The ToMan is celebrating. ‘Tokyo Revengers’ revealed that Ken Wakui’s manga surpassed his personal best with the sale of more than 32 million copies in Japan.
Reaching the peak of fame is the greatest dream of any mangaka and, although for Wakui he has been waiting, he is finally reaping the fruit of his effort with ‘Tokyo Revengers’.
The manga that takes us 10 years in the past of Takemichi to save the life of his ex high school girlfriend in the present began its serialization in 2017, achieving a new step with the anime adaptation.
The production of LIDENFILMS exponentially increased the original work, to the point of obtaining seven million more sales of physical and digital copies only between July 7 and 22.
To celebrate the surpassing of his personal record, an illustration of the author was published through the franchise’s official Twitter account in which we can see Takemichi with ToMan running with happiness.
“We surpassed 32 million copies!
Woof!
Thanks!”.
With this, ‘Tokyo Revengers’ is positioned at the same level of works as ‘Yakusoku no Neverland’ and because of how quickly it increases its sales and an anime that continues to support it, we could be facing the success of the next few years.
Exposure from manga to anime
It is interesting how in recent years, success in anime can guarantee something that is being lost in manga and that is to take the work to the peak of its popularity without having manga readers behind.
Of course, it is not the first time that it happens, but when we turn to see ‘Kimetsu no Yaiba’ or the same ‘Tokyo Revengers’ they become an example that manga serialized for years can explode overnight with a good adaptation .
This allows the future reader to enter the manga even if they do not usually read just to find out more about the story as soon as possible, while waiting for its animated sequel to see their favorite parts in motion and in full color.
If this continues, the studies will continue in the search for that diamond in the rough. That story that failed to capture the attention of millions of people on paper, but will do so once it hits your screen.
