Editing Buso Renkin (section)

===Public response and awards===
In Japan, ''Buso Renkin'' has sold over three million volumes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://db2.geneonuniversal.jp/contents/hp0003/list.php?CNo=3&AgentProCon=11316|title=武装錬金 VIII|publisher=Geneon Universal Entertainment|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140111024910/http://db2.geneonuniversal.jp/contents/hp0003/list.php?CNo=3&AgentProCon=11316|archive-date=January 11, 2014}}</ref> In North America, the first volume has featured in the best-selling graphic novel ranking of [[Nielsen BookScan]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2006-08-14/top-10-selling-graphic-novels-for-week-ending-august-6|title=Top 10 Selling Graphic Novels For Week Ending August 6|date=August 14, 2006|author=Macdonald, Christopher|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=February 18, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140912120346/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2006-08-14/top-10-selling-graphic-novels-for-week-ending-august-6|archive-date=September 12, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> and the fourth volume of the series was the seventh best-selling comic book of March 2007, according to ''[[Publishers Weekly]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6422020.html?nid=2789|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070311175729/http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6422020.html?nid=2789|archive-date=March 11, 2007|title=Comics Bestsellers: March|date=March 6, 2007|work=[[Publishers Weekly]]|access-date=January 10, 2014}}</ref> In the same year, it was nominated for the [[Seiun Award]] for best science fiction comic title of the year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sf-fan.gr.jp/awards/2007.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070406182617/http://www.sf-fan.gr.jp/awards/2007.html|archive-date=April 6, 2007|script-title=ja:2007年星雲賞|publisher=Nihon SF Taikai|language=ja|access-date=January 10, 2014}}</ref>