When it comes to iconic manga series, One piece will always come to mind immediately for most fans. One piece is the world's best-selling manga series, and has been for quite some time. No other series will be able to take that title away from him, at least not for a very long time. When it comes to manga sales, One Piece is untouchablebut when looking at the total profits it is not always at the top. Recently, Mobile Suit Gundam, an old but renowned series, finished in first place for Bandai Namco.
Not only did it exceed all expectations, but it also thrilled One pieceand even Dragon Ballout of the way. One Piece has fallen short of expectations and one of the biggest reasons for this could be the fewer episodes of the anime released in 2025 as well as the absence of a new movie.
Mobile suit Gundam beat one piece in sales
One piece is a world famous series. Fans know this series is absolutely huge and has been a huge source of revenue for Bandai for years. Bandai makes a lot of merchandise for the anime series, such as action figures and toys, among others.
Recently, Bandai has revealed its fiscal 2026 earningsand One Piece did not achieve. One Piece earned ¥69.5 billion in the first half of fiscal year 2026and while this is an impressive number, he is ¥500m short of the target.
Meantime, Mobile Suit Gundam seems to dominate. Mobile Suit Gundam turned out to be the most lucrative series of this fiscal year and ended up with a huge profit. 127.2 billion yen. This is far above the expected profits for the series, which 80 billion yen was expected. Mobile Suit Gundam not only defeated One Piece, but also other monumental series like Dragon Ball and Super Sentai.
Why was one piece defeated by the Gundam
One Piece's earnings have dropped quite a bit this year and that raises a lot of questions about the current state of the series. the truth is The One Piece anime has slowed down. The series had no ongoing anime series for the first four months of 2025, which is definitely hurting merchandise sales.
further One Piece doesn't have a new movie since 2022. Movies are one of the most lucrative ways to sell merchandise. after all Mobile Suit Gundam recently got a movieand that is most certainly what has pushed its profits high this fiscal year.
With Jump Festa coming soon in December, fans are hoping that the new projects that will be announced for One Piece will help the series bounce back. It could be a movie release, new information about the WIT remake, or even a new video game.
In the grand scheme of things, One Piece still does well and remains one of Bandai's most profitable and reliable series.
Source: Bandai
- Release date
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October 20, 1999
- Network
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Fuji TV
- directors
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Hiroaki Miyamoto, Konosuke Uda, Junji Shimizu, Satoshi Itō, Munehisa Sakai, Katsumi Tokoro, Yutaka Nakajima, Yoshihiro Ueda, Kenichi Takeshita, Yoko Ikeda, Ryota Nakamura, Hiroyuki Kakudou, Takahiro Imayomura, Yashiôhiro Mayuū Shishido, Hidehiko Kadota, Sumio Watanabe, Harume Kosaka, Yasuhiro Tanabe, Yukihiko Nakao, Keisuke Onishi, Junichi Fujise, Hiroyuki Satou
- Writers
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Jin Tanaka, Akiko Inoue, Junki Takegami, Shinzo Fujita, Shouji Yonemura, Yoshiyuki Suga, Atsuhiro Tomioka, Hirohiko Uesaka, Michiru Shimada, Isao Murayama, Takuya Masumoto, Yoichi Takahashi, Momoka Toyoda
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Mayumi Tanaka
Monkey D. Luffy (voice)
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Kazuya Nakai
Roronoa Zoro (voice)
