Banzai! (magazine)
Series -- Manga
Table:
Title

Author

First Issue

Last Issue

DNA²

Masakazu Katsura

November 2001

March 2003

Hunter × Hunter (Hunter X Hunter)

Yoshihiro Togashi

November 2001

December 2005

Naruto

Masashi Kishimoto

November 2001

December 2005

Sand Land (Sandland)

Akira Toriyama

November 2001

May 2002

One Piece – Rogue Town

Eiichiro Oda

December 2001

September 2002

Shaman King

Hiroyuki Takei

December 2001

December 2005

Neko Majin

Akira Toriyama

June 2002

August 2002

Dr. Slump (Dr. Slump – Neues aus Pinguinhausen)

Akira Toriyama

July 2002

January 2003

Yu-Gi-Oh!

Kazuki Takahashi

September 2002

January 2005

One Piece Red

Eiichiro Oda

April 2003

August 2003

Hikaru no Go (Hikaru No Go)

Yumi Hotta, Takeshi Obata

November 2003

December 2005

Neko Majin Z

Akira Toriyama

April 2004

June 2004

I"s

Masakazu Katsura

February 2005

May 2005

Black Cat

Kentaro Yabuki

June 2005

August 2005

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DNA² ( Japanese : D・N・A² ～何処かで失くしたあいつのアイツ～ , Hepburn : Dī En Ei Tsū : Dokoka de Nakushita Aitsu no Aitsu ) is a science fiction manga series written and illustrated by Masakazu Katsura . It was serialized across Shueisha 's Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine between 1993 and 1994 , spanning a total of five tankōbon volumes . DNA² was adapted into a 12-episode anime television series which ran on Nippon Television from October 7 , 1994 to December 23 , 1994 . This was followed by a three-episode anime original video animation ( OVA ) in 1995 . Produced by Madhouse and Studio Deen , the anime series was directed by Jun'ichi Sakata , whereas the character designer and animation director for the series was Kumiko Takahashi . DNA² has been broadcast in Japan by Animax , which has also aired the series across its respective networks worldwide , including its English-language networks in Southeast Asia and South Asia . All 15 episodes were licensed in North America by Central Park Media until their closing in 2009 . The five volumes and box set are out-of-print . Discotek Media has since re-licensed the series for a DVD release in 2014 .
Masakazu Katsura ( 桂 正和 , Katsura Masakazu , born December 10 , 1962 ) is a Japanese manga artist , known for several works of manga , including Wing-Man , Shadow Lady , DNA² , Video Girl Ai , Is , and Zetman . He has also worked as character designer for Iria : Zeiram the Animation , Tiger & Bunny and Garo -Guren no Tsuki- , as well as the video game Astral Chain .
Hunter × Hunter is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yoshihiro Togashi . It initially focuses on 11-year-old Gon Freecss and his quest to become a Hunter in order to find his father , Ging , who is himself a famous Hunter . On the way , Gon meets and becomes close friends with Killua Zoldyck , Kurapika and Leorio Paradinight , who all aim to become Hunters for their own reasons , and catches the attention of the murderous magician Hisoka . After becoming licensed , they clash with a gang of thieves known as the Phantom Troupe , before Gon and Killua enter the video game Greed Island in search of clues to find Ging . The two then immediately get involved in stopping the man-eating Chimera Ants from taking over mankind . Kurapika , Leorio and the other Zodiacs , a group of high-ranking Hunters , then begin escorting the Kakin Royal Family and Beyond Netero on an expedition to the unexplored Dark Continent . However , the ship ride is the start of a deadly game of succession among the princes to determine who will be the next king of Kakin . Hunter × Hunter has been serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine since March 16 , 1998 , with its chapters collected into thirty-six tankōbon volumes by publisher Shueisha . The first volume was released on June 4 , 1998 , and the thirty-sixth on October 4 , 2018 . Kurapika 's Memories ( クラピカ追憶編 , Kurapika Tsuioku-hen ) , a two-part manga Togashi wrote to act as a prequel to the first animated film Phantom Rouge , was published in the December 3 and 10 , 2012 issues of Weekly Shōnen Jump . The two chapters were collected into a single tankōbon , numbered Volume 0 of the series , that was given to the first one million theatergoers of the film . The series has also been published in a sōshūhen edition that aims to recreate the manga as it was originally serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump in the same size and with the color pages .
