The fact that you have Pluto and 20th Century on here automatically makes this list nearly perfect. Urasawa takes up 4 out of my top 10.

Fullmetal Alchemist was a rare gem among popular shonen manga because it was never padded with more chapters for the sake of more chapters, and it wasn't cut short and given a rushed ending, it was the perfect length. And I've been meaning to read 20th Century Boys, I thought Pluto was amazing.

I'd highly recommend the manga - 'I am a Hero' by Hanazawa Kengo. It's a pretty mature, psychological read :)

FINALLY. Someone else who's read 20th Century Boys. It's so incredibly fantastic.

YESS I LOVE U FOR MENTIONING YOTSUBA, it's literally my childhood, i read it when i was young and i still read the new chapters to this day

Everyone who is a miyazaki fan should read the Nausicaa of the valley of the wind manga, because the movie left out so much of the world building and had to be condensed so much that it became incredibly confusing but the manga is infinity times better and gorgeous to boot!

Yes finally someone recognizes Yotsuba&! If you like 20th Century Boys you should check out Billy Bat. It is by the same author and is just about to end. To me it is one of Urasawa's top 3 stories. I would also recommend Goodnight Punpun.

I recommend you to give Vagabond a try. It's a manga adaptation of Yoshikawa Eiji's novel Musashi. It's a well-paced, beautifully drawn and most importantly, it has characters who existed in real life. It's a definition of masterpiece.

You should read Oyasumi Punpun. It's probably the darkest thing I've ever read, and it has mature but weirdly comedic way of storytelling. I feel like since you're a fan of Urasawa, and his layered storytelling, you'll appreciate it. Both Monster and Oyasumi Punpun are tied for my favorite manga.

Akatsuki no Yona? It's a deep story about the exiled princess Yona on a journey to find the four dragons so she can help her kingdom and reclaim her throne that was wrongfully taken from her. The things I like most about this story are the characters. So many of them break tropes/stereotypes (esp Zennoh, don't underestimate him, Ch 97). And Kusanagi-sensei is very good at character arcs. Yona is the prime example of this as she goes from being a spoiled princess to a strong leader of a small group dismantling evil organizations like sex trafficers and such. Akatsuki no Yona also has a good plot as Kusanagi is very good at putting hints and little foreshadowing details. Thank you for reading my gushing on this great manga. Hope you have a good night.

I have started reading Parasyte, and I absolutely love it - definitely recommend. It's an older manga (drawn in the early 90s) but very enjoyable.

The way you talk about manga is so exquisite! You made me want to read all of your choices even though i hadn't heard of them!

loved this! great for new recommendations of mangas i havn't read, def putting these on my to-read list!

Will definitely check out Pluto and 20th C. Boys! I'm almost done watching Monster and that series is shaping up to be up in my, like, top 5 anime haha. Love Urasawa's art style in particular. Thanks for sharing, dude!

If you haven't checked it out yet, Eyeshield 21 is a fun and emotional series! The art is done by Yusuke Murata (one punch man), who is my favorite artist ever. Eyeshield 21 was moderately popular in its heyday but the anime wasn't great and its kinda obscure at this point. ㅠㅅㅠ Its a great sports series tho and easy to get into since it simplifies the rules enough so that even ppl who have never watched an American football game can understand. I will admit that the last arc feels superfluous but its not sluggish or boring. The comedy is pretty funny and it never feels like any of the jokes are duds. Highly recommend it if it slipped your radar! :-)

haven't read any manga in 10 years but listening to you talk about it is like eating buttered toast early in the morning

I know this is pretty random, but I didn’t have a good place to put it. Thank you for recommending 20th Century Boys. I’ve spent the past three days binging the manga, and listening to Bob Lennon whenever it applied. The absolute scope and history of each character was incredible. It felt like one person had 20 different effects on another person. The world felt real and I love Friend as an antagonist, and his nature, when revealed makes perfect sense given the context of the story. I love Kenji, Maruo, Otcho, Keroyon, Yoshitune, Konchi, Yukiji, Kanna, Chou, Sadakiyo, Fukubei, Mon-chan, Donkey, the drummer guy, God, Father Nitani and Luciano, even Manjome. I love the fact that the story combines the simpleness of childhood and the complexity of adulthood. Thanks

Yotsuba&! is so amazing - I'm glad someone else loves it as much as me! I'm also happy vol 13 finally came out (after only like 5 years of waiting ;_______;). Have you watched Shirokuma (Polar Bear) Cafe [I don't believe it's a translated series] or read/watched Nichijou? If you like slice of life, Shirokuma Cafe should be right up your alley. Also Cooking Wars is hilarious and over the top.

