The popular Japanese medium oricon finally shared the ranking of the most successful manga and anime franchises of the year 2022 in Japan. This list compiles the franchises with the highest income at a general level (both sales of physical packages and books), in the period from December 27, 2021 to December 19, 2022, and includes the first thirty general positions.
The list was the following:
- 30. Kindaichi Shounen no Jikenbo (The File of Young Kindaichi) – 1,610,684,997 yen.
- 29. Pokémon – 1,614,993,704 yen.
- 28. Kurosagi (The Black Swindler) – 1,621,661,902 yen.
- 27. Mystery to Iu nakare (Do Not Say Mystery) – 1,633,718,725 yen.
- 26. Hypnosis Mic: Division Rap Battle – 1,725,073,877 yen.
- 25.Mobile Suit Gundam – 1,755,790,168 yen.
- 24. Top Gun: Maverick – 1,826,047,297 yen.
- 23. Golden Kamuy – 1,891,320,918 yen.
- 22.Ao Ashi – 1,891,709,687 yen.
- 21. Touken Ranbu – 1,943,243,182 yen.
- 20. Kamen Rider – 1,955,641,467 yen.
- 19. Sono Bisque Doll wa Koi wo Suru (My Dress Up Darling) – 2,211,552,360 yen.
- 18.The Idolmaster – 2,276,040,135 yen.
- 17.Blue Lock – 2,294,187,137 yen.
- 16. Ensemble Stars! – 2,303,173,965 yen.
- 15.Kingdom – 2,337,864,670 yen.
- 14. Uma Musume: Pretty Derby – 2,505,135,853 yen.
- 13. Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken (That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime) – 2,667,488,028 yen.
- 12. Haikyuu!! – 2,686,067,200 yen.
- 11. Chainsaw Man – 2,747,089,730 yen.
- 10. Osomatsu-san – 2,970,493,838 yen.
- 9. Detective Conan – 3,026,901,450 yen.
- 8. Arashi – Anniversary Tour – 3,203,622,200 yen.
- 7. Boku no Hero Academia (My Hero Academia) – 3,327,945,137 yen.
- 6. Kimetsu no Yaiba – 3,402,216,530 yen.
- 5. Love Live! – 4,768,396,212 yen.
- 4. SPY x FAMILY – 6,654,019,108 yen.
- 3.Tokyo Revengers – 6,729,399,395 yen.
- 2.One Piece – 6,931,620,516 yen.
- 1.Jujutsu Kaisen – 10,172,176,690 yen.
Of course, there were a variety of comments about it, especially since this list was shared in opinion forums pointing out that Chainsaw Man achieved the eleventh position in the ranking, a project of which the existence of MAPPA it practically depends:
- «Oh Chainsaw Man, I’m watching MAPPA’s tears fall».
- «Well, Chainsaw Man hasn’t released his records yet…».
- «Love Live! has always been in the Top 10, but two anime this year made it to the top ten. Perhaps the hype for Chainsaw Man is not what was thought?».
- «The Idolmaster is getting an anime next year, but how far will this push it? I don’t think it will surpass Love Live!, but I’m surprised it’s still selling well».
- «Mobile Suit Gundam is selling so well that even the physical discs, which are a tiny part of the franchise, already position it on this list.».
- «Love Live! has never gone down from that position, I see why Mobile Suit Gundam bet on yuri this year».
- «Jujutsu Kaisen was going to be the clear winner, the sales of the film were immense».
- «Lycoris Recoil sold tens of thousands of records but didn’t chart?».
- «Chainsaw Man keeps losing, from what I see».
- «If Uma Musume: Pretty Derby included its video game sales as well, it would be a huge difference from first place.».
- «Unbelievable, Jujutsu Kaisen didn’t even premiere anything this year, and still won».
Fountain: Yaraon!