Manga Anthology Circulations 2004-2006

Thu, 2007-12-27 00:39

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top Magazine Data 2007, the 2007 edition of the Japan Magazine Publishers Association (JMPA)'s guide guide ti Japanese magazines, was released at the end of November.

The data book comes with data on 436 magazines from 57 publishing companies in Japan. The guide lists each magazine's format, forms of publication, dates, price and more, with each magazine categorized by genre. Moreover, each entry includes a brief description of the magazine from its Editor-in-Chief.

The Honkawa Data Tribune, preparing for the release of the latest Magazine Guide, has compiled a list of the 2006 manga anthology circulation figures, each magazine's publisher and circulation number based on data released by the JMPA last year in Magazine Data 2006. Below is a translated figure:

Below is a table with each magazine's circulation numbers taken from September 1st, 2005 to August 31st, 2006 (a "*" indicates the magazine's circulation has been confirmed):

	Magazine	Publisher	Circulation
Shonen	Weekly Shonen Jump	Shueisha	2,839,792	*
	Weekly Shonen Magazine	Kodansha	2,151,354	*
	Weekly Shonen Sunday	Shogakukan	1,003,708	*
	Monthly Shonen Magazine	Kodansha	987,083	*
	Korokoro Comic	Shogakukan	963,334	*
	Weekly Shonen Champion	Akita Shoten	500,000
	Monthly Shonen Jump	Shueisha	376,667	*
	Monthly Comic Dengeki Daioh	MediaWorks	250,000
	Dengeki Comic Gao!	MediaWorks	200,000
	Comic Bonbon	Kodansha	98,000	*
	Shonen Ace	Kadokawa Shoten	80,833	*
	Monthly Pre-comic Bunbun	Poplar	80,309	*
	Ultra Jump	Shueisha	72,000	*
	Dragon Age	Kadokawa Shoten (Fujimi Shobo)	35,250	*
	Sunday GX	Shogakukan	35,167	*
	Monthly Magazine Z	Kodansha	32,750	*
Seinen	Weekly Young Jump	Shueisha	1,006,875	*
	Young Magazine	Kodansha	998,198	*
	Big Comic Original	Shogakukan	905,500	*
	Big Comic	Shogakukan	580,750	*
	Weekly Manga Goraku	Nihon Bungeisha	500,000
	Morning	Kodansha	437,232	*
	Big Comic Sprits	Shogakukan	394,042	*
	Weekly Manga Times	Houbunsha	380,000
	Business Jump	Shueisha	375,208	*
	Super Jump	Shueisha	355,417	*
	Kairakuten	Wani Magazine	350,000
	Manga Pachisuro Fighter	Wani Magazine	350,000
	Big Comic Superior	Shogakukan	318,959	*
	Weekly Manga Sunday	Jitsugyo no Nihonsha	300,000
	Young King	Shonen Gahosha	268,000
	Shitsurakuten	Wani Magazine	250,000
	Manga Action	Futabasha	240,000
	Manga Times	Houbunsha	240,000
	Young Sunday	Shogakukan	214,878	*
	Weekly Comic Bunch	Shinchosha	214,190	*
	Evening	Kodansha	213,417	*
	Comic Ran	Leed	204,230	*
	Young Animal	Hakusensha	196,334	*
	Gundam Ace	Kadokawa Shoten	195,500	*
	Young Champion	Akita Shoten	180,000
	Afternoon	Kodansha	127,417	*
	Young Comic	Shonen Gahosha	117,000
	Shonen Fang	Leed	100,000
	Dengeki Moeoh	MediaWorks	90,000
	Monthly Comic Tokumori	Shueisha	78,334	*
	Monthly Comic Beam	Enterbrain	25,000
	IKKI	Shogakukan	18,584	*
Shojo	Ciao	Shogakukan	1,008,500	*
	Nakayoshi	Kodansha	418,500	*
	Ribon	Shueisha	400,000	*
	Bessatsu Margaret	Shueisha	325,000	*
	Hana to Yume	Hakusensha	289,375	*
	Shojo Comic	Shogakukan	260,218	*
	The Margaret	Shueisha	198,333	*
	DX Margaret	Shueisha	190,000	*
	LaLa	Hakusensha	171,750	*
	Betsufure	Kodansha	167,834	*
	Margaret	Shueisha	162,826	*
	Cheese!	Shogakukan	148,167	*
	ChuChu	Shogakukan	128,112	*
	Betsucomi	Shogakukan	107,667	*
	Bessatsu Hana to Yume	Hakusensha	94,000	*
	One more Kiss	Kodansha	77,000	*
	ASUKA	Kadokawa Shoten	45,834	*
Josei	Cookie	Shueisha	228,334	*
	YOU	Shueisha	202,750	*
	Be Love	Kodansha	199,292	*
	Kiss	Kodansha	176,958	*
	Dessert	Kodansha	172,084	*
	The Dessert	Kodansha	169,416	*
	Chorus	Shueisha	164,583	*
	Elegance EVE	Akita Shoten	150,000
	For Mrs	Akita Shoten	150,000
	Judy	Shogakukan	120,667	*
	office YOU	Shueisha	120,000	*
	Petit Comic	Shogakukan	111,833	*
	The Betsufure	Kodansha	87,167	*
	Silky	Hakusensha	86,500	*
	FEEL YOUNG	Shodensha	64,167	*
	Comic B's-LOG	Enterbrain	50,000
	Flowers	Shogakukan	49,084	*
	Comic AQUA	Oakla Shuppan	25,000
	CIEL	Kadokawa Shoten	23,250	*

