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2009 to 2010: shifts and changes on the best-selling list
One Piece is still on its historic rise, with an increase of 17 million copies, and five of its single volumes making the top five.
These three popular manga made a splash by jumping high into the rankings.
Kimi ni Todoke increased its sales by 4,005,897 copies from last year, jumping eight positions from 11th to 3rd.
Fairy Tail increased its sales by 2,852,584 copies from last year, jumping four positions from 8th to 4th.
Nodame Cantabile increased its sales by 1,793,787 copies from last year, jumping sixteen positions from 26th to 10th.
These fairly new manga made a massive jump on the ladder, with help from possible anime popularity.
Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan: up 23 places, from 32nd to 9th
Giant Killing: up 26 places, from 38th to 12th
Sket Dance: up 25 places, from 44th to 19th
Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan and Giant Killing both had anime adaptations in 2010. Sket Dance was the outlier, with no anime yet, its popularity coming from the manga alone.
Not such a massive surprise was Saint Young Men, the Jesus and Buddha manga, which was mainly running off the viral hype in 2009.
Not so surprising was the drop of the Major manga, as it was winding up to the end of its run, ending with a 21-place drop.
2010 saw a fall for the Big Three, where Bleach dropped from 3rd to 5th place, below Kimi ni Todoke and Fairy Tail, and fell in sales by 1,266,828 copies compared to Naruto and One Piece, which were still making gains.
Fan opinion puts all the blame on the filler episodes, as well as the redundant storylines in the manga that didn’t focus on Ichigo’s battle.
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City Hunter and it’s many amazing adaptions
From a Jackie Chan movie in the 90s to more recent movies and upcoming adaptations on Netflix, City Hunter has had a surprisingly long life outside of the original manga. But where did it all begin?
In this article, we’re going to take a look at the City Hunter manga and its many adaptations, from the original anime series to the more unusual live-action versions you might not even know existed.
City Hunter – Film
Japanese Netflix Film
The 2024 City Hunter is the first Japanese-produced live-action adaptation of the manga, directed by Yūichi Satō and released on Netflix on April 25, 2024. The film runs for around 102 minutes, with Ryohei Suzuki playing Ryo Saeba and Misato Morita as Kaori Makimura.
The story acts as an origin story, with Ryo reluctantly teaming up with Kaori, the sister of his late partner Hideyuki, to investigate his death.
Ryohei Suzuki’s physical transformation for the role was one of the things that received a lot of praise, along with the way the film manages to mix gunfights with Ryo’s usual perverted comedy. Basically, it tries to capture the strange combination of action, comedy and questionable behaviour that makes City Hunter what it is.
And fittingly, the film closes with TM Network’s “Get Wild Continual”, keeping the musical connection to the original anime.
The film currently sits at around 6.3/10 on IMDb, so while it wasn’t universally loved, it finally gave City Hunter a Japanese live-action movie of its own.
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City Hunter Adpations and the manga
As of right now, I’m reading the City Hunter manga and I would recommend it if you like cop stories where the hero always wins, but there is usually a lesson to be learnt along the way. If that sounds like your kind of thing, then this should be right up your alley.
The arcs can feel a little repetitive at times, but I’m still enjoying it enough to keep reading. Some of the humour and the way women are sometimes seen as prizes might not rub everyone the right way, but if you can look past that, like I can, then I think you’ll enjoy it. Check out the commopodiste score of the City hunter anime and movies on our ranking pages.