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Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Franchise to Have Over 40 Million Copies in Circulation
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The staff of the Koyoharu Gotouge's original manga ships on February 4.
The figure includes both physical and digital copies, as well as other publications in the franchise besides the manga. It also includes copies not yet sold and not yet in buyers' hands.
The manga's 18th compiled book volume shipped on December 4 with a first printing of 1 million copies. With the volume's release, the overall franchise — not just manga books, but also other publications and digital releases — has more than 25 million copies in circulation.
One Piece manga. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba sold 10.8 million manga volumes in the period from November 19, 2018 to November 17, 2019. Meanwhile, One Piece sold 12.7 million manga volumes during the same time period. Shueisha did not specify if these numbers include digital sales.
Gotouge Viz Media is publishing the manga in English digitally and in print.
The manga inspired a television anime that sequel anime film.
Source: Comic Natalie
