Top Selling US Manga of 2009

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While chronicling the best-selling manga in America for 2009, ICv2 is also looking into the future. It shouldn't come as a surprise that due to the state of the market that there will be fewer manga releases in 2010 than last year. But exactly how much fewer is what's surprising- an expected 13% drop, meaning that for the first time since 2004 there will be under 1,000 volumes released this year. With the major exception of Yen Press (which is increasingly expanding its manga library after each passing year), every other manga publisher out there will be releasing fewer volumes during 2010 than the past few years.

But enough about what lies ahead. Let's take a look at what performed best last year. The results shouldn't be too surprising:

Top 25 Manga Properties:

1. Naruto
2. Fruits Basket
3. Vampire Knight
4. Bleach
5. Death Note
6. Rosario & Vampire
7. Full Metal Alchemist
8. Maximum Ride
9. Negima
10. Ouran High School Host Club
11. Chibi Vampire
12. Tsubasa
13. Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
14. Ottomen
15. D. Gray-Man
16. Yu-Gi-Oh!
17. Wild Ones
18. Shugo Chara
19. One Piece
20. Kitchen Princess
21. Berserk
22. Yotsuba
23. Absolute Boyfriend
24. Skip Beat
25. Nightschool

Top 10 Shonen Manga:

1. Naruto
2. Bleach
3. Death Note
4. Rosario & Vampire
5. Full Metal Alchemist
6. Negima
7. Chibi Vampire
8. Tsubasa
9. Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
10. D. Gray-Man

Top 10 Shojo Properties

1. Fruits Basket
2. Vampire Knight
3. Ouran High School Host Club
4. Ottomen
5. Shugo Chara
6. Wild Ones
7. Kitchen Princess
8. Absolute Boyfriend
9. Skip Beat
10. D.N. Angel

In addition, Bakugan was the third top-selling franchise in the children's graphic novel section, being beat out only by "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" & "Geronimo Stilton."

Source: http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/17072.html