Longest manga?

[Hisoka]

What's the longest running manga thats still coming out? Is it Hajime no Ippo which now has 70+ volumes?

[mr. yotsuya]

i don't really know. =P i think berserk is one of the longest currently running (in terms of time when it was first published) even though it has fewer volumes. =P another guess would be inuyasha. sazaesan would probably be the longest manga ever period.

[wyrd]

Kochikame's volume count is already over a hundred and is still running in Shonen Jump I think. That'd probably be the longest currently running.

...There's a sazaesan manga?

[Tama83]

To Hisoka: Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Koenmae Hashutsujo (This is the Katsushika Ward Police Box in front of Kameari Park) is the longest running manga (to my knowledge), having run in Shonen Jump since 1976.

To wyrd: Yes, but not in the way you're thinking of. Sazae-san was actually a newspaper comic strip that first began running in the 1940's. I don't know if it's still running today though.

[Stelok]

The longest running manga I thought was Dragon Ball Z.

[guyverfanboy]

The longest running manga I thought was Dragon Ball Z.

Nope. Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Koenmae Hashutsujo is longest rnning manga with some 130+ graphic novels to date.

[Imasyon]

wow! didn't know such a long manga extsts! I meant that Detective Conan would be the longest...

[Tama83]

There's also "Dokaben", a baseball manga that has been running in Shonen Champion (published by Akita Shoten) since the 1970's (I believe).

I'm not sure, but I think "Glass no Kamen" (first serialzied in the 1970's) is still running in Hakusensha's "Hana to Yume" magazine. Either that, or it ended (the most recent volume came out last year I believe).

Oh, and Ichirou Ohgami, just so you know (in case you didn't already), the "Z" only applies to the anime; all 42 volumes of the manga are known as simply "Dragon Ball" in Japan. Viz used the "Z" name for everything beginning with the Saiyans saga in order to avoid confusion.

[guyverfanboy]

Jo Jo's Bizarre Adventure is pretty long too, right? Like 60-70 volumes?

[Tama83]

Yes, but it ended some time ago.

[guyverfanboy]

Yes, but it ended some time ago.

Do you know the exact number?

[Tama83]

"Jojo no Kimyou na Bouken" ended in 2003 with 80 volumes

According to Shueisha's website:

"Jojo no Kimyou na Bouken": 63 volumes
"Jojo no Kimyou na Bouken Series 6: Stone Ocean": 17 volumes

Total: 80 volumes

[guyverfanboy]

"Jojo no Kimyou na Bouken" ended in 2003 with 80 volumes

According to Shueisha's website:

"Jojo no Kimyou na Bouken": 63 volumes
"Jojo no Kimyou na Bouken Series 6: Stone Ocean": 17 volumes

Total: 80 volumes

Must have been one expensive license for Viz to get. :eww:

[bidule]

Besides Kochikame, another long-running manga is Golgo 13 by Saitou Takao which count something like 130+ volumes.

Tama83 : Glass no Kamen counts 42 volumes and have been running since 1976, but is still not finished.

Another long-running shoujo series is Patariro by Maya Mineo with 70+volumes. There have been an anime adaptation in the 80s, and another one is coming this year (Patariro Seiyuki).

[Tama83]

I don't know about Golgo 13, it looks like it ended ages ago.

[Eclipse]

Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kouen-mae Hashutsusho - 143 volumes as of March.

Golgo 13 - 135 voluems as of March

Oishimbo - 90 volumes and still going

[lucky4life]

Woooooow! And I thought that Ranma 1/2 was really really long. Geez! You can label me officially impressed now.

[Tama83]

Where is Golgo 13 serialized? Last time I checked it was serialized by Shogakukan in "Big Comics". Did it change companies, or something like that?

[Eclipse]

Where is Golgo 13 serialized? Last time I checked it was serialized by Shogakukan in "Big Comics". Did it change companies, or something like that?
Still in Big Comic (http://bigcomic.jp)

[Tama83]

I stand corrected. It's serialized in Big Comics, but the graphic novels are published by another company (a company called Leed, who first started publishing them in 1989). What's up with that?

[Yatsuhiko]

O_o And to think I was gonna embaress myself and say GTO or Initial D. Good Thing I read.

[Keldran]

I've heard there's a ridiculously long Romance of the Three Kingdoms manga, does anyone here have any insight on this?

[Keldran]

Eh never mind, I found it.


