Who is your favorite 'shounen' mangaka?

I have provided a list below of some of the more popular mangaka, including a brief overview of their career (in the event that someone should not remember who penned their favorite series).​

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If perchance your favorite shounen mangaka is not on the list of available options, and has not been accounted for; click 'other,' and specify whom the absentee is. Do keep in mind that this poll is inquiring who your favorite shounen (boys' comics) mangaka is, so if you answer "Junji Ito!"
-- I will concede that your taste in the horror genre is top notch, but also that is an incorrect answer [terminated].

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Masashi Kishimoto
Naruto

Tite Kubo
Bleach

Eiichiro Oda
One Piece

Akira Toriyama
Dr. Slump
Dragon Ball

Hiro Mashima
Rave Master
Fairy Tale

Yoshihiro Togashi
Yu Yu Hakusho
Hunter x Hunter

Osamu Tezuka
Astro Boy
Kimba the White Lion

Nobuhiro Watsuki
Rurouni Kenshin

Hiromu Arakawa
Full Metal Alchemist
Hero Tales

Rumiko Takahasi
Inuyasha
Ranma ½

Hiroyuki Takei
Shaman King

Katsura Hoshino
D.Gray-man

Atsushi Okubo
Soul Eater

Hirohiko Araki
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure

Kentaro Yabuki
Black Cat

Apologies if your favorite is not on this list. I am no connoisseur of Japanese comique, to be sure.

 

my favorite anima-san is captain naruto "bleach white hair" luffin the 3rd.

 

The one I read is a terrible storyteller and an adequate artist.

 

I almost put Araki, because I fucking love JoJo. I had some trouble picking it up on the first try but after trying Steel Ball Run I was willing to go back and take a look at Phantom Blood. Probably the best decision of 2012 for me. But in the end I like Watsuki better. He's a much more accessible artist and he does his own writing. He's also responsible for not only Kenshin, but Busou Renkin and Embalming. So he's got three series I really like, started the career of another artist on this list and has never done a neverending shounen. I think he deserves it.

 

An outstanding stalemate on all sides.

Where are Togashi's fans; lost after his slew of prolonged hiatuses? I made an oath to forfeit my soul if he did not win. Obviously, I'd like to retain it (let's hope the senpai is merciful). Understand this is a serious game we're playing.

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Two of the artists on that list, actually. Eiichiro Oda and Hiroyuki Takei.

 

Eiichiro Oda because he's Eiichiro Oda.

 

I usually attribute Oda's success to Tokuhiro or whoever it was he learned his style from. Though, yeah, he did kind of get his start after Kenshin if I think about it.

 

Stan Lee

 

I actually thought Ultimo and Heroman were kind of letdowns.

 

Sailor Moon.


...wut.

 

If I remember the proper use of mangaka, mine would be Takeshi Obata. While I'll I've read of him is with Tsugumi Obata (Death Note, Bakuman), but I really love the detail he puts in his art. Obata also does a great job of capturing tone and Atmosphere.

 

The song applies here



Except my answer is actually Arakawa

 

Wow it's kind of a good thing I slammed the Toriyama button without looking further down the list because I would've been so conflicted as to not vote at all

Also FMA is not a shounen

 

It is?

 

...Wait why is it marketed as a shounen

THE CHARACTERS ACTUALLY CHANGE WHAT IS THIS

IT'S DEFINITELY A SEINEN.

 

I love Togashi. In fact, Yu Yu Hakusho is an absolute favorite of mine. I've yet to read Hunter x Hunter though; I suppose I'll have to give it a go one of these days.

 

Ended up going with Hiromu Arakawa because honestly I don't read most of the stuff on that list.

I don't read much manga and I need it to be pretty to keep my interest.

 

It was in a shonen magazine so it's shonen.

 

But that's a really dumb way to figure what's what dfsjsdgfjsdghsdh

 

I wholly recommend you read Hunter x Hunter, but be prepared for disappointment once you reach the latest chapter. The fans have bestowed upon it the title of 'Hiatus x Hiatus,' and with good reason. Don't be fooled by the childish premise, HxH is arguably Togashi's darkest work to date. Hisoka doesn't belong near children.

As for the animated adaptions, there's the 1999 series and its 2012 reboot counterpart. I preferred the former, despite it's short run and the fact that it was chock full of filler (enjoyable filler, but filler nonetheless). It'd serve as an adequate introduction into the series; you could easily pick up the manga from where the anime drops off. The 2012 reboot, on the other hand... Generic shounen anime. Mediocre. Due to it holding an early time slot in Japan, the executives are forced to kiddify it. Minimal amount of blood shed, guts, et cetera.