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 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 Time Bestseller List for the week ending March 7, 2015 Naruto Vol 69     ∗ Monster Musume Vol 6      ∗ JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Part 1 Phantom Blood Vol 1     ↓ 2 Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s Vol 7     ∗ Akame ga Kill!Vol 1     ↓ 2 Attack on Titan Vol 1     ↓ 2 Kamisama Kiss Vol 17     ∗ Nisekoi: False Love Vol 8     ∗ All You Need Is Kill     ↵ 3 Unofficial Hatsune Mix     ↓ 1 A new Naruto volume means a new top title on the NYT list this week. Vol 69 debuts at #1, followed closely behind by the monster girls of Monster Musume. Vol 6 would be #1 if it weren’t 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 February 28, 2015 JoJo’s Bizarre Adventures Part 1: Phantom Blood Vol 1     ∗ High School DxD Vol 4     ∗ Akame ga Kill! Vol 1     ↓ 2 Attack on Titan Vol 1     ↑ 1 Judge Vol 6     ∗ Black Butler Vol 19     ↓ 2 Deadman Wonderland Vol 7     ↓ 5 Dragonar Academy Vol 5     ↵ 2 Unofficial Hatsune Mix     ↓ 3 Assassination Classroom Vol 2     ↔ Viz’s print debut of JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Part 1 takes over the top spot this week. Also debuting at #2 is Yen Press’ High School DxD vol 4, a title that fits with Seven Seas Entertainment’s Dragonar Academy Vol…

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. 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 February 21, 2015 Akame ga Kill Vol 1     ↑ 7 Deadman Wonderland Vol 7     ∗ Gansta Vol 5     ∗ Black Butler Vol 19     ↑ 6 Attack on Titan Vol 1     ↓ 1 Unofficial Hatsune Mix     ↓ 3 Black Butler Vol 1     ↵ 44 World Trigger Vol 4     ∗ Death Note Black Vol 1     ↵ 5 Assassination Classroom Vol 2     ↓ 8 There are some dramatic movers and shakers on the list this week. Two Yen Press titles, Akame ga Kill Vol 1 and Black Butler Vol 19 make some big jumps to return to the top 5. Also of interest is the return of Black Butler Vol 1. This used to be the Volume 1 power mover until Attack on…

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. 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 February 14, 2015 Neon Genesis Evangelion Vol 14     ∗ Assassination Classroom Vol 2     ↓ 1 Unofficial Hatsune Mix     ↑ 3 Attack on Titan Vol 1     ↑ 6 Sword Art Online: Progressive Vol 1     ↑ 2 Dragonar Academy Vol 5     ∗ Say I Love You Vol 6     ∗ Akame ga Kill Vol 1     ↓ 5 Alice in the Country of Joker: Circus and Liars Game Vol 7     ∗ Black Butler Vol 19     ↓ 1 The final Neon Genesis Evangelion, a series over a decade old, takes the list, debuting in the top spot, forcing Assassination Classroom Vol 2 down one to #2. Attack on Titan Vol 1 makes an aggressive move back up the list to reach the top five. Seven Seas…

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. 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 February 7, 2015 Assassination Classroom Vol 2     ∗ Food Wars Vol 4     ∗ Akame ga Kill Vol 1     ↓ 2 Noragami Vol 3     ↑ 2 Soul Eater Vol 24     ↓ 3 Unofficial Hatsune Mix     ↑ 1 Sword Art Online: Progressive Vol 1     ↓ 2 Fairy Tail Vol 46     ↓ 4 Black Butler Vol 19     ↓ 6 Attack on Titan Vol 1     ↵ 84 Viz Media’s shonen releases have an impact of the list as the new series Assassination Classroom Vol 2 takes the top spot and is followed by the print version of Food Wars! Vol 4. Proving you can’t keep a Titan down, Attack on Titan vol 1 returns  again as it yo-yos on and off the list. Yen Press…

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. 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. This week will also include the return of Vizmanga.com and the Nielson Bookscan for January.   New York Times Bestseller List for the week ending January 31, 2015 Akame ga Kill! Vol 1     ↔ Soul Eater Vol 24     ∗ Black Butler Vol 19     ↓ 1 Fairy Tail Vol 46     ∗ Sword Art Online Progressive Vol 1     ↔ Noragami Vol 3     ∗ Unofficial Hatsune Remix     ↑ 3 Assassination Classroom Vol 1     ↵ 7 Deadman Wonderland Vol 2     ↵ 3 The Seven Deadly Sins Vol 6     ↵ 2 Yen Press does well this week as it holds four of the top five spots, including Akame ga Kill! Vol 1 keeping the top spot for the second week. A lot of titles returned as well, with Viz getting two titles to chart in Assassination Classroom Vol…

