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Manga Bestsellers: 2012, Week Ending 25 March

June 5, 2012 by Matt Blind Leave a Comment

Comparative Rankings Based on Consolidated Online Sales

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Manga Bestsellers

1. ↑1 (2) : Sailor Moon 3 – Kodansha Comics, Jan 2012 [446.9] ::
2. ↓-1 (1) : Sailor Moon 4 – Kodansha Comics, Mar 2012 [441.4] ::
3. ↔0 (3) : Naruto 55 – Viz Shonen Jump, Mar 2012 [438.4] ::
4. ↑2 (6) : Sailor Moon 5 – Kodansha Comics, Apr 2012 [419.8] ::
5. ↓-1 (4) : Sailor Moon 2 – Kodansha Comics, Nov 2011 [408.5] ::
6. ↓-1 (5) : Sailor Moon 1 – Kodansha Comics, Sep 2011 [403.5] ::
7. ↑1 (8) : Sailor Moon Codename: Sailor V 2 – Kodansha Comics, Nov 2011 [357.0] ::
8. ↓-1 (7) : Maximum Ride 5 – Yen Press, Dec 2011 [347.4] ::
9. ↑1 (10) : Sailor Moon Codename: Sailor V 1 – Kodansha Comics, Sep 2011 [342.2] ::
10. ↑1 (11) : Black Butler 8 – Yen Press, Jan 2012 [292.3] ::

Top Imprints
Number of volumes ranking in the Top 500:

Tokyopop 71
Viz Shonen Jump 70
Yen Press 70
Viz Shojo Beat 50
Kodansha Comics 38
Viz Shonen Jump Advanced 36
Seven Seas 22
DMP Juné 21
HC/Tokyopop 15
Vizkids 15

Series/Property

1. ↔0 (1) : Sailor Moon – Kodansha Comics [1,148.1] ::
2. ↔0 (2) : Naruto – Viz Shonen Jump [901.6] ::
3. ↑1 (4) : Maximum Ride – Yen Press [668.6] ::
4. ↓-1 (3) : Black Butler – Yen Press [602.6] ::
5. ↑3 (8) : Pokemon – Vizkids [521.3] ::
6. ↓-1 (5) : Black Bird – Viz Shojo Beat [474.8] ::
7. ↓-1 (6) : One Piece – Viz Shonen Jump [453.2] ::
8. ↓-1 (7) : Bleach – Viz Shonen Jump [393.0] ::
9. ↔0 (9) : Negima! – Del Rey/Kodansha Comics [382.6] ::
10. ↑10 (20) : Warriors – HC/Tokyopop [369.0] ::

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

2. ↓-1 (1) : Sailor Moon 4 – Kodansha Comics, Mar 2012 [441.4] ::
3. ↔0 (3) : Naruto 55 – Viz Shonen Jump, Mar 2012 [438.4] ::
11. ↓-2 (9) : Black Bird 13 – Viz Shojo Beat, Mar 2012 [291.2] ::
12. ↔0 (12) : One Piece 61 – Viz Shonen Jump, Mar 2012 [286.3] ::
14. ↑2 (16) : Bunny Drop 5 – Yen Press, Mar 2012 [273.3] ::
16. ↓-3 (13) : Naruto 54 – Viz Shonen Jump, Mar 2012 [268.8] ::
19. ↑7 (26) : Spice & Wolf (manga) 6 – Yen Press, Mar 2012 [227.6] ::
20. ↑32 (52) : Pokemon Black & White 6 – Vizkids, Mar 2012 [223.7] ::
21. ↓-3 (18) : Gate 7 vol 2 – Dark Horse, Mar 2012 [223.3] ::
22. ↑1 (23) : xxxHolic 19 – Kodansha Comics, Feb 2012 [215.3] ::

Preorders

4. ↑2 (6) : Sailor Moon 5 – Kodansha Comics, Apr 2012 [419.8] ::
15. ↔0 (15) : Sailor Moon 7 – Kodansha Comics, Sep 2012 [270.0] ::
18. ↓-1 (17) : Sailor Moon 6 – Kodansha Comics, Jun 2012 [242.4] ::
34. ↑28 (62) : Black Butler 9 – Yen Press, Jul 2012 [173.3] ::
42. ↑48 (90) : Naruto 56 – Viz Shonen Jump, May 2012 [161.9] ::
46. ↑9 (55) : Sailor Moon 8 – Kodansha Comics, Nov 2012 [155.3] ::
48. ↓-1 (47) : Negima! 34 – Kodansha Comics, Apr 2012 [153.6] ::
66. ↑7 (73) : Warriors SkyClan & The Stranger 3 – HarperCollins, Apr 2012 [136.0] ::
68. ↑50 (118) : Bleach 39 – Viz Shonen Jump, Apr 2012 [134.1] ::
76. ↑7 (83) : Dance in the Vampire Bund 12 – Seven Seas, Jun 2012 [120.2] ::

Manhwa

302. ↑ (last ranked 18 Dec 11) : Angel Diary 7 – Yen Press, Oct 2008 [40.3] ::
452. ↓-99 (353) : Bride of the Water God 9 – Dark Horse, Oct 2011 [24.8] ::
525. ↑315 (840) : Priest Purgatory 1 – Tokyopop, Aug 2010 [19.8] ::
696. ↑ (last ranked 4 Mar 12) : Jack Frost 1 – Yen Press, May 2009 [12.5] ::
713. ↑329 (1042) : Ragnarok 1 – Tokyopop, May 2002 [11.9] ::
820. ↑363 (1183) : March Story 3 – Viz Signature, Oct 2011 [8.8] ::
936. ↓-266 (670) : INVU 5 – Tokyopop, Nov 2009 [6.5] ::
1000. ↓-434 (566) : Bride of the Water God 10 – Dark Horse, Jan 2012 [5.5] ::
1160. ↑ (last ranked 11 Mar 12) : JTF-3 Counter Ops (ebook) – RealinterfaceStudios.com, Mar 2011 [3.6] ::
1322. ↓-407 (915) : Arcana 4 – Tokyopop, Mar 2006 [2.3] ::

BL/Yaoi

45. ↑8 (53) : Maelstrom (ebook) 1 – Yaoi Press, Jun 2011 [155.3] ::
63. ↑8 (71) : Ice Cage (ebook) – Yaoi Press, Feb 2012 [139.5] ::
72. ↑28 (100) : Treasured Prince – Yaoi Press, Mar 2012 [125.7] ::
75. ↑32 (107) : An Even More Beautiful Lie – DMP Juné, Jan 2012 [120.8] ::
78. ↑17 (95) : Finder Series 6 Passion within the View Finder – DMP Juné, Jul 2012 [117.3] ::
119. ↓-42 (77) : Finder Series 5 Truth in the View Finder – DMP Juné, Dec 2011 [90.6] ::
121. ↓-7 (114) : Private Teacher 3 – DMP Juné, May 2012 [88.4] ::
135. ↑31 (166) : Little Butterfly Omnibus – DMP Juné, Feb 2010 [78.5] ::
147. ↓-38 (109) : Ambiguous Relationship – DMP Juné, Mar 2012 [73.3] ::
149. ↑1349 (1498) : Vassalord 4 – Tokyopop, Nov 2010 [73.0] ::

Ebooks

3. ↔0 (3) : Naruto 55 – Viz Shonen Jump, Mar 2012 [438.4] ::
8. ↓-1 (7) : Maximum Ride 5 – Yen Press, Dec 2011 [347.4] ::
13. ↑12 (25) : Maximum Ride 1 – Yen Press, Jan 2009 [276.5] ::
16. ↓-3 (13) : Naruto 54 – Viz Shonen Jump, Mar 2012 [268.8] ::
24. ↓-4 (20) : Naruto 53 – Viz Shonen Jump, Dec 2011 [205.6] ::
35. ↑47 (82) : Amazing Agent Luna 1 – Seven Seas, Mar 2005 [168.9] ::
37. ↓-3 (34) : Blue Exorcist 2 – Viz Shonen Jump Advanced, Jun 2011 [167.9] ::
40. ↓-8 (32) : Maximum Ride 4 – Yen Press, Apr 2011 [162.5] ::
41. ↓-1 (40) : Bleach 37 – Viz Shonen Jump, Dec 2011 [162.4] ::
42. ↑48 (90) : Naruto 56 – Viz Shonen Jump, May 2012 [161.9] ::

Manga Bestsellers: 2012, Week Ending 18 March

May 30, 2012 by Matt Blind 1 Comment

Comparative Rankings Based on Consolidated Online Sales

last week’s charts
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Manga Bestsellers

1. ↔0 (1) : Sailor Moon 4 – Kodansha Comics, Mar 2012 [467.0] ::
2. ↔0 (2) : Sailor Moon 3 – Kodansha Comics, Jan 2012 [451.7] ::
3. ↔0 (3) : Naruto 55 – Viz Shonen Jump, Mar 2012 [445.5] ::
4. ↔0 (4) : Sailor Moon 2 – Kodansha Comics, Nov 2011 [426.0] ::
5. ↔0 (5) : Sailor Moon 1 – Kodansha Comics, Sep 2011 [385.5] ::
6. ↑7 (13) : Sailor Moon 5 – Kodansha Comics, Apr 2012 [384.8] ::
7. ↓-1 (6) : Maximum Ride 5 – Yen Press, Dec 2011 [354.0] ::
8. ↔0 (8) : Sailor Moon Codename: Sailor V 2 – Kodansha Comics, Nov 2011 [342.9] ::
9. ↓-2 (7) : Black Bird 13 – Viz Shojo Beat, Mar 2012 [340.0] ::
10. ↔0 (10) : Sailor Moon Codename: Sailor V 1 – Kodansha Comics, Sep 2011 [306.8] ::

Top Imprints
Number of volumes ranking in the Top 500:

Viz Shonen Jump 74
Yen Press 72
Tokyopop 59
Viz Shojo Beat 58
Kodansha Comics 39
Viz Shonen Jump Advanced 36
DMP Juné 21
Seven Seas 20
Vizkids 17
Dark Horse 14

Series/Property

1. ↔0 (1) : Sailor Moon – Kodansha Comics [1,169.5] ::
2. ↔0 (2) : Naruto – Viz Shonen Jump [896.2] ::
3. ↔0 (3) : Black Butler – Yen Press [644.0] ::
4. ↔0 (4) : Maximum Ride – Yen Press [615.9] ::
5. ↔0 (5) : Black Bird – Viz Shojo Beat [522.6] ::
6. ↑1 (7) : One Piece – Viz Shonen Jump [472.0] ::
7. ↓-1 (6) : Bleach – Viz Shonen Jump [446.9] ::
8. ↑4 (12) : Pokemon – Vizkids [426.7] ::
9. ↔0 (9) : Negima! – Del Rey/Kodansha Comics [381.8] ::
10. ↑12 (22) : Pandora Hearts – Yen Press [377.0] ::

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

1. ↔0 (1) : Sailor Moon 4 – Kodansha Comics, Mar 2012 [467.0] ::
3. ↔0 (3) : Naruto 55 – Viz Shonen Jump, Mar 2012 [445.5] ::
9. ↓-2 (7) : Black Bird 13 – Viz Shojo Beat, Mar 2012 [340.0] ::
12. ↑4 (16) : One Piece 61 – Viz Shonen Jump, Mar 2012 [279.1] ::
13. ↑1 (14) : Naruto 54 – Viz Shonen Jump, Mar 2012 [272.1] ::
14. ↓-2 (12) : Dengeki Daisy 9 – Viz Shojo Beat, Mar 2012 [270.8] ::
16. ↑16 (32) : Bunny Drop 5 – Yen Press, Mar 2012 [255.8] ::
18. ↑15 (33) : Gate 7 vol 2 – Dark Horse, Mar 2012 [250.0] ::
21. ↑10 (31) : Fairy Tail 18 – Kodansha Comics, Mar 2012 [238.0] ::
23. ↓-8 (15) : xxxHolic 19 – Kodansha Comics, Feb 2012 [221.7] ::

Preorders

6. ↑7 (13) : Sailor Moon 5 – Kodansha Comics, Apr 2012 [384.8] ::
15. ↑10 (25) : Sailor Moon 7 – Kodansha Comics, Sep 2012 [264.6] ::
17. ↑6 (23) : Sailor Moon 6 – Kodansha Comics, Jun 2012 [255.0] ::
43. ↑33 (76) : Countdown 7 Days 2 – DMP, Apr 2012 [158.4] ::
47. ↑12 (59) : Negima! 34 – Kodansha Comics, Apr 2012 [154.7] ::
55. ↑20 (75) : Sailor Moon 8 – Kodansha Comics, Nov 2012 [142.4] ::
62. ↑10 (72) : Black Butler 9 – Yen Press, Jul 2012 [136.7] ::
73. ↑78 (151) : Warriors SkyClan & The Stranger 3 – HarperCollins, Apr 2012 [123.3] ::
83. ↑23 (106) : Dance in the Vampire Bund 12 – Seven Seas, Jun 2012 [110.7] ::
84. ↑88 (172) : Shojo Fashion Manga Art School Year 2: Draw Modern Looks – F+W Media, Apr 2012 [110.7] ::

Manhwa

353. ↓-52 (301) : Bride of the Water God 9 – Dark Horse, Oct 2011 [33.2] ::
378. ↑ (last ranked 18 Dec 11) : Angel Diary 7 – Yen Press, Oct 2008 [31.0] ::
566. ↓-283 (283) : Bride of the Water God 10 – Dark Horse, Jan 2012 [18.0] ::
670. ↑772 (1442) : INVU 5 – Tokyopop, Nov 2009 [13.5] ::
840. ↓-150 (690) : Priest Purgatory 1 – Tokyopop, Aug 2010 [8.6] ::
915. ↓-145 (770) : Arcana 4 – Tokyopop, Mar 2006 [6.9] ::
1042. ↓-1 (1041) : Ragnarok 1 – Tokyopop, May 2002 [4.9] ::
1116. ↑484 (1600) : Arcana 1 – Tokyopop, Jan 2005 [4.0] ::
1183. ↓-228 (955) : March Story 3 – Viz Signature, Oct 2011 [3.1] ::
1276. ↓-254 (1022) : March Story 1 – Viz Signature, Oct 2010 [2.3] ::

