My Favorite Mangaka

[@adamquenano8563]

Excellent Choice, Naoki’s consistency is unparalleled.

[@thatoneguy148]

I especially love how he made all of his works around the same time I mean at around one point I’d say late 1993, he admitted to working on 5 manga at the same time no longer than 2 weeks apart YAWARA! Master Keaton HAPPY! Monster And Jigoro, all at the same time. It’s… something so great in my eyes.

[@jeanthemachine0]

Goatki Urasawa is truly one hell of a *monster* writer, the level of consistently is just unreal

[@dusk.]

He really is a 20th Century Boy

[@RealmBe]

He really isnt talked about enough, just like pluto

[@dusk.]

@@RealmBe Yeah Billy Bat is amazing too

[@excruciatingorgasm9976]

Asadora!

[@zwryy7622]

The ending of 20th Century Boys is fucking shit

[@laurenwilliams6896]

The fact that Urasawa worked on Monster and 20th CB AT THE SAME TIME. He's a legend.

[@Damiac12]

He also worked on Pluto at the same time as 20th century boys and Billy Bat at the same time as Pluto

[@jamesrasmussen1186]

Gotta give Samura Hiroaki (Blade of the Immortal, Wave, Listen to Me!, Die Wergelder) some recognition. Extremely underrated in my opinion.

[@Sh0yo]

Agree, he writes amazing characters and his art is top tier

[@Swift_Jr]

Mangaka mentioned in this video: 0 - Kentaro Miura & Eiichiro Oda 1 - Tsutomu Nihei 2 - Shin-ichi Sakamoto 3 - Inio Asano 4 - Tatsuki Fujimoto 5 - Masasumi Kakizaki 6 - Takehiko Inoue 7 - Naoki Urasawa

[@andod881]

Where is my goat 🐐Gege?

[@kachucho872]

@@andod881 overrated shonen is still shonen, kid.

[@RoachofRivia-bm4nd]

​@@kachucho872Shonen is still better than 90 percent of garbage Seinen like Vagabond, Einstein.

[@toshinronin]

@@kachucho872bro what lol

[@valscottage]

@@andod881 i mean don't get me wrong, i think JJK is good but it's nowhere near the level of some of these other mangaka's works

[@TopShonenRanks]

Great list! The main ones I would add for my list would be Q Hayashida, Hirohiko Araki (if you count the JoJo parts as separate series, but even if not he has other works too), Makoto Yukimura, Taiyo Matsumoto, CLAMP, Chica Umino, and probably Yumi Tamura and Ai Yazawa too (but I haven’t read enough of their works to say for sure). Maybe even Kouji Mori considering he’s going from Holyland now to Berserk (R.I.P Kentaro Miura)

[@marrykozakura9352]

Kouji Mori may not be the greatest artist in term of drawing but as a writer is pretty good. I like the themes dealt in Suicide Island

[@marin9412]

I absolutely adore dorohedoro but dai dark hasn’t quite gotten that good yet, so I’ll leave it to the future wether Q Hayashida makes it or not but if it becomes a hit she would be one of my all time fav

[@TopShonenRanks]

@@marin9412 I would agree that Dai Dark isn’t at that level yet but I think her artwork is still a delight to see in both series, and I do hope that Dai Dark could get at least somewhere close to that level

[@cruznahoel678]

Love the chica mention 🙌🙌 we love march comes in like a lion

[@The_Ajna]

Yukimura the goat

[@joaquinvanhouten]

Inio Asano is the ultimate example of "IS THIS GOOD ENOUGH FOR YOU?! IS THIS WHAT YOU WANTED?!"

[@riyaadh9187]

Now that Bleach TYBW Cour 2 is currently airing, i think a "Depth of Bleachs Lore" video would be amazing, i feel like a ton of ppl are starting to finally appreciate Kubos moments of genius storytelling and foreshadowing. Also, if you haven't read the light novels SAWFY and CFYOW yet i highly recommend checking them out!

