| ICv2 has released a list of the top 25 North American manga properties for the first and second quarters of 2011. The chart is based on interviews with retailers, distributors, and manufacturers. rank / title / (publisher) *1 Naruto (Viz Media) *2 Bleach (Viz Media) *3 Vampire Knight (Viz Media) *4 Black Butler (Yen Press) *5 Death Note (Viz Media) *6 Black Bird (Viz Media) *7 Rosario+Vampire (Viz Media) *8 Fullmetal Alchemist (Viz Media) *9 Dragonball & DBZ (Viz Media) 10 Soul Eater (Yen Press) 11 One Piece (Viz Media) 12 Maximum Ride (Yen Press) 13 Alice in the Country of Hearts (Tokyopop) 14 Hetalia (Tokyopop) 15 Yu-Gi-Oh! (Viz Media) 16 Pandora Hearts (Yen Press) 17 Bakuman (Viz Media) 18 Fruits Basket (Tokyopop) 19 Dengeki Daisy (Viz Media) 20 D.Gray-man (Viz Media) 21 Yotsuba&!! (Yen Press) 22 Ouran High School Host Club (Viz Media) 23 Shugo Chara (Del Rey Manga) 24 K-On! (Yen Press) 25 Highschool of the Dead (Yen Press) Source: ICv2 |
NaruleachAug 20, 2011 11:46 PM
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| How was the HotD full color? I love me some mindless B-movie action. |
| Not surprising to see the top 2 titles.. |
| You should add that this is North American data in the title, as I came away somewhat disappoint. |
notsureifsrs said: How was the HotD full color? I love me some mindless B-movie action. i almost forgot about this ill try looking for it like a pirate lol |
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Naruleach said: Shit tier ranking is shit tier.*7 Rosario+Vampire (Viz Media) |
| Rosario, Vampire Knight, Naruto, Bleach... there's a lot of shit on that list. |
| Steel Ball Run anime when? |
| hhahaha americans have bad taste |
| Wait a sec, One Piece isn't even in the top 10?! What is wrong with this continent?! |
Valkyrie-Ryu said: Tokyopop only has 3 on this list.. tsk tsk Tokyopop.. (woah lol almost mistyped that as Tokyopoop xD). Marketing is not enough. <: I'm not exactly surprised since, y'know, they don't market anymore. Since they closed their offices. Kazeshini said: hhahaha americans have bad taste You say that like it's anything new. |
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Valkyrie-Ryu said: Kazeshini said: I think it's more that they are sheep c:hhahaha americans have bad taste ycart59 said: You say that like it's anything new. Yeah its not too fun living and talking with people who know only about the not so great mangas that keep getting licensed. Glad to see at least Highschool of the Dead made it up there. |
Zeream said: Valkyrie-Ryu said: Kazeshini said: I think it's more that they are sheep c:hhahaha americans have bad taste ycart59 said: You say that like it's anything new. Yeah its not too fun living and talking with people who know only about the not so great mangas that keep getting licensed. Glad to see at least Highschool of the Dead made it up there. Highschool of the Dead is shit. Pure, unleaded shit, no matter how you look at it. |
AfterGlow said: Highschool of the Dead is shit. Pure, unleaded shit, no matter how you look at it. I disagree. Say what you want about the "mindlessness", fansevice, and such, but the art is great. The guns are not 3D images slapped onto the drawings, the artist actually goes and draws every single vehicle and gun. That and it knows it's not serious. If you go in thinking it's some super dark serious shit, you went in for the wrong reasons. It's a B-action flick in manga form and it knows it. |
notsureifsrs said: AfterGlow said: Highschool of the Dead is shit. Pure, unleaded shit, no matter how you look at it. I disagree. Say what you want about the "mindlessness", fansevice, and such, but the art is great. The guns are not 3D images slapped onto the drawings, the artist actually goes and draws every single vehicle and gun. That and it knows it's not serious. If you go in thinking it's some super dark serious shit, you went in for the wrong reasons. It's a B-action flick in manga form and it knows it. Yeah, the unrealistic depiction of human physique and the tired cutesy look, great art. It has realistic looking weapons. I guess that's what passes for good art among the kids these days, and by default makes the manga good. Hurr durr, it doesn't take itself serious, that makes it a masterpiece. It's a b-movie in manga form. Yeah, b-movies. Now that's some serious quality going down there. The dialouge is forced, the characters are one-dimensional and unlikable, the plot has no relevance to anything going on, the art is generic and the amount of fan-service is sickening. It is shit, not a single thing about it is good. |
| I think you're missing my point. You state that because it's not serious it's not a masterpiece. Of course it's so. Nobody was reading this thinking it was DEEP. It's just for fun and that's exactly it's goal. Never was it serious. Dawn of the Dead wasn't entirely serious. Night of the Living Dead wasn't either. The main characters in those are both human and inhuman for making sacrifices, ending up "worse than the monsters themselves". That's exactly what HotD did. There's little difference between HotD and the fun parts of DotD when they're screwing around before the ending where everything goes to hell. The artist loves classic settings. FireFireFire is a throwback to classic shounen 80's/90's anime/manga. It's set in a futuristic western setting abundant with outlaws and oppressive "government". Triage X is a vigilante setting featuring characters with faded, "hypocritical" morals. Besides that, the artist's style is distinctive and easily recognizable, far from generic. But you're entitled to your own opinions and I can respect them. Daisuke Satou may not write great plots, but I see HotD and other Shouji Satou works as fun romps in old grounds. |