BL/Yaoi

53. ↑46 (99) : Maelstrom (ebook) 1 – Yaoi Press, Jun 2011 [148.6] ::
71. ↑23 (94) : Ice Cage (ebook) – Yaoi Press, Feb 2012 [128.3] ::
77. ↑6 (83) : Finder Series 5 Truth in the View Finder – DMP Juné, Dec 2011 [120.2] ::
95. ↓-9 (86) : Finder Series 6 Passion within the View Finder – DMP Juné, Jul 2012 [105.7] ::
100. (new) : Treasured Prince – Yaoi Press, Mar 2012 [99.5] ::
107. ↑187 (294) : An Even More Beautiful Lie – DMP Juné, Jan 2012 [96.1] ::
109. ↓-17 (92) : Ambiguous Relationship – DMP Juné, Mar 2012 [94.2] ::
114. ↓-12 (102) : Private Teacher 3 – DMP Juné, May 2012 [91.5] ::
155. ↑ (last ranked 12 Feb 12) : Butterfly of the Distant Day – DMP Juné, Jun 2011 [72.0] ::
159. ↑28 (187) : Black Sun 2 – 801 Media, Dec 2011 [69.5] ::

Ebooks

3. ↔0 (3) : Naruto 55 – Viz Shonen Jump, Mar 2012 [445.5] ::
7. ↓-1 (6) : Maximum Ride 5 – Yen Press, Dec 2011 [354.0] ::
13. ↑1 (14) : Naruto 54 – Viz Shonen Jump, Mar 2012 [272.1] ::
20. ↓-9 (11) : Naruto 53 – Viz Shonen Jump, Dec 2011 [242.0] ::
25. ↓-7 (18) : Maximum Ride 1 – Yen Press, Jan 2009 [212.0] ::
30. ↔0 (30) : Soulless 1 – Yen Press, Mar 2012 [187.3] ::
32. ↓-3 (29) : Maximum Ride 4 – Yen Press, Apr 2011 [182.0] ::
34. ↑12 (46) : Blue Exorcist 2 – Viz Shonen Jump Advanced, Jun 2011 [176.2] ::
40. ↑4 (44) : Bleach 37 – Viz Shonen Jump, Dec 2011 [165.4] ::
53. ↑46 (99) : Maelstrom (ebook) 1 – Yaoi Press, Jun 2011 [148.6] ::

Manga Bestsellers: 2012, Week Ending 11 March

May 28, 2012 by Matt Blind Leave a Comment

Comparative Rankings Based on Consolidated Online Sales

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Manga Bestsellers

1. ↑1 (2) : Sailor Moon 4 – Kodansha Comics, Mar 2012 [485.3] ::
2. ↓-1 (1) : Sailor Moon 3 – Kodansha Comics, Jan 2012 [467.7] ::
3. ↑2 (5) : Naruto 55 – Viz Shonen Jump, Mar 2012 [446.9] ::
4. ↔0 (4) : Sailor Moon 2 – Kodansha Comics, Nov 2011 [404.3] ::
5. ↓-2 (3) : Sailor Moon 1 – Kodansha Comics, Sep 2011 [400.8] ::
6. ↔0 (6) : Maximum Ride 5 – Yen Press, Dec 2011 [385.5] ::
7. ↑7 (14) : Black Bird 13 – Viz Shojo Beat, Mar 2012 [376.3] ::
8. ↔0 (8) : Sailor Moon Codename: Sailor V 2 – Kodansha Comics, Nov 2011 [356.5] ::
9. ↓-2 (7) : Black Butler 8 – Yen Press, Jan 2012 [336.7] ::
10. ↔0 (10) : Sailor Moon Codename: Sailor V 1 – Kodansha Comics, Sep 2011 [311.1] ::

Top Imprints
Number of volumes ranking in the Top 500:

Viz Shonen Jump 78
Yen Press 70
Viz Shojo Beat 58
Tokyopop 51
Kodansha Comics 43
Viz Shonen Jump Advanced 34
DMP Juné 19
Vizkids 18
Dark Horse 17
Seven Seas 17

Series/Property

1. ↔0 (1) : Sailor Moon – Kodansha Comics [1,190.0] ::
2. ↔0 (2) : Naruto – Viz Shonen Jump [941.1] ::
3. ↔0 (3) : Black Butler – Yen Press [722.9] ::
4. ↔0 (4) : Maximum Ride – Yen Press [719.9] ::
5. ↑1 (6) : Black Bird – Viz Shojo Beat [607.1] ::
6. ↓-1 (5) : Bleach – Viz Shonen Jump [550.7] ::
7. ↑7 (14) : One Piece – Viz Shonen Jump [492.3] ::
8. ↑1 (9) : Fullmetal Alchemist – Viz [438.0] ::
9. ↓-2 (7) : Negima! – Del Rey/Kodansha Comics [429.9] ::
10. ↓-2 (8) : xxxHolic – Del Rey/Kodansha Comics [416.0] ::

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

1. ↑1 (2) : Sailor Moon 4 – Kodansha Comics, Mar 2012 [485.3] ::
3. ↑2 (5) : Naruto 55 – Viz Shonen Jump, Mar 2012 [446.9] ::
7. ↑7 (14) : Black Bird 13 – Viz Shojo Beat, Mar 2012 [376.3] ::
12. ↑108 (120) : Dengeki Daisy 9 – Viz Shojo Beat, Mar 2012 [292.4] ::
13. ↑6 (19) : Sailor Moon 5 – Kodansha Comics, Apr 2012 [292.3] ::
14. ↓-1 (13) : Naruto 54 – Viz Shonen Jump, Mar 2012 [285.5] ::
16. ↑15 (31) : One Piece 61 – Viz Shonen Jump, Mar 2012 [279.4] ::
19. ↓-2 (17) : Bleach 38 – Viz Shonen Jump, Mar 2012 [253.3] ::
30. ↑30 (60) : Soulless 1 – Yen Press, Mar 2012 [198.1] ::
31. ↑72 (103) : Fairy Tail 18 – Kodansha Comics, Mar 2012 [198.0] ::

Preorders

23. ↓-1 (22) : Sailor Moon 6 – Kodansha Comics, Jun 2012 [246.2] ::
25. ↓-4 (21) : Sailor Moon 7 – Kodansha Comics, Sep 2012 [232.8] ::
72. ↑8 (80) : Black Butler 9 – Yen Press, Jul 2012 [126.7] ::
75. ↑8 (83) : Sailor Moon 8 – Kodansha Comics, Nov 2012 [125.5] ::
86. ↑21 (107) : Finder Series 6 Passion within the View Finder – DMP Juné, Jul 2012 [117.7] ::
102. ↑7 (109) : Private Teacher 3 – DMP Juné, May 2012 [102.5] ::
103. ↑47 (150) : Naruto 56 – Viz Shonen Jump, May 2012 [102.2] ::
105. ↑ (last ranked 4 Mar 12) : Novus Karma (ebook) 1 – MangaMagazine, Aug 2012 [101.2] ::
106. ↓-18 (88) : Dance in the Vampire Bund 12 – Seven Seas, Jun 2012 [100.7] ::
144. ↓-5 (139) : Naruto 57 – Viz Shonen Jump, Jul 2012 [75.3] ::

Manhwa

283. ↓-29 (254) : Bride of the Water God 10 – Dark Horse, Jan 2012 [39.3] ::
301. ↑7 (308) : Bride of the Water God 9 – Dark Horse, Oct 2011 [37.5] ::
690. ↑ (last ranked 2 Oct 11) : Priest Purgatory 1 – Tokyopop, Aug 2010 [12.4] ::
770. ↑129 (899) : Arcana 4 – Tokyopop, Mar 2006 [9.7] ::
955. ↓-335 (620) : March Story 3 – Viz Signature, Oct 2011 [5.7] ::
1022. ↑756 (1778) : March Story 1 – Viz Signature, Oct 2010 [4.6] ::
1027. ↓-172 (855) : Toxic (anthology) 1 – Udon, Jul 2012 [4.6] ::
1041. ↓-347 (694) : Ragnarok 1 – Tokyopop, May 2002 [4.4] ::
1059. ↑720 (1779) : Jack Frost 4 – Yen Press, Dec 2010 [4.2] ::
1122. ↓-371 (751) : Jack Frost 2 – Yen Press, Nov 2009 [3.5] ::

BL/Yaoi

83. ↓-29 (54) : Finder Series 5 Truth in the View Finder – DMP Juné, Dec 2011 [121.1] ::
86. ↑21 (107) : Finder Series 6 Passion within the View Finder – DMP Juné, Jul 2012 [117.7] ::
92. ↓-11 (81) : Ambiguous Relationship – DMP Juné, Mar 2012 [113.3] ::
94. ↑7 (101) : Ice Cage (ebook) – Yaoi Press, Feb 2012 [111.5] ::
97. ↓-21 (76) : Seven Days Friday-Sunday – DMP Juné, Sep 2011 [109.1] ::
99. ↑3 (102) : Maelstrom (ebook) 1 – Yaoi Press, Jun 2011 [107.9] ::
102. ↑7 (109) : Private Teacher 3 – DMP Juné, May 2012 [102.5] ::
173. ↓-50 (123) : Private Teacher 2 – DMP Juné, Jan 2012 [62.9] ::
178. ↓-1 (177) : Finder Series 4 Prisoner in the View Finder – DMP Juné, Aug 2011 [61.8] ::
187. ↓-43 (144) : Black Sun 2 – 801 Media, Dec 2011 [60.0] ::

Ebooks

3. ↑2 (5) : Naruto 55 – Viz Shonen Jump, Mar 2012 [446.9] ::
6. ↔0 (6) : Maximum Ride 5 – Yen Press, Dec 2011 [385.5] ::
11. ↑5 (16) : Naruto 53 – Viz Shonen Jump, Dec 2011 [303.4] ::
14. ↓-1 (13) : Naruto 54 – Viz Shonen Jump, Mar 2012 [285.5] ::
18. ↓-3 (15) : Maximum Ride 1 – Yen Press, Jan 2009 [270.2] ::
24. (new) : SIN 1 – MangaMagazine, Sep 2011 [236.9] ::
26. ↑9 (35) : Maximum Ride 2 – Yen Press, Oct 2009 [227.1] ::
29. ↑3 (32) : Maximum Ride 4 – Yen Press, Apr 2011 [198.1] ::
30. ↑30 (60) : Soulless 1 – Yen Press, Mar 2012 [198.1] ::
40. ↓-4 (36) : Maximum Ride 3 – Yen Press, Aug 2010 [183.0] ::

Manga Radar: 4 March 2012

April 24, 2012 by Matt Blind 6 Comments

First up, as usual, are the Database Additions — older titles I somehow previously missed.

Sweet Revolution – DMP Juné, Mar 2006 ::
Laugh Under the Sun – DMP Juné, Dec 2007 ::

Kino no Tabi (novel) 1 – Tokyopop, Oct 2006 ::
Kino no Tabi (novel) 2 – Tokyopop, TBA ::

Someone (or rather, likely several someones) was ordering yaoi from buy.com – I saw *a lot* of titles and actually expected more of them to be new to my charts. As it was, we only had two pickups – both older Juné titles.

More interesting (to me) are the Kino no Tabi books – these are from the much-neglected TokyoPop Fiction line, which also included The Twelve Kingdoms and a few other books no one remembers, sadly. Kino no Tabi vol 1 is selling for $50 on Amazon, used; vol 2 can not be had for love or money.

Most of the New Releases for the week are ebooks — a trend which will continue for the foreseeable future. I don’t know if it’s because ebooks are “impulse” purchases or merely a side effect of e- — there’s not much lead time on ebooks, as they are either ready to go (and to purchase) or, well, they’re not.

Oh, & A Bowl of Moxa Is Coming (ebook) – DMP Digital Manga Guild, Feb 2012 ::
The Boyfriend Next Door (ebook) – DMP Digital Manga Guild, Feb 2012 ::
Clumsy Child (ebook) – DMP Digital Manga Guild, Feb 2012 ::
Tweeting Love Birds (ebook) 2 – DMP Digital Manga Guild, Feb 2012 ::
Renji Jumonji’s Hardship (ebook) – DMP Digital Manga Guild, Feb 2012 ::
Again Tomorrow (ebook) – DMP Digital Manga Guild, Feb 2012 ::
The Conqueror’s Chalice (ebook) – DMP Digital Manga Guild, Feb 2012 ::
Cheap Chase (ebook) – DMP Digital Manga Guild, Mar 2012 ::

Cage of Eden 4 – Kodansha Comics, Feb 2012 ::
Itazura na Kiss 7 – DMP, Mar 2012 ::

I don’t attempt an exhaustive listing of DMG titles, only tracking those that sell; part of that is because I have no clue, really, just how many volumes these teams are putting out, mostly though it’s because tracking _all_ of them would require as much effort as the whole rest of the chart. I add more than a few to the database each week, though.

Cage of Eden and Itazura na Kiss are midlist? properties that didn’t really blow the doors off when they first came out, but have a few fans at least. These two most recent volumes didn’t make a mark as preorders but are selling now that they are out. Itazura na Kiss vol 7 ranks in the top 500, at #347 for the week – that puts the book in the rough neighborhood of Naruto 33, Wallflower 27, and Three P [from DMP’s Project H]

Also new to the charts this week are a real mixed bag of Preorders:

Kizuna Deluxe Edition 6 – DMP Juné, Jun 2012 ::
Dawn of the Arcana 4 – Viz Shojo Beat, Jun 2012 ::
Dog x Cat 3 – 801 Media, Jun 2012 ::
In These Words – 801 Media, Jun 2012 ::
Bad Teacher’s Equation 4 – DMP Juné, Jun 2012 ::
Same Difference – DMP Juné, Jun 2012 ::
Witch & Wizard 2 – Yen Press, Jun 2012 ::

Rin-Ne 9 – Viz Shonen Sunday, Jul 2012 ::
Flutter – DMP Juné, Jul 2012 ::
Secretary’s Job – DMP Juné, Jul 2012 ::

Yotsuba&! 11 – Yen Press, Sep 2012 ::

DMP has a very strong showing here (likely due to their very dedicated fans) but there are also books in just about every genre/flavour to be had – from shojo to shonen to Yotsuba&!.