Manga magazine that had the highest circulation is Shonen Jump, with a circulation of 2,840,000. Shonen Jump's circulation is the highest among all the magazines (even non-comics magazines), and is more than three times that of Weekly Bunshun, which had the highest circulation of the non-comics magazines. Shonen Jump is followed by Weekly Shonen Magazine, Ciao, Weekly Young Jump and Weekly Shonen Sunday.

Below is a table of manga anthology circulations from 2005, compiled by Ultimatum:

Magazine	Publisher	2004	2005	Circulation Increase/Decrease
Afternoon	Kodansha	144,583	133,834	10,749
Bessatu CoroCoro Comic	Shogakukan	240,000	223,333	16,667
Big Comics	Shogakukan	677,916	627,083	50,833
Big Comic Original	Shogakukan	1,030,000	958,958	71,042
Big Comic Spirits	Shogakukan	460,354	416,625	43,729
Big Comic Superior	Shogakukan	370,400	339,000	31,400
Business Jump	Shueisha	416,875	376,667	40,208
Comic BomBom	Kodansha	186,666	136,417	50,249
Comic Bunch	Shinchosha	259,271	238,568	20,703
Coro Coro Comic	Shogakukan	1,198,333	1,085,000	113,333
Comic Ran	Leed	191,201	200,975	9,774
Comic Ran Twins	Leed	134,571	146,325	11,754
Dragon Age	Kadokawa Shoten	55,667	46,167	9,500
Evening	Kodansha	266,250	229,125	37,125
Gundam Ace	Kadokawa Shoten	211,416	209,292	2,124
Magazine SPECIAL	Kodansha	107,083	110,750	3,667
Morning	Kodansha	584,167	462,979	121,188
Monthly Tokumori	Shueisha	99,166	90,834	8,332
Monthly Magazine Z	Kodansha	46,041	36,584	9,457
Monthly Shounen Jump	Shueisha	446,666	417,500	29,166
Monthly Shounen Magazine	Kodansha	1,041,417	1,009,167	32,250
Shounen Ace	Kadokawa Shoten	59,167	68,917	9,750
Shounen Sunday Super	Shogakukan	41,000	39,333	1,667
Sunday Gene-X (Sunday GX)	Shogakukan	39,167	39,000	167
Super Jump	Shueisha	370,000	357,917	12,083
Ultra Jump	Shueisha	72,000	72,000	0
V Jump	Shueisha	149,833	178,334	28,501
Weekly Shounen Sunday	Shogakukan	1,160,913	1,068,265	92,648
Weekly Shounen Jump	Shueisha	2,994,897	2,953,750	41,147
Weekly Shounen Magazine	Kodansha	2,721,633	2,365,306	356,327
Weekly Young Jump	Shueisha	1,136,666	1,081,459	55,207
Young Animal	Hakusensha	201,083	201,209	126
Young Magazine	Kodansha	1,044,489	1,012,209	32,280
Young Sunday	Shogakukan	245,417	230,479	14,938
ASUKA	Kadokawa Shoten	38,000	35,750	2,250
BE???LOVE	Kodansha	206,875	203,750	3,125
Bessatsu Fureindo (Betsufure)	Kodansha	203,333	190,417	12,916
Bessatsu Hana to Yume (Betsuhana)	Hakusensha	106,166	94,334	11,832
Bessatsu Margaret (Betsuma)	Shueisha	378,333	355,833	22,500
Betsucomi	Shogakukan	101,833	106,833	5,000
Cheese!	Shogakukan	174,833	155,833	19,000
Chorus	Shueisha	151,250	145,833	5,417
Ciao	Shogakukan	1,065,000	1,033,333	31,667
CIEL	Kadokawa Shoten	23,417	23,833	416
Cookie	Shueisha	203,333	204,167	834
Dessert	Kodansha	221,666	195,750	25,916
FEEL YOUNG	Shodensha	72,458	68,396	4,062
Flowers	Shogakukan	58,000	54,417	3,583
Hana to Yume	Hakusensha	300,416	295,208	5,208
IKKI	Kodansha	33,916	29,000	4,916
Judy	Shogakukan	156,833	135,833	21,000
Kiss	Kodansha	202,583	183,208	19,375
LaLa	Hakusensha	166,750	173,583	6,833
LaLa DX	Hakusensha	71,833	69,500	2,333
Margaret	Shueisha	209,565	173,913	35,652
Margaret DX	Shueisha	218,333	208,334	9,999
Nakayoshi	Kodansha	457,083	457,500	417
Office YOU	Shueisha	129,333	124,667	4,666
One more Kiss	Kodansha	99,166	90,660	8,506
Shojo Comic (Sho-comi)	Shogakukan	301,956	299,565	2,391
Silky	Hakusensha	86,833	80,167	6,666
Petit Comic	Shogakukan	121,250	117,583	3,667
Ribon	Shueisha	729,167	537,500	191,667
Ribon Original	Shueisha	101,666	82,500	19,166
The Dessert	Kodansha	197,083	182,750	14,333
The Margaret	Shueisha	216,666	200,000	16,666
YOU	Shueisha	234,166	214,167	19,999

