Manga is the essential element that makes the anime we see today come to light, since it depends on the quality of these, that is why animation studios choose to work on them. Now, among the gigantic amount of good series, there are 20 in specific that are considered the most essential, this information has been published by the French newspaper “Le Monde”, what incredible works will await us?
The newspaper “Le Monde” shows us the 20 most legendary manga of history
In recent updates from the renowned French national newspaper, “Le Monde”, which offers a wide range of formal content, to branches of entertainment and opinions, where in recent days has released the list of the 20 most essential manga. Among these are gems that we have all enjoyed, others that we did not expect to see, and strangely there are no series that are considered masterpieces of all time, do Europeans have such different tastes?
We can observe each one listed in the translation of these, the result did not seem very satisfactory for the Japanese, answering things like: “I feel that some of the manga there should not be there”, “Only manga from the previous millennium, eh?”, “Series like Jujutsu Kaisen, Gantz or Full Metal Alchemist are missing”. All agree that it would be better with different series, but, to himself, he responds by exclaiming that Europeans have a particular way of seeing things.
Many seem to be dissatisfied, especially the Japanese forums, perhaps because of some series that are somewhat unknown to the general public, but it must be admitted that many of those named in this list are true masterpieces, such as Akira, Death Note or Monster, among many other works. And thanks to quality manga like these, there have been anime adaptations that, like the original version, are pieces of art, thus turning anime into a worldwide phenomenon, something that we cover in this article on our website.
For those who wondered about some series missing from the list, Attack on Titan, Beastars, The Promised Neverland and Atelier of Witch Hat, among other series, were named as honorable mentions. Japanese fans were not very satisfied, as we mentioned, but, since it is the perspective of the French public, we noticed the same in many of the series that have a European context (Monster, Adolf). If you want to see more information on the nominated manga, you can go directly to the discussion forum here.
Mangas have an ancient history since the creation of images made in vignettes that were passed around as comics or travel postcards. In Japan it has had a very different development than American or European comics, distinguished mainly by the approach and the drawing. In America we see mostly gifted heroes, in Asia, on the other hand, we see various stories, from everyday life, to the greatest fantasy full of adventures, that is what makes Japanese comics special.
