Friday, June 30, 2006
JAPANESE MANGA ANTHOLOGY CIRCULATION FIGURES, 2005: PART II
Here are the manga anthologies which appeared in both the 2004 and 2005 lists, in descending order of percentage change in circulation. As with the table in Part I of this post, in this and the following two tables an asterisk following the percentage indicates that the circulation for 2004 and/or 2005 was not audited.
1. V Jump +19.0%
2*. Kairakuten +16.7%
3. Shounen Ace +16.5%
4. Comic Ran Twins +8.7%
5. Comic Ran +5.1%
6. Betsucomi +4.9%
7. LaLa +4.1%
8. Magazine Special +3.4%
9. Ciel +1.8%
10. Cookie +0.4%
11. Nakayoshi +0.1%
12. Young Animal +0.1%
13*. Monthly Dengeki Comic Gao 0%
14*. Monthly Comic Dengeki Daioh 0%
15*. Dengeki Moeoh 0%
16*. Elegance Eve 0%
17*. For Mrs. 0%
18*. Manga Action 0%
19*. Manga Time 0%
20*. Manga Time Original 0%
21. Ultra Jump 0%
22*. Weekly Manga Goraku 0%
23*. Weekly Manga Sunday 0%
24*. Weekly Manga Times 0%
25*. Weekly Shounen Champion 0%
26*. Young Champion 0%
27. Sunday Gene-X -0.4%
28. Shoujo -0.8%
29. Gundam Ace -1.0%
30. Weekly Shounen Jump -1.4%
31. Be Love -1.5%
32. Hana to Yume -1.7%
33. Ciao -3.0%
34. Petit Comic -3.0%
35. Young Magazine -3.1%
36. Monthly Shounen Magazine -3.1%
37. LaLa DX -3.2%
38. Super Jump -3.3%
39. Chorus -3.6%
40. Office You -3.6%
41. Shounen Sunday Chou (Super) -4.1%
42*. Young King Ours -4.2%
43*. Young King -4.3%
44. Deluxe Margaret -4.6%
45. Weekly Young Jump -4.9%
46. Feel Young -5.6%
47. Asuka -5.9%
48. Bessatsu Margaret -5.9%
49. Young Sunday -6.1%
50. Flowers -6.2%
51. Bessatsu Friend -6.4%
52*. Young Comic -6.4%
53. Monthly Shounen Jump -6.5%
54. Big Comic Original -6.9%
55. Bessatsu Corocoro Special -6.9%
56. The Dessert -7.3%
57. Afternoon -7.4%
58. Big Comic -7.5%
59. Silky -7.7%
60. The Margaret -7.7%
61. Weekly Shounen Sunday -8.0%
62. Weekly Comic Bunch -8.0%
63. Monthly Comic Tokujou -8.4%
64. Big Comic Superior -8.5%
65. You -8.5%
66. One More Kiss -8.6%
67. Corocoro -9.5%
68. Big Comic Spirits -9.5%
69. Kiss -9.6%
70. Business Jump -9.6%
71. Cheese! -10.9%
72. Bessatsu Hana to Yume -11.1%
73. Dessert -11.7%
74. Weekly Shounen Magazine -13.1%
75. Judy -13.4%
76. Evening -13.9%
77. Ikki -14.5%
78*. Comic Aqua -16.7%
79. Margaret -17.0%
80. Dragon Age -17.1%
81. The Betsufure [1] -17.8%
82. Ribbon Original -18.9%
83. Monthly Magazine Z -20.5%
84. Morning -20.7%
85. Ribbon -26.3%
86. Comic Bom Bom -26.9%
87*. Zoukan Ran Twins Sengoku Bushou Retsuden -27.8%
[1] Juliet in 2004
Here are the changes in circulation from 2003 to 2004, for comparison:
1*. Kairakuten, +100%
2. Ciao, +17.0%
3. Shoujo, +13.9%
4*. Manga Action, +11.4%
5. Cookie, +7.0%
6. Afternoon, +3.3%
7. Bessatsu Friend, +1.7%
8. Dessert, +0.8%
9. Petit Momo, 0%
10. Elle Teen, 0%
