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Fruits Basket Tops Bookstore Graphic Novel Sales

Manga Titles Take the First 37 Spots

Published: 08/19/2004 12:00am

Tokyopop's Fruits Basket Vol. #4 took the top spot on this week's BookScan list of best-selling graphic novels in American bookstores.  Naruto Vol. #4 (Viz), which took the top spot last week, slipped to a close second, while Ken Akamatsu's Negima Vol. #2 (Del Rey), which would have been #2 last week save for a clerical error that kept it off the graphic novel list, slipped to #3 followed by the fast-rising Bleach Vol. #2 (Viz), DN Angel Vol.#3, Gravitation Vol. #7 Angel Sanctuary Vol.#3, Fruits Basket Vol. #3, Samurai Deeper Kyo Vol. #8, and Princess Ai Vol. #1, all from Tokyopop except Angel Sanctuary, which is a Viz title.

 

With only 3 non-manga titles in the top 50 (Brian Michael Bendis' Ultimate Spider-Man Vol. #10 ranked the highest at #38), manga appears to be more dominant in the bookstores than ever.

 

 
 
Top 300 Comics Actual--January 2012
Sales Estimates for January Based on Diamond Indexes and Publisher Title Data
These are estimates of the sales on comic books by Diamond U.S. to comic specialty stores during January 2012.