Yotsuba&! fans are ordering six months in advance, likely just as soon as they could find a listing for the book. That says something.

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My posted results (the top ten lists, category breakouts like the ebooks list, the Manga 500) are too much for most folks to wade through, but still only the tip of the data iceberg. A ranking isn’t as important as the vector — whether a title is moving up or down the rankings, and how fast. Already, in each report, you can see if a title is moving up or down compared to the previous week, but that’s just a single blip. Unless you work with the source websites & all the numbers as intimately as I do, you miss the bigger picture — and even then, often I just have a feeling or a hunch about a title. I thought I might put in the extra effort, though, and bring at least some of that perspective to you, as well as generating concrete proof to prove (& especially disprove) my guesses. Since we’ll be looking at weeks of data, unfortunately that means graphics.

I say ‘unfortunately’ — as I am good with maths but not necessarily as adept at visualizations. I lean heavily on the built-in functionality of the spreadsheet whenever I do post a graph. Still, if you know what question you’re asking, you can set up the spreadsheet to do a lot of heavy data lifting for you, and the results don’t look that bad.

Here’s the newest part of the “Manga Radar” : a manga radar scope.

I’ll start by giving you the top 10 preorders for the week of 4 March, 2012:

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] ::

And here is the same list with 16 weeks of historical data attached:

Sailor Moon vol. 5, available for preorder the longest (perhaps) and certainly benefiting from the enthusiasm for the series, has some ups and downs but has been consistently outselling the other 9 for all 16 weeks… but check out the strong surges of volume 7 (from two months ago) and of volume 8, available for preorder for just the past two weeks. The only thing quite like it on this list is the 6th (and last?) volume in the “View Finder” series, Passion within the View Finder — though looking back, Dance in the Vampire Bund vol 12 and Sailor Moon vol 7 also had similar spikes in their 2nd week. Other titles in this [limited] list are showing relatively-flat-but-slowing-growing demand.

At some future point, I might post a similar chart showing how manga volumes with strong preorders still exhibit a significant spike in sales once they are actually released and available. There are a lot of fun things I can do with this data now that I have it all in one place and not spread out across 16 files. I suppose I can experiment with quite a few different ways to present the data. I know the graph above is basic (and maybe not as clear as I think it is) but it’s been a long haul just to get to this one simple graph — and to put into place the procedures to continue to track all the rankings on an ongoing, rolling 16-week basis.

Feedback, as always, is appreciated; drop your questions into the comments. [and really good questions will likely also find their way onto the about the charts page].

Manga Bestsellers: 2012, Week Ending 4 March

April 24, 2012 by Matt Blind 2 Comments

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] ::

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

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] ::

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] ::

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] ::

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] ::

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] ::

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] ::

Recalibrating the Manga Radar

March 30, 2012 by Matt Blind 6 Comments

Sorry for the recent radio silence, but in addition to non-internet demands on my time (and there are a few) I was also a tad hesitant: I posted the Manga Radar report each week (with each new set of Manga Bestsellers) but wondered if any of them [and there have been 10 so far] were accessable to readers and were of value.

I think I’m presenting some valuable information about the manga market from a unique viewpoint, but as has been pointed out to me, it is also merely another long list of manga titles without much context. *I* get the context because I spend a lot of time wading through the data to compile & post the manga bestsellers but my understanding and intuitive grasp of the market is, well, far from intuitive.

In seeking out feedback from manga mavens on twitter, the primary complaint was that long lists of manga titles tend to be eye-numbingly dull. I recognize the complaint, and the rationale behind the complaint, but long lists of manga (properly sorted) are kind of my thing. It’s what I do.

I do, however, take reader feedback to heart (especially when I specifically asked for feedback and all but cornered a few folks until they gave it up) and so I will endeavor to not only provide context for the long lists, but also to break down the lists into more manageable, digestible chunks.

There is a lot of value in the data I have. Perhaps you missed it, but these are books that fans want so much they have preordered them online—I don’t actually add a book to my database until it sells, somewhere, online. In looking at how new titles are preforming as preorders—how many volumes are preordered, how far in advance, and how strongly in relation to other available manga—publishers may get clues to the performance of titles not available from other sources, fans might get clued in on new titles that weren’t previously [cough] “on their radar”, and perhaps most valuably: retailers with limited resources have an objective source—recommendations backed by actual data—for items that they should perhaps order into their store. This was one of the points I wanted to make in the recent sales analysis post and now I’m making it explicitly: My bestsellers track online sales—following the pulse of fan demand—so if I see preorders for new volumes 6 to 9 months out it might be something worth stocking on shelves.

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All of the titles I include (and have blogged in the past) in these “Manga Radar” posts are notable because they did not previously show up in sources, to the limits of my methods. [I’ll point out here that ‘to the limits of my methods’ includes not only 7 different web sites but also the top 1000+ manga listings from Amazon, weekly.]

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Manga Radar: 11-26 February 2012

We have 3 weeks of data to cover so the lists only get longer – I’ll walk you through it all, though; it’s not so bad, stick with me.

Part of the new format is breaking the list up by date: first up are the Database Additions, older titles that somehow I missed [amazing considering I’ve been at this for close to 5 years and have more than 10,000 manga titles already in the database, but it would seem there are always new odd corners of manga publication history that continually come to light].

Candidate for Goddess 1 – Tokyopop, Apr 2004 ::
Candidate for Goddess 2 – Tokyopop, Jun 2004 ::
Candidate for Goddess 3 – Tokyopop, Aug 2004 ::
Candidate for Goddess 4 – Tokyopop, Oct 2004 ::
Candidate for Goddess 5 – Tokyopop, Dec 2004 ::
Princess Ninja Scroll: Tenka Muso 1 – DMP, Nov 2005 ::
Princess Ninja Scroll: Tenka Muso 2 – DMP, Feb 2006 ::
Shinobu Kokoro – Tokyopop Blu, Nov 2005 ::
Our Everlasting 1 – DMP Juné, Dec 2005 ::
My Only King – DMP Juné, Mar 2006 ::
Solfege – DMP Juné, Apr 2007 ::
Ichigenme: The First Class Is Civil Law 2 – 801 Media, Jun 2007 ::
Momo Tama 3 – Tokyopop, Sep 2009 ::
Momo Tama 4 – Tokyopop, Mar 2010 ::
Navigating the World of a Purple Shoe – Sodansha CoLtd, Dec 2010 ::

Candidate for Goddess was an anime actually shown on Cartoon Network back in the day; I had no idea there was a manga. Similarly old-school are the DMP titles—quite a few of which pre-date DMP’s Juné imprint and have “DMP Yaoi Manga” on the cover dress as opposed to Juné’s familiar white rose.

I had previously logged Ichigenme: The First Class Is Civil Law but wasn’t aware there was a second volume; similarly the last 2 volumes of Momo Tama aren’t new, per se, but are new to the database.

That last one, though: Navigating the World of a Purple Shoe [isbn 9781456441074] is a real enigma: it’s only 52 pages but it seems that there was an actual book, not just an e-manga edition. It’s not a self-published title so far as I know, but the publisher is listed on some sources as “Sodansha” and on others as “CreateSpace,” an Amazon division [purchased in 2005] that was previously known primarily for press-on-demand DVDs. It’s credited to “Shu-hey Fujisawa” (possibly author Shuhei Fujisawa) but that doesn’t tell us anything about the art. So: a mystery presented to us by the byzantine ways Amazon reports “manga” in search results, compounded by the new illogical inconsistencies in the way Amazon reports items as “books.”

Here’s a second batch of Database Additions, not from the distant past—merely from last year

Red Hot Chili Samurai 4 – Tokyopop, Mar 2011 ::
Countdown 7 Days 1 – DMP, May 2011 ::
Sonic the Hedgehog 15 – Archie Comics, Jun 2011 ::
Fate/Stay Night 11 – Tokyopop, Jun 2011 ::
Ghostface 1 – Tokyopop, Jun 2011 ::
Hanako & The Terror of Allegory 4 – Tokyopop, Jun 2011 ::
Sonic the Hedgehog 16 – Archie Comics, Oct 2011 ::
Yuichi Yokoyama: Color Engineering – PictureBox, Oct 2011 ::

The Tokyopop titles came up recently at buy.com: it seems they located a cache of late-publishing Tokyopop titles from around the time of that publisher’s closing announcement last May. There are additional T’Pop titles that I was able to change from “cancelled” to “published”—but these are still dear and exceptionally hard to come by. (I won’t post a full listing of Tokyopop’s final hurrah unless asked.)

Additionally, I’d previously been tracking the Sonic licensed comics from Archie, and while these trade paperbacks aren’t brand new, this is the first time these particular volumes showed up in sources

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In this and future posts, following the database additions will be two new categories: the new releases, and then the preorders by month.

Here are the New Releases — which like the top 50 listed in the Manga 500 reports are the new manga titles released this month & last:

Kanjou Spectrum (ebook) – Animate/Libre, Feb 2012 ::
Kiss Ariki (ebook) 7 – Animate/Libre, Feb 2012 ::
.
Sonic the Hedgehog 17 – Archie Comics, Feb 2012 ::
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Betting My Life with You (ebook) – DMP Digital Manga Guild, Feb 2012 ::
Blooming Darling (ebook) 2 – DMP Digital Manga Guild, Feb 2012 ::
Chayamachi’s Collection: Noir (ebook) – DMP Digital Manga Guild, Feb 2012 ::
Classmate (ebook) – DMP Digital Manga Guild, Feb 2012 ::
Indefinite Sociogram (ebook) 1 – DMP Digital Manga Guild, Feb 2012 ::
Long Version (ebook) 1 – DMP Digital Manga Guild, Jan 2012 ::
Long Version (ebook) 2 – DMP Digital Manga Guild, Feb 2012 ::
Mad Cinderella (ebook) – DMP Digital Manga Guild, Feb 2012 ::
Neck-Tie (ebook) – DMP Digital Manga Guild, Feb 2012 ::
Reset (ebook) – DMP Digital Manga Guild, Feb 2012 ::
Sadistic Boy (ebook) – DMP Digital Manga Guild, Feb 2012 ::
Sunday’s Child (ebook) – DMP Digital Manga Guild, Feb 2012 ::
That Cute Kid Is Mine & Mine (ebook) – DMP Digital Manga Guild, Feb 2012 ::
The World Is Full of Cheating Boyfriends (ebook) – DMP Digital Manga Guild, Feb 2012 ::
Want to Depend on You (ebook) – DMP Digital Manga Guild, Feb 2012 ::
You & Tonight (ebook) 1 – DMP Digital Manga Guild, Jan 2012 ::
You Get an Angel (ebook) – DMP Digital Manga Guild, Feb 2012 ::
.
Three P – DMP Project-H, Feb 2012 ::
.
The Secret World of Arrietty 1 – Viz Ghibli Library, Feb 2012 ::
The Secret World of Arrietty 2 – Viz Ghibli Library, Feb 2012 ::
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Toriko 8 – Viz Shonen Jump, Feb 2012 ::
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Ice Cage (ebook) – Yaoi Press, Feb 2012 ::

The DMG doesn’t usually dominate the list in quite this way, but since I’m playing catch-up, we have 3-weeks-worth of releases to consider—that qualifier in place: Damn, but the DMG is really pushing out manga. These are only the titles I’m tracking because they show up in sources [primarily Amazon, but some are also coming out for Nook] and likely doesn’t include every title that is made available through the program.

The Digital Manga Guild isn’t the only publisher releasing yaoi ebooks; we also have two new titles from Animate/Libre this month, and while Yaoi Press might be slower with their release schedule, each release typically ranks higher; Ice Cage is the most recent addition but there were two other releases—Zolabarth Bi and Trapped Wizard—that had stronger preorders and so aren’t “new” to the database this week (but are still new).

Past the merely new, though, are the titles now showing up as Pre-orders:

Stepping on Roses 7 – Viz Shojo Beat, Mar 2012 ::
The Earl & The Fairy 1 – Viz Shojo Beat, Mar 2012 ::
Reaper Zone (ebook) 1 – [self published, Rewat Immak], Mar 2012 ::
Blue Sheep Reverie 5 – DMP Juné, Mar 2012 ::
Is This a Zombie? 1 – Yen Press, Mar 2012 ::
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Countdown 7 Days 2 – DMP, Apr 2012 ::
Replica 2 – DMP, Apr 2012 ::
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Castle Mango 1 – DMP Juné, May 2012 ::
Good Morning – DMP Juné, May 2012 ::
Private Teacher 3 – DMP Juné, May 2012 ::
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Kamisama Kiss 9 – Viz Shojo Beat, Jun 2012 ::
Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan 9 – Viz Shonen Jump, Jun 2012 ::
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Sonic the Hedgehog 18 – Archie Comics, Jul 2012 ::
Gate 7 vol 3 – Dark Horse, Jul 2012 ::
Finder Series 6 Passion within the View Finder – DMP Juné, Jul 2012 ::
Toxic (anthology) 1 – Udon, Jul 2012 ::
Book Girl and the Wayfarer’s Lamentation (novel) – Yen Press, Jul 2012 ::
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Tegami Bachi: Letter Bee 10 – Viz Shonen Jump, Aug 2012 ::
Inuyasha VizBig Edition 12 – Viz Shonen Sunday, Aug 2012 ::
Tenjo Tenge vols 15-16 collection – Viz Signature, Aug 2012 ::
Heart of Thomas – Fantagraphics, Aug 2012 ::
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Gunslinger Girl Omnibus 5 – Seven Seas, Sep 2012 ::
Fushigi Yugi Genbu Kaiden 10 – Viz Shojo Beat, Sep 2012 ::
Otomen 13 – Viz Shojo Beat, Sep 2012 ::
Bakuman 14 – Viz Shonen Jump, Sep 2012 ::
Loveless 9 – Viz, Sep 2012 ::
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Negima! 36 – Kodansha Comics, Oct 2012 ::
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Sailor Moon 8 – Kodansha Comics, Nov 2012 ::

One reason I first pitched “Manga Radar” as a column was the information above: something like Sailor Moon vol 8 won’t really show up in other reports for another 6 months at least, but how interesting to note that fans are pre-ordering it online nine months in advance—it’s a stronger indicator of fan interest than anything else I can note, especially considering each preorder is backed by a valid credit card. There are some properties here that never show up in top 10 lists: Kamisama Kiss, Book Girl, Tegami Bachi, Gunslinger Girl, Fushigi Yugi, Otomen—and yet each of these has a fan base that is not only following the title but is hungry for the new releases.

