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The list of manga that are considered the most recognizable in Shonen genre, including the Big 3 of Shonen Jump. Can be used as a reference sheet for newcomers to the manga industry.

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. 147 would be the Himitsu Series of books. It's for children and I can't find it on MAL. It has 116 volumes and started in 1972, and has sold 23 million (June 10th, 2018).

No. 55 is Somubu Somuka Yamaguchi Roppeita by Norio Hayashi & Yamaguchi Roppeita, which started in 1986 and ended in 2016 with 81 volumes & 731 chapters in Big Comic

No. 64 is Marugoshi Deka by Ken Kitashiba & Michio Watanabe, which started in 1986 with 75 volumes & 395 in Weekly Manga Sunday Jiysugyo no Nihon Sha.

No. 82 is Jingi by Ayumi Tachihara, but it doesn't have the amount of volumes or release date it says in Young Champion Akita Shoten.

No. 83 is Direful Industrial Volleyboys is Hiroyuki Murada, which started in 1989 with 67 volumes & 711 chapters in Weekly Young Magazine Kodansha.

Manga that has a videogame series as the source material.

Manga that has been translated and published in Norwegian

These manga's can most likely be found in your local bookstore, like Bokli or Ark. You can also order online from Outland and other sites.

It might be possible to find it in your local library as well.

“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”

Manga with tactical fights/strategic battles that are not determined by strength or numbers but how they use what they have available to them, using their knowledge/cunning to outsmart their opponent, exploiting weakness, planning beforehand or quick thinking in the heat of battle and using what's in their immediate surroundings to their advantage.

Not all included manga are at the same level when it comes to tactical fights/strategic battles and while the majority of fights are tactical and the battles strategic there are some that are not.

1 title per series

1 title per series

Pokemon, Digmon, all mons(???).

All Pokémon manga by release order that are available in the DB:
➡️Pokémon Reading Order Guide [Part 1] (1996-2011): https://myanimelist.net/stacks/20022 [50]
Pokémon Reading Order Guide [Part 2] (2011-present): https://myanimelist.net/stacks/20023 [26]
Total: 76

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All Pokémon anime by release order that are available in the DB:
Pokémon (1/4) https://myanimelist.net/stacks/52274
Pokémon (2/4) https://myanimelist.net/stacks/52275
Pokémon (3/4) https://myanimelist.net/stacks/52276
Pokémon (4/4) https://myanimelist.net/stacks/52277
Total: 196

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"Pokémon! Gotta Catch ’Em All!" Find all the Pokemon available in MAL's DB in this club:
Pokémon Pokédex: https://myanimelist.net/clubs.php?cid=87228
Pokémon Reading Guide: https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=2071522
MAL's Pokémon Pokédex: https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=2059762

Tags: Pokémon, Pokemon, Pocket Monsters, Franchise

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Pending:
Pokemon: Maboroshi no Pokemon Lugia Bakutan
https://myanimelist.net/manga/117537

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*There are 280/1025 Pokémon currently listed in the DB.

I only count the editorials that stills publishing to this day: IVREA, Panini Manga, Ovnipress, Kemuri, Utopia, Distrito Manga and Pop Fiction.

PART I: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/21070
PART II: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/21071
PART III: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/21075
PART IV: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/21100
PART V: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/21116
PART VI: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/21149
PART VII: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/21150
PART VIII: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/21152

Mangá² podcast recommendations (#001-#050)

For all the parents and other older relatives, librarians, and teachers out there, here is a list of manga that are appropriate for everyone of all ages and could make for a lovely spot on any and all kinds of bookshelves.


WORK IN PROGRESS: I will add descriptions and maybe add more later.
Give me a break, it's 3 am here rn lol


Manga has always been popular with kids, and those in the West who visit their local library may notice that kids tend to gravitate to the graphic novel sections, sometimes just for these Japanese comics! Many of the most famous, popular, and beloved manga may be serialized in magazines aimed at children in Japan, but may surprise those in the West with how violent/fanservice-y/not-exactly-child-friendly they may be to Western sensibilities. Because of this, it can be awkward and/or uncomfortable to share with younger family members, and had any parent glimpsed the wrong manga they might unfortunately ban their child from manga entirely!
So this stack is for those who don't want to go on the wrong step, and want to introduce manga to anyone younger or let them start building a manga collection on reasonable terms. Or for those who want some generally lighter reads. Either approach is fine :P


Disclaimer: I try to put all kinds of series here, but I will admit that there may be a large bias for relatively older shoujo series... not necessarily because I think shoujo always deserves more love and far more credit than people give the demographic tag, but simply because much of it includes series I personally grew up reading. Though there are also nostalgic picks that aren't shoujo in here too. Either way, sorry if I didn't put in any of your childhood favorites haha.


Recommended further research:
5 Manga Recommendations - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVumrw8hdow
Pokémon manga fun facts & recommendations - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qe0Xlu9Ta4


Check out my mahou shoujo stack! https://myanimelist.net/stacks/22572



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This stack contains licensed titles that have been OUT OF PRINT and series that apply will be indicated as such. This means it is near impossible to find these new without destroying your wallet, but there is still a chance in the ever-growing secondhand market! To find these older, hard-to-find series, I recommend the following sites:
https://www.abebooks.com/
https://www.alibris.com/
https://www.biblio.com/

BookFinder is also a huge help with searching for listings with bargain prices! To get the best results, look up the ISBN for English prints of series and copy-paste them into the search.
https://www.bookfinder.com/

This is the continuation of last part,same as last time. I picked the ones that populars and underrated and which publisher publish it so on and so forth...

List of longest manga series by number of pages (estimate)

解体屋ゲン

26883 pages
103 volumes

カバチタレ

22320 pages
93 volumes

総務部総務課山口六平太

17658 pages
81 volumes


Anime: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/32408
Manga: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/39346
Live: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/39525
All: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/39354