# The New York Times Manga Best Sellers of 2012

This is a list of notable manga series that appeared in The New York Times Manga Best Seller lists in 2012.
Notable series in the 2012 New York Times Manga Best Seller lists :
| Year | Title | Artist | Notes |
| 1983 | Message to Adolf | Osamu Tezuka | |
| 1990 | GTO: The Early Years | Tooru Fujisawa | |
| 1991 | Sailor Moon | Naoko Takeuchi | |
| 1992 | X | Clamp | |
| 1993 | Magic Knight Rayearth | Clamp | |
| 1994 | Case Closed | Gosho Aoyama | |
| 1994 | Neon Genesis Evangelion | Yoshiyuki Sadamoto | |
| 1997 | Pokémon Adventures | Hidenori Kusaka | |
| 1997 | Excel Saga | Rikdo Koshi | |
| 1997 | One Piece | Eiichiro Oda | |
| 1998 | Tenjho Tenge | Oh! great | |
| 1998 | Love Hina | Ken Akamatsu | |
| 1999 | 20th Century Boys | Naoki Urasawa | |
| 1999 | Dorohedoro | Q Hayashida | |
| 1999 | Naruto | Masashi Kishimoto | |
| 2000 | Tokyo Mew Mew | Reiko Yoshida | |
| 2000 | The Wallflower | Tomoko Hayakawa | |
| 2000 | Battle Angel Alita: Last Order | Yukito Kishiro | |
| 2001 | Fullmetal Alchemist | Hiromu Arakawa | |
| 2001 | Bleach | Tite Kubo | |
| 2001 | Twin Spica | Kou Yaginuma | |
| 2002 | Finder | Ayano Yamane | |
| 2002 | Skip Beat! | Yoshiki Nakamura | |
| 2002 | Genshiken | Shimoku Kio | |
| 2002 | Gunslinger Girl | Yu Aida | |
| 2002 | Ouran High School Host Club | Bisco Hatori | |
| 2002 | Air Gear | Oh! great | |
| 2003 | xxxHolic | Clamp | |
| 2003 | Dawn of the Arcana | Rei Tōma | |
| 2003 | Negima! Magister Negi Magi | Ken Akamatsu | |
| 2003 | Yotsuba&! | Kiyohiko Azuma | |
| 2002 | Loveless | Yun Kōga | |
| 2003 | Ghost in the Shell | Masamune Shirow | |
| 2003 | Three Wolves Mountain [it] | Bohra Naono | |
| 2004 | The Tyrant Falls in Love | Hinako Takanaga | |
| 2004 | Soul Eater | Atsushi Ōkubo | |
| 2004 | D.Gray-man | Katsura Hoshino | |
| 2004 | Rosario + Vampire | Akihisa Ikeda | |
| 2004 | Kitchen Princess | Miyuki KobayashiNatsumi Ando | |
| 2004 | The Drops of God | Tadashi Agi | |
| 2004 | Chi's Sweet Home | Kanata Konami | |
| 2004 | Vampire Knight | Matsuri Hino | |
| 2004 | Bamboo Blade | Masahiro Totsuka | |
| 2005 | Black God | Dall-Young LimPark Sung-woo | |
| 2005 | Higurashi When They Cry | Ryukishi07Karin Suzuragi | There are eight arcs in this series. |
| 2005 | Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei | Kōji Kumeta | |
| 2005 | Jack Frost | JinHo Ko | |
| 2005 | Neon Genesis Evangelion: Shinji Ikari Raising Project | Osamu Takahashi | |
| 2005 | Fluffy, Fluffy Cinnamoroll | Yumi Tsukirino | |
| 2005 | The Betrayal Knows My Name | Hotaru Odagiri | |
| 2005 | Bunny Drop | Yumi Unita | |
| 2005 | The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya | Nagaru TanigawaNoizi ItoGaku Tsugano | Part of the Haruhi Suzumiya media franchise |
| 2005 | Dance in the Vampire Bund | Nozomu Tamaki | |
| 2005 | Yu-Gi-Oh! GX | Naoyuki KageyamaKazuki Takahashi | |
| 2006 | Witch Buster | Jung-Man Cho | |
| 2006 | Ninja Girls | Tanaka Hosana | |
| 2006 | Jormungand | Keitarou Takahashi | |
| 2006 | Pandora Hearts | Jun Mochizuki | |
