Survey Says... DEATH NOTE is the Greatest Shounen Manga of the 2000s
Gintama, Eyeshield 21, Bleach and other favorites also made the list
Contrary to some what some grimacing old-schoolers (like myself) believe, this past decade was actually pretty good for anime, and gave us lots of unique and memorable titles. Japanese news site Ameba hosted a poll asking its readers what the best Jump manga of the 2000s was--the full list and votes from the 15,000 participants go as follows:
1. Death Note (4,267)
2. Gintama (3,746)
3. Bleach (2,569)
4. Toriko (658)
5. Kateikyoushi Hitman Reborn! (642)
6. Bakuman. (597)
7. Eyeshield 21 (478)
8. Ichigo 100% (436)
9. Beelzebub (386)
10. Pyu to Fuku! Jaguar (347)
It makes sense, at least to me. Death Note uses mind games and deception like other series use superpowered martial arts, so despite all appearances it is a very traditional shounen series. And just in case you guys are wondering where One Piece and Naruto are, those series both started in the late '90s, so they weren't eligible for this survey.
What about you? Did Death Note deserve the win and its popularity? What do you think is the best shounen series of the 2000s?
via Orends:Range, Ameba
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12/14/11 by appletongamer
Death Note is garbage.
Light was a retard..... show made no sense, all I know is if I had the note book, I first would have used it to establish a position of power that would not leave me in such a weakened state in the first place.
Light was a retard..... show made no sense, all I know is if I had the note book, I first would have used it to establish a position of power that would not leave me in such a weakened state in the first place.
From these 10 that I've watched anyway i would have put it as:
1. Kateikyoushi Hitman Reborn!
2. Death Note
3. Bleach
4. Bakuman.
5.Ichigo 100%
6. Eyeshield 21
7. Beelzebub
while that would be my personal listing have problems for death note taking first. I loved death note right until the last episode. Beelzebub I put lower just because of how new it is, but it is a good one. All in all these selections are truly amazing Anime/Manga that I've read and seen multiple times(minus beelzebub and I never finished eyeshield).
1. Kateikyoushi Hitman Reborn!
2. Death Note
3. Bleach
4. Bakuman.
5.Ichigo 100%
6. Eyeshield 21
7. Beelzebub
while that would be my personal listing have problems for death note taking first. I loved death note right until the last episode. Beelzebub I put lower just because of how new it is, but it is a good one. All in all these selections are truly amazing Anime/Manga that I've read and seen multiple times(minus beelzebub and I never finished eyeshield).
where is Fullmetal Alchemist?!' It's the one i think that does beat DN for all time. Other than it, Eyeshield 21 is great too.
1.Higurashi
2. I_Dentity
3.EVA : Angelic Days
2. I_Dentity
3.EVA : Angelic Days
Meh, Death Note doesn't hold a candle to Gantz.
It would have surprised me if Death Note WASN'T number 1!!!!
10/27/11 by pika-pika-shuuichi
Can't help but notice Bakuman is also in the top 10. Surely this shows that the Ohba/Obata pair can make some pretty popular manga. Personally, I'm a big fan of their collaborations.
I'm really happy that Death Note made the top of the list, though. It's great to see a non-battle manga at the top! I'm not a huge fan of battle manga, at least not for the battles themselves. If I follow a battle manga, it's for the story, the setting, and the characters.
I'm really happy that Death Note made the top of the list, though. It's great to see a non-battle manga at the top! I'm not a huge fan of battle manga, at least not for the battles themselves. If I follow a battle manga, it's for the story, the setting, and the characters.
10/27/11 by TerraGamerX
Indeed Death Note earned status as historical. I can't really think of any others for the candidate of #1 within the period it has set. However I think Code Geass belongs on this Top 10. Though I still haven't seen it to the end...
Glad to see Reborn made the ranks too. I look forward to their next return to TV. I still want fillers over absence of a show, but their current experiment will bring important data fortunately.
Glad to see Reborn made the ranks too. I look forward to their next return to TV. I still want fillers over absence of a show, but their current experiment will bring important data fortunately.
10/27/11 by Darkmagick8
This is a poll for manga run in Weekly Shounen Jump. I assume you're referring to the Code Geass anime - not even a manga, much less something run in Jump.
10/27/11 by TerraGamerX
Ah, yeah, you're right. My eyes completely skipped over "Jump" and only witnessed the "2000s" criteria.
