 Hajime Isayama 's original manga serial , Attack on Titan commenced publication in Kodansha 's monthly publication Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine starting with the September 2009 issue . The first tankōbon collected volume was released on March 17 , 2010 . The most recent , volume 16 , was released on April 9 , 2015 . As of November 2014 , the manga had 45 million copies in print The series ' twelfth collected volume was given a first printing of 2 @.@ 2 million copies , making Attack on Titan one of only two manga series ever to get an initial print surpassing 2 million , the other being One Piece . Volume 13 has the highest initial first print of the series so far , with 2 @,@ 750 @,@ 000 copies . It is also the first print run record for its publisher , Kodansha . 