| 2006 | Omamori Himari | Milan Matra | |
| 2006 | Ai Ore! | Mayu Shinjo | also Ai Ore! Love Me! |
| 2006 | The Story of Saiunkoku | Sai Yukino | |
| 2006 | Highschool of the Dead | Daisuke Satō | |
| 2006 | House of Five Leaves | Natsume Ono | |
| 2006 | Young Miss Holmes | Kaoru Shintani | |
| 2006 | Fairy Tail | Hiro Mashima | |
| 2006 | Tegami Bachi: Letter Bee | Hiroyuki Asada | |
| 2006 | Black Butler | Yana Toboso | |
| 2007 | Otomen | Aya Kanno | |
| 2007 | Black Bird | Kanoko Sakurakoji | |
| 2007 | A Certain Scientific Railgun | Kazuma Kamachi | |
| 2007 | Bloody Monday | Ryumon Ryo | |
| 2007 | Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney | Kenji Kuroda | |
| 2007 | Oresama Teacher | Izumi Tsubaki | |
| 2007 | Toradora! | Yuyuko Takemiya | |
| 2007 | Library Wars: Love & War | Hiro Arikawa | |
| 2007 | Spice and Wolf | Isuna Hasekura | |
| 2007 | Alice in the Country of Hearts | QuinRoseSoumei Hoshino | |
| 2007 | Dengeki Daisy | Kyousuke Motomi | |
| 2007 | Psyren | Toshiaki Iwashiro | |
| 2008 | Kamisama Kiss | Julietta Suzuki | |
| 2008 | Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan | Hiroshi Shiibashi | |
| 2008 | Monster Hunter Orage | Hiro Mashima | |
| 2008 | The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi-chan | Puyo | Part of the Haruhi Suzumiya media franchise |
| 2008 | Maximum Ride | Narae Lee | |
| 2008 | The Earl and the Fairy | Mizue Tani | |
| 2008 | Bakuman | Tsugumi OhbaTakeshi Obata | |
| 2008 | Arata: The Legend | Yuu Watase | |
| 2008 | A Bride's Story | Kaoru Mori | |
| 2008 | Cage of Eden | Yoshinobu Yamada | |
| 2008 | Sakura Hime: The Legend of Princess Sakura | Arina Tanemura | |
| 2008 | March Story | Hyung-min KimKyung-Il Yang | |
| 2009 | Arisa | Natsumi Ando | |
| 2009 | Blue Exorcist | Kazue Katō | |
| 2009 | Durarara!! | Ryohgo Narita | |
| 2009 | Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's | Masahiro Hikokubo | |
| 2009 | Alice in the Country of Clover: Bloody Twins | QuinRoseMamenosuke Fujimaru | Related to Alice in the Country of Hearts |
| 2009 | Blood Lad | Yūki Kodama | |
| 2009 | Attack on Titan | Hajime Isayama | |
| 2009 | Flowers of Evil | Shūzō Oshimi | |
| 2009 | Mardock Scramble | Tow Ubukata | |
| 2009 | The Limit | Keiko Suenobu | |
| 2009 | Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex | Yu Kinutani | |
| 2009 | Alice in the Country of Clover: Chesire Cat Waltz | QuinRoseMamenosuke Fujimaru | Related to Alice in the Country of Hearts |
| 2010 | Is This a Zombie? | Shinichi Kimura | |
| 2010 | Haganai | Yomi HirasakaItachi | |
| 2010 | Alice in the Country of Hearts: My Fanatic Rabbit | QuinRoseOwl ShinotsukiDelico Psyche | |
| 2010 | Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal | Shin Yoshida | |
| 2011 | Soul Eater Not! | Atsushi Ohkubo | |
| 2011 | Puella Magi Madoka Magica | Magica QuartetHanokage | |
| 2011 | Soulless | Gail Carriger | |
| 2011 | Pokémon: Black and White | Hidenori Kusaka | |
| 2011 | Honey Darling | Norikazu Akira | |
| 2012 | Infernal Devices | Cassandra ClareHyekyung Baek | An OEL manga adaptation of the novel trilogy. |