11*. Weekly Manga Goraku, 0%
12*. Monthly Comic Dengeki Daioh, 0%
13*. Monthly Dengeki Comic Gao, 0%
14*. Weekly Manga Sunday, 0%
15. Corocoro, -1.9%
16. Magazine Special, -2.7%
17. Monthly Shounen Gan Gan, -4.1%
18. Comic Ran, -4.4%
19. Business Jump, -5.3%
20. The Dessert, -6.2%
21*. Young King, -6.7%
22. Comic Bom Bom, -6.7%
23*. Weekly Manga Times, -7.4%
24. Betsucomi, -7.4%
25. Petit Comic, -7.4%
26. Weekly Shounen Jump, -7.6%
27. Office You, -7.6%
28. Monthly Magazine Z, -7.9%
29. Big Comic, -8.5%
30. Monthly Shounen Magazine, -8.6%
31. Bessatsu Corocoro Special, -8.7%
32. Young You, -9.2%
33. Feel Young, -9.4%
34. Super Jump, -9.8%
35. Juliet, -9.8%
36. LaLa DX, -10.2%
37. Comic Ran Twins, -10.3%
38. Weekly Young Jump, -10.8%
39. Weekly Shounen Sunday, -11.4%
40. Morning, -11.5%
41. Hana to Yume, -11.6%
42. Nakayoshi, -12.1%
43. Monthly Shounen Jump, -12.4%
44. Big Comic Original, -13.0%
45. Silky, -13.2%
46. You, -13.3%
47. Judy, -13.4%
48. Big Comic Superior, -13.5%
49*. Young Comic, -13.8%
50. Be Love, -13.8%
51. Young Sunday, -13.9%
52. Young Magazine, -14.4%
53. Weekly Shounen Magazine, -14.7%
54. Kiss, -15.6%
55. Cheese!, -15.9%
56. Chorus, -16.0%
57. Young Animal, -16.2%
58. LaLa, -16.6%
59. Big Comic Spirits, -17.2%
60*. Young King Ours, -17.4%
61*. Young Champion, -18.2%
62. Bessatsu Hana to Yume, -18.3%
63. Bessatsu Margaret, -18.6%
64. Evening, -19.3%
65. Margaret, -19.4%
66. Ultra Jump, -20.0%
67*. Manga Time, -20.0%
68*. Elegance Eve, -20.0%
69*. Manga Time Original, -21.1%
70. The Margaret, -22.6%
71. Flowers, -22.7%
72. One More Kiss, -23.7%
73*. For Mrs., -23.8%
74. Deluxe Margaret, -24.7%
75. Ribbon, -26.3%
76. Gundam Ace, -29.5%
77. Shounen Sunday Chou (Super) [1], -36.9%
78*. Weekly Shounen Champion, -37.5%
79. Weekly Comic Bunch, -42.4%
80. V Jump, -51.7%
81. Ikki, -54.8%
82. Monthly Gan Gan Wing, -58.4%
83. Monthly G Fantasy, -59.5%
84. Dragon Age, -72.2%
85. Shounen Ace, -80.3%
86. Ciel, -80.5%
87. Asuka, -81.0%
[1] Zoukan Shounen Sunday Super in 2003
And the two-year changes from 2003 to 2005:
1*. Kairakuten, +133.3%
2. Ciao, +13.6%
3. Shoujo, +13.0%
4*. Manga Action, +11.4%
5. Cookie, +7.5%
6. Magazine Special, +0.7%
7. Comic Ran, +0.5%
8*. Monthly Dengeki Comic Gao, 0%
9*. Monthly Comic Dengeki Daioh, 0%
10. Weekly Manga Goraku, 0%
11*.Weekly Manga Sunday, 0%
12. Comic Ran Twins, -2.4%
13. Betsucomi, -2.9%
14. Afternoon, -4.4%
15. Bessatsu Friend, -4.8%
16. Weekly Manga Times, -7.4%
17. Weekly Shounen Jump, -8.8%
18. Petit Comic, -10.2%
19. Young King, -10.7%
20. Office You, -11.0%
21. Dessert, -11.0%
22. Corocoro, -11.2%
23. Monthly Shounen Magazine, -11.5%
24. Nakayoshi, -12.0%
25. Super Jump, -12.7%
26. The Dessert, -13.0%
27. LaLa DX, -13.1%
28. Hana to Yume, -13.2%
29. LaLa, -13.2%
