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The number of volumes of Shinobu Ohtaka's Magi manga in circulation has più than doubled in the nearly four months since the Anime adaptation of the series was officially announced on June 24.

Before the Anime adaptation was announced, approximately 3 million copies of the first 12 volumes of the manga had been printed. As of October 10, approximately 6.5 million copies of the first 14 volumes are now in print. Before the Anime was announced, 250,000 copies of the first volume had been printed, but now the number has doubled to più than 500,000 copies.

The 15th compiled volume in the series...

The Japanese retail site Neowing reports that the first limited-edition Blu-ray Disc for the Anime series Magi - The Labyrinth of Magic will bundle a 70-page prototype manga titled Sinbad no Bōken (The Adventures of Sinbad). The manga is a collaboration between Magi creator Shinobu Ohtaka and artist Yoshifumi Ōtera.

The limited first pressing of the first Blu-ray Disc volume will ship on January 30. Along with the first two episodes on a single disc and the manga, it will include a disc of bonus content with a digest video and a making-of video for the "Maharajan Eve" event, as well as textless...