ICv2’s latest guide has some good news for people who don’t have enough to read: There are 87 manga series debuting in September, October, and November. This is interesting:
In the manga market report covering the second quarter of 2007 ICv2 reports that, according to retailers and distributors, sales of yaoi manga are growing, but not as fast as the number of yaoi releases, which could indicate the possibility of a logjam in the marketplace this fall since 32 out of the 87 new series are yaoi properties.
So we may be close to finding an answer to the question “Can there be such a thing as too much yaoi?” And they post their top 10 manga properties for the second quarter of 2007:
1. Naruto
2. Fruits Basket
3. Death Note
4. Bleach
5. Fullmetal Alchemist
6. Kingdom Hearts
7. Pokemon
8. The Gentleman’s Alliance [sic]
9. Tsubasa
10. Negima
No surprises here, although it’s interesting that The Gentlemen’s Alliance + has made the top ten so quickly—the first volume came out last March.
OH… Can’t believe it….
Why One Piece not on his top list…
Why??