'Death Note' Moves Up, Junji Ito Horror Titles Make Chart

Top 10 Manga Franchises – Fall 2017 Rank Title Publisher Genre 1 Akira Kodansha Comics Seinen 2 Tokyo Ghoul VIZ Media Seinen 3 Death Note VIZ Media Shonen 4 My Hero Academia VIZ Media Shonen 5 Legend of Zelda VIZ Media Shonen 6 Naruto/Boruto VIZ Media Shonen 7 Pokemon VIZ Media Shonen 8 Junji Ito Horror VIZ Media Seinen 9 One Piece VIZ Media Shonen 10 One Punch Man VIZ Media Seinen Note: Includes all channels

It’s been a long time since we could say this: Akira was the #1 manga franchise on ICv2’s Top 10 Manga Franchises chart for Fall 2017 (September - December), driven by the $199.99 price for the 35th Anniversary HC Box Set collection of all the volumes from Kodansha Comics. The box set was the #5 piece sale graphic novel in bookstores in November (see " November 2017 BookScan Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels "), an impressive accomplishment at that price point.The perennial best-seller Death Note moved up on the chart for the Fall season, with sales stimulated by the Netflix movie.Also of note on our Fall 2017 chart are the Junji Ito horror titles, which when considered together bring the horror master’s works into the Top 10.

This chart of the ICv2 "Top 10 Manga Franchises" reflects sales in all channels for Fall 2017. The "Top 10" chart is based on data from both the comic store and book channels, aggregated by character or property to determine the Top Franchises (based on dollars) in the comics business. Because it looks at both channels for graphic novels, which target a broad range of consumers across demographic groups, and aggregates info by property, the ICv2 Top 10 Graphic Novel Franchise charts give the best picture of the properties that are driving sales in the U.S.