Timeline: The History of Manga

Feb 6, 1919

Born: Takashi Yanase

Works: Anpanman

Nov 3, 1928

Born: Osamu Tezuka

Works: Astro Boy

Dec 1, 1933

Born: Hiroshi Fujimoto

Works: Obake no Q-Tarō, Ninja Hattori-kun, Kaibutsu-kun, Doraemon
Formed the "Fujiko Fujio" duo along with Motoo Abiko

Mar 10, 1934

Born: Motoo Abiko

Works: Obake no Q-Tarō, Ninja Hattori-kun, Kaibutsu-kun, Doraemon
Formed the "Fujiko Fujio" duo along with Hiroshi Fujimoto

May 26, 1937

Born: Kazuhiko "Monkey Punch" Kato

Works: Lupin III

Jan 25, 1938

Born: Shotaro Ishinomori

Works: Kamen Rider, Super Sentai, Cyborg 009

Jan 11, 1939

Born: Tetsuya Chiba

Works: Ashita no Joe, Notari Matsutaro

Sep 6, 1945

Born: Go Nagai

Works: Cutie Honey, Devilman, Mazinger Z, Violence Jack

Period: Jan 4, 1946 to Mar 31, 1946

Diary of Ma-chan

Published in Mainichi Shimbun's "Shokokumin Shinbun" (Mainichi elementary school children's Newspaper)

Period: 1950 to 1954

Kimba the White Lion

Published in Gakudosha's "Manga Shonen"

Period: Apr 3, 1952 to Mar 12, 1968

Astro Boy

Published in Kobunsha's "Shonen"

Period: 1953 to 1956

Princess Knight

Published in Kodansha's "Shojo Club"

Dec 6, 1953

Born: Masami Kurumada

Works: Saint Seiya

Period: 1954 to 1988

Phoenix

Published in "Manga Shonen" (1954-55, 1973-81), "Shojo Club" (1956-57), "COM" (1967-73), and "Yasei Jidai" (1986-88)

Apr 14, 1954

Born: Katsuhito Otomo

Works: Akira

Apr 5, 1955

Born: Akira Toriyama

Works: Dragon Ball

Apr 21, 1958

Born: Yoshito Usui

Works: Crayon Shin-chan

Mar 17, 1959

First Issue: Weekly Shonen Magazine

Company: Kodansha

Jan 2, 1960

Born: Naoki Urasawa

Works: Monster, 20th Century Boys, Pluto, Billy Bat, Asadora!

Jun 7, 1960

Born: Hirohiko Araki

Works: Baoh, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure

Jul 28, 1960

Born: Yoichi Takahashi

Works: Captain Tsubasa

Oct 4, 1961

Born: Kazuki Takahashi

Works: Yu-Gi-Oh!

Period: Jul 19, 1964 to 1981

Cyborg 009

Published in [numerous publisher]'s [numerous magazines]

Jan 17, 1966

Born: Jyoji "George" Morikawa

Works: Hajime no Ippo

Apr 27, 1966

Born: Yoshihiro Togashi

Works: YuYu Hakusho, Hunter x Hunter

Jul 11, 1966

Born: Kentaro Miura

Works: Berserk

Period: 1967 to 1969

Dororo

Published in Shogakukan's "Weekly Shonen Sunday" (1967-68) and Akita Shoten's "Boken'o" (1969)

Jan 12, 1967

Born: Takehiko Inoue

Works: Slam Dunk, Vagabond, Real

Mar 15, 1967

Born: Naoko Takeuchi

Works: Sailor Moon

Period: Aug 10, 1967 to May 22, 1969

Lupin III

Published in Futabasha's "Weekly Manga Action"

1968

Born: Norihiro Yagi

Works: Angel Densetsu, Claymore

Period: Jan 1, 1968 to May 13, 1973

Ashita no Joe

Published in Kodansha's "Weekly Shonen Magazine"

Aug 1, 1968

First Issue: Weekly Shonen Jump

Company: Shueisha

Period: 1969 to Jun 23, 1996

Doraemon

Published in Shogakukan's "CoroCoro Comic"

Feb 11, 1969

Born: Takeshi Obata

Works: Death Note (illustrator), Bakuman. (illustrator), Platinum End (illustrator)

Period: 1972 to 1983

Buddha

Published in Ushio Shuppan's "Kibo no tomo" (Comic Tom)