Yes Death note is the #1 anime of the 2000s
#2 is in my opinion Bakuman
Followed by Beelzebub and Bleach
#2 is in my opinion Bakuman
Followed by Beelzebub and Bleach
i am really overrating Bakuman. dont care as it's my favorite and it's really good.
and i only read Death Note, Naruto, Beelzebub, Kagami no Kuni no Harisugawa (new), ST&RS (new).
and watched/watching Sket Dance, Nurarihyon, and a bit of others. so i can't really give much thought =S
but Death Note was good. i thought it was seinen though.
and i only read Death Note, Naruto, Beelzebub, Kagami no Kuni no Harisugawa (new), ST&RS (new).
and watched/watching Sket Dance, Nurarihyon, and a bit of others. so i can't really give much thought =S
but Death Note was good. i thought it was seinen though.
Yea I am reading Kagami no Kuni no Harisugawa, and it really doesn't protrait regular shounen jump style manga. And I really do dislike Bakuman. Id rather watch sket dance then Bakuman. Check out Gintama since thats no where in your list, it is number 2 for a reason.
10/27/11 by Anonymooo
I completely forgot to say what I thought should've won.
I'm in the major minority here and find Eyeshield 21 to be the best Jump manga of the 2000s, for its expert use of cliffhangers and the way its writer made you really root for the team. Also, best art in a modern shounen series, bar none. There's a reason Shueisha uses Yuusuke Murata for all its promotional stuff.
I'm in the major minority here and find Eyeshield 21 to be the best Jump manga of the 2000s, for its expert use of cliffhangers and the way its writer made you really root for the team. Also, best art in a modern shounen series, bar none. There's a reason Shueisha uses Yuusuke Murata for all its promotional stuff.
10/27/11 by TerraGamerX
Great to hear it. I guess I need to better look into Eyeshield 21. I assumed a sports theme to not have potential for great achievements, but Giant Killing already convinced me to be more open to it. I hear people name Eyeshield 21 plenty often, so I guess I must be missing out at present.
hell yeah it was the best anime in the 2000's
Definitely! DEATH NOTE is one of the greatest works I know.
By my name you probably know my reaction to this. . . . .
nice...^^..banzai DEATNOTE...^^
wtf where the he'll did they put code geass?! code geass is by far the best its just coz not sooo many people know it :/
This poll is for SHOUNEN JUMP MANGA, try reading next time.
Death Note was certainly the most intricate, but that intricacy tangled itself up in the ending, a la Tsubasa Chronicle fashion.
10/27/11 by mirrinigma
I think that Tsubasa Chronicle was an order of magnitude further towards convoluted intricacy.
10/27/11 by Zaera_Dourden
Death Note is intellegent, beautiful and heart wrenching. It certainly deserves to be on top of this list.
Gintama got second YAY. Really is my favourite show. So annoying that viz cancelled the english version of the manga.
10/27/11 by RedCaderyn
I'm surprised Ichigo 100% made it to number 8. Not that it isn't great, I did really enjoy reading that series, but to see a ecchi, harem romance to make it into a top 10 of best manga in jump for the past decade, is surprising to me.
Death Note is probably the most unique out of all of these thats why I think it deserves it's spot but I think Bakuman should at least be 3rd if not 2nd...People may hate me for this but I don't think Beelzebub deserves to be on this list >.>
yay to the most nonmainstream shounen series i know!
10/28/11 by weedworm
Hm, interesting. I don't actually read any shounen mangas (except the first few chapters of Naruto, my favorite long-running anime), so it is good to know that Death Note is worth reading (I loved the anime). My favorite mangas, in general, are Berserk and 20th Century Boys.
Death Note is not a shounen series. It is a Seinen. I fail to see how Death Note if for a younger audience.
Lol no its shounen. Seinen would be something like Monster.
Death Note was good for the first few volumes then it went bad and ended bad thats all I can say.
yeah deathnote, gintama and bleach . lol if u havent seen GINTAMA u should watch it (skip first to episodes ) the rest of the show is hilarious . WATCH IT
WOO ICHIGO 100% IN TOP 10. My life is now complwte :lol:
1/13/12 by iashakezula
Yeah I agree Death Note the manga was very very popular but to see Gintama following behind it is just amazing even though I could not get into the manga.
surprised gintama is up there
Death Note is, if nothing else, pretty much the only one everyone could be expected to agree on. It's a lot of people's favorite and probably makes just about everyone's Top 10.
2/28/12 by animecrazy14
Meh...Death Note's good but...Bleach and Reborn deserve to be at the top.
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