Domestic Manga Sales Down in Winter 2008
ICv2 has determined that despite American graphic novel sales growing by 5% in fourth quarter 2008, domestic manga sales dropped by 17%, down to 2005 sales levels.
ICv2 also reports the top 25 most popular “manga” titles in America during first quarter 2009, and the top 10 shounen and top 10 shoujo manga titles of the same period.
Unsurprisingly, Naruto tops the charts of shounen manga and all manga sales in America. A bit more surprising is the fact that Fruits Basket is America’s most popular shoujo manga even after five years of domestic availability.
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Two comments:
First, any real surprise that the leaders appear to be no real different now than a number of years ago?
Second, hence: No real surprise about Fruits Basket still being #1. One has to wonder how much it and the Viz/Shonen Jump Trilogy (Naruto, Bleach, Death Note) hold up the remaining manga industry…