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April 24, 2012 by Matt Blind 2 Comments

Manga Bestsellers: 2012, Week Ending 4 March

Comparative Rankings Based on Consolidated Online Sales

last week’s charts
about the charts

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Manga Bestsellers

1. ↔0 (1) : Sailor Moon 3 – Kodansha Comics, Jan 2012 [464.5] ::
2. ↔0 (2) : Sailor Moon 4 – Kodansha Comics, Mar 2012 [460.5] ::
3. ↔0 (3) : Sailor Moon 1 – Kodansha Comics, Sep 2011 [431.8] ::
4. ↔0 (4) : Sailor Moon 2 – Kodansha Comics, Nov 2011 [421.5] ::
5. ↑2 (7) : Naruto 55 – Viz Shonen Jump, Mar 2012 [404.5] ::
6. ↑4 (10) : Maximum Ride 5 – Yen Press, Dec 2011 [380.0] ::
7. ↓-1 (6) : Black Butler 8 – Yen Press, Jan 2012 [367.5] ::
8. ↑1 (9) : Sailor Moon Codename: Sailor V 2 – Kodansha Comics, Nov 2011 [359.9] ::
9. ↓-1 (8) : xxxHolic 19 – Kodansha Comics, Feb 2012 [343.3] ::
10. ↑1 (11) : Sailor Moon Codename: Sailor V 1 – Kodansha Comics, Sep 2011 [328.6] ::

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Top Imprints
Number of volumes ranking in the Top 500:

Viz Shonen Jump 77
Yen Press 69
Viz Shojo Beat 59
Tokyopop 55
Kodansha Comics 41
Viz Shonen Jump Advanced 30
Seven Seas 19
DMP Juné 18
Vizkids 17
Dark Horse 11

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Series/Property

1. ↔0 (1) : Sailor Moon – Kodansha Comics [1,171.5] ::
2. ↔0 (2) : Naruto – Viz Shonen Jump [906.2] ::
3. ↔0 (3) : Black Butler – Yen Press [769.8] ::
4. ↔0 (4) : Maximum Ride – Yen Press [740.6] ::
5. ↔0 (5) : Bleach – Viz Shonen Jump [594.8] ::
6. ↑4 (10) : Black Bird – Viz Shojo Beat [559.2] ::
7. ↓-1 (6) : Negima! – Del Rey/Kodansha Comics [507.3] ::
8. ↓-1 (7) : xxxHolic – Del Rey/Kodansha Comics [483.7] ::
9. ↓-1 (8) : Fullmetal Alchemist – Viz [478.8] ::
10. ↓-1 (9) : Pokemon – Vizkids [440.3] ::

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

2. ↔0 (2) : Sailor Moon 4 – Kodansha Comics, Mar 2012 [460.5] ::
5. ↑2 (7) : Naruto 55 – Viz Shonen Jump, Mar 2012 [404.5] ::
9. ↓-1 (8) : xxxHolic 19 – Kodansha Comics, Feb 2012 [343.3] ::
12. ↑5 (17) : Omamori Himari 6 – Yen Press, Feb 2012 [318.4] ::
13. ↑6 (19) : Naruto 54 – Viz Shonen Jump, Mar 2012 [302.8] ::
14. ↑24 (38) : Black Bird 13 – Viz Shojo Beat, Mar 2012 [300.6] ::
17. ↓-5 (12) : Bleach 38 – Viz Shonen Jump, Mar 2012 [296.0] ::
23. ↑35 (58) : Soul Eater 8 – Yen Press, Feb 2012 [239.4] ::
26. ↓-2 (24) : Blue Exorcist 6 – Viz Shonen Jump Advanced, Feb 2012 [230.5] ::
29. ↓-9 (20) : Bakuman 9 – Viz Shonen Jump, Feb 2012 [215.9] ::

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Preorders

19. ↓-1 (18) : Sailor Moon 5 – Kodansha Comics, Apr 2012 [283.3] ::
21. ↔0 (21) : Sailor Moon 7 – Kodansha Comics, Sep 2012 [260.5] ::
22. ↑1 (23) : Sailor Moon 6 – Kodansha Comics, Jun 2012 [260.1] ::
63. ↓-1 (62) : Negima! 34 – Kodansha Comics, Apr 2012 [148.7] ::
80. ↑17 (97) : Black Butler 9 – Yen Press, Jul 2012 [119.8] ::
83. ↑374 (457) : Sailor Moon 8 – Kodansha Comics, Nov 2012 [119.1] ::
88. ↑1 (89) : Dance in the Vampire Bund 12 – Seven Seas, Jun 2012 [110.3] ::
104. ↑7 (111) : The Betrayal Knows My Name 3 – Yen Press, Apr 2012 [94.4] ::
107. ↑736 (843) : Finder Series 6 Passion within the View Finder – DMP Juné, Jul 2012 [92.4] ::
109. ↑75 (184) : Private Teacher 3 – DMP Juné, May 2012 [91.4] ::