[@derekborrowman8032]

Dude! I totally agree about the scene in Pluto, that's what really hooked me on the series

[@adamquenano8563]

I pray we get a 20th century boys adaptation one day.

[@AJAY-si2zm]

It has

[@toshinronin]

not everything has to be adapted

[@toshinronin]

@@AJAY-si2zmproof?

[@adamquenano8563]

@@toshinronin That’s true, I think this series would work well given how short it is.

[@kurosakiichigo234]

Now that we are getting a pluto anime, maybe a 20th century boys adaptation is also not far away

[@zane7539]

Asano is so damm good. Dead dead demons is one of my favorites. All his works got me sitting there thinking about shit.

[@FunFimz]

love the hollow knight background music

[@golanperry5885]

i thought i was the only one😂😂😂😂

[@ayushvishwakarma5795]

I really hope Yawara gets picked up an English release . It's good to see a light hearted story from Urasawa other than murder mystery

[@Nobodylovszero]

I would say my favorite manga Artists is Kentaro Miura R.I.P

[@Kai-pu2ix]

I would say that for a single piece of work, it would have to be Miura, but Urasawa's consistency and ability to tell a story is unmatched. I mean you know you are good when people consider your newest manga the greatest you have made.

[@tsaramasococo2455]

It's the first ever in my twenty years of life that I write a comment on YT but That's some amazing picks right there. ALthough I haven't yet read some of the manga you mentioned, all of these mangaka deserve the credit you're giving them.

[@OGITHEMAN]

My number one is Araki, followed by Urasawa and very closely Asano. Not only they create masterpieces, but they actually make the vibe of the piece so good you can actually feel like the characters (especialy Punpun).

[@InfamyOrDeath-__-]

Hiro Mashima is my favourite mangaka, his series aren’t in my top favourites but I enjoy them. But it’s him himself that I like, he currently has 3 manga going, he’s involved in games, in the animes, he has a KZbin channel. He’s definitely one of the most productive mangaka.

[@bananapeel892]

I started manga/anime with shonen (as most of us do), but you convinced me to read Monster. I kid you not that was life changing regarding my world view. That series transformed how viewed people and life. I love Tenma and Johan, but the side characters make the story so vibrant. After that, I was sold on Sienen. Now I’m Volume 10 of Berserk. I can’t wait to read Vagabond next. Thanks for the great content. Keep it up:

[@pimplepimp]

They're both good

[@thomasffrench3639]

Don’t give up on Shonen, although there’s more than Battle Shonen, and there’s a lot of amazing stories.

[@NinthShinigami]

Some of the best shonen that I would say are on par with some of the best of seinen are Rurouni Kenshin, Slam Dunk, Jojo’s Parts 1-6 (7-9 are seinen), Yu Yu Hakusho, Great Teacher Onizuka, D. Gray-man, Fullmetal Alchemist, HUNTERxHUNTER, One Piece, Mob Psycho 100, and for my personal sake, Bleach. Heavily recommend each of them 👍

[@bananapeel892]

Oh I definitely haven’t. I still love Shonen. I wasn’t trying to say one is better. It’s just that before I was kind of not open to reading seinen manga especially existential stuff, but now I am.

[@pimplepimp]

@@NinthShinigami and Ippo

[@butwhy6543]

I remember reading Hideout after you talked about it in one of your videos a while back, scared the shit out of me. So thanks for that.

[@The_Sword_saint2.0]

You should also read Green Blood and Rainbow; they are other works by the author of Hideout.

[@butwhy6543]

@@The_Sword_saint2.0 yeah probably will everything I saw from him in this video looked great

[@zed-up]

I think Yoshihiro Togashi needs an honourable mention. He made one of the best and most influential shounen series of all the time, Yu Yu Hakusho, then went out to make an even better series, Hunter x Hunter.

