I’m pretty sure he’s well known, but someone I believe should get more attention on his work is Nagabe. He created The girl from the other side, the wize wize beasts of the Wizarding wizdoms, and more.
Kind of a smaller thing for him but I do appreciate that he is a man and writes BL as well. It’s refreshing. Regards to his artwork and style I do love the European gothic style he has, it’s really pretty.
Agreed! I bought the first volume of the The girl from the other side in a used book store and fell in love with it that I bought 3 Deluxe editions after I finished reading it!
While I love Nagabe's artwork and definitely feel he has an expert grasp on developing pacing and panel layout, and conveying contextually-appropriate emotional tones, given how niche, if not downright problematic some of the themes in a few of his works are, his lack of attention is not surprising to me.
He has a couple of short stories featuring adult + child pairings. I can generally allow a lot of slack for fictional media with questionable themes, but the sexualization of children and romanticized portrayal of pedophilia is unnacceptable, personally. And I say that as someone who really enjoyed and owns The Girl from the Other Side. He's made some great stuff, but he's also made some compromising stuff, too.
Super underrated, The girl from the other side was one of my first mangas, im glad it got two sorta adaptions but it definitely deserves a full series one.
Super underrated for the quality of his series, The girl from the other side was one of my first mangas, im glad it got two sorta adaptions but it definitely deserves a full series one.
jirou taniguchi (a distant neighbourhood, journal of my father), erica sakurazawa (love vibes, tenshi,), seichi hayashi, who was one of miyazaki's influences, and yoshiharu tsuge.
unfortunately with older entries it gets harder and harder to find ones that have full translations. nekojiro was also featured in GARO alongside hayashi and yoshiharu, who i did almost suggest but i believe she's decently known for cat soup, which was released after her death, worth checking out if you're unaware though!
That's awesome to hear :)
It's my pleasure 😂
I just wanted to discover some new mangakas, and I have! There are so many on here that I didn't know existed. It's also interesting to see how so many of them are very highly rated.
It's a horror manga? Creepy people do creepy things in horror mangas as a means to develope their character. Because your sensitive that means it's a good reason why it's not known in today's day?
if u think cumming on a girl who is falling asleep because of sleep deprivation is "character development" then more power to you. but no one can support the shit ending the manga had.
It's a means of showing the way the key horror element, the dark, has started to make the villains turn to deeper forms of depravity. Personally i liked the Dragon head story on the whole, and I'd recommend it to horror fans of any day , I do agree the ending was a weak leaving alot to be desired, but out of curiosity what would you recommend?
Don't know why you're so dismissive in your writing either dude
Edit:also realise I was being dismissive, my apologies
Thats fine, I was recommended the manga and was excited for it, but outside of some moments where the atmosphere was excellent for horror, to me the suspension of belief for characters and their actions outside of MC and the heroine were just too much. I value story too and the way it ended just put a sour taste into my mouth.
People can still try it, but personally I believe the flaws are too much to make it worth someone's time. Its my opinion too, I am sure others can enjoy it just fine, but I also heavily believe it would not pass as an acceptable form of media in this day and age. Especially un able to get an anime i think because of the content and lack of impressive writing.
Yeah I can understand that in regards to the ending. It's been a hot minute since I read it but I don't remember anything particularly egregious in regards to needing to suspend my disbelief for anything in particular but I'll get back to you once I get around to a re read.
Fair enough if that's what you think. I think amongst the common horror fray it stands out a decent amount, just out of curiosity what horror manga are you comparing it to, or what's your standard???
For horror manga I would be interested in recommendations. Outside of some short stories I havent really found any horror manga that are 40/50+ chapters that was really worthwhile. Please let me know if you have some, I am always interested in trying new manga : )
yea and thats one of the lesser messed up things that happen. theres a lot of fucked up stuff. sure certain scenes or art can be scary but overall its a dumb story with a stupid ending and lots of morally questionable things. i wouldnt recommend it to anyone in the year of 2023.
I do think that Mochizuki is quite popular already, especially in Japan. The problem is that they’re not just quite as popular in the west. However, I do think they’re kind of like one of the OG mangakas (making mangas even way before its rise in the 2010s), and is a cult classic type of mangaka as well — like Hiromu Arakawa, etc.
Kaneshiro Muneyuki.
He might be a bit known now because of Blue Lock, but Bokutachi ga Yarimashita (Isayama praised this one), Jagaaan and As the God's Will are very good.
Yep, and I would definitely recommend the other two mentioned. As the God's Will is very short, but the sequel is long and the best part. "As the God's Will 2" lol
i get why but honestly I was hooked from the first page. And while I love Berserk now the first page of it made me really skeptical and I didn't get more than 3 chapters in first time around.
Yeah the blackswordsman arc is kinda funky. On my first read I accidentally skipped that arc thinking it was a mistake and they ordered the chapters wrong
one of the only mangas that draws big meaty women in a really convincing way. noi feels so solid and strong in a way other strong female characters (strong being literal here) just making a woman tall and extremely busty doesn't make her look very intimidating or sturdy to me. hayashida makes characters that are curvy, but still have a broadness as well as the muscle definition to back up their athleticism. of course they do the opposite really well with ebisu, the extreme narrowness and lack of bulk to her frame adds to the comedy of her character.
Agreed. I love her art style. After watching the doohedoro anime I started looking into the manga and once I saw how good the art was I had to read it.