Pluto is absolutely amazing, I read it years ago but there were moments from that series that I still easily remember today as they had such an impact.

Wow, you have an amazing voice! The perfect voice for a podcast or a radio show. Combined with your great face, it makes for a really charismatic, unexpected combination. I was glued to my screen. Great video. Keep up the good work here. :)

Naoki Urasawa is the undisputed GOAT of manga, he has written so many masterpiece worthy top tier manga it's quite unbelievable

The music is perfect. Noice touch. Noice

I really love Monster by Kurasawa, but I need to get on reading 20th Century Boys. Others I tend to enjoy are Berserk, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Flowers of Evil, any work of Junji Ito, and Rurouni Kenshin since I enjoyed the anime when I was younger despite missing a lot of moments from the manga itself.

Your background music fills me with intense guilt.

You've got some solid taste. Pluto is one of my top fav manga (Urasawa is amazing in general) I actually got the last three volumes for Christmas so now I can re-read it whenever I want XD I'd really recommend JoJo's Bizarre Adventure if you've never read any of it. It's so weird and serious at the same time. Haha, I love how over the top it is. Also, though it's not a manga, I always suggest Bone by Jeff Smith to anyone that likes comics. He's got some great comedic timing and the characters are really well developed as well. The story is spectacular as well

Have you checked out Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer (Hoshi no samidare)? Highly recommend this, it's got humor, tragedy, great fights, fantastic characters all around that all get well deserved attention and development throughout the story. It doesn't look much at a glance and perhaps the artwork isn't enough to draw your attention, but I can't recommend this manga enough, thoroughly enjoyed it.

I'd like to hear your opinion on Spice & Wolf! It started as a light novel, I think, and there is an anime adaptation which has it's own charm as well, but is no where near as good as the manga imo. Anyways, love your videos, they're great to listen to while drawing xD

Very nice list. I feel like our tastes are very similar and there are some mangas on here I haven't read yet so I'll definitely give them a shot, starting with 20th century boys.

I'm pretty much a manga rookie, having been slowly gotten into it by my girlfriend over the years, but I can probably throw a couple of recommendations your way. It's probably an obvious call, but since you seem to like psychological thriller-y manga a lot, i'd vouch for Death Note; it's super popular with good reason, it turns out. The characters are all interesting, some of the ways the main protagonist manages to use the Death Note are really ingenious, and his interactions with the other characters can be really funny at times. On the other hand, a manga I would recommend nearly anyone read would be D.Gray-Man. It's just coming off hiatus recently after the mangaka (I think) got sick for a while. It's very action-y, and a lot of the sequences feel very dynamic in how they're drawn. The art is consistently great and the characters all mesh extremely well together with great interactions between them. I will say that some of the panels can get a bit cluttered at times, particularly when things are getting hectic, but nonetheless, I would wholeheartedly recommend it. I shouldn't be writing manga reviews at 2am.

Hey ProZD, seeing as how you like slice of life, I would definitely recommend Joshiraku. It's written by Kōji Kumeta, and illustrated by Yasu. It follows 4 Rakugo comedians and is hilarious. Lots of word play is accompanied by outlandish comedy too. A lot of famous places in Japan are visited and talked about. There's 6 volumes and an anime adaptation *which is very good* A second slice of life recommendation is Nichijou. You've probably heard of it or seen clips from the anime adaptation. If you haven't checked it out yet, I definitely recommend it. Anyway thank you for your recommendations! Love your work, cheers!

Have you read Berserk? If you haven't I definitely recommend it. It's not for the faint of heart though.

I would recommend "I Am a Hero" by Kengo Hanazawa. It's a unique take on the zombie/infected apocalypse from the Japanese perspective. I enjoy how different the atmosphere is when being compared to The Walking Dead because of the cultural differences with the east and the west. The series starts with a slow burn but it's enough to get you tense and invested to see what happens next in the story.

