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

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. 170 is Sho Ban by Yuji Moritaka and Yukitaro Matsushima, which started in 2001 with 44 volumes & 340 chapters in Weekly Shonen Champion.

No. 190 is Tsukiji Uogashi Sandaime by Ken'ichi Oishi, Masaharu Nabeshima, Kazuto Kuwa, & Mitsuo Hashimoto, which started in 2000 with 42 volumes & 324 chapters in Big Comic Shogakukan.

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.

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/

Obviously there are too many manga set in Tokyo to list all in one stack, precedence is given to those that highlight unique Tokyo shitamachi or culture.

I decided to gather all the references I could find in this odd Jump collab.

This is a translation of a widely-publicized poll from 2021. This is NOT my personal opinion, so how about you shut up MAL.

https://www.animatetimes.com/news/details.php?id=1609599746

#10 is Jojo's Bizarre Adventure as a whole, not just Steel Ball Run

51-100 are HERE: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/31732

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

Manga somehow related to Clamp: referenced in their works and mentioned in interviews.

Not on MAL:
Macaroni Horenso by Tsubame Kamogawa (mentioned in xxxHolic)
Comet-san by Mitsuteru Yokoyama (Kobato inspiration)
Kyonyuu Hunter - Ohkawa likes this but I'm unsure about the author, I'm gonna assume it's the one by Kouichiro Yasunaga

Every manga mentioned in Manga in Theory and Practice by Hirohiko Araki

Burai the Kid - https://myanimelist.net/manga/144818/Burai_the_Kid (not approved)