Manga Xanadu

Every week, the New York Times and Amazon posts the top ten bestselling books. The New York Times gets their numbers from print sales from retailers, while Amazon calculates their own numbers. Once a month the Nielsen Bookscan posts their top twenty graphic novels of which manga is included. Offered here is a listing of these books with their status this week compared with the previous week, along with some commentary on the activity.

Every week, the New York Times and Amazon posts the top ten bestselling books. The New York Times gets their numbers from print sales from retailers, while Amazon and Vizmanga.com calculates their own numbers. Once a month the Nielsen Bookscan posts their top twenty graphic novels of which manga is included. 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.   New York Times Bestseller List for the week ending May 9, 2015 Legend of Zelda A Link to the Past     ∗ JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Book 1: Phantom Blood Vol 2     ∗ Rosario + Vampire: Season II Vol 14     ∗ Akame ga Kill Vol 2     ↓ 2 Big Hero Six Vol 1     ↑ 1 Attack on Titan Vol 1     ↓ 1 Assassination Classroom Vol 1     ↑ 2 Attack on Titan Vol 2     ↵ 44 Noragami Vol 4     ↓ 6 Attack on Titan Vol 15     ↓ 2 The top three titles this week are all debut titles and they all come from Viz Media. Legend of Zelda has been topping Amazon.com’s top ten manga for…

Every week, the New York Times and Amazon posts the top ten bestselling books. The New York Times gets their numbers from print sales from retailers, while Amazon and Vizmanga.com calculates their own numbers. Once a month the Nielsen Bookscan posts their top twenty graphic novels of which manga is included. 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.   New York Times Bestseller List for the week ending May 2, 2015 Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin Vol 9     ∗ Akame ga Kill! Vol 2     ↓ 1 Noragami Vol 4     ∗ Naruto Vol 69     ↵ 7 Attack on Titan Vol 1     96 Big Hero Six Vol 1     ↓ 3 Death Note Vol 1     ↵ 3 Attack on Titan Vol 15     ↓ 2 Assassination Classroom Vol 1     ↓ 4 Akame ga Kill! Vol 1     ↓ Forget about Titans, it’s the attack of the vol 1s! Half of the list this week is composed of vol 1s. Death Note, Assassination Classroom, and Akame ga Kill! join Attack on Titan and Big Hero Six in…