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last week’s rankings
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The Weekly Charts:
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Week ending 25 July 2010

Internet Archive link: http://www.archive.org/details/MangaRankingsWeekEnding25July2010

Manga Top 500

1. ↔0 (1) : Naruto 48 – Viz Shonen Jump, Jun 2010 [427.8] ::
2. ↔0 (2) : Ouran High School Host Club 14 – Viz Shojo Beat, Jul 2010 [397.3] ::
3. ↑10 (13) : Fullmetal Alchemist 23 – Viz, Jul 2010 [385.0] ::
4. ↓-1 (3) : Vampire Knight 10 – Viz Shojo Beat, Jun 2010 [372.7] ::
5. ↓-1 (4) : Hellsing 10 – Dark Horse, Jun 2010 [355.1] ::
6. ↓-1 (5) : Maximum Ride 1 – Yen Press, Jan 2009 [347.0] ::
7. ↓-1 (6) : Naruto 47 – Viz Shonen Jump, Feb 2010 [323.4] ::
8. ↓-1 (7) : Maximum Ride 2 – Yen Press, Oct 2009 [311.6] ::
9. ↓-1 (8) : Bleach 31 – Viz Shonen Jump, Jun 2010 [309.4] ::
10. ↑2 (12) : Alice in the Country of Hearts 1 – Tokyopop, Feb 2010 [264.9] ::

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Top Imprints
Number of titles ranking in the Manga 500:

Viz Shonen Jump 102
Tokyopop 67
Viz Shojo Beat 48
Yen Press 48
Viz Shonen Jump Advanced 36
Vizkids 27
Del Rey 24
Dark Horse 21
HC/Tokyopop 15
Viz 15

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Top 50 Series:

1. ↔0 (1) : Naruto – Viz Shonen Jump [931.4] ::
2. ↔0 (2) : Vampire Knight – Viz Shojo Beat [759.8] ::
3. ↔0 (3) : Maximum Ride – Yen Press [679.6] ::
4. ↑7 (11) : Fullmetal Alchemist – Viz [567.7] ::
5. ↓-1 (4) : Ouran High School Host Club – Viz Shojo Beat [554.3] ::
6. ↓-1 (5) : Bleach – Viz Shonen Jump [515.2] ::
7. ↑1 (8) : Warriors – HC/Tokyopop [492.8] ::
8. ↓-2 (6) : Alice in the Country of Hearts – Tokyopop [472.5] ::
9. ↑1 (10) : Negima! – Del Rey [431.1] ::
10. ↑2 (12) : Black Butler – Yen Press [424.3] ::

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Top 50 New Releases:
(Titles releasing/released This Month & Last)

1. ↔0 (1) : Naruto 48 – Viz Shonen Jump, Jun 2010 [427.8] ::
2. ↔0 (2) : Ouran High School Host Club 14 – Viz Shojo Beat, Jul 2010 [397.3] ::
3. ↑10 (13) : Fullmetal Alchemist 23 – Viz, Jul 2010 [385.0] ::
4. ↓-1 (3) : Vampire Knight 10 – Viz Shojo Beat, Jun 2010 [372.7] ::
5. ↓-1 (4) : Hellsing 10 – Dark Horse, Jun 2010 [355.1] ::
9. ↓-1 (8) : Bleach 31 – Viz Shonen Jump, Jun 2010 [309.4] ::
11. ↑14 (25) : Black Lagoon 9 – Viz, Jul 2010 [256.6] ::
12. ↓-3 (9) : One Piece 54 – Viz Shonen Jump, Jul 2010 [251.6] ::
14. ↑2 (16) : Haruhi Suzumiya The Boredom of Haruhi Suzumiya (novel) – Little, Brown & Co., Jul 2010 [239.7] ::
19. ↑34 (53) : Inuyasha 50 – Viz Shonen Sunday, Jul 2010 [211.5] ::

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Top 50 Preorders:

21. ↑1 (22) : Maximum Ride 3 – Yen Press, Aug 2010 [210.9] ::
36. ↑15 (51) : Warriors Ravenpaw’s Path 3 – HC/Tokyopop, Aug 2010 [173.0] ::
48. ↑26 (74) : Return to Labyrinth 4 – Tokyopop, Aug 2010 [152.1] ::
53. ↑35 (88) : Hetalia Axis Powers 1 – Tokyopop, Sep 2010 [142.7] ::
78. ↑53 (131) : Berserk 34 – Dark Horse, Sep 2010 [113.2] ::
87. ↑151 (238) : Black Bird 5 – Viz Shojo Beat, Aug 2010 [108.8] ::
159. ↑66 (225) : Alice in the Country of Hearts 4 – Tokyopop, Aug 2010 [68.7] ::
174. ↑131 (305) : Bleach Color Bleach+: The Official Bootleg – Viz Shonen Jump, Aug 2010 [63.8] ::
196. ↑61 (257) : Negima! 28 – Del Rey, Oct 2010 [55.1] ::
206. ↑58 (264) : Pokemon Diamond & Pearl Adventures 8 – Vizkids, Nov 2010 [53.7] ::

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last week’s rankings
About the Charts
Analysis and Commentary Posts

The Weekly Charts:
Your Executive Summary and Index
Week ending 18 July 2010

Internet Archive link: http://www.archive.org/details/MangaRankingsWeekEnding18July2010

Manga Top 500

1. ↔0 (1) : Naruto 48 – Viz Shonen Jump, Jun 2010 [437.1] ::
2. ↑5 (7) : Ouran High School Host Club 14 – Viz Shojo Beat, Jul 2010 [409.5] ::
3. ↓-1 (2) : Vampire Knight 10 – Viz Shojo Beat, Jun 2010 [385.8] ::
4. ↓-1 (3) : Hellsing 10 – Dark Horse, Jun 2010 [381.7] ::
5. ↓-1 (4) : Maximum Ride 1 – Yen Press, Jan 2009 [364.0] ::
6. ↓-1 (5) : Naruto 47 – Viz Shonen Jump, Feb 2010 [342.6] ::
7. ↓-1 (6) : Maximum Ride 2 – Yen Press, Oct 2009 [337.6] ::
8. ↑1 (9) : Bleach 31 – Viz Shonen Jump, Jun 2010 [309.3] ::
9. ↑9 (18) : One Piece 54 – Viz Shonen Jump, Jul 2010 [300.9] ::
10. ↓-2 (8) : Negima! 26 – Del Rey, May 2010 [295.6] ::

