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Jan 30, 2015 11:28 AM
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Graphic books best seller list (Manga & OEL) for January 18th - 24th

*1. Akame ga Kill! Vol.1
*2. Black Butler Vol.19
*3. Attack on Titan Vol.1
*4. Attack on Titan: No Regrets Vol.2
*5. Sword Art Online: Progressive Vol.1
*6. Black Butler Vol.1
*7. Sword Art Online: Aincrad Vol.1
*8. Noragami Vol.1
*9. Assassination Classroom Vol.1
10. Unofficial Hatsune Mix

Source: NY Times Manga Best Seller List
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Jan 30, 2015 11:50 AM
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Nice for SAO. I wonder why It's appeared on the tops again. Did it get anime boosted or re-release of those volumes or whatever? ^^
AssClass gets some attention, and it deserves even more than that.

And of course, Attack on Titan vol1 continue its legendary ride ;p
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Is that 6 weeks for Assassination Classroom? It's still doing well which is good to see.

Nice to see Akame ga Kill! making it to the top of the list even if I haven't read/watched any of the series yet. I think the manga is meant to be ending soon-ish so I guess I'll start it once I know how long it will be.
Jan 30, 2015 12:19 PM
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Is this the first time I've seen AkG on there?

Assassination Classroom remains the same rank this week. I hope Noragami rises again into the top 5.
Jan 30, 2015 12:25 PM
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Nice. BB 2nd, Assassination Classroom keep it up.
Jan 30, 2015 12:55 PM
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Stark700 said:
Is this the first time I've seen AkG on there?


AgK only went on sale last week so it's not a surprise at all that's it's on top :)


Wow black butler is pretty popular. I should try to watch it one day
Jan 30, 2015 1:07 PM
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The almighty volume 1 stays strong it seems. Does anyone know how much it has sold by now?
Jan 30, 2015 1:11 PM
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Attack on Titan doing well that's good

Jan 30, 2015 1:13 PM
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I wonder if people just buy SnK v1 for the sake of it or if they drop it right away or something.
Jan 30, 2015 1:27 PM

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Paulo27 said:
I wonder if people just buy SnK v1 for the sake of it or if they drop it right away or something.
Wut? Something is bought with money you know. Why would you buy it to drop it right away.
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Extremely good week for Yen Press. Hoping some of their titles can last a few more weeks before disappearing off the charts. Very happy.
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Jan 30, 2015 1:46 PM

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Lol AgK number 1.

Just shows the west appreciates gore more than the Japanese. I'm sure it'll stay in top ten for another 3 weeks or so.
Jan 30, 2015 2:05 PM

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Agafin said:
Paulo27 said:
I wonder if people just buy SnK v1 for the sake of it or if they drop it right away or something.
Wut? Something is bought with money you know. Why would you buy it to drop it right away.
Maybe drop it randomly in the streets for homeless people to read?
I throw money into the air sometimes, "maybe it'll reach someone who needs it", I say.
Jan 30, 2015 2:30 PM

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Nice to see Noragami vol. 1 selling,also Akame ga Kill and Assassination classroom are nice to see on the list.
Jan 30, 2015 2:31 PM

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woop AgK! :D Hopefully it says no.1 for more than a week.
Jan 30, 2015 2:45 PM
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does these sales only come from new york?
Jan 30, 2015 3:24 PM
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Akame Ga Kill! #1. Sweet
Jan 30, 2015 4:24 PM

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Attack on Titan and SAO still dominating the world.
Bum Bum Dum Dum

Jan 30, 2015 6:41 PM

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Didn't expect Akame Ga Kill to be on the list. Good to see.
Jan 30, 2015 6:57 PM

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Not too surprise with akame Ga kill on top, the west seems to like it more than the Japanese.

Attack on titan continues its quest. Probably need to give noragami manga a shot.
Jan 30, 2015 7:26 PM

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I still gotta pick up no regrets vol.2, waiting for a kodansha/manga sale Dx.
Jan 30, 2015 7:43 PM

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Lots of Volume 1's on the list, Attack on Titan volume 1 continues its dominance.
Jan 30, 2015 11:36 PM

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Akame ga Kill on top, nice
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Jan 31, 2015 2:05 AM
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Attack on Titan Vol.1 ahahaha.
Jan 31, 2015 4:59 AM

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I'm happy about Black Butler, Assassination Classroom and Noragami. The last two are getting even more popular. Attack on Titan was predictable.

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Lol One Piece latest released volume ranked in the second week and lost to a BL manga, and now it's not even ranked..

Agafin said:
The almighty volume 1 stays strong it seems. Does anyone know how much it has sold by now?