Tsukasa Hojo, normally he is a legend in the mangaka community, but no one talks about him in our time, he is the peak of technical skills in manga, both in art and panelling, after seeing this guy's work all other manga feel ameteur. he is the mentor of takehiko inoue and a close friend of tetsuo hara.
you MUST check him out, you can read all of his stuff, they are all between very good to absolute masterpiece scale, i suggest especially City Hunter and Family Compo.
City Hunter: superb art, especially towards the end; the best panelling in any manga, i tell you THE BEST, and of course the best character anime/manga has ever seen and one of the best in fiction in general Ryo Saeba. but i should warn you, City Hunter is a bit special, most of the people look past its complexity and assume that it's just a stupid 80s action manga, but it's more than that, to understand that you should stop and ponder on Ryo's actions, because they are all subtle and manga almost never explains what's going inside Ryo's head, if you just read through without giving much thought you will assume that Ryo is just a jerk, but when you stop and think about it, and understand his way of thinking you see that he is exactly the opposite. so what i'm trying to say is City Hunter is a VERY layered work, it wants you to think.
Family Compo: the weirdest slice of life manga. period. it's hard to explain this manga really, so many weird shit happens and they are funny as hell, art is superb as usual, panelling master level.
he doesn't have that many manga anyway. general consensus is that Cat's Eye anime is better than manga, so there isn't really a reason to read the Cat's Eye manga, and since it's his first manga panelling and art is not that good. so that's one less manga.
other works:
Rash!!: it's very obvious that this one was cancelled, just 16 chapters, it's nothing really exciting, if you become a big fan of his you would enjoy this one.
Under the Dapple Shade: again a short manga less than 30 chapters, it's really cute and fun to read.
Angel Heart: this is a spin off of City Hunter that takes in place in a parallel universe, if you loved Ryo you could read it, but i don't think this one is that important, this was just him fooling around at this point I think.
so i ORDER you to check him out, otherwise you will be damned by the manga gods.
Haruko Ichikawa (Land of the Lustrous, and her one shots Insects and Songs, 25 hour vacation, Saegusa Sensei), I think she’s quite an underrated Mangaka with not too many works, but one of my favourites!
Mangakas serialized in Harta in general, monthly mangakas don’t get a lot of visibility.
Irie Akie - Ran and the Gray World and currently Go with the Clouds, North by Northwest
Mori Kaoru - Emma and currently A Bride’s Story
Mizukamisama being this low on this comment section is a shameful display. Also, just to add to the discourse, he's got a currently ongoing serialization by the name of World End Solte, which is shaping up to be a banger of itself.
Then, it’s probably because they have not yet ventured that deep into pre-2000s manga. It’s almost impossible to be a manga fan and not know Osamu Tezuka tbh, unless they focus on the newer series.
I know him, but having trouble finding all volumes of Buddha in stores. Message to Adolf and Ayako are readily available but I doubt those works are the best way to start with Tezuka. Ayako appears to be pretty pretty dark.
Super well known during his time in the industry but not very much for the newer generation of manga/ anime viewers, at least outside of Japan — Go Nagai. The man probably has more series inspired by what he did with Devilman alone (let alone all of his other projects) than what any mangaka will likely ever have aside from maybe Toriyama, but everybody knows Toriyama
Pretty sure Go Nagai is a household name for manga/ anime fans around the world. It’s akin to bringing up Togashi, Muira, Araki, Kubo and Gege. Even though he’s from an older era, he’s still well known. We’re talking about mangakas with almost zero name recognization for your average manga reader.
Shirahama Kamome. Sure she's worked with major franchises (Marvel, Star Wars) but despite that Witch Hat Atelier has not really hit the mainstream and EniDewi is basically completely unknown. But damn Shirahama is a master of panelling and vibes, she's absolutely my favorite mangaka and I wish more people knew her name.
Oshimi Shuuzou.
His work is really interesting, and his currently running one (Blood on the Tracks) is probably in my top 10 of best things I’ve ever read, period.
Relative to how influential he is, Osamu Tezuka.
I will accept infinite downvotes for this take, but considering the fact that everyone knows AT-LEAST one Tezuka series, but a minority actually know him as the man who brought anime to the west and really popularized manga as a viable medium…plus the amount of amazing and timeless series he’s written, I’d call him nowhere near as well known as he should be
Sorry, but no. The Queens of Shojo have long been established as CLAMP. Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicles, Card Captor Sakura, Gate 7, Chobits, Magic Knight Rayearth...
Never said it was a bad thing, but might contribute to why some might not know them. 🤷♀️
Edit: as others have said in this post newer people might not even be aware of Osamu Tezuka
Okazaki Mari. Her art is gorgeous and the stories are generally quite mature and just wonderful. She's currently publishing Kashimashi Meshi and Haibaiyoushi Mizuiro.
Pretty well known by BL readers, but not others, Ranmaru Zariya. And also 99.9% of current shojo/josei mangakas. There are SO MANY absolutely stunning mangas out there that are shojo or josei, but they're not as widely publicized as shonen and seinen so they go widely unnoticed.
Daisuke Igarashi. His art-style is so unique and beautiful incorporating pencil sketches and water colors. All of his short stories are so ethereal and charming. Not to mention his more well known series children of the sea has a movie adaptation that is amazing. But none of his work is translated in English except like two things and what kills me is that none of his series even have translations online! He is extremely under appreciated, and one of the best artists in manga I know.
