Welcome to the GlobalComix Most Popular of 2024, our annual feature series celebrating the most popular stories over the past year on GlobalComix. Each day, we'll feature the top 10 from publishers and the top 10 from creators for each category. We’ll cap things off on December 31st, 2024, with two features: the top 10 from publishers, and the top 10 from creators.
Without further ado, here are the top 10 most popular Manga by Publishers:
1. DIGIMON LIBERATOR, 421 pages - Published by Bandai Card Games, (cc/ @BandaiCardGames)
Shoto Kazama, a boy who has never been able to win at card games because of his habit of giving up on things easily, enters the immersive world of Digimon Liberator through the invitation of his childhood friend, Arisa Kinosaki. The game allows players to engage in highly realistic card battles. At first, Shoto is hesitant towards it, but through his engrossing encounters with the Digimon there, he becomes a fan of the game. Encounters with wild Digimon such as Pteromon and battles with NPCs who have gone rogue. These various happenings set the wheels of fate in motion for Shoto and his companions. ——This is a story about Digimon, and the world.
Story and Art by Bandai Card Games
2. Freakier Than Normal, 126 pages - Published by Alpha Eve, (cc/ @AlphaEve)
What would you do if you were a video game superhero? Mia thought about that too and lo and behold she became one after a meteor shower however every hero has their villains, now Mia and her friends are about to embark in the adventure of their lives.
Story and Art by Alpha Eve
3. Reluctant Hero, 43 pages - Published by Band of Bards Comics, (cc/ @BandofBards)
Asta and Lola are childhood friends, their friendship is tested after Asta befriends Mallory a young girl who shares Asta’s love of caped crusaders and she suggests they play out their fantasies. However, Mallory’s aspirations are revealed to be far more sinister. *Reads right to left
Story and Art by Band of Bards Comics
4. Lone Wolf And Cub, 8399 pages - Published by Dark Horse Comics, (cc/ @GCpartnerships)
Dark Horse Comics is proud to present an authentic landmark in graphic fiction, Lone Wolf and Cub. An epic samurai adventure of staggering proportions—over seven thousand pages—Lone Wolf and Cub (Kozure okami in Japan) is acknowledged worldwide for the brilliant writing of series creator Kazuo Koike and the groundbreaking, cinematic visuals of Goseki Kojima, creating unforgettable imagery of stark beauty, kinetic fury, and visceral thematic power that influenced a generation of visual storytellers both in Japan and in the West.
Story and Art by Kazuo Koike
5. Black Sword, 49 pages - Published by Otabushi, (cc/ @OtaBushi)
The prophecy says when the Black sword is filled with human blood, it will give divine strength to its owner. An assassin named Sitt who owns the sword filled it with blood more than once, but never received any power. He meets a mysterious girl, Romy, who may know the answer to the prophecy or… be the answer herself.
Story and Art by milgray
6. Adventure Finders, 481 pages - Published by SECOND SIGHT PUBLISHING, (cc/ @Secondsightpublishing01)
She wants so much more than what her small town has to offer! This is the dream of starry eyed fishmonger Clariette de Artegnean. She and her cousins Jolfe Endarion and Deren Mumbasi have always dreamt about being adventurers and fighting monsters to save the kingdom. But first, Clari has to survive another day at school where a new teacher has taken over! And he's not pleased with Clari's endless questioning. Two things happen that send them on the road to adventure.
Story and Art by SECOND SIGHT PUBLISHING
7. Path of the Assassin, 4634 pages - Published by Dark Horse Comics, (cc/ @GCpartnerships)
Path of the Assassin (Hanzō no mon in Japan) is the story of Hattori Hanzō, the fabled master ninja whose duty it was to protect Tokugawa Ieyasu, the shogun who would unite Japan into one great nation. As the secret caretaker of such an influential future leader, not only does Hanzō use vast and varied ninja talents, but in living closely with Ieyasu, he forms a strong friendship with the young shogun. • Presented in original Japanese format and unretouched, which keeps the art intact. • This is a fifteen-volume story starring the legendary ninja and Kill Bill reference Hattori Hanzō. • For mature readers.
Story and Art by Kazuo Koike
8. Trese, 894 pages - Published by ABLAZE, (cc/ @Ablaze)
Award-winning Filipino comic book and soon to be Netflix anime series! When the sun sets in the city of Manila, don’t you dare make a wrong turn and end up in that dimly- lit side of the metro, where blood-sucking aswang run the most-wanted kidnapping rings, where gigantic kapre are the kingpins of crime, and magical engkantos slip through the cracks and steal your most precious possessions. When crime takes a turn for the weird, the police call Alexandra Trese.
Story and Art by Budjette Tan and Kajo Baldisimo
9. Battle Spirits Saga -Phantasm's End-, 29 pages - Published by Bandai Card Games, (cc/ @BandaiCardGames)
The Medeuk army ferociously attacked the Realm of Flame with the first rain of Soul Cores. After defeating the hero Siegwurm Nova, what were they plotting behind the scenes of history? Let's review the story of Battle Spirits Saga, including that which couldn't be fully described in the flavor text, from a different point of view!
Story and Art by Bandai Card Games
10. The Witch's Throne, 319 pages - Published by Andrews McMeel Publishing, (cc/ @GCpartnerships)
A warrior. A rogue. A saint. And an alchemist with skeleton arms? Every ten years, throne seekers compete to become the four heroes destined to slay the Witch threatening their world. Optimistic young alchemist Agni eagerly sets off to fulfill her dream of being one of these sacred heroes. She expects to save the world...and maybe make some friends along the way.
Story and Art by Cedric Caballes
Want to check out more of the end-of-year features? Keep your eyes peeled every weekday here: Most Popular of 2024.