30. Business Jump, -14.4%
31. Feel Young, -14.5%
32. Bessatsu Corocoro Special, -15.1%
33. Weekly Young Jump, -15.2%
34. Big Comic, -15.4%
35. Young Animal, -16.2%
36. Young Magazine, -17.0%
37. Monthly Shounen Jump, -18.1%
38*. Young Champion, -18.2%
39. Weekly Shounen Sunday, -18.5%
40. Chorus, -19.0%
41. Big Comic Original, -19.0%
42. Young Sunday, -19.1%
43. Silky, -19.8%
44*. Elegance Eve, -20.0%
45. Manga Time, -20.0%
46. Ultra Jump, -20.0%
47. You, -20.7%
48. Big Comic Superior, -20.8%
49. Young King Ours, -20.9%
50. Manga Time Original, -21.1%
51. Bessatsu Margaret, -23.5%
52. Kiss, -23.7%
53*. For Mrs., -23.8%
54. Judy, -25.0%
55. Big Comic Spirits, -25.1%
56. Cheese!, -25.1%
57. Weekly Shounen Magazine, -25.8%
58. The Betsufure [1], -25.9%
59. Monthly Magazine Z, -26.8%
60. Bessatsu Hana to Yume, -27.4%
61. Flowers, -27.4%
62. Deluxe Margaret, -28.2%
63. The Margaret, -28.6%
64. Morning, -29.9%
65. Gundam Ace, -30.2%
66. One More Kiss, -30.3%
67. Evening, -30.6%
68. Comic Bom Bom, -31.8%
69. Margaret, -33.1%
70*. Weekly Shounen Champion, -37.5%
71. Shounen Sunday Chou (Super) [2], -39.5%
72. V Jump, -42.5%
73. Ribbon, -45.7%
74. Weekly Comic Bunch, -47.0%
75. Ikki, -61.3%
76. Dragon Age, -76.9%
77. Shounen Ace, -77.0%
78. Ciel, -80.1%
79. Asuka, -82.1%
[1] Juliet in 2003
[2] Zoukan Shounen Sunday Super in 2003
As far as I know, the Japanese website which originally posted these figures didn't indicate which, if any, of the 2003 circulation figures were independently audited. Unfortunately, this means that comparisons between the 2003-2004 period and the 2004-2005 period are on shaky ground. (Though I suspect that the apparent collapse between 2003 and 2004 of several titles, which were reported as having lost over half of their circulation, actually reflects a switch from self-reported to independently audited figures.) But if we assume that the 2003 figures are mostly accurate, then the general circulation decline seen between 2003 and 2004 was slowed, but by no means halted, in 2005.
Apart from this, what chiefly strikes me from the 2005 figures are the developments at the tops of the shounen and shoujo categories. Weekly Shounen Magazine, which was neck-and-neck with Weekly Shounen Jump in 2003 for first place among all the anthologies (again assuming the 2003 figures are mostly accurate), is now over half a million behind Jump: both declined in circulation, but Shounen Magazine declined over twice as much. But the pleasure of Jump's publisher Shuueisha at this is no doubt tempered by what happened to their flagship shoujo title Ribbon. In 2003 this was the No. 1 shoujo anthology. But in just two years it's lost nearly half its circulation, and now is no longer a serious contender for No. 1. What the heck happened?