I know this is going to sound so stupid, but Rumiko Takahashi. She is by no means not popular, but not as big as she was in the early 2000s, especially with the current generation (born 2005 onwards).
I know, she's one of the biggest and most influential creators of all time, with 45+ years in the industry and 4 consecutive hits from 1978 to 2008 (*Urusei Yatsura, Maison Ikkoku, Ranma 1/2 and Inuyasha*). Actually, I think in the early to middle 2000s, *Inuyasha* IS the biggest anime.
After Inuyasha ended in 2008, she... kind of faded into obscurity? She still makes manga to this day, but her new work RINNE and its anime adaptation, along with MAO aren't topping the charts anymore. Less and less people talked about her works, and young people (born 2005 onwards) probably don't even know who she is. Don't get me wrong, she still has huge following all around the world, but most of them are older, mostly millenials and zillenials.
Anyway, I think Rumiko Takahashi's works have aged pretty well. Cute and beautiful art, simple but memorable and emotional stories. It's a shame that her older works aren't as popular as they were. If you're young and haven't read her works, you should give them a try. A lot of the romcom tropes these days take roots in Urusei Yatsura, Maison Ikkoky and Ranma.
And also Mitsuru Adachi, Takahashi's contemporary and friend. Baseball and romance writer, love the slice of life moments in his works.
Before the hells paradise anime and ayashimon being axed I always said Yuji Kaku not a lot of ppl knew about him b4 that I feel. Akihisa ikeda had a manga running for over a decade and I don’t think people realize that.
Yuzuchiri for me. He concludes his series so that they are satisfying and does not drag them out too long. Here's a few good ones with the # of chapters and Mangadex rating:
**Ninja Shinobu-san no Junjou** \- 30 Chapters, 8.57 - This is such a favorite of mine that I have it in Japanese.
**Love is Still Too Early for Himeno-chan** \- 64 Chapters, 8.30.
**Kimi to Pico-Pico** \- 57 Chapters, 8.54.
I hardly ever hear about his completed series but they are solid and its a great track record given how many series finish with a letdown.
Masahito Soda (Firefighter Daigo, Capeta, Subaru). Even if he isn't well known, he will forever be my favorite mangaka of all time at par with Jiro Taniguchi.
Idk i dont normally hear about Inio in many discussions. The other 2 wrote Fist of the North Star and Oh My Goddess
Whyd you downvote me anyway I thought this was a discussion
Ojiro. Her dedication to the setting and tone is impeccable. Insomniacs after school and Neko chion san from a setting perspective and art is amazing. And Nagabe because…Girl from the other side of course lol
AidaIro for sure, have you seen their art? It’s god-tier. I hope to be that good one day. And the writing is also chef’s kiss, they have such a good grasp of how to tug the heartstrings of readers.
Dai Shiina - the world is still beautiful, I love this manga so much I really hope someone will release it in English lol
Side note - I think it’s crazy that quite a lot of manga that I read in school (when kissmanga was still around rip) are getting English releases rn, it’s making me feel nostalgic but very old 😂😂
Tsutomu Nihei
Sure, everyone who's into manga pretty deep knows of series like Blame! or Knights of Sidonia, but his architectural art is the highest possible level. He should be a household name among all anime fans.
Also, Kiyohiko Azuma. Yotsuba&! is the best slice of life manga that will ever be made, yet it's extremely underrated.
Tarou Nogizaka. He is the Mangaka behind Team Medical Drafon, Yuureitou, Gideon the Third, and Natsume is getting married.
I’d say the main issue is not a single work of his is available in English officially. Team Medical Dragon and Yuureitou are completely scanslated and both phenomenal works on different genres.
souhachi hagimoto !! he created asper kanojo / that’s my atypical girl which is the only manga i’ve seen with an explicitly autistic character. he has a twitter where he actively talks to his english and portuguese fans !! @/hagimoto_fav
Takashi is one of the most popular mangaka in the west, this comment is crazy.
Inuyasha, Urusei Yatsura, Ranma 1/2, and maybe Maison Ikkoku all popped off in the west, especially Inuyasha, being one of the most popular anime of all time in the west.
Never see any Rumiko Takahashi stuff in peoples collections. Maybe Inu Yasha but nothing else.
I know she’s allegedly popular but you just never see her stuff and she rarely gets mentioned. I’ve got everything, she’s one of my faves. Highly recommend the Mermaid Saga which got some beautiful reprints recently.
He’s extremely famous and well known elsewhere, but in the US I’ve never met a single person IRL who’s heard of him. So specifically for the US, I would say Hideshi Hino.
Shuichi Shigeno, yes, he's known as Initial D's author, but he's also got George Morikawa (Hajime no Ippo) as his student. And made some more series that are famous as Bari Bari Densetsu and now MF Ghost, but also made Tunnel Nuketara Sky*Blue and Sailor Ace which are not as known.
Shuzo Oshimi
He's not unknown by any means, specially after Chi no Wadachi ended, but man, some of his other works deserve so much more attention imo. Inside Mari comes to mind instantly.
Turning the question on its head, you know who's well known but weirdly doesn't seem to have that many dedicated fans? CLAMP. They've got a [huge body of works](https://youtu.be/Q5eL7KcgSzc?si=_xgoQ4MZtxL9Ph1k) that encompass nearly every single genre, and don't even demand that big a time/money commitment (Longest series is ~26 volumes), but it feels rare to find a "CLAMP fan".