[@terrellsm2522]

Hxh is not better than yyh but its pretty close

[@terrellsm2522]

@samdarsh674 yuyu hakusho has a anime also and its complete yes yyh is better imo yusuke is one of the best mcs in anime

[@zed-up]

​@samdarsh674 I would say Anime is better.

[@sakshamdwivedi4273]

it is lol stop smoking weed have you even read the succession war arc ik too much writing but if you truly understand the story its worth it @@terrellsm2522

[@NerdChannelBrasil]

@@terrellsm2522 Nah, HxH is better, yuyu is great but is way simple.

[@TalconKeepamirite]

Bro, my speakers work fine for every other youtuber at 40% video at max. I cant hear you on the other side of my bedroom in my silent house at 80%. Might be something to note for future videos. Great work as always though, love your videos i know this one will be a banger as well.

[@rayrolle3355]

The mangaka who did Usogui and Batuque seriously needs recognition.Q.hayashida(author of Dorohedoro and Dai dark)is also really great.

[@lalithreddy5528]

Usogui peak

[@ainsley7189]

Finally someone said it!. Btw has masked read usogui?

[@rayrolle3355]

@@ainsley7189 I don't think he did

[@Yuhanox]

Yeah​@@ainsley7189

[@MrDrummerDeluxe]

Fun Fact Asano uses actual photo for his photorealistic backgrounds as seen in his Manben Episode (yes that show where Mangaka get filmed by fixed gopros and Urasawa meets the Mangaka to review the footage afterwards and talk about their drawing techniques).

[@SamTheGumMan117]

Some of my favourites are Takehiko Inoue, Kafka Asagiri, Ai Yazawa, Yoshihiro Togashi, Makoto Yukimura, Hirohiko Araki, Inio Asano, Hiroya Oku, Kentaro Miura, Yoshiki Nakamura, Haro Aso, Q Hayashida, Eiichiro Oda, Akira Hiramoto, Kiyohiko Azuma, Satoru Noda, Aka Akasaka and Naoki Urasawa plus I'm sure there's many more I love to mention but that's good for now lul

[@Den_Vazw_Onoma]

A mangaka i love and rarely see mentioned is Shintaro Kago. The man is insane when it comes to creativity and weirdness to the point where i don't care if his stories are badly written (which is usually my top priority). The pure surealisim combined with his sense of humor and his artistic explorations, that as an artist myself i can't even image how you begin to draw the storyboards of some of his stories... it's just something else. Definitely not for everyone, but i higly recommend him for those few that will appreciate him as much as me.

[@NinthShinigami]

Takehiko Inoue, Naoki Urasawa, Tite Kubo, ONE, Yoshihiro Togashi, Eichiro Oda, Makoto Yukimura, Yasuhiro Nightow, Hirohiko Araki, Kohei Horikoshi, Masashi Kishimoto, Tatsuki Fujimoto, Inio Asano, Katsuna Hoshino, Junji Ito, Masasumi Kakizaki, Yuki Tabata, and Kentaro Miura all gotta be among my favorites personally (the keyword is personally), I know Inoue would be my favorite among all, Urasawa not far behind 👍 so many talented mangakas out there, too many to list

[@angelgomez7081]

Great list

[@Mohamed-gv1zt]

Akutami gege.

[@NinthShinigami]

@@Mohamed-gv1zt if Jujutsu keeps riding high as it’s mostly been, I can see me putting Gege that high. His action is almost unparalleled. Almost, cause Sakamoto Days does go beyond it imo

[@NinthShinigami]

@@angelgomez7081 thank you bro 👍

[@kachucho872]

Bro mentioned kishimoto in the same paragraph as Miura and Urasawa 💀💀💀💀

[@franjaff6919]

