P. P. halted manga/OVA shipments of JoJo's Bizarre
after a complaint had been launched against them from anonymous online Egyptian Islamic fundamentalists, after noticing a scene in the
that has the villain, Dio Brando, reading a book depicting pages from the Qur'an. [2][105] This recall affected the English-language releases as well, causing Viz Media and Shueisha to cease publication for a year. Even though the manga did not feature that specific scene, Shueisha had Araki redraw scenes that depicted characters fighting on top of, and destroying, mosques for later printings of the series. [2] Viz resumed publication a year later, with the eleventh volume being published on April 7, 2009. Jason Thompson later included Shueisha's changes to the manga on a list of "The Greatest Censorship Fails" in manga. [106] Legacy and collaborations The September 2007 issue of Cell had a cover drawn by Hirohiko Araki with a ligase represented as a JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Stand. [107] He also contributed artwork towards the restoration of Chūson-ji following the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. [108] Araki contributed JoJo-inspired art for Sayuri Ishikawa's 2012 album X -Cross-, where she performs one of the series' iconic poses and is drawn wearing jewelry from the manga. [109] JoJo-style artwork has also been
for other literature, such as for a 2008 collection featuring Yasunari Kawabata's short story "The Dancing Girl of Izu"[110] and a 2012 reprint of Tamaki Saitō's Lacan for Surviving.
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[148] Volume one was also number one on Nielsen BookScan's list of top 20 graphic novels in American bookstores for October 2013,[149] and for the month of September, the series had more volumes on the list than any other series. [150] The following table lists the annual content revenue from Attack on Titan
media in Japan. Year Media content revenue in Japan Notes[c] Ref 2013 ¥14,700,000,000 ($151,000,000) Physical and digital media [151] 2014 ¥13,000,000,000 ($123,000,000) Physical and digital media [152] 2015 ¥7,308,359,519 ($60,377,697) Physical media only [153] 2016 ¥3,845,406,579 ($35,346,117) Physical media only [154] 2017 ¥4,196,052,143 ($37,409,258) Physical media only [155] 2018 ¥3,137,123,693 ($27,968,544) Physical media only [156] 2019 ¥2,598,783,077 ($23,839,933) Physical media only [157] 2020 ¥2,460,695,769 ($23,045,707) Physical media only [158] 2013 to 2020 ¥51,246,420,780+ ($482,716,387+) Critical response Many have analyzed Attack on Titan as representing "the hopelessness felt by young people in today's society". [2] Writer Mao Yamawaki called it a "coming-of-age story of the boys and girls at its core", with a new mystery every episode. It is these mysteries that critic Tomofusa Kure said amplifies readers' expectations. The artwork of the manga has been
criticized as crude by some reviewers, with Isayama himself admitting his drawings are "amateurish". However, those same critics stated that after years of serialization, the art has been improving, and Kure believes that had the illustrations been "refined", it would not have conveyed the "eeriness" that is a key characteristic of the work. [2] In a short review, Jason Thompson noted how the characters conveniently receive "power-ups" to create plot twists, but concluded that these plot twists and the manga's post-apocalyptic world are "too good to miss". [159] Attack on Titan has gained a strong popularity not only in Japan, but also throughout the world. [160] For instance, coverage of the anime appeared on the front page of the Hong Kong free newspaper am730 on May 27, 2013, concerning its popularity within Hong Kong as well as in mainland China and Taiwan. [161] The series also attracted criticism: the South Korean Electronic Times magazine accused Attack on Titan of having a militaristic message that serves Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's political leanings.
