think the anime is good.
KnY manga better? Good fkn jk m8 not even in the same stratosphere.
Arcashark said:
badmintona said:
It's not that good, One piece and KnY are way better, you are just a fan so you think the anime is good.
kny is no where close to AoT and One Piece is not a lot better id say OP=AoT>KnY
https://mobile.twitter.com/WSJ_manga/status/1360967342117814272

Kimetsu no Yaiba became the 8th best selling manga with 150m copies in circulation , 50% more copies than AOT despite having 10 less volumes
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Ikkun_ said:
cAbaddon said:
Manga sales are not bad at all.

Look at this
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-11-29/top-selling-manga-in-japan-by-volume-2020/.166844
Demon Slayer dominating, then One Piece, then Spy x Family and AoT.

What Demon Slayer and JJK are doing right now is what AoT did in 2013-2014. Anime adaptation making the IP more popular and the manga sales explode.
AOT never exploded like KNY
Sourire said:
KnY manga better? Good fkn jk m8 not even in the same stratosphere.
Arcashark said:
kny is no where close to AoT and One Piece is not a lot better id say OP=AoT>KnY
https://mobile.twitter.com/WSJ_manga/status/1360967342117814272

Kimetsu no Yaiba became the 8th best selling manga with 150m copies in circulation , 50% more copies than AOT despite having 10 less volumes


You're equating sales figures to quality, which is what the person you were replying to didn't do.

It's like saying the Transformers movie is better than The Shawshank Redemption because it sold more.

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Ikkun_ said:
cAbaddon said:
Manga sales are not bad at all.

Look at this
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-11-29/top-selling-manga-in-japan-by-volume-2020/.166844
Demon Slayer dominating, then One Piece, then Spy x Family and AoT.

What Demon Slayer and JJK are doing right now is what AoT did in 2013-2014. Anime adaptation making the IP more popular and the manga sales explode.
AOT never exploded like KNY
Sourire said:
KnY manga better? Good fkn jk m8 not even in the same stratosphere.
Arcashark said:
kny is no where close to AoT and One Piece is not a lot better id say OP=AoT>KnY
https://mobile.twitter.com/WSJ_manga/status/1360967342117814272

Kimetsu no Yaiba became the 8th best selling manga with 150m copies in circulation , 50% more copies than AOT despite having 10 less volumes


Last seasons of anime do not improve sales as much as the first ones so I will only mention the case of their first seasons.

The main reason is the timing of the hype factor, after kimetsu no yaiba anime ended there was already 20 volumes so people who buy for the hype had over 20 volumes to purchase.

Attack on titan first season had a similar hype and people started to buy the manga but at that time there were only 10 volumes so they had less volumes avaliable to buy in comparation to Kimetsu no yaiba.

The main reason why KNY had more volumes after it final season is that AOT is a monthly release, it is really difficult for a monthly release manga to compete in sales with a weekly one.

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Bhaskar_Singh said:
Shouldn't monthly manga sales comparison be done after dividing the weekly manga sales by 4? I don't know how it actually works though.

if you count the sales by volume, whether a manga is weekly or monthly makes no difference, AOT is a shonen and it is not difficult to follow otherwise it would not be mainstrem LOL.
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Who said sales were bad? Are you serious?
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Bruh...
AoT sales great for a monthly manga.
And if you still want to complain about sells, I can say you that there are other very good mangas out there which don't sale at all.
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