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Manga Bestsellers: 2012, Week Ending 2 December

Comparative Rankings Based on Consolidated Online Sales

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Manga Bestsellers

1. ↔0 (1) : Sailor Moon 8 – Kodansha Comics, Nov 2012 [427.2] ::
2. ↔0 (2) : Naruto 59 – Viz Shonen Jump, Nov 2012 [409.2] ::
3. ↑1 (4) : Death Note vols 1-13 box set – Viz Shonen Jump Advanced, Oct 2008 [403.8] ::
4. ↓-1 (3) : Vampire Knight 15 – Viz Shojo Beat, Nov 2012 [378.9] ::
5. ↔0 (5) : Sailor Moon vols 1-6 box set – Kodansha Comics, Nov 2012 [341.3] ::
6. ↑2 (8) : Sailor Moon 4 – Kodansha Comics, Mar 2012 [326.9] ::
7. ↓-1 (6) : Sailor Moon 3 – Kodansha Comics, Jan 2012 [325.9] ::
8. ↓-1 (7) : Rosario+Vampire Season II 10 – Viz Shonen Jump Advanced, Nov 2012 [322.8] ::
9. ↑3 (12) : Maximum Ride 6 – Yen Press, Sep 2012 [320.6] ::
10. ↑8 (18) : Alice in the Country of Clover Cheshire Cat Waltz 3 – Seven Seas, Nov 2012 [319.1] ::

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Top Imprints
Number of volumes ranking in the Top 500:

Yen Press 99
Viz Shonen Jump 89
Viz Shojo Beat 59
Kodansha Comics 49
Viz Shonen Jump Advanced 43
Seven Seas 24
Dark Horse 21
Viz 15
Viz Signature 15
Del Rey 10

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Series/Property

1. ↔0 (1) : Sailor Moon – Kodansha Comics [1,069.9] ::
2. ↔0 (2) : Naruto – Viz Shonen Jump [810.3] ::
3. ↔0 (3) : Vampire Knight – Viz Shojo Beat [648.0] ::
4. ↑1 (5) : Black Butler – Yen Press [609.5] ::
5. ↑1 (6) : Maximum Ride – Yen Press [599.1] ::
6. ↑2 (8) : Alice in the Country of Clover – Seven Seas [548.4] ::
7. ↓-3 (4) : Bleach – Viz Shonen Jump [540.6] ::
8. ↑1 (9) : Death Note – Viz Shonen Jump Advanced [498.2] ::
9. ↓-2 (7) : Rosario+Vampire – Viz Shonen Jump Advanced [490.7] ::
10. ↔0 (10) : Soul Eater – Yen Press [474.0] ::

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New Releases
(Titles releasing/released This Month & Last)

1. ↔0 (1) : Sailor Moon 8 – Kodansha Comics, Nov 2012 [427.2] ::
2. ↔0 (2) : Naruto 59 – Viz Shonen Jump, Nov 2012 [409.2] ::
4. ↓-1 (3) : Vampire Knight 15 – Viz Shojo Beat, Nov 2012 [378.9] ::
5. ↔0 (5) : Sailor Moon vols 1-6 box set – Kodansha Comics, Nov 2012 [341.3] ::
8. ↓-1 (7) : Rosario+Vampire Season II 10 – Viz Shonen Jump Advanced, Nov 2012 [322.8] ::
10. ↑8 (18) : Alice in the Country of Clover Cheshire Cat Waltz 3 – Seven Seas, Nov 2012 [319.1] ::
17. ↓-6 (11) : Blue Exorcist 8 – Viz Shonen Jump Advanced, Nov 2012 [249.6] ::
22. ↔0 (22) : One Piece 65 – Viz Shonen Jump, Nov 2012 [229.8] ::
26. ↓-9 (17) : Bleach 50 – Viz Shonen Jump, Nov 2012 [213.1] ::
29. ↓-8 (21) : Omamori Himari 9 – Yen Press, Nov 2012 [202.1] ::

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Preorders

14. ↓-4 (10) : Sailor Moon 9 – Kodansha Comics, Jan 2013 [268.7] ::
24. ↔0 (24) : Sailor Moon 10 – Kodansha Comics, Mar 2013 [218.6] ::
38. ↓-7 (31) : Sailor Moon 12 – Kodansha Comics, Jul 2013 [185.7] ::
43. ↓-9 (34) : Sailor Moon 11 – Kodansha Comics, May 2013 [181.7] ::
70. ↓-4 (66) : Negima! 37 – Kodansha Comics, Jan 2013 [131.7] ::
100. ↑1 (101) : Alice in the Country of Joker Circus & Liar’s Game 2 – Seven Seas, May 2013 [101.3] ::
108. ↑6 (114) : Alice in the Country of Joker Circus & Liar’s Game 1 – Seven Seas, Feb 2013 [97.5] ::
110. ↓-2 (108) : Negima! 38 – Kodansha Comics, Apr 2013 [93.8] ::
111. ↓-9 (102) : Battle Angel Alita Last Order 17 – Kodansha Comics, Feb 2013 [93.6] ::
112. ↑6 (118) : Naruto 60 – Viz Shonen Jump, Jan 2013 [93.4] ::