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Top Imprints
Number of titles ranking in the Manga 500:

Viz Shonen Jump 108
Tokyopop 68
Yen Press 48
Viz Shojo Beat 46
Viz Shonen Jump Advanced 32
Vizkids 27
Del Rey 24
HC/Tokyopop 17
Viz 15
Dark Horse 14

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Top 50 Series:

1. ↔0 (1) : Naruto – Viz Shonen Jump [1,008.9] ::
2. ↔0 (2) : Vampire Knight – Viz Shojo Beat [811.0] ::
3. ↔0 (3) : Maximum Ride – Yen Press [723.9] ::
4. ↔0 (4) : Ouran High School Host Club – Viz Shojo Beat [611.5] ::
5. ↔0 (5) : Bleach – Viz Shonen Jump [533.3] ::
6. ↑1 (7) : Alice in the Country of Hearts – Tokyopop [521.2] ::
7. ↑1 (8) : One Piece – Viz Shonen Jump [503.9] ::
8. ↓-2 (6) : Warriors – HC/Tokyopop [495.4] ::
9. ↑2 (11) : Black Bird – Viz Shojo Beat [486.8] ::
10. ↓-1 (9) : Negima! – Del Rey [476.8] ::

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Top 50 New Releases:
(Titles releasing/released This Month & Last)

1. ↔0 (1) : Naruto 48 – Viz Shonen Jump, Jun 2010 [437.1] ::
2. ↑5 (7) : Ouran High School Host Club 14 – Viz Shojo Beat, Jul 2010 [409.5] ::
3. ↓-1 (2) : Vampire Knight 10 – Viz Shojo Beat, Jun 2010 [385.8] ::
4. ↓-1 (3) : Hellsing 10 – Dark Horse, Jun 2010 [381.7] ::
8. ↑1 (9) : Bleach 31 – Viz Shonen Jump, Jun 2010 [309.3] ::
9. ↑9 (18) : One Piece 54 – Viz Shonen Jump, Jul 2010 [300.9] ::
13. ↑50 (63) : Fullmetal Alchemist 23 – Viz, Jul 2010 [266.5] ::
16. ↓-4 (12) : Haruhi Suzumiya The Boredom of Haruhi Suzumiya (novel) – Little, Brown & Co., Jul 2010 [255.2] ::
17. ↑18 (35) : Nana 21 – Viz Shojo Beat, Jul 2010 [247.0] ::
20. ↑2 (22) : Maid Sama! 5 – Tokyopop, Jun 2010 [230.8] ::

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Top 50 Preorders:

22. ↑17 (39) : Maximum Ride 3 – Yen Press, Aug 2010 [223.4] ::
51. ↑19 (70) : Warriors Ravenpaw’s Path 3 – HC/Tokyopop, Aug 2010 [154.5] ::
74. ↑49 (123) : Return to Labyrinth 4 – Tokyopop, Aug 2010 [131.8] ::
88. ↑153 (241) : Hetalia Axis Powers 1 – Tokyopop, Sep 2010 [120.6] ::
131. ↑72 (203) : Berserk 34 – Dark Horse, Sep 2010 [95.2] ::
211. ↓-49 (162) : Naruto 49 – Viz Shonen Jump, Oct 2010 [61.7] ::
225. ↑102 (327) : Alice in the Country of Hearts 4 – Tokyopop, Aug 2010 [58.2] ::
238. ↑84 (322) : Black Bird 5 – Viz Shojo Beat, Aug 2010 [54.0] ::
253. ↓-25 (228) : Spice & Wolf (manga) 3 – Yen Press, Nov 2010 [50.8] ::
257. ↑66 (323) : Negima! 28 – Del Rey, Oct 2010 [49.1] ::

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last week’s rankings

The Weekly Charts:
Your Executive Summary and Index
Week ending 11 July 2010

Internet Archive link: http://www.archive.org/details/MangaRankingsWeekEnding11July2010

Manga Top 500

1. ↔0 (1) : Naruto 48 – Viz Shonen Jump, Jun 2010 [441.7] ::
2. ↑1 (3) : Vampire Knight 10 – Viz Shojo Beat, Jun 2010 [411.5] ::
3. ↑1 (4) : Hellsing 10 – Dark Horse, Jun 2010 [399.8] ::
4. ↑1 (5) : Maximum Ride 1 – Yen Press, Jan 2009 [366.6] ::
5. ↓-3 (2) : Naruto 47 – Viz Shonen Jump, Feb 2010 [354.6] ::
6. ↑1 (7) : Maximum Ride 2 – Yen Press, Oct 2009 [350.5] ::
7. ↑27 (34) : Ouran High School Host Club 14 – Viz Shojo Beat, Jul 2010 [349.8] ::
8. ↓-2 (6) : Negima! 26 – Del Rey, May 2010 [336.2] ::
9. ↔0 (9) : Bleach 31 – Viz Shonen Jump, Jun 2010 [293.2] ::
10. ↓-2 (8) : Vampire Knight 9 – Viz Shojo Beat, Feb 2010 [285.1] ::

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Top Imprints
Number of titles ranking in the Manga 500:

Viz Shonen Jump 108
Tokyopop 65
Viz Shojo Beat 44
Yen Press 42
Viz Shonen Jump Advanced 31
Vizkids 26
Del Rey 25
Viz 25
Dark Horse 17
HC/Tokyopop 17

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Top 50 Series:

1. ↔0 (1) : Naruto – Viz Shonen Jump [1,035.6] ::
2. ↔0 (2) : Vampire Knight – Viz Shojo Beat [851.4] ::
3. ↔0 (3) : Maximum Ride – Yen Press [734.0] ::
4. ↑12 (16) : Ouran High School Host Club – Viz Shojo Beat [555.7] ::
5. ↓-1 (4) : Bleach – Viz Shonen Jump [516.5] ::
6. ↓-1 (5) : Warriors – HC/Tokyopop [497.6] ::
7. ↑2 (9) : Alice in the Country of Hearts – Tokyopop [489.5] ::
8. ↔0 (8) : One Piece – Viz Shonen Jump [484.7] ::
9. ↓-3 (6) : Negima! – Del Rey [482.4] ::
10. ↔0 (10) : Haruhi Suzumiya – Yen Press [480.9] ::

