The popular manga "Attack on Titan" is currently not only in Japan, but also in North America, including the United States.

With the highest sales ranking on Amazon, it's impossible to know when the giant's momentum will stop. And what is the secret of this popularity?

■ Exclusive to Amazon's top two manga sales rankings

"Attack on Titan" is an original manga by Sora Isayama, which began to be serialized in Kodansha's Besshoen Magazine in October 2009, and became extremely popular when it was published. The stage of the work is reminiscent of the alternate world of Eurasia in the early 19th century. People built high and strong walls and lived inside the walls. This is due to the appearance of naked giants with similar appearances to humans, attacking and preying on humans. And the story also depicts the scene of the battle between humans and giants.

The manga is currently on sale in 11 volumes, with cumulative sales of 23 million copies by the end of August 2013. The TV anime was also broadcast from April ~ September 2013, and the related DVDs and Blu-rays also gained record popularity.

In addition, in the spring of 2013, when the anime began broadcasting, there was an unusual boom in Asia, the United States, Europe, and other overseas regions. The unheard-of worldview and the cruelty of the giants in the work give the audience great stimulation. In North America, the first volume of the manga was released in June 2012 under the title "ATTACKONTITAN".

As of 17 p.m. on October 21, 2013, the first volume of the work ranked first, the second volume ranked fourth, and the third volume ranked sixth on Amazon's "comics and graphic novels" sales list in the United States. According to the best-selling list released by the online edition of the New York Times in the United States, in the week of October 6, 2013 ~ October 12, 2013, the work alone took the top two in the "comics" department, and there are as many as five "ATTACKONTITAN" works included in the list.

■The posture of the teenagers and girls who risked their lives to face the predicament resonated with us

Why is it so popular? According to the reviews on Amazon USA about ATTACKONTITAN, we can see:

"This work is highly recommended by anyone who wants to read elements such as action, survival, and horror in any case."

"Not only is the story interesting, but the art style is also very exciting. In addition, the realism of this manga's precise calculations is one of the reasons why it must be recommended to everyone. ”

"I prefer anime, but this manga gives the same thrill as anime. Swordsmanship, aerobatics, etc., are more satisfying than monsters preying on humans, right? ”

and so on.

And the editor-in-chief of "Bessho Shonen Magazine" in charge of serialization, Kazuji Suzuki, analyzed the reasons why the work is favored in the United States:

"The mystery of the giants, the unique world view, etc., have attracted attention to the work, but in fact, the work is very simple, it is just a story that depicts teenagers and girls facing the giants and making desperate challenges. I think that the posture of teenagers and girls who risk their lives and face difficulties can touch everyone's hearts by crossing borders and cultures. ”