The latest volume of VIZ Media’s My Hero Academia didn’t just top the chart of sales in the book channel based on NPD BookScan data for February provided to ICv2.

We talked to VIZ Media Senior Director of Sales and Marketing Kevin Hamric and Senior Director of Marketing Candice Uyloan.

What are the series to suggest to fans of the current big hits?

Akira was the #1 manga franchise on ICv2’s Top 10 Manga Franchises chart for Fall 2017 (September - December).

Here's a look at some trends we noticed in 2017—and a few pointers for the year to come.

These are estimates of the sales on graphic novels by Diamond U.S. to comic specialty stores during January 2018.

A manga produced in Japan based on an American intellectual property was the top manga in the U.S. book channel according to information provided by NPD BookScan.

The first volume of RWBY sold nearly twice as many copies as the #2 manga in the U.S. book channel in January, according to information provided by NPD BookScan.

The latest Saga volume was the #1 adult graphic novel in January 2018, based on NPD BookScan data provided to ICv2.

This reporting on the actual sales reported by NPD BookScan on the Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels helps see the relative sales on the bestsellers, and is also instructive when compared to the sales for other graphic novel subcategories in the book channel, or to sales in the comic store channel.