Sangokushi by Yokoyama Mitsuteru (mangaka behind Tetsujin 28, Giant Robo, etc)
60 Volumes from 1973-1988

So yeah... pretty damn long but others listed here are longer.

[gaijinsan]

O_o And to think I was gonna embaress myself and say GTO or Initial D. Good Thing I read.

lol, I was thinking gto too :)

[germanturkey]

there are longer ones, but the Ah! My Goddess manga has been running since 1980 something..

[Smith]

Akira has gotta be the longest one-story/series manga out there.

[guyverfanboy]

Akira has gotta be the longest one-story/series manga out there.

At what, 6 volumes? Are you kidding me? Did you even read the other posts?!

[Smith]

I know, but they're dang thick and the pages have more and bigger pictures. Suppose that were modified to be a smaller manga I imagine it'd get stretched out to way more than 6 volumes. Akira probably isn't the longest manga though. But the volumes are dang thick like no other manga.

[Ariel Tsuki]

To Hisoka: Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Koenmae Hashutsujo (This is the Katsushika Ward Police Box in front of Kameari Park) is the longest running manga (to my knowledge), having run in Shonen Jump since 1976.

To wyrd: Yes, but not in the way you're thinking of. Sazae-san was actually a newspaper comic strip that first began running in the 1940's. I don't know if it's still running today though.

To my recollection, Sazae-san is still running, but the liast time I checked was around November o last year or so, but I think it's still running though, I have to research when the last tankouban came out.

[Taichi EX]

I can't believe Blech has lasted so long

[HitokiriShadow]

If Dark Horse keeps their current pace, their English version of 3x3 Eyes is going to be around 80 volumes.

[guyverfanboy]

If Dark Horse keeps their current pace, their English version of 3x3 Eyes is going to be around 80 volumes.

Nope. Dark Horse canceled the series.

And for that matter, how do you get 80 volumes from a 40 volume series? o_O

[HitokiriShadow]

I'd heard they canceled once before, but I've never seen any proof. One can only hope they gave up and that someone else will get the rights to it and do it right.

You can easily get 80 volumes from a 40 volume series when you make the volume size half the size of the originals.

[guyverfanboy]

I'd heard they canceled once before, but I've never seen any proof. One can only hope they gave up and that someone else will get the rights to it and do it right.

http://www.animeondvd.com/specials/manga/compcharts.php?pub=60 ;)

[HitokiriShadow]

http://www.animeondvd.com/specials/manga/compcharts.php?pub=60 ;)

And according to that, Dark Horse is still working on it.

[guyverfanboy]

And according to that, Dark Horse is still working on it.

Look Here (http://forums.animeondvd.com/showthreaded.php?Cat=&Number=867419&page=&view=&sb=5&o=&vc=1)

3x3 is cancelled. So don't expect to see it in the future unless the license expires and someone else picks it up. ;)

[HitokiriShadow]

Look Here (http://forums.animeondvd.com/showthreaded.php?Cat=&Number=867419&page=&view=&sb=5&o=&vc=1)

3x3 is cancelled. So don't expect to see it in the future unless the license expires and someone else picks it up. ;)

Okay, that's better. Thank you! ^_^

[guyverfanboy]

Okay, that's better. Thank you! ^_^


No prob, I was too lazy to search for it last time. -_-;

[LikaLaruku]

Only 3 I can think of are Detective Konan, Patarrilo, & Black Jack.

(3X3) Sazan Eyes was canceled? :'( That was my first-ever english manga....also the only manga I have Magazine sized.

[sazae]

To my recollection, Sazae-san is still running, but the liast time I checked was around November o last year or so, but I think it's still running though, I have to research when the last tankouban came out.

I'm suprised that Sazae-san may still be going. When I left Japan (way back in the mid-80's) they had stopped running it in the paper. I remember that soon after Hasegawa died they brought it back for a little while to remember her contributions. I only really watch the anime though and havn't even looked at a Japanese newspaper in almost 2 years.

[havokin]

Yes, but it ended some time ago.

Jojo's Bizarre Adventure is ongoing, I thought, with Steel Ball Run, could be wrong, but I heard that it is the second longest manga still running...

[Jun_Inohara]

I'm not sure, but I think "Glass no Kamen" (first serialzied in the 1970's) is still running in Hakusensha's "Hana to Yume" magazine. Either that, or it ended (the most recent volume came out last year I believe).