It can be clearly seen that, although a few publications enjoyed rising sales, the circulation of most magazines dropped between 2004-2005, and again between 2005-2006, especially Weekly Shonen Magazine, Morning, and Ribon. Even Weekly Shonen Jump, despite it being the top ranked magazine, saw a drop in sales over the years.

Below is a comparison of circulation figures from 2004, 2005 and 2006 of some of the top ranked magazines from various publishers:

Magazine	Publisher	2004	2005	2006
Weekly Shonen Jump	Shueisha	2,994,897	2,953,750	2,839,792
Weekly Shonen Magazine	Kodansha	2,721,633	2,365,306	2,151,354
Weekly Shonen Sunday	Shogakukan	1,160,913	1,068,265	1,003,708
Weekly Young Jump	Shueisha	1,136,666	1,081,459	1,006,875
Young Magazine	Kodansha	1,044,489	1,012,209	998,198
Big Comic	Shogakukan	677,916	627,083	580,750
Ciao	Shogakukan	1,065,000	1,033,333	1,008,500
Nakayoshi	Kodansha	457,083	457,500	418,500
Ribon	Shueisha	729,167	537,500	400,000
Cookie	Shueisha	203,333	204,167	228,334

Extra:

For those who are interested, below is the circulation numbers and ranking of popular non-comics magazines from last year.

Monthly:

Bungei Shinju -- 620,850
Ushio -- 434,767
Fujin Koron -- 212,400
Seiron -- 87,155
Syokun! -- 82,058
Shincho -- 45 40,975
Chuokoron -- 40,975
Forsite -- 33,348
Voice -- 32,475
Ronza -- 19,084

Weekly:

Shukan Bunshun -- 798,340
Shukan Shincho -- 765,713
Shukan Gendai -- 690,398
Shukan Post -- 608,681
Friday -- 409,082
Shukan Playboy -- 390,209
Shukan Taisyu 353,356
Flash -- 339,783
Shukan Asahi -- 319,562
Shukan Jitsuwa -- 300,000
Shukan Asahi Geino -- 283,745
SPA -- 245,928
AERA -- 27,858
Shukan Diamond -- 165,959
Sunday Mainichi -- 147,521
Yomiuri weekly -- 114,122
Shukan Toyo Keizai -- 108,161
Shukan Economist -- 85,000

Women's Weekly:

Jyosei Seven -- 556,396
Josei Jishin -- 519,464
Non-no -- 440,870
Shukan Josei -- 378,329
AN-AN -- 280,673

Translation by T. Ohara

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Ahh...

Submitted by NeoSam (not verified) on Thu, 2007-12-27 18:00.

Ahh, Big Comic dropped to 580,750 in 2006 and didn't gain another 300,000 readers >.< though I would be glad to see manga magazines gaining 300,000 readers, but that doesn't seem to be happening >.< manga magazines are dying in a horrible slow death >.<

Opps ^^; fixed.

Submitted by gum on Thu, 2007-12-27 18:53.

Opps ^^; fixed.

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