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Top 50 New Releases:
(Titles releasing/released This Month & Last)

1. ↔0 (1) : Naruto 48 – Viz Shonen Jump, Jun 2010 [441.7] ::
2. ↑1 (3) : Vampire Knight 10 – Viz Shojo Beat, Jun 2010 [411.5] ::
3. ↑1 (4) : Hellsing 10 – Dark Horse, Jun 2010 [399.8] ::
7. ↑27 (34) : Ouran High School Host Club 14 – Viz Shojo Beat, Jul 2010 [349.8] ::
9. ↔0 (9) : Bleach 31 – Viz Shonen Jump, Jun 2010 [293.2] ::
12. ↑11 (23) : Haruhi Suzumiya The Boredom of Haruhi Suzumiya (novel) – Little, Brown & Co., Jul 2010 [258.0] ::
16. ↓-3 (13) : Soul Eater 3 – Yen Press, Jun 2010 [231.1] ::
18. ↑143 (161) : One Piece 54 – Viz Shonen Jump, Jul 2010 [226.5] ::
19. ↓-8 (11) : Samurai Deeper Kyo vols 37-38 collection – Del Rey, Jun 2010 [216.1] ::
22. ↑24 (46) : Maid Sama! 5 – Tokyopop, Jun 2010 [205.8] ::

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Top 50 Preorders:

39. ↑93 (132) : Maximum Ride 3 – Yen Press, Aug 2010 [169.7] ::
70. ↑4 (74) : Warriors Ravenpaw’s Path 3 – HC/Tokyopop, Aug 2010 [135.0] ::
123. ↔0 (123) : Return to Labyrinth 4 – Tokyopop, Aug 2010 [100.3] ::
162. ↓-37 (125) : Naruto 49 – Viz Shonen Jump, Oct 2010 [80.2] ::
198. ↓-31 (167) : Dance in the Vampire Bund 8 – Seven Seas, Aug 2010 [65.5] ::
203. ↑24 (227) : Berserk 34 – Dark Horse, Sep 2010 [63.2] ::
228. ↓-24 (204) : Spice & Wolf (manga) 3 – Yen Press, Nov 2010 [57.0] ::
241. ↑160 (401) : Hetalia Axis Powers 1 – Tokyopop, Sep 2010 [54.1] ::
256. ↓-63 (193) : Yotsuba&! 9 – Yen Press, Dec 2010 [52.0] ::
317. ↓-91 (226) : Finder Series 1 Target in the View Finder – DMP Juné, Sep 2010 [39.3] ::

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last week’s rankings

The Weekly Charts:
Your Executive Summary and Index
Week ending 4 July 2010

Internet Archive link: http://www.archive.org/details/MangaRankingsWeekEnding4July2010

Manga Top 500

1. ↔0 (1) : Naruto 48 – Viz Shonen Jump, Jun 2010 [440.6] ::
2. ↑1 (3) : Naruto 47 – Viz Shonen Jump, Feb 2010 [423.4] ::
3. ↓-1 (2) : Vampire Knight 10 – Viz Shojo Beat, Jun 2010 [421.1] ::
4. ↔0 (4) : Hellsing 10 – Dark Horse, Jun 2010 [393.4] ::
5. ↑1 (6) : Maximum Ride 1 – Yen Press, Jan 2009 [361.8] ::
6. ↓-1 (5) : Negima! 26 – Del Rey, May 2010 [353.6] ::
7. ↔0 (7) : Maximum Ride 2 – Yen Press, Oct 2009 [344.8] ::
8. ↔0 (8) : Vampire Knight 9 – Viz Shojo Beat, Feb 2010 [301.0] ::
9. ↔0 (9) : Bleach 31 – Viz Shonen Jump, Jun 2010 [279.7] ::
10. ↑1 (11) : Alice in the Country of Hearts 1 – Tokyopop, Feb 2010 [266.5] ::

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Top Imprints
Number of titles ranking in the Manga 500:

Viz Shonen Jump 100
Tokyopop 61
Viz Shojo Beat 46
Yen Press 41
Viz Shonen Jump Advanced 29
Dark Horse 28
Viz 26
Del Rey 25
Vizkids 25
HC/Tokyopop 15
Viz Signature 15

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Top 50 Series:

1. ↔0 (1) : Naruto – Viz Shonen Jump [1,115.1] ::
2. ↔0 (2) : Vampire Knight – Viz Shojo Beat [870.8] ::
3. ↔0 (3) : Maximum Ride – Yen Press [715.4] ::
4. ↑1 (5) : Bleach – Viz Shonen Jump [519.2] ::
5. ↑1 (6) : Warriors – HC/Tokyopop [506.8] ::
6. ↑1 (7) : Negima! – Del Rey [469.8] ::
7. ↑1 (8) : Black Butler – Yen Press [464.8] ::
8. ↓-4 (4) : One Piece – Viz Shonen Jump [459.6] ::
9. ↔0 (9) : Alice in the Country of Hearts – Tokyopop [445.6] ::
10. ↑7 (17) : Haruhi Suzumiya – Yen Press [439.0] ::

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Top 50 New Releases:
(Titles releasing/released This Month & Last)

1. ↔0 (1) : Naruto 48 – Viz Shonen Jump, Jun 2010 [440.6] ::
3. ↓-1 (2) : Vampire Knight 10 – Viz Shojo Beat, Jun 2010 [421.1] ::
4. ↔0 (4) : Hellsing 10 – Dark Horse, Jun 2010 [393.4] ::
9. ↔0 (9) : Bleach 31 – Viz Shonen Jump, Jun 2010 [279.7] ::
11. ↑23 (34) : Samurai Deeper Kyo vols 37-38 collection – Del Rey, Jun 2010 [265.0] ::
13. ↔0 (13) : Soul Eater 3 – Yen Press, Jun 2010 [247.8] ::
15. ↓-3 (12) : Spice & Wolf (novel) 2 – Yen Press, Jun 2010 [241.9] ::
16. ↑34 (50) : Fairy Tail 11 – Del Rey, Jun 2010 [230.4] ::
22. ↓-8 (14) : Battle Angel Alita Last Order 13 – Viz, Jun 2010 [211.9] ::
23. ↑35 (58) : Haruhi Suzumiya The Boredom of Haruhi Suzumiya (novel) – Little, Brown & Co., Jul 2010 [210.0] ::