It for sure hasn`t been running in HanaYume regularly in the last 3 years. In fact, I can`t remember if I`ve even seen it in a single chapter of it, as I buy nearly every one (for those of you that read Japanese, I HIGHLY recommend "Golden Days", whichs runs in. It`s fanTAStic), but I have no idea if it ever officially ended. I just know it`s publication was erratic (and if it hasn`t really ended, still is apparently!). Perhaps it was moved to another magazine? That happens on occassion.

[NineBacker]

Kochikame, hands-down. But who would bother reading that many books? O_O

[Samael]

At what, 6 volumes? Are you kidding me? Did you even read the other posts?!

Actually if you count the time for the last issue to come out it did take a long time like 5 years after issue 37. Otomo had a huge writers block on how to end it.

[Ariel Tsuki]

Jojo's Bizarre Adventure is ongoing, I thought, with Steel Ball Run, could be wrong, but I heard that it is the second longest manga still running...

Yup, Steel Ball Run is a part of the JoJo saga, the seventh part in fact. Although, according to Wiki, it wasn't declared it was part of the JoJo saga until recently (which is why people, including me, thought they were two different titles).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steel_Ball_Run

Nah, in terms of time, Golgo 13 is the longest running, Kochikame is second. But in terms of total volumes, Kochikame is king. I think Jojo was the longest Jump title so far.

[RPGQueen]

Always thought it would be Inuyasha, when will it end?

[Dr. Ezra]

You can easily get 80 volumes from a 40 volume series when you make the volume size half the size of the originals.

I hated that. They were so tiny.

Such a shame, what a wonderful series. I wish Dark Horse would get their act together.

[Aya Nakamura]

Always thought it would be Inuyasha, when will it end?
Yeh it looks like Inuyasha will never end...Its gonna be going on forever

[Caster13]

I'd heard they canceled once before, but I've never seen any proof. One can only hope they gave up and that someone else will get the rights to it and do it right.

You can easily get 80 volumes from a 40 volume series when you make the volume size half the size of the originals.

WHAT!?!??!?!!:blink: those manga released are HALF the size of what they're supposed to be!? ive only read 2 full volumes and looked at the end of the "8th" volume. from what i understand the OVAs cover the first 8. because of differences between the anime and the manga, its dead on. but half the size!? thats not right.

i know its been canceled for a while, because of lack of sales. no surprise, because its a pretty much unknown series. which is a damn shame, because this one is a classic.

[Althalus]

If Dark Horse keeps their current pace, their English version of 3x3 Eyes is going to be around 80 volumes.You can easily get 80 volumes from a 40 volume series when you make the volume size half the size of the originals.(insert gap of almost 2 years here; I wrote a complete reply to that guy before I realized it'd be a bit late for that)

WHAT!?!??!?!!:blink: those manga released are HALF the size of what they're supposed to be!? ive only read 2 full volumes and looked at the end of the "8th" volume. from what i understand the OVAs cover the first 8. because of differences between the anime and the manga, its dead on. but half the size!? thats not right.
It's not quite as bad as that. Most of the DH volumes are indeed thinner than the Japanese volumes, but not by half (except for volume 2-4). The 8 DH trades should cover (roughly) the first 6 of the Japanese volumes (all of which have about 240 pages per volume).

Remember: that was still the time (1995-2002) when the real money came from monthlies, not collections. Why tailor a US-collection exactly after an existing Japanese collection if you don't want/need neither the format nor layout and page-count? Also it was seen as a plus to have less cliffhangers and more completed story-arcs, if possible. The Japanese collections just chopped off the story when a certain page-count was reached.

Only after the advent of the pocket-book format and unflipped releases did it make sense to just use the same subdivisions as the original editions, even if it was only as a means to create more meaningful groupings of content for licensing ("I'll have the first 5 volumes of that, please")... that last bit being pure speculation, of course ;)

And getting back on topic:

The best-known long series have probably all been named by now: Kochi-kame, Golgo 13, Oishinbo, Patariro, Hajime no Ippo, and probably a dozen others that aren't as well-known (or quite a bit shorter). If a series has less than 40 volumes, it probably wouldn't even qualify for a top 30 of longest series (though that's a very rough guess... could be off by a dozen either way).


~Althalus

[Rikimaru]

gah so many volumes...that makes my head spin

[Twilightedge]

The longest running manga series ever is Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen Mae Hashutsujo. It has 158 volumes over 1400 chapters and is still ongoing. Golgo 13 hasn't been in constant publication unlike Kochikame.

