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Viz Takes Ownership of top 10 Manga
Date: 12/8/2005
Top 10 Graphic Novels on Bookscan all Viz Titles


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The top 10, in fact top 13, graphic novels on Bookscan's list of the top selling graphic novels in North America for the week ending December 4 are all Viz titles.

1. Naruto volume 8
2. Rurouni Kenshin volume 21
3. Bleach volume 10
4. Fullmetal Alchemist volume 4
5. Hana-Kimi volume 9
6. Hot Gimmick volume 10
7. Naruto volume 2
8. Naruto volume 7
9. Naruto volume 3
10. Rurouni Kenshin volume 20
11. Naruto volume 4
12. Naruto volume 1
13. Dragonball Z: volume 23

"This is a notable milestone," commented Viz's Evelyn Dubocq, "It?s extremely rare that so many titles from a single publisher will dominate the top spaces on Bookscan?s Graphic Novel list."
Source: Anime News Network