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One Piece is the title of a manga series (a Japanese-style comic or graphic novel) by Eiichiro Oda, first published in 1997.
This manga tells the story of the adventures of the main character, Monkey D. Luffy, a young man who dreams of becoming the Pirate King and the freest person on the sea, unbound by rules or the authority of others.
Based on data from Kaggle, a data science community platform, One Piece manga has sold approximately 516.6 million copies worldwide since its initial release until 2022.
This figure makes One Piece the best-selling manga series globally.
One Piece is also listed in the Guinness World Record, breaking the record as the comic series created by a single author with the highest number of copies sold.
Here is a list of the top 10 best-selling manga series globally from their initial release until 2022, or the last period of available data, according to Kaggle:
- One Piece (1997-2022): 516.6 million copies
- Golgo 13 (1968-2022): 300 million copies
- Case Closed/Detective Conan (1994-2022): 270 million copies
- Dragon Ball (1984-1995): 260 million copies
- Doraemon (1969-1996): 250 million copies
- Naruto (1999-2014): 250 million copies
- Slam Dunk (1990-1996): 170 million copies
- KochiKame: Tokyo Beat Cops (1976-2016): 156.5 million copies
- Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (2016-2020): 150 million copies
- Oishinbo (1983-2014): 135 million copies
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