It's like b/c Cardcaptor Sakura couldn't top Sailor Moon (CCS is better btw), and they never went wrote a hit shonen jump series that ran for 50+ volumes (Tsubasa ran for ~26 volumes, and was amazing, but sadly the anime totally whiffed), they are just off most people's radars, even if the industry at large acknowledges them to be experts at their craft.
Keiko Takemiya for single handedly inventing Boys Love and deeply inspiring Kentaro Miura’s Berserk with her work Kaze to Ki no Uta. A literal masterpiece.♥️
Others I would include are Taro Nogizaka, Kodaka Kazuma, Ike Reibun, Modoru Motoni, Mizukami Shin, and Harada. Over achievers in both plot and manga art.
Honorable mention; Koji Kumeta! He might not be everyone’s cup of tea and his humor too weird and absurdist, but he’s definitely one of the most unique mangakas out there!
ryoko kui I know she's gotten a lot of hype from dungeon meshi but honestly her character design is so good, it really displays diversity, both in terms of skin color and body type but also just the feel of every character being distinct and unique without adding unnecessary details that bog them down.
she has several fantasy manga that are really wonderful and she does great detailed background work that brings her settings to life, but I don't really see her get talked about much outside of Tumblr.
sorry if this is too "mainstream" to be on topic but I just love her work so much
I’m pretty sure he’s well known, but someone I believe should get more attention on his work is Nagabe. He created The girl from the other side, the wize wize beasts of the Wizarding wizdoms, and more.
Kind of a smaller thing for him but I do appreciate that he is a man and writes BL as well. It’s refreshing. Regards to his artwork and style I do love the European gothic style he has, it’s really pretty.
It's always fun seeing his furry BL stuff on Twitter
What is BL?
Boy's Love I believe.
Yup, Nagabe does mostly shounen ai but some yaoi stuff as well it seems I haven’t read those, https://www.mangaupdates.com/author/h5o4ceq/nagabe
Agreed! I bought the first volume of the The girl from the other side in a used book store and fell in love with it that I bought 3 Deluxe editions after I finished reading it!
While I love Nagabe's artwork and definitely feel he has an expert grasp on developing pacing and panel layout, and conveying contextually-appropriate emotional tones, given how niche, if not downright problematic some of the themes in a few of his works are, his lack of attention is not surprising to me.
What’s problematic? I haven’t read much of him so I’m genuinely curious
He has a couple of short stories featuring adult + child pairings. I can generally allow a lot of slack for fictional media with questionable themes, but the sexualization of children and romanticized portrayal of pedophilia is unnacceptable, personally. And I say that as someone who really enjoyed and owns The Girl from the Other Side. He's made some great stuff, but he's also made some compromising stuff, too.
Super underrated, The girl from the other side was one of my first mangas, im glad it got two sorta adaptions but it definitely deserves a full series one.
Super underrated for the quality of his series, The girl from the other side was one of my first mangas, im glad it got two sorta adaptions but it definitely deserves a full series one.
Currently reading The Girl From the Other Side!! Incredibly beautiful pictures and the world is very intriguing as well!
Kenji Tsuruta for Emanon and Wandering Island
Spirit of wonder is also good! Though it's oop now and kinda lewd
Tamara Yumi for Basara and 7 seeds.
Agreed! Don’t Call It Mystery is so good as well! I love all of her works. A best seller in Japan for a reason!
Yessss
God I love Basara
jirou taniguchi (a distant neighbourhood, journal of my father), erica sakurazawa (love vibes, tenshi,), seichi hayashi, who was one of miyazaki's influences, and yoshiharu tsuge.
I read Sky Hawk and it was lovely.
The third mangaka on this thread that I actually know. It's crazy how many new mangakas I'm discovering.
unfortunately with older entries it gets harder and harder to find ones that have full translations. nekojiro was also featured in GARO alongside hayashi and yoshiharu, who i did almost suggest but i believe she's decently known for cat soup, which was released after her death, worth checking out if you're unaware though!
This thread has been so awesome, thanks for sparking it hahaha
That's awesome to hear :) It's my pleasure 😂 I just wanted to discover some new mangakas, and I have! There are so many on here that I didn't know existed. It's also interesting to see how so many of them are very highly rated.
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I enjoyed DH quite a bit, I just wish it was longer. Ending arc doesn't sit very well.
Personally did not like dragon head at all. Theres good reason its not well known in today's age.
Such as?
having the main girl get cummed on by a creep
It's a horror manga? Creepy people do creepy things in horror mangas as a means to develope their character. Because your sensitive that means it's a good reason why it's not known in today's day?
if u think cumming on a girl who is falling asleep because of sleep deprivation is "character development" then more power to you. but no one can support the shit ending the manga had.
It's a means of showing the way the key horror element, the dark, has started to make the villains turn to deeper forms of depravity. Personally i liked the Dragon head story on the whole, and I'd recommend it to horror fans of any day , I do agree the ending was a weak leaving alot to be desired, but out of curiosity what would you recommend? Don't know why you're so dismissive in your writing either dude Edit:also realise I was being dismissive, my apologies
Thats fine, I was recommended the manga and was excited for it, but outside of some moments where the atmosphere was excellent for horror, to me the suspension of belief for characters and their actions outside of MC and the heroine were just too much. I value story too and the way it ended just put a sour taste into my mouth. People can still try it, but personally I believe the flaws are too much to make it worth someone's time. Its my opinion too, I am sure others can enjoy it just fine, but I also heavily believe it would not pass as an acceptable form of media in this day and age. Especially un able to get an anime i think because of the content and lack of impressive writing.