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Top 50 Preorders:

74. ↑1 (75) : Warriors Ravenpaw’s Path 3 – HC/Tokyopop, Aug 2010 [131.0] ::
123. ↑64 (187) : Return to Labyrinth 4 – Tokyopop, Aug 2010 [93.3] ::
125. ↑14 (139) : Naruto 49 – Viz Shonen Jump, Oct 2010 [91.9] ::
132. ↑20 (152) : Maximum Ride 3 – Yen Press, Aug 2010 [88.9] ::
167. ↑69 (236) : Dance in the Vampire Bund 8 – Seven Seas, Aug 2010 [75.1] ::
193. ↓-15 (178) : Yotsuba&! 9 – Yen Press, Dec 2010 [65.4] ::
204. ↓-2 (202) : Spice & Wolf (manga) 3 – Yen Press, Nov 2010 [62.4] ::
226. ↑25 (251) : Finder Series 1 Target in the View Finder – DMP Juné, Sep 2010 [57.7] ::
227. ↓-9 (218) : Berserk 34 – Dark Horse, Sep 2010 [57.3] ::
311. ↓-5 (306) : Junjo Romantica 12 – Tokyopop Blu, Aug 2010 [39.4] ::

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last week’s rankings

The Weekly Charts:
Your Executive Summary and Index
Week ending 27 June 2010

Internet Archive link: http://www.archive.org/details/MangaRankingsWeekEnding27June2010

Manga Top 500

1. ↔0 (1) : Naruto 48 – Viz Shonen Jump, Jun 2010 [449.3] ::
2. ↔0 (2) : Vampire Knight 10 – Viz Shojo Beat, Jun 2010 [421.2] ::
3. ↑3 (6) : Naruto 47 – Viz Shonen Jump, Feb 2010 [417.5] ::
4. ↓-1 (3) : Hellsing 10 – Dark Horse, Jun 2010 [391.9] ::
5. ↓-1 (4) : Negima! 26 – Del Rey, May 2010 [372.6] ::
6. ↓-1 (5) : Maximum Ride 1 – Yen Press, Jan 2009 [356.7] ::
7. ↑1 (8) : Maximum Ride 2 – Yen Press, Oct 2009 [330.6] ::
8. ↓-1 (7) : Vampire Knight 9 – Viz Shojo Beat, Feb 2010 [316.7] ::
9. ↔0 (9) : Bleach 31 – Viz Shonen Jump, Jun 2010 [297.4] ::
10. ↑1 (11) : Black Butler 2 – Yen Press, May 2010 [261.6] ::

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Top Imprints
Number of titles ranking in the Manga 500:

Viz Shonen Jump 93
Tokyopop 65
Yen Press 44
Viz Shojo Beat 39
Dark Horse 32
Viz 31
Viz Shonen Jump Advanced 30
Del Rey 26
Vizkids 26
HC/Tokyopop 15

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Top 50 Series:

1. ↔0 (1) : Naruto – Viz Shonen Jump [1,120.4] ::
2. ↔0 (2) : Vampire Knight – Viz Shojo Beat [883.9] ::
3. ↔0 (3) : Maximum Ride – Yen Press [695.4] ::
4. ↔0 (4) : One Piece – Viz Shonen Jump [568.9] ::
5. ↔0 (5) : Bleach – Viz Shonen Jump [548.7] ::
6. ↔0 (6) : Warriors – HC/Tokyopop [520.0] ::
7. ↑1 (8) : Negima! – Del Rey [477.0] ::
8. ↑2 (10) : Black Butler – Yen Press [475.8] ::
9. ↓-2 (7) : Alice in the Country of Hearts – Tokyopop [468.8] ::
10. ↑3 (13) : Soul Eater – Yen Press [448.2] ::

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Top 50 New Releases:
(Titles releasing/released This Month & Last)

1. ↔0 (1) : Naruto 48 – Viz Shonen Jump, Jun 2010 [449.3] ::
2. ↔0 (2) : Vampire Knight 10 – Viz Shojo Beat, Jun 2010 [421.2] ::
4. ↓-1 (3) : Hellsing 10 – Dark Horse, Jun 2010 [391.9] ::
5. ↓-1 (4) : Negima! 26 – Del Rey, May 2010 [372.6] ::
9. ↔0 (9) : Bleach 31 – Viz Shonen Jump, Jun 2010 [297.4] ::
10. ↑1 (11) : Black Butler 2 – Yen Press, May 2010 [261.6] ::
12. ↑7 (19) : Spice & Wolf (novel) 2 – Yen Press, Jun 2010 [250.5] ::
13. ↑5 (18) : Soul Eater 3 – Yen Press, Jun 2010 [249.4] ::
14. ↓-2 (12) : Battle Angel Alita Last Order 13 – Viz, Jun 2010 [248.1] ::
17. ↓-4 (13) : Claymore 16 – Viz Shonen Jump Advanced, Jun 2010 [224.6] ::

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Top 50 Preorders:

58. ↑38 (96) : Haruhi Suzumiya The Boredom of Haruhi Suzumiya (novel) – Little, Brown & Co., Jul 2010 [145.9] ::
75. ↑7 (82) : Warriors Ravenpaw’s Path 3 – HC/Tokyopop, Aug 2010 [133.0] ::
139. ↓-2 (137) : Naruto 49 – Viz Shonen Jump, Oct 2010 [86.1] ::
152. ↓-11 (141) : Maximum Ride 3 – Yen Press, Aug 2010 [81.8] ::
154. ↑33 (187) : Pokemon Diamond & Pearl Adventures 7 – Vizkids, Jul 2010 [80.7] ::
161. ↑91 (252) : Negima! 27 – Del Rey, Jul 2010 [77.8] ::
178. ↑31 (209) : Yotsuba&! 9 – Yen Press, Dec 2010 [69.8] ::
187. ↑164 (351) : Return to Labyrinth 4 – Tokyopop, Aug 2010 [67.2] ::
202. ↑23 (225) : Spice & Wolf (manga) 3 – Yen Press, Nov 2010 [63.8] ::
203. ↑252 (455) : Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle 27 – Del Rey, Jul 2010 [63.3] ::

