Manga Sales Successes
posted on 2005-02-21 12:53 ESTManga Dominates Bookscans top 10 Graphic Novel Sales
ICv2 reports that, for the week ending on February 13th, manga graphic novels took all the top ten spots on the Bookscan list of the best selling graphic novels in bookstores.
#1. D.N.Angel Vol. #6
#2. Rurouni Kenshin Vol. 11
#3. Tsubasa Vol. 4
#4. Gravitation Vol. 10
#5. Legal Drug Vol. 2
#6. Yu Yu Hakusho Vol. 6
#7. Bleach Vol. 5
#8. Yu-Gi-Oh! Vol. 1: Duelist
#9. Wolf's Rain Vol. 2
#10. Angel Sanctuary Vol. 6
Meanwhile, for the same week, Tokyopop's Fruits Basket Volume 7 premiered in 93rd place on USA Today's best-selling books list. Previously, volumes 1, 3 and 5 had breached the top 150, but not the top 100. No other manga made the USA Today list for that week.
#1. D.N.Angel Vol. #6
#2. Rurouni Kenshin Vol. 11
#3. Tsubasa Vol. 4
#4. Gravitation Vol. 10
#5. Legal Drug Vol. 2
#6. Yu Yu Hakusho Vol. 6
#7. Bleach Vol. 5
#8. Yu-Gi-Oh! Vol. 1: Duelist
#9. Wolf's Rain Vol. 2
#10. Angel Sanctuary Vol. 6
Meanwhile, for the same week, Tokyopop's Fruits Basket Volume 7 premiered in 93rd place on USA Today's best-selling books list. Previously, volumes 1, 3 and 5 had breached the top 150, but not the top 100. No other manga made the USA Today list for that week.
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