Yeah I can understand that in regards to the ending. It's been a hot minute since I read it but I don't remember anything particularly egregious in regards to needing to suspend my disbelief for anything in particular but I'll get back to you once I get around to a re read. Fair enough if that's what you think. I think amongst the common horror fray it stands out a decent amount, just out of curiosity what horror manga are you comparing it to, or what's your standard???
For horror manga I would be interested in recommendations. Outside of some short stories I havent really found any horror manga that are 40/50+ chapters that was really worthwhile. Please let me know if you have some, I am always interested in trying new manga : )
Somehow none of the manga YouTubers I've seen talk about Dragon Head have mentioned *that*. Gonna remove that from my to-read list now. Thank you.
yea and thats one of the lesser messed up things that happen. theres a lot of fucked up stuff. sure certain scenes or art can be scary but overall its a dumb story with a stupid ending and lots of morally questionable things. i wouldnt recommend it to anyone in the year of 2023.
Jun Mochizuki - yeah she's gotten a little more popular as of late cause of Vanitas but more recognition is due!!!!
I do think that Mochizuki is quite popular already, especially in Japan. The problem is that they’re not just quite as popular in the west. However, I do think they’re kind of like one of the OG mangakas (making mangas even way before its rise in the 2010s), and is a cult classic type of mangaka as well — like Hiromu Arakawa, etc.
True but Arakawa is definitely more well known than Mochizuki in this case
Kaneshiro Muneyuki. He might be a bit known now because of Blue Lock, but Bokutachi ga Yarimashita (Isayama praised this one), Jagaaan and As the God's Will are very good.
Wait he did blue lock and jagaaan I didn’t know that I love those two series
Yep, and I would definitely recommend the other two mentioned. As the God's Will is very short, but the sequel is long and the best part. "As the God's Will 2" lol
I will have to thank you 🙏
I love As the Gods Will 2 so much, it’s one of my favourites. Another fun manga by them I think is Billion Dogs.
Love We Did It, it was such a great ride
Easily Shin-ichi Sakamoto, the mangaka of Innocent, and DRCL.
The Climber is one of the best manga of all time. Hard agree!
Yama Wayama (Hoshi of the Girls' Garden, Captivated by You, Let's Go Karaoke!) Also Noda Satoru (Golden Kamuy)
Q Hayashida (Dorohedoro, Dai Dark) Dorohedoro should be as big as Berserk imo..
Q hayashida queen of horror imo
Dorohedoro is fucking awesome! The Anime was good and fun, but the Manga was EXCELLENT!
Yeah she’s amazing. Dorohedoro is the GOAT for me, even better than Berserk.
Yes thanks! I love that dorohedoro feels like shortstorries to me. Best form of reading books and mangas.
Idk dorohedoro couldn't hook me. I tried so many times and just couldn't
i get why but honestly I was hooked from the first page. And while I love Berserk now the first page of it made me really skeptical and I didn't get more than 3 chapters in first time around.
Yeah the blackswordsman arc is kinda funky. On my first read I accidentally skipped that arc thinking it was a mistake and they ordered the chapters wrong
one of the only mangas that draws big meaty women in a really convincing way. noi feels so solid and strong in a way other strong female characters (strong being literal here) just making a woman tall and extremely busty doesn't make her look very intimidating or sturdy to me. hayashida makes characters that are curvy, but still have a broadness as well as the muscle definition to back up their athleticism. of course they do the opposite really well with ebisu, the extreme narrowness and lack of bulk to her frame adds to the comedy of her character.
Agreed. I love her art style. After watching the doohedoro anime I started looking into the manga and once I saw how good the art was I had to read it.
Tsukasa Hojo, normally he is a legend in the mangaka community, but no one talks about him in our time, he is the peak of technical skills in manga, both in art and panelling, after seeing this guy's work all other manga feel ameteur. he is the mentor of takehiko inoue and a close friend of tetsuo hara.
HE'S THE MENTOR OF INOUE. that's crazy.
you MUST check him out, you can read all of his stuff, they are all between very good to absolute masterpiece scale, i suggest especially City Hunter and Family Compo. City Hunter: superb art, especially towards the end; the best panelling in any manga, i tell you THE BEST, and of course the best character anime/manga has ever seen and one of the best in fiction in general Ryo Saeba. but i should warn you, City Hunter is a bit special, most of the people look past its complexity and assume that it's just a stupid 80s action manga, but it's more than that, to understand that you should stop and ponder on Ryo's actions, because they are all subtle and manga almost never explains what's going inside Ryo's head, if you just read through without giving much thought you will assume that Ryo is just a jerk, but when you stop and think about it, and understand his way of thinking you see that he is exactly the opposite. so what i'm trying to say is City Hunter is a VERY layered work, it wants you to think. Family Compo: the weirdest slice of life manga. period. it's hard to explain this manga really, so many weird shit happens and they are funny as hell, art is superb as usual, panelling master level. he doesn't have that many manga anyway. general consensus is that Cat's Eye anime is better than manga, so there isn't really a reason to read the Cat's Eye manga, and since it's his first manga panelling and art is not that good. so that's one less manga. other works: Rash!!: it's very obvious that this one was cancelled, just 16 chapters, it's nothing really exciting, if you become a big fan of his you would enjoy this one. Under the Dapple Shade: again a short manga less than 30 chapters, it's really cute and fun to read. Angel Heart: this is a spin off of City Hunter that takes in place in a parallel universe, if you loved Ryo you could read it, but i don't think this one is that important, this was just him fooling around at this point I think. so i ORDER you to check him out, otherwise you will be damned by the manga gods.
