What is the most influential manga of all time?
Sales charts and influence charts rarely agree. These are the series later artists actually copied.
1Astro BoyOsamu Tezuka's 1952 series, the template for postwar manga and the industry that followed it.1000pts
2Dragon BallAkira Toriyama's adventure-turned-fighting series, the blueprint for modern shonen battle structure.763pts
3Fist of the North StarBuronson and Tetsuo Hara's postapocalyptic epic, which set the look of 1980s action manga.658pts
4AkiraKatsuhiro Otomo's cyberpunk work, the book that made Western publishers take manga seriously.625pts
5Death NoteOhba and Obata's thriller, proof that a mainstream Jump hit needed no fighting at all.625pts
6Slam DunkTakehiko Inoue's basketball series, credited with the sport's popularity across Japan.500pts
7Attack on TitanHajime Isayama's siege story, the 2010s series that pushed manga toward serialised prestige drama.500pts
8NarutoMasashi Kishimoto's ninja series, the export that carried manga into Western bookshops in the 2000s.500pts
9Sailor MoonNaoko Takeuchi's series, which built the magical-girl team format the genre still runs on.500pts
10Golgo 13Takao Saito's assassin series, running since 1968 and the longest-running manga in print.433pts
11BerserkKentaro Miura's dark fantasy, the reference point for a generation of grim fantasy artists and games.269pts
12DoraemonFujiko F. Fujio's robot-cat series, a fixture of Japanese childhood and the country's soft-power mascot.269pts
13Rose of VersaillesRiyoko Ikeda's 1972 historical drama, the work that redefined what shojo manga could carry.269pts
14Demon SlayerKoyoharu Gotouge's 23-volume series, which put 220 million copies into circulation in under a decade.269pts
15One PieceEiichiro Oda's pirate epic and the best-selling comic series by a single author.269pts
16Ghost in the ShellMasamune Shirow's cyberpunk manga, whose ideas reached far beyond comics into film and philosophy.167pts
17Lone Wolf and CubKoike and Kojima's samurai series, an early crossover that reshaped American comics art.167pts
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