The anime world is buzzing, and Kingdom Manga Tops Oricon's Monthly Comic Ranking for August 2026 has become the centre of attention. With fans across the globe debating every detail, this latest update is one that no otaku will want to miss.
The Story So Far
The 80th volume of Yasuhisa Hara's long-running Kingdom manga topped the chart, selling 365,379 copies. The volume shipped in Japan on August 19. Viz Media began releasing the manga in English last November.
The 40th volume of Muneyuki Kaneshiro and YΕ«suke Nomura's Blue Lock manga ranked at #2. The volume shipped in Japan on August 17. Kodansha USA Publishing releases the manga in English digitally and in print.
The manga's anime adaptation's highly anticipated third run is titled BLUE LOCK: Neo Egoist League. The 17th volume of Nekokurage's manga adaptation of Hyuganatsu's The Apothecary Diaries (Kusuriya no Hitorigoto) light novels stayed at #3 for the second month. Nekokurage launched the manga in Square Enix's Monthly major Gangan magazine in May 2017.
Square Enix Manga & Books publishes the series in English. The top 20 compiled print volumes of manga or comics in Japan in August 2026, according to Oricon, were:. Since 1967, it has been compiling data on record sales in Japan and publishing rankings; since 2008, it has also published the βORICON Book Rankingβ based on sales figures.
The company holds a vast amount of data on the Japanese entertainment market. It operates βORICON NEWS,β Japan's largest entertainment website, and runs βJapan Anime Newsβ as its global version.
Whether this marks the beginning of something bigger or a standalone moment remains to be seen. What is clear is that the entertainment world is watching closely β and so are we. Follow TeraMovies for complete coverage.
