Newsarama has Diamond’s direct market sales figures for March. At Precocious Curmudgeon, David Welsh pulls out the top selling manga. Here’s the top ten, with placement on the overall graphic novels list in parentheses:
1 (2) NARUTO VOL 13 (Viz)
2 (7) DEATH NOTE VOL 10 (Viz)
3 (10) WARCRAFT VOL 3 (Tokyopop)
4 (17) BERSERK VOL 16 (Dark Horse)
5 (50) BATTLE CLUB VOL 4 (Tokyopop)
6 (51) TRINITY BLOOD VOL 2 (Tokyopop)
7 (53) FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST VOL 12 (Viz)
8 (62) GUNSMITH CATS OMNIBUS VOL 1 (Dark Horse)
9 (68) CRYING FREEMAN VOL 5 (Dark Horse)
10 (69) ALCOHOL SHIRT & KISS VOL 1 (Digital Manga)
It was a good month for manga, which doesn’t usually place in the top ten graphic novels list (remember, this is the direct market, i.e. comics stores). And I’ll second David’s observation that BL and yaoi seem to be doing well, which makes for some strange bedfellows (i.e. Crying Freeman right next to Alcohol Shirt & Kiss).
But Alco-Kiss is #69. *insert immature laughter*
speaking of Crying Freeman, I hope DH (or someone) has plans to reprint Sanctuary