Fans have demonstrated passion for their favorite manga by voting for the top mangaka of 2015, surprising few as the most popular mangaka masters of blockbuster shonen fame easily nab the top spots.
The ranking, boasting 10,000 votes:
1. Hideaki Sorachi (Gintama)
2. Eiichiro Oda (One Piece)
3. Akira Toriyama (Dragon Ball)
4. Hiromu Arakawa (Full Metal Alchemist)
5. Hirohiko Araki (Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure)
6. Rumiko Takahashi (Ranma 1/2)
7. Sui Ishida (Tokyo Ghoul)
8. Masashi Kishimoto (Naruto)
9. Gosho Aoyama (Detective Conan)
10. Yana Toboso (Black Butler)
11. Yoshihiro Togashi (Hunter X Hunter and Yu Yu Hakusho)
12. Hajime Isayama (Attack on Titan)
13. Cocoa Fujiwara (Inu x Boku SS)
14. Tadatoshi Fujimaki (Kuroko’s Basketball)
15. Yuusei Matsui (Assassination Classroom)
16. Clamp (Cardcaptor Sakura and Magic Knight Rayearth)
17. Taito Kubo (Bleach)
18. Takehiko Inoue (Slam Dunk)
19. Takeshi Obata (Death Note and Bakuman)
20. Izumi Tsubaki (Ore-sama Teacher and Monthly Girls’ Nozaki-kun)
21. Haruichi Furudate (Haikyuu!!)
22. Takeshi Konomi (The Prince of Tennis)
23. Akira Amano (Hitman Reborn!)
24. Hiro Mashima (Fairy Tail and Rave Master)
25. Mitsuru Adachi (Touch)
26. Io Sakisaka (Blue Spring Ride)
27. Kentaro Yabuki (To Love-Ru and Black Cat)
28. Chica Umino (Honey and Clover)
29. Nakaba Suzuki (The Seven Deadly Sins)
30. Naoshi Komi (Nisekoi)
Mangaka of Kodomo no Jikan is the best! – Although it’s a popular lolicon manga, it shows true fanservice for all lolicons, even a great ending.
Kaworu Watashiya, best <333
the list is not in order.
Where the hell is Ken Akamatsu?
Touta just isn’t as likeable as Negi was. LOL and nobody likes the romance angle honestly. I’d prefer it if he was just focused on combat and learning his family history.
This is a 2015 poll. Not matter how much you like UQ Holder, its nowhere near the level of quality Negima had.
Not to mention, UQ Holder just isn’t that popular with people.
a) It’s still a huge WTF not to include him.
b) CLAMP is in the list (spelled Clamp) and their popular stuff is even older than Negima.
But CLAMP’s most popular stuff was more popular than Negima, and combined, more popular than Love Hina as well (despite having less volumes and episodes than Negima, Love Hina, quality aside, left a bigger mark on anime and manga, basically defining the already existing modern harem genre).
Wow, how is Togashi not higher up on this list?
because he’s a lazy f♥♥k.
George Morikawa should be there. Hajime no Ippo has like 1K+ chapters already and still ongoing.
+1