We began to see first and second-degree non-customers flee anime in droves, as the increasingly concentrated core grew insular and vocal.
Predictable titles that focused on popular fetishes and safe tropes drowned out the few titles that would dare to break from the norm.While they were profitable products that resonated with the core, these are titles that are utterly toxic to the outside market. Over the past several years, we’ve seen the market steadily shrink, as otaku pander shows, video game adaptations, and moe flooded the market. More important, though, it’s a show that’s expanding the anime market after several years of contraction. There are calls to get the anime adaptation onto Toonami Neon Alley is expressing interest and the show is the darling of streaming networks like Crunchyroll and. People are talking, sharing, and exposing their friends to the property. It’s a title that’s enraptured anime fans of all stripes, and caught the attention of those who don’t normally watch anime or read manga. While it didn’t take the top spot (which went to Sailor Moon Short Stories), it did have more entries into the chart than any other title in the list, beating out even Walking Dead.Īttack on Titan‘s incredible sales can be seen as a testament to the brand as a whole. In America, Nielsen announced that Attack on Titan took five of the top 20 graphic novel sales as of October 4. All eleven volumes regularly appear in the company’s top 50 weekly sellers. Tracking company Oricon estimates that the Attack on Titan manga sold 20.38 million copies in Japan as of September 8, 2013. To celebrate, parent publication Bessatsu Shonen Magazine will offer a pair of QUO cards to its readers. On Sunday, Anime News Network reported that Attack on Titan passed 25 million copies in circulation in Japan.
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