The manga from Saint Seiya: The Knights of the Zodiac is one of the most famous in the world, a saga that helped write the history of Japanese comic culture around the world. But how much exactly has Masami Kurumada’s masterpiece sold in all the years since its release?
Saint Seiya is a very solid franchise that is enriched almost daily with productions, limited edition objects and so on. All of this actually helped make The Knights of the Zodiac saga full of parallel projects, not all of which are actually canon. In any case, without going into the subtitles of the main work, Exactly how much did the Saint Seiya manga sell?
By 2014 the saga was reported to have sold around 32 million copies, but 8 years later the number has increased to reach it 50 million volumes distributed worldwide, an impressive figure that puts manga at the forefront of the Japanese comic industry. To give you an even clearer idea of ββsuccess, the manga sold the same numbers as the popular one Haikyuu! and from Yu of Ghosts.
And you on the other hand, what do you think of these numbers, did you expect much higher numbers? As usual, please let us know with a comment below.
πLe Manga Culte SAINT SEIYA has circulated 50 million copies in the world! pic.twitter.com/1S2swEp3rV
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