WHAT?!?!?!

[Fantastische Hure]

@Warmmedown

HUNTER×HUNTER #3 (Nov. 4, 1998) - 750,000
HUNTER×HUNTER #7 (Dec. 22, 1999) - 1,220,000 (1,290,000)

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HUNTER×HUNTER #10 (Nov. 2, 2000) - 1,420,000 (1,590,000)
NARUTO #5 (Dec. 4, 2000) - 710,000 (830,000)

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HUNTER×HUNTER #13 (Nov. 2, 2001) - 1,600,000

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HUNTER×HUNTER #15 (Oct. 4, 2002) - 1,560,000
NARUTO #15 (Dec. 20, 2002) - 970,000 (1,060,000)

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HUNTER×HUNTER #18 (Oct. 3, 2003) - 1,500,000
NARUTO #20 (Dec. 19, 2003) - 1,330,000

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NARUTO #25 (Dec. 3, 2004) - 1,590,000
HUNTER×HUNTER #20 (Jun. 4, 2004) - 1,495,000 (1,545,000)

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NARUTO #31 (Dec. 26, 2005) - 1,620,000
HUNTER×HUNTER #22 (Jul. 4, 2005) - 1,560,000

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HUNTER×HUNTER #23 (Mar. 3, 2006) - 1,520,000
NARUTO #36 (Dec. 27, 2006) - 1,480,000

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NARUTO #40 (Nov. 2, 2007) - 1,480,000 (1,500,000)
HUNTER×HUNTER #24 (Oct. 4, 2007) - 1,400,000 (1,490,000)

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NARUTO #44 (Nov. 4, 2008) - 1,500,000 (1,550,000)
HUNTER×HUNTER #26 (Oct. 3, 2008) - 1,470,000 (1,490,000)

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NARUTO #48 (Nov. 4, 2009) - 1,570,000 (1,620,000)
HUNTER×HUNTER #27 (Dec. 25, 2009) - 1,450,000 (1,470,000)

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NARUTO #58 (Nov. 4, 2011) - 1,550,000
HUNTER×HUNTER #29 (Aug. 4, 2011) - 1,480,000 (1,610,000)

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HUNTER×HUNTER #32 (Dec. 28, 2012) - 1,530,000
NARUTO #63 (Dec. 28, 2012) - 1,520,000

Different source:

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HUNTER×HUNTER #16 (Feb. 4, 2003) - 1,530,000
NARUTO #16 (Mar. 4, 2003) - 1,080,000

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NARUTO #26 (Feb. 4, 2005) - 1,590,000
HUNTER×HUNTER #21 (Feb. 4, 2005) - 1,530,000

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HUNTER×HUNTER #25 (Mar. 4, 2008) - 1,520,000
NARUTO #41 (Feb. 4, 2008) - 1,500,000

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HUNTER×HUNTER #30 (Apr. 4, 2012) - 1,580,000
NARUTO #62 (Oct. 4, 2012) - 1,530,000

Different source:

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HUNTER×HUNTER #19 (Feb. 4, 2004) - 1,495,000
NARUTO #21 (Mar. 4, 2004) - 1,370,000

Different source:
NARUTO #13 (Aug. 2, 2002) - 800,000

 

[Fantastische Hure]

Also 1st week:

ONE-PIECE #36
HUNTER×HUNTER #21
NARUTO #26

2nd Week:
NARUTO & HxH switch places though & that stays that way I think.

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ORICON STYLE（オリコンスタイル）は音楽、ランキング、動画番組、ニュース等のコンテンツをはじめ、ブログ、音楽配信などのサービスを提供するエンターテインメントポータルサイトです。

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[Warmmedown]

Is this in Japan? So the HxH manga was way more popular than one of the American "big three" (Bleach) and about even with another (Naruto).

Well, looking again at the dates it seems HxH was released way less often, which makes Naruto's sales way more impressive.

