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Your Executive Summary and Index, Week Ending 14 August 2011

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The Weekly Charts:
Week Ending 14 August 2011

Internet Archive Link: http://www.archive.org/details/MangaRankingsWeekEnding14August2011

Manga Top 500

1. ↔0 (1) : Black Butler 6 – Yen Press, Jul 2011 [420.0] ::
2. ↑6 (8) : Maximum Ride 4 – Yen Press, Apr 2011 [411.1] ::
3. ↑2 (5) : Negima! 30 – Kodansha Comics, Jul 2011 [408.8] ::
4. ↑7 (11) : Sailor Moon 1 – Kodansha Comics, Sep 2011 [407.6] ::
5. ↑12 (17) : Blue Exorcist 3 – Viz Shonen Jump Advanced, Aug 2011 [404.5] ::
6. ↔0 (6) : Vampire Knight 12 – Viz Shojo Beat, Jun 2011 [397.9] ::
7. ↓-4 (3) : Black Butler 1 – Yen Press, Jan 2010 [371.7] ::
8. ↓-6 (2) : Naruto 51 – Viz Shonen Jump, Jun 2011 [356.0] ::
9. ↓-2 (7) : Black Butler 3 – Yen Press, Oct 2010 [341.7] ::
10. ↓-1 (9) : Black Bird 9 – Viz Shojo Beat, Jul 2011 [322.3] ::

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Top Imprints
Number of titles ranking in the Manga 500:

Viz Shonen Jump 90
Yen Press 75
Viz Shojo Beat 73
Viz Shonen Jump Advanced 35
Kodansha Comics 32
Vizkids 29
Tokyopop 25
Viz 23
Del Rey 17
DMP Juné 15

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Top 50 Series:

1. ↔0 (1) : Black Butler – Yen Press [918.1] ::
2. ↔0 (2) : Naruto – Viz Shonen Jump [886.8] ::
3. ↔0 (3) : Sailor Moon – Kodansha Comics [793.4] ::
4. ↔0 (4) : Maximum Ride – Yen Press [773.5] ::
5. ↑3 (8) : Negima! – Del Rey [742.0] ::
6. ↑7 (13) : Blue Exorcist – Viz Shonen Jump Advanced [675.7] ::
7. ↓-2 (5) : Vampire Knight – Viz Shojo Beat [652.5] ::
8. ↑4 (12) : Ouran High School Host Club – Viz Shojo Beat [608.7] ::
9. ↓-2 (7) : Highschool of the Dead – Yen Press [586.4] ::
10. ↓-4 (6) : Black Bird – Viz Shojo Beat [586.1] ::

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Top 50 New Releases:
(Titles releasing/released This Month & Last)

1. ↔0 (1) : Black Butler 6 – Yen Press, Jul 2011 [420.0] ::
3. ↑2 (5) : Negima! 30 – Kodansha Comics, Jul 2011 [408.8] ::
5. ↑12 (17) : Blue Exorcist 3 – Viz Shonen Jump Advanced, Aug 2011 [404.5] ::
10. ↓-1 (9) : Black Bird 9 – Viz Shojo Beat, Jul 2011 [322.3] ::
13. ↑8 (21) : Yu-Gi-Oh! GX 7 – Viz Shonen Jump, Aug 2011 [308.5] ::
15. ↓-2 (13) : Warriors SkyClan & The Stranger 1 – HC/Tokyopop, Jul 2011 [303.5] ::
16. ↓-4 (12) : Highschool of the Dead 3 – Yen Press, Jul 2011 [300.1] ::
18. ↓-2 (16) : Pandora Hearts 6 – Yen Press, Jul 2011 [288.3] ::
21. ↑103 (124) : Omamori Himari 4 – Yen Press, Aug 2011 [284.5] ::
23. ↓-1 (22) : Bakuman 6 – Viz Shonen Jump, Aug 2011 [278.2] ::

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Top 50 Preorders:

4. ↑7 (11) : Sailor Moon 1 – Kodansha Comics, Sep 2011 [407.6] ::
11. ↑9 (20) : Sailor Moon Codename: Sailor V 1 – Kodansha Comics, Sep 2011 [320.6] ::
34. ↑2 (36) : Sailor Moon 2 – Kodansha Comics, Nov 2011 [249.4] ::
88. ↓-16 (72) : Sailor Moon Codename: Sailor V 2 – Kodansha Comics, Nov 2011 [139.5] ::
92. ↓-30 (62) : Sailor Moon 4 – Kodansha Comics, Mar 2012 [135.0] ::
96. ↓-31 (65) : Sailor Moon 3 – Kodansha Comics, Jan 2012 [128.2] ::
121. ↑224 (345) : Negima! 31 – Kodansha Comics, Sep 2011 [111.0] ::
128. ↑119 (247) : xxxHolic 17 – Kodansha Comics, Sep 2011 [108.1] ::
135. ↑1142 (1277) : Negima! 32 – Kodansha Comics, Nov 2011 [103.7] ::
184. ↑398 (582) : Seven Days Friday-Sunday – DMP Juné, Sep 2011 [74.8] ::

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Top 50 Manhwa:

212. ↓-24 (188) : Bride of the Water God 8 – Dark Horse, May 2011 [64.6] ::
388. ↑3 (391) : March Story 1 – Viz Signature, Oct 2010 [36.3] ::
441. ↓-76 (365) : Bride of the Water God 7 – Dark Horse, Feb 2011 [30.4] ::
572. ↓-100 (472) : Black God 3 – Yen Press, Jun 2008 [21.7] ::
626. ↑new (0) : Utopia’s Avenger 3 – Tokyopop, Aug 2007 [18.7] ::
685. ↑264 (949) : Bride of the Water God 1 – Dark Horse, Oct 2007 [16.3] ::
696. ↓-160 (536) : Bride of the Water God 6 – Dark Horse, Aug 2010 [16.0] ::
711. ↓-79 (632) : March Story 2 – Viz Signature, Apr 2011 [15.5] ::
736. ↑93 (829) : JTF-3 Counter Ops (Kindle ebook) – RealinterfaceStudios.com, Mar 2011 [14.4] ::
830. ↑38 (868) : Jack Frost 4 – Yen Press, Dec 2010 [11.1] ::

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Top 50 BL/Yaoi Volumes:

102. ↓-23 (79) : Maelstrom (Kindle ebook) 1 – Yaoi Press, Jun 2011 [125.0] ::
126. ↑49 (175) : Finder Series 4 Prisoner in the View Finder – DMP Juné, Aug 2011 [109.0] ::
147. ↓-43 (104) : Maelstrom (Kindle ebook) 4 – Yaoi Press, Jul 2011 [94.1] ::
153. ↓-10 (143) : Finder Series 3 One Wing in the View Finder – DMP Juné, Mar 2011 [90.7] ::
157. ↓-32 (125) : Maelstrom (Kindle ebook) 3 – Yaoi Press, Jul 2011 [87.9] ::
194. ↑408 (602) : Finder Series 5 Truth in the View Finder – DMP Juné, Dec 2011 [70.0] ::
250. ↑3 (253) : Caged Slave (novel) – DMP Juné, May 2008 [56.8] ::
261. ↑new (0) : Private Teacher 1 – DMP Juné, Jan 2012 [54.8] ::
320. ↓-146 (174) : The Tyrant Falls in Love 3 – DMP Juné, May 2011 [44.8] ::
356. ↑ (last ranked 24 Apr 11) : An Even More Beautiful Lie – DMP Juné, Jan 2012 [41.0] ::

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