Period: Jun 11, 1972 to Jun 24, 1973

Devilman

Published in Kodansha's "Weekly Shonen Magazine"

Period: 1973 to 2013

Anpanman

Published by Froebel-kan

May 8, 1973

Born: Hiromu Arakawa

Works: Fullmetal Alchemist

Period: Jul 22, 1973 to Sep 29, 1974

Violence Jack

Published in Kodansha's "Weekly Shonen Magazine"

Period: Oct 1, 1973 to Apr 1, 1974

Cutie Honey

Published in Kodansha's "Weekly Shonen Magazine"

Period: Nov 19, 1973 to Oct 14, 1983

Black Jack

Published in Akita Shoten's "Weekly Shonen Champion"

Nov 8, 1974

Born: Masashi Kishimoto

Works: Naruto

Jan 1, 1975

Born: Eiichiro Oda

Works: One Piece

Jun 20, 1976

Born: Riichiro Inagaki

Works: Eyeshield 21, Dr. Stone

May 3, 1977

Born: Hiro Mashima

Works: Rave Master, Fairy Tail, Eden's Zero

May 15, 1977

First Issue: CoroCoro Comic

Company: Shogakukan

Jun 23, 1977

Born: Tite Kubo

Works: Bleach

Jul 4, 1978

Born: Yusuke Murata

Works: Eyeshield 21, One-Punch Man

Sep 20, 1979

Born: Atsushi Ohkubo

Works: Soul Eater, Fire Force

Period: Feb 4, 1980 to Sep 10, 1984

Dr. Slump

Published in Shueisha's "Weekly Shonen Jump"

Period: Apr 13, 1981 to May 9, 1988

Captain Tsubasa

Published in Shueisha's "Weekly Shonen Jump"

Period: Dec 20, 1982 to Jun 25, 1990

Akira

Published in Kodansha's "Weekly Young Magazine"

Mar 7, 1983

Born: Haruichi Furudate

Works: Haikyu!!

Period: Sep 13, 1983 to Aug 8, 1988

Fist of the North Star

Published in Shueisha's "Weekly Shonen Jump"
Written by Yoshiyuki Okamura (Pen name: Buronson)
Illustrated by Tetsuo Hara

Period: May 20, 1984 to Feb 12, 1985

Baoh

Published in Shueisha's "Weekly Shonen Jump"

Period: Dec 3, 1984 to Jun 5, 1995

Dragon Ball

Published in Shueisha's "Weekly Shonen Jump"

Dec 26, 1985

Born: Shuichi Aso

Works: The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.

Period: Jan 1, 1986 to Dec 12, 1990

Saint Seiya

Published in Shueisha's "Weekly Shonen Jump"

Aug 29, 1986

Born: Hajime Isayama

Works: Attack on Titan

Nov 20, 1986

Born: Kohei Horikoshi

Works: My Hero Academia

Period: Jan 1, 1987 to Aug 19, 2021

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure

Published in Shueisha's "Weekly Shonen Jump" (1989-2004), and "Ultra Jump" (2005-2021)

Period: 1989 to 2023

Serializing: Berserk

Published in Hakuensha's "Monthly Animal House" (1989-1992) and "Young Animal" (1992-Present)

May 5, 1989

Born: Koyoharu Gotouge

Works: Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba

Period: Oct 11, 1989 to 2023

Serializing: Hajime no Ippo

Published in Kodansha's "Weekly Shonen Magazine"

Period: 1990 to 2010

Crayon Shin-chan

Published in Futabasha's "Weekly Manga Action" (1990-2000), and "Manga Town" (2000-2010)

Period: Oct 1, 1990 to Jun 17, 1996

Slam Dunk

Published in Shueisha's "Weekly Shonen Jump"

Period: Dec 3, 1990 to Jul 25, 1994

YuYu Hakusho

Published in Shueisha's "Weekly Shonen Jump"

Period: Dec 28, 1991 to Feb 3, 1997

Sailor Moon

Published in Kodansha's "Nakayoshi"

Feb 26, 1992

Born: Gege Akutami

Works: Jujutsu Kaisen

Oct 10, 1993

Born: Tatsuki Fujimoto

Works: Fire Punch, Chainsaw Man, Look Back, Goodbye, Eri

Period: 1994 to 2001

Monster

Published in Shogakukan's "Big Comic Original"

Period: Sep 30, 1996 to Mar 8, 2004

Yu-Gi-Oh!