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AsrLCSzBWkEvdE5RUEJoSWNXRkxEWGVtd0g5NU95eEE#gid=0

Only found sales in 2013. But reading some articles, that volume sold a lot more during 2014, than 2013, so it's probably a 100k by now.


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Lol AgK number 1.

Just shows the west appreciates gore more than the Japanese. I'm sure it'll stay in top ten for another 3 weeks or so.

Not really.

The Japanese sales are still more, even if they are relatively not high. This just the first English release for the series.
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*1. Akame ga Kill! Vol.1

I do not believe! Akame numero uno <3
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wew so many volume 1s in there LOL
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Akame ga Kill, what a nice surprise :)
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Jan 31, 2015 8:43 PM

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its sad that theres so much good anime out there and ppl only care about vol 1 being on the list
Feb 1, 2015 5:10 AM

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As suspected,Akame ga Kill is more popular in west.
But it's important to remember that a movie review is subjective;it only gives you one person's opinion.

http://www.classzone.com/books/lnetwork_gr08/page_build.cfm?content=analyz_media&ch=30

It doesn't matter if you like LoGH,Monster etc.If you are a jobless or college/school dropout living in your mom basement, you are still an unintelligent loser. Taste in anime does not make you a better person.If elitist don't exist, casual pleb and shit taste also don't exist.
Feb 1, 2015 5:34 AM

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Zapredon said:
As suspected,Akame ga Kill is more popular in west.

By what logic?

By ranking it's first ever released volume at number one in the US? which is probably like 1k copies sold.

A/ France is the biggest manga market in the west
B/ AgK sales no matter how relatively small they are in Japan, are still more than the west
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tsudecimo said:
Zapredon said:
As suspected,Akame ga Kill is more popular in west.

By what logic?

By ranking it's first ever released volume at number one in the US? which is probably like 1k copies sold.

A/ France is the biggest manga market in the west
B/ AgK sales no matter how relatively small they are in Japan, are still more than the west


Doesn't matter because manga in general are not popular in west compare to in Japan so it expected that it will sell less than the one in Japan. Still,among westerner manga fans or at least US fans,AgK is definitely popular more so than among Japanese manga fans. My point is convert it to percentage.
ZapredonFeb 1, 2015 6:55 AM
But it's important to remember that a movie review is subjective;it only gives you one person's opinion.

http://www.classzone.com/books/lnetwork_gr08/page_build.cfm?content=analyz_media&ch=30

It doesn't matter if you like LoGH,Monster etc.If you are a jobless or college/school dropout living in your mom basement, you are still an unintelligent loser. Taste in anime does not make you a better person.If elitist don't exist, casual pleb and shit taste also don't exist.
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[quote=tsudecimo]Lol One Piece latest released volume ranked in the second week and lost to a BL manga, and now it's not even ranked..

Agafin said:
The almighty volume 1 stays strong it seems. Does anyone know how much it has sold by now?

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AsrLCSzBWkEvdE5RUEJoSWNXRkxEWGVtd0g5NU95eEE#gid=0

Only found sales in 2013. But reading some articles, that volume sold a lot more during 2014, than 2013, so it's probably a 100k by now.

Thanks. Well, that's huge. According to Wikipedia, it had overall sales of 660,000 in January 2014. Since it sold much more in 2014 (due to the fact that it had a whole year rather than just half as well as the dub), I'm willing to bet it has far surpassed 1 million copies sold and is moving towards 2 million.

tsudecimo said:
Zapredon said:
As suspected,Akame ga Kill is more popular in west.

By what logic?

By ranking it's first ever released volume at number one in the US? which is probably like 1k copies sold.

A/ France is the biggest manga market in the west
B/ AgK sales no matter how relatively small they are in Japan, are still more than the west


He most likely means that it is more popular in America than Japan relatively to the respective popularity of the manga industry in each country. Well, this is just the first volome so nothing is sure, but I'm willing to bet that there's some truth in that. Then again, it did get a considerable boost in Japan as well. I remember it selling like 25k in its first week before the anime. The last volume released sold 135k in its first week.

France is the biggest market but US is second though. Do you know how well it doesin France? I can't find it in any chart so its probably not as popular there.
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660k for the total of all volumes or volume 1?

I guess that would make sense, but it's early like you said. I searched for it's manga sales in France using ''Les ventes de Manga'', but didn't find anything.
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What are the top selling manga in France during 2014? I assume tsudecimo and Agafin are French since you two seems familiar with what popular in France?
But it's important to remember that a movie review is subjective;it only gives you one person's opinion.

http://www.classzone.com/books/lnetwork_gr08/page_build.cfm?content=analyz_media&ch=30

It doesn't matter if you like LoGH,Monster etc.If you are a jobless or college/school dropout living in your mom basement, you are still an unintelligent loser. Taste in anime does not make you a better person.If elitist don't exist, casual pleb and shit taste also don't exist.
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Zapredon said:
What are the top selling manga in France during 2014? I assume tsudecimo and Agafin are French since you two seems familiar with what popular in France?


