Ever wondered which manga is the longest? With more chapters and volumes? In this article, we are going to see a ranking of the longest manga in the world and highlight 15 of them. Can you keep up with them or will you give up halfway through?
We will put the title of the manga, followed by the author, number of volumes, year of release, and the magazine it is released in. All the mangas below are likely still in production; otherwise, there will be an end date.
Probably until this article is out, some manga have gained 1 more volume, so take the number of volumes as a base. The possibility that there are other mangas with more volumes that did not appear on the list.
For every 3 manga mentioned in the article, we will leave a photo with the cover of the 3. See how there are mangas much longer than the popular One Piece and Detective Conan.
Table of Content
Longest manga list
See below for a list of the longest manga of all time. The names of some manga may be in English, going unnoticed by those who are used to Japanese names. Not all have a number of chapters.
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| Manga | Volumes | Chapters | Author |
| Dokaben | 205 | Shinji Mizushima | |
| This is the name of a location in Japan and does not require translation. It remains as: Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo.
|
200 | 1,960 | Osamu Akimoto |
| goal 13 | 195 | 633 | Takao Saito |
| Minami no Teiō
|
154 | 1,386 | Dai Tennōji, Rikiya Gō |
| "Cooking Papa"
|
151 | 1,478 | Tochi Ueyama |
| Grappler Baki
|
136 | 1,194 | Keisuke Itagaki |
| Ginga: Nagareboshi Gin
|
132 | 977 | Yoshihiro Takahashi |
| Hajime no Ippo | 126 | 1,274 | George Morikawa |
| JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
|
125 | 933 | Hirohiko Araki |
| Haggregum | 112 | 1,039 | George Akiyama |
| Oishinbo | 111 | 1,039 | Tetsu Kariya,Akira Hanasaki |
| Nijitte Monogatari | 111 | 1,276 | Kazuo Koike,Satomi Kōe |
| Shizukanaru Don - Yakuza Side Story
|
108 | 1,175 | Tatsuo Nitta |
| Onihei Hankachō | 107 | Takao Saito | |
| Abu-san | 107 | 976 | Shinji Mizushima |
| "Little Rascal Kobo-chan" | 104 | 13,352 | Masashi Ueda |
| Tsuribaka Nisshi | 103 | 963 | Jūzō Yamasaki, Kenichi Kitami |
| Captain Tsubasa
|
102 | 620 | Yōichi Takahashi |
| Pataliro! | 101 | 472[38] | Mineo Maya |
| Mahjong Legend of the Flying Dragon: Tenpai | 101 | 1,007 | Tomoshi Kuga, Nobuaki Minegishi |
| Edomae no Shun
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100 | 1,037 | Mori Tsukumo, Terushi Satō |
| Asari-chan | 100 | 1,738 | Mayumi Muroyama |
| Detective Conan | 97 | 1,046 | Gosho Aoyama |
| Major | 95 | 909 | Takuya Mitsuda |
| One Piece | 95 | 967 | Eiichiro Oda |
| Kōtarō Makaritōru!