Here are some French (one of the biggest manga markets) sales figures. HxH is nowhere to be seen and Bleach did well eventually, but never was in the top 10 volume list:

https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=1389877#msg40161057 - Bleach usually loses to FMA, Death Note, Naruto, OP and Dragon Ball until 2009 (even though DB had been finished for 10+ years). Bleach's anime started airing in France in 2007, whereas FMA aired in 2005, so I guess Bleach had a disadvantage there. But even after that FMA's individual volumes outsold it and Bleach was only in 5th place in 2010 (behind Naruto, OP, Fairy Tail and DB).

France in 2011: https://www-du9-org.translate.goog/...auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-US&_x_tr_pto=wap - Bleach isn't in the top 50 even once. Neither is HxH actually.

France in 2015: https://www-lefigaro-fr.translate.g...uto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-US&_x_tr_pto=wapp - Top 5 are: OP 1.35 Million; FT 930,000; Naruto 650,000; AoT 400,000; Bleach 230,000

I'd like to see sales for Korea, USA, Taiwan, Canada, Philippines, Chile, Thailand, Brazil, Mexico, Argentina and China (although some manga are banned there, like AoT and Death Note).

 

[Fantastische Hure]

I’d have to check for BLEACH, but yeah considering HxH is rivalling NARUTO, one’d assume it’s above it. I think HxH’s are more impessive if anything (in a weird way), even with-out an anime after awhile it kept-up with NARUTO & surpassed it at-times. Even in 2003, when the NARUTO anime premiered at the end of 2002.

 

[Fantastische Hure]

These are 1st print, btw.

 

[Warmmedown]

Oh yeh that's true about no anime. To keep 1.5M dedicated fans is really good without an anime. Though, HxH didn't seem to get much of a boost from the 2011 anime. I looked up the Japanese animation DVD sales for 2011-2013 and HxH is never in the top 50, whereas Naruto always is. I don't know what channel and time slot the HxH anime got compared to Naruto though.

You should find some German anime news site to write articles for....

 

[Fantastische Hure]

It seems up-to episode 99 it aired on Nippon TV from 10:55-11:25 on Sundays, then from 99 to the end on Tuesdays 01:30 - 02:00 mid-night (Wednesday really) lol. Yeah, school-children can really watch it on a week-day at mid-night lol.

 

[Fantastische Hure]

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1. ONE PIECE #46 (Jul. 4, 2007)
2. NANA #18 (Sept. 14, 2007)
3. Nodame Cantabile #17 (Feb. 13, 2007)
4. NARUTO #37 (Apr. 4, 2007)
5. Full-Metal-Alchemist #17 (Aug. 11, 2007)
6. HUNTER×HUNTER #24 (Oct. 4, 2007)
7. BLEACH #28 (Jun. 4, 2007)
8. D.Gray-man #10 (Feb. 2, 2007)
9. REBORN! #13 (Jan. 4, 2007)
10. Gin-Tama #17 (Mar. 2, 2007)

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8. NARUTO #43 (Aug. 4, 2008) - 1,188,881
9. NARUTO #42 (May 2, 2008) - 1,092,295
13. HUNTER×HUNTER #25 (Mar. 4, 2008) - 863,240
14. HUNTER×HUNTER #26 (Oct. 3, 2008) - 837,714
16. NARUTO #44 (Nov. 4, 2008) - 812,612
19. NARUTO #41 (Feb. 4, 2008) - 707,447

Researched from: Jan. 7, 2008 - Nov. 24, 2008 (Dec. 24, 2007 - Nov. 16, 2008)

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10. NARUTO #49 (Jan. 4, 2010) - 1,211,849
11. NARUTO #50 (Mar. 4, 2010) - 1,200,432
12. NARUTO #52 (Aug. 4, 2010) - 1,194,176
14. NARUTO #51 (Apr. 30, 2010) - 1,145,107
17. NARUTO #53 (Nov. 4, 2010) - 1,030,345
19. HUNTER×HUNTER #27 (Dec. 25, 2009) - 941,550

Researched from: Dec. 7, 2009 - Nov. 29, 2010 (Nov. 23, 2009 - Nov. 21, 2010)

