Media Release -- Naruto finds himself between warring factions in Naruto Volume 54 from VIZ Media, the best-selling Manga to comics retailers in January. Overall, VIZ had four of the top ten Manga titles for the month.
Other publishers in the top ten include Dark Horse Comics, Digital Manga, Kodansha Comics, and Yen Press.
Data for Diamond's sales charts – which include the monthly market shares and all top product charts – are compiled by Diamond Comic Distributors from a universe of over 3,500 accounts, comprised of comic book specialty shops and other merchant stores and buyers. The shops are primarily located in North America, with a percentage of sales also to international stores and buyers located throughout the world. The account base includes not only brick-and-mortar comic book specialty shops, but also Internet stores, chain stores, and other specialty stores.
Unit and dollars sales are calculated based upon orders invoiced and shipped to Diamond accounts during any given month, which comprises initial pre-orders, advance reorders, and reorders, minus any copies that are received back from a title marked as returnable.
About the Diamond Sales Index: The Sales Index of selected monthly Best Seller Charts is presented as a comparative tool for retailers and publishers. It presents Diamond's monthly sales for individual titles in relation to Diamond's total sales for the issue of DC Comics' monthly Batman comic book. (Batman is used as the control title – with a value of 100 – because sales of Batman usually remain relatively stable.) This allows for easy comparison to other titles and helps retailers gauge their orders for all other titles. This formula is only a guide, other factors may impact a titles' ability to sell in certain locations and clientele.
QUANTITY RANK | RETAIL RANK | INDEX | TITLE | PUBLISHER |
1 | 3 | 2.39 | NARUTO TP VOL 54 | VIZ |
2 | 2 | 2.21 | SAILOR MOON TP KODANSHA ED VOL 03 | RAN |
3 | 7 | 1.24 | YU GI OH GX GN VOL 08 | VIZ |
4 | 6 | 1.24 | BLACK BUTLER TP VOL 08 | HAC |
5 | 5 | 1.20 | HIGH SCHOOL OF DEAD GN VOL 05 (MR) | HAC |
6 | 9 | 1.06 | ONE PIECE TP VOL 60 | VIZ |
7 | 4 | 1.02 | CARDCAPTOR SAKURA DARK HORSE OMNIBUS ED TP VOL 03 | DAR |
8 | 11 | 1.00 | NGE SHINJI IKARI RAISING PROJECT TP VOL 10 | DAR |
9 | 10 | 0.98 | ROSARIO VAMPIRE SEASON II TP VOL 07 | VIZ |
10 | 8 | 0.72 | HIDEYUKI KIKUCHIS VAMPIRE HUNTER D GN VOL 06 | DIG |
11 | 1 | 0.70 | APPLE SELECTION SC VOL 01 | UDO |
12 | 13 | 0.60 | DURARARA GN VOL 01 | HAC |
13 | 14 | 0.60 | PANDORA HEARTS GN VOL 08 | HAC |
14 | 17 | 0.50 | DANCE IN THE VAMPIRE BUND GN VOL 11 (MR) | ST. |
15 | 24 | 0.48 | BLACK BIRD GN VOL 12 | VIZ |
16 | 18 | 0.48 | KANNAGI GN VOL 03 (OF 6) | BAN |
17 | 22 | 0.47 | CODE GEASS QUEEN GN VOL 04 (RES) | BAN |
18 | 28 | 0.44 | SKIP BEAT TP VOL 26 | VIZ |
19 | 12 | 0.40 | LOVE HINA OMNIBUS TP KODANSHA ED VOL 02 | RAN |
20 | 25 | 0.38 | MONSTER HUNTER ORAGE TP VOL 03 (MR) | RAN |
21 | 33 | 0.37 | KIMI NI TODOKE GN VOL 12 FROM ME TO YOU | VIZ |
22 | 34 | 0.36 | PSYREN GN VOL 02 | VIZ |
23 | 19 | 0.36 | TWILIGHT MANGA TP VOL 01 | HAC |
24 | 36 | 0.35 | DENGEKI DAISY GN VOL 08 | VIZ |
25 | 23 | 0.35 | STORM FLOWER GN | DIG |
26 | 44 | 0.35 | FLUFFY FLUFFY CINNAMOROLL GN VOL 01 | VIZ |
27 | 15 | 0.33 | NEGIMA OMNIBUS GN VOL 03 (MR) | RAN |
28 | 16 | 0.33 | WANDERING SON HC VOL 02 | FAN |
29 | 27 | 0.31 | MR CONVENIENCE GN (MR) | DIG |
30 | 29 | 0.30 | TYRANT FALLS IN LOVE GN VOL 05 (MR) | DIG |
31 | 30 | 0.30 | ABOUT LOVE GN | DIG |
32 | 31 | 0.29 | SECRECY O/T SHIVERING NIGHT GN | DIG |
33 | 37 | 0.28 | CAGE OF EDEN GN VOL 03 | RAN |
34 | 21 | 0.28 | THREE P GN (A) | 801 |
35 | 32 | 0.27 | PRIVATE TEACHER GN VOL 02 (OF 2) (MR) | DIG |
36 | 35 | 0.26 | ONLY SERIOUS ABOUT YOU GN VOL 02 (OF 2) | DIG |
37 | 47 | 0.25 | CASE CLOSED GN VOL 41 | VIZ |
38 | 49 | 0.24 | ORESAMA TEACHER GN VOL 06 | VIZ |
39 | 26 | 0.24 | EMBRACE & BLOOM GN (A) | 801 |
40 | 42 | 0.24 | ARISA GN VOL 06 | RAN |
41 | 40 | 0.23 | BLACK GOD TP VOL 15 | HAC |
42 | 39 | 0.22 | KABUKI GN VOL 04 GREEN (MR) | DIG |
43 | 43 | 0.21 | ZOMBIE LOAN TP VOL 13 | HAC |
44 | 45 | 0.21 | JORMUNGAND GN VOL 08 (MR) | VIZ |
45 | 46 | 0.20 | SAILOR MOON TP KODANSHA ED VOL 01 | RAN |
46 | 48 | 0.20 | BLOOD ALONE VOL 4 GN | INF |
47 | 56 | 0.20 | MOON & BLOOD GN VOL 02 (OF 4) | DIG |
48 | 41 | 0.19 | TWIN SPICA GN VOL 11 | RAN |
49 | 50 | 0.17 | SAILOR MOON TP KODANSHA ED VOL 02 | RAN |
50 | 54 | 0.17 | OH MY GODDESS RTL TP VOL 40 | DAR |