Right off the bat he says berserk... I’ll go ahead and like the vid now.

How about a "Best Manga" that has less than 10 or 20 volumes. Some of these have an intimidating number of books to new Manga readers .

A man who has berserk at his top spot is a man to my heart.

I wake up, have my fresh juice and then I see this uploaded. You just made my day that much better Omar. Thank you for all your hard work as always. Reading Vagabond right now from you suggestion!

OK Omar we need to talk why you didn't include a single Urasawa Naoki book here. Either Monster, 20th Century Boys, or Pluto needs to be in every single manga list.

Best manga I read was tekkon kinkreet, Phoenix (Tezuka), Message to Adolf and the first half of 20th Century Boys. Blackjack is also up there.

Monster and Vegabond make my top 20 but you have a great list so far so I can’t fault you for just barely leaving them out.

My dad recommend this video to me because he knows how much I love Manga! Can't wait to see what you have! I see a few I recognize, but the only book I own that is in that pile on the table is Death Note Black Edition! My favourite mangas (which are currently on my shelf) are: Tokyo Ghoul Tokyo Ghoul: Re Seraph Of The End Vampire Knight Your Lie In April Blue Exorcist Naruto There is so much more that I plan to collect and I love, but it will definitely take me quite awhile to collect them

I love that you flip through the manga while you tell us what it's about so we can see the artwork.

I’ve only ever read Silver Spoon and part 1 of JoJo. These all look so good, thank you very much. I think I’ll try Berserk

I discovered Lone Wolf & Cub this year with the gorgeous Prestige Edition (large format, hardcover, around 800 pages). For now it's exclusive to the French market but I do hope you get a similar English edition because the manga damn well deserves it!

You do an amazing job at reviewing these masterpieces!

I’ve been waiting so long for this video I almost don’t want to watch it. Don’t want it to be over. Lol

I've been waiting this for so much 🤩

The art in Sanctuary is just nuts. Usually flipped manga look kind of janky but it still looks perfect. That's a great artist for you; one of the first things I learned in art class was to hold up a drawing in front of a mirror to see all your errors haha. The storyline sounds cool too. Hopefully they reprint it.

OK Omar I went out of my way and dropped a Junji Ito title for the Maison Ikkoku $24.95 three volume VIZ signature series . For me to do something like that bespeaks of your manga taste and experience. I’m past the point in life for any romance considerations but when I also bought Ranma 1/2 volumes one and two the art was crisp and striking .

Much prefer top twenty lists than ten. Keep it up Uncanny Omar.

Hey Omar. Just wanted to say thank you for the highly informative videos, you always do a brilliant job and I appreciate and respect your opinions! Keep up the great work.

seeing gon on this list made me really happy!

"Its been 84 years" - me waiting for this ever since I found this channel 2 years ago

i dont know much about lone wolf and cub but wu tang clan did sample a part from a movie talking about his son having to choose the ball or the sword. this is huge

Very interesting thank you dude

Finally!

Hey Omar, another great video! People will be watching this one for years. Thanks 😊

There was a sequel series that came out a few years ago “New Lone Wolf and Cub” about a man that adopts Daigoro and continues his training in swordsmanship and continuing dangers and struggles. He was a guy that knew the same sword technique as Ogami. If you I’d say the guy the got for the art (Goseki Kojima has passed away by this time) did a great job and same writer. First volume is pricey but the rest are still cheap and there’s only 11 total.

Finally! The most awaited video is here and its more than amazing. You are a gem Omar!

Excellent list bro, i have some of these and i'm definitely interested now in Sanctuary so i hope it's reprinted.

I like coming back to this video from time to time. I do sometimes wish there was a little more manga discussion on NMC but that might overlap a bit too much with Riley’s wonderful channel.

long awaited video! thank you :)

I love the content. If this was me making a list, then Monster and Vagabond would be up there for sure.

I keep coming back to this video , it’s just so great

Finally! We have been waiting for this video! I only started reading Lone Wolf And Cubb, but I wish they will publish a Deluxe Edition or a Box Set of the complete series. I wonder if Nausicaä will have a spot in Part 2...

Hello Omar. Love from India

yeah! long awaited video!

Thanks a lot for list and of course I’m looking forward to part 2. A bunch of the titles, like FMA and Black Jack, were already on my radar, but that Sanctuary series looks awesome. Hope it gets reprinted. Lone Wolf and Cub is one I’ve been aware of for a long time but I never read it just because no one ever recommended it to me. Now I want to check it out.