My number 1 will probably always be Nobuyuki Fukumoto. If he'd only written Kaiji that'd be enough to say he's had a great career as a mangaka, but his bibliography goes so much deeper than that. Akagi is a masterclass in character psychology and tension, Strongest Man Kurosawa is a wildly entertaining and surprisingly touching read, and the final arc of Ten had me weeping throughout the entire thing. That's without mentioning his other works, which are usually pretty good as well! An absolute genius who's never gotten a fraction of the appreciation he deserves overseas

[@The_Sword_saint2.0]

One of my favorite mangaka🗿🤝 Zawa zawa

[@crossmarian773]

I wanna shout out Masanori Morita too, who's personally my #1 mangaka. His realistic style is super unique, especially when it comes to faces and facial expressions.

[@ishigqmii]

urasawas art is so good it’s my favorite

[@itachitmk936]

Takehi inoue is def my fav so far

[@elpolitemexa2272]

The body horror of innocent was impeccable

[@amonra8393]

Ok, you convinced me. To this day I only watched Monster (which already is enough to agree that Naoki os a genius), but today I'm starting 20th century boys. I know I'm gonna love it, so I'll just say right here. Thank you!

[@mr.gamerkabir8142]

Just one thing Many say the ending was underwhelming So you can go check out 21 at century boys But regardless of that Those who understand urasawa genius They won't find any trouble with the ending which are 100%ambigious

[@tranquilhearts6230]

Inoue is the definition of perfection, the are art enthralling and the story telling are so fluent it's flow naturally especially in vagabond which make none the anime studio had the guts to adapted to anime. While urasawa is the master off brilliant story and plot.

[@wshumb]

I need Climber in English prints. They’re so beautiful. They just started to release Innocent in English so hopefully Climber is next.

[@imjustgooder8898]

Inoue has gotta be my favourite by far vagabond and slam dunk are top 5 manga ever

[@NightSong-fi1ep]

My favorite mangaka are Sui Ishida and Naoki Urasawa because they just don’t miss. There are a couple manwha authors that I think are amazing as well. Maybe you can make a video on that as well?

[@gokumui1511]

Your thumbnails never fail to make me play the your videos

[@Comicbroe405]

Some absolute goats mentioned here. All their works have been terrific.

[@hoi_yoshikage8652]

Hiroya Oku is also one of the best Mangaka oat in my opinion creating peak mangas like Inuyashiki and Gantz

[@slashero2340]

Bro finally reading kingdom!! again thanks goodness 🎉👏

[@cortexcarvalho9423]

It seems that he weaves stories similar to Osamu Tezuka, with his secondary characters very tangible, instead of seeming like an extra and disposable NPC. You read it and it's as if that universe were alive.

[@NanoBruv]

nice hollow knight music :3

[@golanperry5885]

i thought i was the only one😂😂😂😂

[@alexanderkenway]

Inoue is a goat man. Bro could've retired comfortably after Slam Dunk but nah he put out banger after banger with Vagabond and Real

[@alibaig941]

Kentaro Miura, Sakamoto Shinichi, Inio Asano, Naoki Urusawa and Togashi Yeah there are just too many amazing mangka to name, but these are some of my favourites.

[@marrykozakura9352]

Some of my favourite: Shuzo Oshimi, Inio Asano, Q Hayashida, Somato, Usamaru Furuya, Masasumi Kakizaki, Haro Aso, Non. I'm a sucker for manga dealing with people's psyche and everyday life, real problems, traumas, dark edgy atmosphere preferred.

[@emilianocostagomes321]

You even mentioned Kingdom, you know the good stuff

[@uchenna8885]

anyone that has both Innocent and Innocent Rouge on their top 10 has my respect off the jump. For fuck sake innocent rouge had a musical for a chapter

[@kanishkjaiswal5088]

I don't remember, which chapter?