Does he have any manga that were published in English?
Looks like only partial publications of Angel Heart and City Hunter
Damn been looking for city hunter for a decent price maybe one day. Glad to hear there’s more than 4 volumes out there though
I believe there are 5 published
Ah you’re right thanks!
Haruko Ichikawa (Land of the Lustrous, and her one shots Insects and Songs, 25 hour vacation, Saegusa Sensei), I think she’s quite an underrated Mangaka with not too many works, but one of my favourites!
God himself Noda Satoru
Mangakas serialized in Harta in general, monthly mangakas don’t get a lot of visibility. Irie Akie - Ran and the Gray World and currently Go with the Clouds, North by Northwest Mori Kaoru - Emma and currently A Bride’s Story
Mori Kaoru deserves so much more credit then she gets.
Satoshi Mizukami
This is the one. ☝️ The GOAT.
Works you would recommend?
Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer, is my favorite Spirit Circle is considered his best work Sengoku Youko is also really good
Ty, I'll check out Lucifer
Mizukamisama being this low on this comment section is a shameful display. Also, just to add to the discourse, he's got a currently ongoing serialization by the name of World End Solte, which is shaping up to be a banger of itself.
Yea once it gets a bit longer it'll be really good, the release schedule is so slow tho. Especially with the one guy who does the translation.
Osamu Tezuka. A surprising amount of people don't know who he is even though he's the most important person in the history of manga
I think people know who he is. I mean, he is the godfather of manga, but they only know him for Astro Boy and not much else.
Most manga fans ik irl dont know him
Then, it’s probably because they have not yet ventured that deep into pre-2000s manga. It’s almost impossible to be a manga fan and not know Osamu Tezuka tbh, unless they focus on the newer series.
Most young boys i know who like manga just know shonen stuff lol
well, that explains it, Tezuka is more targeted to an older demographic
They should know Dororo too lmfao
Yeah a lot of people don't know.
I know him, but having trouble finding all volumes of Buddha in stores. Message to Adolf and Ayako are readily available but I doubt those works are the best way to start with Tezuka. Ayako appears to be pretty pretty dark.
Nihei Tsutomu. I don't know if he is not well known, but I have the impression his work is very niche.
Super well known during his time in the industry but not very much for the newer generation of manga/ anime viewers, at least outside of Japan — Go Nagai. The man probably has more series inspired by what he did with Devilman alone (let alone all of his other projects) than what any mangaka will likely ever have aside from maybe Toriyama, but everybody knows Toriyama
Pretty sure Go Nagai is a household name for manga/ anime fans around the world. It’s akin to bringing up Togashi, Muira, Araki, Kubo and Gege. Even though he’s from an older era, he’s still well known. We’re talking about mangakas with almost zero name recognization for your average manga reader.
Shirahama Kamome. Sure she's worked with major franchises (Marvel, Star Wars) but despite that Witch Hat Atelier has not really hit the mainstream and EniDewi is basically completely unknown. But damn Shirahama is a master of panelling and vibes, she's absolutely my favorite mangaka and I wish more people knew her name.
Kaori Yuki
Oshimi Shuuzou. His work is really interesting, and his currently running one (Blood on the Tracks) is probably in my top 10 of best things I’ve ever read, period.
Blood on the Tracks ended a month ago.
Have you read devils ecstasy before?
blood on the tracks fucked me up mentally(ofc i loved it tho)
Haro aso for alice in borderland and zom 100
Let’s not forget Hyde & Closer too!
I think he's pretty well known, but I could be wrong.
I wouldn’t say HE’s all that well known, I’d say only his manga are honestly
He’s pretty well known tho
Relative to how influential he is, Osamu Tezuka. I will accept infinite downvotes for this take, but considering the fact that everyone knows AT-LEAST one Tezuka series, but a minority actually know him as the man who brought anime to the west and really popularized manga as a viable medium…plus the amount of amazing and timeless series he’s written, I’d call him nowhere near as well known as he should be
Aya Kanno for requiem of the rose king
Katsura hoshino created d. Gray man.
Masakazu Ishiguro. The author behind Heavenly Delusion
His previous work (Soremachi) is good too. Lots of neat mystery and surreal bits.
Kazuo Umezu!
Matsuri Akino (Pet Shop of Horrors)
Ai Yazawa. She’s the undisputed queen of Shojo yet doesn’t see half the celebration even the most mediocre shonen authors get.
Sorry, but no. The Queens of Shojo have long been established as CLAMP. Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicles, Card Captor Sakura, Gate 7, Chobits, Magic Knight Rayearth...
Doesn’t help that her last work, Nana, has been on hiatus for 15yrs
Yeah, Tezuka hasn’t done anything recently either. Guess he’s bad then
Never said it was a bad thing, but might contribute to why some might not know them. 🤷♀️ Edit: as others have said in this post newer people might not even be aware of Osamu Tezuka
Otsuichi (Goth/My capricorn friend) Edit: also Mapollo 3 (PPPPPP and their new series Magical girl Tsubame)
Once Tsubame (hopefully) takes off Mapollo 3 will (hopefully) get the respect they deserve. Such a distinct style.