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. 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 January 24, 2015 Akame ga Kill! Vol 1     ∗ Black Butler Vol 19     ∗ Attack on Titan Vol 1     ↑ 1 Attack on Titan No Regrets Vol 2     ↓ 1 Sword Art Online: Progressive Vol 1     ∗ Black Butler Vol 1     ↵ 43 Sword Art Online: Aincrad     ↵ 11 Noragami Vol 1     ↵ 8 Assassination Classroom Vol 1     ↔ Unofficial Hatsune Mix     ↓ 10 Yen Press’ monthly deluge leaves its mark on the list this week. The first volume of new series Akame ga Kill! debuts at the top, and is followed by the newest Black Butler as well as a return of the first volume of Black Butler in the sixth spot. At 43 weeks on the list, it used to be the longest until Attack…

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. 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 January 17, 2015 Finder Vol 7     ∗ One Piece Vol 73     ∗ Attack on Titan No Regrets Vol 2     ↑ 5 Attack on Titan Vol 1     ↵ 82 Unofficial Hatsune Mix     ↔ The Seven Deadly Sins Vol 6     ∗ Kingdom Hearts II Vol 3     ↓ 4 Nisekoi False Love Vol 7     ∗ Assassination Classroom Vol 1     ↵ 5 Naruto Vol 68     ↓ 3 All is right again with the world, and the apocalypse has been averted; Attack on Titan vol 1 returns to the NYT Bestseller list, and in the top five. A new title takes the top spot as Finder Vol 7, a BL from Digital Manga Publishing debuts. DMP is actually running a kickstarter to reprint Finder Vol 1-6. Check it…

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. 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 January 10, 2015 Sword Art Online Fairy Dance Vol 2     ↑ 5 Master Keaton Vol 1     ↑ 8 Kingdom Hearts II Vol 3     ↵ 3 Deadman Wonderland Vol 6     ↑ 1 Unofficial Hatsune Mix     ↓ 4 Fairy Tail Vol 45     ∗ Naruto Vol 68     ↓ 3 Attack on Titan No Regrets Vol 2     ↓ 5 He’s My Only Vampire Vol 1     ↔ Noragami Vol 1     ↓ 3 What is the world coming to? This is the second week in a row that Attack on Titan Vol 1 has not been on the list! But even without vol 1, Attack on Titan does keep the record of longest on the list with No Regrets holding at 10 weeks. Sword Art Online Fairy Dance vol…

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 for the week of December 30, 2014 Vizmanga didn’t send out a top ten for the fifth week. I will no longer be including them on the list until they begin posting them regularly again.   New York Times Bestseller List for January 3, 2015 Unofficial Hatsune Mix     ↑ 5 Assassination Classroom Vol 1     ↑ 3 Attack on Titan No Regrets Vol 2     ↵ 9 Naruto Vol 68     ↔ Deadman Wonderland Vol 6     ∗ Sword Art Online: Fairy Dance Vol 2     ↓ 6 Noragami Vol 1     ↵ 6 Citrus Vol 1     ∗ He’s My Only Vampire Vol 1    ↓ 1 Master Keaton Vol 1     ∗ This is one very surprising list! There is a new top title, and it’s Dark Horse’s vocaloid manga about Hatsune…

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 for the week of December 23, 2014 Vizmanga didn’t send out a top ten for the fourth week in a row.   New York Times Bestseller List for the week ending December 27, 2014 Kingdom Hearts II Vol 3     ↑ 9 Attack on Titan Vol 1     ↓ 1 Sword Art Online: Fairy Dance Vol 2     ↑ 1 Naruto Vol 68     ↓ 2 Assassination Classroom Vol 1     ↓ 2 Unofficial Hatsune Mix     ↓ 1 Attack on Titan Vol 2     ↔ He’s My Only Vampire Vol 1     ∗ Spice and Wolf Vol 10     ∗ Attack on Titan No Regrets Vol 1     ↓ 4 Pre and post-Christmas sales and the list doesn’t change too much this week. Kingdom Hearts II Vol 3 makes a huge leap from #10…

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 December 16, 2014 Vizmanga didn’t send out a top ten for the third week in a row.   New York Times Bestseller List for the week ending December 20, 2014 Attack on Titan Vol 1     ↑ 1 Naruto Vol 68     ↓ 1 Assassination Classroom Vol 1     ↑ 4 Sword Art Online Fairy Dance Vol 2     ∗ Unofficial Hatsune Mix     ↵ 2 Attack on Titan No Regrets Vol 1     ↵ 16 Attack on Titan No Regrets Vol 2     ↑ 2 Attack on Titan Vol 2     ↵ 42 Spice and Wolf Vol 10     ∗ Kingdom Hearts II Vol 3     ∗ Christmas can make a top ten list seem quite fickle. Some of the returnees from last week have already moved on, and were…