This is the kind of information that I wanted to present—the insight into the market that I hoped to share. In future Manga Radar posts, I’ll take the extra time needed to give you the context and to provide these manga properties with the spotlight they deserve. And of course, I’d like to remind you that I not only find new releases each week, I rank them. My manga bestsellers are not just mildly entertaining and of interest to the fans, I’m also providing tools that retailers can use to stock their shelves, and inform their ordering process.

I hope this “new-style” Manga Radar report is an improvement over the original; please give me additional feedback if you feel there are other areas where it could be improved.

Manga Bestsellers: 2012, Week Ending 26 February

March 29, 2012 by Matt Blind 1 Comment

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 [470.0] ::
2. ↑2 (4) : Sailor Moon 4 – Kodansha Comics, Mar 2012 [431.3] ::
3. ↓-1 (2) : Sailor Moon 1 – Kodansha Comics, Sep 2011 [407.8] ::
4. ↑2 (6) : Sailor Moon 2 – Kodansha Comics, Nov 2011 [393.6] ::
5. ↓-2 (3) : Negima! 33 – Kodansha Comics, Jan 2012 [381.5] ::
6. ↓-1 (5) : Black Butler 8 – Yen Press, Jan 2012 [377.1] ::
7. ↑4 (11) : Naruto 55 – Viz Shonen Jump, Mar 2012 [369.4] ::
8. ↑15 (23) : xxxHolic 19 – Kodansha Comics, Feb 2012 [362.2] ::
9. ↓-2 (7) : Sailor Moon Codename: Sailor V 2 – Kodansha Comics, Nov 2011 [350.1] ::
10. ↑24 (34) : Maximum Ride 5 – Yen Press, Dec 2011 [331.1] ::

Top Imprints
Number of volumes ranking in the Top 500:

Viz Shonen Jump 84
Yen Press 71
Viz Shojo Beat 61
Tokyopop 41
Kodansha Comics 38
Viz Shonen Jump Advanced 29
Seven Seas 20
DMP Juné 17
HC/Tokyopop 15
Vizkids 15

Series/Property

1. ↔0 (1) : Sailor Moon – Kodansha Comics [1,127.1] ::
2. ↔0 (2) : Naruto – Viz Shonen Jump [869.3] ::
3. ↔0 (3) : Black Butler – Yen Press [787.4] ::
4. ↑2 (6) : Maximum Ride – Yen Press [687.6] ::
5. ↔0 (5) : Bleach – Viz Shonen Jump [571.8] ::
6. ↓-2 (4) : Negima! – Del Rey/Kodansha Comics [567.0] ::
7. ↑4 (11) : xxxHolic – Del Rey/Kodansha Comics [553.3] ::
8. ↑4 (12) : Fullmetal Alchemist – Viz [462.1] ::
9. ↓-1 (8) : Pokemon – Vizkids [451.3] ::
10. ↑4 (14) : Black Bird – Viz Shojo Beat [449.3] ::

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

1. ↔0 (1) : Sailor Moon 3 – Kodansha Comics, Jan 2012 [470.0] ::
5. ↓-2 (3) : Negima! 33 – Kodansha Comics, Jan 2012 [381.5] ::
6. ↓-1 (5) : Black Butler 8 – Yen Press, Jan 2012 [377.1] ::
8. ↑15 (23) : xxxHolic 19 – Kodansha Comics, Feb 2012 [362.2] ::
17. ↓-2 (15) : Omamori Himari 6 – Yen Press, Feb 2012 [272.8] ::
20. ↑12 (32) : Bakuman 9 – Viz Shonen Jump, Feb 2012 [261.0] ::
24. ↑1 (25) : Blue Exorcist 6 – Viz Shonen Jump Advanced, Feb 2012 [229.0] ::
27. ↓-9 (18) : Black Bird 12 – Viz Shojo Beat, Jan 2012 [219.2] ::
28. ↓-8 (20) : Rosario+Vampire Season II 7 – Viz Shonen Jump Advanced, Jan 2012 [215.7] ::
31. ↓-17 (14) : Highschool of the Dead 5 – Yen Press, Jan 2012 [209.7] ::

Preorders

2. ↑2 (4) : Sailor Moon 4 – Kodansha Comics, Mar 2012 [431.3] ::
7. ↑4 (11) : Naruto 55 – Viz Shonen Jump, Mar 2012 [369.4] ::
12. ↓-2 (10) : Bleach 38 – Viz Shonen Jump, Mar 2012 [305.1] ::
18. ↓-1 (17) : Sailor Moon 5 – Kodansha Comics, Apr 2012 [271.6] ::
19. ↑21 (40) : Naruto 54 – Viz Shonen Jump, Mar 2012 [269.4] ::
21. ↑9 (30) : Sailor Moon 7 – Kodansha Comics, Sep 2012 [250.6] ::
23. ↑16 (39) : Sailor Moon 6 – Kodansha Comics, Jun 2012 [230.6] ::
38. ↑146 (184) : Black Bird 13 – Viz Shojo Beat, Mar 2012 [186.1] ::
62. ↑1 (63) : Negima! 34 – Kodansha Comics, Apr 2012 [147.1] ::
79. ↑71 (150) : One Piece 61 – Viz Shonen Jump, Mar 2012 [127.4] ::

Manhwa

294. ↓-69 (225) : Bride of the Water God 10 – Dark Horse, Jan 2012 [39.6] ::
379. ↓-39 (340) : JTF-3 Counter Ops (ebook) – RealinterfaceStudios.com, Mar 2011 [29.6] ::
417. ↓-14 (403) : Bride of the Water God 9 – Dark Horse, Oct 2011 [26.0] ::
446. ↓-62 (384) : March Story 3 – Viz Signature, Oct 2011 [24.4] ::
626. ↑249 (875) : Black God 15 – Yen Press, Jan 2012 [14.2] ::
630. ↑new (0) : Ragnarok 1 – Tokyopop, May 2002 [14.1] ::
678. ↑ (last ranked 22 Jan 12) : Jack Frost 1 – Yen Press, May 2009 [12.3] ::
835. ↑328 (1163) : Toxic (anthology) 1 – Udon, Jul 2012 [8.1] ::
873. ↑ (last ranked 12 Feb 12) : Jack Frost 2 – Yen Press, Nov 2009 [7.3] ::
909. ↓-319 (590) : March Story 2 – Viz Signature, Apr 2011 [6.7] ::

BL/Yaoi

42. ↓-20 (22) : Finder Series 5 Truth in the View Finder – DMP Juné, Dec 2011 [182.1] ::
55. ↑21 (76) : Ice Cage (ebook) – Yaoi Press, Feb 2012 [158.3] ::
59. ↑3 (62) : Maelstrom (ebook) 1 – Yaoi Press, Jun 2011 [149.3] ::
80. ↓-6 (74) : Ambiguous Relationship – DMP Juné, Mar 2012 [126.1] ::
87. ↓-35 (52) : Private Teacher 2 – DMP Juné, Jan 2012 [118.6] ::
124. ↑39 (163) : Neck-Tie (ebook) – DMP Digital Manga Guild, Feb 2012 [80.9] ::
146. ↓-35 (111) : Trapped Wizard (ebook) – Yaoi Press, Feb 2012 [69.1] ::
161. ↓-77 (84) : Only Serious About You 2 – DMP Juné, Dec 2011 [64.7] ::
166. ↑5 (171) : Depression of the Anti-Romanticist – DMP Juné, Mar 2012 [64.4] ::
184. ↑210 (394) : Private Teacher 3 – DMP Juné, May 2012 [58.7] ::

Ebooks

7. ↑4 (11) : Naruto 55 – Viz Shonen Jump, Mar 2012 [369.4] ::
10. ↑24 (34) : Maximum Ride 5 – Yen Press, Dec 2011 [331.1] ::
13. ↓-5 (8) : Naruto 53 – Viz Shonen Jump, Dec 2011 [300.9] ::
14. ↓-1 (13) : Maximum Ride 1 – Yen Press, Jan 2009 [295.3] ::
19. ↑21 (40) : Naruto 54 – Viz Shonen Jump, Mar 2012 [269.4] ::
22. ↑6 (28) : Maximum Ride 4 – Yen Press, Apr 2011 [232.0] ::
24. ↑1 (25) : Blue Exorcist 6 – Viz Shonen Jump Advanced, Feb 2012 [229.0] ::
39. ↑34 (73) : Maximum Ride 2 – Yen Press, Oct 2009 [183.7] ::
43. ↑24 (67) : Haruhi Suzumiya Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya 11 – Yen Press, Feb 2012 [178.4] ::
50. ↑3 (53) : Bleach 37 – Viz Shonen Jump, Dec 2011 [174.2] ::

What the fans want, what the fans buy: Online Sales Analysis year-end 2011

March 23, 2012 by Matt Blind 1 Comment

Brigid asked:
What manga would draw you to a comic shop?

“That actually raises an interesting question: You can buy Naruto anywhere, but Twin Spica is hard to find in a bookstore—I would make a special trip for that, but I can see the opposite point of view as well—retailers want to stock what sells. So let me throw this question to the readers: Which manga would entice you to do your shopping in a comic shop?”

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Not every reader has access to the kind of numbers I have (though I certainly share quite a bit) and everyone has their own favorites — but I recently compiled the 15-week chart for the end of 2011 [18 Sep 2011 through 1 Jan 2012] so I can maybe answer Brigid’s question with a bit more, rigor than most.

Let’s start with the top selling series. ICv2 has already released their top 25 Manga Properties for 2011 and their list is going to look a lot like mine — though theirs is “based on interviews with retailers, distributors, and manufacturers” and I compile online sales data instead.

Here’s ICv2’s Top 10

1. Naruto, Viz Media
2. Bleach, Viz Media
3. Vampire Knight, Viz Media
4. Sailor Moon, Kodansha Comics
5. Black Butler, Yen Press
6. Blackbird, Viz Media
7. Fullmetal Alchemist, Viz Media
8. Rosario + Vampire, Viz Media
9. Soul Eater, Yen Press
10. One Piece, Viz Media

And here’s my top 15 from Q4 2011:

1. ↑4 (5) : Sailor Moon – Kodansha Comics [16,019.7] ::
2. ↔0 (2) : Naruto – Viz Shonen Jump [11,156.0] ::
3. ↔0 (3) : Maximum Ride – Yen Press [10,796.1] ::
4. ↓-3 (1) : Black Butler – Yen Press [10,697.3] ::
5. ↓-1 (4) : Vampire Knight – Viz Shojo Beat [10,208.8] ::
6. ↑4 (10) : Pokemon – Vizkids [8,073.2] ::
7. ↔0 (7) : Negima! – Del Rey [7,508.1] ::
8. ↑4 (12) : Warriors – HC/Tokyopop [7,375.6] ::
9. ↑5 (14) : Fullmetal Alchemist – Viz [6,987.1] ::
10. ↓-2 (8) : Black Bird – Viz Shojo Beat [6,748.6] ::
11. ↓-2 (9) : Bleach – Viz Shonen Jump [6,537.1] ::
12. ↑6 (18) : Blue Exorcist – Viz Shonen Jump Advanced [5,676.4] ::
13. ↑29 (42) : xxxHolic – Del Rey [5,663.0] ::
14. ↓-8 (6) : Ouran High School Host Club – Viz Shojo Beat [5,636.1] ::
15. ↑12 (27) : Death Note – Viz Shonen Jump Advanced [5,565.9] ::

[see more]

First, I report things a little differently: You can see that from August to December, Sailor Moon went from 5th place to 1st, Fullmetal Alchemist and xxxHolic [both nearing final volumes] were also on the rise, as was Death Note [thanks to the omnibus-style ‘black editions’]

There is also that pesky number at the end, which is my Score. Since Amazon doesn’t report volumes sold, neither can I, but my score might be considered very roughly equivalent: Sailor Moon likely outsold Death Note 3-to-1, for example — or at the very least, Sailor Moon was in my top 10 three times as often.

The goal of my process is not only to rank the top 10, or 25, or 2500 manga for any given timeframe but also to determine vectors: motion up and down the charts, which titles are strong new releases, which are even stronger in pre-orders.

Speaking of preorders: I run that chart as well; here’s a top 10

8. ↑73 (81) : Sailor Moon 3 – Kodansha Comics, Jan 2012 [4,744.6] ::
18. ↑53 (71) : Sailor Moon 4 – Kodansha Comics, Mar 2012 [3,804.1] ::
19. ↑698 (717) : Sailor Moon 5 – Kodansha Comics, Apr 2012 [3,646.3] ::
84. ↑3143 (3227) : Sailor Moon 6 – Kodansha Comics, Jun 2012 [1,711.9] ::
93. ↑355 (448) : Negima! 33 – Kodansha Comics, Jan 2012 [1,593.5] ::
117. ↑1056 (1173) : Negima! 34 – Kodansha Comics, Apr 2012 [1,330.1] ::
121. ↑475 (596) : Dance in the Vampire Bund 11 – Seven Seas, Jan 2012 [1,319.7] ::
128. ↑531 (659) : Black Butler 8 – Yen Press, Jan 2012 [1,217.8] ::
136. ↑1025 (1161) : Naruto 54 – Viz Shonen Jump, Mar 2012 [1,135.5] ::
145. ↑731 (876) : Private Teacher 2 – DMP Juné, Jan 2012 [1,066.0] ::

[see more]

We’re still looking at the same timeframe, the last 15 weeks of 2011. The top 4 pre-orders over the fall were the next four volumes of Sailor Moon — in the case of vol. 6, folks were ordering it 6 months or more before it would even come out, likely as soon as they caught wind of a link or found it themselves online.

I hate to characterize ICv2 as the ‘direct market’ — but in some ways that is their target audience. I think this also explains why they have Sailor Moon as only the #4 manga property, while for me it was solidly #1 and has been for over 6 months.

…Sailor Moon was obviously performing better online. This raises an obvious question, though: If I’m a LCS or small bookstore owner, why would I stock titles that are already selling online? Haven’t any prospective customers already bought their books?

