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The Shogakukan Manga Award (小学館漫画賞, Shōgakukan Mangashō) is one of Japan's major manga awards, sponsored by Shogakukan Publishing. It has been awarded annually for serialized manga since 1955 and features candidates from a number of publishers. Each winning work will be honored with a bronze statuette and a prize of 1 million yen (about US$9,000). Special awards are also occasionally given out for outstanding work, lifetime achievement, and so forth.

(Source: Wikipedia)

The Japan Cartoonists Association Award (日本漫画家協会賞, Nihon Mangaka Kyōkai Shō) is an annual award for manga, sponsored by the Japan Cartoonists Association. The prize was first awarded in 1972.

(Source: Wikipedia)

A selection of titles from the gekiga scene, a short-lived yet influential artistic movement that flourished during the 1960s to the 1970s and maintains a prominent underground presence today. While mostly known as a pioneer of cinematic paneling and close attention to realism, it would be more accurate to consider gekiga as a counterculture. Surrealistic, autobiographical, and experimental works emerged as an alternative to the Tezuka school of aesthetics and paved the way for other artists to different modes of expression.

This is in NO WAY a comprehensive list and should be treated more as a starting point for diving into this movement. There are so many more important artists and titles in the scene that MAL unfortunately does not have entries for, and probably never will. Since I can't speak Japanese, there may also be some titles that I am unfamiliar with. The 50-title limit doesn't help either, but I hope this gets you started in this often-unexplored side of manga.

Note: Not all of these titles are available in English.
11/04/2022 Updated to include more underground artists.

If you enjoyed this interest stack and want to learn more about gekiga, feel free to check these other outlets:
The MAL Gekiga Club
Taniguchi Scanlations
Habanero Scans
Illuminati-Manga
Hox Scanlations
Stinky Scans
Ryan Holmberg's translations
Star Fruit Books
Glacier Bay Books
Koenji Shawn Reviews
The Comics Journal
Breakdown Press
Drawn and Quarterly
New York Review Comics
AX Volume 1: A Collection of Alternative Manga

Top 50 best selling manga (according to current reported numbers), in order from highest to lowest

Series that feature assassins, hitman, etc.

Part 2 => https://myanimelist.net/stacks/9970

Number of sales and date that number was acquired from in notes for each. Some of them I have personally estimated a higher figure than the date says.

No. 11 is Senri no Michi mo by Ippo Ohara & Satoshi Watanabe, which started in 1989 and ended in 2022 with 134 volumes & 501 chapters in Weekly Golf Digest.

No. 23 is Hakuryuu, which started in 1996. I have put Hakuryuu Legend instead because I could not find an earlier version.

No. 26 is Kowashiya Gen by Hoshino Hideki & Sadayoshi Ishii, which started in 2003 and is onging with 106 volumes & 1028 chapters in Weekly Manga Times.

No. 37 is Kabachitare! by Takashi Tajima & Takahiro Kochi, which started in 1999 and is ongoing with 93 volumes & 974 chapters in Weekly Morning Kodansha.

No. 46 is Impact by Nobuhiro Sakata & Ryouji Ryuuzaki, which started in 2002 and ended in 2019 with 85 volumes & 851 chapters in Par Golf.

Number of volumes and chapters in notes.

naoki urasawa's wonderful documentary program manben shows mangaka at work while they discuss their form and process with urasawa-sensei. this list includes one noteworthy series by each mangaka featured on the show.

an english fansub of the series can be found here (this is NOT urasawa-sensei's official website):

https://www.naokiurasawa.com/

i will do my best to choose series' that can be read in their entirety in english, either officially or via scanlations. information can be found in the descriptions for each entry.

format:
mangaka ([season][episode])
common english title(s)
magazine

An attempted list of the most important/influential post-war mangaka, and some of their most important series. All of the mangaka/manga here are well worth checking out.

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 and Yokoyama(Ryuuichi).

Japan's Shōwa era lasted from 1926 to 1989. In 2009, Asahi Shimbun announced a polled list of 50 of the greatest 'masterpieces(名作)' of the Shōwa era. The only one not listed on MAL yet is 'Iga no Kagemaru' by Mitsuteru Yokoyama, which was ranked 27th.

https://www.comic-takaoka.jp/

MANLY Anime: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/17625

Literally a list for episodic manga

Manga published in over 100 volumes


Manga with more than 100 volumes published as of January 2023
Excludes manga that have been published in more than 100 volumes in total, including Gaiden, sequels, spin-offs, etc.

A list of manly oriented manga. Caters to those who like muscular characters, idealistic men, detailed art, manly tears, etc.

This Stack was made with the intention of listing some mangas that have narratives set in Brazilian lands or have very strong characteristics of Brazilian culture permeating their narratives.

(Warning: You may find some spoilers ahead)

If you have a recommendation, just contact me and I'll include it!

PS: I am aware of the Harlequin stories, but I don't intend to include them here.

Nes, famicom for play after read

I know there's Dragon Quest, but the manga takes elements from the game series.

This is from what I found, so I may have missed something

This is from what I found, so I may have missed something.