An as yet un-named special chart: new, new, *new* titles
As occasionally happens, I’ll think of new sorting & reporting criteria for my charts in the process of writing up one of my commentary posts; it happened last week and I feel the exercise, in this case, is definitely worth repeating.
All (but one) of these titles falls so far down the chart they don’t even register on the Midlist 500 yet. Considering the breadth of what I’m attempting, that’s saying something — You’d think the giant vacuum cleaner (a total of 10 sites, up to a top 500 pulled from Amazon and several others, 16 freakin’ hours of data entry) that comprises my current method would actually capture more of these each week.
These titles are also reported as part of the new releases and preorders, obviously, but it only takes an extra minute to pull-and-highlight these new immigrants to my database. The list is worth posting. —The only question is what to call it. I’m kinda-sorta partial to the title below, but not sure if it’s the most accurate description:
The Bleeding Edge
Pre-orders and new releases, new to the chart this week
key:
Manga 500 ranking. ↕movement (last wks. rank) : title – pub.info & [score] ::
470. ↑new (0) : Princess Resurrection 4 – Del Rey, Aug 2008 [62.8] ::
764. ↑new (0) : Ruff Love – Aurora Deux, Aug 2008 [16.4] ::
791. ↑new (0) : Knights of the Zodiac (Saint Seiya) 24 – Viz Shonen Jump, Oct 2008 [14.4] ::
827. ↑new (0) : Monster Book of Manga 4 – Collins Design, Sep 2008 [11.5] ::
865. ↑new (0) : Shoulder-a-Coffin Kuro 2 – Yen Press, Oct 2008 [9.4] ::
867. ↑new (0) : Black God 4 – Yen Press, Oct 2008 [9.2] ::
871. ↑new (0) : Spiral 5 – Yen Press, Oct 2008 [9.1] ::
880. ↑new (0) : Silver Diamond 2 – Tokyopop, Oct 2008 [8.9] ::
898. ↑new (0) : Prince of Tennis 27 – Viz Shonen Jump, Sep 2008 [8.3] ::
904. ↑new (0) : Musashi #9 vol 16 – CMX, Oct 2008 [8.1] ::
1022. ↑new (0) : Gin Tama 8 – Viz Shonen Jump Advanced, Sep 2008 [5] ::
1029. ↑new (0) : Shaman King 18 – Viz Shonen Jump, Sep 2008 [4.9] ::
1136. ↑new (0) : Switch 4 – Viz, Sep 2008 [3.1] ::
1547. ↑new (0) : Dragon Ball vols 1-16 box set – Viz Shonen Jump, Nov 2008 [0.1] ::
1550. ↑new (0) : One Pound Gospel 2 – Viz, Aug 2008 [0.1] ::
1554. ↑new (0) : Sgt. Frog 16 – Tokyopop, Dec 2008 [0.1] ::
1556. ↑new (0) : Time Stranger Kyoko 2 – Viz Shojo Beat, Oct 2008 [0.1] ::
1560. ↑new (0) : Vampire Knight 6 – Viz Shojo Beat, Apr 2009 [0.1] ::
1562. ↑new (0) : Yu-Gi-Oh! Collector’s Edition Hardcover 1 – Viz Shonen Jump, Sep 2008 [0.1] ::
1788. ↑new (0) : Burst Angel 1 – Tokyopop, Sep 2008 [0.1] ::
1790. ↑new (0) : Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo 1 – Del Rey, Nov 2008 [0.1] ::
1791. ↑new (0) : Nora 2 – Viz Shonen Jump Advanced, Dec 2008 [0.1] ::
1793. ↑new (0) : Warcraft Legends 2 – Tokyopop, Nov 2008 [0.1] ::
