To help educators and librarians to be informed about what their students and patrons are buying from their local comic shops, we present the Top 50 Manga titles for April. Each month, Diamond Comic Distributors announces its best-selling Manga and trade paperbacks based on Total Unit Sales to comic book specialty shops.

VIZ Media’s My Hero Academia Volume 12 was April’s best-selling manga title.

In total, VIZ Media had six titles in the top ten, including Toyko Ghoul:ReVolume 4 at #3, Assassination Classroom Volume 21 at #4, My Hero Academia Volume 1 at #5, Dead Dead Demons Dededede DestructionVolume 1 at #7, and Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess Volume 1 at #10.

Kodansha Comics had three titles in the top ten: Attack on Titan Volume 24 at #2, Battle Angel Alita: Mars Chronicle Volume 2 at #6, and Battle Angel Alita Deluxe Edition Volume 3 at #9.

Finally, Seven Seas Ghost Ship’s Worlds End Harem Volume 1 ranked #8.

TOP 50 MANGA

Based on Total Unit Sales of Products Invoiced in April 2018

RANK DESCRIPTION PRICE PUBLISHER ISBN DIAMOND

CODE 1 MY HERO ACADEMIA GN VOL 12 $9.99 VIZ MEDIA LLC 9781421597010 FEB181932 2 ATTACK ON TITAN GN VOL 24 (MR) $10.99 KODANSHA COMICS 9781632365354 FEB181626 3 TOKYO GHOUL RE GN VOL 04 $12.99 VIZ MEDIA LLC 9781421594996 FEB181933 4 ASSASSINATION CLASSROOM GN VOL 21 $9.99 VIZ MEDIA LLC 9781421593395 FEB181936 5 MY HERO ACADEMIA GN VOL 01 $9.99 VIZ MEDIA LLC 9781421582696 JUN151643 6 BATTLE ANGEL ALITA MARS CHRONICLE GN VOL 02 $10.99 KODANSHA COMICS 9781632366160 FEB181629 7 DEAD DEAD DEMONS DEDEDEDE DESTRUCTION GN VOL 01 (MR) $14.99 VIZ MEDIA LLC 9781421599359 FEB181948 8 WORLDS END HAREM GN VOL 01 (MR) $12.99 SEVEN SEAS GHOST SHIP 9781947804098 JAN181891 9 BATTLE ANGEL ALITA DELUXE ED VOL 03 $29.99 KODANSHA COMICS 9781632366009 JAN181760 10 LEGEND OF ZELDA TWILIGHT PRINCESS GN VOL 01 $9.99 VIZ MEDIA LLC 9781421593470 JAN172159 11 CARDCAPTOR SAKURA CLEAR CARD GN VOL 03 $10.99 KODANSHA COMICS 9781632365392 JAN181761 12 FOOD WARS SHOKUGEKI NO SOMA GN VOL 23 $9.99 VIZ MEDIA LLC 9781421597621 FEB181935 13 ATTACK ON TITAN BEFORE THE FALL GN VOL 13 (MR) $10.99 KODANSHA COMICS 9781632365361 FEB181627 14 CUTIE HONEY A GO GO GN VOL 01 (MR) $15.99 SEVEN SEAS ENTERTAINMENT LLC 9781626926134 OCT171779 15 TO LOVE RU DARKNESS GN VOL 04 (MR) $12.99 SEVEN SEAS GHOST SHIP 9781947804180 JAN181890 16 RWBY GN $14.99 VIZ MEDIA LLC 9781421595122 NOV172052 17 DRAGON BALL SUPER GN VOL 02 $9.99 VIZ MEDIA LLC 9781421596471 OCT171954 18 DRAGON BALL SUPER GN VOL 01 $9.99 VIZ MEDIA LLC 9781421592541 MAR172201 19 YOUR NAME GN VOL 03 $13.00 YEN PRESS 9780316521178 JAN182104 20 PROMISED NEVERLAND GN VOL 03 $9.99 VIZ MEDIA LLC 9781421597140 FEB181934 21 SHERLOCK THE GREAT GAME TP $12.99 TITAN COMICS 9781785859168 DEC171842 22 FAIRY TAIL S GN VOL 02 $10.99 KODANSHA COMICS 9781632366108 FEB181631 23 PLATINUM END GN VOL 05 (MR) $9.99 VIZ MEDIA LLC 9781421597027 FEB181942 24 MY HERO ACADEMIA GN VOL 02 $9.99 VIZ MEDIA LLC 9781421582702 SEP151698 25 POKEMON SEEK & FIND HC LEGENDARY POKEMON $9.99 VIZ LLC 9781421598147 FEB181955 26 NARUTO 3IN1 TP VOL 22 $14.99 VIZ MEDIA LLC 9781421597058 FEB181960 27 HATSUNE MIKU FUTURE DELIVERY TP 02 $10.99 DARK HORSE COMICS 9781506703626 SEP170134 28 MONSTER TAMER GIRLS GN VOL 01 $13.00 YEN PRESS 9780316517720 JAN182082 29 FIRE PUNCH GN VOL 02 (MR) $12.99 VIZ MEDIA LLC 9781421597188 FEB181947 30 ONE PUNCH MAN GN VOL 01 $9.99 VIZ MEDIA LLC 9781421585642 JUN158141 31 MY HERO ACADEMIA GN VOL 03 $9.99 VIZ MEDIA LLC 9781421585109 DEC151700 32 LEGEND OF ZELDA LEGENDARY ED GN VOL 01 OCARINA TIME $17.99 VIZ MEDIA LLC 9781421589596 SEP162089 33 SERAPH OF END VAMPIRE REIGN GN VOL 14 $9.99 VIZ MEDIA LLC 9781421598239 FEB181943 34 HAIKYU GN VOL 22 $9.99 VIZ MEDIA LLC 9781421596099 FEB181944 35 OVERLORD GN VOL 06 $13.00 YEN PRESS 9780316517270 FEB181997 36 CAPTAIN HARLOCK DIMENSIONAL VOYAGE GN VOL 04 $12.99 SEVEN SEAS ENTERTAINMENT LLC 9781626927285 JAN181870 37 TOKYO GHOUL GN VOL 01 $12.99 VIZ MEDIA LLC 9781421580364 APR151799 38 MERMAID BOYS GN VOL 01 $13.00 YEN PRESS 9780316480963 JAN182080 39 GOBLIN SLAYER GN VOL 02 (MR) $13.00 YEN PRESS 9780316448239 JAN182086 40 POKEMON ADVENTURES GN VOL 01 RED BLUE $9.99 VIZ MEDIA LLC 9781421530543 FEB138619 41 MY HERO ACADEMIA GN VOL 05 $9.99 VIZ MEDIA LLC 9781421587028 JUN161950 42 PRINCESS JELLYFISH GN VOL 08 $19.99 KODANSHA COMICS 9781632365637 JAN181768 43 KENKA BANCHO OTOME LOVES BATTLE ROYALE GN VOL 01 $9.99 VIZ MEDIA LLC 9781421599106 FEB181952 44 YUUNA & HAUNTED HOT SPRINGS GN VOL 01 (MR) $12.99 SEVEN SEAS GHOST SHIP 9781947804043 DEC171792 45 MY HERO ACADEMIA GN VOL 11 $9.99 VIZ MEDIA LLC 9781421595832 DEC171944 46 MY HERO ACADEMIA GN VOL 10 $9.99 VIZ MEDIA LLC 9781421594378 SEP172065 47 MAGI GN VOL 29 $9.99 VIZ MEDIA LLC 9781421595535 FEB181961 48 AKAME GA KILL GN VOL 14 $13.00 YEN PRESS 9781975300418 FEB181989 49 SUPER DIMENSIONAL LOVE GUN GN (A) $19.95 FAKKU BOOKS 9781634420631 FEB181540 50 NAPPING PRINCESS GN VOL 01 STORY UNKNOWN ME $13.00 YEN PRESS 9781975326074 FEB181986