|
94 | 464 | Tatsuya Hiruta |
| Super Doctor K | 89 | 844[54] | Kazuo Mafune |
| Super Radical GagFamily
|
87 | 1,301 | Hamaoka Kenji |
| Hakuryuu | 83 | 709 | Dai Tennouji, Michio Watanabe |
| Nanto Magoroku
|
81 | 391 | Kei Sadayasu |
| Sōmubu Sōmuka Yamaguchi Roppeita
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81 | 731 | Norio Hayashi, Ken'ichirō Takai |
| Tough | 81 | 900 | Tetsuya Saruwatari |
| Ironfist Chinmi
|
80 | 376 | Takeshi Maekawa |
| Dear Boys | 80 | 335 | Hiroki Yagami |
| Os Arquivos do Caso Kindaichi
|
80 | 642[65] | Yōzaburō Kanari, Seimaru Amagi, Fumiya Satō |
| Futari Ecchi
|
80 | 772 | Katsu Aki |
| Seito Shokun! | 80 | Shoji Yoko | |
| Inochi no Utsuwa
|
79 | 308 | Kimiko Uehara |
| Kabachitare! | 78 | 835 | Takashi Tajima, Takahiro Kochi |
| Zero: O Homem da Criação
|
78 | 488 | Shirō Toozaki, Kei Satomi |
| "Fisherman Sanpei"
|
77 | Takao Yaguchi | |
| Gin Tama | 77 | 704 | Hideaki Sorachi |
| Kachō Kōsaku Shima
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76 | 863 | Hirokane Kenshi |
| Wind Land | 75 | 678[82] | Nobuhiro Sakata, Eiji Kazama |
| Marugoshi Deka
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75 | 395 | Ken Kitashiba, Michio Watanabe |
| Bleach | 74 | 706 | Tito Kubo |
| Aji Ichi Monme | 73 | 734 | Zenta Abe Yoshimi Kurata |
| Kattobi Itto
|
73 | Motoki Monma | |
| Naruto
|
72 | 700 | Masashi Kishimoto |
| Sonhos | 71 | 480 | Tarō Nami, Sanbanchi Kawa |
| Kaiji | 71 | 730 | Nobuyuki Fukumoto |
| Shura no Mon | 70 | Masatoshi Kawahara | |
| O Príncipe do Tênis
|
69 | 651 | Takeshi Konomi |
| Duel Masters | 69 | 276 | Shigenobu Matsumoto |
| Higanjima | 69 | 689 | Kōji Matsumoto |
| Kinnikuman | 68 | 669 | Yudetamago |
| Pokémon Adventures
|
68 | 640 | Hidenori Kusaka,Mato,Satoshi Yamamoto |
| Jarinko Chie | 67 | 408 | Etsumi Haruki |
| Dirgeful Industrial Volleyboys | 67 | 711 | Hiroyuki Murada |
| Pôr do sol na Rua Terceira
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66 | 1,052 | Ryouhei Saigan |
| Jingi | 66 | 553 | Ayumi Tachihara |
| Boys Be... | 66 | 479 | Masahiro Itabashi,Hiroyuki Tamakoshi |
| Crest of the Royal Family
|
65 | Chieko Hosokawa | |
| Ace of Diamond
|
65 | 582[107] | Yuji Terajima |
| Rakudai Ninja Rantaro
|
64 | 359 | Sōbē Amako |
| Kariage-kun | 63 | Masashi Ueda | |
| QED | 63 | 125[111] | Motohiro Katou |
| Mogura no Uta | 63 | 632 | Noboru Takahashi |
| Yowamushi Pedal | 63 | 544 | Wataru Watanabe |
| Fairy Tail | 63 | 545 | Hiro Mashima |
| Drops of God | 62 | 602 | Tadashi Agi |
| The Chef | 62 | 500 | Mai Tsurugina,Tadashi Katō |
| Emblema Take 2 | 62 | 635 | Kazumasa Kiuchi, Jun Watanabe |
| GodHand Teru
|
62 | 478 | Kazuki Yamamoto |
| G・DEFEND | 61 | Shuu Morimoto | |
| Kenichi: O Discípulo mais Poderoso
|
61 | 583 | Syun Matsuena |
| Tasogare Ryūseigun
|
60 | 540 | Kenshi Hirokane |
| Sangokushi | 60 | 438 | Yokoyama Mitsuteru |
| Kirarin☆Revolution
|
59 | 1,126 | Yoshito Usui |
| Ryūrōden | 58 | 290 | Yoshito Yamahara |
| Wataru ga Pyun!
