Largest First Printings for Manga by the “Big Three” for 2009
From a copypaste floating around 2ch (post 45). No source listed, but I bet that if you did what a lot of data posters do and went to the diet library and looked at an expensive book like the 2010 Publishing Index by the Research Institute for Publications that you’d find very similar numbers!
| Publisher | Copies printed | vs ’08 | Title #volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shueisha | 3,000,000 | +500,000 | One Piece #57 |
| Shueisha | 1,575,000 | +45,000 | Naruto #50 |
| Shueisha | 1,450,000 | -20,000 | Hunter x Hunter #27 |
| Shueisha | 1,200,000 | -60,000 | Bleach #41 |
| Kodansha | 1,100,000 | -40,000 | Nodame Cantabille #22 |
| Kodansha | 1,080,000 | -100,000 | Vagabond #30 |
| Shueisha | 860,000 | -90,000 | Real #9 |
| Shogakukan | 860,000 | -70,000 | Detective Conan #64 |
| Shogakukan | 800,000 | -70,000 | Pluto #8 |
| Shueisha | 800,000 | +170,000 | Kimi ni Todoke #10 |
| Kodansha | 750,000 | +100,000 | Saint Young Men #4 |
| Shueisha | 650,000 | -50,000 | D.Gray-man |
| Shueisha | 610,000 | -30,000 | Gintama #28 |
| Shueisha | 610,000 | -20,000 | Hitman Reborn #26 |
| Kodansha | 550,000 | +160,000 | Fairy Tail #20 |
| Kodansha | 530,000 | -60,000 | Big Windup |
| Kodansha | 500,000 | n/a | Billy Bat #1 |
| Kodansha | 500,000 | n/a | GTO Shonan 14days #1 |
| Kodansha | 495,000 | -85,000 | Initial D #39 |
| Shueisha | 490,000 | n/a | Bakuman #7 |
| Shueisha | 470,000 | +20,000 ((compared to vol1)) | New Prince of Tennis #2 |
| Kodansha | 460,000 | -30,000 | Hajime no Ippo #88 |
| Shogakukan | 480,000 | ((no volumes printed in 2008)) | Bokura ga Ita #13 |
| Shogakukan | 480,000 | 55,000 | Black Lagoon #9 |
| Kodansha | 450,000 | -70,000 | xxxHolic #16 |
| Shogakukan | 450,000 | +-0 | Hayate the Combat Butler #21 |
| Kodansha | 445,000 | +250,000 | Moyashimon #8 |
| Shogakukan | 440,000 | +25,000 | Cross Game #16 |