The following manga appeared on the USA Today Booklist Top 150 (PDF) for the week ending April 20th:

• #124 - Naruto, Volume 28 - Viz - (Last week: #106)

Also, Comicsnob posts the weekly online manga sales rankings:

• Consolidated Online Sales Rankings For the Week Ending 20 April 2008

Giapet reports that according to a recent poll on Oricon, Gintama was voted as the "funniest manga". The full ranking is as follows:

1. Gintama
2. One Piece
3. Ping Pong Club/Sexy Commando
5. Gag Manga Biyori
6. Nodame Cantabile/Urayasu Tekkin Kazoku
8. Kochira Katsushikaku Kameari Kouenmae Hashutsujo
9. Pyu to Fuku! Jaguar and Lovely Complex

ICv2 has released the February 2008 top 100 graphic novel sales estimates and the top 300 comics sales estimates based on Diamond Indexes and Publisher Title Data. Also from ICv2 is an analysis of the trends in December based on the graphic novel sales chart, and an analysis of Diamond Comic Distributors' October sales.

Also, MangaBlog provides its own look at the data, as well as a list of manga from the Top 100 Graphic Novels chart.

Top 10 manga (4/23) according to Tohan:

1. Hayate the Combat Butler (15)
2. Mahou Sensei Negima! (22)
3. Kekkaishi (20)
4. Ace of Diamond (10)
5. Ouran High School Host Club (12)
6. Otomen (5)
7. Bleach (33)
8. Inuyasha (53)
9. Detective Conan (61)
10. Good Morning Kiss (2)

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The top 15 manga (March - April 08) in France according to BdZoom:

1. Fullmetal Alchemist (16)
2. Naruto (35)
3. One Piece (42)
4. Nana (18)
5. Bleach (26)
6. Naruto (34)
7. Negima! (12)
8. Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle (17)
9. Berserk (24)
10. Death Note (8)
11. Dofus (8)
12. Naruto (33)
13. Detective Conan (56)
14. Parmi eux (19)
15. Get Backers (26)

The following manga appeared on the USA Today Booklist Top 150 (PDF) for the week ending April 13th:

• #106 - Naruto, Volume 28 - Viz - (Last week: #82)

Also, Comicsnob posts the weekly online manga sales rankings:

• Manga Top 500: Week Ending 13 April
• Manga Top 50 Series: Week Ending 13 April
• Publishers' Scorecard: Week Ending 13 April
• Manga Midlist 500: Week Ending 13 April

Top 10 manga (4/15) according to Tohan:

1. Ouran High School Host Club (12)
2. Bleach (33)
3. Katekyo Hitman Reborn! (19)
4. Detective Conan (61)
5. Gintama (23)
6. BASTARD!! (25)
7. Vampire Knight (7)
8. Eyeshield 21 (29)
9. Gag Manga Biyori (9)
10. Hanma Baki (12)

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The following manga appeared on the USA Today Booklist Top 150 (PDF) for the week ending April 9th:

• #82 - Naruto, Volume 28 - Viz - (Last week: #52)
• #116 - Fruits Basket, Volume 19 - Tokyopop - (Last week: #65)
• #144 - Vampire Knight, Volume 4 - Viz - (Last week: #210)

Also, Comicsnob posts the weekly online manga sales rankings:

• Manga Top 500: Week Ending 6 April
• Manga Top 50 Series: Week Ending 6 April
• Publishers' Scorecard: Week Ending 6 April
• Manga Midlist 500: Week Ending 6 April

From the latest issue of PWCW, Kai-Ming Cha interviews Daniel Pink, author of a 160-page manga about career advice titled The Adventures of Johnny Bunko: the Last Career Guide You'll Ever Need.

Also available is an article that look at a collaboration betweem Viz, Stan Lee and Hiroyuki Takei (Shaman King) on a new manga series titled Ultimo, which will begin serialization in Shueisha's Jump SQ. II.

Finally, PWCW has the April Comics Bestsellers.

Top 10 manga (4/09) according to Tohan:

1. Bleach (33)
2. Detective Conan (61)
3. Katekyo Hitman Reborn! (19)
4. Gintama (23)
5. Kimi ni Todoke (6)
6. Eyeshield 21 (29)
7. Fullmetal Alchemist (19)
8. Ouran High School Host Club (12)
9. Detroit Metal City (5)
10. BASTARD!! (25)