Dragon Ball Returns to the Top 10 Manga Sales Chart With New Release After 30+ Years

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Although the original manga finished over 30 years ago, it remains incredibly popular and has recently made it into the top 10 best-selling manga.

Oricon recently published its manga sales chart for the week of April 13, 2026, and Dragon Ball made the list. The complete Dragon Ball collection, a 42-volume box set with a double cover, sold 19,918 copies, landing at number 10 overall.

This box set includes the complete original Dragon Ball manga, spanning all 519 chapters. Released in four parts, it was created as a special edition to mark the franchise’s 40th anniversary. Each volume features a unique double cover, showcasing both Akira Toriyama’s original artwork and .

Dragon Ball Manga Box Set Enters Oricon’s New Top 10 Manga Sales Chart

I was so excited when the complete box set finally dropped on April 3, 2026! They had to push back the original February 4th release date because they got way more preorders than expected – that’s amazing! And it’s not just the series itself, it comes with incredible extras, like eight unique dividers and a gorgeous 42-card set with both the classic and brand new cover art, all in a cool postcard size. What’s really incredible is that this is the first time Dragon Ball has topped the Oricon manga charts in 2026 – a true milestone for a legendary series!

Tatsuya Endo’s Spy x Family Vol. 17 was the best-selling manga, taking first place with 224,695 copies sold. The Dragon Ball series came in tenth. For comparison, the manga at number six sold 26,139 copies.

The complete top 10 Oricon manga sales ranking for the week can be seen below.

  1. Spy x Family Vol. 17 (224,695 copies sold)
  2. Dandadan Vol. 23 (48,896 copies sold)
  3. Natsume’s Book of Friends Vol. 33 (41,906 copies sold)
  4. Bibliophile Princess Vol. 11 (26,642 copies sold)
  5. Oni no Hanayome Vol. 9 (26,344 copies sold)
  6. One Piece Vol. 114 (26,139 copies sold)
  7. Kinnikuman Vol. 92 (23,617 copies sold)
  8. Though I Am an Inept Villainess: Tale of the Butterfly-Rat Body Swap in the Maiden Court Vol. 10 (20,135 copies sold)
  9. Mieruko-chan Vol. 14 (20,134 copies sold)
  10. Dragon Ball Complete 42-Volume Set Double Cover Box (19,918 copies sold)

Akira Toriyama’s Dragon Ball Returns to the Spotlight Amid New Anime Announcements

After Akira Toriyama’s death and the end of the Dragon Ball Daima series, the future of Dragon Ball was uncertain. But the franchise has been given a major boost with recent announcements at the Genkidamatsuri 40th-anniversary event, including a new anime based on the Galactic Patrol Prisoner Saga.

Even though the Dragon Ball Super anime is popular, there’s still no confirmed date for the manga’s return. Akira Toriyama was the main story supervisor for the anime sequel, and it doesn’t look like the manga will be continuing anytime soon. In the meantime, a new short story has been released as part of a collector’s book included with a complete set of Son Goku action figures.

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2026-04-14 02:37