Yoshihiro Togashi ( 冨樫 義博 , Togashi Yoshihiro , born April 27 , 1966 ) is a Japanese manga artist . He began drawing manga at an early age ; while he attended college , the publishing company Shueisha recognized his talent . Togashi has authored numerous manga series in different genres during the past three decades . He is perhaps best known for writing and illustrating the YuYu Hakusho and Hunter × Hunter series , both of which have been published in the popular Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine . Togashi is married to Naoko Takeuchi , the author of Sailor Moon .
Naruto ( ナルト ) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masashi Kishimoto . It tells the story of Naruto Uzumaki , a young ninja who seeks to gain recognition from his peers and also dreams of becoming the Hokage , the leader of his village . The story is in two parts , the first set in Naruto 's pre-teen years , and the second in his teens . The series is based on two one-shot manga by Kishimoto : Karakuri ( 1995 ) , which earned Kishimoto an honorable mention in Shueisha 's monthly Hop Step Award the following year , and Naruto ( 1997 ) . Naruto was serialized in Shueisha 's magazine , Weekly Shōnen Jump from 1999 to 2014 , and released in tankōbon ( book ) form in 72 volumes . The manga was adapted into an anime television series produced by Pierrot and Aniplex , which broadcast 220 episodes in Japan from 2002 to 2007 ; the English adaptation of the series aired on Cartoon Network and YTV from 2005 to 2009 . Naruto : Shippuden , a sequel to the original series , premiered in Japan in 2007 , and ended in 2017 , after 500 episodes . The English adaptation was broadcast on Disney XD from 2009 to 2011 , airing the first 98 episodes , and then switched over to Adult Swim 's Toonami programming block in January 2014 , starting over from the first episode . The English adaptation is still airing weekly on Adult Swim to this day . Besides the anime series , Pierrot has developed eleven movies and twelve original video animations ( OVAs ) . Other Naruto-related merchandise includes light novels , video games , and trading cards developed by several companies . Viz Media licensed the manga and anime for North American production and serialized Naruto in their digital Weekly Shonen Jump magazine .
Masashi Kishimoto ( 岸本 斉史 , Kishimoto Masashi , born November 8 , 1974 ) is a Japanese manga artist . His best known work , Naruto , was in serialization from 1999 to 2014 and has sold over 250 million copies worldwide in 46 countries as of May 2019 . The series has been adapted into three anime and multiple films , video games , and related media . Besides the Naruto manga , Kishimoto also personally supervised the two canonical anime films , The Last : Naruto the Movie and Boruto : Naruto the Movie , and has written several one-shot stories . In 2019 , Kishimoto started writing the manga Samurai 8 : The Tale of Hachimaru . A reader of manga ever since a young age , Kishimoto showed a desire to write his own manga , citing authors Akira Toriyama and Katsuhiro Otomo as his main inspirations . As a result , Kishimoto spent several years working to write his own shōnen manga for Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine which he was a fan of .
Sand Land ( Japanese : サンドランド , Hepburn : Sando Rando ) is a short manga series written and illustrated by Akira Toriyama . It was serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine during the summer of 2000 and collected into one tankōbon volume on November 2 , 2000 by Shueisha . Sand Land was serialized in North America by Viz Media in their English Shonen Jump magazine in 2003 . It was later released in one graphic novel on December 24 , 2003 .
Akira Toriyama ( 鳥山 明 , Toriyama Akira , born April 5 , 1955 ) is a Japanese manga artist and character designer . He first achieved mainstream recognition for his highly successful manga series Dr. Slump , before going on to create Dragon Ball - his best-known work - and acting as a character designer for several popular video games such as the Dragon Quest series , Chrono Trigger and Blue Dragon . Toriyama is regarded as one of the artists that changed the history of manga , as his works are highly influential and popular , particularly Dragon Ball , which many manga artists cite as a source of inspiration . He earned the 1981 Shogakukan Manga Award for best shōnen or shōjo manga with Dr. Slump , and it went on to sell over 35 million copies in Japan . It was adapted into a successful anime series , with a second