| I'm glad Pandora Hearts and Maximum Ride made it I love those two series. |
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notsureifsrs said: I think you're missing my point. You state that because it's not serious it's not a masterpiece. Of course it's so. Nobody was reading this thinking it was DEEP. It's just for fun and that's exactly it's goal. Never was it serious. Dawn of the Dead wasn't entirely serious. Night of the Living Dead wasn't either. The main characters in those are both human and inhuman for making sacrifices, ending up "worse than the monsters themselves". That's exactly what HotD did. There's little difference between HotD and the fun parts of DotD when they're screwing around before the ending where everything goes to hell. The artist loves classic settings. FireFireFire is a throwback to classic shounen 80's/90's anime/manga. It's set in a futuristic western setting abundant with outlaws and oppressive "government". Triage X is a vigilante setting featuring characters with faded, "hypocritical" morals. Besides that, the artist's style is distinctive and easily recognizable, far from generic. But you're entitled to your own opinions and I can respect them. Daisuke Satou may not write great plots, but I see HotD and other Shouji Satou works as fun romps in old grounds. It's not a masterpiece and nobody expects it to be, but it's not even decent as far as manga goes, regardless of genre or intent. I never makes me laugh nor entertain me, in fact it never invokes any feelings in me, other than maybe some slight irritation over how hamfisted everything is. A manga doesn't have to be serious to be good or entertaining, Sexy Commando Gaiden is a perfect example of it. No, my beef with HotD is that it fails spectacularly at everything it sets out to be. It's not funny, it's not entertaining, it's not interesting, it's not well-written or anything. All your left with is page after page of fanservice of high school girls with G-cups running around. What really pisses me off is the praise it constantly receives from sweaty, no-life otakus who's fapping to the female cast. "ZOMG it's so good!11!!!" The only good thing about the HotD manga is that it spawned the anime which you can play the HotD-drinking game to; every time boobs bounce or there is a panty shot; you drink. |
jmal said: AfterGlow said: It is shit, not a single thing about it is good. You've got one of the most serious cases of "needs to fucking get over themselves" I've seen in quite a while. Christ. (And no, I'm not rushing to defend HSotD, I have no interested in it one way or another.) I'm sorry, I automatically disregard anything said by somebody who's rated the Fairy Tail anime 9 out of 10. |
| It's funny how Maximum Ride is on that list, while it isn't even fucking manga. God, America and their bad taste. |
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Kazeshini said: hhahaha americans have bad taste LOL!!! the first 2 seem no suprise at all :D |
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| I really wonder why One Piece didn't even get to the top ten T.T Though I'm proud of Dengeki Daisy, OHSHC, Fruits Basket and Alice in the Country of Hearts ~ kyaaa ~ Shoujo Fighting ! >w< |
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Kazeshini said: hhahaha americans have bad taste SO TRUE! Omg, One Piece 11?? FMA 8?? How come?? Well, less people will compete with me to buy the One Piece manga! |
| I love how everyone is so grumpy that their favorite manga isn't the 1th one and blames it on the american "lack of taste". Everybody has their own opinion and tastes , why must we act like kids whenever the world doesn't agree with us ? Now, back to the subject. Omg Vampire Knight is 3rd <3 ! *fangasm* |
| really america you take the bad about manga japan and make it more bad wtf i hate america and i wanna kill everyone in it beside me and my mom and my sisiter and my love and some people to make us food and translate japan staff and that all what i need |
| Wow so much American hatred like always, the only difference between us and Japan is that One Piece isn't number 1 here. I will admit I was surprised to see no Negima on the list then I remembered it didn't even come out in the 2 quarters. Oh and notsureifsrs how the hell was Night of the Living Dead not entirely serious? |
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| People bashing each other for "have no taste" issues is the crappiest thing that often happens on MAL..... People who hate the shounen big 3 hate them for the same reason they hate Microsoft. Although I admit the fanbase for the big 3 (OP fanbase is a bit better) is not the most healthy fanbase that's out there. However, that is what you get when the fanbase is large: you get a lot of really annoying fans amongst good ones. I'd say this is pretty accurate and illustrates the current manga fad in the U.S. HoTD was liked by many simply because there was no Romero-style zombie apocalypse manga or anime that was popular before. If they release 10 new zombie manga series, I doubt HoTD would be as "good" as people claim it to be. It's interesting to read for change of pace. |
bla bla bla The endless debate between fans and haters. At one point, after spending a lot of time on MAL, you just realize it's totally pointless.Niko-kun said: On MAL, everyone who has used the lame rating system becomes a critic and an intellectual by default, haven't you heard? |
| Pandora Hearts and D.Gray-man is up there. That's enough to keep me happy. |