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The Weekly Charts:
Your Executive Summary and Index
Week ending 20 June 2010

Internet Archive link: http://www.archive.org/details/MangaRankingsWeekEnding20June2010

Manga Top 500

1. ↔0 (1) : Naruto 48 – Viz Shonen Jump, Jun 2010 [459.7] ::
2. ↔0 (2) : Vampire Knight 10 – Viz Shojo Beat, Jun 2010 [428.1] ::
3. ↔0 (3) : Hellsing 10 – Dark Horse, Jun 2010 [405.8] ::
4. ↔0 (4) : Negima! 26 – Del Rey, May 2010 [384.7] ::
5. ↔0 (5) : Maximum Ride 1 – Yen Press, Jan 2009 [360.8] ::
6. ↔0 (6) : Naruto 47 – Viz Shonen Jump, Feb 2010 [354.9] ::
7. ↔0 (7) : Vampire Knight 9 – Viz Shojo Beat, Feb 2010 [325.2] ::
8. ↔0 (8) : Maximum Ride 2 – Yen Press, Oct 2009 [320.0] ::
9. ↔0 (9) : Bleach 31 – Viz Shonen Jump, Jun 2010 [300.6] ::
10. ↔0 (10) : Vampire Knight 8 – Viz Shojo Beat, Nov 2009 [268.1] ::

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Top Imprints
Number of titles ranking in the Manga 500:

Viz Shonen Jump 106
Tokyopop 59
Yen Press 47
Viz Shojo Beat 43
Viz 32
Viz Shonen Jump Advanced 31
Del Rey 26
Vizkids 25
Dark Horse 17
Viz Signature 16

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Top 50 Series:

1. ↔0 (1) : Naruto – Viz Shonen Jump [1,063.0] ::
2. ↔0 (2) : Vampire Knight – Viz Shojo Beat [902.2] ::
3. ↔0 (3) : Maximum Ride – Yen Press [689.3] ::
4. ↔0 (4) : One Piece – Viz Shonen Jump [607.9] ::
5. ↔0 (5) : Bleach – Viz Shonen Jump [560.9] ::
6. ↔0 (6) : Warriors – HC/Tokyopop [529.3] ::
7. ↑13 (20) : Alice in the Country of Hearts – Tokyopop [487.1] ::
8. ↓-1 (7) : Negima! – Del Rey [474.5] ::
9. ↓-1 (8) : Black Bird – Viz Shojo Beat [471.6] ::
10. ↓-1 (9) : Black Butler – Yen Press [457.0] ::

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Top 50 New Releases:
(Titles releasing/released This Month & Last)

1. ↔0 (1) : Naruto 48 – Viz Shonen Jump, Jun 2010 [459.7] ::
2. ↔0 (2) : Vampire Knight 10 – Viz Shojo Beat, Jun 2010 [428.1] ::
3. ↔0 (3) : Hellsing 10 – Dark Horse, Jun 2010 [405.8] ::
4. ↔0 (4) : Negima! 26 – Del Rey, May 2010 [384.7] ::
9. ↔0 (9) : Bleach 31 – Viz Shonen Jump, Jun 2010 [300.6] ::
11. ↑1 (12) : Black Butler 2 – Yen Press, May 2010 [262.8] ::
12. ↓-1 (11) : Battle Angel Alita Last Order 13 – Viz, Jun 2010 [250.1] ::
13. ↔0 (13) : Claymore 16 – Viz Shonen Jump Advanced, Jun 2010 [248.5] ::
17. ↑1 (18) : Alice in the Country of Hearts 3 – Tokyopop, Jun 2010 [236.1] ::
18. ↓-4 (14) : Soul Eater 3 – Yen Press, Jun 2010 [235.8] ::

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Top 50 Preorders:

82. ↑12 (94) : Warriors Ravenpaw’s Path 3 – HC/Tokyopop, Aug 2010 [119.3] ::
96. ↑1 (97) : Haruhi Suzumiya The Boredom of Haruhi Suzumiya (novel) – Little, Brown & Co., Jul 2010 [109.8] ::
137. ↑8 (145) : Naruto 49 – Viz Shonen Jump, Oct 2010 [86.9] ::
141. ↑19 (160) : Maximum Ride 3 – Yen Press, Aug 2010 [85.9] ::
187. ↑9 (196) : Pokemon Diamond & Pearl Adventures 7 – Vizkids, Jul 2010 [69.9] ::
209. ↑10 (219) : Yotsuba&! 9 – Yen Press, Dec 2010 [60.4] ::
211. ↑31 (242) : Berserk 34 – Dark Horse, Sep 2010 [60.3] ::
225. ↑3 (228) : Spice & Wolf (manga) 3 – Yen Press, Nov 2010 [58.4] ::
252. ↓-1 (251) : Negima! 27 – Del Rey, Jul 2010 [52.5] ::
255. ↑6 (261) : Spice & Wolf (manga) 2 – Yen Press, Jul 2010 [52.0] ::

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Introducing the Manga Database, a listing of thousands of manga volumes in hundreds of manga series, all lined up and ready to be sorted in at least 4 ways!

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• So, What is it?

It’s a spreadsheet. Basically a big honking list of manga by title, with publishing info (publisher & month/year of release) and separate columns for each field.

Just so you know: 1890+ series listed (which includes a whole lot of one-volume “series”) and a total of 8,738 individual manga volumes. In one list. (Actually, in a sortable spreadsheet.)

• And, uh… well, what’s it for?

It began as one of the core parts of my manga rankings spreadsheet, something I’ve been adding onto week by week since July of 2007. With appropriate data collection methods, one could use it to track and post aggregate online comparative sales across 9 or 10 book selling sites and then post charts with overall bestsellers, best-selling new releases, top pre-ordered titles, things like that. In fact, that’s exactly what it’s good for.

