New Anime Drop Helped Push Numbers Up
May 10, 2022
Sales are up year-over-year, with Spy x Family driving much of the growth.
Sales Estimates Based on Diamond Indexes and Publisher Title Data
February 8, 2022
These are estimates of graphic novel sales by Diamond Comic Distributors U.S. to comic specialty stores during the full year of 2021.
The Anime Effect: Slow Burn vs. Flash in the Pan
July 11, 2022
While Chainsaw Man sales are phenomenal, manga that have been adapted into anime spend more time on the charts.
New Readers for 'Spy x Family', Classic Manga Return to Chart, and Webtoon Collections Continue to Show Strength
June 3, 2022
New readers drove Spy x Family sales, classic manga returned to the chart, and webtoon collections continued to show their strength in May.
'Spy x Family' Gets a Boost from Anime
May 10, 2022
With the new anime just out, Spy x Family was hotter than ever.
Superhero and Author Titles Get Boosts from Streaming
July 18, 2022
Comics with streaming tie-ins placed multiple volumes on the Superhero and Author charts.
Author Titles Up a Lot
July 18, 2022
Year over year sales of Superhero titles were down slightly, but Author sales were up.
Anime Matters (Plus a Couple of Exceptions)
July 11, 2022
Anime continues to drive sales of most of the series in the top 20, but this month’s chart has two standout exceptions.
Webtoons Dominate BookScan Author Chart
June 13, 2022
Graphic novels collecting webtoons dominated the BookScan chart of the top 20 Author graphic novels in the book channel.
Slowing Growth Rate Overall and for Top Titles
June 3, 2022
The year-over-year growth rate of top-selling graphic novels (mostly manga) was slower in May.