Thank you!! Thank u why???For introducing me to Sanctuary!! I'm captivated by the art work , story is amazing. This was a true treasure of a recommendation!!!😃

love seeing claymore in here. it's so good, don't see love for it often.

Berserk got me back back into manga after years of leaving the medium and just opened the door to stuff like devilman, sword art online, fist of the North Star, jojo, and one piece

Thanks for granting my request . Can not wait for part 2 cheers

This is a great list. I love how original your list is. I would love to see a video where you recommend comic books to manga readers.

I'm sad in France we don't have some of your editions, I always find " normal manga size " to be too small to really appreciate the art. I'm tempted to buy those versions since I can pretty much understand the majority but it takes a bit more energy to translate x) I've tried to think about a way to have the translation but sadly I don't see how it can work without having all the translation in some notebooks or modifying the book in the strangest and hardest way possible x)

Great list Omar !

So you're saying that when I was listening to Liquid Sword s by the Gza and the Shogun assassin intro played it was based all on Lone Wolf and Cub? The things you learn on this channel! Now I must pick that up and Vinland Saga! Vinland Saga anime is actually really good also.

I love manga I would say my favorite mangaka artist is Rumiko Takahashi I love her art style I am reading gyo right now by junji ito , I own berserk but have not read it yet I need to get to that

Well, it makes my heart happy to see those Dragon Ball VizBigs pictured, Omar. Hopefully that means they'll show up in Part 2 haha. But seriously, I'm reading thru the manga right now, and I actually think people forget how influential and groundbreaking Dragon Ball really was. I haven't read many manga, but I have Yu Yu Hakusho lined up, and I bought that Akira box set back in July so I'm looking forward to starting it soon!

I laughed like an idiot watching you talking behind a wall of books. This is legendary content.

Good, you still have time to add Vagabond on the "real" list in part 2. :)) The story can drag at times, but I think that the artwork is the best in all mangas (just look at the level of details).

5:08 I just realized how big the influence of "Black Jack" was on "Franken Fran" this blows my mind - lessons in humility turned up to 11.

As always thank you for these list, makes trying new books so much easier. My guess for the next video are Magic Knight Rayearth (las guerreras magicas) and Urusei Yatsura by how you have spoken about those manga, but I guess the fact that they are also on your pile is cheating, hehehe!

you will probably add these titles in pt. 2: death note, dragon ball, one piece, 20th century boys, pluto, blame! blade of the immortal, goodnight punpun, attack on titan....just a guess ; )...looking forward to watching part 2. great job as always, omar!

This was great manga list (thanks for the Black Jack and Sanctuary recommendations, im half way through Sanctuary and it is awesome, love that old school art style) Also, its so cool that Lone Wolf is getting love, I remember in the early 90s picking up the first one when i was 11 or 12 years old and I distinctly remember those panels you were describing of Itto telling Daigoro(his son) to choose between the ball or the sword (the road to hell) and when Ogami said that if he chooses the ball he was going to end him right there I knew right away that this was a different "comic" and I shouldnt be reading this lol (it is as you said, these were brought as comics I believe by a company called First Comics which had Frank Miller, Bill Sienkiewicz, Mike Ploog in their ranks). It is such a groundbreaking and influential manga....I mean this ran from '70 till 76, very ahead of its time and that ending?? I believe that in the dictionary for the word EPIC, it should say "see Lone Wolf and Cub ending" because holy shit. Wow....just Wow. Anyways im babbling too much. Great vid and take care.

Thanks for putting it back Will you do an update on it ? Or a recommendation video for manga you loved. Thanks for your content

Awesome list. I remember reading the first vol of lone wolf and thinking, this is cool but why should I care for this character? Then by the end of the vol I was like “There it is” excellent story 👍

Nice intro man!

Gon is a brilliant recommendation

I will wait until part two is uploaded and then I will post my top ten manga

I was big into manga in the early 2000s with the Tokyo pop boom. But I haven’t read much since. Except dragonball, 1-16. It’s worth noting that you can read just those and get a complete story with a satisfying ending. I’ve read it three times and love going back.

Great list man.

OMAR- when talking about lone wolf and cub please point out to your listeners that samurai executioner was running at the same time as lone wolf and cub and that it dovetails into lone wolf and cub ( because they wont know how bad ass Asaemon is when they see him meet Ogami Itto )

Before I watched this video I was bored out of my mind, but damn this is so awesome! Now I'm motivated to read manga👌🏻

I love your energy!

