Oricon took a “funniest manga” poll and TokyoGraph has the results: Gintama (licensed in English by VIZ Media) took the top spot! Gintama is one of those funny series that is huge in Japan but not terribly popular in the west– although that could be in part because its anime remains mysteriously unlicensed.
And the full list is:
- 1. Gintama
- 2. One Piece
- 3. Ping Pong Club/Sexy Commando
- 5. Gag Manga Biyori
- 6. Nodame Cantabile/Urayasu Tekkin Kazoku
- 8. Kochira Katsushikaku Kameari Kouenmae Hashutsujo
- 9. Pyu to Fuku! Jaguar and Lovely Complex
You should check out TokyoGraph’s coverage, because they’ve got notes on how things were across gender lines (Gag Manga Biyori was the only title to hit the top 5 for both sexes, for example). It’s kind of neat to see the list because while some of them are popular in the west (Nodame, Love*Con, One Piece), some of them I’ve never heard of (…Kochira Katsushikaku Kameari Kouenmae Hashutsujo).