Top 50 Manga: May 2019
VIZ Media's My Hero Academia Volume 18, the latest volume of the best-selling series about a school for super-heros, was May's best-selling manga title.
VIZ Media had a strong month in May, taking nine of the top ten spots on the best-sellers charts and seventeen of the top twenty-five. One-Punch Man Volume 16 ranked #2; Dragon Ball Super Volume 5 ranked #3; Smashed: The Junji Ito Story Collection ranked #4; My Hero Academia: Vigilantes Volume 4 ranked #5; My Hero Academia: School Briefs Volume 1, a prose short story collection based on the manga, ranked #6; One Piece Volume 90 ranked #7; JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable Volume 1, the first chapter of the fourth series in the long-running franchise, ranked #8; and Tokyo Ghoul:Re Volume 10 ranked #9.
Also in the top ten, Stan Sakai's Usagi Yojimbo Saga Volume 8 from Dark Horse Comics ranked #10.
TOP 50 MANGA
Based on Total Unit Sales of Products Invoiced in May 2019
QTY RANK |
OVERALL GRAPHIC NOVEL UNIT RANK |
OVERALL GRAPHIC NOVEL DOLLAR RANK |
INDEX | ITEM CODE | DESCRIPTION | PRICE | VENDOR |
1 | 13 | 56 | 3.63 | FEB192177 | MY HERO ACADEMIA GN VOL 18 | $9.99 | VIZ MEDIA LLC |
2 | 22 | 73 | 3.04 | MAR192172 | ONE PUNCH MAN GN VOL 16 | $9.99 | VIZ MEDIA LLC |
3 | 26 | 81 | 2.82 | MAR192171 | DRAGON BALL SUPER GN VOL 05 | $9.99 | VIZ MEDIA LLC |
4 | 27 | 18 | 2.81 | FEB192164 | SMASHED JUNJI ITO STORY COLLECTION HC (MR) | $22.99 | VIZ MEDIA LLC |
5 | 36 | 117 | 2.21 | FEB192176 | MY HERO ACADEMIA VIGILANTES GN VOL 04 | $9.99 | VIZ MEDIA LLC |
6 | #N/A | #N/A | 1.38 | FEB192175 | MY HERO ACADEMIA SCHOOL BRIEFS NOVEL SC VOL 01 | $10.99 | VIZ MEDIA LLC |
7 | 75 | 198 | 1.33 | MAR192173 | ONE PIECE GN VOL 90 | $9.99 | VIZ MEDIA LLC |
8 | 79 | 91 | 1.28 | MAR192169 | JOJOS BIZARRE ADV 4 DIAMOND IS UNBREAKABLE HC VOL 01 | $19.99 | VIZ MEDIA LLC |
9 | 82 | 165 | 1.23 | FEB192172 | TOKYO GHOUL RE GN VOL 10 | $12.99 | VIZ MEDIA LLC |
10 | 98 | 94 | 1.08 | JAN190473 | USAGI YOJIMBO SAGA TP VOL 08 | $24.99 | DARK HORSE COMICS |
11 | #N/A | #N/A | 0.94 | MAR192224 | OVERLORD LIGHT NOVEL HC VOL 10 (MR) | $20.00 | YEN ON |
12 | 129 | 95 | 0.82 | FEB192282 | SAILOR MOON ETERNAL ED VOL 04 | $27.99 | KODANSHA COMICS |
13 | 137 | 248 | 0.80 | FEB192274 | BATTLE ANGEL ALITA MARS CHRONICLE GN VOL 06 | $10.99 | KODANSHA COMICS |
14 | 152 | 147 | 0.76 | JAN190483 | ELFEN LIED OMNIBUS TP VOL 01 | $24.99 | DARK HORSE COMICS |
15 | 154 | 362 | 0.74 | JUN151643 | MY HERO ACADEMIA GN VOL 01 | $9.99 | VIZ MEDIA LLC |
16 | 164 | 371 | 0.69 | MAR192174 | SNOW WHITE WITH RED HAIR GN VOL 01 | $9.99 | VIZ MEDIA LLC |
17 | 169 | 195 | 0.67 | MAR192196 | URUSEI YATSURA GN VOL 02 | $19.99 | VIZ MEDIA LLC |
18 | 171 | 253 | 0.66 | JAN190484 | EMANON TP VOL 01 MEMORIES OF EMANON | $14.99 | DARK HORSE COMICS |
19 | 177 | 209 | 0.64 | MAR192170 | FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST FULLMETAL EDITION HC VOL 05 | $19.99 | VIZ MEDIA LLC |
20 | 185 | 386 | 0.61 | JUN158141 | ONE PUNCH MAN GN VOL 01 | $9.99 | VIZ MEDIA LLC |
