Kodansha's Monday weekly gave readers cyberpunk landmarks, mountain-pass racing and life-or-death gambling, then mixed in deadpan ninjas and yakuza idols. Decide which run earned the top spot.
1AkiraKatsuhiro Otomo's 1982-1990 cyberpunk epic set in a ruined Neo-Tokyo, the basis of the landmark anime film.1000pts
2KaijiNobuyuki Fukumoto's gambling thriller that began in 1996 and pits a debtor against deadly high-stakes games.777pts
3The FableKatsuhisa Minami's 2014-2019 action comedy about a genius hitman ordered to live a normal life for a year.678pts
4Initial DShuichi Shigeno's 1995-2013 street-racing saga about a tofu delivery boy and his Toyota AE86.555pts
5Dragon HeadMinetaro Mochizuki's 1994-1999 survival horror that begins with a train crash in a collapsed tunnel.555pts
6Under NinjaKengo Hanazawa's deadpan thriller about an unemployed modern-day ninja, running since 2018.555pts
7CoppelionTomonori Inoue's 2008-2016 post-disaster series about genetically engineered girls in an irradiated Tokyo.555pts
8Back Street GirlsJasmine Gyuh's 2015-2018 comedy about three yakuza who become a girl idol group.0pts
9Ghost in the ShellMasamune Shirow's cyberpunk manga about Major Motoko Kusanagi and the cyber-crime unit Section 9.0pts
10ChobitsClamp's 2000-2002 romance about a student who finds an abandoned humanoid computer named Chi.0pts
11xxxHolicClamp's supernatural series about a boy working for a witch who grants wishes at a price.0pts
12Ya Boy Kongming!Comedy in which the strategist Zhuge Liang is reborn in modern Tokyo as a would-be music producer.0pts
13MF GhostShuichi Shigeno's 2017-2025 near-future racing sequel to Initial D.0pts
14My Home Hero2017-2024 thriller about a mild salaryman who kills his daughter's yakuza boyfriend.0pts
