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The New York Times Manga Best Sellers Of 2011
A total of 18 manga titles have made first appearances in 2011. As of the 33rd week, nine titles reached the top of the weekly list (in order of number of weeks at the top of the list, from highest to lowest): ''Naruto'', 12 weeks; ''Black Bird'', 4 weeks; ''Hetalia: Axis Powers'', 4 weeks; ''Black Butler'', 3 weeks; ''Rosario + Vampire: Season II'', 3 weeks; ''Yu-Gi-Oh! GX'', 3 weeks; ''Negima!'', 2 weeks; ''Fullmetal Alchemist'', 1 week; and ''Maximum Ride'', 1 week. Deb Aoki noted that while the second volume of ''Hetalia: Axis Powers'' debuted at the top of the Best Seller list, the series may be selling more than the charts indicate because ''The New York Times'' does not include sales from digital download sites such as comiXology and Zinio. ''Black Butler'' became the first title other than ''Naruto'' to have four different releases listed simultaneously on the rankings in week 5. Week 24 saw a high turnover from the previous week's list as nine new releases, all published by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ComiXology
Iconology Inc., d/b/a ComiXology (styled comiXology), is a cloud-based digital distribution platform for comics owned by Amazon, with over 200 million comic downloads . It offers a selection of more than 100,000 comic books, graphic novels, and manga across Android, iOS, Kindle Fire, Windows 10, and the Internet. ComiXology's digital platform with Guided View reading technology is used in the company's own branded applications, and is the engine used by most major comic book publishers in the United States, including Marvel Comics and DC Comics for their privately branded digital services. With the release of the third generation iPad and its Retina Display, ComiXology released a high-definition comic format dubbed CMX-HD. The company also provides tools for brick-and-mortar comic book retailers to participate in digital comic sales. Products *ComiXology.com was launched July 2007 as an online community for comic book fans; the website allows readers to identify upcoming rele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Soul Eater Chapters
'' Soul Eater'' is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Atsushi Okubo. The series follows the adventures of three students at a school called the Death Weapon Meister Academy (or DWMA for short), known as meisters, who use demon weapon companions with human and weapon forms. These meisters, Maka Albarn, Black Star, and Death the Kid, seek to turn their weapons, Soul Eater, Tsubaki, and the Thompson sisters respectively, into "death scythes" for Lord Death, the Grim Reaper and head of the DWMA, by having their weapons consume the souls of 99 evil humans and one witch. The manga initially began as three separate one-shots serialized between June 24, 2003 and November 26, 2003 in two manga magazines published by Square Enix. The first one-shot was published in the summer 2003 special edition of ''Gangan Powered'', the second following in the autumn 2003 special edition of the same magazine, and the third serialized in '' Gangan Wing''. The manga started regular ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finder Series
The is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Ayano Yamane. It is serialized in the semimonthly manga magazine ''Be × Boy Gold'' since 2002. Several adaptations of the manga have been released, including original video animations, light novels, and audio drama CDs. Plot Twenty-three-year-old Akihito Takaba (高羽 秋仁 ''Takaba Akihito'') is a young freelance photographer who takes pride in his work and seeks to get a major "scoop". After he takes photographs of the business dealings of crime lord Ryuichi Asami (麻見 隆一 ''Asami Ryūichi''), Asami kidnaps him, beginning a relationship between them as they find themselves continually drawn to one another. Liu Fei Long (劉飛龍 ''Ryū Feiron'', Chinese: ''Liú Fēilóng''), a rival Chinese boss who blames Asami for his father's death, takes an interest in Takaba, as well, seeking a way to get revenge. Afterwards, Fei Long kidnaps Takaba, and Asami steals an important document of Fei Long's, which he uses t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akira (manga)
is a Japanese cyberpunk post-apocalyptic manga series written and illustrated by Katsuhiro Otomo. It was serialized biweekly in Kodansha's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Young Magazine'' from December 20, 1982, to June 25, 1990, with its 120 chapters collected into six ''tankōbon'' volumes. It was initially published in the United States by Marvel Comics under its Epic imprint, becoming one of the first manga works to be translated in its entirety into English. It is currently published by Kodansha Comics in North America. Considered a watershed title for the medium, the manga is also famous for spawning the seminal 1988 cyberpunk anime film adaptation of the same name and the greater franchise. Set in a post-apocalyptic and futuristic "Neo-Tokyo", more than two decades after a mysterious explosion destroyed the city, the story centers on teenage biker gang leader Shotaro Kaneda, militant revolutionary Kei, a trio of espers, and Neo-Tokyo military leader Colonel Shikishima ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