anime created in 1997 , 13 years after the manga ended . His next series , Dragon Ball , would become one of the most popular and successful manga in the world . Having sold 250-300 million copies worldwide , it is the second best-selling manga of all time and is considered to be one of the main reasons for the period when manga circulation was at its highest in the mid-1980s and mid-1990s . Overseas , Dragon Ball 's anime adaptations have been more successful than the manga and are credited with boosting anime 's popularity in the Western world . In 2019 , Toriyama was decorated a Chevalier of the French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres for his contributions to the arts .
One Piece ( Japanese : ワンピース , Hepburn : Wan Pīsu ) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Eiichiro Oda . It has been serialized in Shueisha 's Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine since July 22 , 1997 , and has been collected into 95 tankōbon volumes . The story follows the adventures of Monkey D. Luffy , a boy whose body gained the properties of rubber after unintentionally eating a Devil Fruit . With his crew of pirates , named the Straw Hat Pirates , Luffy explores the Grand Line in search of the world 's ultimate treasure known as One Piece in order to become the next King of the Pirates . The manga spawned a media franchise , having been adapted into a festival film produced by Production I.G , and an anime series produced by Toei Animation , which began broadcasting in Japan in 1999 . Additionally , Toei has developed fourteen animated feature films , one original video animation and thirteen television specials . Several companies have developed various types of merchandising and media , such as a trading card game and numerous video games . The manga series was licensed for an English language release in North America and the United Kingdom by Viz Media and in Australia by Madman Entertainment . The anime series was licensed by 4Kids Entertainment for an English-language release in North America in 2004 , before the license was dropped and subsequently acquired by Funimation in 2007 . One Piece has received praise for its storytelling , art , characterization , and humor . Several volumes of the manga have broken publishing records , including the highest initial print run of any book in Japan . The official website for Eiichiro Oda 's One Piece manga announced that the manga has set the Guinness World Record for the most copies published for the same comic book series by a single author .
Eiichiro Oda ( Japanese : 尾田 栄一郎 , Hepburn : Oda Eiichirō , born January 1 , 1975 ) is a Japanese manga artist , who is best known for his manga series One Piece ( 1997-present ) . With more than 462 million tankōbon copies in circulation worldwide , One Piece is the best-selling manga and the best-selling comic series of all time , making Oda one of the best-selling fiction authors . [ a ] The series ' popularity resulted in Oda being named one of the manga artists that changed the history of manga .
Shaman King ( Japanese : シャーマンキング , Hepburn : Shāman Kingu ) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiroyuki Takei . This manga follows the adventures of Yoh Asakura as he attempts to hone his shaman skills to become the Shaman King by winning the Shaman Fight . Takei chose shamanism as the main theme of the series because he wanted a topic that had never been attempted before in manga . The Shaman King manga was originally serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump between 1998 and 2004 . The individual chapters were collected and released in 32 tankōbon volumes by Shueisha . An animated television series was co-produced by TV Tokyo , NAS , and Xebec , which aired on Japan 's TV Tokyo network from 2001 to 2002 . The manga has also been reprinted in a kanzenban edition , and has spawned video games , a trading card game , and many types of Shaman King-related merchandise . In North America , Viz Media obtained the English-language license for the manga and published chapters of Shaman King in its Shonen Jump magazine from March 2003 to August 2007 . The anime series was licensed in North America by 4Kids Entertainment in 2003 , and aired on Fox Box . Exclusive video games were released by 4Kids Entertainment in North America and Europe . In Japan , the manga has been popular , selling over 26 million volumes . Both the manga and anime have been featured , at various times , in top ten lists of their respective media .
