NY Times Manga Bestsellers: Vampire Knight Reigns, Ninja Girls Debuts
This week's edition of the New York Times Graphic Books list was posted on Friday morning and for the fourth week in a row, Vampire Knight by Matsuri Hino is continuing its reign at the top of the charts. Fellow Shojo Beat title Black Bird by Kanoko Sakurakoji is also continuing its slow but steady climb up the charts.
New on this week's top 10 list is two debuts from Del Rey Manga: the first volume of Ninja Girls by Hosana Tanaka and the third volume of Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei by Koji Kumeta. Also from Del Rey Manga: X-Men: Misfits is hanging onto their spot in the Paperback Graphic Books list at #9 this week.
Here's the rest of the New York Times Manga Bestseller list for the week ending August 29, 2009:
| This Week |
Last Week |
Weeks on List |
Title | Author/Artist | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 ↔ | 5 wks | Vampire Knight Volume 7 | Matsuri Hino | Shojo Beat / VIZ Media |
| 2 | 2 ↔ | 9 wks | Naruto Volume 45 | Masashi Kishimoto | Shonen Jump / VIZ Media |
| 3 | 3 ↔ | 9 wks | Fruits Basket Volume 23 | Natsuki Takaya | TOKYOPOP |
| 4 | 5 ↑ | 4 wks | Black Bird Volume 1 | Kanako Sakurakoji | Shojo Beat / VIZ Media |
| 5 | 4 ↓ | 5 wks | Rosario + Vampire Volume 8 | Akihisa Ikeda | Shonen Jump Advanced /VIZ Media |
| 6 | NEW | 1 wk | Ninja Girls Volume 1 | Hosana Tanaka | Del Rey Manga |
| 7 | NEW | 1 wk | Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei Volume 3 | Koji Kumeta | Del Rey Manga |
| 8 | 6 ↓ | 5 wks | D.N. Angel Volume 12 | Yukiru Sugisaki | TOKYOPOP |
| 9 | 9 ↔ | 7 wks | Full Metal Alchemist Volume 19 | Hiromu Arakawa | VIZ Media |
| 10 | 7 ↓ | 4 wks | D. Gray-Man Volume 14 | Katsura Hoshino | Shonen Jump Advanced / VIZ Media |
NOTE: "RET" means that a title has returned to the Top 10 after an absence of a week or more. Weeks on the chart are counted as weeks on the Top 10.
Image credit: Rappi Rangai © 2006 Hosana Tanaka.
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