Yes, and no. Amazon only does about 20-30% of trade book sales [varies by quarter, and yes, expanding: source], and please note the barriers to entry: to shop from Amazon you need either large stacks of gift cards (not so common) or a valid credit card. If you still feel the manga market is primarily tweens and teens from 12 to (say) 22, then you’ve identified a market that is desperate for the books but can’t (always) buy online.

If you compare my list to ICv2, you might also notice I’m heavier in Kodansha & Yen, and not as deep in Viz — though the Shonen Jump marquee titles are all there. I think this is reflective of book store (and Wal-Mart) stocking patterns — you can buy Naruto anywhere, as noted. Outside of Shonen Jump, though, things get dicier.

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One way I used to cut through the haze (back in 2008) was to post a ‘Midlist’ Chart, noted at least once as “denarutofied for your convenience and my sanity”: the concept was to exclude the top 5 (or 10, or 15) series (that even back in 2008 were already running into dozens of volumes) so we could see what else was selling.

Still playing with the same data set [last 15 weeks of 2011] here’s a new top 10 minus the top 5 properties:

1. ↑8 (9) : Yotsuba&! 10 – Yen Press, Oct 2011 [4,613.5] ::
2. ↑18 (20) : Fullmetal Alchemist 26 – Viz, Sep 2011 [3,550.8] ::
3. ↑18 (21) : Rosario+Vampire Season II 6 – Viz Shonen Jump Advanced, Oct 2011 [3,541.3] ::
4. ↑19 (23) : Negima! 31 – Kodansha Comics, Sep 2011 [3,454.8] ::
5. ↑20 (25) : Warriors SkyClan & The Stranger 1 – HC/Tokyopop, Jul 2011 [3,222.1] ::
6. ↑20 (26) : xxxHolic 17 – Kodansha Comics, Sep 2011 [3,187.9] ::
7. ↑20 (27) : Pokemon Black & White 2 – Vizkids, Jul 2011 [3,176.6] ::
8. ↑ (28) : Negima! 32 – Kodansha Comics, Nov 2011 [3,110.0] ::
9. ↑20 (29) : Pokemon Black & White 3 – Vizkids, Sep 2011 [3,054.1] ::
10. ↑20 (30) : Black Bird 10 – Viz Shojo Beat, Sep 2011 [3,048.2] ::

[in the list above and the following Midlist rankings, the number in parentheses is the actual ranking, Autumn 2011, and I renumbered this top 10 to show how many ranks each title ‘jumps’]

Next, Let’s eliminate the top 10 series.

1. ↑8 (9) : Yotsuba&! 10 – Yen Press, Oct 2011 [4,613.5] ::
2. ↑19 (21) : Rosario+Vampire Season II 6 – Viz Shonen Jump Advanced, Oct 2011 [3,541.3] ::
3. ↑23 (26) : xxxHolic 17 – Kodansha Comics, Sep 2011 [3,187.9] ::
4. ↑29 (33) : Bleach 36 – Viz Shonen Jump, Sep 2011 [2,968.2] ::
5. ↑29 (34) : Skip Beat! 25 – Viz Shojo Beat, Oct 2011 [2,942.3] ::
6. ↑30 (36) : Pandora Hearts 7 – Yen Press, Oct 2011 [2,898.6] ::
7. ↑32 (39) : Blue Exorcist 4 – Viz Shonen Jump Advanced, Oct 2011 [2,800.4] ::
8. ↑32 (40) : Death Note vols 1-13 box set – Viz Shonen Jump Advanced, Oct 2008 [2,793.2] ::
9. ↑34 (43) : Ouran High School Host Club 17 – Viz Shojo Beat, Dec 2011 [2,633.7] ::
10. ↑34 (44) : Berserk 35 – Dark Horse, Oct 2011 [2,632.7] ::

And now the top 15.

1. ↑8 (9) : Yotsuba&! 10 – Yen Press, Oct 2011 [4,613.5] ::
2. ↑19 (21) : Rosario+Vampire Season II 6 – Viz Shonen Jump Advanced, Oct 2011 [3,541.3] ::
3. ↑31 (34) : Skip Beat! 25 – Viz Shojo Beat, Oct 2011 [2,942.3] ::
4. ↑32 (36) : Pandora Hearts 7 – Yen Press, Oct 2011 [2,898.6] ::
5. ↑39 (44) : Berserk 35 – Dark Horse, Oct 2011 [2,632.7] ::
6. ↑39 (45) : Highschool of the Dead 4 – Yen Press, Oct 2011 [2,626.4] ::
7. ↑39 (46) : One Piece 58 – Viz Shonen Jump, Sep 2011 [2,582.2] ::
8. ↑40 (48) : Cardcaptor Sakura Omnibus 2 – Dark Horse, Dec 2010 [2,566.2] ::
9. ↑41 (50) : Finder Series 4 Prisoner in the View Finder – DMP Juné, Aug 2011 [2,511.1] ::
10. ↑43 (53) : Soul Eater 7 – Yen Press, Oct 2011 [2,357.2] ::

And now a top 25: in addition to the exclusions above, now we’re skipping Highschool of the Dead (Yen Press), Yotsuba&! (Yen), One Piece (Shonen Jump), Pandora Hearts (Yen), Legend of Zelda (Vizkids), Soul Eater (Yen), Rosario+Vampire (Shonen Jump Advanced), Dengeki Daisy (Shojo Beat), Skip Beat! (Shojo Beat), & the View Finder series (DMP Juné) — note the top ranking volumes of each of the series are still in the top 40 overall — and we’re still left with

1. ↑43 (44) : Berserk 35 – Dark Horse, Oct 2011 [2,632.7] ::
2. ↑46 (48) : Cardcaptor Sakura Omnibus 2 – Dark Horse, Dec 2010 [2,566.2] ::
3. ↑56 (59) : Spice & Wolf (manga) 5 – Yen Press, Oct 2011 [2,253.4] ::
4. ↑57 (61) : Battle Royale (novel) – Viz Haikasoru, Mar 2003 [2,177.7] ::
5. ↑59 (64) : D. Gray-Man 21 – Viz Shonen Jump Advanced, Nov 2011 [2,141.4] ::
6. ↑62 (68) : Witch & Wizard 1 – Yen Press, Sep 2011 [2,000.3] ::
7. ↑63 (70) : Drops of God 1 – Vertical, Oct 2011 [1,894.6] ::
8. ↑65 (73) : Shugo Chara! 12 – Kodansha Comics, Sep 2011 [1,867.5] ::
9. ↑66 (75) : Bakuman 7 – Viz Shonen Jump, Oct 2011 [1,844.5] ::
10. ↑67 (77) : Vampire Kisses Graveyard Games 1 – HC/Tokyopop, Sep 2011 [1,811.5] ::

…a short list: even (and especially?) after eliminating so many worthy books all of these manga volumes are still Top 100 titles. (and if these aren’t series you’re already familiar with, if I were a shop owner I’d endeavor to learn a few.)

If all you have room for is a single run of bookcases along a medium sized wall [say 10-15 ft.] that is still space for 800-1500 manga volumes [do the math] : Enough for every extant volume in the Top 20 manga series [yes, including One Piece & Naruto] and some others besides.

2011 Autumn Manga Bestsellers

March 21, 2012 by Matt Blind 1 Comment

Comparative Rankings Based on Consolidated Online Sales
for the 15 Weeks Ending Sunday 1 Jan 2012

last quarter’s charts
about the charts

The Quarterly chart is a bit different from the usual weekly post: There are five times as many volumes in the Manga Bestsellers (a full 2,500 volumes listed & ranked) and the Series/Property list is twice as long, with a top 100 listed & ranked. Secondary charts – New Releases, Preorders, Manhwa, and BL/Yaoi – are each a Top 50.

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Manga Bestsellers

1. ↑7 (8) : Sailor Moon 1 – Kodansha Comics, Sep 2011 [6,786.2] ::
2. ↑27 (29) : Sailor Moon 2 – Kodansha Comics, Nov 2011 [6,751.5] ::
3. ↑83 (86) : Sailor Moon Codename: Sailor V 2 – Kodansha Comics, Nov 2011 [5,652.8] ::
4. ↑80 (84) : Naruto 52 – Viz Shonen Jump, Jul 2011 [5,270.6] ::
5. ↑9 (14) : Sailor Moon Codename: Sailor V 1 – Kodansha Comics, Sep 2011 [5,245.3] ::
6. ↑262 (268) : Vampire Knight 13 – Viz Shojo Beat, Oct 2011 [5,210.3] ::
7. ↑2 (9) : Maximum Ride 1 – Yen Press, Jan 2009 [4,968.6] ::
8. ↑73 (81) : Sailor Moon 3 – Kodansha Comics, Jan 2012 [4,744.6] ::
9. ↑457 (466) : Yotsuba&! 10 – Yen Press, Oct 2011 [4,613.5] ::
10. ↓-9 (1) : Maximum Ride 4 – Yen Press, Apr 2011 [4,601.5] ::

Top Imprints
Number of volumes ranking in the Top 2500:

Viz Shonen Jump 358
Viz Shojo Beat 319
Yen Press 277
Del Rey 171
Tokyopop 152
Dark Horse 144
Viz Shonen Jump Advanced 130
Viz 118
Viz Shonen Sunday 104
DMP Juné 81

Series/Property

1. ↑4 (5) : Sailor Moon – Kodansha Comics [16,019.7] ::
2. ↔0 (2) : Naruto – Viz Shonen Jump [11,156.0] ::
3. ↔0 (3) : Maximum Ride – Yen Press [10,796.1] ::
4. ↓-3 (1) : Black Butler – Yen Press [10,697.3] ::
5. ↓-1 (4) : Vampire Knight – Viz Shojo Beat [10,208.8] ::
6. ↑4 (10) : Pokemon – Vizkids [8,073.2] ::
7. ↔0 (7) : Negima! – Del Rey [7,508.1] ::
8. ↑4 (12) : Warriors – HC/Tokyopop [7,375.6] ::
9. ↑5 (14) : Fullmetal Alchemist – Viz [6,987.1] ::
10. ↓-2 (8) : Black Bird – Viz Shojo Beat [6,748.6] ::

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

2. ↑27 (29) : Sailor Moon 2 – Kodansha Comics, Nov 2011 [6,751.5] ::
3. ↑83 (86) : Sailor Moon Codename: Sailor V 2 – Kodansha Comics, Nov 2011 [5,652.8] ::
6. ↑262 (268) : Vampire Knight 13 – Viz Shojo Beat, Oct 2011 [5,210.3] ::
9. ↑457 (466) : Yotsuba&! 10 – Yen Press, Oct 2011 [4,613.5] ::
11. ↑344 (355) : Black Butler 7 – Yen Press, Oct 2011 [4,587.9] ::
16. ↑848 (864) : Maximum Ride 5 – Yen Press, Dec 2011 [3,916.5] ::
21. ↑856 (877) : Rosario+Vampire Season II 6 – Viz Shonen Jump Advanced, Oct 2011 [3,541.3] ::
22. ↑536 (558) : Naruto 53 – Viz Shonen Jump, Dec 2011 [3,475.2] ::
28. ↑217 (245) : Negima! 32 – Kodansha Comics, Nov 2011 [3,110.0] ::
34. ↑760 (794) : Skip Beat! 25 – Viz Shojo Beat, Oct 2011 [2,942.3] ::

Preorders

8. ↑73 (81) : Sailor Moon 3 – Kodansha Comics, Jan 2012 [4,744.6] ::
18. ↑53 (71) : Sailor Moon 4 – Kodansha Comics, Mar 2012 [3,804.1] ::
19. ↑698 (717) : Sailor Moon 5 – Kodansha Comics, Apr 2012 [3,646.3] ::
84. ↑3143 (3227) : Sailor Moon 6 – Kodansha Comics, Jun 2012 [1,711.9] ::
93. ↑355 (448) : Negima! 33 – Kodansha Comics, Jan 2012 [1,593.5] ::
117. ↑1056 (1173) : Negima! 34 – Kodansha Comics, Apr 2012 [1,330.1] ::
121. ↑475 (596) : Dance in the Vampire Bund 11 – Seven Seas, Jan 2012 [1,319.7] ::
128. ↑531 (659) : Black Butler 8 – Yen Press, Jan 2012 [1,217.8] ::
136. ↑1025 (1161) : Naruto 54 – Viz Shonen Jump, Mar 2012 [1,135.5] ::
145. ↑731 (876) : Private Teacher 2 – DMP Juné, Jan 2012 [1,066.0] ::

Manhwa

278. ↑3072 (3350) : March Story 3 – Viz Signature, Oct 2011 [581.2] ::
309. ↑1838 (2147) : Bride of the Water God 9 – Dark Horse, Oct 2011 [523.9] ::
492. ↑649 (1141) : JTF-3 Counter Ops (ebook) – RealinterfaceStudios.com, Mar 2011 [307.7] ::
584. ↓-105 (479) : Jack Frost 4 – Yen Press, Dec 2010 [242.6] ::
684. ↓-26 (658) : March Story 2 – Viz Signature, Apr 2011 [188.2] ::
685. ↓-535 (150) : Bride of the Water God 8 – Dark Horse, May 2011 [188.2] ::
784. ↓-14 (770) : Jack Frost 3 – Yen Press, Jul 2010 [152.9] ::
794. ↓-408 (386) : March Story 1 – Viz Signature, Oct 2010 [150.2] ::
818. ↑new (0) : Black God 14 – Yen Press, Oct 2011 [141.7] ::
822. ↓-9 (813) : Angel Diary 13 – Yen Press, Dec 2010 [140.2] ::

