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TV Asahi Announces Top 100 Manga Voted on By 150,000 Readers

Television station TV Asahi announced the results of its "manga general election" poll on January 3. The results were decided by 150,000 voters and included both ongoing and completed manga series. The winner comes as no surprise, of course. Eiichiro Oda's long-running One Piece manga was readers' favorite. The adventure series celebrated 1,000 chapters this week with the launch of its worldwide character popularity poll and a full-page ad in The New York Times.

Following behind One Piece was 2020's anime darling, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba. The series, which was praised by Oda himself, was Shueisha's second highest-selling manga in 2019, second only One Piece. The 23rd and final volume of Gotouge's record-breaking manga sold 2.855 million copies from November 30 to December 6, the most that any manga volume has sold in one week since Oricon began reporting its book ranking charts in April of 2008. The Demon Slayer – Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train film is currently poised to overtake Spirited Away as Japan's biggest box office earner of all time.

In third place was the shōnen classic, Slam Dunk. The series was one of the top-selling media franchises of 2018 and is strangely often a contender for both "series that should be made into live-action" and "series that should never be made into live-action." Fans of Takehiko Inoue's sports series seem split on the idea.

TV Asahi's full list of the top 100 manga is below.

1. One Piece
2. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
3. Slam Dunk
4. Detective Conan
5. Dragon Ball
6. Attack on Titan
7. Naruto
8. Haikyu!!
9. Fullmetal Alchemist
10. JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
    
    
11. Hunter X Hunter
12. Gintama
13. Kingdom
14. World Trigger
15. Doraemon
16. My Hero Academia
17. YuYu Hakusho
18. Black Jack
19. Jujutsu Kaisen
20. Natsume's Book of Friends
    
    
21. Glass Mask
22. Fist of the North Star
23. Bleach
24. Touch
25. Phoenix
26. Banana Fish
27. The Rose of Versailles
28. Inuyasha
29. Ashita no Joe
30. Dragon Quest: Dai no Daibōken
    
    
31. Rurouni Kenshin
32. Maison Ikkoku
33. Zatch Bell
34. The Poe Clan
35. Kochira Katsushika-ku Kamearikouen-mae Hashutsujo
36. Golgo 13
37. Sazae-san
38. Kyojin no Hoshi
39. Astro Boy
40. Golden Kamuy
    
    
41. Tokyo Ghoul
42. Dokaben
43. The Quintessential Quintuplets
44. Aim for the Ace!
45. Dōbutsu no Oishasan
46. The Promised Neverland
47. Hajime no Ippo
48. Ushio and Tora
49. Master Keaton
50. Kaguya-sama: Love is War
    
    
51. Assassination Classroom
52. Kuroko's Basketball
53. Black Butler
54. The Prince of Tennis
55. Haikara-san ga Tooru
56. Candy Candy
57. City Hunter
58. Chainsaw Man
59. Nodame Cantabile
60. Parasyte
    
    
61. Urusei Yatsura
62. Cardcaptor Sakura
63. Kinnikuman
64. Bungo Stray Dogs
65. Fairy Tail
66. Tokimeki Tonight
67. Katekyo Hitman Reborn!
68. Hoshin Engi
69. Cyborg 009
70. Boys Over Flowers
    
    
71. Tetsujin 28 Gou
72. H2
73. Galaxy Express 999
74. Devilman
75. Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic
76. Oishinbo
77. Abu-san
78. Space Battleship Yamato
79. Basara
80. Captain
    
    
81. Baribari Legend
82. Hikaru no Go
83. MAJOR
84. Fire Force
85. Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun
86. Karakuri Circus
87. Fruits Basket
88. Kaze no Daichi
89. Yukan Club
90. ARIA
    
    
91. Berserk
92. Macaroni Houren-sou
93. Princess Knight
94. Rent-A-Girlfriend
95. D.Gray-man
96. SKET DANCE
97. Captain Tsubasa
98. Tenshi Nanka ja Nai
99. March comes in like a lion
100. Dr. Stone

Thanks to A.M. for the news tip.

Source: Animate Times