Some of my personal favorites: Otoyomegatari: A beautiful story set in 19th century Central Asia. The artwork is beautiful, and the characters all feel very real and organic. It brings the cultures it handles to life, and has taught me more about Central Asia and the Middle East than the American public school system ever did. Even the basic premise--of a 20 year old leaving her nomadic tribe to marry a 12 year old living in a city--is handled very maturely, feeling like an actual historical arranged marriage. Tsuru Tsuru to Zara Zara no Aida: About a guy that lives in a reptile shop, and a girl that loves reptiles. It's an adorable story about a sweet middle-school couple; good art, and really sweet characters. Stand Up!: A very nice manga about a girl conscious of her tall height, and a guy that starts dating her. I've read a few manga about girls being abnormally tall, and I gotta say, this one felt the most natural--unlike other manga or anime where a girl's height defines her personality, the female lead's height just serves as a facet of her character. The main focus is the relationship between the two main characters, and how they draw closer together. It all feels very natural and sweet. Hajimari no Niina: About a girl who dies in high school, and is reincarnated and has the chance to reconnect with elements of her past life. What I really like about it is how it handles her reincarnation--instead of viewing herself as one person who died and has a second shot at life, she views herself as kind of two people, the first being the memories of her old life, and the second being her new life (she often refers to her past life as a different person, even when she still feels connected to her old bonds and emotions). It's a very well thought out concept, and was very emotional to read; I never got around to finishing it, but I really, really want to. A Silent Voice: I always gotta bring this one up. When I watched the movie, it was a straight up spiritual experience; reading the manga was even better. It's about a boy who bullied a deaf girl in elementary school, but later came to regret it as all of his classmates (who had bullied her too) began to shun and bully him in turn. Eventually it gets to the point where he decides to kill himself, but first goes to apologize to the girl for everything he did to her. What follows is a super bitter-sweet story as the two begin to form an unlikely friendship, one which explores themes of bullying, isolation, and friendship. It's a freaking wild ride, and tore into my heartstrings. I wouldn't call this one perfect (there are some problematic characters that never really grow, and some plot points that I wasn't always happy with), but it's my favorite manga I've ever read, and I will always recommend it.

akatsuki no yona. I actually didn't think I would have enjoyed it as much as I had. Also Pandora hearts (not particularly the anime though), magi, soul eater. These are all I can think of right now that other people haven't mentioned.

Great recommendations :o can't wait to read them

Yotsuba!!! I forgot about that manga. So cute. I loved it! I wonder if it's been updated since I last read it years.. and years ago...

You should make a MAL (My Anime List) account if you don't have one already. Recommend Oyasumi Punpun, very psychological and deals with coming of age. Jojo's bizarre adventure from parts 1 to 8(the latest part which is ongoing), character development, design and abilities are great for the shounen portion (parts 1 to 6), from part 7 onwards it gets extremely philosophical (moreso than what is apparent in the earlier parts).

Yes! Urasawa Naoki is a great mangaka; Monster was one of the first manga I ever read, and the anime adaptation did a pretty good job with it. Ever since then, I've also wanted to see a Pluto or 20th Century Boys anime, as well.

Just wanted to comment that Pluto's become one of my favorite anime, and I had no idea watching it that you voiced Brau 1589!

I wish I were your friend so I could borrow all ur manga >:D

Great list! I really wish there were more manga like pluto

You should try out Kekkai Sensen. The anime was fantastic and the manga seems to take more of a slice of life approach. The atmosphere is also really surreal yet familiar (though that's probably because I live in New York). Also, Nichijou is great too. Fantastic comedy.

Eyyyyyyyy 20th century boys is my favorite manga. Fucking cried during that chapter with Kenji singing Bob Lennon, and a lot while listening to Bob Lennon.

I like how urusawa makes a different design and look for every different character and you can tell the difference between characters for me takehiko inoue and naoki urasawa are the best mangaka of all time

Great pick dude. I still need to read 20 Cb myself but I recommend reading or watching Monster if you haven't already. It has the same mangaka of 20 Cb Urasawa Naoki.

Yotsuba to! is also my favorite manga of all time! Great list.

Vinland Saga

Have you read all of Ouran High School Host Club? Top notch character development in that series.

20th Century Boys looks interesting. I'll check it out~

I'm just going to add to the multiple recommendations of Kengo Hanazawa's "I Am A Hero." It's a mature, psychological take on a unique zombie apocalypse that just gets weirder and more thought provoking as it goes on. I really really recommend it.

I'm a little mixed on the series as a whole, especially with the pacing and the general structure of a few arcs as well as a few aspect of the plot. Which I admit could just be me over thinking things or assuming to much. But Until Death Do Us Part has great art, comedic moments, and a slew of badasses among badasses. It's action moments have great energy, make you feel like you're there and all around a fun cool read. I've read Until Death Do Us Part twice now, may not be my favorite but I always recommend it.