[@brightshinigamii1475]

Hollow knight music ? I see ur a man of culture

[@golanperry5885]

i thought i was the only one😂😂😂😂

[@pobito_]

also important to mention that Urusawa was pretty much always writing at least two, if not three, series simultaneously

[@bexclue3007]

Actually a very good list! My personal Top5 Mangaka are Oda Eiichiro, Fujimoto Tatsuki, Asano Inio, Urasawa Naoki and Oshimi Shuzo. Glad to see them all in there or at least mentioned, with one exception. The others you mentioned are great, too. Although I never considered them as among my personal favorites or best mangaka, The Climber, RAINBOW, Kingdom and Blame! are all very good. And Slam Dunk is a classic, of course. Haven't actually read Innocent yet. Kinda just forgot about it/overlooked it. Definitely checking that out eventually.

[@nono9543]

Peak Choices Honestly

[@angelgomez7081]

Yeah Urasawa is my goat. He has so many consistent bangers. But inoue and kentaro,Sakamoto, yukimura, Asano are goats and in my top ten.

[@Z3ROMyth]

Amazing video and all of the mangaka that you listed are all goated authors& artists who have incredible bodies of work that will always be held high in praise in the anime/manga community 👏👏👏💯.

[@GoatLuffy_97]

Definitely gonna give Innocent and Innocent Rouge a try now with art like that.

[@lemondisaster1476]

Yo, I recently started reading Green Blood before seeing this and it got me hooked from the jump.

[@ryenis]

Speaking of takehiko inoue I just watch the slam dunk slam dunk movie which im pretty sure u already know that he also directed it. And it really brought back "the feels" and makes me wish he continued the story 🔥

[@InfamyOrDeath-__-]

I can’t wait for the Pluto anime, it looks like it’s going to be really good. I absolutely love Pluto.

[@topcat59]

Great vid bro.😺

[@shaiista._]

amazing list, im familiar with most of the mangaka's mentioned but im definitely gonna check out the rest of the ones on the list🔥

[@BlueNip]

Really enjoying Choujin X right now. Fully caught up with it. Only manga I'm caught up with is Jojolands, Witch Hat Atelier, Choujin X, and CSM part 2. Have a buddy that owns the whole Punpun collection and gonna borrow that at some point. Fire punch and/or Gachiakuta will be the next series i dive into. Def put ones in this vid on my to-read list.

[@mexicandannyphantom2668]

Def gon check these out

[@masqariii]

I love those mangas read all of them 🫶🏻

[@a.e_man78789]

You should check out Naoki Urasawa's Manben series, where he interviews other masterclass mangakas. They also document them in their workplace and their manga making process.

[@saicharan.durusetti]

I think these mangaka do their own magic in art and storytelling, its like if you read one of them its like whole new world.

[@hyakkimaru1057]

You deserve so much views and likes and subs

[@luthfeeghazale6206]

Just to let ya know, Urasawa wrote and drew two series simultaneously for almost 20 years, and at one point, was doing 20th Century Boys and Monster and later Pluto at the same time..which is unheard of

[@McIbe]

The soundtrack in the background 💯

[@woomynation]

I read climber like 1~2 months ago, guess I gotta check out his other works

[@jeremiahbennett3004]

My favorite Manga author is Nobuyuki Fukumoto, he's the author for kaiji and Akagi, but has many other series that are simply phenomenal, his art isn't insanely realistic, but the goofiness of the art helps convey the emotions of his characters better than any other manga I've ever read. If you want to read one of his series that isn't a trillion chapters long like kaiji, although that is his best series, I strongly reccomend "the strongest kurosawa" changed my life and is one of the best things I've ever read, and also if you want to read everything he's done, I reccomend learning the rules to riichi mahjong.

[@The_Sword_saint2.0]

Finally someone mentioned him... such a underrated 🐐 and yeah Kurosawa is peak!!! 🗿🤝 zawa zawa

[@the80sguy66]

4:56 Playboi Carti Punpun cameo

[@sabojezles]

And The First Slamd Dunk is an Amazing Film, which Inoue wrote and directed, so if you can catch the film in a Cinema go for it, is worth the admission.

