Manga Xanadu

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 November 11, 2014 Bleach Vol 62     ↔ Chibi Vampire: Airmail     ∗ Naruto Vol 67     ↵ Naruto Vol 1     ↓ 1 Naruto Vol 2     ↓ 1 Blue Exorcist Vol 12     ↓ 4 Trinity Blood Vol 9     ∗ Lucky★Star Vol 5     ∗ Nisekoi Vol 5     ↵ Vampire Knight Vol 19     ∗ Bleach keeps its hold on the top spot for a second week in a row. It’s followed by the anthology Chibi Vampire: Airmail and a trio of Naruto volumes. The newest, vol 67 returns, pushing vol 1-2 back one place each. Select titles Trinity Blood and Lucky Star debut with their newest volumes, and surprisingly, Nisekoi vol 5 returns with vol 6’s print release. Vampire Knight Vol 19 debuting isn’t a surprise,…

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 November 4, 2014 Bleach Vol 62     ∗ Blue Exorcist Vol 12     ∗ Naruto Vol 1     ↵ Naruto Vol 2     ↵ Claymore Vol 25     ∗ Dengeki Daisy Vol 15     ∗ Jojo’s Bizarre Adventures Part 1: Vol 2     ∗ Kiss of the Rose Prince Vol 1     ∗ Food Wars Vol 3     ∗ Naruto Vol 3     ↵ Just as the Obata sale ends, Viz starts a Naruto sale, in honor of the series ending this month, and as expected, early titles hit this week’s list. The first three volumes make a respectable showing with volumes 1 and 2 breaking the top 5. New shonen titles take up the majority of the list with the newest Bleach taking the top spot. The second volume of…

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 October 28, 2014 All You Need Is Kill Vol 1     ↔ Future Diary Vol 7     ∗ Kyo Kara MAOH! Vol 2     ∗ All You Need Is Kill Vol 2     ↓ 2 Naruto Vol 67     ↓ 2 Hikaru no Go Vol 1     ↵ Hikaru no Go Vol 2     ↵ Death Note Vol 1     ↵ Death Note Vol 2     ↵ Trinity Blood Vol 8     ∗ With the Obata sale coming to an end, the first volumes of most of his titles surge onto the list. Hikaru no Go returns with the first two volumes as does Death Note. All You Need Is Kill vol 1 keeps the top spot while volume 2 takes a tumble-down two. Naruto just keeps a hold on the…

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 October 21, 2014: All You Need is Kill Vol 1     ↑ 4 All You Need is Kill Vol 2     ↑ 6 Naruto Vol 67     ↓ 1 Bakuman Vol 2     ↵ Mad Love Chase Vol 1     ∗ Suki Vol 2     ∗ Trinity Blood Vol 7     ∗ World Trigger Vol 1     ↑ 1 World Trigger Vol 2     ↵ Deadman Wonderland Vol 5     ↓ 9 Well, that’s quite a reversal of fortune for Deadman Wonderland vol 5. From #1 to #10 in one week. The continuing Obata sale has again made itself felt on the list with All You Need is Kill taking over the top two spots, and Bakuman switching out vol 1 for vol 2. Naruto keeps swimming around these titles, just…

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 October 14, 2014 Deadman Wonderland Vol 5     ∗ Naruto Vol 67     ↓ 1 Magi Vol 8     ∗ Case Closed Vol 52     ∗ All You Need is Kill Vol 1    ↑ 4 Bakuman Vol 1     ↵ All You Need is Kill Vol 2     ↑ 3 Bakuman Vol 2     ↵ World Trigger Vol 1     ↓ 7 Toriko Vol 24     ↓ 5 For the first time in quite a while, shojo has been completely pushed off the list, leaving this week all to shonen. Deadman Wonderland Vol 5‘s debut has pushed last week’s top title, Naruto Vol 67 down a slot. World Trigger took the biggest fall though, with Vol 1 tumbling down 7 spots to #9. Obata manga continues to do well. All…