| As I mentioned elsewhere, I'm surprised that three of the top six are shoujo manga. I was kind of expecting all the Shonen Jump series to dominate the entire list. And glad to see Pandora Hearts up there, of course. =} |
Trombe said: yesIs Americans having bad taste really anything new? |
wakka9ca said: i hate america taste but its better then japan taste wtf one piece first really japanese guys like gayi staff and they suckPeople bashing each other for "have no taste" issues is the crappiest thing that often happens on MAL..... People who hate the shounen big 3 hate them for the same reason they hate Microsoft. Although I admit the fanbase for the big 3 (OP fanbase is a bit better) is not the most healthy fanbase that's out there. However, that is what you get when the fanbase is large: you get a lot of really annoying fans amongst good ones. I'd say this is pretty accurate and illustrates the current manga fad in the U.S. HoTD was liked by many simply because there was no Romero-style zombie apocalypse manga or anime that was popular before. If they release 10 new zombie manga series, I doubt HoTD would be as "good" as people claim it to be. It's interesting to read for change of pace. gintama should be number 1 then other bitches i try to buy some voulme for gintama and its comes with a figure that keep sayin do it what you want more |
| It's not at all surprising that One Piece doesn't go on the top 10 list here in America, for many reasons: - For one thing, if you were to compare the Viz Media release with the original OP manga, you will find it is slightly censored. (redrawing a shirt to cover Robin's cleavage; editing out the cigarette smoke) Of course, they seem to be doing this less in the more recent volumes. - Also, Zoro's name is translated Zolo here (for licensing clashes or whatever). I dunno, but name changes, I suppose, irk me. - The Devil Fruits are translated into their English names, (Gomu-Gomu to Gum-Gum), in which I just think they should have been left alone, as the English names sound odd to me (Yami Yami no Mi or Dark-Dark Fruit?). - The English SFX used in Viz Media releases bothers me a bit. -In conclusion, I'd rather buy the actual OP manga books (as perhaps with ANY manga book) straight from Japan than a mildly-bitter Viz Media release. |
| yay Kuroshitsuji (Black Butler) is there! :D |
| Predictable Kuroshitsuji awesome |
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| *1 Naruto (Viz Media) *2 Bleach (Viz Media) Now is anyone seriously surprised? Of course these two are the top manga, that's not so different with Japan, everyone's just mad at the most mainstream of manga doing it's job, being popular. *8 Fullmetal Alchemist (Viz Media) *9 Dragonball & DBZ (Viz Media) This is the one I'm most surprised about, DBZ still this high up on the list and FMA beating it, no offense to any FMA fan, but I'm pretty sure DBZ is still more popular, but with time, sales goes down, and with FMA, I'm surprised that it's actually on the list given that only 2 new volumes of FMA were released this year so far. 24 K-On! (Yen Press) 25 Highschool of the Dead (Yen Press) And then here, I;m actually disappoint that HOTD is only at #25, and that K-ON actually beat it and is on the list (I guess Moe > Ecchi zombies). |
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| Top 5 depicts the US having bad taste in manga. |
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| something is weird about this list |
| i'm usually not in these forum sections (mostly only episode discussions) but are the ppl in these sections THAT bitchy!? naruto and bleach no suprise there kinda suprised that OP is a bit down though. i'm glad d.grey-man and soul eater are there, hopefully they can make a second season for these 2. DBZ, FMA, and death note. wow these ones are still going good i'm surprised HOTD just made it into the top 25 wakka9ca said: People bashing each other for "have no taste" issues is the crappiest thing that often happens on MAL..... its really a big surprise for me actually JackSho said: i hate america taste but its better then japan taste wtf one piece first really japanese guys like gayi staff and they suck gintama should be number 1 then other bitches i try to buy some voulme for gintama and its comes with a figure that keep sayin do it what you want more ok no offense but you have GOT to make sense first before you type. i understand (somewhat) of what you said but its messed up. and no i'm not being some stupid grammer nazi. |
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supermegasonic said: wait what i dont understand i'm usually not in these forum sections (mostly only episode discussions) but are the ppl in these sections THAT bitchy!? naruto and bleach no suprise there kinda suprised that OP is a bit down though. i'm glad d.grey-man and soul eater are there, hopefully they can make a second season for these 2. DBZ, FMA, and death note. wow these ones are still going good i'm surprised HOTD just made it into the top 25 wakka9ca said: People bashing each other for "have no taste" issues is the crappiest thing that often happens on MAL..... JackSho said: i hate america taste but its better then japan taste wtf one piece first really japanese guys like gayi staff and they suck gintama should be number 1 then other bitches i try to buy some voulme for gintama and its comes with a figure that keep sayin do it what you want more ok no offense but you have GOT to make sense first before you type. i understand (somewhat) of what you said but its messed up. and no i'm not being some stupid grammer nazi. learn how to type dude and internet isnt for kids |
Hoppy said: trueTop 5 depicts the US having bad taste in manga. |
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