Every week, Viz Media and the New York Times posts the top ten bestselling books. For Viz Media, it is the bestsellers on their site, Vizmanga.com. The New York Times gets their numbers of print sales from retailers. Offered here is a listing of these books with their status this week compared with the previous week, and some way-off analysis of the activity.
Vizmanga.com for the week of September 23, 2014
Nisekoi Vol 9 ∗- Future Diary Vol 6 ∗
- Chibi Vampire Vol 13 ↓ 2
- Miyuki-Chan in Wonderland Vol 1 ∗
- One Piece Vol 72 ↔
- Suki Vol 1 ∗
- Food Wars! Vol 3 ↓ 1
- One-Punch Man Vol 4 ↵
- Seraph of the End Vol 2 ↵
It’s another strong week for digital only/digital first titles. The newest Nisekoi volume takes over the top spot and is followed by the new volume of Future Diary. CLAMP shows its older works still have pull as new rescues for the Select line, Miyuki-Chan in Wonderland and Suki debut on the list. One Punch Man and Seraph of the End made conspicuous returns as well.
New York Times Bestseller List for September 27, 2014
Attack on Titan Vol 1 ↑ 1- One Piece Vol 72 ∗
- Soul Eater Vol 22 ∗
- Attack on Titan Vol 13 ↓ 1
- Spice and Wolf Vol 9 ∗
- Attack on Titan No Regrets Vol 1 ↑ 2
- Durarara!! Yellow Scarves Arc Vol 1 ∗
- Noragami Vol 1 ↓ 7
- Yu-Gi-Oh 5Ds Vol 6 ↓ 3
- Seven Deadly Sins Vol 4 ↓ 1
New titles from Yen Press make an impression on the list this week. Soul Eater gets as high on the list as Pirates and Titans will let it. Spice and Wolf makes a welcome return and Durarara!!‘s newest series isn’t in too far behind. And speaking of Titans, Volume 1 amazingly retakes the top spot, and No Regrets is now 3 months on the list with only one week dropped! Kodansha still rules the list with the help of the titans at 5 spots, and Yen Press gets to enjoy a momentary second with 3 and Viz lagging behind at 2.
Legend:
∗ = New Release
↑ = Title moved up specified # of spots
↓ = Title moved down specified # of spots
↔ = Title didn’t moved from previous week
↵ = Title returned after dropping off list
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