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Excludes football/soccer, baseball/softball, track and field/running, (beach) volleyball, (kick) boxing, basketball, tennis, golf, cycling, cheerleading, archery and fictional sports mangas.

(see other stacks)

An ongoing list of the most important/influential figures in post-war manga and some of their most important series. In no particular order.

Post-war refers to after World War II. So the list will exclude figures most known for works which came out prior to the War like Tagawa Suiho and Yokoyama Ryuuichi, as well as some figures not currently on MAL, such as Fukui Eiichi.

Series that are heavily overlooked on MAL (at the time of writing, under 2k members). Most, if not all of them are also underrated. Will likely add series in the future as I read them.

Don't get me wrong, I love a good by-the-book sports manga. But variety is the spice of life, so here are some sports manga that don't fit the mold.

The mold:
1. Fully male team/almost entirely male cast
2. School sports team
3. Teen athletes

So if it doesn't fit all of those criteria, it fits this list!

shoujo manga that started publishing in the 1970s or earlier

A collection of shoujo and josei manga that focus on or have a strong emphasis on sports, be it basketball or ballet.

When people think of sports series they typically think of shounen series like Haikyuu or Kuroko's Basketball or seinen series like Real. And I have found that sports focused shoujo and josei are not as talked about outside of a few classic series and Chihayafuru.

So I have collected all the notable ones I could find for the convenience of people who want to see a feminine perspective on the sports genre. The series in this stack cover both men's and women's sports both on a professional and high school level.

I will note that some of these series are not focused on the sports themselves and have other things at the forefront.

Manga about tennis and ping pong

That subsection of girls love manga that deals with school girls falling in love -- with each other.

Here's some yuri set in various historical settings!

Trying not to put isekai entries in this list, as I think that's different and deserves a separate yuri stack (aka my friend yehves' stack on it, check it out!)

List of manga that encompurate pictures from real life somewhere in their panels.

Other titles not on here (yet)

- Ki onna wo gin no sara e (1967) by Miyuki Saga

- Glass no Shiro (1969) by Masako Watanabe

- Secret Love (1970) by Masako Yashiro

- Mariko (1971) by Riyoko Ikeda

- Mou, Kirai! (1972) by Keiko Takemiya

- Konchuu no Ie (1973) by Ryouko Takashina

- Kyuuketsu Shoujo Carmilla (1973) by Miyuki Saga

- Hana no Youna Lilibeth (1973) by Masako Watanabe

- My Dear Romeo is a Girl (1973) by Miuchi Suzue

- Hadashi no Mei (1973) by Hiroko Fukuhara

- Aoi Tori Tobaso! (1974) by Hiroko Fukuhara

- Itoko Valeria (1975) by Hiroko Fukuhara

- Season When l'm Touched (1975) by Tomoko Naka

- Sei Alice Teikoku (1976) by Miuchi Suzue

- Lemon no Kisetsu (1976) by Machiko Satonaka

- Watashi no Aishita Otomodachi (1978) by Masako Watanabe

- Kurenai ni Moyu (1979) by Hiroko Fukuhara

- Sukyandarumun wa yoru no yume (1979) by Kumi Morikawa

- Alto no Koe no Shoujo (1979) by Yukiko Shino

- Fresh Green no Kisetsu (1979) by Yukiko Shino

- Diamond Godzillan (1979) by Toshie Kihara

- Baroness Ramu (1979) by Mineko Yamada

- Akujo Series (1980) by Masako Watanabe

- Lilac Time (1981) by Amie Hayasaka

- Shuushifu no Hibiki (1982) by Marimura Naka

- Kurara Hakusho (1982) by Saeko Himuro

- Kanojotachi (1982) by Kashi Michiyo

- Yajikita Gakuen Douchuuki (1982) by Ryouko Shitou

- Evetachi no Heya (1983) by Sachiko Nagahama

- Hahaoya no Musume-tachi (1984) by Minori Kimura

- Naisho de Wavy Night (1986) by Tomoko Kuramochi

- Dream Message (1988) by Ariyoshi Kyouko

- Aki no Chou (1989) by Hisato Chiba

- Purachina Junguru (1994) by Shino Suzuhara


side note but I found some websites, which feature a lot more vintage yuri so I'm adding the links since they're good resources for more obscure titles! ^_^

https://fullesdansaires-blogspot-com.translate.goog/2019/04/vintage-yuri.html?_x_tr_sch=http&_x_tr_sl=ca&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc

https://www.douban.com/doulist/146923368/

Compilation of manga that i find interesting, some aren't labelled yuri but I included them for the tension and vibes. I tried to make it as varied as possible :>

* = i had to use the advanced search to find these, possibly not the most accurate result
2001-2050: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/48905
Anime 1951-2050: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/48293
Anime 2001-2050: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/45933

According to advanced search
Part 2: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/50202
Anime firsts part 1 (1910s-1960s): https://myanimelist.net/stacks/49208
Anime firsts part 2 (1970s-2010s): https://myanimelist.net/stacks/49378