Here are the manga anthologies which appeared in both the 2004 and 2005 lists, in descending order of percentage change in circulation. As with the table in Part I of this post, in this and the following two tables an asterisk following the percentage indicates that the circulation for 2004 and/or 2005 was not audited.
1. V Jump +19.0%
2*. Kairakuten +16.7%
3. Shounen Ace +16.5%
4. Comic Ran Twins +8.7%
5. Comic Ran +5.1%
6. Betsucomi +4.9%
7. LaLa +4.1%
8. Magazine Special +3.4%
9. Ciel +1.8%
10. Cookie +0.4%
11. Nakayoshi +0.1%
12. Young Animal +0.1%
13*. Monthly Dengeki Comic Gao 0%
14*. Monthly Comic Dengeki Daioh 0%
15*. Dengeki Moeoh 0%
16*. Elegance Eve 0%
17*. For Mrs. 0%
18*. Manga Action 0%
19*. Manga Time 0%
20*. Manga Time Original 0%
21. Ultra Jump 0%
22*. Weekly Manga Goraku 0%
23*. Weekly Manga Sunday 0%
24*. Weekly Manga Times 0%
25*. Weekly Shounen Champion 0%
26*. Young Champion 0%
27. Sunday Gene-X -0.4%
28. Shoujo -0.8%
29. Gundam Ace -1.0%
30. Weekly Shounen Jump -1.4%
31. Be Love -1.5%
32. Hana to Yume -1.7%
33. Ciao -3.0%
34. Petit Comic -3.0%
35. Young Magazine -3.1%
36. Monthly Shounen Magazine -3.1%
37. LaLa DX -3.2%
38. Super Jump -3.3%
39. Chorus -3.6%
40. Office You -3.6%
41. Shounen Sunday Chou (Super) -4.1%
42*. Young King Ours -4.2%
43*. Young King -4.3%
44. Deluxe Margaret -4.6%
45. Weekly Young Jump -4.9%
46. Feel Young -5.6%
47. Asuka -5.9%
48. Bessatsu Margaret -5.9%
49. Young Sunday -6.1%
50. Flowers -6.2%
51. Bessatsu Friend -6.4%
52*. Young Comic -6.4%
53. Monthly Shounen Jump -6.5%
54. Big Comic Original -6.9%
55. Bessatsu Corocoro Special -6.9%
56. The Dessert -7.3%
57. Afternoon -7.4%
58. Big Comic -7.5%
59. Silky -7.7%
60. The Margaret -7.7%
61. Weekly Shounen Sunday -8.0%
62. Weekly Comic Bunch -8.0%
63. Monthly Comic Tokujou -8.4%
64. Big Comic Superior -8.5%
65. You -8.5%
66. One More Kiss -8.6%
67. Corocoro -9.5%
68. Big Comic Spirits -9.5%
69. Kiss -9.6%
70. Business Jump -9.6%
71. Cheese! -10.9%
72. Bessatsu Hana to Yume -11.1%
73. Dessert -11.7%
74. Weekly Shounen Magazine -13.1%
75. Judy -13.4%
76. Evening -13.9%
77. Ikki -14.5%
78*. Comic Aqua -16.7%
79. Margaret -17.0%
80. Dragon Age -17.1%
81. The Betsufure [1] -17.8%
82. Ribbon Original -18.9%
83. Monthly Magazine Z -20.5%
84. Morning -20.7%
85. Ribbon -26.3%
86. Comic Bom Bom -26.9%
87*. Zoukan Ran Twins Sengoku Bushou Retsuden -27.8%
[1] Juliet in 2004
Here are the changes in circulation from 2003 to 2004, for comparison:
1*. Kairakuten, +100%
2. Ciao, +17.0%
3. Shoujo, +13.9%
4*. Manga Action, +11.4%
5. Cookie, +7.0%
6. Afternoon, +3.3%
7. Bessatsu Friend, +1.7%
8. Dessert, +0.8%
9. Petit Momo, 0%
10. Elle Teen, 0%
11*. Weekly Manga Goraku, 0%
12*. Monthly Comic Dengeki Daioh, 0%
13*. Monthly Dengeki Comic Gao, 0%
