Manga News and Information
RankingManga top 10 according to Tohan. MangaCast translates the weekly Doujinshi ranking in Japan (01/28) according to Princess Side, compiled by Toranoana's BL specialty store. Dengeki Maoh has cooperated with Toranoana and Animate to create a list of the 15 top selling anime, manga and light novels of 2006. The results were published in the February issue of Dengeki Maoh. *Animate and Toranoana are two of the largest BL/moe/otaku stores in Akihabara. On the USA Today Booklist Top 150 (PDF) for the week ending January 7, VIZ Media's Fullmetal Alchemist volume 11 ranked #133, and Naruto volume 12 ranked #150. Manga top 10 according to Tohan. NariNari.com has posted a list of the top selling weekly magazine in Japan in 2006, while only three manga magazines appeared on the list, Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump took the No.1 spot. Note that the sales information are based on figures from the Bunkyodo store, and does not represent the entire Japanese market. MangaCast translates the weekly Doujinshi ranking in Japan (01/20) according to Messe Sanoh, compiled by Akiba Blog (NSFW). Manga top 10 according to Tohan. On the USA Today Booklist Top 150 (PDF) for the week ending January 14, no manga were present. ICv2 has released the December top 100 graphic novel 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. |
Manga Zombie
Finale: Panelosophy
An ongoing conversation about the philosophy behind manga both in the U.S. and abroad. Manga Ranking
Monthly charts of comparative manga rankings based on aggregate online sales listings from Matt Blind. |
ComiPress teams up with writer Udagawa Takeo and translator John Gallagher to publish an online version of the English-language translation of Manga Zombie.
