Shonen Sunday is a popular Japanese manga that has been in publication since 1959 and has been home to several popular titles.
The Japanese website gooranking conducted a poll that collected votes from 14,846 users in response to the question, "What is the best manga in the history of Shonen Sunday?" See the top 10 below.
1st place: Detective Conan (2,407 votes)
Detective Conan takes first place in the ranking with 2,407 votes. However, the manga by Gosho Aoyama has been in publication since 1994 and is approaching its 100th volume. The series has an anime with almost 1000 episodes and several films.
Synopsis : Detective Conan is the story of Kudo Shinichi, a young prodigy detective, who by chance was investigating a suspicious exchange between two men dressed in black when he was attacked from behind and, defenseless, was used as a guinea pig to experiment with a drug that was supposed to kill him without leaving a trace, but instead, the drug had a very different effect: it made his body physically regress, as if he were a seven-year-old child again. (via: Wikipedia)
2nd place: Ushio to Tora (1,793 votes)
In second place we have Ushio to Tora, a work by Kazuhiro Fujita (who also has another work in the top 10 at number 9, Karakuri Circus). The 33-volume manga has over 30 million copies in circulation, an OVA released in the 90s, and a 39-episode anime released in 2015 (which is officially available on Crunchyroll).
Synopsis : Long ago, a ferocious monster terrorized the land, until a samurai, wielding the legendary "Beast Spear," sealed the monster away and restored peace. 500 years later, a boy named Ushio Aotsuki accidentally finds the monster in a secret basement at his family's temple. Ushio names the monster "Tora," and they unwittingly end up working together to fight other spirits and demons. (via: Crunchyroll)
3rd place: Konjiki no Gash Bell (1,263 votes)
Gash Bell (known in Brazil as Zatch Bell) is a manga by Makoto Raiku that was serialized from 2001 to 2007. The work was adapted into an anime that was dubbed in Brazil.
Synopsis : Every thousand years, one hundred demons from a parallel world called the Demon World are sent to Earth to battle each other, so that the last one remaining becomes the king of their world. They carry with them a book, written with strange letters that are actually unrevealed spells that unleash a mamodo's hidden power; when awakened, these spells become readable, and the human guardian can activate them. Over time and through battles, more spells are revealed in the book, and thus the mamodo becomes stronger. The power of these spells also depends on the will of the mamodo and their guardian.
- 4th place: Silver Spoon (1,111 votes)
- 5th place: Patlabor (1,054 votes)
- 6th place: Major (890 votes)
- 7th place: Urusei Yatsura (801 votes)
- 8th place: Musashi no Ken (727 votes)
- 9th place: Karakuri Circus (672 votes)
- 10th place: Touch (563 votes)
Finally, you can check out the complete list of Shonen Sunday here .
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