Top manga for June

Posted on July 22, 2008 by Brigid Alverson

ICv2 has published Diamond’s top 100 graphic novels for June, that is. Here’s the manga list. As always, the first number in parentheses is the book’s ranking on the overall GN list, the second number in parentheses is the number of copies sold by Diamond, which mainly distributes to comics stores.

1. (17) Bleach, vol. 23 (4,163)
2. (31) Blade of the Immortal, vol. 19 (2,989)
3. (32) Path of the Assassin, vol. 11 (2,886)
4. (33) Negima, vol. 18 (2,886)
5. (38) Gantz, vol. 1 (2,749)
6. (48) Vampire Hunter D, vol. 2 (2,226)
7. (67) .hack//XXXX, vol. 1 (1,883)
8. (75) MPD-Psycho, vol. 5 (1,761)
9. (78) Battle Vixens, vol. 13 (1,707)
10. (84) Rosario x Vampire, vol. 1 (1,585)
11. (88) One Piece, vol. 18 (1,526)
12. (89) .hack//G.U.+, vol. 2 (1,521)
13. (94) Apple, vol. 1 (1,414)
14. (98) Oh My Goddess, vol. 9 (1,380)
15. (99) Welcome to the NHK, vol. 7 (1,380)

Were the girls all at the beach last month, or were they just buying in Borders? With no Bleach or Fruits Basket in June, all the manga place pretty low on the list, and it all looks like the type of thing that would appeal to readers of other comics, i.e., battles, violence, games, and a bit of fanservice. ICv2 analyzes the overall comics market for June here.

About Brigid Alverson

Brigid Alverson has been reading comics since she was 4. After earning an MFA in printmaking, she headed to New York to become a famous artist but ended up working with words instead of pictures, first as a book editor and later as a newspaper reporter. She started MangaBlog to keep track of her daughters’ reading habits and now covers manga, comics and graphic novels as a freelancer for School Library Journal, Publishers Weekly Comics Week, Comic Book Resources, the Barnes & Noble Sci-Fi & Fantasy Blog, and Robot 6. She also edits the Good Comics for Kids blog at School Library Journal. Now settled in the outskirts of Boston, Brigid is married to a physicist and has two daughters.
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3 Responses to Top manga for June

  1. Anonymous says:
    July 22, 2008 at 1:35 pm

    Apple is really more an artbook than manga…

  2. Brigid says:
    July 22, 2008 at 1:38 pm

    Yeah, but it’s manga-ish, and it’s published by Udon. I would imagine it appeals to the same audience that reads manga.

  3. Tiamat's Disciple says:
    July 22, 2008 at 2:49 pm

    Apple is supposedly the korean version of Robot. Still waiting for my copy so i cant say for sure.

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