14*. Weekly Manga Sunday, 0%
15. Corocoro, -1.9%
16. Magazine Special, -2.7%
17. Monthly Shounen Gan Gan, -4.1%
18. Comic Ran, -4.4%
19. Business Jump, -5.3%
20. The Dessert, -6.2%
21*. Young King, -6.7%
22. Comic Bom Bom, -6.7%
23*. Weekly Manga Times, -7.4%
24. Betsucomi, -7.4%
25. Petit Comic, -7.4%
26. Weekly Shounen Jump, -7.6%
27. Office You, -7.6%
28. Monthly Magazine Z, -7.9%
29. Big Comic, -8.5%
30. Monthly Shounen Magazine, -8.6%
31. Bessatsu Corocoro Special, -8.7%
32. Young You, -9.2%
33. Feel Young, -9.4%
34. Super Jump, -9.8%
35. Juliet, -9.8%
36. LaLa DX, -10.2%
37. Comic Ran Twins, -10.3%
38. Weekly Young Jump, -10.8%
39. Weekly Shounen Sunday, -11.4%
40. Morning, -11.5%
41. Hana to Yume, -11.6%
42. Nakayoshi, -12.1%
43. Monthly Shounen Jump, -12.4%
44. Big Comic Original, -13.0%
45. Silky, -13.2%
46. You, -13.3%
47. Judy, -13.4%
48. Big Comic Superior, -13.5%
49*. Young Comic, -13.8%
50. Be Love, -13.8%
51. Young Sunday, -13.9%
52. Young Magazine, -14.4%
53. Weekly Shounen Magazine, -14.7%
54. Kiss, -15.6%
55. Cheese!, -15.9%
56. Chorus, -16.0%
57. Young Animal, -16.2%
58. LaLa, -16.6%
59. Big Comic Spirits, -17.2%
60*. Young King Ours, -17.4%
61*. Young Champion, -18.2%
62. Bessatsu Hana to Yume, -18.3%
63. Bessatsu Margaret, -18.6%
64. Evening, -19.3%
65. Margaret, -19.4%
66. Ultra Jump, -20.0%
67*. Manga Time, -20.0%
68*. Elegance Eve, -20.0%
69*. Manga Time Original, -21.1%
70. The Margaret, -22.6%
71. Flowers, -22.7%
72. One More Kiss, -23.7%
73*. For Mrs., -23.8%
74. Deluxe Margaret, -24.7%
75. Ribbon, -26.3%
76. Gundam Ace, -29.5%
77. Shounen Sunday Chou (Super) [1], -36.9%
78*. Weekly Shounen Champion, -37.5%
79. Weekly Comic Bunch, -42.4%
80. V Jump, -51.7%
81. Ikki, -54.8%
82. Monthly Gan Gan Wing, -58.4%
83. Monthly G Fantasy, -59.5%
84. Dragon Age, -72.2%
85. Shounen Ace, -80.3%
86. Ciel, -80.5%
87. Asuka, -81.0%
[1] Zoukan Shounen Sunday Super in 2003
And the two-year changes from 2003 to 2005:
1*. Kairakuten, +133.3%
2. Ciao, +13.6%
3. Shoujo, +13.0%
4*. Manga Action, +11.4%
5. Cookie, +7.5%
6. Magazine Special, +0.7%
7. Comic Ran, +0.5%
8*. Monthly Dengeki Comic Gao, 0%
9*. Monthly Comic Dengeki Daioh, 0%
10. Weekly Manga Goraku, 0%
11*.Weekly Manga Sunday, 0%
12. Comic Ran Twins, -2.4%
13. Betsucomi, -2.9%
14. Afternoon, -4.4%
15. Bessatsu Friend, -4.8%
16. Weekly Manga Times, -7.4%
17. Weekly Shounen Jump, -8.8%
18. Petit Comic, -10.2%
19. Young King, -10.7%
20. Office You, -11.0%
21. Dessert, -11.0%
22. Corocoro, -11.2%
23. Monthly Shounen Magazine, -11.5%
24. Nakayoshi, -12.0%
25. Super Jump, -12.7%
26. The Dessert, -13.0%
27. LaLa DX, -13.1%
28. Hana to Yume, -13.2%
29. LaLa, -13.2%
30. Business Jump, -14.4%
31. Feel Young, -14.5%
32. Bessatsu Corocoro Special, -15.1%
