Media Release -- Naruto and his friends continue their adventures in VIZ Media's Naruto Volume 58, the best-selling manga title to direct market retailers in September.
In total, VIZ Media had five titles in the top ten, including Bleach Volume 46 at #4, Bleach Volume 47 at #5, One Piece Volume 64 at #7, and Bakuman Volume 14 at #10.
Kodansha Comics had one title in the top ten with Sailor Moon Volume 7 at #3.
Dark Horse Comics had three titles in the top ten — Berserk Volume 36 at #3, Cardcaptor Sakura Omnibus Volume 4 at #8, adn Oreimo Volume 1 at #9.
Rounding out the top ten, Yen Press' Yotsuba & ! Volume 11 ranked #6.
Data for Diamond's sales charts – which include the monthly market shares and all top product charts – are compiled by Diamond Comic Distributors from a universe of over 3,500 accounts, comprised of comic book specialty shops and other merchant stores and buyers. The shops are primarily located in North America, with a percentage of sales also to international stores and buyers located throughout the world. The account base includes not only brick-and-mortar comic book specialty shops, but also Internet stores, chain stores, and other specialty stores.
Unit and dollars sales are calculated based upon orders invoiced and shipped to Diamond accounts during any given month, which comprises initial pre-orders, advance reorders, and reorders, minus any copies that are received back from a title marked as returnable.
About the Diamond Sales Index: The Sales Index of selected monthly Best Seller Charts is presented as a comparative tool for retailers and publishers. It presents Diamond's monthly sales for individual titles in relation to Diamond's total sales for the issue of DC Comics' monthly Batman comic book. (Batman is used as the control title – with a value of 100 – because sales of Batman usually remain relatively stable.) This allows for easy comparison to other titles and helps retailers gauge their orders for all other titles. This formula is only a guide, other factors may impact a titles' ability to sell in certain locations and clientele.
| QtyRank | RetailRank | Index | Title | VendName |
| 1 | 3 | 1.85 | NARUTO TP VOL 58 | VIZ |
| 2 | 1 | 1.62 | SAILOR MOON TP KODANSHA ED VOL 07 | RAN |
| 3 | 2 | 1.36 | BERSERK TP VOL 36 | DAR |
| 4 | 7 | 1.25 | BLEACH TP VOL 46 | VIZ |
| 5 | 8 | 1.24 | BLEACH TP VOL 47 | VIZ |
| 6 | 6 | 1.00 | YOTSUBA & ! GN VOL 11 | HAC |
| 7 | 11 | 0.92 | ONE PIECE TP VOL 64 | VIZ |
| 8 | 5 | 0.81 | CARDCAPTOR SAKURA DARK HORSE OMNIBUS TP VOL 04 | DAR |
| 9 | 12 | 0.78 | OREIMO TP VOL 01 | DAR |
| 10 | 15 | 0.71 | BAKUMAN TP VOL 14 | VIZ |
| 11 | 13 | 0.62 | NAOKI URASAWA 20TH CENTURY BOYS GN VOL 22 | VIZ |
| 12 | 10 | 0.57 | ANGELIC LAYER TP BOOK 01 | DAR |
| 13 | 4 | 0.54 | TEZUKA MESSAGE TO ADOLF GN VOL 01 (MR) | RAN |
| 14 | 14 | 0.52 | CHI SWEET HOME GN VOL 09 | RAN |
| 15 | 20 | 0.50 | LOVELESS GN VOL 09 | VIZ |
| 16 | 9 | 0.50 | BARBARA GN (MR) | DIG |
| 17 | 21 | 0.47 | VAMPIRE HUNTER D NOVEL VOL 18 FORTRESS O/T ELDER GOD | DAR |
| 18 | 19 | 0.43 | GENSHIKEN SECOND SEASON GN VOL 01 | RAN |
| 19 | 18 | 0.40 | ALICE I/T COUNTRY CLOVER CHESHIRE CAT WALTZ GN VOL 02 (MR) ( | ST. |
| 20 | 17 | 0.33 | HIGURASHI WHEN THEY CRY GN VOL 19 MASSACRE ARC PT 1 | HAC |
| 21 | 24 | 0.33 | OMAMORI HIMARI GN VOL 00 (MR) | HAC |
| 22 | 26 | 0.31 | TORADORA GN VOL 05 | ST. |
| 23 | 30 | 0.30 | FUSHIGI YUGI GENBU KAIDEN TP VOL 10 | VIZ |
| 24 | 32 | 0.29 | PSYREN GN VOL 06 | VIZ |
| 25 | 33 | 0.28 | EARL AND FAIRY GN VOL 03 | VIZ |
| 26 | 34 | 0.27 | LIBRARY WARS LOVE & WAR VOL 08 | VIZ |
| 27 | 22 | 0.26 | GUNSLINGER GIRL OMNIBUS TP VOL 05 | ST. |
| 28 | 35 | 0.26 | OTOMEN GN VOL 13 | VIZ |
| 29 | 36 | 0.25 | HAYATE COMBAT BUTLER TP VOL 20 | VIZ |
| 30 | 31 | 0.25 | MILES EDGEWORTH ACE ATTORNEY GN VOL 02 (MR) | RAN |
| 31 | 28 | 0.24 | TYRANT FALLS IN LOVE GN VOL 07 (MR) | DIG |
| 32 | 38 | 0.23 | HUNTER X HUNTER TP VOL 28 | VIZ |
| 33 | 29 | 0.23 | GTO EARLY YEARS GN VOL 14 (MR) | RAN |
| 34 | 25 | 0.21 | UNTIL DEATH DO US PART GN VOL 02 | HAC |
| 35 | 23 | 0.20 | GENSHIKEN OMNIBUS TP VOL 02 | RAN |
| 36 | 44 | 0.19 | ORESAMA TEACHER GN VOL 10 | VIZ |
| 37 | 37 | 0.19 | BLOODY MONDAY GN VOL 07 | RAN |
| 38 | 39 | 0.18 | ONLY THE RING FINGER KNOWS NOVEL VOL 05 | DIG |
| 39 | 27 | 0.18 | IDEAL DAY TO FALL IN LOVE GN (A) | 801 |
| 40 | 58 | 0.17 | WINX CLUB GN VOL 03 | VIZ |
| 41 | 57 | 0.16 | FLUFFY FLUFFY CINNAMOROLL GN VOL 05 | VIZ |
| 42 | 41 | 0.15 | HOUSE OF FIVE LEAVES TP VOL 08 | VIZ |
| 43 | 54 | 0.15 | ARATA THE LEGEND TP VOL 11 | VIZ |
| 44 | 43 | 0.15 | JACK FROST TP VOL 06 (NOTE PRICE) | HAC |
| 45 | 45 | 0.15 | HIS FAVORITE VOL 01 | VIZ |
| 46 | 47 | 0.15 | ATTACK ON TITAN GN VOL 02 | RAN |
| 47 | 16 | 0.14 | POKEMON ADVENTURES GN BOX SET VOL 02 | VIZ |
| 48 | 53 | 0.13 | CLOCKWORK SKY VOL 01 | ST. |
| 49 | 42 | 0.13 | TALE OF WANING MOON GN VOL 03 (MR) | HAC |
| 50 | 50 | 0.12 | ZEUS & THE RISE OF OLYMPIANS CAMPFIRE GN | RAN |
