Even the likes of Doraemon has finally been displaced from the ranks of the most kiddy-friendly manga Japanese parents want their remaining offspring reading, to be replaced by the likes of One Piece, Naruto and even Silver Spoon – although a certain titanic blockbuster of recent years is still yet to make its scale felt.
The ranking, based on a digital publisher’s survey of child owners for national child reading promotion day (which apparently includes manga in Japan):
1. One Piece
2. Doraemon
3. Gin no Saji
4. Dragon Ball
5. Phoenix
6. Barefoot Gen
7. Space Brothers
8. Slam Dunk
9. Naruto
10. Chihayafuru
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You won't be done reading One Piece yourself by the time you have grandchildren -_-
The funny part is Oda originally planned for it to run for five years but was having "too much fun" (steady paycheck) to stop.
He did say the manga was about halfway finished around the time episode 500 of the anime was airing so maybe, MAYBE we'll see the end in another 10-15 years.
doesn't matter, I still enjoyed it, and would definitely recommend it to my child, when I have any.
"when I have any" god this made me cringe in laughter
As long as One Piece continues to be so fucking entertaining I would not mind it lasting another 20 years man!
Eiichirō Oda is at least twice as old as most of his readers. Do you really think he'll outlive them?
Do you really think he'll finish one piece before he dies?
Not a chance in hell.
This makes me remember the case of berserk manga, for some reason.
Anon 11:51, i have read OP 15 years, and i have grandchildren!
Been Anime & Manga otaku since mid 80`s.
Another 10 years of luffy crew running around separate on city/base/cattle on every arc?
i never know they did cattles
I'll just play game versions with them.
Will Yotsuba be speaking in kanji by then then?
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C'mon, how can they not rank Detective Conan on there.
Because then they'll learn how to murder in incredibly creative ways.
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So Conan must be that "certain titanic blockbuster"!
You guys are crazy, for kids it HAS to be To Aru Majutsu no Index and Kyoukaisenjou no Horizon
Although there are manga adaptions of those, they were light novels first. I believe this survey only considered series that started as manga. So Index and Horizon aren't eligible. If this was a survey on LN's though, I would totally agree with you.
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No Kanokon or TLR Darkness? Kids loved the Kanokon anime, and TLR:D did pass that one government review awhile back. Besides, if they want the current kids ever to reproduce sometime in the future, it'd be best to get them interested in the process as soon as possible...
I'm of the impression that reading helps kids reinforce the prevailing attitudes of their environment, especially the more prescribed ones.
I'd let my kid read GTO, and watch Kill La Kill.
Only incest novels in my house.
lol..
And how are you going to draw the line between 2D and 3D? If you had a son and a daughter making out, would you be like "you two stop that right now" or "don't mind me, pretend that I ain't here"? lol
You're giving him a choice between still photos and a movie, eh? That'd work for the coaching mode, but what if he'd actually join in?
This modern kids...
I'd let my kid read Trigun and watch Cowboy beebop.
my kids read 20th century boys and watched hellsing
My kids are watching Space Battleship Yamato and Fist OF The North Star right now...
GTO definitely but kill la kill?
spread the NUDISTOOOO BEACHHHHH!!
Give them Moyashimon and Nana + Kaoru, they'll learn useful things for life!
Kids these days know their suisankanatoriumu from the instant food packaging.
did by useful things for life, you mean how to brew sake ????
I'd let my children to watch and read The World God Only Knows.
Quick then for you to find something else since 'The World God only knows' is DONE. OVER. KAPUT. FINITO.
I suggest you jump past the kiddy stuff & go directly into Urotsukidōji (of course you'll have to train them to read Japanese too!) for a fine round-up on Anime~~~~
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Why isn't pokemon on this list? It very clear any kid would definity watch it amd even the girls would watch sailor moon almost any age
I guess because kids already gravitate towards pokemon. They dont need their parents recommending it to them. In japan kids are probably born knowing all the pokemon from the most recent gen.
As for Sailor Moon, its more than an entire generation old for the kids of today. Seems more like the list is talking about recent or current series.
shit ain't got any muscle. my kids will turn into animal slaver if they watch pokemon.
back in the days, we let our kids watch Hokuto no Ken and they grew fine beards before they hit 15.
This is a reading/book/manga list nitwit. Not a TV show ranking.
I would have liked to see Aah! Megami-Sama on this list. As a manga that ran for 25 years I consider it be a part of my life which I wouldn't mind sharing with my Kids.
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Oh! My Goddess is a drag. It starts off well, but gets really, really boring after volume 15 or so. But so many marathon series do. They should just draw a line and do something else sometimes...
One Piece is a good example for kids because it has an assload of actual reading. It leans more towards being a novel rather than a glorified coloring book like some other manga *cough* *cough* -insert your favorite non "One Piece" manga here- Love you.
I would have added gintama.
Give 'em the anime episodes also
was not expecting chihayafuru to be on the list.
Three words:
Yokohama
Kaidashi
Kikou
Period.
ヨコハマ買出し紀行 is very nice for putting your kids to bed. One chapter and they're sound asleep.
Oh, and that doesn't mean I think it's a bad series. I'd rather have my kids read that than OP or DB.
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