BL/Yaoi

50. ↑40 (90) : Finder Series 4 Prisoner in the View Finder – DMP Juné, Aug 2011 [2,511.1] ::
90. ↑48 (138) : Finder Series 5 Truth in the View Finder – DMP Juné, Dec 2011 [1,667.9] ::
145. ↑731 (876) : Private Teacher 2 – DMP Juné, Jan 2012 [1,066.0] ::
160. ↑359 (519) : Secrecy of the Shivering Night – DMP Juné, Dec 2011 [1,003.2] ::
187. ↑new (0) : Maelstrom (ebook) 1 – Yaoi Press, Jun 2011 [883.5] ::
191. ↑227 (418) : About Love – DMP Juné, Nov 2011 [848.0] ::
217. ↑672 (889) : Only Serious About You 2 – DMP Juné, Dec 2011 [725.7] ::
224. ↑757 (981) : Storm Flower – DMP Juné, Dec 2011 [696.4] ::
244. ↑186 (430) : Private Teacher 1 – DMP Juné, Jan 2012 [649.5] ::
262. ↓-177 (85) : Maelstrom (Kindle ebook) 1 – Yaoi Press, Jun 2011 [611.1] ::

Manga Bestsellers: 2012, Week Ending 19 February

March 19, 2012 by Matt Blind 1 Comment

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 [468.0] ::
2. ↑2 (4) : Sailor Moon 1 – Kodansha Comics, Sep 2011 [420.0] ::
3. ↓-1 (2) : Negima! 33 – Kodansha Comics, Jan 2012 [398.4] ::
4. ↓-1 (3) : Sailor Moon 4 – Kodansha Comics, Mar 2012 [389.3] ::
5. ↑1 (6) : Black Butler 8 – Yen Press, Jan 2012 [387.1] ::
6. ↓-1 (5) : Sailor Moon 2 – Kodansha Comics, Nov 2011 [384.3] ::
7. ↑3 (10) : Sailor Moon Codename: Sailor V 2 – Kodansha Comics, Nov 2011 [366.4] ::
8. ↓-1 (7) : Naruto 53 – Viz Shonen Jump, Dec 2011 [358.3] ::
9. ↓-1 (8) : Sailor Moon Codename: Sailor V 1 – Kodansha Comics, Sep 2011 [355.3] ::
10. ↑12 (22) : Bleach 38 – Viz Shonen Jump, Mar 2012 [294.5] ::

Top Imprints
Number of volumes ranking in the Top 500:

Viz Shonen Jump 98
Yen Press 73
Viz Shojo Beat 68
Kodansha Comics 38
Viz Shonen Jump Advanced 30
Seven Seas 21
DMP Juné 20
Vizkids 17
Dark Horse 13
Del Rey 13

Series/Property

1. ↔0 (1) : Sailor Moon – Kodansha Comics [1,107.5] ::
2. ↔0 (2) : Naruto – Viz Shonen Jump [843.6] ::
3. ↔0 (3) : Black Butler – Yen Press [787.5] ::
4. ↑1 (5) : Negima! – Del Rey/Kodansha Comics [581.5] ::
5. ↑2 (7) : Bleach – Viz Shonen Jump [565.3] ::
6. ↓-2 (4) : Maximum Ride – Yen Press [564.3] ::
7. ↓-1 (6) : Highschool of the Dead – Yen Press [515.9] ::
8. ↑1 (9) : Pokemon – Vizkids [499.5] ::
9. ↑2 (11) : Blue Exorcist – Viz Shonen Jump Advanced [446.8] ::
10. ↔0 (10) : Rosario+Vampire – Viz Shonen Jump Advanced [441.5] ::

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

1. ↔0 (1) : Sailor Moon 3 – Kodansha Comics, Jan 2012 [468.0] ::
3. ↓-1 (2) : Negima! 33 – Kodansha Comics, Jan 2012 [398.4] ::
5. ↑1 (6) : Black Butler 8 – Yen Press, Jan 2012 [387.1] ::
14. ↓-1 (13) : Highschool of the Dead 5 – Yen Press, Jan 2012 [272.7] ::
15. ↑10 (25) : Omamori Himari 6 – Yen Press, Feb 2012 [269.9] ::
18. ↑2 (20) : Black Bird 12 – Viz Shojo Beat, Jan 2012 [254.1] ::
20. ↓-5 (15) : Rosario+Vampire Season II 7 – Viz Shonen Jump Advanced, Jan 2012 [251.7] ::
23. ↑24 (47) : xxxHolic 19 – Kodansha Comics, Feb 2012 [239.0] ::
24. ↑30 (54) : Cardcaptor Sakura Omnibus 3 – Dark Horse, Feb 2012 [237.2] ::
25. ↑3 (28) : Blue Exorcist 6 – Viz Shonen Jump Advanced, Feb 2012 [236.4] ::

Preorders

4. ↓-1 (3) : Sailor Moon 4 – Kodansha Comics, Mar 2012 [389.3] ::
10. ↑12 (22) : Bleach 38 – Viz Shonen Jump, Mar 2012 [294.5] ::
11. ↑40 (51) : Naruto 55 – Viz Shonen Jump, Mar 2012 [287.6] ::
17. ↑1 (18) : Sailor Moon 5 – Kodansha Comics, Apr 2012 [254.1] ::
30. ↑4 (34) : Sailor Moon 7 – Kodansha Comics, Sep 2012 [229.0] ::
39. ↓-12 (27) : Sailor Moon 6 – Kodansha Comics, Jun 2012 [215.4] ::
40. ↓-31 (9) : Naruto 54 – Viz Shonen Jump, Mar 2012 [204.8] ::
63. ↑1 (64) : Negima! 34 – Kodansha Comics, Apr 2012 [146.6] ::
74. ↑9 (83) : Ambiguous Relationship – DMP Juné, Mar 2012 [133.1] ::
92. ↑36 (128) : Dance in the Vampire Bund 12 – Seven Seas, Jun 2012 [111.7] ::

Manhwa

225. ↑238 (463) : Bride of the Water God 10 – Dark Horse, Jan 2012 [50.4] ::
340. ↓-34 (306) : JTF-3 Counter Ops (ebook) – RealinterfaceStudios.com, Mar 2011 [33.2] ::
384. ↑5 (389) : March Story 3 – Viz Signature, Oct 2011 [28.3] ::
403. ↑46 (449) : Bride of the Water God 9 – Dark Horse, Oct 2011 [26.5] ::
590. ↓-71 (519) : March Story 2 – Viz Signature, Apr 2011 [15.3] ::
699. ↑229 (928) : March Story 1 – Viz Signature, Oct 2010 [11.3] ::
784. ↓-194 (590) : Bride of the Water God 1 – Dark Horse, Oct 2007 [8.7] ::
787. ↑ (last ranked 2 Oct 11) : Very Very Sweet 8 – Yen Press, Nov 2010 [8.7] ::
875. ↓-521 (354) : Black God 15 – Yen Press, Jan 2012 [6.8] ::
901. ↑359 (1260) : King of Hell 12 – Tokyopop, Feb 2006 [6.2] ::

BL/Yaoi

22. ↑1 (23) : Finder Series 5 Truth in the View Finder – DMP Juné, Dec 2011 [240.3] ::
52. ↑6 (58) : Private Teacher 2 – DMP Juné, Jan 2012 [172.6] ::
62. ↑10 (72) : Maelstrom (ebook) 1 – Yaoi Press, Jun 2011 [147.3] ::
74. ↑9 (83) : Ambiguous Relationship – DMP Juné, Mar 2012 [133.1] ::
76. ↑141 (217) : Ice Cage (ebook) – Yaoi Press, Feb 2012 [132.6] ::
84. ↑13 (97) : Only Serious About You 2 – DMP Juné, Dec 2011 [121.7] ::
111. ↑169 (280) : Trapped Wizard (ebook) – Yaoi Press, Feb 2012 [92.3] ::
130. ↓-30 (100) : A Fallen Saint’s Kiss – 801 Media, Jan 2012 [79.7] ::
132. ↑50 (182) : Maelstrom (ebook) 3 – Yaoi Press, Jul 2011 [79.6] ::
134. ↑47 (181) : Maelstrom (ebook) 5 – Yaoi Press, Jul 2011 [78.9] ::

Ebooks

62. ↑10 (72) : Maelstrom (ebook) 1 – Yaoi Press, Jun 2011 [147.3] ::
76. ↑141 (217) : Ice Cage (ebook) – Yaoi Press, Feb 2012 [132.6] ::
77. ↓-4 (73) : How to Draw Manga (ebook) Lesson 1 Eyes – Japanime’s Manga University, May 2011 [132.0] ::
99. ↓-25 (74) : Vampire Cheerleaders 1 – Seven Seas, Mar 2011 [106.6] ::
110. ↑23 (133) : Kanji de Manga 1 – Japanime’s Manga University, Jan 2005 [93.0] ::
111. ↑169 (280) : Trapped Wizard (ebook) – Yaoi Press, Feb 2012 [92.3] ::
122. ↑69 (191) : Vampire Hunter D (manga) 6 – DMP, Nov 2011 [81.8] ::
132. ↑50 (182) : Maelstrom (ebook) 3 – Yaoi Press, Jul 2011 [79.6] ::
134. ↑47 (181) : Maelstrom (ebook) 5 – Yaoi Press, Jul 2011 [78.9] ::
138. ↓-47 (91) : Manga Cookbook – Japanime’s Manga University, Aug 2007 [77.2] ::

Manga Bestsellers: 2012, Week Ending 12 February

March 17, 2012 by Matt Blind 1 Comment

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 [471.0] ::
2. ↑3 (5) : Negima! 33 – Kodansha Comics, Jan 2012 [424.8] ::
3. ↑7 (10) : Sailor Moon 4 – Kodansha Comics, Mar 2012 [410.3] ::
4. ↓-2 (2) : Sailor Moon 1 – Kodansha Comics, Sep 2011 [407.5] ::
5. ↓-2 (3) : Sailor Moon 2 – Kodansha Comics, Nov 2011 [398.5] ::
6. ↓-2 (4) : Black Butler 8 – Yen Press, Jan 2012 [376.5] ::
7. ↑2 (9) : Naruto 53 – Viz Shonen Jump, Dec 2011 [363.8] ::
8. ↔0 (8) : Sailor Moon Codename: Sailor V 1 – Kodansha Comics, Sep 2011 [363.0] ::
9. ↓-2 (7) : Naruto 54 – Viz Shonen Jump, Mar 2012 [343.5] ::
10. ↑10 (20) : Sailor Moon Codename: Sailor V 2 – Kodansha Comics, Nov 2011 [338.0] ::

Top Imprints
Number of volumes ranking in the Top 500:

Viz Shonen Jump 90
Yen Press 76
Viz Shojo Beat 70
Kodansha Comics 42
Viz Shonen Jump Advanced 32
Seven Seas 21
Dark Horse 17
DMP Juné 17
Vizkids 16
Del Rey 10

Series/Property

1. ↔0 (1) : Sailor Moon – Kodansha Comics [1,104.9] ::
2. ↔0 (2) : Naruto – Viz Shonen Jump [909.3] ::
3. ↔0 (3) : Black Butler – Yen Press [825.7] ::
4. ↔0 (4) : Maximum Ride – Yen Press [669.2] ::
5. ↔0 (5) : Negima! – Del Rey/Kodansha Comics [631.8] ::
6. ↔0 (6) : Highschool of the Dead – Yen Press [561.4] ::
7. ↑10 (17) : Bleach – Viz Shonen Jump [518.8] ::
8. ↓-1 (7) : Fullmetal Alchemist – Viz [504.1] ::
9. ↔0 (9) : Pokemon – Vizkids [475.2] ::
10. ↓-2 (8) : Rosario+Vampire – Viz Shonen Jump Advanced [470.5] ::

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

3. ↑7 (10) : Sailor Moon 4 – Kodansha Comics, Mar 2012 [410.3] ::
9. ↓-2 (7) : Naruto 54 – Viz Shonen Jump, Mar 2012 [343.5] ::
22. ↑19 (41) : Bleach 38 – Viz Shonen Jump, Mar 2012 [266.2] ::
25. ↑95 (120) : Omamori Himari 6 – Yen Press, Feb 2012 [238.5] ::
28. ↑77 (105) : Blue Exorcist 6 – Viz Shonen Jump Advanced, Feb 2012 [225.1] ::
46. ↑97 (143) : Bakuman 9 – Viz Shonen Jump, Feb 2012 [188.8] ::
47. ↑8 (55) : xxxHolic 19 – Kodansha Comics, Feb 2012 [188.1] ::
51. ↑10 (61) : Naruto 55 – Viz Shonen Jump, Mar 2012 [180.8] ::
54. ↑9 (63) : Cardcaptor Sakura Omnibus 3 – Dark Horse, Feb 2012 [172.1] ::
68. ↑351 (419) : Kamisama Kiss 7 – Viz Shojo Beat, Feb 2012 [130.8] ::

Preorders

18. ↑1 (19) : Sailor Moon 5 – Kodansha Comics, Apr 2012 [288.8] ::
27. ↓-1 (26) : Sailor Moon 6 – Kodansha Comics, Jun 2012 [232.8] ::
34. ↑26 (60) : Sailor Moon 7 – Kodansha Comics, Sep 2012 [207.5] ::
64. ↑5 (69) : Negima! 34 – Kodansha Comics, Apr 2012 [144.5] ::
128. ↓-5 (123) : Dance in the Vampire Bund 12 – Seven Seas, Jun 2012 [85.9] ::
135. ↓-4 (131) : The Betrayal Knows My Name 3 – Yen Press, Apr 2012 [80.7] ::
168. ↓-13 (155) : The Betrayal Knows My Name 4 – Yen Press, Aug 2012 [64.6] ::
173. ↓-33 (140) : Naruto 57 – Viz Shonen Jump, Jul 2012 [63.7] ::
189. ↓-27 (162) : Toradora! 4 – Seven Seas, Apr 2012 [57.3] ::
204. ↑138 (342) : Black Butler 9 – Yen Press, Jul 2012 [53.6] ::

Manhwa

306. ↓-38 (268) : JTF-3 Counter Ops (ebook) – RealinterfaceStudios.com, Mar 2011 [39.0] ::
354. ↓-175 (179) : Black God 15 – Yen Press, Jan 2012 [32.5] ::
389. ↑62 (451) : March Story 3 – Viz Signature, Oct 2011 [28.0] ::
449. ↓-93 (356) : Bride of the Water God 9 – Dark Horse, Oct 2011 [23.4] ::
463. ↑610 (1073) : Bride of the Water God 10 – Dark Horse, Jan 2012 [22.7] ::
519. ↑147 (666) : March Story 2 – Viz Signature, Apr 2011 [18.9] ::
590. ↑385 (975) : Bride of the Water God 1 – Dark Horse, Oct 2007 [15.0] ::
719. ↑ (last ranked 16 Oct 11) : Pig Bride 5 – Yen Press, Jul 2010 [10.4] ::
755. ↑ (last ranked 22 Jan 12) : Jack Frost 4 – Yen Press, Dec 2010 [9.8] ::
928. ↑242 (1170) : March Story 1 – Viz Signature, Oct 2010 [5.8] ::

