Welcome back. These are my favourite manga artists of all time, it was pretty tough to rank all these very talented individuals. There are a ton of mangaka that I appreciate and I can’t list them all but I’ll shout out some in the honorable mentions, I highly recommend checking out the works of these artists if you’re looking for manga to read.
Honourable mentions
*Yamaguchi Takayuki
Notable works: Shigurui (favourite), Exoskull Zero, Akki goyou garan
What I like most: Detailed character presentations
*Taiyo Matsumoto
Notable works: Sunny, Tekkon kinkreet, Ping pong (favourite)
What I like most: Art style & volume covers
*Takuma Yokota
Notable works: Onani master Kurosawa (favourite), Molester man, Shudan!
What I like most: Great storytelling
*Shuzo Oshimi
Notable works: Aku no hana (favourite), Devil ecstacy, Inside Mari
What I like most: Suspense factor
*Yasuhisa Hara
Notable works: Kingdom (favourite)
What I like most: Amazing double page spreads
*One
Notable works: One punch man (favourite), Mob psycho 100, Makai no ossan
What I like most: Great storytelling
25. Hitoshi Iwaaki
Notable works: Parasyte, Historie, Heureka (favourite)
What I like most: flow of storytelling
24. Tite Kubo
Notable works: Bleach (favourite), Zombiepowder
What I like most: Character designs & volume covers
23. Jiro Matsumoto
Notable works: Freesia, Mikai no hoshi, Netsusai no citron (favourite)
What I like most: Surreal storytelling
22. Buronson
Notable works: Sanctuary (favourite), Fist of the north star
What I like most: Great art
21. George Morikawa
Notable works: Hajime no Ippo (favourite)
What I like most: Humor
20. Hiroya Oku
Notable works: Gantz (favourite), Inuyashiki, Me teru no kimochi
What I like most: flow of storytelling
19. Hayashida Q
Notable works: Dorohedoro (favourite), Dai dark
What I like most: Character interactions
18. Tsutomu Takahashi
Notable works: Skyhigh, Blue heaven (favourite), Alive
What I like most: Art style
17. Hirohiko Araki.
Notable works: Jojo’s bizzare adventures (favourite)
What I like most: Character designs & volume covers
16. Shinichi Sakamoto
Notable works: Kokou no hito (favourite), Innocent
What I like most: Great art
15. Takeshi Obata & Tsugumi Ohba
Notable works: Death note (favourite), Bakuman, Platinum end
What I like most: Great storytelling
14. Inio Asano
Notable works: Oyasumi punpun (favourite), Solanin, What a wonderful world
What I like most: Great slice of life writing
13. Hideo Yamamoto
Notable works: Ichi the killer (favourite), Homunculus, Voyeurs Inc
What I like most: Mature themes
12. Junji Ito
Notable works: Uzumaki (favourite), Tomie, Gyo
What I like most: Grotesque designs
11. Nobuyuki Fukumoto
Notable works: Kaiji (favourite), Akagi, Ten
What I like most: Extreme suspense
10. Shintaro Kago
Notable works: Fraction (favourite), Paranoia Street, Super-conductive brain
What I like most: Surreal storytelling
9. Makoto Yukimura
Notable works: Vinland saga (favourite), Planetes, Sayonara ga chikai no de
What I like most: Incredible art
8. Jiro Taniguchi
Notable works: Aruko hito, Haruka no machi e, Kamigami no Itadaki (favourite)
What I like most: Flow of storytelling
7. Minoru Furuya
Notable works: Himizu (favourite), Ciguatera, Wanitokagegisu
What I like most: Dark themes
6. Naoki Urasawa
Notable works: 20th century boys, Monster (favourite), Pluto
What I like most: Excellent storytelling
5. Osamu Tezuka (the god of manga)
Notable works: Black jack, Adolf ni tsugu (favourite), Ode to kirihito
What I like most: Dynamic storytelling
4. Kentaro Miura
Notable works: Berserk (favourite), Giganto machia
What I like most: Amazing double page spreads
3. Tsutomu Nihei
Notable works: Biomega (favourite), Blame, Knights of Sidonia
What I like most: Amazing structural designs & dystopian vibe
2. Takehiko Inoue
Notable works: Vagabond (favourite), Real, Slam dunk
What I like most: Spectacular art & volume covers
1. Yusuke Murata
Notable works: One punch man (favourite), Eyeshield 21
What I like most: Spectacular art, volume covers & interaction with fanbase
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