Published in Shueisha's "Weekly Shonen Jump"

Period: Jul 22, 1997 to 2023

Serializing: One Piece

Published in Shueisha's "Weekly Shonen Jump"

Period: Mar 16, 1998 to 2023

Serializing: Hunter x Hunter

Published in Shueisha's "Weekly Shonen Jump"

Period: Sep 17, 1998 to 2023

Serializing: Vagabond

Published in Kodansha's "Morning"

Period: 1999 to 2006

20th Century Boys

Published in Shogakukan's "Big Comic Spirits"

Period: 1999 to 2023

Serializing: Real

Published in Shueisha's "Weekly Young Jump"

Period: Jul 21, 1999 to Sep 9, 2005

Rave Master

Published in Kodansha's "Weekly Shonen Magazine"

Period: Sep 21, 1999 to Nov 10, 2014

Naruto

Published in Shueisha's "Weekly Shonen Jump"

Period: Jun 6, 2001 to Oct 4, 2014

Claymore

Published in Shueisha's "Monthly Shonen Jump" (2001-2007), "Weekly Shonen Jump" (2007), and "Jump Square" (2007-2014)

Period: Jul 12, 2001 to Jun 11, 2010

Fullmetal Alchemist

Published in Square Enix's "Monthly Shonen Gangan"

Period: Aug 7, 2001 to Aug 22, 2016

Bleach

Published in Shueisha's "Weekly Shonen Jump"

Period: Sep 5, 2003 to Apr 4, 2009

Pluto

Published in Shogakukan's "Big Comic Original"
Written by Naoki Urasawa and Takashi Nagasaki
Illustrated by Naoki Urasawa

Period: Dec 1, 2003 to May 15, 2006

Death Note

Published in Shueisha's "Weekly Shonen Jump"
Written by Tsugumi Ohba
Illustrated by Takeshi Obata

Period: May 12, 2004 to Aug 12, 2013

Soul Eater

Published in Square Enix's "Monthly Shonen Gangan"

Period: Aug 2, 2006 to Jul 26, 2017

Fairy Tail

Published in Kodansha's "Weekly Shonen Magazine"

Period: Aug 11, 2008 to Apr 23, 2012

Bakuman.

Published in Shueisha's "Weekly Shonen Jump"
Written by Tsugumi Ohba
Illustrated by Takeshi Obata

Period: Oct 16, 2008 to Aug 16, 2016

Billy Bat

Published in Kodansha's "Morning"
Written by Naoki Urasawa and Takashi Nagasaki
Illustrated by Naoki Urasawa

Period: Sep 9, 2009 to Apr 9, 2021

Attack on Titan

Published in Kodansha's "Bessatsu Shonen Magazine"

Period: Feb 20, 2012 to Jul 20, 2020

Haikyuu!!

Published in Shueisha's "Weekly Shonen Jump"

Period: May 14, 2012 to Jul 26, 2018

The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.

Published in Shueisha's "Weekly Shonen Jump"

Period: Jun 14, 2012 to 2023

Serializing: One-Punch Man

Published in Shueisha's "Weekly Shonen Jump"

Period: Jul 7, 2014 to 2023

Serializing: My Hero Academia

Published in Shueisha's "Weekly Shonen Jump"

Period: Feb 15, 2016 to May 18, 2020

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba

Published in Shueisha's "Weekly Shonen Jump"

Period: Apr 18, 2016 to Jan 1, 2018

Fire Punch

Published in Shueisha's "Shonen Jump +"

Period: Mar 6, 2017 to Mar 7, 2022

Dr. Stone

Published in Shueisha's "Weekly Shonen Jump"

Period: Mar 17, 2017 to 2023

Serializing: Tokyo Revengers

Published in Kodansha's "Weekly Shonen Magazine"

Period: Mar 5, 2018 to 2023

Serializing: Jujutsu Kaisen

Published in Shueisha's "Weekly Shonen Jump"

Period: Jun 27, 2018 to 2023

Serializing: Edens Zero

Published in Kodansha's "Weekly Shonen Magazine"

Period: Oct 6, 2018 to 2023

Serializing: Asadora!

Published in Shogakukan's "Weekly Big Comic Spirits"

Period: Dec 3, 2018 to Dec 14, 2020

Chainsaw Man

Published in Shueisha's "Weekly Shonen Jump"