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Legend of Zelda is Highest-Selling Manga on Diamond's 2015 Graphic Novels List
posted on by Kyle Hallmark
Diamond Comic Distributors announced its lists of the 1,000 bestselling comics and graphic novels for 2015 on Wednesday. Viz Media's The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past by Shōtarō Ishinomori (Cyborg 009, Kamen Rider) ranked at #105 on the list of top graphic novels, making it the highest placed manga on the list.
The list included the following other manga titles:
- #145: Attack on Titan 1 by Hajime Isayama
- #149: Tokyo Ghoul 1 by Sui Ishida
- #320: Tokyo Ghoul 2 by Sui Ishida
- #330: Attack on Titan 15 by Hajime Isayama
- #373: Attack on Titan 2 by Hajime Isayama
- #374: One-Punch Man 1 by Yūsuke Murata and ONE
- #386: Tokyo Ghoul 3 by Sui Ishida
- #418 (tie): Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's 7 by Masahiro Hikokubo and Masashi Sato
- #435: Big Hero 6 1 by Haruki Ueno
- #436: Batman: The Jiro Kuwata Batmanga 2 by Jiro Kuwata
- #449 (tie): Death Note Black Edition 1 by Takeshi Obata and Tsugumi Ohba
- #449 (tie): Naruto 69 by Masashi Kishimoto
- #451 (tie): Attack on Titan 16 by Hajime Isayama
- #462 (tie): Naruto 70 by Masashi Kishimoto
- #500: Naruto 72 by Masashi Kishimoto
- #528: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 1 by Akira Himekawa
- #538: Sailor Moon 1 (Kodansha Edition) by Naoko Takeuchi
- #572 (tie): One-Punch Man 2 by Yūsuke Murata and ONE
- #610: Attack on Titan 17 by Hajime Isayama
- #617: Naruto 71 by Masashi Kishimoto
- #682: Tokyo Ghoul 4 by Sui Ishida
- #683 (tie): Attack on Titan 3 by Hajime Isayama
- #685 (tie): Sword Art Online: Progressive 1 by Reki Kawahara and Kiseki Himura
- #729 (tie): Kill la Kill 1 by Kazuki Nakashima and Ryou Akizuki
- #773 (tie): The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask by Akira Himekawa
- #825: Black Butler 1 by Yana Toboso
- #828 (tie): Attack on Titan: Before the Fall 4 by Ryo Suzukaze and THORES Shibamoto
- #921: Attack on Titan: No Regrets 1 by Hajime Isayama, Hikaru Suruga, and Gun Snark
- #942: New Lone Wolf and Cub 4 by Kazuo Koike, Goseki Kojima, and Hideki Mori
- #964 (tie): Assassination Classroom 2 by Yūsei Matsui
- #979 (tie): The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 2 by Akira Himekawa
- #993 (tie): Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's 8 by Masahiro Hikokubo and Masashi Sato
- #995 (tie): New Lone Wolf and Cub 5 by Kazuo Koike, Goseki Kojima, and Hideki Mori
Diamond also reported that Viz Media ranked as the 10th highest-selling comic book and graphic novel publisher in 2015, with a 0.93% retail dollar share and 0.35% unit share for the year. The publisher shipped 270 graphic novel titles in 2015.
Diamond's rankings represent sales made to comic book specialty shops worldwide, and may include additional sales made to online merchants and other specialty stores.
Source: ICv2
