ARAKAWA Hiromu - very impressed with her, never missed a chapter even though she had a baby

also
YUKIMURA Makoto
AZUMA Kiyohiko
ASANO Inio
YAZAWA Ai

1) Aki [I'm a really, really big fan of hers! ;w; I own all her manga besides her doujinshi and Utahime, all of which I am currently searching for. ><; Her art is amazing but her plots are even better. She's one of those mangaka with the rare talent of making manga that have the combination of a good plot with art that fits the manga.]

2) Takayama Shinobu [Her fight scenes are epic! Her plot is okay and many times weak in a lot of parts such as character personality variety, but her art is excellent so I just ignore the plot haha...]

3) Sakondou Eri [Her manga have really original jokes and have really crisp, clean, and nice art. I don't have a particular reason to like her works, but I just really enjoy reading them.]

4) Lee Sun-Young [Her art is like Sakondou Eri's but many times more detailed. Her plots are a bit weak though, so I just read her art books.]

5) Nao Tsukiji [Her works such as Adekan and Kiniro Kishi obviously have funny plots and epic art! But sometimes her pictures are nosebleed inducing so I don't dare to read them much. ]

Yuki Kaori - I love her works, the drawing and the stories are beautiful too.

Sumomo Yumeka - Drama, drama, drama... i love drama!!!

Naked Ape - Crazy style! : DDD

Matsushita Yoko - I'm in love with Yami no Matsuei!

Kubo Tite - Because Bleach was a great manga in the beginning and i liked all of the characters. Ichimaru Gin <333

Mashima, Hiro
Oda, Eiichiro
Kubo, Tite
Sorachi, Hideaki
Yabuki, Kentarou

I have a bunch of favorites, but here are some of my favorites

Toriyama Akira for his sheer influence on the Shounen genre, and manga in general.

Nagai Go due to his wealth of great titles and for the way he broke boundaries in terms of content and themes that could be expressed in manga.

Yamamoto Hideo for his fearlessness in terms of subject matter, and intelligence with which he tackles those subjects. His mangas are incredibly violent and disturbing, but posess surprising amounts of psychologial complexity.

Ohba Tsugumi, proof that shounen manga doesn't have to just be about fighting. Dares to actually tell well though-out, original stories in a world saturated with shounens that are only interested in non-stop action and violence. I think we can continue to expect greatness.

Matsumoto Jiro is kind of in the same league as Hideo Yamamoto, but I think he also deserves a mention due to being one of the few mangakas that can write fantastic short stories.



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Hope it's all right to revive this thread.

These have probably been said already:

1. Naoki Urasawa - There's no question.

2. Eiichiro Oda - One Piece

3. Yoshihiro Togashi - Hunter x Hunter

4. Kentaro Miura - Berserk

5. Tsugumi Ohba - I prefer the Death Note pair rather than just Ohba himself.

Also, these guys get my respect:
*6. Takehiko Inoue
*7. Masakazu Katsura
*8. Masanori Morita
*9. Hideaki Sorachi
*10. Kazuya Minekura

HINO Matsuri - Vampire Knight
SAKISAKA Io - Strobe Edge
YOSHIZUMI Wataru - Ultra Maniac
TOMA Rei - Reimei no Arcana
HONJOU Rie

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KARA

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Oh god. This is difficult.

1. TAMURA Yumi - for Basara and especially 7seeds.
2. WATANABE Taeko - Kaze Hikaru
3. MORI Kaoru - for Emma. Otoyomegatari is also wonderful.
4. OGAWA Yayoi - for Kimi wa Pet and Kiss & Never Cry. Candy Life was interesting too.
5. YAZAWA Ai - for Nana, mostly.

Honorable mentions to:
YUMEKA Sumomo
SHINOHARA Chie
MIZUSHIRO Setona
& probably others. Too many to choose from >_<


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in no particular order

tamura yumi (7 seeds, chicago, others on my wish list)
souryo fuyumi (Eternal Sabbath, cesare, others on my wish list) [beautiful art!]
miura kentaro (berserk) [great artist ]
kaitani shinobu (liar game, others on my wish list)
katsura masakazu (zetman, others on my wish list)

and special mention to hino matsuri, i LOOOVE her art! Merupuri was one of the first manga i read! i should finish reading vampire knight....

1. [a]Eiichiro Oda[/a]
2. [a]Hideaki Sorachi[/a]
3. [a]Yoshihiro Togashi[/a]
4. Urushibara Yuki
5. Midorikawa Yuki

Miura Kentaro and
[a]Naoki Urasawa[/a]
are also great. Yeah, I cannot choose just 5. They're all great in their own ways.


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Nihei Tsutomu-->Blame, simply astonishing artwork for both characters+background design
Samura Hiroaki--->Blade of Immortal,great art+great fighting scenes+emotion deep characters
Ueda Shinsyu---> Dawn Tsumetai Te, Not really sure to put his name on the list,but of all his manga have equally good art and interesting plots
Karino Hasumi--->Renketsu Houshiki,H mangaka who has surprising gorgeous artwork+really good emotion expression characters
Togashi Yoshihiro--->HunterXHunter is the greatest shounen manga i ever loved

There are uncountable other good mangaka but i think these one listed above done their good jobs on both story and art...furthermore their manga are not/less effected by commercial factors which is the reason why i regretfully exclude KUBO Tite and Kishimoto Masashi out of the top 5 T_T

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In a no particular orders:

- TAMURA YUMI: Basara
- ODA EIICHIRO: One piece
- NAKAMURA YOSHIKI: Skip Beat, Tokyo Crazy Paradise
- ARAKAWA HIROMU: Fullmetal Alchemist
and....uhh.......DUH!
- TOGASHI YOSHIHIRO: Thank you for bringing Yu Yu Hakusho into my life <3

Yoshida Akimi - For Banana Fish, Yasha
Takao Shigeru - For Issho ni Neyou yo, Golden Days
Itsuki Natsumi - Demon Sacred, Juuousei, Yakumo Tatsu, Hanasakeru Seishounen, Oz...everything.
Shimizu Reiko - Himitsu, Moon Child, Kaguya Hime...everything.
Souryo Fuyumi - Boyfriend, Eternal Sabbath, Cesare... everything.


Honorable Mentions: (BECAUSE THEY'RE TOO AWESOME NOT TO MENTION)

Tamura Yumi - Yeah... I like Basara, Chicago, and 7 Seeds, too. *A*
Midorikawa Yuki Everything she has ever written.
Naked Ape - Dolls, Switch
Yumeka Sumomo - All of her oneshots.
Mihara Mitsukazu - The Embalmer, Dokuhime
Hagio Moto - For a lot of things.

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YAGI Norihiro 'cos Angel Densetsu rocks and Claymore keep getting better
Naoki Urasawa no further explanation needed.
WAKAKI Tamiki 'cos making TWGOK was a big enough feat.
ADACHI Mitsuru I still need to found a bad Adachi manga.
TOGASHI Yoshihiro YuYu was the first manga i ever read and i still love it.