I found Black Jack Vol One on amazon today. Cant wait to read this. Thanks for letting us about these cool books.

the man knows what to do, berserker is the best manga. Im not really a manga reader but the ones that kept my attention were Berserk Kiba No Tabishounin (sadly open end, D: and i dont think it will continue but still really good one) tokyo ghoul Gangsta Vampire Hunter D (the movie, the manga is trash) Rest are just meh to a point shingeki no kioshi Rain

Look at that mighty manga pile

Vagabond at number 11 in your next video love from India

amazing list man , we have very similar taste in manga :) i have almost every manga at home that you have shown here XD

Well it’s about time!

I love that the Mandalorian references Lone Wolf in several scenes--I keep waiting for the "cart" the Child is in to sprout weapons. Lone Wolf is like a low tech Bond with all the gadgets. Love Ryoichi Ikegami's artwork (tell me Terry Moore wasn't inspired by Ikegami's hulking brutes when he designed Bambi and Tambi for Strangers in Paradise). Read most of Samurai Crusader and all of Mai the Psychic Girl, but only bits and pieces of his other series like Sanctuary, Wounded Man, Strain, and Crying Freeman (my brother owns the Spiderman manga he did). I actually got a letter published in one of the Oh My Goddess manga. God, that series lasted too freaking long (it didn't end until 2014, long after I stopped buying the comics) but the OAV series was awesome. I still have the soundtracks. I loved Riding Bean and the Gunsmith Cats anime, but I wasn't ready to read ecchi when I started reading the Dark Horse comics release, and even that edited version was beyond what I was willing to read at the time (fan service nudity was fine in 1996, but I drew the line at a masturbating Minnie May). By the time the unedited omnibus versions came out years later, it was the pacing I had issues with. I see Kimagure Orange Road. I didn't even know they released an English version. My favorites: Rumiko Takahashi's non-long-form series (Mermaid Saga, One Pound Gospel, and her short stories (both Rumic World and Theater)), as well as the longer Maison Ikkoku series. Cross Game, Touch, and Q & A, as well as the Short Program anthologies by Mitsuru Adachi. I don't care that much for baseball, but the slice of life aspects makes it worth skimming through. Honeymoon Salad (and to a lesser extent the side series Baby Leaf) by Hikaru Ninomiya. Fan translation. Excellent series with erotic elements, but that's not the real focus (case in point, the first sex scene (not counting an opening chapter dream) starts as someone is trying to kick in the front door of the woman's apartment). Sweet Blue Flowers by Takako Shimura. Also Happy Go Lucky Days, which just had a movie adaptation released. Another couple of series I read in fan translation, though Sweet Blues Flowers is supposed to get a Viz omnibus version that I'll have to get. Nausicaa. Nuff said. Mars by Furumi Soryo. Maaaaybe a little longer than it needs to be (it's as long as Maison Ikkoku at 15 volumes) and a little melodramatic for tastes, but I just love the artwork and it tackles the subject of sexual abuse better than most manga. Spirit of Wonder by Kenji Tsuruta. Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou. How has this series never been released in America. Erased. Not gonna lie, I don't like the art and the story's not perfect, but there's just something about it that sucks me in. D-ASH by Miya Mitazawa. Another untranslated title, this one about a runner who is in love with a childhood friend who can barely walk without a crutch. I don't think the main character is all that interesting, and he's not always sympathetic, but like Erased, the better elements outweigh the negatives.

I love your personality

Lone wolf and cub isn't available... many of the omnibus volumes have been out of print for a while now... much to my frustration as i was about half way through collecting it. Hopefully it gets the deluxe treatment berserk, blade of immortal etc has gotten...

thx for sharing your top20 .I really enjoyed the vid . I'm gonna try picking up all those that I haven't read from your list . ( there was a bunch ! ) my favorites so far are ... 1. One Piece ( been reading this since I was a little kid so I'm pretty biased) 2. Monster 3. Vinland Saga 4. Berserk 5. Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai ( I'm Japanese so I have easy access to the volumes here in Japan . unfortunately , there's no English release yet. But the anime is a good way to get into it ) 6. Kingdom 7. Real 8. Liar Game 9. Historie 10. Jojolion ( currently reading Yokohama Kaidaishi kikou , Yotsubato , spy family , 3gatsu no lion , koe no katchi , akebi-chan no sailor fuku which may crack into my top 10 list )

