News USA Today Booklist, April 21–27: No Japanese Manga
posted on 2008-04-30 14:38 EDT
Naruto 28 drops out after 8 weeks; Hunter's new Warriors book enters
Masashi Kishimoto's Naruto volume 28 (Viz Media) has dropped out of USA Today's list of America's top 150 best-selling books for the week of April 21 to April 28. It had been on the chart for eight straight weeks and peaked at an series high of #17 in early March. Warriors Return, Dan Jolley and James Barry's third graphic novel spinoff from Erin Hunter's Warriors novels, entered the chart at #113. It was the chart's only representative from a publisher that deals primarily with manga (Tokyopop).follow-up of USA Today Booklist, April 14–20
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