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 October 7, 2014 Naruto Vol 67     ∗ World Trigger Vol 1     ∗ World Trigger Vol 2     ∗ My Love Story! Vol 2     ∗ Toriko Vol 24     ∗ Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan Vol 23     ∗ Vampire Knight Vol 19     ∗ Hikaru no Go Vol 1     ↵ All You Need Is Kill Vol 1     ↵ All You Need Is Kill Vol 2     ↵ New releases as well as a new anime has shonen titles dominating this list this week. The new Naruto volume takes the top spot. I would wonder if the news that it would end in the next month had anything to do with that, but Naruto always debuts at the top, so probably not. The World Trigger anime…

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 30, 2014 Chibi Vampire Vol 14     ∗ Kyo Kara MAOH! Vol 1     ∗ Fate/Stay Night Vol 10     ∗ Nisekoi Vol 9     ↓ 3 Lucky★Star Vol 3     ∗ Trinity Blood Vol 6     ∗ St. Lunatic High School Vol 2     ∗ Miyuki-chan in Wonderland Vol 1     ↓ 4 D • N • Angel Vol 13     ∗ Library Wars Vol 12     ∗ New digital Select titles means a nearly brand new list this week. The final volume of Chibi Vampire debuts at #1, which isn’t really a surprise if you’ve been watching it on the list. New license rescue, Kyo Kara MAOH! debuts at #2. This was another former Tokyopop title that did well in the day, and I suspect will do well in digital…

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…

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 16, 2014 Chibi Vampire Vol 13     ∗ Lucky☆Star Vol 2     ∗      Trinity Blood Vol 5     ∗ Fate/stay Night Vol 9     ∗ One Piece Vol 72     ↓ 4 Food Wars! Vol 3     ↑ 2 Bokurano Ours Vol 11     ∗ Bleach Vol 61     ↵ Skip•Beat Vol 33     ↓ 4 Time Killers     ↓ 6 New VizSelect titles knock down some of the new releases from last week. Chibi Vampire debuts again at the top with its penultimate volume. Newcomer Lucky Star is right behind with its second volume. In fact, the top 4 spots are taken by VizSelect titles, pushing the big Shonen Jump titles back down. Bleach rejoins his fellow SJ titles One Piece and Food Wars! while Bokurano Ours…

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 9, 2014 One Piece Vol 72     ∗ Seraph of the End Vol 2     ∗ JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Part 1 Vol 1     ∗ Time Killers     ∗ Skip•Beat Vol 33     ∗ Library Wars Vol 12     ∗ Dawn of the Arcana Vol 13     ∗ Food Wars! Vol 3     ↓  7 Seraph of the End Vol 1     ↵ One-Punch Man Vol 4     ↓ 2 Well, what a surprise. New shonen releases take over the list, and they are all at top. JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Part 1 debuts respectably at #3 as does Time Killers, Kazue Kato’s short story collection. The three shojo titles on the list bunch together in the middle with what is third-to-last volume of Library Wars, and the final volume of…

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 didn’t post at top ten this week, so no activity from them. However, I did discover I missed a month of the Nielson Book Scan Top 20 for July, so I will include it as well as August.   New York Times Bestseller List for the week ending September 6, 2014. Yu-Gi-Oh! 5Ds Vol. 6     ∗ One Piece Vol. 72     ∗ Attack on Titan Vol. 13      ↓ 2 Nisekoi! False Love Vol. 5     ∗ Pokemon Adventures Vol. 24     ∗ Time Killers: Kazue Kato Short Story Collection     ∗ Monster Musume Vol. 4     ↓ 4 Skip Beat Vol. 33     ∗ Attack on Titan Vol. 1     ↓ 4 High School DxD Vol. 2     ↓ 6 Viz Media, which had been purged from the list last…

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 August 26, 2014 Food Wars Vol. 3     ↔ Chibi Vampire Vol. 12     ∗ JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Part 3 Vol. 15     ∗ JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Part 3 Vol. 16     ∗ Future Diary Vol. 5     ∗ D • N • Angel Vol. 12     ∗ Fate/Stay Night Vol. 8     ∗ One Punch Man Vol. 4     ↓ 6 St. Lunatic High School Vol. 1     ∗ Trinity Blood Vol. 4     ∗ Digital-only titles absolutely dominate this week with new volumes and some new titles. Only two titles survived from last week, Food Wars and One Punch Man. JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Part 3 finishes its release just in time for Part 1 to start. Maybe we’ll be seeing a triple-tap next week. St. Lunatic High School is another Tokyopop…