Briljant, started with FMA could not wish a better start. Started reading some western comics now, just finished y the last man and sage, love them both. Would love to see a top 10 on follow-up or something (somethkng what is not dc/marvel)

Wow, you are living in heaven for me.

sooo sick thank you

Omar, the Lone Wolf And Cub Omnibus releases are taller than the single vols. The omnis are nice, in my opinion. I have 9 of the 12 omnis and the rest in single vols. Even if Dark Horse did release Deluxe editions, I spent a lot of time and effort collecting what I did, I would probably stick with what I have. The same goes for Blade of the Immortal. The Omnis are nice, so I will stick with them.

Since you made Monster an honorable mention, my guess is you have 20th Century Boy in the second part of your list, as you obviously avoid putting two titles by the same writer ! And if not, I say you should x) Seriously, 20th Century Boy is one of my favorite stories of all time.

kinda shocked Ushio & Tora wasn't in the list it s such a masterpiece

Wow... actually there was a 3D show of GON that used to air on tv 😯

I'm actually curious to hear your exact thoughts on Naruto considering you brought it up in your honourable mentions a lot of ppl wouldn't mention it or rate it so highly I'd be really interested in an overview video from you tbh

Damn bro noice akira box, I got myself one, best investment I had in mangas

This should be a top 10 manga in the 90's

Which manga / artists employ the best use of shading, iyo? The black and white line art doesn't do much for me but I've seen some of the recent Berzerks and they're just gorgeously textured.

Right when I clicked on the video, I had to pause to find any JoJo manga. It was mandatory.

I just watched Nausicaa and loved it so much. Gonna dig into the manga soon.

As a major Clamp I've always wanted to read X. It's so brutal knowing that there were only 3 more volumes to go to finish it, and here we are something like 17 years later and it's still on hiatus.

Among the titles you have displayed on the table in the intro, there's something titled, "Kimagure Orange Road" (which is my favorite series) - Is that something new? I never finished collecting the Japanese hardcovers (10 book set) -- Can you elaborate on what that item is?

*Thank you* for showcasing Sanctuary and Gon. Do you have a Viz Collected Editions dep’t contact already lined up or is that still a goal?

wowowowowowowow, dude one piece is the greatest manga of all time. other than that this is a pretty great list so far.

Sadly, all the omnibus of Lone Wolf and Cub by Dark Horse are not available. Still need to find some of them but they are going for crazy prices. If they were to do a big hardcover line like Berserk for this, I would double dip in a heartbeat !

vinland saga!! i see you know your mangas :)

Do you like Naoki Urasawa? How many mangaka of his have you read?

I want to buy a manga for a friend but she has never read any so I’m having a hard time picking one. I’m pretty sure she’d like mystery and psychological ones but y’all got any recs?

This is not a countdown, this is a tribute.

You deserve more subscribers brother

I LOVE B&W films but I find B&W comics/manga difficult to get through. Weird. Probably because movies have the advantage of sound and movement. I tend to pick up vibrant comics.

Only things I read that were mentioned on here were Berserk, Akira, Lone Wolf and Cub, and in the runners up, Parasyte. I did see the Monster anime 11 years ago, though not sure how different that is from the manga.

i suggest you to read Kakugo no Susume(11volumes finished) and Guyver(32volumes unfinished and interrupted but worth it) .This are more gorgeous than berserk

I just bought the first volume of "Drifting Classroom" today. I'm not a big manga reader, but the book looks great both inside and out, and it's been spoken highly of.

To: NMC / Oh my stars! The Artwork on Vinland looks stunning! WoW! Due to your thorough review of said story, I went ahead and just bought issue One, as I’m listening to your Review. My very first Manga about 2-yrs back was “Monster” hand I recently bought all 8-Vol of “Pluto”, plus Master Keaton vol 1,2,3. I think I’m developing a habit for Manga, of various types. Based on your review, I’ve also bought Berserk HC Omnibus Vol 1, and 2. Thank you for your insightful well reasoned reviews and recommendations. I’m a complete fan of Naoki Urusawa! If he writes/draws a phone book, I’d buy it! JaJaJa..!!! / Any great Manga you’d care to recommend, I’m all ears! (Ps) Looove the dual screen, we get to hear and see you. Superb! Thank you for the time invested, and the research you do.

No Saint Seiya on your list??!!!!!! You're such a SINNER! 😁