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Manhwa

220. ↓-10 (210) : Bride of the Water God 12 – Dark Horse, Nov 2012 [48.2] ::
492. ↓-279 (213) : March Story 4 – Viz Signature, Oct 2012 [18.1] ::
619. ↑ (last ranked 19 Aug 12) : Black God 8 – Yen Press, Feb 2010 [12.5] ::
638. ↑16 (654) : Bride of the Water God 11 – Dark Horse, May 2012 [11.8] ::
842. (new) : Aron’s Absurd Armada 1 – Yen Press, Nov 2012 [6.3] ::
868. ↑507 (1375) : Jack Frost 1 – Yen Press, May 2009 [5.8] ::
1036. ↑ (last ranked 4 Nov 12) : Chunchu: Genocide Fiend 3 – Dark Horse, Jan 2008 [3.5] ::
1042. ↑ (last ranked 18 Nov 12) : Devil’s Bride – Tokyopop, Mar 2008 [3.4] ::
1115. ↑ (last ranked 28 Oct 12) : Cynical Orange 8 – Yen Press, Aug 2004 [2.7] ::
1118. ↑ (last ranked 9 Sep 12) : 100% Perfect Girl 6 – Netcomics, Jul 2008 [2.6] ::

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BL/Yaoi

116. ↓-38 (78) : Awkward Silence 2 – SuBLime, Oct 2012 [91.8] ::
131. ↓-21 (110) : Finder Series 6 Passion within the View Finder – DMP Juné, Jul 2012 [80.4] ::
153. ↓-16 (137) : Alice the 101st 3 – DMP DokiDoki, Jan 2013 [69.0] ::
222. ↓-36 (186) : Loveless 9 – Viz, Sep 2012 [47.6] ::
226. ↑1135 (1361) : Ze 7 – 801 Media, Jan 2013 [47.1] ::
267. ↑50 (317) : I’ve Seen It All 2 – DMP Juné, Dec 2012 [40.9] ::
279. ↓-133 (146) : Starting with a Kiss 2 – SuBLime, Nov 2012 [38.9] ::
280. ↑41 (321) : Ninth Life Love – DMP Juné, Dec 2012 [38.7] ::
286. ↑43 (329) : Caramel – DMP Juné, Dec 2012 [37.7] ::
369. ↓-117 (252) : Honey*Smile – DMP Juné, Oct 2012 [28.9] ::

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Ebooks

23. ↑10 (33) : Maximum Ride 1 – Yen Press, Jan 2009 [223.2] ::
42. ↑10 (52) : Maximum Ride 5 – Yen Press, Dec 2011 [181.8] ::
51. ↑2 (53) : Naruto 57 – Viz Shonen Jump, Jul 2012 [163.8] ::
63. ↑1 (64) : Maximum Ride 2 – Yen Press, Oct 2009 [138.4] ::
84. ↑2 (86) : Maximum Ride 4 – Yen Press, Apr 2011 [119.4] ::
90. ↓-9 (81) : Maximum Ride 3 – Yen Press, Aug 2010 [114.0] ::
96. ↓-13 (83) : Naruto 56 – Viz Shonen Jump, May 2012 [104.7] ::
125. ↑6 (131) : Naruto 1 – Viz Shonen Jump, Jul 2003 [85.2] ::
132. ↑400 (532) : Highschool of the Dead 2 – Yen Press, Apr 2011 [80.3] ::
140. ↑9 (149) : Blue Exorcist 1 – Viz Shonen Jump Advanced, Apr 2011 [75.5] ::

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About Matt Blind

Matt has been a bookseller for more than 11 years, and a blogger for more than 9. His first manga was Planetes in 2003, his first anime was Star Blazers (Uchu Senkan Yamato) in 1981: In fandom terms, this means he is ooooold. Despite advancing decrepitude, Matt maintains the world's only steam-powered differential computation engine dedicated to manga (which occasionally spits out bestseller lists) & still holds down a 45-hour a week job at the bookstore.

Comments

  1. Matt, the “Alice in the Country of Joker Circus & Liar’s Game” series should be listed as a Seven Seas title. Thanks.

  2. @adam:

    It’s been tracking for 13 weeks, (volume 1 for 15 weeks) so it’ll be a bit of work to track it down, but I will make the necessary corrections, starting with the charts just posted.

    Thank You!


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