[Ryuuichi009]

The longest running manga series ever is Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen Mae Hashutsujo. It has 158 volumes over 1400 chapters and is still ongoing. Golgo 13 hasn't been in constant publication unlike Kochikame.

O_O OMFG How much does each volume cost? I could only imagine having to buy each volume when one comes out. Heck with the money you saved from not buying it you could probably buy a PS3 a 360 and have plenty to spare even if each volume was only 7 bucks including tax!

[Althalus]

Kochi-kame is up to 160 volumes now and one volume currently costs Y410, which is about $3.80. That would make it a bit more than $600 for the complete series... ^^;


~Althalus

[taily]

Nope. Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Koenmae Hashutsujo is longest rnning manga with some 130+ graphic novels to date.

Why is this thread still going? It's been answered. ^

[balisongnet]

Golgo 13, with 148 volumes. (One of the longest)

[balisongnet]

Dragon ball Z ended Ages ago, einstein

[taily]

O_O OMFG How much does each volume cost? I could only imagine having to buy each volume when one comes out. Heck with the money you saved from not buying it you could probably buy a PS3 a 360 and have plenty to spare even if each volume was only 7 bucks including tax!

It's not out in english and manga's cheaper in Japan. If you were a long time fan of it you would have built up your collection over the years and it would seem to barley cost a thing.

[Stafal-chan]

Always thought it would be Inuyasha, when will it end?

~_~ Who knows...I gave up on buying the books for that around book 20 though....

I truly detest manga's that run this long...I mean at some point they just get boring. Though InuYasha is the only one I've been following of all the ones listed...(I always watched Dragon Ball on TV) Long manga series annoy me and cost me too much money :lol:

[taily]

~_~ Who knows...I gave up on buying the books for that around book 20 though....


Um, yeah, at the time of RPGqueens post she didn't know any better, but it finished recently.

[chibiyume]

the only longest manga i will be getting is tsubasa chronicle i don't know if special a will be long though but yes tsubasa chronicle manga will be the only long series in my collection

[Stafal-chan]

Um, yeah, at the time of RPGqueens post she didn't know any better, but it finished recently.

WHAT? INUYASHA ACTUALLY FINISHED!!!!???? The manga...it's done...completely done...no more chasing damn Naraku in circles forever!? how many volumes?

[Nasjo01]

One of the longest Manga's that I now includes Naruto, Bleach, One piece, eyeshield21 and Hajime no Ippo.

[Nasjo01]

Hajime no Ippo is the Longest up to 800+ chapters and still going :D

[balisongnet]

OMG, if you don't know what you're talking about don't say anything.

[Kochikame_lover]

Huh Kochikame is the longest with 1650 chapters and 166 volumes!!

[ernabc]

Kochikame is longest manga but there are some manhua longer than it . For example :
http://www.hrcomic.com/comicinfo/1282.html +300vol
http://www.hrcomic.com/comicinfo/2120.html +214vol

and there are more...

vol=volume
act=chapter

[momosohma81]

all I an think of right now is XXholic, the inuyasha, Ranma 1/2
some of the less common ones I'm thinking of don't want to mis-type the name. ^^

[momosohma81]

One of the longest Manga's that I now includes Naruto, Bleach, One piece, eyeshield21 and Hajime no Ippo.

LOVE LOVE LOVE Eyeshield21 but the manga volume # isn't past 30 I don't think....has it?

[ThePhillyFlash]

Well, the longest manga series in my collection is Oh My Goddess at 34 volumes.

[Spoonsnuggle]

The longest in mine is xxxHOLiC at 14 volumes, lol.

But...Naruto is pretty freakin' long....And so is Bleach. In fact, Bleach is just going to keep going and going until the author dies. He has publicly announced it, so...Is Bleach just all filler now? :(

[aileenroger1]

Well, according to my point of view Naruto was longest manga. I do not think anyone does not know who is Naruto. This is one of the animated series, which is popular worldwide. This is probably one of the longest series as well. Young and old, Western and Asian were all fascinated by this anime.

[Dr. Ezra]

I don't read One Piece but I know it's past 56 volumes and still going.

[Magnus]

yes Dragon Ball Z is the longest anime manga..

[holangjai]

Yup, One Piece is 59 volumes in and still going. Kochikami is ridiculously long, there's also Golgo 13.

Eyeshield finished at volume 37