Overseas Anime Fans Choose Top Manga They Want To See Animated

Inspired by the annual “Manga We Want To See Animated” ranking in Japan, a Twitter user conducted a similar poll to find the most desired manga adaptations among Western audiences.

The poll, conducted over a two-week period in February, invited fans to cast their votes for manga series yet to receive an animated adaptation.

Notably, titles already slated for anime production or those with existing adaptations were excluded from consideration.

Here are top 25 manga western fans are most eager to see animated:

25. Kaoru Hana Wa Rin To Saku by Saka Mikami

24. Gokurakugai by Yuto Sano

23. I Am A Hero by Kengo Hanazawa

22. Chi No Wadachi by Shuzo Oshimi

21. Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint by Sing Shong, UMI, and Sleepy-C

20. Ruri Dragon by Masaoki Shindo

19. My Hero Academia: Vigilantes by Hideyuki Furuhashi

18. I Sold My Life For Ten Thousand Yen Per Year by Shoichi Taguchi

17. Jagaaan by Muneyuki Kaneshiro and Kensuke Nishida

16. Sun-Ken Rock by Boichi

15. Gachiakuta by Kei Urana

14. Homunculus by Hideo Yamamoto

13. Kagurabachi by Takeru Hokazono

12. The Climber by Shin-ichi Sakamoto, Yoshiro Nabeda and Sakamoto

11. Billy Bat by Naoki Urasawa and Takashi Nagasaki

10. Real by Takehiko Inoue

9. Choujin X by Sui Ishida

8. Akane-Banashi by Yuki Suenaga and Takamasa Moue

7. Oyasumi Punpun

by Inio Asano

6. Goodbye, Eri by Tatsuki Fujimoto

5. Fire Punch by Tatsuki Fujimoto

4. Vagabond by Takehiko Inoue

3. JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Steel Ball Run by Hirohiko Araki

2. 20th Century Boys by Naoki Urasawa

1. Sakamoto Days by Yuto Suzuki

Hami Nakasora’s slice-of-life manga Shinanonchi no Ikuru took the first place in the latest edition of the official poll of ‘Manga We Want to See Animated Ranking’ in Japan, with Emufujin’s Shogakusei Emamoto Emumi no Katte Kimama coming in second.

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