I’m making the data available to everyone because, well, there may be some other good use for it.

• Ah, the sales pitch; how much you charging for it?

Be free, little data, go frolic and prosper. I’m releasing all files as posted below (skip to the end) under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike license — so go ahead, have it. Post it to your own site [with proper attribution], augment your own wiki or index with the data, remix it, find new uses for it (if there are any).

• Is it authoritative, comprehensive, & complete?

Hell, no. Some books (Yen Press’s Twilight, Del Rey’s Odd Thomas series, Oni Press’s Scott Pilgrim) have been excluded even though quite a few of my sources lump them in with manga. Other English-language original manga is included though, including almost all of the Harpercollins/Tokyopop collaborative titles and quite a bit of Del Rey’s non-manga graphic novels that are meant to look like manga and pitched at the same market.

I could have done a complete graphic novel list, but chose not to. The boundary lines that delineate manga from the rest are blurry (and missing) and everyone has their own criteria for what is or is not manga. I used my own judgement.

Also, a number of titles are out of print and/or so obscure they never made it into my sources, so I never saw them (and didn’t go out of my way to add them).

• What are the criteria for inclusion?

Licensed manga, manhwa, and those few manhua that have been licensed and translated into English are obviously in. Most output from major manga publishers (Dark Horse, DMP, Del Rey, Tokyopop, Yen Press, Viz) is also included regardless of origin so long as it looks a bit like manga and didn’t merit exclusion. Many source books, art manuals, and other non-fiction works also are tracked, so long as they’re about manga and not anime, or fandom in general.

The list was built up by looking at online sales sites, so some out of print titles are included if even a handful of used copies are still being sold online — at the major sites: Amazon, B&N, Borders and the like; not e-bay — and a handful of out-of-print-and-really-unavailable books are included because people try to order them anyway and they show up on a list of manga bestsellers somewhere.

Not all books are listed; manga had to have been sold [by someone, to someone] before they make it into my source charts, and from there into the database.

• There’s a typo in line 5938. The way you list The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya is just plain weird. Your dates for Vagabond are off. You list one series by my favourite manga-ka but you skipped the rest: Fix these, please.

Here’s the flipside to that over-generous CC license above: yes there are errors. Fix ‘em yourself. I don’t want to hear about.

But as partial apology/explanation… I list the Haruhi books that way because I am also tracking sales of series, not just individual volumes, so the backwards and occasionally repetitive line entries reflect that need (in fact, are structured to enable it). I know the dates on Vagabond are off, because some of the books were re-released as second editions while Viz also released new volumes simultaneously. Other series have the same problem, and no, I’m not going to fix it. Since I use the database to track online sales, I first came across many of the books in the 2nd edition (and so the error is 2-3 years old) and I’m primarily interested in whatever version is selling today. So, no double listing for first/second editions, no separate listings for hardcover & paperback editions of the same book, and no mention of re-prints or re-packaging of material if it is substantially the same book.

An exception is made for box sets, multi-volume collections, and “premium” editions (which are usually multi-volume sets anyway, or with substantial material added) – these get listed and tracked separately.

This is a free, shared file. Any errors are not My errors, they are now Our errors, and I hereby empower you, with your keen eyes and the blessing of OCD, to fix any and all errors and to henceforth be the proud keeper & curator of the One True Correct Manga Database. I don’t have the time.

• What next?

Well, past the title-adds and tweaks necessary for my rankings, I won’t be messing with this much. Compiling aggregate online sales rankings is quite enough to keep me busy. Since new books are released all the time, I’ll be adding most if not all of these (week-by-week) as they come up in the data collection for that process.

I won’t be slavishly following press releases and publishers web sites to find and add anything, though — just the books that come up as I track online sales.

In fact, this is likely a one-time exercise, a snapshot of where we are right now. My database will continue to grow in the ways I need it to, but this database as posted, your database, will fill in and grow in whatever ways you need it to. Someone could add author & artist to each entry, or ISBNs (with the multiple entries for 1st & 2nd ed., hardcover, etc) or a tag that flags some entries as manhwa, some as yaoi, some as OEL. That’s great, and more information makes the base more useful to more people.

But I’ve run my marathon; I’m handing off the baton.

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The file is native to OpenOffice, so the .ods is the original. It is available served up multiple ways.

Files permanently archived at Archive.org

.ods spreadsheet
Microsoft Excel
html: data table
html: human readable
plain text: tab delimited
plain text: human readable

Also archived, in the Google spreadsheet format, at Google Docs

Edit 10:30AM 12 April:
Past poll experience tells me I’ve already received all the feedback I’m going to out of this one. Thank you.

7 out of 10 voted for just Manga, one lonely vote was for both Manga & GNs, and 2 people went the possibly sarcastic, possibly genuine route “What, you post bestsellers?”

The “just manga” option is one I’ve considered for a long while, as it is considerably more interesting to me personally, and I’m tired of Maus, Persepolis, Watchmen, & Wimpy Kid and their near stranglehold on the top 10 over at Amazon. I’m continually researching titles that, at best, score 2nd place. And the New York Times manages to track Graphic Novels, in their own fashion.

I’m still deeply behind (finishing up week ending 24 January) and my archived sources are for Graphic Novels right up until, um, yesterday. But the manga-only chart looks like a distinct possibility, starting this week.

I’ve already narrowed and re-focused the gargantuan task of data collection (I’ll post the new scheme as a new FAQ—not that you guys ask me any questions but that’s the term for it—when I finally catch up to the point that posts would be of more than historical interest) so an additional step-down from the Big Picture might also be a good thing. …I think I’ll reserve final judgement until I see what a few weeks of manga charts look like in the new spreadsheet.

Thanks again. I do appreciate the feedback.
original post (and poll) follow

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I’m re-evaluating the time spent on various parts of my blog; the first (largest, most obvious) target is the Graphic Novel and Manga Bestseller Charts.

Just wondering if I should change anything, as it’s a major time commitment on my part and I’d like my efforts to be of value to you.