BL/Yaoi

23. ↑24 (47) : Finder Series 5 Truth in the View Finder – DMP Juné, Dec 2011 [240.7] ::
58. ↑18 (76) : Private Teacher 2 – DMP Juné, Jan 2012 [160.9] ::
72. ↑8 (80) : Maelstrom (ebook) 1 – Yaoi Press, Jun 2011 [126.9] ::
83. ↑21 (104) : Ambiguous Relationship – DMP Juné, Mar 2012 [112.6] ::
97. ↑120 (217) : Only Serious About You 2 – DMP Juné, Dec 2011 [102.0] ::
100. ↑1 (101) : A Fallen Saint’s Kiss – 801 Media, Jan 2012 [97.1] ::
118. ↑202 (320) : Private Teacher 1 – DMP Juné, Jan 2012 [88.7] ::
143. ↓-33 (110) : Seven Days Friday-Sunday – DMP Juné, Sep 2011 [76.0] ::
146. ↓-8 (138) : Finder Series 4 Prisoner in the View Finder – DMP Juné, Aug 2011 [74.2] ::
160. ↑141 (301) : The Tyrant Falls in Love 5 – DMP Juné, Jan 2012 [66.5] ::

Ebooks

72. ↑8 (80) : Maelstrom (ebook) 1 – Yaoi Press, Jun 2011 [126.9] ::
73. ↑15 (88) : How to Draw Manga (ebook) Lesson 1 Eyes – Japanime’s Manga University, May 2011 [126.3] ::
74. ↑10 (84) : Vampire Cheerleaders 1 – Seven Seas, Mar 2011 [126.2] ::
91. ↑7 (98) : Manga Cookbook – Japanime’s Manga University, Aug 2007 [105.0] ::
108. ↓-31 (77) : Amazing Agent Luna 1 – Seven Seas, Mar 2005 [93.0] ::
123. ↓-4 (119) : The Outcast 1 – Seven Seas, Sep 2007 [87.1] ::
132. ↓-26 (106) : Amazing Agent Luna 2 – Seven Seas, Jul 2005 [81.8] ::
133. ↑18 (151) : Kanji de Manga 1 – Japanime’s Manga University, Jan 2005 [81.0] ::
140. ↓-10 (130) : Dragon Ball Z Legend: The Quest Continues – Cocoro Books, May 2004 [76.9] ::
155. ↑2 (157) : Manga Moods – Japanime’s Manga University, Mar 2006 [68.0] ::

Manga Radar: 5 February 2012

February 17, 2012 by Matt Blind Leave a Comment

Database Additions for 05 February

A Devil & Her Love Song 1 – Viz Shojo Beat, Feb 2012 ::
A Devil & Her Love Song 2 – Viz Shojo Beat, Apr 2012 ::
Chayamachi’s Collection: BLANC (ebook) – DMP Digital Manga Guild, Jan 2012 ::
Flower Shadow’s Memory (ebook) – DMP Digital Manga Guild, Jan 2012 ::
Gantz 22 – Dark Horse, May 2012 ::
Interval (ebook) – DMP Digital Manga Guild, Jan 2012 ::
Kids Are Doing Fine Today! (ebook) – DMP Digital Manga Guild, Jan 2012 ::
Novus Karma (ebook) 1 – MangaMagazine, Aug 2012 ::
Ooku: The Inner Chambers 7 – Viz Signature, Jul 2012 ::
Puella Magi Madoka Magica 1 – Yen Press, May 2012 ::
Puella Magi Madoka Magica 2 – Yen Press, Aug 2012 ::
Samejima-Kun & Sasahara-Kun – DMP Juné, May 2012 ::
Soul Eater 10 – Yen Press, Aug 2012 ::
The Secret World of Arrietty Picture Book – Viz Ghibli Library, Feb 2012 ::
The Tyrant Falls in Love 6 – DMP Juné, May 2012 ::
Trapped Wizard (ebook) – Yaoi Press, Feb 2012 ::
Yu-Gi-Oh! GX 9 – Viz Shonen Jump, Aug 2012 ::

Black Eyed Susan (ebook) chapters 1-10 – MangaMagazine, Jul 2011 ::
Hot Tails 1 – Fantagraphics Eros Comix, Dec 1998 ::
Midnight Hunters (ebook) chapters 1-10 – MangaMagazine, Aug 2011 ::
Silky Whip 1 – Fantagraphics Eros Comix, Feb 2002 ::
Super Taboo 1 – Fantagraphics Eros Comix, Oct 1998 ::
Super Taboo 2 – Fantagraphics Eros Comix, Apr 1999 ::
The Soul Chaser (ebook) 1 – MangaMagazine, Aug 2011 ::
Two Keys (ebook) 1 – MangaMagazine, Oct 2011 ::

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A few notes: The Secret World of Arriety Picture Book, a simplified retelling of the movie’s story using filmcaps instead of new illustrations, is not the same as The Art of The Secret World of Arriety, which is a behind-the-scenes peek into process & production. Both are from Viz’s Ghibli Library imprint – if you like Miyazaki’s movies, its worth investing in those “Art of” books.

A Devil & Her Love Song has a listed publication date of 7 February on most sites, but has been in bookstores for about 2 weeks now; at least, I bought my copy a couple weeks ago.

I’m not sure what MangaMagazine.net‘s business model is, or how well they’re treating their artists, but I can tell you quite a few books are showing up in the Kindle store — or at least the chapters are, for 99¢ a pop. At that price, quite a few 1st chapters are selling well. (Well enough to start clogging up my bestseller chart, at any rate.) As you can see above, I’m going to list these chapters by respective volume (when known) or in a condensed listing (i.e. chapters 1-10 as seen above) just to keep thing neat.

The blast from the past this week is a quartet of books from Fantagraphics’s Eros imprint (I thought I had found all those but I guess I need to revisit the topic every now and then.) With a name like Eros, to say nothing of the titles, you can guess exactly what is in these books; Silky Whip is from Air Gear and Tenjo Tenge artist Oh!Great and so might be of (additional) interest.

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Top Preorders

7. ↓-1 (6) : Naruto 54 – Viz Shonen Jump, Mar 2012 [383.5] ::
10. ↑2 (12) : Sailor Moon 4 – Kodansha Comics, Mar 2012 [352.0] ::
19. ↓-3 (16) : Sailor Moon 5 – Kodansha Comics, Apr 2012 [297.6] ::
26. ↓-2 (24) : Sailor Moon 6 – Kodansha Comics, Jun 2012 [236.5] ::
41. ↑109 (150) : Bleach 38 – Viz Shonen Jump, Mar 2012 [180.7] ::
60. ↑10 (70) : Sailor Moon 7 – Kodansha Comics, Sep 2012 [147.7] ::
61. ↑4 (65) : Naruto 55 – Viz Shonen Jump, Mar 2012 [146.2] ::
69. ↑15 (84) : Negima! 34 – Kodansha Comics, Apr 2012 [133.7] ::
104. ↑19 (123) : Ambiguous Relationship – DMP Juné, Mar 2012 [93.7] ::
123. ↓-21 (102) : Dance in the Vampire Bund 12 – Seven Seas, Jun 2012 [85.2] ::

Manga Bestsellers: 2012, Week Ending 05 February

February 17, 2012 by Matt Blind Leave a Comment

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 [477.0] ::
2. ↔0 (2) : Sailor Moon 1 – Kodansha Comics, Sep 2011 [427.5] ::
3. ↔0 (3) : Sailor Moon 2 – Kodansha Comics, Nov 2011 [422.3] ::
4. ↔0 (4) : Black Butler 8 – Yen Press, Jan 2012 [412.5] ::
5. ↑17 (22) : Negima! 33 – Kodansha Comics, Jan 2012 [398.4] ::
6. ↓-1 (5) : Maximum Ride 5 – Yen Press, Dec 2011 [393.1] ::
7. ↓-1 (6) : Naruto 54 – Viz Shonen Jump, Mar 2012 [383.5] ::
8. ↓-1 (7) : Sailor Moon Codename: Sailor V 1 – Kodansha Comics, Sep 2011 [375.3] ::
9. ↓-1 (8) : Naruto 53 – Viz Shonen Jump, Dec 2011 [355.1] ::
10. ↑2 (12) : Sailor Moon 4 – Kodansha Comics, Mar 2012 [352.0] ::

Top Imprints
Number of volumes ranking in the Top 500:

Yen Press 82
Viz Shonen Jump 81
Viz Shojo Beat 67
Kodansha Comics 46
Viz Shonen Jump Advanced 37
Seven Seas 21
Dark Horse 17
Vizkids 17
DMP Juné 16
HC/Tokyopop 10

Series/Property

1. ↔0 (1) : Sailor Moon – Kodansha Comics [1,115.5] ::
2. ↔0 (2) : Naruto – Viz Shonen Jump [943.5] ::
3. ↔0 (3) : Black Butler – Yen Press [846.5] ::
4. ↔0 (4) : Maximum Ride – Yen Press [791.5] ::
5. ↑5 (10) : Negima! – Del Rey/Kodansha Comics [636.1] ::
6. ↓-1 (5) : Highschool of the Dead – Yen Press [590.8] ::
7. ↓-1 (6) : Fullmetal Alchemist – Viz [534.4] ::
8. ↑1 (9) : Rosario+Vampire – Viz Shonen Jump Advanced [524.9] ::
9. ↓-1 (8) : Pokemon – Vizkids [514.1] ::
10. ↓-3 (7) : Black Bird – Viz Shojo Beat [499.7] ::

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

1. ↔0 (1) : Sailor Moon 3 – Kodansha Comics, Jan 2012 [477.0] ::
4. ↔0 (4) : Black Butler 8 – Yen Press, Jan 2012 [412.5] ::
5. ↑17 (22) : Negima! 33 – Kodansha Comics, Jan 2012 [398.4] ::
11. ↓-1 (10) : Black Bird 12 – Viz Shojo Beat, Jan 2012 [345.3] ::
12. ↓-1 (11) : Rosario+Vampire Season II 7 – Viz Shonen Jump Advanced, Jan 2012 [339.5] ::
14. ↑1 (15) : Highschool of the Dead 5 – Yen Press, Jan 2012 [328.4] ::
18. ↓-5 (13) : Pandora Hearts 8 – Yen Press, Jan 2012 [321.8] ::
21. ↓-4 (17) : Skip Beat! 26 – Viz Shojo Beat, Jan 2012 [269.0] ::
23. ↑7 (30) : Durarara!! 1 – Yen Press, Jan 2012 [249.6] ::
27. ↓-4 (23) : Pokemon Black & White 5 – Vizkids, Jan 2012 [229.4] ::

Preorders

7. ↓-1 (6) : Naruto 54 – Viz Shonen Jump, Mar 2012 [383.5] ::
10. ↑2 (12) : Sailor Moon 4 – Kodansha Comics, Mar 2012 [352.0] ::
19. ↓-3 (16) : Sailor Moon 5 – Kodansha Comics, Apr 2012 [297.6] ::
26. ↓-2 (24) : Sailor Moon 6 – Kodansha Comics, Jun 2012 [236.5] ::
41. ↑109 (150) : Bleach 38 – Viz Shonen Jump, Mar 2012 [180.7] ::
60. ↑10 (70) : Sailor Moon 7 – Kodansha Comics, Sep 2012 [147.7] ::
61. ↑4 (65) : Naruto 55 – Viz Shonen Jump, Mar 2012 [146.2] ::
69. ↑15 (84) : Negima! 34 – Kodansha Comics, Apr 2012 [133.7] ::
104. ↑19 (123) : Ambiguous Relationship – DMP Juné, Mar 2012 [93.7] ::
123. ↓-21 (102) : Dance in the Vampire Bund 12 – Seven Seas, Jun 2012 [85.2] ::

Manhwa

179. ↑314 (493) : Black God 15 – Yen Press, Jan 2012 [61.3] ::
268. ↓-5 (263) : JTF-3 Counter Ops (ebook) – RealinterfaceStudios.com, Mar 2011 [42.9] ::
356. ↑21 (377) : Bride of the Water God 9 – Dark Horse, Oct 2011 [31.5] ::
366. ↓-174 (192) : Laon 6 – Yen Press, Jul 2011 [30.4] ::
451. ↑163 (614) : March Story 3 – Viz Signature, Oct 2011 [23.3] ::
487. ↓-230 (257) : Totally Captivated 3 – Netcomics, Jun 2008 [20.8] ::
512. ↓-210 (302) : Totally Captivated 4 – Netcomics, Sep 2008 [19.1] ::
666. ↓-34 (632) : March Story 2 – Viz Signature, Apr 2011 [12.3] ::
736. ↑61 (797) : Goong 11 – Yen Press, May 2011 [9.9] ::
762. ↓-243 (519) : Totally Captivated 6 – Netcomics, Feb 2009 [9.2] ::

BL/Yaoi

47. ↑66 (113) : Finder Series 5 Truth in the View Finder – DMP Juné, Dec 2011 [169.1] ::
76. ↑15 (91) : Private Teacher 2 – DMP Juné, Jan 2012 [123.9] ::
80. ↓-18 (62) : Maelstrom (ebook) 1 – Yaoi Press, Jun 2011 [121.5] ::
101. ↑11 (112) : A Fallen Saint’s Kiss – 801 Media, Jan 2012 [96.9] ::
104. ↑19 (123) : Ambiguous Relationship – DMP Juné, Mar 2012 [93.7] ::
110. ↓-4 (106) : Seven Days Friday-Sunday – DMP Juné, Sep 2011 [91.4] ::
116. ↓-15 (101) : Mr. Tiger & Mr. Wolf – DMP Juné, Sep 2011 [87.1] ::
138. ↑50 (188) : Finder Series 4 Prisoner in the View Finder – DMP Juné, Aug 2011 [77.0] ::
177. ↑281 (458) : Seven Days Monday-Thursday – DMP Juné, Aug 2010 [61.6] ::
188. ↓-5 (183) : Maelstrom (ebook) 6 – Yaoi Press, Aug 2011 [59.9] ::