|
58 | 242 | Tsuyoshi Nakaima |
| Ashita Tenki ni Naare
|
58 | Tetsuya Chiba | |
| The Knight in the Area
|
57 | 498 | Hiroaki Igano |
| Inuyasha | 56 | 558 | Rumiko Takahashi |
| Wangan Midnight
|
56 | 167 | Michiharu Kusunoki |
| Zettai Karen Children | 55 | 540 | Takashi Shiina |
| Kingdom | 55 | 621 | Yasuhisa Hara |
| Circuit no Ōkami
|
55 | 340 | Satoshi Ikezawa |
| Super Mario-kun
|
54 | 683 | Yukio Sawada |
| Afro Tanaka | 54 | 609 | Masaharu Noritsuke |
| Alfheim Knight
|
54 | 238 | Seika Nakayama |
| Love Seikatsu | 52 | 632 | Hikaru Yuzuki |
| Keiji | 52 | 341 | Hara Tetsuo, Horie Nobuhiko, Deguchi Masato |
| Mukoubuchi | 52 | 458 | Tenjishi Etsuya |
| Giant Killing | 52 | 517 | Masaya Tsunamoto |
| Midori no Makibaō | 52 | 580 | Tsunomaru |
| Hayate the Combat Butler
|
52 | 568 | Kenjiro Hata |
| 4P Tanaka-kun | 51 | 459 | Tarō Nami, Sanbanchi Kawa |
| Ring ni Kakero
|
51 | 456 | Masami Kurumada |
| Boys Over Flowers
|
50 | Yoko Kamio | |
| Arakure Knight | 50 | 460 | Satoshi Yoshida |
| Ahiru no Sora | 50 | 303 | Takeshi Hinata |
| 750 Rider | 50 | Isami Ishii | |
| Hōchō Mushuku | 50 | 302 | Yasuyuki Tagawa |
| Maji! | 50 | 446 | Ayumi Tachihara |
| Kirin | 50[142] | Shohei Harumoto | |
| Karate Shōkōshi Kohinata Minoru
|
50 | 500 | Yasushi Baba |
| Glass Mask
|
49 | Suzue Miuchi | |
| Hell Teacher Nūbē | 49 | 399 | Makura Shō,Takeshi Okano |
| "Addicted to Curry"
|
49 | 534 | Kazuki Funatsu |
| Angel Heart | 49 | 442 | Tsukasa Hojo |
| Usogui | 49 | 539 | Toshio Sako |
| 3×3 Eyes | 48 | 441 | Yuzo Takada |
| Wild 7 | 48 | Mikiya Mochizuki | |
| Be-Bop High School
|
48 | 308 | Kazuhiro Kiuchi |
| Nozomi Witches
|
48 | 493 | Toshio Nobe |
| Azumi | 48 | 350 | Yū Koyama |
| Dan Doh!! | 48 | 422 | Nobuhiro Sakata, Daichi Banjō |
| Initial D | 48 | 719 | Shuichi Shigeno |
| Oh My Goddess!
|
48 | 308 | Kōsuke Fujishima |
| Shota no Sushi | 48 | 400 | Daisuke Terasawa |
| Bachi Bachi | 48 | 426 | Takahiro Sato |
| Camaleão | 47 | 429 | Atsushi Kase |
| Baby Steps | 47 | 455 | Hikari Katsuki |
| Gambling Racer
|
46 | 477 | Makoto Tanaka |
| Ushijima the Loan Shark | 46 | 492 | Shohei Manabe |
| The Narrow Road to the Deep North | 45 | 998 | Roswell Hosoki |
| Sazae-san | 45 | 6,477 | Machiko Hasegawa |
| Doraemon | 45 | 1,345 | Fujiko F. Fujio |
| Violence Jack
|
45 | Go Nagai | |
| "Violinist of Hameln"
|
45 | 209 | Michiaki Watanabe |
| História do Rei do Mar
|
45 | Masatoshi Kawahara | |
| Bonobono | 44 | Mikio Igarashi | |
| Skip Beat! | 44 | 271 | Yoshiki Nakamura |
| Chiisana Koi no Monogatari
|
44 | Chikako Mitsuhashi | |
| Kaze Hikaru: Koshien
|
44 | 178 | Tarō Nami, Sanbanchi Kawa |
| Shō Ban | 44 | 340 | Yūji Moritaka, Yukitarō Matsushima |
| Pastry | 44 | 213 | Toshihiko Kobayashi |
| Last Inning | 44 | 439 | Ryu Kamio |
| Kaze Hikaru | 43 | Taeko Watanabe | |