Check
about the charts and
www.rocketbomber.com/category/rankings/ and
www.rocketbomber.com/2010/01/24/graphic-novel-rankings-2010-week-2 and especially
www.archive.org/details/GraphicNovelRankingsWeekEnding10January2010
if you have no idea what I’m talking about.

Please vote, and/or drop your opinions in the comments

Since no one, and I mean no one, left a comment on either post, y’all are stuck with merely the 100 titles I was already reporting.

sheesh. New topic in the following blog post.

The relevant data from this week is copied below, with a handy reminder that It Was Already Included In The Weekly Reports ( …I was offering more, but if no one needs it, I won’t bother.)

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Top 50 New Releases
(December 2009 & January 2010 titles)
Consolidated Online Sales Rankings
for the week ending 10 January 2010

23. ↑1 (24) : Bleach 29 – Viz Shonen Jump, Dec 2009 [518.0] ::
27. ↑21 (48) : Footnotes in Gaza – Macmillan Metropolitan Books, Dec 2009 [498.9] ::
53. ↑27 (80) : Yotsuba&! 7 – Yen Press, Dec 2009 [416.0] ::
57. ↑7 (64) : DNAngel 13 – Tokyopop, Dec 2009 [411.9] ::
76. ↑25 (101) : Berserk 32 – Dark Horse, Dec 2009 [381.4] ::
79. ↓-18 (61) : KISS Kompendium – Collins Design, Dec 2009 [374.1] ::
85. ↑7 (92) : One Piece 23 – Viz Shonen Jump, Dec 2009 [361.1] ::
94. ↑36 (130) : Pandora Hearts 1 – Yen Press, Dec 2009 [348.1] ::
112. ↑119 (231) : Chew 1 – Image Comics, Dec 2009 [318.2] ::
128. ↑129 (257) : Walking Dead 11 – Image Comics, Dec 2009 [303.1] ::
130. ↑33 (163) : Warcraft Death Knight – Tokyopop, Dec 2009 [301.9] ::
138. ↑21 (159) : Star Wars Legacy 7 – Dark Horse, Dec 2009 [297.6] ::
144. ↑20 (164) : Yu-Gi-Oh! R 2 – Viz Shonen Jump, Dec 2009 [294.6] ::
189. ↓-18 (171) : Nora 8 – Viz Shonen Jump Advanced, Dec 2009 [252.7] ::
193. ↑16 (209) : The Boys 5 – Dynamite Entertainment, Dec 2009 [251.8] ::
199. ↑390 (589) : The Stand 2 American Nightmares – Marvel, Jan 2010 [247.9] ::
212. ↓-1 (211) : Ex Machina 8 – DC Wildstorm, Dec 2009 [236.3] ::
217. ↑229 (446) : Spice & Wolf (novel) 1 – Yen Press, Dec 2009 [234.6] ::
222. ↑261 (483) : Vampire Hunter D (manga) 4 – DMP, Dec 2009 [231.1] ::
225. ↓-39 (186) : Rasetsu 3 – Viz Shojo Beat, Dec 2009 [225.1] ::
250. ↑10 (260) : Dogs 2 – Viz, Dec 2009 [211.8] ::
251. ↑56 (307) : Junjo Romantica 11 – Tokyopop Blu, Dec 2009 [211.0] ::
260. ↑16 (276) : Azumanga Daioh Omnibus – Yen Press, Dec 2009 [207.1] ::
265. ↑82 (347) : Mega Man X Official Complete Works – Udon, Dec 2009 [206.1] ::
269. ↑445 (714) : The Stand 1 Captain Trips – Marvel, Jan 2010 [204.8] ::
273. ↑322 (595) : Fairy Tail 9 – Del Rey, Dec 2009 [203.1] ::
276. ↑48 (324) : Criminal Deluxe Edition – Marvel Icon, Dec 2009 [202.4] ::
297. ↑7 (304) : Mixed Vegetables 6 – Viz Shojo Beat, Dec 2009 [194.7] ::
330. ↑271 (601) : Inuyasha 44 – Viz, Jan 2010 [180.4] ::
343. ↑151 (494) : Vampire Hunter D (novel) 13 – Dark Horse, Dec 2009 [174.7] ::
346. ↑23 (369) : Lucky Star 3 – Bandai, Dec 2009 [173.3] ::
347. ↓-164 (183) : Legend of Zelda 8 – Vizkids, Dec 2009 [172.9] ::
356. ↓-46 (310) : Captain America The Death of Captain America Omnibus – Marvel, Dec 2009 [169.2] ::
380. ↑354 (734) : Ninja Girls 2 – Del Rey, Dec 2009 [159.1] ::
400. ↑404 (804) : Negima! Neo 4 – Del Rey, Dec 2009 [151.5] ::
401. ↑911 (1312) : One Piece 24 – Viz Shonen Jump, Jan 2010 [151.5] ::
432. ↑84 (516) : Butterflies, Flowers 1 – Viz Shojo Beat, Dec 2009 [143.6] ::
437. ↑1144 (1581) : One Piece 25 – Viz Shonen Jump, Jan 2010 [142.1] ::
443. ↓-16 (427) : .hack// Alcor – Tokyopop, Dec 2009 [140.4] ::
447. ↓-75 (372) : Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle Album De Reproductions – Del Rey, Dec 2009 [138.7] ::
454. ↑483 (937) : VB Rose 7 – Tokyopop, Dec 2009 [134.8] ::
466. ↑436 (902) : Bamboo Blade 3 – Yen Press, Dec 2009 [131.5] ::
468. ↑353 (821) : .hack// Legend of the Twilight vols 1-3 collection – Tokyopop, Dec 2009 [131.2] ::
478. ↑1460 (1938) : One Piece 26 – Viz Shonen Jump, Jan 2010 [129.0] ::
484. ↑736 (1220) : Yu-Gi-Oh! GX 4 – Viz Shonen Jump, Jan 2010 [126.5] ::
486. ↑573 (1059) : Star Wars The Thrawn Trilogy – Dark Horse, Jan 2010 [125.9] ::
492. ↑1032 (1524) : Nana 20 – Viz Shojo Beat, Jan 2010 [124.6] ::
495. ↑new (0) : One Piece 28 – Viz Shonen Jump, Jan 2010 [124.1] ::
496. ↑1778 (2274) : One Piece 27 – Viz Shonen Jump, Jan 2010 [123.6] ::
497. ↑new (0) : Reborn! 14 – Viz Shonen Jump Advanced, Jan 2010 [123.4] ::