My favorite anime/manga of all time is still Berserk, but I don't know if I would recommend it to you. Most of what you like seems fairly lighthearted, but Berserk is unapologetically dark.

you should read boku no hero academia!! season 1 of the anime ended last week, but the manga is absolutely stunning. it's a shounen about superpowers where the mc is "quirkless", yet he wants to be a hero. the artwork is also really good?? the plot, characters, and concept of the manga in general are all amazing. i've heard you enjoyed opm so you'll probably like bnha as well!

You should check out Teppu, a women's MMA manga with an unique and amazing female protagonist. Imagine a battle shounen with a mostly female cast, now twist the perspective around so that the story is being told from the antagonist's perspective and make the characters a part of our world. At it's very core, that's one of the defining features of what Teppu is. Sadly it seems the manga didn't end as originally planned by the author, who once had the manga go on a hiatus for 1.5 years due to his poor health. However I think the author managed to pull off a good ending and highly recommend this manga which is my favorite.

Even though I'm incredibly late to the party here, my favorites that you didn't mention are: 1. Trigun (original and maximum are both good but I prefer the original) 2. Hellsing (incredible art, like Trigun) 3. Welcome to the NHK (hilarious manga about hikikomoris) 4. Hikaru no Go (just as good as the anime)

Read Chihayafuru if you haven't already, it works really well in manga format, the art is also gorgeous. And I know it's not a Japanese manga, but "Oh! Holy" is a 10/10 webtoon, it's the most hilarious and simultaneously endearing and adorable thing I've ever read. Battle Royale is a classic and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Ao Haru Ride is a typical shoujo manga, but it's much better than the anime. And let's be real, all of us should read more manga lol

If you're looking for something with comedy and action, I highly recommend reading Noragami. It is NOT perfect, but the main character Yato grows to be very interesting as the series progresses. Some of the comedy was so funny that I was laughing out loud while reading it, I find it to be even funnier than the anime. I know you prefer watching anime (and so do I,) so maybe you could watch the 2 seasons and continue with the manga! Are you following the HxH manga? Togashi just went on hiatus again... (cries) Anyways, awesome video! I always look forward to your uploads.

can u make a favorite manga/anime specifically for shounen series?

I’d Highly Recommend Vinland Saga, JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure, Berserk, Vagabond, Lone Wolf and Cub, Blade of the Immortal or pretty much anything Osamu Tezuka ever did. My Personal favorite of Tezuka’s is Phoenix but it’s super out of print. But if you can find some Volumes for a reasonable Price, I’d Highly Recommend you get it. Each Volume is it’s own story so you don’t have to start from Volume 1.

I love the Animal Crossing music!!!

I'm glad that FMA was on this list since you missed both of the anime.

I highly suggest you read The Ravages of Time, imagine LotGH in chinese but the strategies are 100x better. It's a bit overwhelming at first due to the weak scanlations and chinese names (unless you are familiar with mandarin and the alike) but just like LotGH, it goes full throttle instantly. I'd say it goes toe to toe with LotGH but it's difficult to say that it's better since im only like 160 chapters in

I hope you still get this comment because I want to recommend Golden Kamiu. It's tone, mix and style of action and comedy and level of quality remind me of FMA so I think you would like it a lot.

I completed 20th century boys a few days ago, sadly no one to share thoughts with.. it's just phenomenol.

Oh yeah. Really hope they translate Silver Spoon My shelf contains Food Wars and Eyeshield 21. I am probably going to aim to collect all of Slam Dunk soon because imo that's one of the best mangas of all time at least in terms of sports and shounen.

I really need to read Yotsuba, seems like a great time.

Man, you have to read Hoshi no Samidare (Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer in english). The most complete and satisfying manga i've read since FMA. It's short too, only 10 volumes.

Pluto is Genius there aren't enough English words out there to describe the thrill and surprise this manga delivers

It's already been posted a time or two but definitely finish Goodnight Punpun. It's the only manga I've ever hated, given a 10/10, and purchased

If you haven't read Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic, that would be my personal recommendation. It's got a masterful anime adaptation, too.