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Manhwa

254. ↑40 (294) : Bride of the Water God 10 – Dark Horse, Jan 2012 [44.0] ::
308. ↑109 (417) : Bride of the Water God 9 – Dark Horse, Oct 2011 [35.4] ::
605. ↓-226 (379) : JTF-3 Counter Ops (ebook) – RealinterfaceStudios.com, Mar 2011 [15.5] ::
620. ↓-174 (446) : March Story 3 – Viz Signature, Oct 2011 [15.0] ::
694. ↓-64 (630) : Ragnarok 1 – Tokyopop, May 2002 [12.2] ::
751. ↑122 (873) : Jack Frost 2 – Yen Press, Nov 2009 [10.6] ::
851. ↓-225 (626) : Black God 15 – Yen Press, Jan 2012 [7.8] ::
855. ↓-20 (835) : Toxic (anthology) 1 – Udon, Jul 2012 [7.8] ::
899. ↑116 (1015) : Arcana 4 – Tokyopop, Mar 2006 [6.8] ::
935. ↓-257 (678) : Jack Frost 1 – Yen Press, May 2009 [6.2] ::

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BL/Yaoi

54. ↓-12 (42) : Finder Series 5 Truth in the View Finder – DMP Juné, Dec 2011 [158.4] ::
76. ↑130 (206) : Seven Days Friday-Sunday – DMP Juné, Sep 2011 [131.8] ::
81. ↓-1 (80) : Ambiguous Relationship – DMP Juné, Mar 2012 [119.7] ::
101. ↓-46 (55) : Ice Cage (ebook) – Yaoi Press, Feb 2012 [98.3] ::
102. ↓-43 (59) : Maelstrom (ebook) 1 – Yaoi Press, Jun 2011 [96.5] ::
107. ↑736 (843) : Finder Series 6 Passion within the View Finder – DMP Juné, Jul 2012 [92.4] ::
109. ↑75 (184) : Private Teacher 3 – DMP Juné, May 2012 [91.4] ::
123. ↓-36 (87) : Private Teacher 2 – DMP Juné, Jan 2012 [83.9] ::
144. ↑43 (187) : Black Sun 2 – 801 Media, Dec 2011 [73.5] ::
157. ↑9 (166) : Depression of the Anti-Romanticist – DMP Juné, Mar 2012 [69.7] ::

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Ebooks

5. ↑2 (7) : Naruto 55 – Viz Shonen Jump, Mar 2012 [404.5] ::
6. ↑4 (10) : Maximum Ride 5 – Yen Press, Dec 2011 [380.0] ::
13. ↑6 (19) : Naruto 54 – Viz Shonen Jump, Mar 2012 [302.8] ::
15. ↓-1 (14) : Maximum Ride 1 – Yen Press, Jan 2009 [299.5] ::
16. ↓-3 (13) : Naruto 53 – Viz Shonen Jump, Dec 2011 [296.8] ::
26. ↓-2 (24) : Blue Exorcist 6 – Viz Shonen Jump Advanced, Feb 2012 [230.5] ::
32. ↓-10 (22) : Maximum Ride 4 – Yen Press, Apr 2011 [201.4] ::
33. ↑10 (43) : Haruhi Suzumiya Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya 11 – Yen Press, Feb 2012 [196.9] ::
35. ↑4 (39) : Maximum Ride 2 – Yen Press, Oct 2009 [192.5] ::
36. ↑16 (52) : Maximum Ride 3 – Yen Press, Aug 2010 [191.3] ::

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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.

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  1. lys says

    April 25, 2012 at 8:44 am

    …I noticed this in the Manga Radar post too, but I think some of the arrows are going the wrong direction (regarding whether books rose or fell in rankings), or else I’m reading things wrong. Series/Property looks right, but “5. ↓-2 (7) : Naruto 55” seems to say that Naruto 55 went down, when it appears to have risen from spot 7 to 5.

    Reply
    • Matt Blind says

      April 25, 2012 at 10:10 am

      Excellent pickup, lys – and thank you. I did a lot of “under the hood” tinkering before I had this set ready, and what do you know: I flipped a sign in one of my formulas.

      I’m posting the fixed charts now; should be up in about 15 minutes.

      [& if you don’t see the changes hit refresh]

      Reply


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