The Top Ten Manga-ka That Changed Manga History

Ishaan Sahdev

Published: Jul 17, 2010 07:47 pm

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Oricon is the parent holding company of Oricon Entertainment Inc., which tracks the sales and performance of entertainment products such as music CDs, videogames, DVDs and so on.

Recently, Oricon published a top-ten ranking of the most influencial manga-ka in manga history, based on the results of a survey they carried out. 841 people, ranging from teens to those in their 40s, were interviewed. Here are the results:

1. Osamu Tezuka (Astro Boy)
2. Akira Toriyama (Dr. Slump, Dragon Ball)
3. Hiroshi Fujimoto and Motou Abiko (Doraemon)
4. Eiichiro Oda (One Piece)
5. Takehiko Inoue (Slam Dunk)
6. Shigeru Mizuki (GeGeGe no Kitaro)
7. Fujio Akatsuka (Tensai Bakabon)
8. Machiko Hasegawa (Sazae-san)
9. Hayao Miyazaki (Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind)
10. Osamu Akimoto (Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen Mae Hashutsujo)
10. Naoki Urasawa (Monster, 20th Century Boys)

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Ishaan Sahdev

Ishaan specializes in game design/sales analysis. He's the former managing editor of Siliconera and wrote the book "The Legend of Zelda - A Complete Development History". He also used to moonlight as a professional manga editor. These days, his day job has nothing to do with games, but the two inform each other nonetheless.