[@MusashiMiyam0to]

7:43 Golgo 13 currently holds the title of highest selling Seinen manga with approximately 300 million dollars in sales

[@ShauryaAlapati]

the hollow knight music is a great little touch

[@raptor4512]

u know which ones playing in the innocent/climber part, i cant remember

[@ibrahimaamer2278]

Wake up babe, koukou no hito was mentioned we need to like the video.

[@luthfiharisnugroho8148]

Bruh I swear I always contemplate at how can these guys, especially your top 2, come up with such stories and tell them in their own unique premises. Screw these geniuses.

[@austinsanchez4546]

Dead ass, how has this man have not mentioned, or even heard of vampire Hunter D?? Blows my mind

[@ZohanAka666]

Reading the climber genuinely changed my life

[@turtleanton6539]

Wtf what is that first one. Artwork is just incredible😊

[@kasterkju4980]

I also really enjoy shuzo oshimi works

[@thekerminator6521]

For me my favourite mangaka is Rumiko Takahashi, she is a perfect mangaka. Underrated mangaka for me would be Matsumoto Jiro, his work Freesia is an absolute masterpiece and I’d highly recommend it, especially if you love deep psychological stories that make you think. Also Mochizuki Jun has the best manga of all time under her belt with Pandora Hearts don’t @ me

[@hugoheintz]

Hollow knight music fits perfectly in videos like these

[@WeaponX8629]

Oda is my favorite because One Piece is my favorite, but I'd also nominate Hiromi Arakawa. She's a fantastic writer, and her artstyle is good looking but simple enough to allow her to focus on other aspects, like paneling.

[@DarkKniteZ]

Bro really showed the last panels to monster and bulky bat without a spoiler warning wtf bro. Gotta edit this

[@antk8493]

My favourite is Fujimoto, cause the only thing I love more than manga is cinema, so yeah, the best though it's n°1Urasawa and n°2 Sakamoto, those 2 are beasts

[@pv7380]

i wish Toshio sako become more popular or atleast usogui get anime adaptation. The amount of detailed artstyle usogui has is godly

[@sinatakayama2536]

Stutter demons is a ride !!! Off the rails lives of 2 girls in an alien apocalypse with that signature Asano emotional impact.

[@MiguelAngel-jz7vo]

I wish i didnt watch this video before falling asleep, that volume warning woke me up 😂

[@infamousshinkicker6924]

Aw man, no Shuzo Oshimi? Happiness Blood on the Tracks Flowers of Evil

[@jlassijlali290]

Jiraishin..Sidooh and skigh high manga...i am surprise you didn't talk about the man behind this works as his works are great

[@___WARLOCK___]

There is a video that documents Shinichi Sakamoto's process, titled :- 'Shinichi Sakamoto, manga creation in the digital era' by Archipel

[@ritheguy3983]

I’m glad I’m not the only who thought Asano’s works looked like Gumball lmao

[@MiyamotoMusashi-eu6qo]

They're all my favourite too❤

[@arandomcatonyoutube7258]

W hollow night enjoyer

[@Dinchean..89098]

4:57 bro tried sneaking in cheef keith from rap and thought we wouldn't notice 😹

[@junthelord9378]

Hey masked, I was just wondering if you’ve ever read oyaji, and if not I promise it will not disappoint you. It takes like an hour to get through but it brought me to tears

[@lourdedevilson7739]

One day, I'll be able to muster up the courage to read punpun One day I would

[@pause1491]

To me holyland and climber are my favorite mangas

[@johnkillink]

NIHEI!!! YEAH!! also Q-Hayashida! she is great!!

[@ShouVertica]

Probably Oda for his lightheartedness and wanting to make everyone happy by goofy side adventures. It's sad that recently he's stopped his one-page openings tho.

[@walutin7675]

Would like to add toshio sako for usogui, thank you in advance