The world of manga is where it began for most of the anime we have seen throughout the ages. Throughout the black-and-white pages, covered with halftones, creators have given life to concepts and stories for decades, and it’s no surprise that the tradition continues to this day.
With that being said, we’ve compiled a list of every ongoing and active manga series that has reached a massive milestone, crossing the “100 Million Copies” mark. Here are active manga series with over a hundred million copies in circulation as of July 2026.
1. One Piece – 600 Million+ Copies
Eiichiro Oda’s One Piece pirate saga isn’t just the best-selling manga on the planet; it’s outsold Superman’s entire seventy-plus-year comic run despite a fraction of the page count. Since debuting in 1997, Luffy’s hunt for the ultimate treasure has crossed 600 million copies worldwide (via the official X account), with over 450 million printed in Japan alone.
Now deep into its Final Saga, with the Elbaf Arc unfolding and Volume 114 revisiting the God Valley flashback, One Piece keeps breaking its own sales records nearly three decades in. Oda isn’t slowing down, and neither are the Straw Hats.
2. Golgo 13 – 300 Million+ Copies
Duke Togo has been pulling the trigger since 1968, which makes Golgo 13 the oldest manga still being published today. Takao Saito’s stone-faced assassin has racked up over 300 million copies in circulation (via Shogakukan), good enough for second place on the all-time sales chart behind only One Piece.
Saito passed away in 2021, but per his own wishes, his production studio and Big Comic’s editorial team have kept new missions coming ever since. Episodic and self-contained, it’s the rare manga you can start absolutely anywhere.
3. Detective Conan – 270 Million+ Copies
Gosho Aoyama started shrinking teenage detective Shinichi Kudo into a first-grader’s body back in 1994 with Detective Conan, and readers still haven’t gotten tired of it. Known as Case Closed outside Japan, the series has topped 270 million copies in circulation (via Real Sound), making it one of the best-selling manga ever printed and the longest-running mystery franchise in Weekly Shonen Sunday’s history.
With over 108 volumes out and an anime that’s aired continuously since 1996, Conan Edogawa is still chasing down the Black Organization one poisoned case at a time, with no end in sight.
4. Crayon Shin-Chan – 148 Million+ Copies
Yoshito Usui’s foul-mouthed five-year-old outlived his own creator. After Usui died in 2009, his former team picked up the pen and kept Shin-chan’s antics going as New Crayon Shin-chan, now serialized on its own dedicated website since the print magazine folded in 2023.
Combined, the original and its continuation have crossed 148 million copies in circulation, making Kasukabe’s least appropriate kindergartner one of the best-selling comic properties Japan has ever produced. Decades later, Shin-chan is still asking women if they like green peppers, and somehow it never stops being funny.
5. JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure – 120 Million+ Copies
Hirohiko Araki has been reinventing his own manga every few years since 1987, swapping out entire casts and power systems while keeping fans locked in for nine parts and counting. JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure has surpassed 120 million copies in circulation, spread across 139-plus volumes that make it Shueisha’s longest-running series in print.
Right now, Araki is deep into Part 9, The JOJOLands, serialized monthly in Ultra Jump, while Steel Ball Run finally gets its long-awaited anime adaptation. Bizarre poses and Stand battles are still going strong after nearly four decades.
6. Kingdom – 120 Million+ Copies
Yasuhisa Hara’s ancient Chinese epic, Kingdom, just turned twenty years old, and it’s aging like fine baijiu. Kingdom has surpassed 120 million copies in circulation (via Anime Freaks/ABEMA) as of its January 2026 anniversary, following war orphan Xin’s rise toward becoming the greatest general history barely remembers.
It took nearly two decades for Viz to bring the manga west, starting in November 2025, which says plenty about how much of a word-of-mouth phenomenon this seinen classic has been. With Season 6 wrapped and Hara insisting the story isn’t over, Kingdom shows no signs of stopping.
7. Hunter x Hunter – 100 Million+ Copies
Yoshihiro Togashi’s on-again, off-again shonen classic finally crossed 100 million copies in circulation this past June 2026 (via Weekly Shonen Jump’s official X), arriving the same week the manga resumed serialization after an eighteen-month break. Health issues have made Hunter x Hunter infamous for its hiatuses since 1998, but Gon and Killua’s world of Nen and beasts keeps pulling readers back every time it returns.
Shueisha threw a citywide celebration in Shibuya to mark the milestone, and Volume 39 dropped days later, the first new volume in nearly two years. Patience keeps paying off for Togashi’s fans. The ongoing Succession Contest Arc focuses more on Kurapika and the others.
8. Baki – 100 Million+ Copies
Keisuke Itagaki has been putting Baki Hanma through underground brawls since 1991, and the Baki franchise crossed 100 million copies in circulation in May 2024, spread across six numbered series and a spinoff.
The current chapter, Baki Rahen, is still running in Weekly Shonen Champion, bringing back fan-favorite fighters after the manga’s biggest arc, the father-son clash between Baki and Yujiro, wrapped with both claiming victory. Three decades in, Itagaki still hasn’t run out of ways to make men throw punches.
9. Hajime no Ippo – 100 Million+ Copies
George Morikawa has drawn nothing but this boxing manga since 1989, and Hajime no Ippo topped 100 million copies in circulation in July 2023 (via official X account), with Morikawa noting the story’s only halfway done. Ippo Makunouchi’s journey from bullied teenager to featherweight champion has run past 1,500 chapters and 145 volumes, one of the longest active manga in Weekly Shonen Magazine.
The series has weathered several health-related breaks, including one in early 2026, and each time it’s come back swinging. No new anime since 2014, but the manga keeps landing punches on its own.
10. Kindaichi Case Files – 100 Million+ Copies
Hajime Kindaichi has been solving grisly locked-room murders since 1992 in Kindaichi Case Files, and the franchise passed 100 million copies in circulation back in 2019, making it one of the earliest and best-selling entries in the mystery manga genre.
The original teenage-detective run wrapped years ago, but the property never really stopped, cycling through sequels following an older Kindaichi before landing on its current chapter, The Case Files of Kindaichi Papa, serialized on Comic Days since January 2025. Same gruesome whodunits, same impossible alibis, just a new generation of Kindaichi cracking them.
| MANGA SERIES | CREATOR | FIRST RELEASE DATE | MAL SCORES (as of July 12, 2026) | WHERE TO READ |
| One Piece | Eiichiro Oda | July 22, 1997 | 9.21/10 | Viz Media |
| Golgo 13 | Takao Saito/Saito Production | October 1968 | 7.68/10 | Viz Media |
| Detective Conan | Gosho Aoyama | January 5, 1994 | 7.32/10 | Viz Media |
| Crayon Shin-Chan | Yoshito Usui | August 1990 | 7.96/10 | MangaPlaza |
| JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure | Hirohiko Araki | January 1, 1987 | 7.28/10 | Viz Media |
| Kingdom | Yasuhisa Hara | January 26, 2006 | 9.02/10 | Viz Media |
| Hunter x Hunter | Yoshihiro Togashi | March 3, 1998 | 8.78/10 | Viz Media |
| Baki | Keisuke Itagaki | September 30, 1991 | 7.74/10 | N/A |
| Hajime no Ippo | George Morikawa | October 11, 1989 | 8.76/10 | K MANGA app |
| Kindaichi Case Files | Yozaburo Kanari/Seimaru Amagi | October 28, 1992 | 8.09/10 | N/A |
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