Hiroyuki Takei ( 武井 宏之 , Takei Hiroyuki , born May 15 , 1972 in Yomogita , Aomori Prefecture ) is a Japanese manga artist , best known as the creator of Shaman King .
Neko Majin ( ネコマジン ) is a series of one-shot manga written and illustrated by Akira Toriyama . Spanning eight total installments published irregularly between 1999 and 2005 in Weekly Shōnen Jump and Monthly Shōnen Jump , they were collected into a single kanzenban volume in April 2005 by Shueisha . Its later portion is named Neko Majin Z ( ネコマジン Z ) and is a self-parody of Toriyama 's Dragon Ball .
Dr. Slump ( Japanese : Dr. スランプ , Hepburn : Dokutā Suranpu ) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Akira Toriyama . It was serialized in Shueisha 's anthology magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump from 1980 to 1984 , with the chapters collected into 18 tankōbon volumes . The series follows the humorous adventures of the little girl robot Arale Norimaki , her creator Senbei Norimaki , and the other residents of the bizarre Penguin Village . The manga was adapted into an anime television series by Toei Animation that ran on Fuji TV from 1981 to 1986 for 243 episodes . A remake series was created thirteen years after the manga ended , consisting of 74 episodes that were broadcast from 1997 to 1999 . The series has also spawned several novels , video games and eleven animated films . Dr. Slump launched Toriyama 's career . It was awarded the Shogakukan Manga Award for shōnen and shōjo manga in 1981 and has sold over 35 million copies in Japan . The manga was released in North America by Viz Media from 2004 to 2009 . Discotek Media released the first five films in North America in 2014 .
Yu-Gi-Oh ! [ a ] is a Japanese manga series about gaming written and illustrated by Kazuki Takahashi . It was serialized in Shueisha 's Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine between September 30 , 1996 and March 8 , 2004 . The plot follows the story of a boy named Yugi Mutou , who solves the ancient Millennium Puzzle . Yugi awakens a gambling alter-ego within his body that solves his conflicts using various games . Two anime adaptations were produced ; one by Toei Animation , which aired from April 4 , 1998 to October 10 , 1998 , and another produced by NAS and animated by Studio Gallop titled Yu-Gi-Oh ! Duel Monsters , which aired between April 2000 and September 2004 . The manga series has spawned a media franchise that includes multiple spin-off manga and anime series , a trading card game , and numerous video games . Most of the incarnations of the franchise involve the fictional trading card game known as Duel Monsters , where each player uses cards to duel each other in a mock battle of fantasy monsters . This forms the basis for the real life Yu-Gi-Oh ! Trading Card Game . As of 2018 , Yu-Gi-Oh is one of the highest-grossing media franchises of all time .
Kazuki Takahashi ( 高橋 和希 , Takahashi Kazuki , also known as Kazuo Takahashi ( 高橋 一雅 , Takahashi Kazuo ) , born October 4 , 1961 ) is a Japanese manga artist and game creator , best known for creating Yu-Gi-Oh ! .
Hikaru no Go ( ヒカルの碁 , lit . Hikaru 's Go ) is a Japanese manga series based on the board game Go , written by Yumi Hotta and illustrated by Takeshi Obata . The production of the series ' Go games was supervised by Go professional Yukari Umezawa . It was serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump from 1999 to 2003 , with the chapters collected into 23 tankōbon volumes by Shueisha . It was adapted into an anime television series by Studio Pierrot , that ran for 75 episodes from 2001 to 2003 on TV Tokyo , with a New Year 's Special aired in January 2004 . Viz Media released both the manga and anime in North America ; they serialized the manga in Shonen Jump in addition to releasing its collected volumes in entirety , while the anime aired on ImaginAsian in addition to a DVD release that was cancelled prematurely . Hikaru no Go was well-received , with over 25 million copies in circulation and winning the Shogakukan Manga Award in 2000 and the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2003 . It is largely responsible for popularizing Go among the youth of Japan since its debut , and considered by Go players everywhere to have sparked worldwide interest in the game , noticeably increasing the Go-playing population around the globe .
