Anime database website MyAnimeList is delving headfirst into the world of manga with a new list of internationally recommended titles. The site released its first “You Should Read This Manga” list on Wednesday in collaboration with international booksellers and MyAnimeList users. The list includes several subcategories: “Should Be Anime,” “Best for Beginners,” and “Unique Story/Art.”
The represented titles are listed below:
You Should Read This Manga 2023
Title:
Author(s): Kanehito Yamada (Story) Tsukasa Abe (Art)
Serialized in (Shogakukan)
Title:
Author(s): Natsu Hyūga (Original Work) Nekokurage (Art) Nanao Itsuki (Story Adaptation)
Serialized in (Square Enix)
Title:
Author(s): Yukinobu Tatsu
Serialized in (Shueisha)
Title:
Author(s): Kamome Shirahama
Serialized in (Kodansha)
Title:
Author(s): Shūzō Oshimi
Serialized in (Shogakukan)
Title:
Author(s): Kōji Miura
Serialized in (Shueisha)
Title:
Author(s): Inio Asano
Serialized in (Shogakukan)
Title:
Author(s): Mokumokuren
Serialized in (Kadokawa)
Title: Medalist
Author(s): Tsurumaikada
Serialized in (Kodansha)
Title:
Author(s): Yūki Suenaga (Story) Takamasa Moue (Art)
Serialized in (Shueisha)
Title:
Author(s): Hakuri
Serialized in Gangan pixiv (Square Enix)
Title:
Author(s): Suu Morishita
Serialized in (Kodansha)
Title:
Author(s): Ryōko Kui
Serialized in (Kadokawa)
Title:
Author(s): Kaoru Mori
Serialized in (Kadokawa)
Title:
Author(s): Ryo Minenami
Serialized in (Shueisha)
Title:
Author(s): Makoto Ojiro
Serialized in (Shogakukan)
Title:
Author(s): Misaki Takamatsu
Serialized in (Kodansha)
Title:
Author(s): Aka Akasaka (Story), Mengo Yokoyari (Art)
Serialized in (Shueisha)
Title:
Author(s): so-ma-to
Serialized in (Shueisha)
Title:
Author(s): Umi Sakurai
Serialized in (Square Enix)
Should Be Anime
- by Yukinobu Tatsu
- by Yuuto Suzuki
- by Kōji Miura
- by Yūki Suenaga (Story) and Takamasa Moue (Art)
- by Suu Morishita
- by Ryo Minenami
- by Wataru Hinekure (Story) and Aruko (Art)
- by Sui Ishida
- by Hayashida Q
- by Akari Kajimoto
- by Shu Sakuratani
- by Miyuki Mitsubachi
- by Asuka Konishi
- by Coffee
- by Nahuse (Original Story), Gin (Original Character Design), and Kirihito Ayamura (Manga)
- by Tamifull
- by Katsuhisa Minami
- by Sekka Iwata (Story) and Yū Aoki (Art)
- by Niichi
- by Mai Tanaka
Best for Beginners
- by Muneyuki Kaneshiro (Story) and Yūsuke Nomura (Art)
- by Naoya Matsumoto
- by Shinichi Fukuda
- by Mikoto Yamaguchi (Original Concept) and Yuki Sato (Story & Art)
- by Kōsuke Ōno
- by Hajime Kōmoto
- by Shinya Umemura (Story) and Ajichika (Art)
- by Kotoyama
- by Yūji Kaku
- by Eku Takeshima
- by Daisuke Aizawa (Original Story), Tōzai (Original Character Design), and Anri Sakano (Manga)
- by Mashiro
- by Yūgo Kobayashi
- by Kenjirō Hata
- by Tatsuki Fujimoto
- by Shō Harusono
- by Daisuke Ashihara
- by Akira Amano
- by Koume Fujichika
- by Kagiji Kumanomata
- by Taizan 5
- by Asuka Konishi
- by Rikito Nakamura (Story) and Yukiko Nozawa (Art)
- by Shu Sakuratani
- by Matsuri
- by Honami Shirono
- by Aki Irie
- by Kōsuke Satake
- by Naoki Urasawa
- by Coffee
- by Umi Shiina
- by Jun Mayuzuki
- by Megumi Morino
- After God by Sumi Eno
- by Salt Seno
- Fool Night by Kasumi Yasuda
- Ikoku Nikki by Tomoko Yamashita
- Issak by Shinji Makari (Story) and DOUBLE-S (Art)
- by Naoe
- by Natsumi Ito
Unique Story/Art
Kodansha, Animate, Kinokuniya, Manga Planet, MangaPlaza, Tohan, and Viz are sponsoring the list. Over the next year, expect to see signs at the sponsors’ physical and online stores showing MAL’s recommendations. The site plans to release new lists every year.
Source: Press Release
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