The December 2019 slate of what sold through bookstores and more that NPD BookScan tracks have landed for the manga side thanks to ICv2. The month is one where Viz Media dominates again by taking 19 of the 20 slots and the bulk of it coming from My Hero Academia with eleven slots. The latest volume is in the 2nd place slot and the debut is at the top, again showing that more and more people are getting into the property and picking up several of the first five or so volumes at a time after seeing the anime most likely.
Viz Media also gets to show off a few other books like Demon Slayer and Dragon Ball Super and we’re stoked to see No Longer Human and Uzumaki charting as they are.
Kodansha Comics gets the one other book on the chart with the latest Attack on Titan taking the 20th slot.
NPD BookScan Top 20 Manga Graphic Novels – December 2019 (12/3/19 – 1/4/20) | |||
Rank | Title | Author | Publisher |
1 | MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 1 | KOHEI HORIKOSHI | VIZ MEDIA |
2 | MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 22 | KOHEI HORIKOSHI | VIZ MEDIA |
3 | MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 2 | KOHEI HORIKOSHI | VIZ MEDIA |
4 | MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 3 | KOHEI HORIKOSHI | VIZ MEDIA |
5 | ONE-PUNCH MAN VOL. 18 | ONE | VIZ MEDIA |
6 | NO LONGER HUMAN HC | JUNJI ITO | VIZ MEDIA |
7 | MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 4 | KOHEI HORIKOSHI | VIZ MEDIA |
8 | DEMON SLAYER: KIMETSU NO YAIBA VOL. 1 | KOYOHARU GOTOUGE | VIZ MEDIA |
9 | DRAGON BALL SUPER VOL. 7 | AKIRA TORIYAMA | VIZ MEDIA |
10 | MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 5 | KOHEI HORIKOSHI | VIZ MEDIA |
11 | MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 21 | KOHEI HORIKOSHI | VIZ MEDIA |
12 | MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 20 | KOHEI HORIKOSHI | VIZ MEDIA |
13 | KOMI CAN’T COMMUNICATE VOL. 4 | TOMOHITO ODA | VIZ MEDIA |
14 | UZUMAKI HC | JUNJI ITO | VIZ MEDIA |
15 | MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL, 6 | KOHEI HORIKOSHI | VIZ MEDIA |
16 | JOJO’S BIZARRE ADVENTURE: PART 1–PHANTOM BLOOD VOL. 1 HC | HIROHIKO ARAKI | VIZ MEDIA |
17 | MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 17 | KOHEI HORIKOSHI | VIZ MEDIA |
18 | MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 19 | KOHEI HORIKOSHI | VIZ MEDIA |
19 | DEMON SLAYER: KIMETSU NO YAIBA VOL. 2 | KOYOHARU GOTOUGE | VIZ MEDIA |
20 | ATTACK ON TITAN VOL. 29 | ISAYAMA, HAJIME | KODANSHA COMICS |
Source: The NPD Group/BookScan |