Tsudecimo country speaks both French and english IIRC.

My top 3 bet is

SNK
Naruto
One Piece
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Zapredon said:
What are the top selling manga in France during 2014? I assume tsudecimo and Agafin are French since you two seems familiar with what popular in France?

Nah, I'm from Sudan as shown in my profile, don't know about Agafin.

I just know how to search for manga sales.

I don't know, since I can't find a total sales per year, only per month, but it's probably Attack on Titan, Naruto, One Piece, Fairy Tail at the top ones

Examples from September, April and March:
http://www.bleachmx.net/meilleures-ventes-de-manga-en-france-septembre-2014/

http://www.manga-news.com/index.php/actus/2014/04/06/Meilleures-ventes-manga-en-France-pour-mars-2014

http://www.naruto-mx.net/top-meilleures-ventes-manga-avril-2014-en-france/9486/


riqueterremoto said:

Tsudecimo country speaks both French and english IIRC.

wut lol

No, it was an English colony until 1956. But English is not the main language, thought it's taught in school after the 6th grade. My native language is Arabic.
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tsudecimo said:
Zapredon said:
What are the top selling manga in France during 2014? I assume tsudecimo and Agafin are French since you two seems familiar with what popular in France?

Nah, I'm from Sudan as shown in my profile, don't know about Agafin.

I just know how to search for manga sales.

I don't know, since I can't find a total sales per year, only per month, but it's probably Attack on Titan, Naruto, One Piece, Fairy Tail at the top ones

Samples:
http://www.bleachmx.net/meilleures-ventes-de-manga-en-france-septembre-2014/

http://www.manga-news.com/index.php/actus/2014/04/06/Meilleures-ventes-manga-en-France-pour-mars-2014

http://www.naruto-mx.net/top-meilleures-ventes-manga-avril-2014-en-france/9486/


riqueterremoto said:

Tsudecimo country speaks both French and english IIRC.

wut lol

No, it was an English colony until 1956. But English is not the main language, thought it's taught in school after the 6th grade. My native language is Arabic.


So how big are French manga market compare to the US manga market? Bigger than the US by a lot. Or just a small margin? How many total manga sold in France compare to the US each year?
But it's important to remember that a movie review is subjective;it only gives you one person's opinion.

http://www.classzone.com/books/lnetwork_gr08/page_build.cfm?content=analyz_media&ch=30

It doesn't matter if you like LoGH,Monster etc.If you are a jobless or college/school dropout living in your mom basement, you are still an unintelligent loser. Taste in anime does not make you a better person.If elitist don't exist, casual pleb and shit taste also don't exist.
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LOl sorry don't know from where I tought Sudan was english and French.

Using google translate,it appears that the ranking are official.Does anyone know other country besides French,USA and Japan that does it?


@Zapredon
I remember Tsudecimo's sharing French market sales a few weeks ago on the NY times thread.
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Zapredon said:

So how big are French manga market compare to the US manga market? Bigger than the US by a lot. Or just a small margin? How many total manga sold in France compare to the US each year?

Well.

An early released Naruto volume in France sells about 133k in a year (in 2008, it's now like 90k), while it sells 28k in a year in the US. I would say France is bigger than US by a lot, it's also a lot more diverse, and it's regarded as the second biggest manga market after Japan, from what I read.

There have been reports that manga sales were in decline but that was before Attack on Titan popularity iirc.
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Does anyone know how is the anime/manga market in China. They have like more than 1 billion population there. What anime/manga is popular in China?I heard most Raw uploaders are from China. Any Chinese here or those who can write Chinese that can share with us?

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Has Akame ga Kill been license in France?
ZapredonFeb 3, 2015 4:45 AM
But it's important to remember that a movie review is subjective;it only gives you one person's opinion.

http://www.classzone.com/books/lnetwork_gr08/page_build.cfm?content=analyz_media&ch=30

It doesn't matter if you like LoGH,Monster etc.If you are a jobless or college/school dropout living in your mom basement, you are still an unintelligent loser. Taste in anime does not make you a better person.If elitist don't exist, casual pleb and shit taste also don't exist.
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RedHair-Shanks said:
does these sales only come from new york?


No. It's a bunch of different retailers around the US, including Amazon and wholesalers. I picked up my copy because I was excited to start a new manga after enjoying the anime.
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