33. Weekly Young Jump, -15.2%
34. Big Comic, -15.4%
35. Young Animal, -16.2%
36. Young Magazine, -17.0%
37. Monthly Shounen Jump, -18.1%
38*. Young Champion, -18.2%
39. Weekly Shounen Sunday, -18.5%
40. Chorus, -19.0%
41. Big Comic Original, -19.0%
42. Young Sunday, -19.1%
43. Silky, -19.8%
44*. Elegance Eve, -20.0%
45. Manga Time, -20.0%
46. Ultra Jump, -20.0%
47. You, -20.7%
48. Big Comic Superior, -20.8%
49. Young King Ours, -20.9%
50. Manga Time Original, -21.1%
51. Bessatsu Margaret, -23.5%
52. Kiss, -23.7%
53*. For Mrs., -23.8%
54. Judy, -25.0%
55. Big Comic Spirits, -25.1%
56. Cheese!, -25.1%
57. Weekly Shounen Magazine, -25.8%
58. The Betsufure [1], -25.9%
59. Monthly Magazine Z, -26.8%
60. Bessatsu Hana to Yume, -27.4%
61. Flowers, -27.4%
62. Deluxe Margaret, -28.2%
63. The Margaret, -28.6%
64. Morning, -29.9%
65. Gundam Ace, -30.2%
66. One More Kiss, -30.3%
67. Evening, -30.6%
68. Comic Bom Bom, -31.8%
69. Margaret, -33.1%
70*. Weekly Shounen Champion, -37.5%
71. Shounen Sunday Chou (Super) [2], -39.5%
72. V Jump, -42.5%
73. Ribbon, -45.7%
74. Weekly Comic Bunch, -47.0%
75. Ikki, -61.3%
76. Dragon Age, -76.9%
77. Shounen Ace, -77.0%
78. Ciel, -80.1%
79. Asuka, -82.1%
[1] Juliet in 2003
[2] Zoukan Shounen Sunday Super in 2003
As far as I know, the Japanese website which originally posted these figures didn't indicate which, if any, of the 2003 circulation figures were independently audited. Unfortunately, this means that comparisons between the 2003-2004 period and the 2004-2005 period are on shaky ground. (Though I suspect that the apparent collapse between 2003 and 2004 of several titles, which were reported as having lost over half of their circulation, actually reflects a switch from self-reported to independently audited figures.) But if we assume that the 2003 figures are mostly accurate, then the general circulation decline seen between 2003 and 2004 was slowed, but by no means halted, in 2005.
Apart from this, what chiefly strikes me from the 2005 figures are the developments at the tops of the shounen and shoujo categories. Weekly Shounen Magazine, which was neck-and-neck with Weekly Shounen Jump in 2003 for first place among all the anthologies (again assuming the 2003 figures are mostly accurate), is now over half a million behind Jump: both declined in circulation, but Shounen Magazine declined over twice as much. But the pleasure of Jump's publisher Shuueisha at this is no doubt tempered by what happened to their flagship shoujo title Ribbon. In 2003 this was the No. 1 shoujo anthology. But in just two years it's lost nearly half its circulation, and now is no longer a serious contender for No. 1. What the heck happened?
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