2024 Japanese Manga Sales ChartThe following is the sales of some Japanese comics in 2024:
- In the first half of 2024, Incantation: Battle of the Spells was ranked first with 4.63 million sales, followed by Buried Freelance and Murmurs of the Medicine House Girl. Volleyball-boy sold 1.86 million, One Piece sold more than 2 million, and Blue Prison sold more than 2 million. In addition, Spy House and Matthew the Physical Magician were also on the list.
- In the October 2024 Japanese manga sales chart, Return to Mantra was the champion with 1,102,510 copies sold. One Piece was second with 711,567 copies sold.
Based on the sales of comics in the whole era, MangaZenKan announced the sales ranking of comics in 2024 as follows: 1. One Piece-500 million units;2. Skeleton 13 - 300 million copies;3. Detective Conan-270 million copies;4. Dragon Ball-260 million units;5. Naruto-250 million units;6. Slam Dunk-170 million units;7. Wulong Police Station-156.5 million units;8. Ghost Blade-150 million copies;9. Attack of the Giants-140 million;10. Gourmet Challenge-135 million copies.
How to read the chart of the eight-character chart1. First, look at the basic structure of the eight-character chart. There were four pillars on the chart: year, month, day, and hour. This part was called the "four pillars." From the year pillar to the time pillar, it represented the space-time background, environment, people and things in one's life. Among them, the "sun pillar" was the most important. One had to remember the information of their own sun pillar first.
2. The eight characters in the middle were the eight characters, which were divided into two rows. The upper row was the Heavenly Stems, which were arranged according to the birth information. The lower row was the Earthly Branches, which were arranged according to the birth information. The word "Heavenly Stems" in the Sun Pillar represented himself, which was very important.
3. There was also a row of gray heavenly stems under the Earthly Branches, which were the Earthly Branches and the Earthly Branches. Their origins were more complicated, so it was enough to understand this structure first.
4. Regarding the specific arrangement of the four pillars:
- Nian Zhu: The Ganzhi of the year of birth is the Ganzhi of the Nian Zhu. If you were born in the year of Jiazi of the lunar calendar, Jiazi is the Ganzhi of the Nian Zhu. The boundary between years was the beginning of spring, and the 60-year cycle repeated itself.
- Moon column: the first month is Yin, February is Mao, and so on. The heavenly stems were derived from the heavenly stems of the year. There was a song saying,"In the year of Jia Ji, C is the first, in the year of Yi Geng, E is the first, Bing Xin must find Geng, Ding Ren Ren is the direct flow, and there is also where to find Wu Gui, Jia Yin is the best pursuit." Moreover, the life book used the solar terms as the boundary of the month. For example, the beginning of spring, the boundary between the first month and the second month was Jingzhe, and the boundary of each month was Qingming, Lixia, Grain in Ear, Xiaoshu, Liqiu, Bailu, Hanlu, Lidong, Daxue, Xiaohan.
- [Solar Pillar: The heavenly stems and earthly branches of the sun also have a 60-year cycle. The specific daily heavenly stems and earthly branches can be found in the Ten Thousand Year Almanac.]
- Pillar of Time: The stem and branch of the hour shall be the standard. The earthly branch of the hour shall be fixed, and the heavenly stem of the hour shall be derived from the sun. The mnemonic formula is,"A and Ji shall be added to A, Yi Geng and C shall be added to the beginning, Bing Xin shall be added to the beginning, Ding Ren and Geng Zi shall be added to each other, where shall Wu and Gui be added to each other, and Ren Zi shall be added to each other." The twelve hours are Zi Shi (23 - 1 o'clock), Chou Shi (1 - 3 o'clock), Yin Shi (3 - 5 o'clock), Mao Shi (5 - 7 o'clock), Chen Shi (7 - 9 o'clock), Si Shi (9 - 11 o'clock), and noon.(11 - 13 o'clock), 13 - 15 o'clock, 15 - 17 o'clock, 17 - 19 o'clock, 19 - 21 o'clock, 21 - 23 o'clock.
While waiting for the TV series, you can also click on the link below to read the classic original work of "Dafeng Nightwatchman"!