Yumi Hotta ( 堀田 由美 , Hotta Yumi , most often written as ほった ゆみ , born October 15 , 1957 ) is a Japanese manga artist . Hotta is best known as the author of the best-selling manga and anime series Hikaru no Go , which is widely credited for the late 90s-2000s boom of the game of go in Japan . The idea behind Hikaru no Go began when Yumi Hotta played a pick-up game of go with her father-in-law . She thought that it might be fun to create a manga based on this traditional board game , and began the work under the title of Nine Stars ( 九つの星 , Kokonotsu no Hoshi ) , named for the nine star points on a go board . She later worked with Takeshi Obata ( the illustrator ) and Yukari Umezawa ( 5-Dan , the supervisor ) in the creation of Hikaru no Go . She won the 2000 Shogakukan Manga Award and the 2003 Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize for Hikaru no Go . She also had a short manga series Yūto ( ユート ) about long track speed skating that ran in Weekly Shōnen Jump in 2005 . Hotta 's husband is Kiyonari Hotta ( 堀田 清成 , Hotta Kiyonari ) , another manga artist known for manga about horse-racing . He was also well known as a contributor to the Chunichi Shimbun where he illustrated under the pen name Yumi Hotta ( ほった ゆみ , Hotta Yumi ) .
Takeshi Obata ( 小畑 健 , Obata Takeshi , born February 11 , 1969 ) is a Japanese manga artist that usually works as the illustrator in collaboration with a writer . He first gained international attention for Hikaru no Go ( 1998-2003 ) with Yumi Hotta , but is better known for Death Note ( 2003-2006 ) and Bakuman ( 2008-2012 ) with Tsugumi Ohba . Obata has mentored several well-known manga artists , including Nobuhiro Watsuki of Rurouni Kenshin fame , Black Cat creator Kentaro Yabuki , and Eyeshield 21 artist Yusuke Murata .
Is ( アイズ , Aizu ) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masakazu Katsura . The story 's main character is 16-year-old high school student Ichitaka Seto who is in love with his classmate Iori Yoshizuki , but too shy to tell her . Again and again he plans to tell her his true feelings , but each time something ( usually a misunderstanding of some kind ) gets in the way . Things become even more complicated when Itsuki Akiba returns to Japan ; she is a girl Ichitaka was friends with in their childhood before she moved to the United States , and who had a huge crush on him . Originally serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump in Japan from 1997 to 2000 , the series was collected into 15 tankōbon volumes by Shueisha . It was adapted into a two-episode original video animation , titled From Is , in 2002 , and a six-part OVA , called Is Pure , which was released in 2005 and 2006 . The manga and both OVAs were licensed in North America by Viz Media . The manga was released from April 2005 to September 2007 , while the OVAs were released as a box set on March 24 , 2009 .
Black Cat ( Japanese : ブラック・キャット , Hepburn : Burakku Kyatto ) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kentaro Yabuki . It was originally serialized in publisher Shueisha 's Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine from July 2000 to June 2004 , with the chapters later collected into twenty tankōbon ( bound volumes ) by Shueisha . The story centers on a man named Train Heartnet who withdrew from an elite group of assassins called the Chronos Numbers to become a bounty hunter . The series was adapted into a twenty-four episode anime television series by studio Gonzo , which originally aired on Tokyo Broadcasting System ( TBS ) channel from October 2005 to March 2006 . The manga was licensed for English-language publication in North America by Viz Media and in Australasia by Madman Entertainment . Funimation Entertainment licensed the anime for an English dub and North American broadcast on their own Funimation Channel , with Madman releasing it in Australasia and MVM Films in the United Kingdom . In Japan , the Black Cat manga sold over 12 million copies , while in North America several volumes have been featured in weekly top ten lists of best-selling manga . The anime has also been popular in both Japan and North America . Manga and anime critics had praise for Black Cat 's action , differing views on the artwork and characters , and mainly negative comments for its plot which has been criticized for having typical elements of shōnen manga ( targeted at boys ) .
Kentaro Yabuki ( 矢吹 健太朗 , Yabuki Kentarō , born February 4 , 1980 ) is a Japanese manga artist and illustrator , best known as the creator of Black Cat and co-creator of To Love Ru with Saki Hasemi . His mentor was Takeshi Obata , the illustrator of Death Note , Hikaru no Go and Bakuman .