2006 Manga Sale in France

The French Association of Comics Critics and Journalists (l'ACBD - Association des Critiques et journalistes de Bande Dessinée) has released its annual report of on comics and manga in France.

The list shows interesting informations about how styles and name-recognition affect manga sales in France. The Japanese manga with the biggest success was Naruto, with 130,000 units printed for each edition. Below is a list of the graphic novel that were printed. All information are from the PDF archive on the Association website.

• 130,000 ex. - Naruto 24
• 130,000 ex. - Naruto 25
• 130,000 ex. - Naruto 26
• 120,000 ex. - Naruto 21
• 120,000 ex. - Naruto 22
• 120,000 ex. - Naruto 23
• 80,000 ex. - Samurai Deeper Kyo 29
• 80,000 ex. - Samurai Deeper Kyo 30
• 80,000 ex. - Fullmetal Alchemist 8
• 80,000 ex. - Fullmetal Alchemist 9
• 75,000 ex. - Samurai Deeper Kyo 26
• 75,000 ex. - Samurai Deeper Kyo 27
• 75,000 ex. - Samurai Deeper Kyo 28
• 70,000 ex. - Fruits Basket 18
• 70,000 ex. - Fruits Basket 19
• 70,000 ex. - Gunnm Last Order 7
• 70,000 ex. - Gunnm Last Order 8
• 70,000 ex. - Shaman King 30
• 70,000 ex. - Samurai Deeper Kyo 25
• 70,000 ex. - Yu-Gi-Oh! R 1
• 70,000 ex. - Hunter X Hunter 21
• 70,000 ex. - Shaman King 31
• 70,000 ex. - Hunter X Hunter 22
• 70,000 ex. - Shaman King 32
• 70,000 ex. - Hunter X Hunter 23
• 65,000 ex. - Fruits Basket 17
• 65,000 ex. - Nekomajin
• 65,000 ex. - Fullmetal Alchemist 7
• 60,000 ex. - Fruits basket 16
• 60,000 ex. - One Piece: piété filiale 34
• 60,000 ex. - Yu-Gi-Oh! R 2
• 60,000 ex. - Fullmetal Alchemist 5
• 60,000 ex. - Fullmetal Alchemist 6
• 58,000 ex. - One Piece: piété filiale 33
• 58,000 ex. - One Piece: piété filiale 35
• 57,000 ex. - One Piece: piété filiale 32
• 56,000 ex. - Fullmetal Alchemist 4
• 55,000 ex. - One Piece: piété filiale 30
• 55,000 ex. - One Piece: piété filiale 31
• 50,000 ex. - Air Gear 1 Oh!
• 45,000 ex. - Nana 15
• 45,000 ex. - My Santa
• 40,000 ex. - Nana 13
• 40,000 ex. - Nana 14
• 40,000 ex. - Detective Conan 49
• 40,000 ex. - Detective Conan 50
• 40,000 ex. - Detective Conan 51
• 40,000 ex. - Detective Conan 52
• 40,000 ex. - Detective Conan 53
• 40,000 ex. - Negima! 3
• 40,000 ex. - Negima! 4
• 40,000 ex. - Negima! 5
• 40,000 ex. - Negima! 6
• 40,000 ex. - Negima! 7
• 40,000 ex. - Tsubasa 10
• 40,000 ex. - Tsubasa 11
• 40,000 ex. - Tsubasa 12
• 40,000 ex. - Tsubasa 8
• 40,000 ex. - Tsubasa 9
• 35,000 ex. - Bleach 18
• 35,000 ex. - Bleach 19
• 35,000 ex. - Lui ou rien! 3
• 35,000 ex. - Lui ou rien! 4
• 35,000 ex. - Lui ou rien! 5
• 35,000 ex. - Lui ou rien! 6
• 35,000 ex. - Mär 10
• 35,000 ex. - Mär 5
• 35,000 ex. - Mär 6
• 35,000 ex. - Mär 7
• 35,000 ex. - Mär 8
• 35,000 ex. - Mär 9
• 35,000 ex. - Satan 666 3
• 35,000 ex. - Satan 666 4
• 35,000 ex. - Satan 666 5
• 35,000 ex. - Satan 666 6
• 35,000 ex. - Satan 666 7
• 35,000 ex. - Satan 666 8
• 32,000 ex. - Bleach 17
• 31,000 ex. - Saint Seiya Episode G 7
• 31,000 ex. - Saint Seiya Episode G 8
• 31,000 ex. - Saint Seiya Episode G 9
• 30,000 ex. - Un Ciel Radieux
• 30,000 ex. - Berserk 14
• 30,000 ex. - Berserk 16
• 30,000 ex. - Beet: the Vandel Buster 1
• 30,000 ex. - Beet: the Vandel Buster 2
• 30,000 ex. - Get Backers 14
• 30,000 ex. - Get Backers 15
• 30,000 ex. - Get Backers 16
• 30,000 ex. - Get Backers 17
• 30,000 ex. - Get Backers 18
• 30,000 ex. - Get Backers 19
• 30,000 ex. - XXXHolic 7
• 30,000 ex. - XXXHolic 8

Source: Papo de Budega