Item codes followed by -M indicate multiple covers and skus at the standard SRP.







How does Diamond calculate the charts? It all starts at the comic book shop.

Data for Diamond’s sales charts — which includes the monthly market shares and all top product charts — are compiled by Diamond Comic Distributors from sales made to thousands of comic book specialty shops located in North America and around the world. Additional sales made to online merchants and other specialty stores may be included as well.

Unit and dollar market shares are calculated based upon orders for comic books, graphic novels, and magazines invoiced and shipped to Diamond customers during any given month, which comprises pre-orders, advance reorders, and reorders, minus any copies that are received back from a title marked as returnable. Please note that comics marked with an asterisk (*) have had their reported quantities reduced due to retailer returnability, and thus may rank lower on the charts than their actual sales would reflect.

About the Diamond Sales Index: The Sales Index of selected monthly Best Seller Charts is presented as a comparative tool for retailers and publishers. It presents Diamond’s monthly sales for individual titles in relation to Diamond’s total sales for the issue of DC Comics’ monthly Batman comic book. (Batman is used as the control title — with a value of 100 — because sales of Batman usually remain relatively stable.) This allows for easy comparison to other titles and helps retailers gauge their orders for all other titles. This formula is only a guide, other factors may impact a titles’ ability to sell in certain locations and clientele.