Wednesday 7 November 2018

My top 10 manga series with the best cover art

One of the best things that can get people interested in a manga series, or at least, get people started on them anyway, is the way that whatever is on it might peak their interest and so they'd be more likely to pick it up and want to read it. They can also be very appealing because they look so good and the artwork on them is really fantastic and creative and kinda impressive too. And these picks are obviously just my opinion and how I personally like these manga covers. I'll be showing the first volumes of each of these series just to give an example of my point. And so, let's begin and I hope you all like this.
10. Bleach:
Starting us off at number 10 is probably the most basic out of all the manga covers on here. Whenever Tite Kubo makes a cover for any of these mangas, he only ever draws one character for each volume. Which is pretty fine and basic, but compared to other manga covers out there, it's not anything that special. It's still really good and, in my opinion, this is probably the best manga that serves for the 3-in-1 mangas because they're able to use the characters from the volumes to their advantage with one character on the front and then the other two on the back, which does help out with that a lot and it does benefit it from that.
9. Fairy Tail:
Fairy Tail 1
Next up is a series that tries does a bit more in terms of making designs for it's covers, Fairy Tail. I would say the covers for the Fairy Tail mangas are a bit more elaborate than Bleach in terms of what Hiro Mashima tries to put on it. He fills the cover with a lot of detail, whether it be big or small. It obviously does have a character on it, but it also has a lot around it to show the world's environment and I love that aspect to it. An they can be nice to look at too with the colours and actual artwork too.
8. My Hero Academia:

Personally, I've only recently gotten into My Hero Academia, but I'm really enjoying it and the covers for the mangas seem really creative and imaginative. And it's pretty clever with how they're presented because it's supposed to resemble an actual superhero comic book. Mainly ones from the 60's with the number of the volume and the Shonen Jump symbol on the top left with a character's face on it. That alone is really creative, but also, Kohei Horikoshi art is really fantastic on these. Personally, I got into this series because of a friend of mine, but seeing these manga covers as well is great to see and great to get people invested in its story.
7. Seven Deadly Sins:
The Seven Deadly Sins Vol. 1 - (EU) Comics by comiXology
This is another anime where I got into it because of someone else recently. I was interested in this for a while because a lot of people were talking about it, but mainly because my brother really liked it and is collecting the mangas themselves. I had actually wanted to get into it for a while and recently, I have. And I've started reading the mangas too. And one thing that really sticks out to me about them is the different covers on them. For one, I like the way the title is shown, that alone does look really cool, but I also like the character's designs on them too like Meliodas himself.
6. Yu-Gi-Oh!:

I had already said before that I thought the Yu-Gi-Oh mangas were some of the best looking in terms of what Kazuki Takahashi put in them with all the detail, but the covers on them are awesome too because they share the same thing like the amazing detail and the cool character designs. Given that both Yugi and Atam both have the most impossible hairstyle I think I've ever seen, I can only imagine what that must have been like when Takahashi was making them himself. The rest of it also looks great too like when he does like hieroglyphic writing on it. It can also be impressive when a huge monster is on it too like Slifer and some other characters are on it too like Atem and Marik.
5. Naruto:

Being one of the three most popular mangas of all time, along with Dragon Ball and One Piece, the Naruto mangas have some really creative covers. The first few volumes always look like the characters are doing some poses with ninja gear. And then later on, yeah, Kishimoto did kinda stay doing the same thing, but the covers also presented a little bit more of what was happening in the story. The last volume even shows the future of what exactly happens when Naruto is grown up and an adult as the Hokage. The 3-in-1's also have a bit of a pattern with always having Naruto himself on the front. And I like the actual designs too like how they show what could happen in the volume or showing the characters in a great way.
4. Dragon Ball:
Dragon Ball, Vol. 1
With it being the most famous manga series and anime of all time, the Dragon Ball manga covers are kind of an interesting case. They certainly look cool and they can show a bit of the story sometimes, but a lot of them also show some weird things like how a character might be doing an out of left field thing or they're driving some kinda vehicle. The 3-in-1's are also kinda interesting for me because I feel like sometime they choose the right picture for them, and other times, I feel they don't. Like, volume 12 of the 3-in-1's I feel should have been a picture of Goku and Gohan doing their Kamehameha, but it's Goku talking to everyone with King Kai, or volume 14 is Gotenks fighting Super Buu when I personally think it should have been Goku using the Spirit Bomb against Kid Buu. Still though, the artwork is always cool and I like the look of them all.
3. Fullmetal Alchemist:

It's a testament to Arakawa's amazing skill as an artist and a storyteller how she can continually make each volume of her volumes as cool and interesting than the last. I'm personally kinda curious to know what people's reactions were when they first saw the first volume of Fullmetal Alchemist with Ed on the front and Al as the armour behind him. It's not like that really gives us much information about the story as a whole. And all of them have some really cool look to them and as they keep going, they doing slowing give one little more piece about the story.
2. Death Note:
Coming in close to number 1 is the manga that I feel also has the best art in it, Death Note. Kinda like the Fullmetal Alchemist manga covers, the covers for the Death Note manga are ones where I wonder what people thought of for the first one. It just shows Light with a scythe and Ryuk in the background. Each one of the volumes just contains a wide shots of a different character on it. Maybe two characters would be on it. And given Takehi Obata is already an amazing artist for the inside of the manga, the outside can be just as good as the inside, which is really saying something in my opinion considering how amazing I think the regular art for the inside of the manga really is.
And the number 1 manga with the best cover art is... One Piece:
And finally at number 1 is the cover art for the long running mang series, One Piece. This is the series that I feel always does something creative and new with every single volume that comes out. Every time a new volume of this series comes out, I'm always amazed with the fanatastic looking covers that comes with it. You can definitely tell that Eiichiro Oda goes all out when it comes to these and he tries his hardest to make them look as good as he can. They all always either great to look at due to whatever picture is on it, or due to the great looking colours on it. And they're always great to see. The only downside to it is that, while I'm actually collecting the 3-in-1 mangas for One Piece, I don't really like the choice they made to make the covers because they make where it looks like the covers are all smashed together and you can only see one little line of what the overall design actually is. You can't see the full picture. Personally, I think they should have had it where the picture are in a square on the bottom and the first would go on the top right, the second on the top left and the last on the very bottom. I don't think that would have improved it or even good, it's just an idea I had. Still though, the covers themselves are always nice to look at and I love how much effort Oda puts into them. And so everyone, those are my picks for the top 10 mangas with the best cover art. Thank you all for reading and please comment down below to tell me what you think. And, if you like mangas, please comment to tell me your favourite manga cover.

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