21 | 186 | 388 | 0.61 | SEP151698 | MY HERO ACADEMIA GN VOL 02 | $9.99 | VIZ MEDIA LLC |
22 | 189 | 79 | 0.60 | OCT180363 | BERSERK DELUXE EDITION HC VOL 01 (MR) | $49.99 | DARK HORSE COMICS |
23 | 190 | 406 | 0.60 | FEB192171 | PROMISED NEVERLAND GN VOL 09 | $9.99 | VIZ MEDIA LLC |
24 | 193 | 411 | 0.60 | FEB192173 | FOOD WARS SHOKUGEKI NO SOMA GN VOL 29 | $9.99 | VIZ MEDIA LLC |
25 | 193 | 385 | 0.60 | MAR192250 | LITTLE WITCH ACADEMIA GN VOL 03 | $10.00 | JY |
26 | #N/A | #N/A | 0.59 | MAR192227 | SWORD ART ONLINE NOVEL SC VOL 16 | $14.00 | YEN ON |
27 | 198 | 294 | 0.57 | MAR192134 | CREATURE GIRLS HANDS ON FIELD JOURNAL WORLD GN VOL 01 (MR) ( | $13.99 | GHOST SHIP |
28 | 199 | 855 | 0.56 | MAR192198 | POKEMON SUN & MOON GN VOL 04 | $4.99 | VIZ MEDIA LLC |
29 | 212 | 215 | 0.53 | DEC180419 | GANTZ OMNIBUS TP VOL 03 | $24.99 | DARK HORSE COMICS |
30 | 216 | 345 | 0.52 | MAR192135 | WORLDS END HAREM GN VOL 05 (MR) | $12.99 | GHOST SHIP |
31 | 220 | 479 | 0.51 | MAR192192 | BLACK CLOVER GN VOL 15 | $9.99 | VIZ MEDIA LLC |
32 | #N/A | #N/A | 0.50 | MAR192223 | GOBLIN SLAYER LIGHT NOVEL SC VOL 07 | $14.00 | YEN ON |
33 | 225 | 456 | 0.50 | DEC151700 | MY HERO ACADEMIA GN VOL 03 | $9.99 | VIZ MEDIA LLC |
34 | 242 | 193 | 0.48 | AUG090981 | AKIRA KODANSHA ED GN VOL 01 (MR) | $24.99 | KODANSHA COMICS |
35 | 246 | 426 | 0.47 | MAR192291 | IM STANDING ON MILLION LIVES GN (MR) | $10.99 | KODANSHA COMICS |
36 | 257 | 389 | 0.45 | MAR192241 | OVERLORD GN VOL 10 (MR) | $13.00 | YEN PRESS |
37 | 262 | 394 | 0.44 | MAR192246 | SWORD ART ONLINE HOLLOW REALIZATION GN VOL 03 | $13.00 | YEN PRESS |
38 | 266 | 379 | 0.44 | FEB192178 | DEAD DEAD DEMONS DEDEDEDE DESTRUCTION GN VOL 05 (MR) | $14.99 | VIZ MEDIA LLC |
39 | 268 | 564 | 0.44 | MAR192191 | DR STONE GN VOL 05 | $9.99 | VIZ MEDIA LLC |
40 | 274 | 544 | 0.43 | MAR172201 | DRAGON BALL SUPER GN VOL 01 | $9.99 | VIZ MEDIA LLC |
41 | #N/A | #N/A | 0.43 | FEB192192 | NIER AUTOMATA SHORT STORY LONG NOVEL SC | $14.99 | VIZ MEDIA LLC |
42 | 282 | 434 | 0.42 | MAR192298 | RISING OF THE SHIELD HERO GN VOL 11 MANGA | $11.95 | ONE PEACE BOOKS |
43 | 283 | 440 | 0.42 | MAR192329 | CHI SWEET ADVENTURES GN VOL 04 | $11.95 | VERTICAL COMICS |
44 | 285 | 442 | 0.42 | AUG108203 | BERSERK TP VOL 01 BLACK SWORDSMAN (MR) | $14.99 | DARK HORSE COMICS |
45 | 293 | 219 | 0.41 | AUG131498 | UZUMAKI 3IN1 DLX ED HC JUNJI ITO (MR) | $27.99 | VIZ MEDIA LLC |
46 | 294 | 604 | 0.41 | MAR192190 | BLACK TORCH GN VOL 04 | $9.99 | VIZ MEDIA LLC |
47 | 301 | 430 | 0.40 | MAR192287 | GLEIPNIR GN VOL 02 (MR) | $12.99 | KODANSHA COMICS |
48 | 303 | 405 | 0.39 | FEB192298 | BLANK CANVAS SO CALLED ARTISTS JOURNEY GN VOL 01 | $13.99 | SEVEN SEAS ENTERTAINMENT LLC |
49 | 310 | 607 | 0.39 | DEC182240 | MY HERO ACADEMIA GN VOL 17 | $9.99 | VIZ MEDIA LLC |
50 | 310 | 422 | 0.39 | MAR192218 | MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM THUNDERBOLT GN VOL 11 | $14.99 | VIZ MEDIA LLC |
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