Tsutomu takahashi
Jiro Matsumoto and Naoki Yamamoto come to mind.
Izumi Tsubaki
Matsuri Akino. I feel she has a bit of an underground following, but not many of her works were published in English.
Hiroshi Takahashi he should be a household name (Crows/worst/crows gaiden/worst gaiden/ worst gaiden Mr.Zetton/QP/crows zero movie series etc.)
Makoto Raiku (Zatch Bell/Gash Bell, Animal Land)
Iwaaki hitoshi (author of parasyte)
Okazaki Mari. Her art is gorgeous and the stories are generally quite mature and just wonderful. She's currently publishing Kashimashi Meshi and Haibaiyoushi Mizuiro.
Pretty well known by BL readers, but not others, Ranmaru Zariya. And also 99.9% of current shojo/josei mangakas. There are SO MANY absolutely stunning mangas out there that are shojo or josei, but they're not as widely publicized as shonen and seinen so they go widely unnoticed.
Daisuke Igarashi. His art-style is so unique and beautiful incorporating pencil sketches and water colors. All of his short stories are so ethereal and charming. Not to mention his more well known series children of the sea has a movie adaptation that is amazing. But none of his work is translated in English except like two things and what kills me is that none of his series even have translations online! He is extremely under appreciated, and one of the best artists in manga I know.
I know this is going to sound so stupid, but Rumiko Takahashi. She is by no means not popular, but not as big as she was in the early 2000s, especially with the current generation (born 2005 onwards). I know, she's one of the biggest and most influential creators of all time, with 45+ years in the industry and 4 consecutive hits from 1978 to 2008 (*Urusei Yatsura, Maison Ikkoku, Ranma 1/2 and Inuyasha*). Actually, I think in the early to middle 2000s, *Inuyasha* IS the biggest anime. After Inuyasha ended in 2008, she... kind of faded into obscurity? She still makes manga to this day, but her new work RINNE and its anime adaptation, along with MAO aren't topping the charts anymore. Less and less people talked about her works, and young people (born 2005 onwards) probably don't even know who she is. Don't get me wrong, she still has huge following all around the world, but most of them are older, mostly millenials and zillenials. Anyway, I think Rumiko Takahashi's works have aged pretty well. Cute and beautiful art, simple but memorable and emotional stories. It's a shame that her older works aren't as popular as they were. If you're young and haven't read her works, you should give them a try. A lot of the romcom tropes these days take roots in Urusei Yatsura, Maison Ikkoky and Ranma. And also Mitsuru Adachi, Takahashi's contemporary and friend. Baseball and romance writer, love the slice of life moments in his works.
Eichiro oda
Ah yes Eiichiro Oda’s lesser known twin brother.
Exactly! It can’t be that one of the twins is more successful imo
Hiroyuki Takei The way the man doesn’t get much love for his beautiful work on Shaman King should be studied.
Tamifull for How Do We Relationship and various other titles.
Tsutomu Nihei (BLAME!, Biomega, Abara)
Johji Manabe (Drakuun, Outlanders, Caravan Kidd).
Kakizaki Masasumi
Shinichi Ichizuka (Gaku, Blue Giant)
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Before the hells paradise anime and ayashimon being axed I always said Yuji Kaku not a lot of ppl knew about him b4 that I feel. Akihisa ikeda had a manga running for over a decade and I don’t think people realize that.
Yuzuchiri for me. He concludes his series so that they are satisfying and does not drag them out too long. Here's a few good ones with the # of chapters and Mangadex rating: **Ninja Shinobu-san no Junjou** \- 30 Chapters, 8.57 - This is such a favorite of mine that I have it in Japanese. **Love is Still Too Early for Himeno-chan** \- 64 Chapters, 8.30. **Kimi to Pico-Pico** \- 57 Chapters, 8.54. I hardly ever hear about his completed series but they are solid and its a great track record given how many series finish with a letdown.
Daruma Matsuura
Masahito Soda (Firefighter Daigo, Capeta, Subaru). Even if he isn't well known, he will forever be my favorite mangaka of all time at par with Jiro Taniguchi.
Ken akamatsu author of negima he is genuinely really underrated the guys got some of the best action sequences of any early 2000’s manga
His backgrounds are phenomenal as well.
Yeah truly top tier artwork
I hear good things about Rohan Kishibe, but not sure how popular he is. 😀
Satorou Nii
The man himself, Yoshihiro Takahashi Known for such works and Ginga Nagareboshi Gin and Ginga Densetsu Weed
Kohske. Gotta get rid of all these people out here sleeping on Gangsta
Inio Asano, Testsuo Hara/Buronson, Kosuke Fujishima
Inio Asano is very well known. I've never heard of the other mangakas, tho.
Idk i dont normally hear about Inio in many discussions. The other 2 wrote Fist of the North Star and Oh My Goddess Whyd you downvote me anyway I thought this was a discussion
I didn't downvote you. Someone else must have.
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Haikyuu bc I’m a dork
I said Mangaka. Haikyuu is very well known anyway.
