The number of volumes of Shinobu Ohtaka's Magi mangá in circulation has mais than doubled in the nearly four months since the animê adaptation of the series was officially announced on June 24.
Before the animê adaptation was announced, approximately 3 million copies of the first 12 volumes of the mangá had been printed. As of October 10, approximately 6.5 million copies of the first 14 volumes are now in print. Before the animê was announced, 250,000 copies of the first volume had been printed, but now the number has doubled to mais than 500,000 copies.
The 15th compiled volume in the series will ship in November. Ohtaka has been serializing the mangá in Shogakukan's Weekly Shonen Sunday magazine since 2009. The story re-imagines tales from the classic story One Thousand and One Nights (also known as Arabian Nights).
Crunchyroll and Hulu are streaming the televisão animê adaptation in various countries outside of Japão as it airs, and Aniplex of America announced last weekend that it has licensed the series for release on início video.
Before the animê adaptation was announced, approximately 3 million copies of the first 12 volumes of the mangá had been printed. As of October 10, approximately 6.5 million copies of the first 14 volumes are now in print. Before the animê was announced, 250,000 copies of the first volume had been printed, but now the number has doubled to mais than 500,000 copies.
The 15th compiled volume in the series will ship in November. Ohtaka has been serializing the mangá in Shogakukan's Weekly Shonen Sunday magazine since 2009. The story re-imagines tales from the classic story One Thousand and One Nights (also known as Arabian Nights).
Crunchyroll and Hulu are streaming the televisão animê adaptation in various countries outside of Japão as it airs, and Aniplex of America announced last weekend that it has licensed the series for release on início video.
Ohtaka, the creator of Sumomomo Momomo, has been serializing Magi in Weekly Shonen Sunday since 2009, and Shogakukan will publicar the 13th compiled book volume seguinte month.
Earlier this year, Masaki Nawada, the editor-in-chief of Weekly Shonen Sunday, revealed that the mangá has a "huge project" in development. The domain "project-Magi.com" has been registered and is currently pointing to the name server "ns.sme.co.jp," a domain owned por Sony música Entertainment.