Huuuh thank you bro. I want them all :)

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You should give the Trigun manga a try, and if you don't like that, the anime is quite good as well

Tsugumomo is the pinnacle of ecchi shounen harem comedy manga. Upon reading that you'll likely think. "That's the most generic combination of tags you can give a manga!" and you're totally right. But Tsugumomo will exceed your wildest expectation. The author, Yoshikazu Hamada, is such an excellent artist. Gorgeous paneling, spectacular fight artwork, and well drawn naked people with good proportions, a varied body type in cast, and he gives the mc the same level of naked attention he does the females. The series also has some very nice pacing and very, very well written story and characters and even though it is a harem series he doesn't get bogged down in it. Slightly similar but so totally different, Murcielago by Yoshimura Kana is amazing. Seinen, Yuri, Action, Horror, Comedy. The story starts episodic but has started to feel less so and is coming together. The art and characters easily carry this even if you don't like the episodic nature. Kana's art style oozes personality and is just an incredible joy to read. Unfortunately neither are fully available in North America, but are easy enough to find online.

I'm no longer really into anime, but I used to be and let me just say: good taste my man.

Berserk.

you should read berserk. also yotsuba is my favorite manga ever

20th century GOATs

Btw, have you ever seen any of inio asano's work? Especially punpun?

that's a weirdly handsome voice tf

20th century, pluto, fma and azumanga? Excellent list.

Check out Flying Witch. I find this series very charming and relaxing. Slice of life series about a witch studying and starting to work with magic.

If I remember correctly fma had the first 3 volumes books in a shiny cover or was it more then that? Someone clarify this for me please I'm looking into getting the whole collection with these special covers

Love that you mentioned Yotsuba. Love that story. Read Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou A Bride's Story A Silent Voice Uzumaki My Little Monster Bakuman (or Anime) Rinne (or Anime) No matter how you look at it it's your fault I'm not popular

Hey my dude, have you read Tokyo Ghoul or Akira? I think you would like Akira a lot if you did considering its a very strange mind boggling story

Pluto is still one the greatest manga i've ever read.

Would recommend Ajin : Demi Human Manga is much better than anime. The manga has a tone shift because it was written by one person and drawn by another, then the writer left and the artist, Gamon Sakurai took over fully and the art and writing for even better.

I fully recommend Jojo's Bizarre Adventure. I watched the anime (parts 1-3) and immediately went to the manga after I finished. The art style evolution is absolutely astonishing, the action is amazing, and the memes are...bizarre! It's been an inspiration for many characters in video games and other animes since the 80's. The part 4 anime is out right now and I think you would love the series as a whole. If you do check it out, don't skip to part 3 like some people say to do!! It's a little boring at first but the rest of the series will make much more sense if you watch/read parts 1 and 2 first! It's great-o daze! ヾ(≧▽≦*)o

I have recently read a horror Manga it is gory and physco, by the way it is not 'corps party' But I recommend corps party to those who like gory Manga but the Manga that I have recently read is ' kichikujima' (warning it is full of physco's)I don't exactly know how I read this but it kept getting interesting.😊 If you like these types of Mangas I recommend it

When you said her art was already great and got better and better as the story went on, I immediately thought of the Twin Star Exorcists mangaka. =) They screwed up the anime for Twin Star Exorcists, unfortunately. They chose to do their own ending rather than wait for more volumes to be released. =/

Sounds cool, I'll have to read these. Say, have you ever read My Wife is Wagatsuma-San? I really enjoyed it.

Vinland Saga, Vagabond, Berserk. How are you missing so many masterpieces.

If you like genshiken (sorry bad spelling) read spotted flower it’s an alternate reality for season two of genshiken also parasite who be good since you like stuff like 20th century boy and monster maybe, also flame of recca to read the anime is good but like dead man wonder land and like air gear flame of recca anime ends on a cliff hanger of sorts

man I love reading some of the mangoes

Doraemon, shinchan, perman and all japanese cartoons have awesome mangas

If you've not read it yet, I fully recommend One Punch Man.

Man have you ever read Shin Angyo Onshi, I loved that shit you should try it :)

While not as popular as Pluto, Monster or 20th Century Boys, I'm personally very fond of Naoki Urasawa's Happy!. It's about a girl named Miyuki, who works to become a professional tennis player in order to pay off her brother's debt to the Yakuza. Don't be deceived by the title, it's really not that happy of a manga (like all of his works, really). It has a beautiful art style, an engaging story (I personally didn't like the first volume that much, but after the second volume it just keeps getting better and better), and it honestly has some of Urasawa's best characters - which says a lot, considering how good his characters usually are.

I watched this video for recommendations and..... I own most of these series and read all of them..(and I don't buy that many series). Good good taste.

Have you read Planetes? Please do if you have the slightest interest in space, and a character focused story aand I'm not gonna say more, just read it