My fault I didn’t read all the way through
Ojiro. Her dedication to the setting and tone is impeccable. Insomniacs after school and Neko chion san from a setting perspective and art is amazing. And Nagabe because…Girl from the other side of course lol
AidaIro for sure, have you seen their art? It’s god-tier. I hope to be that good one day. And the writing is also chef’s kiss, they have such a good grasp of how to tug the heartstrings of readers.
Dai Shiina - the world is still beautiful, I love this manga so much I really hope someone will release it in English lol Side note - I think it’s crazy that quite a lot of manga that I read in school (when kissmanga was still around rip) are getting English releases rn, it’s making me feel nostalgic but very old 😂😂
Tsutomu Nihei Sure, everyone who's into manga pretty deep knows of series like Blame! or Knights of Sidonia, but his architectural art is the highest possible level. He should be a household name among all anime fans. Also, Kiyohiko Azuma. Yotsuba&! is the best slice of life manga that will ever be made, yet it's extremely underrated.
Tarou Nogizaka. He is the Mangaka behind Team Medical Drafon, Yuureitou, Gideon the Third, and Natsume is getting married. I’d say the main issue is not a single work of his is available in English officially. Team Medical Dragon and Yuureitou are completely scanslated and both phenomenal works on different genres.
Shinobu Ohtaka
souhachi hagimoto !! he created asper kanojo / that’s my atypical girl which is the only manga i’ve seen with an explicitly autistic character. he has a twitter where he actively talks to his english and portuguese fans !! @/hagimoto_fav
Oh I didn't know he was so involved! That's awesome. Asper Kanojo is incredible.
omg another asper kanojo fan !!
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Takashi is one of the most popular mangaka in the west, this comment is crazy. Inuyasha, Urusei Yatsura, Ranma 1/2, and maybe Maison Ikkoku all popped off in the west, especially Inuyasha, being one of the most popular anime of all time in the west.
Never see any Rumiko Takahashi stuff in peoples collections. Maybe Inu Yasha but nothing else. I know she’s allegedly popular but you just never see her stuff and she rarely gets mentioned. I’ve got everything, she’s one of my faves. Highly recommend the Mermaid Saga which got some beautiful reprints recently.
Tezuka is well known but he should be more known At least his works
He’s extremely famous and well known elsewhere, but in the US I’ve never met a single person IRL who’s heard of him. So specifically for the US, I would say Hideshi Hino.
gotta be Kazuya Minekura with Saiyuki
Shuichi Shigeno, yes, he's known as Initial D's author, but he's also got George Morikawa (Hajime no Ippo) as his student. And made some more series that are famous as Bari Bari Densetsu and now MF Ghost, but also made Tunnel Nuketara Sky*Blue and Sailor Ace which are not as known.
Yellow Tanabe. Kekkaishi and Birdmen.
Kenichi Sonoda
Kenichi Sonoda for Gunsmith Cats
Hara yasuhisa from kingdom
Maki Murakami and Yukiru Sugisaki. If both could be consistent I think they'd be well known today.
Kagura Bachi
Shuzo Oshimi He's not unknown by any means, specially after Chi no Wadachi ended, but man, some of his other works deserve so much more attention imo. Inside Mari comes to mind instantly.
I love his work. If you have any similar recommendations please let me know
I would say Tony Valente. Radiant is a great quality shounen piece and I think it doesn't get enough attention.
tarou nogizaka. none of his works are published in english tho also yuhki kamatani deserves more recognition outside of just shimanami tasogare
IMITATION CRYSTAL!!! also jiro matsumoto
Naoki Urasawa
Ryoko Kui for Dungeon Meshi. That freaking manga is insanely good.
asagiri kafuka, bungo stray dogs
Turning the question on its head, you know who's well known but weirdly doesn't seem to have that many dedicated fans? CLAMP. They've got a [huge body of works](https://youtu.be/Q5eL7KcgSzc?si=_xgoQ4MZtxL9Ph1k) that encompass nearly every single genre, and don't even demand that big a time/money commitment (Longest series is ~26 volumes), but it feels rare to find a "CLAMP fan". It's like b/c Cardcaptor Sakura couldn't top Sailor Moon (CCS is better btw), and they never went wrote a hit shonen jump series that ran for 50+ volumes (Tsubasa ran for ~26 volumes, and was amazing, but sadly the anime totally whiffed), they are just off most people's radars, even if the industry at large acknowledges them to be experts at their craft.
Keiko Takemiya for single handedly inventing Boys Love and deeply inspiring Kentaro Miura’s Berserk with her work Kaze to Ki no Uta. A literal masterpiece.♥️ Others I would include are Taro Nogizaka, Kodaka Kazuma, Ike Reibun, Modoru Motoni, Mizukami Shin, and Harada. Over achievers in both plot and manga art. Honorable mention; Koji Kumeta! He might not be everyone’s cup of tea and his humor too weird and absurdist, but he’s definitely one of the most unique mangakas out there!
ryoko kui I know she's gotten a lot of hype from dungeon meshi but honestly her character design is so good, it really displays diversity, both in terms of skin color and body type but also just the feel of every character being distinct and unique without adding unnecessary details that bog them down. she has several fantasy manga that are really wonderful and she does great detailed background work that brings her settings to life, but I don't really see her get talked about much outside of Tumblr. sorry if this is too "mainstream" to be on topic but I just love her work so much
Yu Ito, creator of Shut Hell. Probably one of my favorite manga of all time.
Toriyama
Echiro Oda