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Top 50 Preorders
Consolidated Online Sales Rankings
for the week ending 10 January 2010

689. ↑171 (860) : Fables 13 The Great Fables Crossover – DC Vertigo, Feb 2010 [80.5] ::
696. ↑334 (1030) : X-Men X-Force 3 – Marvel, Apr 2010 [79.4] ::
850. ↑138 (988) : Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight 6 – Dark Horse, Mar 2010 [58.9] ::
864. ↑183 (1047) : Peanuts Complete ’75-‘76 – Fantagraphics, Apr 2010 [57.0] ::
900. ↑214 (1114) : Dark Tower 4 The Fall of Gilead – Marvel, Mar 2010 [53.3] ::
934. ↑290 (1224) : Blackest Night – DC, Jul 2010 [48.6] ::
1171. ↑118 (1289) : Warriors Ravenpaw’s Path 2 – HC/Tokyopop, Mar 2010 [25.4] ::
1192. ↑new (0) : Dark Reign The List – Marvel, Feb 2010 [24.3] ::
1219. ↑1039 (2258) : Iron Man Omnibus 1 – Marvel, Mar 2010 [23.1] ::
1300. ↑new (0) : The Cabin in the Woods Land of the Rising Terror – Tokyopop, Feb 2010 [18.6] ::
1308. ↑36 (1344) : Necessary Monsters – AiT/Planet Lar, Feb 2010 [18.2] ::
1324. ↑new (0) : Marvel Adventures Spider-Man & The Avengers Digest – Marvel, Feb 2010 [17.3] ::
1331. ↑33 (1364) : Gold Digger Peebo Tales – Antarctic Press, Mar 2010 [17.1] ::
1333. ↑34 (1367) : Birdhouse – SLG Publishing, Mar 2010 [16.9] ::
1335. ↑37 (1372) : Vampire Samurai – Dimension Entertainment, Mar 2010 [16.7] ::
1344. ↑ (last ranked 3 Aug 08) : Pick of the Litter 5 – Tokyopop, Apr 2010 [16.4] ::
1351. ↑55 (1406) : Digger & Friends – IDW, Mar 2010 [15.7] ::
1356. ↑52 (1408) : Last Resort – IDW, Mar 2010 [15.5] ::
1360. ↑55 (1415) : Space Ace – Arcana Studio, Mar 2010 [15.3] ::
1372. ↑52 (1424) : Kingyo Used Books 1 – Viz, Mar 2010 [14.9] ::
1379. ↑49 (1428) : Pink Innocent 1 – Del Rey, Mar 2010 [14.7] ::
1386. ↑46 (1432) : Deka Kyoshi 2 – CMX, Mar 2010 [14.4] ::
1390. ↑117 (1507) : Bloom County Complete 2 – IDW, Apr 2010 [14.3] ::
1402. ↑42 (1444) : Ode to Kirihito 2 – Vertical, Mar 2010 [13.8] ::
1409. ↑41 (1450) : The Calling – Tokyopop Blu, Jun 2010 [13.6] ::
1411. ↔ (0) : Love Knot – Tokyopop Blu, Mar 2010 [13.5] ::
1417. ↑37 (1454) : Graphic Classics Western Classics – Eureka Productions, Apr 2010 [13.4] ::
1439. ↑48 (1487) : Diamond Girl 1 – CMX, Apr 2010 [12.7] ::
1440. ↑311 (1751) : Planetary Absolute Edition 2 – DC Wildstorm, Jul 2010 [12.7] ::
1444. ↑47 (1491) : Indoor Voice – Drawn & Quarterly, Apr 2010 [12.5] ::
1448. ↑52 (1500) : Sword of My Mouth – IDW, Apr 2010 [12.3] ::
1457. ↑295 (1752) : Wallflower vols 22-24 collection – Del Rey, Oct 2010 [11.9] ::
1470. ↑290 (1760) : The Selves – Drawn & Quarterly, Apr 2010 [11.5] ::
1475. ↑295 (1770) : Catland Empire – Drawn & Quarterly, Apr 2010 [11.3] ::
1481. ↑299 (1780) : Carmine Infantino: Penciler, Publisher, Provocateur – TwoMorrows Publishing, May 2010 [11.1] ::
1488. ↑298 (1786) : My Girlfriend’s a Geek 1 – Yen Press, May 2010 [10.9] ::
1505. ↑new (0) : Ooku: The Inner Chambers 3 – Viz Signature, Apr 2010 [10.0] ::
1526. ↓-1 (1525) : Vampire Knight 9 – Viz Shojo Beat, Feb 2010 [9.5] ::
1555. ↓-222 (1333) : Popgun (anthology) 4 – Image Comics, Feb 2010 [9.1] ::
1562. ↓-226 (1336) : Black Jesus – Arcana Studio, Feb 2010 [9.0] ::
1574. ↑new (0) : Inuyasha VizBig Edition 2 – Viz, Feb 2010 [8.7] ::
1583. ↑new (0) : Krazy & Ignatz 1916-1918 – Fantagraphics, Feb 2010 [8.6] ::
1606. ↓-220 (1386) : Last Reign – Boom! Studios, Mar 2010 [8.3] ::
1630. ↑680 (2310) : Wednesday Comics – DC, Jun 2010 [7.9] ::
1639. ↓-20 (1619) : Vampire Hunter D (novel) 14 – Dark Horse, Mar 2010 [7.7] ::
1649. ↓-14 (1635) : The Phantom Complete ’38-‘40 – Hermes Press, Mar 2010 [7.5] ::
1704. ↓-12 (1692) : Samurai Harem (Asu no Yoichi) 4 – Tokyopop, Mar 2010 [6.7] ::
1714. ↓-247 (1467) : King of Cards 9 – CMX, Apr 2010 [6.6] ::
1755. ↓-19 (1736) : Avengers Hawkeye – Marvel, Apr 2010 [6.1] ::
1762. ↑new (0) : Ratman 1 – Tokyopop, Apr 2010 [5.9] ::