| Sōta no Hōchō | 43 | 420 | Yūichirō Sueda, Kei Honjō |
| Eleven | 43 | Nami Tarou, Takahashi Hiroshi | |
| F | 43 | 472 | Noboru Rokuda |
| Osu!! Karate Bu
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43 | 483 | Kōji Takahashi |
| Karakuri Circus
|
43 | 425 | Kazuhiro Fujita |
| Kura no Yado | 43 | 493 | Yūji Nishi, Toshinobu Tana |
| zip | 43 | 421 | Kaiji Kawaguchi |
| "Trevo" | 43 | 401 | Hirakawa Tetsuhiro |
| Toriko | 43 | 396 | Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro |
| Chihayafuru | 42 | 217 | Yuki Suetsugu |
| Dragon Ball
|
42 | 519 | Akira Toriyama |
| Rokudenashi Blues | 42 | 422 | Masanori Morita |
| Ryū: Ron | 42 | 369 | Motoka Murakami |
| Tsukiji Uogashi Sandaime | 42 | 324 | Ken'ichi Ōishi, Masaharu Nabeshima, Kazuto Kuwa, Mitsuo Hashimoto |
| Kurosagi | 42 | 463 | Takeshi Natsuhara |
| Reborn! | 42 | 410 | Akira Amano |
| Jogador lendário Tetsuya.
|
41 | 339 | Fūmei Sai, Yasushi Hoshino |
| Yugo | 41 | Shinji Makari, Shuu Akana | |
| Haikyu!! | 40 | 376 | Haruichi Furudate |
| Berserk | 40 | 374 | Kentaro Miura |
| Psychometer Eiji
|
40 | Shin Kibayashi | |
| Angel Voice | 40 | Takao Koyano | |
| Rin-ne | 40 | 398 | Rumiko Takahashi |
| Grandpa Danger | 40 | Kazutoshi Soyama | |
| Kenritsu Umisora High School Baseball Club Yamashita Tarou-kun | 40 | Koseki Kouji |
KochiKame - The longest manga
Osamu Akimoto - 196 volumes - 1976 - Shōnen Jump
Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo [こちら葛飾区亀有公園前派出所] literally means "This is the police station in front of Kameari Park in Katsuhika Ward".
The series tells the stories of a group of police officers in the city of Tokyo, especially the stories of Kankichi Ryotsu, the protagonist of the series who gets into all kinds of trouble, dragging the other characters with him. It has a total of 1,873 chapters.
Dokaben - The longest sports manga
Shinji Mizushima - 188 volumes - 1972 - Shōnen Champion
Tarou "Dokaben" Yamada was a judo player during high school, but he enters Meikun High School and is invited to join the baseball club. He showcases his superb athletic skills in baseball and becomes known…
Golgo 13 - The longest action manga
Takao Saito - 177 volumes - 1968 - Big Comic
Duke Togo, the protagonist of the manga is an assassin for hire his name derives from Golgotha, the hill where Jesus was crucified. He is compared to James Bond, however he has no morals and is rather dark. He is a mystery marksman, with an accuracy of nearly 100%. He is also a heavy cigar smoker.
Minami no Teiō
Emperor Dai Tennōji, Rikiya Gō - 141 volumes - 1992 - Weekly Manga Goraku
The story revolves around Ginjiro Manda, a loan shark who charges 10% interest every 10 days, or 365% per year. Thanks to his foolproof money-raising tactic, he is known as the demon of Minami, Osaka's commercial district.
