The top three manga franchises for the Fall season (September through December) appear to have settled in for a ride at the top, with My Hero Academia now secure as the top manga property in the U.S., followed by Tokyo Ghoul/Tokyo Ghoul: re and Pokemon. Those are the same three titles at the top that we found in our analysis of Summer sales for the Pro site (see "Pro: Top 10 Manga Franchises – Summer 2018").  As of last Spring, My Hero Academia had not yet taken over the top slot (see "Top 10 Manga Franchises – Spring 2018").

The Junji Ito horror titles took a big move up to the #5 slot behind the release of Frankenstein: Junji Ito Story Collection.

This chart of the ICv2 Top Manga Franchises reflects sales across trade channels for Fall 2018, based on analysis of sales through comic stores and the book channel, including online.

Top Manga Franchises - Fall 2018

 

Franchise

Publisher

1

My Hero Academia

VIZ Media

2

Tokyo Ghoul/Tokyo Ghoul: re

VIZ Media

3

Pokemon

VIZ Media

4

Naruto/Boruto

VIZ Media

5

Junji Ito Horror

VIZ Media/Vertical

6

One Piece

VIZ Media

7

Dragon Ball/Dragon Ball Super

VIZ Media

8

Attack on Titan

Kodansha Comics

9

The Legend of Zelda

VIZ Media

10

Berserk

Dark Horse Comics