There is no denying that Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump is one of the best-selling magazines in Japan as it homes several of the widely-known manga including the recently concluded work of Masashi Kishimoto (Naruto), which ended its 15-year run in the magazine. Da Vinci News conducted a survey and asked its readers to name what they think are the “most powerful” Weekly Shonen Jump manga. And those which managed to clinch a spot in the top 20 are as follows:
Rank | Title | Author |
1 | Dragon Ball | Akira Toriyama |
2 | One Piece | Eiichiro Oda |
3 | Gintama |
Hideaki Sorachi |
4 | Slam Dunk | Takehiko Inoue |
5 | JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure | Hirohiko Araki |
6 | Captain Tsubasa | Youichi Takahashi |
7 | Kochikame |
Osamu Akimoto |
8 | Fist of the North Star | Buronson and Tetsuo Hara |
9 | Naruto |
Masashi Kishimoto |
10 | Saint Seiya | Masami Kurumada |
11 | Hunter X Hunter | Yoshihiro Togashi |
12 | Kuroko’s Basketball
|
Tadatoshi Fujimaki |
13 | Rurouni Kenshin | Nobuhiro Watsuki |
14 | Hikaru no Go | Takeshi Obata and Yumi Hotta |
15 | Death Note | Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata |
16 | Bleach | Tite Kubo |
17 | Reborn! | Akira Amano |
18 | Haikyu!! | Haruichi Furudate |
19 |
City Hunter |
Tsukasa Hojo |
20 |
To Love-Ru -Trouble- |
Saki Hasemi and Kentaro Yabuki |
(Source: ddnavi.com via ANN)