Eiichiro Odas Manga masterpieceOne Piecehas been celebrating one success after another for 28 years and is still regularly treated with new chapters. Over the years, Mangaka has repeatedly reached new career milestones with its pirate saga and even broken world records. One of his latest success even spills over into the area of the book author and even famous writers such as JK Rowling and Stephen King are overtaken by him.
Oda has secured a place in the top 10 most successful authors of all time in the field of fictional works with One Piece.
The only manga in the top 10 and almost at the top
The order of the most successful writers of all time in the field of fictional works are decided on the basis of the number of copies sold and Oda has catapulted into the top 10 and almost at the top. An incredibly great success that no other mangaka has achieved before him.
Eiichiro Oda made it fourth with estimated sales figures of at least 520 million copies. As one of the most successful writers of all time, he even leaves famous authors such as JK Rowling, Georges Simenon and Danielle. Only William Shakespeare (1st place), Agatha Christie (2nd place) and Harold Robbins (3rd place) separate him from the top.
Here you have all authors in the top 10 with their estimated sales figures:
- William Shakespeare: over 2 billion
- Agatha Christie: Over 2 billion
- Harold Robbins: Over 750 million
- Eiichiro oda: over 520 million
- Barbara Cartland: over 500 million
- Danielle Steel: Over 500 million
- Georges Simenon: Over 500 million
- JK Rowling: Over 500 million
- Leo Tolstoy: Over 413 million
- Enid Bylon: Over 400 million
Eiichiro Oda is the only manka in the top 10, but other Japanese authors such as Akira Toriyama (Dragon Ball) and Masashi Kishimoto (Naruto) make it into the list - they appear a little further below in 18th and 19!
Eiichiro Oda's years of work has paid off
It is important that the figures from Eiichiro Oda from 2022 and those from JK Rowlings come from 2018. Both the One Piece creator and JK Rowling have certainly sold even more copies with their works since then. Oda broke the Guinness Book World Record in 2022 with the "best-selling copies of the same comic book series from one author."
The One Piece creator has been working on his manga since the first chapter was released in 1997 and publishes new chapters on the pirate adventure to date, although he only takes a break every three weeks or sometimes. One Piece one of the most popular mangas and anime series of all time.
How many copies will you sell with One Piece in your opinion and are you ready for the fact that the story will end at some point?
