"The Best-Selling Manga and Anime of the Past Decade"

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This time, I'm taking a hard look back at "The Top-Selling Manga and Anime of the Last Decade," crunching the hard numbers, and dissecting why they became such monster hits, Osamu-style!

1️⃣ The Manga That Took the Annual Top Spot (2015-2024)

Champion	Estimated Annual Sales	Osamu's Quick Note
2015-18	ONE PIECE	Repeatedly hit 11-14 million copies annually.
2019-20	Demon Slayer	12.06M → 82.34M (← Insane numbers!)
2021	Jujutsu Kaisen	30.91M copies
2022	Jujutsu Kaisen	12.28M copies
2023	BLUE LOCK	10.52M copies
2024	Jujutsu Kaisen	7.60M (H1 Estimate)

*Note: 2024 full-year data is still being tallied, but it's already blowing away the competition in the first half.

2️⃣ The Top 6 Animated Films That Conquered the World

Film (Year)	Worldwide Gross
Demon Slayer: Mugen Train (2020)	$473 M (Roughly 50 billion yen)
Your Name. (2016)	$358 M
Suzume (2022)	$285 M
The Boy and the Heron (2023)	$282 M
THE FIRST SLAM DUNK (2022)	$247 M
ONE PIECE FILM RED (2022)	$171 M

As an aside, Detective Conan: The Million-dollar Pentagram already smashed $100M in 2024, which shocks even this old guy (=me).

3️⃣ The 5 Formulas for a "Mega-Hit"

1. Adaptation Synergy

   Ufotable (Demon Slayer) and MAPPA (Jujutsu Kaisen) dominating social media with "god-tier animation" → Manga volumes evaporated from bookstore shelves.

2. "Event-Style" Movies

   Storylines that are a "direct continuation" of the TV series + release on IMAX/MX4D to encourage repeat viewings.

3. Music & SNS Viral Loop

   Like FILM RED × Ado, make the theme song go viral to build a free publicity loop.

4. Riding Social Trends

   • Stay-at-home demand (Demon Slayer in '20)

   • World Cup fever ('23 BLUE LOCK)

   • "Retro / School Club Revival" boom (Slam Dunk's return)

5. Global Simul-Release + Digital Sales

   Crunchyroll & Netflix moved up their streaming schedules → We're in an era where overseas fans can "buy officially" right away.

4️⃣ Osamu's Picks for the "Next Champion"

The Favorite	The Contender	The Dark Horse
Oshi no Ko	Frieren	Kaiju No. 8
Season 2 + movie already announced. #OshiNoKoSeason2 is always trending.	Back issues were getting reprinted weekly during the 2nd half of S1.	Production I.G × Studio Khara = Hollywood-level 3DCG.

The "Anime → Massive Original Sales" model is still rock-solid.

Especially watch out for titles that lock in "terrestrial broadcast + immediate subscription streaming"!

5️⃣ Conclusion: Reading the "Hype of the Story" Through Numbers

• ONE PIECE with over 600 million copies total, and Demon Slayer with 82 million in one year.

  ——A long-running series vs. a short-term sprint. The "shape" of the hype is different, but the numbers don't lie.

• The train that grossed $470M proved one fact: "The movie doesn't end with the credits."

  ——Comics, merch, cafes, events... the story is a multi-universe.

And so, on to 2025.

If you want to catch "the next sign of a hit," watch the anime broadcast slots and SNS trends at the same time!

...And that's that! Osamu Manga will keep on watching the intersection of "numbers x narrative."

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Next time, I'm planning to slice and dice the "Manga-to-Live-Action-Film" results from a profit/loss angle. Look forwa