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Amazon.co.jp Posts 2008's Top Comics, Light Novels
posted on by Egan Loo
Nodame, Full Metal Panic! top lists
The Japanese unit of the online retailer stayed in the Japanese box office for months.
Similarly Full Metal Panic! benefited from recent or ongoing anime releases to rank at the top of the light novel chart. In fact, of all ten light novel series on the chart, only two have no anime adaptations.
Japanese Books (Comics)
Japanese Books (Light Novels)
[The light novels are linked to their anime adaptations where applicable.]1 | Zero no Tsukaima #13 | Noboru Yamaguchi | Media Factory | ![]() |
2 | Spice and Wolf | Isuna Hasekura | MediaWorks | ![]() |
3 | Semaru Nick of Time: Full Metal Panic! | Shoji Gatoh | Fujimi Shobo | ![]() |
4 | The Story of Saiunkoku: Reimei ni Kohaku wa Kirameku | Sai Yukino | Kadokawa Group Publishing | ![]() |
5 | Jinrui wa Suitai Shimashita | Romeo Tanaka | Shogakukan | ![]() |
6 | Toaru Hikūshi e no Tsuioku | Koroku Inumura | Shogakukan | ![]() |
7 | The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya | Nagaru Tanigawa | Kadokawa Shoten | ![]() |
8 | Jaō Sairin: The Heroic Legend of Arslan #13 | Yoshiki Tanaka | Kobunsha | ![]() |
9 | Maria-sama ga Miteru: Margaret ni Ribbon | Oyuki Konno | Shueisha | ![]() |
10 | Toradora! #7 | Yuyuko Takemiya | ASCII Media Works | ![]() |
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