"Cooking Papa"
Tochi Ueyama - 132 volumes - 1985 - Semanal Manhã
The story revolves around a salaryman who cooks well but doesn't want anyone from his workplace to find out. He lets them believe that his wife prepares his meals when, in fact, she does nothing. genre seinen
Grappler Baki
Keisuke Itagaki - 121 volumes - 1991 - Weekly Shōnen Champion
The series tells the saga of young Baki Hanma who aspires to be stronger than his father. The big problem is that his father, Yujiro Hanma, is the strongest living being on the planet. To do so, he faces the toughest training available, in addition to facing all kinds of opponents in which each of them has a very peculiar fighting style.
In fact, what no one knows is that Baki doesn't want to get stronger for his own ambition. What he wants is his mother's love. His mother, who has a huge passion for power, despises her son for finding him weak and only has eyes for the boy's father, Yujiro Hanma. That's why Baki always tries to beat his father so that his mother loves him too. Having this huge motivation, he never gives up on getting stronger.
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
Hirohiko Araki - 114 volumes - 1986 - Shueisha (Jump)
JoJo no Kimyo na Boken currently has eight series/seasons of the “JoJo's Bizarre Adventure” manga, each has its own cast of characters and plot (but there are always links between the characters of each). The main plot tells the story of the Joestar family, a family whose members are destined to take down supernatural enemies using unique powers they think they possess. It is a very popular manga in Japan.
Nijitte Monogatari
Kazuo Koike, Satomi Kōe - 111 volumes - 1978 - Weekly Post
The story follows a samurai from the Edo Era. Genre: Seinen, Action, Comedy
Oishinbo
Tetsu Kariya and Akira Hanasaki - 111 volumes - 1983 - Big Comic Spirits
Oishinbo is a drama about newspaper reporters. The main character is a cynical food critic named Yamaoka. Oishinbo is a traditional comic book popular for adults in Japan. He is mentioned in an episode of "Iron Chef."
Hajime no Ippo
Jyoji Morikawa - 111 volumes - 1989 - Weekly Shōnen Magazine
Makunouchi Ippo is a very shy 16-year-old boy, he works with his mother who owns a shop that rents boats for fishing. Due to work, he never has free time to play sports and make friends. One day some boys from his school surrounded him on the way home, and started beating Ippo, until a famous boxer Takamura Mamoru appeared to save him. Impressed by Takamura's strength, Ippo asks to be trained and learn boxing.
Shizukanaru Don - Yakuza Side Story
Tatsuo Nitta - 108 volumes - 1988 - 2013 - Weekly Manga Sunday
This manga depicts the life of Shizuya Kondou, a man who designs underwear during the day and is “don” of a gang at night.
Abu-san
Shinji Mizushima - 107 volumes - 1973 - 2014 - Big Comic Original
Abu-san is a baseball manga that tells the story of baseball player Kageura Yasutake
Haggregum
George Akiyama - 105 volumes - 1973 - Big Comic Original
Set in the late Edo era (Tokugawa Shoganate), the series depicts the Cloud's family, his wife, and their 11-year-old son and 8-year-old daughter. Cloud's is always ignoring work and playing games all day. Cloud's is notorious and womanizing.
Asari-chan
Mayumi Muroyama - 100 volumes - 1978 - 2014 - Várias revistas Kodomo
The story follows Asari, an elementary school student, a normal but stupid girl who doesn't get along with her family.
Kōtarō Makaritōru!
Tatsuya Hiruta - 94 volumes - 1982 - 2004 - Weekly Shōnen Magazine
The manga tells the story of a karate expert student who is descended from a long lineage of ninjas. While he is a genius in combat, he lacks common sense and any inhibitions. He spends most of his time getting into trouble with school staff and trying to steal girls' panties; especially Mayumi's. He is very protective of three things: his long hair, his panty collection, and Mayumi.
These were the 15 longest mangas that exist according to my research. Did you notice that big names like Detective Conan and One Piece are not present? There are many mangas that we have never heard of...
Can you keep up with these huge works? Do you follow any of them? Leave your comments. In the future I will create an article about the longest anime in the world.