Kodansha cites an increasing number of female readers so the number of copies in circulation increases
Official Twitter account for manga Tokyo Reverger Author Ken Wakui announced on Wednesday that the manga has more than 25 million copies in circulation, thanks to new prints of all of its volumes. Previously, the account announced in June that the manga had more than 20 million copies in circulation. Wakui drew an illustration to commemorate the previous milestone.
The manga had about 10 million copies sold at the end of March before the anime premiered in April. Kodansha’s sales division Takuya Watanabe stated that the numbers increased due to female readers, which he said was due to popularity. of handsome characters.
Marketing firm AMF reported on Wednesday that Tokyo Revengers was the #2 trending keyword in the category of items for junior high and high school girls in Japan for the first half of 2021.
25 million is for copies in circulation that do not necessarily sell out, and not for prints and sales. Numbers are not the most important sales statistic.
When Kodansha announced that it would be releasing the manga’s first four-volume collection with covers featuring the cast of the live-action films, pre-orders quickly sold out. A reprint has been decided ahead of Wednesday’s release.
The manga had more than 14.5 million copies published in May. The manga has added around six million copies since the television anime adaptation premiered on April 10, a 670% increase in sales since the end of March. Kodansha reports that the reaction to the manga has been since the anime began. was positive and larger than expected, with about 2.4 books sold every second.
The manga had 5 million copies released in September 2020 and around 8 million copies in February 2020.
Wakui launched the manga in Kodansha, Magazine Weekly Shounen magazine in March 2017, and Kodansha published 22 volumes of the manga on the 16th.
Kodansha Comics is publishing the manga digitally in English and it describes the story:
Following the news, Takemichi Hanagaki learns that his girlfriend back from high school, Hinata Tachibana, has passed away. The only girlfriend he’s ever had has just been killed by a group of thugs called the Tokyo Manji Gang. He lived in a dingy apartment with thin walls, and his boss six years younger than him treated him like an idiot. Plus, he’s a complete and complete virgin… At the height of his bottom life, he suddenly goes back twelve years back to his high school days!! To save Hinata, and change the life he spent on the run, the hopeless part-time Takemichi must aim at the head of Kanto’s most sinister gang!!
The anime premiered on MBS on April 10. Crunchyroll is streaming the anime as it airs in Japan.
Warner Bros. Japan is working on a live-action film of the manga, which was slated to air in Japan in October 2020 but will now premiere on July 9. Tsutomu Hanabusa (live-action Kakegurui, Miseinen dakedo Kodomo ja Nai) is directing the film.