The famous month of Kadokawa Da Vinci published the annual ranking of the best printed works of 2020 and named Demon Slayer “Book of the Year”. We remind you of this Da Vinci’s recognition can be gained from all work published this year, although awards are often given to the best manga.

Below you can read the top 10 best printed works according to Kadokawa’s monthly report, while at the bottom of the news you can find the full top 50. We remind you that the selection is made by the editor and that consequently there is no printout of the reader’s vote.

Top 10 Book of the Year (Da Vinci)

  1. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Koyoharu Gotouge
  2. What did you eat yesterday?, Fumi Yoshinaga
  3. Spy x family, Testuya Endo
  4. ONE PIECE, Eiichiro Oda
  5. The secret of iu nakare, Yumi Tamura
  6. Detective Conan, Gosho Aoyama
  7. The attack of the giants, Hajime Isayama
  8. A march for lions, Chika Umino
  9. Onna no I’m not a hoshi (Hoshi from Girls’ Garden), Wayama Yama
  10. Haikyu !!, Haruichi Furudate

Demon Slayer has been at the top of all charts related to Japanese entertainment, be it comics, cinema or merchandise, for more than a year. Excellent result also for the great Spy x Family from Tetsuya Endo, now also available in Italy that manages to overtake ONE PIECE and reach the lowest step of the podium. Also in the top 50 are Kaguya-sama: Love is War, The Promised Neverland, Chainsaw Man and My Hero Academia.

And what do you think of this ranking? Is Demon Slayer your favorite 2020 manga too? Let us know with a comment! If you want to better understand the extent of the work’s success, we suggest you check out the latest photos from the Japanese comics on which the last volume of the manga was just published.


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