Ebooks

77. ↓-22 (55) : Amazing Agent Luna 1 – Seven Seas, Mar 2005 [123.0] ::
80. ↓-18 (62) : Maelstrom (ebook) 1 – Yaoi Press, Jun 2011 [121.5] ::
84. ↓-10 (74) : Vampire Cheerleaders 1 – Seven Seas, Mar 2011 [117.0] ::
88. ↓-17 (71) : How to Draw Manga (ebook) Lesson 1 Eyes – Japanime’s Manga University, May 2011 [113.3] ::
98. ↑33 (131) : Manga Cookbook – Japanime’s Manga University, Aug 2007 [100.2] ::
106. ↓-11 (95) : Amazing Agent Luna 2 – Seven Seas, Jul 2005 [92.6] ::
113. ↑30 (143) : Sin (ebook) chapters 1-10 – MangaMagazine, Sep 2011 [89.0] ::
119. ↓-23 (96) : The Outcast 1 – Seven Seas, Sep 2007 [86.1] ::
130. ↓-27 (103) : Dragon Ball Z Legend: The Quest Continues – Cocoro Books, May 2004 [82.2] ::
151. ↓-25 (126) : Kanji de Manga 1 – Japanime’s Manga University, Jan 2005 [71.6] ::

Manga Radar: 29 January 2012

February 14, 2012 by Matt Blind Leave a Comment

Database Additions for 29 January

Border Control: Fate (ebook) – DMP Digital Manga Guild, Jan 2012 ::
Career Gate (ebook) – DMP Digital Manga Guild, Jan 2012 ::
Gentlemen’s Agreement Between A Rabbit & A Wolf (ebook) – DMP Juné, Jan 2012 ::
I’m the Big Brother (ebook) – DMP Digital Manga Guild, Jan 2012 ::
Silly Gossip (ebook) – DMP Digital Manga Guild, Jan 2012 ::
Welcome to the SMC (ebook) – DMP Digital Manga Guild, Jan 2012 ::
You’re Mine (ebook) 1 – Publingual Inc., Jan 2012 ::

Dirty Pair A Plague of Angels – Dark Horse, Jul 1994 ::
Dirty Pair Biohazards – Dark Horse, Sep 1998 ::
Dirty Pair Dangerous Acquaintances – Dark Horse, Jun 1997 ::
Dirty Pair Fatal but not Serious – Dark Horse, Aug 1996 ::
Dirty Pair Run from the Future – Dark Horse, Mar 2002 ::
Dirty Pair Sim Hell – Dark Horse, Dec 1994 ::
Dirty Pair Sim Hell: Remastered – Dark Horse, Oct 2002 ::
Dirty Pair The Dirty Pair Strike Again (novel) – Dark Horse, Mar 2008 ::
Dirty Pair The Great Adventure of the Dirty Pair (novel) – Dark Horse, Sep 2007 ::
Lullabies from Hell – Dark Horse, May 2006 ::
Onegai Teacher 1 – ComicsOne, Apr 2005 ::
Onegai Teacher 2 – ComicsOne, Apr 2005 ::
Onegai Teacher (novel) – ComicsOne, Apr 2005 ::
Onegai Teacher Official Fanbook – ComicsOne, Apr 2005 ::
Secret Comics Japan – Viz, Jun 2000 ::
Sin (ebook) chapters 1-10 – MangaMagazine, Sep 2011 ::
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (novel) – Bandai, Jul 2009 ::

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I’ll start with two reminders: First, the ‘radar’ picks up new titles as soon as they show up in sources – for physical books, that’s a few months out; for e- it’s often just the week of release. And that’s what we see above: a short slate of ebooks coming out for Kindle. The DMP Juné book, A Gentlemen’s Agreement Between A Rabbit & A Wolf should also be out in paperback soon, if not by the time you read this.

My second reminder is that the radar sweeps in both directions, and also scoops up titles from the dim and dusty past of licenced manga – you know, like 7 & 8 years ago. [ancient texts.]

Fixing an obvious oversight on my part: Dirty Pair! Oh wow. Now, some might object to the inclusion of these books in a ‘manga’ chart, as only the characters were licensed: Dirty Pair was an anime based on a novel, *not* originally a manga series, and the Dark Horse books are by western writers & artists. Whatevs. I like it. (Dark Horse helpfully published two of the original novels as well, in 2007-8)

Also on the based-on-an-anime track, ComicsOne published 4 books to tie-in to the Please Teacher series, but translated the title as Onegai Teacher, just to be sure at least some fans would never find them.

Finally, two worthy of note: Hideshi Hino’s Lullabies from Hell for you horror manga fans (Dark Horse also licensed Living Corpse from the same author) and Secret Comics Japan from Viz, which promises at least a few grotesqueries among its selections of ‘underground’ manga.

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Top Preorders

6. ↓-1 (5) : Naruto 54 – Viz Shonen Jump, Mar 2012 [385.3] ::
12. ↑2 (14) : Sailor Moon 4 – Kodansha Comics, Mar 2012 [353.5] ::
16. ↓-1 (15) : Sailor Moon 5 – Kodansha Comics, Apr 2012 [298.7] ::
24. ↓-1 (23) : Sailor Moon 6 – Kodansha Comics, Jun 2012 [245.1] ::
59. ↓-3 (56) : xxxHolic 19 – Kodansha Comics, Feb 2012 [148.3] ::
65. ↑26 (91) : Naruto 55 – Viz Shonen Jump, Mar 2012 [135.5] ::
70. ↑26 (96) : Sailor Moon 7 – Kodansha Comics, Sep 2012 [132.5] ::
84. ↑9 (93) : Negima! 34 – Kodansha Comics, Apr 2012 [114.5] ::
102. ↓-19 (83) : Dance in the Vampire Bund 12 – Seven Seas, Jun 2012 [95.8] ::
123. ↑13 (136) : Ambiguous Relationship – DMP Juné, Mar 2012 [86.3] ::

Manga Bestsellers: 2012, Week Ending 29 January

February 14, 2012 by Matt Blind Leave a Comment

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 [477.0] ::
2. ↑1 (3) : Sailor Moon 1 – Kodansha Comics, Sep 2011 [434.5] ::
3. ↓-1 (2) : Sailor Moon 2 – Kodansha Comics, Nov 2011 [423.5] ::
4. ↑6 (10) : Black Butler 8 – Yen Press, Jan 2012 [409.3] ::
5. ↓-1 (4) : Maximum Ride 5 – Yen Press, Dec 2011 [392.3] ::
6. ↓-1 (5) : Naruto 54 – Viz Shonen Jump, Mar 2012 [385.3] ::
7. ↑5 (12) : Sailor Moon Codename: Sailor V 1 – Kodansha Comics, Sep 2011 [377.3] ::
8. ↑1 (9) : Naruto 53 – Viz Shonen Jump, Dec 2011 [366.8] ::
9. ↓-1 (8) : Fullmetal Alchemist 27 – Viz, Dec 2011 [364.7] ::
10. ↓-4 (6) : Black Bird 12 – Viz Shojo Beat, Jan 2012 [361.4] ::

Top Imprints
Number of volumes ranking in the Top 500:

Viz Shonen Jump 80
Yen Press 79
Viz Shojo Beat 68
Kodansha Comics 41
Viz Shonen Jump Advanced 33
Seven Seas 23
Vizkids 18
DMP Juné 16
Dark Horse 14
HC/Tokyopop 13

Series/Property

1. ↔0 (1) : Sailor Moon – Kodansha Comics [1,124.3] ::
2. ↔0 (2) : Naruto – Viz Shonen Jump [957.4] ::
3. ↑1 (4) : Black Butler – Yen Press [794.1] ::
4. ↓-1 (3) : Maximum Ride – Yen Press [793.4] ::
5. ↑5 (10) : Highschool of the Dead – Yen Press [582.3] ::
6. ↓-1 (5) : Fullmetal Alchemist – Viz [571.7] ::
7. ↓-1 (6) : Black Bird – Viz Shojo Beat [562.9] ::
8. ↓-1 (7) : Pokemon – Vizkids [560.6] ::
9. ↓-1 (8) : Rosario+Vampire – Viz Shonen Jump Advanced [538.8] ::
10. ↑1 (11) : Negima! – Del Rey/Kodansha Comics [504.6] ::

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

1. ↔0 (1) : Sailor Moon 3 – Kodansha Comics, Jan 2012 [477.0] ::
4. ↑6 (10) : Black Butler 8 – Yen Press, Jan 2012 [409.3] ::
5. ↓-1 (4) : Maximum Ride 5 – Yen Press, Dec 2011 [392.3] ::
8. ↑1 (9) : Naruto 53 – Viz Shonen Jump, Dec 2011 [366.8] ::
9. ↓-1 (8) : Fullmetal Alchemist 27 – Viz, Dec 2011 [364.7] ::
10. ↓-4 (6) : Black Bird 12 – Viz Shojo Beat, Jan 2012 [361.4] ::
11. ↓-4 (7) : Rosario+Vampire Season II 7 – Viz Shonen Jump Advanced, Jan 2012 [357.0] ::
13. ↑14 (27) : Pandora Hearts 8 – Yen Press, Jan 2012 [351.5] ::
15. ↑17 (32) : Highschool of the Dead 5 – Yen Press, Jan 2012 [305.6] ::
17. ↓-6 (11) : Skip Beat! 26 – Viz Shojo Beat, Jan 2012 [298.6] ::

Preorders

6. ↓-1 (5) : Naruto 54 – Viz Shonen Jump, Mar 2012 [385.3] ::
12. ↑2 (14) : Sailor Moon 4 – Kodansha Comics, Mar 2012 [353.5] ::
16. ↓-1 (15) : Sailor Moon 5 – Kodansha Comics, Apr 2012 [298.7] ::
24. ↓-1 (23) : Sailor Moon 6 – Kodansha Comics, Jun 2012 [245.1] ::
59. ↓-3 (56) : xxxHolic 19 – Kodansha Comics, Feb 2012 [148.3] ::
65. ↑26 (91) : Naruto 55 – Viz Shonen Jump, Mar 2012 [135.5] ::
70. ↑26 (96) : Sailor Moon 7 – Kodansha Comics, Sep 2012 [132.5] ::
84. ↑9 (93) : Negima! 34 – Kodansha Comics, Apr 2012 [114.5] ::
102. ↓-19 (83) : Dance in the Vampire Bund 12 – Seven Seas, Jun 2012 [95.8] ::
123. ↑13 (136) : Ambiguous Relationship – DMP Juné, Mar 2012 [86.3] ::

Manhwa

192. ↑ (last ranked 20 Nov 11) : Laon 6 – Yen Press, Jul 2011 [60.8] ::
257. ↑820 (1077) : Totally Captivated 3 – Netcomics, Jun 2008 [43.4] ::
263. ↑121 (384) : JTF-3 Counter Ops (ebook) – RealinterfaceStudios.com, Mar 2011 [42.6] ::
302. ↑1024 (1326) : Totally Captivated 4 – Netcomics, Sep 2008 [37.3] ::
377. ↑454 (831) : Bride of the Water God 9 – Dark Horse, Oct 2011 [29.3] ::
486. ↑259 (745) : Angel Diary 11 – Yen Press, Mar 2010 [20.1] ::
493. ↑192 (685) : Black God 15 – Yen Press, Jan 2012 [19.8] ::
519. ↑1272 (1791) : Totally Captivated 6 – Netcomics, Feb 2009 [18.3] ::
614. ↑353 (967) : March Story 3 – Viz Signature, Oct 2011 [14.4] ::
632. ↑9 (641) : March Story 2 – Viz Signature, Apr 2011 [13.5] ::

BL/Yaoi

62. ↑3 (65) : Maelstrom (ebook) 1 – Yaoi Press, Jun 2011 [140.3] ::
91. ↑7 (98) : Private Teacher 2 – DMP Juné, Jan 2012 [103.6] ::
101. ↓-30 (71) : Mr. Tiger & Mr. Wolf – DMP Juné, Sep 2011 [95.9] ::
106. ↓-12 (94) : Seven Days Friday-Sunday – DMP Juné, Sep 2011 [94.5] ::
112. ↓-30 (82) : A Fallen Saint’s Kiss – 801 Media, Jan 2012 [90.9] ::
113. ↑38 (151) : Finder Series 5 Truth in the View Finder – DMP Juné, Dec 2011 [90.3] ::
123. ↑13 (136) : Ambiguous Relationship – DMP Juné, Mar 2012 [86.3] ::
183. ↑37 (220) : Maelstrom (ebook) 6 – Yaoi Press, Aug 2011 [62.2] ::
188. ↑21 (209) : Finder Series 4 Prisoner in the View Finder – DMP Juné, Aug 2011 [61.1] ::
221. ↓-96 (125) : Storm Flower – DMP Juné, Dec 2011 [52.3] ::

Ebooks

55. ↓-16 (39) : Amazing Agent Luna 1 – Seven Seas, Mar 2005 [159.0] ::
62. ↑3 (65) : Maelstrom (ebook) 1 – Yaoi Press, Jun 2011 [140.3] ::
71. ↓-13 (58) : How to Draw Manga (ebook) Lesson 1 Eyes – Japanime’s Manga University, May 2011 [132.0] ::
74. ↓-20 (54) : Vampire Cheerleaders 1 – Seven Seas, Mar 2011 [127.8] ::
95. ↓-21 (74) : Amazing Agent Luna 2 – Seven Seas, Jul 2005 [100.5] ::
96. ↓-30 (66) : The Outcast 1 – Seven Seas, Sep 2007 [100.0] ::
103. ↑53 (156) : Dragon Ball Z Legend: The Quest Continues – Cocoro Books, May 2004 [95.1] ::
111. ↑22 (133) : Manga Moods – Japanime’s Manga University, Mar 2006 [91.0] ::
126. ↑63 (189) : Kanji de Manga 1 – Japanime’s Manga University, Jan 2005 [81.5] ::
131. ↓-34 (97) : Manga Cookbook – Japanime’s Manga University, Aug 2007 [79.2] ::

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