Summary
Many of the best-selling manga of 2024 received a boost in sales thanks to anime adaptations. Haikyu!! and Mashle: Magic and Muscles became bestsellers thanks to their anime, even though both manga have ended. The next best-selling manga of 2024 will likely be the manga adapted into the best anime.
That's common for one story to see sales skyrocket thanks to its popularity cartoon suitability. This has happened many times in recent years with manga like Jujutsu Kaisen, Blue Lock, and Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, and while not every manga with anime has become as popular as them, there certainly have been some. correlation between the success of an anime and the success of its manga.
A good anime adaptation can greatly help a manga's popularity, as evidenced by Oricon's mid-2024 manga sales figures. These sales figures, translated and shared on Kaisen and Blue Lock, but there are some manga series that seem to have become popular overnight.
Obviously Some of the best-selling manga of 2024 are those that have recently received popular anime airingsand for some manga in particular, their sales have proven that idea particularly well.
Oricon Inc. is a Japanese holding company that provides statistics and information about the entertainment industry in Japan, primarily related to music but also including manga volume sales.
Frieren, Apothecary Diaries, Haikyu!!, and Mashle's Anime have made their manga huge hits
The best-selling manga of 2024 all have incredible anime
While Jujutsu Kaisen is steady at No. 1, Frieren: Beyond Journey's End, The Apothecary Diaries, Haikyu!!, and Mashle: Magic and Muscles are the second, third, sixth, and ninth best-selling manga of 2024 as of now, and it's easy to see why. Like Jujutsu Kaisen, Frieren, and Apothecary Diaries which had widely popular anime airing in the fall of 2023, Frieren's anime was even considered one of the best of the decade by the end of its run. So it's only natural popularity of Freeze: Beyond Journey's End And Diary of an apothecary' anime will give their manga an incredible increase in sales.
Even more impressive, despite the lower sales figures, is the presence of Haikyu!! and Mashle: Magic and Muscles in the top 10. Both manga ended a long time ago, Mashle a year ago and Haikyu!! four years ago, but Mashle season 2 and new Haikyu!! both films premiered in early 2024 and both received positive reception. Both Mashle: Magic and brawn And Haikyu!! shows that a good anime can always help manga increase saleseven after the end of publication.
Frieren: Beyond Journey's End sold approximately 4.3 million books; Medicine preparation diary 3.7; Haikyu!! 1.8 and Mashle: Magic and Muscles 1.27.
How the best-selling manga of 2024 may change from year to year
The year 2024 has shown how much a good anime can affect manga sales, and the current rankings will most likely change because of that. Go! Go! The ranger lost!anime is good enough to warrant increased sales, and depending on their adaptations, the same could happen with Blue Box and Dandadan. There's no way to know which is which story will be most successful by the end of 2024, but based on current figures, it will all depend on which one performs best cartoon suitability.
Source: Oricon (translated and shared by @Jo_suke on X).
