Tokyo Revengers Manga Circulation Surpass 65 Million Copies Worldwide
The official Twitter handle of Tokyo Revengers is celebrating the manga’s new milestone. The report says that Tokyo Revengers has surpassed 65 million copies in circulation worldwide.
At first when calculated, the report came as a cumulative circulation of 50 Million. But after rechecking, the numbers were way past the 65 Million mark. In fact 7 Million of them came outside of Japan. Which is impressive provided the anime only had one season.
The manga rose to insane popularity especially after the anime was released. This number can help you understand the explosive increase in popularity of the series:
- 5 million in September 2020
- 8 million in February 2021
- 10 million in March 2021
- 14.5 million in May 2021
- 25 million in June 2021
- 32 million in July 2021
- 40 million in September 2021
- 50 million in January 2022
Tokyo Revengers anime began airing from 11th April, 2021. And you can see in the above numbers that the manga’s popularity increased especially after March. What’s surprising is that the manga jump from 10 Million circulations to an insane 50 Million circulation within a year.
Tokyo Revengers is an action packed manga created by Ken Wakui. Wakui began serializing the manga from 2017 under Kodansha’s “Weekly Shonen Magazine.“
The story revolves around Takemichi Hanagaki, a former delinquent, who gets the ability to travel back in time to save his friends from getting killed. Though he is physically weak, what makes him insanely strong is his mental toughness.
Source: Twitter