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5. NARUTO #54 (Dec. 29, 2010) - 1,229,170
9. NARUTO #55 (Apr. 21, 2011) - 1,131,672
10. NARUTO #57 (Aug. 4, 2011) - 1,090,567
11. NARUTO #56 (Jun. 3, 2011) - 1,060,121
12. HUNTER×HUNTER #29 (Aug. 4, 2011) - 1,043,782
13. HUNTER×HUNTER #28 (Jul. 4, 2011) - 1,011,766
16. NARUTO #58 (Nov. 4, 2011) - 933,239

Researched from: Dec. 6, 2010 - Nov. 28, 2011 (Nov. 22, 2010 - Nov. 20, 2011)

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2. NARUTO - 6,874,840
13. HUNTER×HUNTER - 2,922,876

Researched from: Dec. 6, 2010 - Nov. 28, 2011 (Nov. 22, 2010 - Nov. 20, 2011)

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5. NARUTO #61 (Jul. 27, 2012) - 1,281,309
6. NARUTO #60 (May 2, 2012) - 1,266,244
9. NARUTO #59 (Feb. 3, 2012) - 1,192,100
10. HUNTER×HUNTER #30 (Apr. 4, 2012) - 1,090,309
12. NARUTO #62 (Oct. 4, 2012) - 1,055,220

Researched from: Dec. 5, 2011 - Nov. 26, 2012 (Nov. 21, 2011 - Nov. 18, 2012)

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3. NARUTO - 6,495,240
8. HUNTER×HUNTER - 3,439,839

Researched from: Dec. 5, 2011 - Nov. 26, 2012 (Nov. 21, 2011 - Nov. 18, 2012)

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16. NARUTO #63 (Dec. 28, 2012) - 1,205,558
17. HUNTER×HUNTER #31 (Dec. 4, 2012) - 1,193,383
18. HUNTER×HUNTER #32 (Dec. 28, 2012) - 1,186,245
19. NARUTO #64 (Apr. 4, 2013) - 1,153,948
21. NARUTO #65 (Jul. 4, 2013) - 1,088,464
23. NARUTO #66 (Sept. 4, 2013) - 1,054,934

Researched from: Dec. 3, 2012 - Nov. 25, 2013 (Nov. 19, 2012 - Nov. 17, 2013)

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5. NARUTO - 5,553,933
8. HUNTER×HUNTER - 4,231,475

Researched from: Dec. 3, 2012 - Nov. 25, 2013 (Nov. 19, 2012 - Nov. 17, 2013)

It's true that from what I checked HxH didn't get into the DVD/Blu-Ray rankings, but maybe it did rank & we just couldn't find it since Oricon IIRC shows a-lot, but most only show the top 10 or 20.

The movie showed-up though:

Japan's Animation DVD Ranking, July 20-27

One Piece sells 12,816 + 12,695, followed by Kuroko's Basketball, Love Live, The Wind Rises, Precure

www.animenewsnetwork.com

A series being big in one media doesn't always necessarily mean it's big in another though, like for example One-Piece was the biggest manga for a long time, but Naruto video-games sold better at the same time for a long time. At-least until Pirate-Warriors I think. Remember Yu-Gi-Oh! too.

Back during the dark-ages of One-Piece movies (2006-2009 was especially bad for One-Piece regarding movies maybe, even-though they had been going-down ever since 5 or so steadily I think. Strong-World saved the movies), the movies all did sub-billion yen from Movie #7-9, not even making it on the top-grossing list where-as Naruto did. Does that mean Naruto was bigger as a manga?

@Warmmedown

 

[Yoshi]

I find it interesting that the Japanese Big Three were One Piece, Naruto, and Hunter X Hunter, and the American Big Three were One Piece, Naruto, and Bleach. I also find it interesting that their starting dates were 1997, 1998, and 1999, and the other one was 1997, 1999, and 2001, one year apart for one of them and two years apart from the other one.

I think that they are just big threes of the 2000s and regionally, however. The real big three is Dragon Ball, One Piece, and Naruto. The three that are staples worldwide and will stand the test of time.