Which Mangaka is the Best Artist?

2ch is violently debating a putative ranking of mangaka by drawing ability, with the top spot proving particularly incendiary… The ranking, judged by “design ability, perspective correctness, consistency, anatomical correctness, shading, etc”:

S rank:

Masashi Kishimoto (Naruto)
Sadamoto Yoshiyuki (Neon Genesis Evangelion)
Yasuhiko Yoshikazu (Mobile Suit Gundam)
Hanaharu Naruko (Kamichu!)
Igarashi Daisuke (Children of the Sea)
Inoue Takehiko (Vagabond)

A rank:

Obata Takeshi (Bakuman)
Ogure Ito (Tenjho Tenge)
Murata Yusuke (Eyeshield 21)
Katsura Masakazu (Zetman)
Hagiwara Kazushi (Bastard!!)
Miura Kentaro (Berserk)
Fujiwara Kamui (Dragon Quest Retsuden)
Shinichi Sakamoto (Kokou no Hito)

B rank:

Eiichiro Oda (One Piece)
Aoyama Gosho (Detective Conan)
Tome Kei (Sing Yesterday For Me)
Araki Hirohiko (JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure)
Azuma Kiyohiko (Yotsuba&!)

C rank:

Yabuki Kentaro (To Love-Ru)
Usuta Kyosuke (Pyu to Fuku! Jaguar)
Hoshino Katsura (D.Gray-man)
Fujisaki Ryu (Hoshin Engi)
Takei Hiroyuki (Jumbor)
Iwahara Yuji (Darker Than Black)
Amano Kozue (Amanchu!)
Park Sung-Woo (Kurokami)

D rank:

Kubo Noriaki (Bleach)
Togashi Yoshihiro (YuYu Hakusho)
Kawashita Mizuki (Ane Doki)
Okubo Atsushi (Soul Eater)

E rank:

Amano Akira (Katekyo Hitman Reborn!)
Tanabe Ierou (Kekkaishi)
Asada Hiroyuki (Tegami Bachi)
Arakawa Hiromu (Fullmetal Alchemist)
Mitsuda Takuya (Major)
Otaka Shinobu (Magi – Labyrinth of Magic)

F rank:

Aimoto Shou (Hokenshitsu no Shinigami)
Shiibashi Hiroshi (Nurarihyon no Mago)
Akatsuki Akira (Medaka Box)
Akamatsu Ken (Negima!)
Kumeta Koji (Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei)
Masahiro Anbe (Shinryaku! Ika Musume)

G rank:

Konomi Takeshi (Prince Of Tennis)
Terajima Yuji (Daiya no A)
Mashima Hiro (Fairy Tail)

H rank:

Shimabukuro Mitsutoshi (Toriko)
Tsukiyama Kaya (Area no Kishi)
Wakaki Tamiki (Kami Nomi Zo Shiru Sekai)
Sato Fumiya (Kindaichi Case Files)

I rank:

Iwashiro Toshiaki (Psyren)
Shinohara Kenta (Sket Dance)
Sorachi Hideaki (Gintama)

J rank:

Oishi Kōji (Inumarudashi)
Fujimaki Tadatoshi (Kuroko no Basuke)
Hata Kenjiro (Hayate no Gotoku!)
Norio Sakurai (Mitsudomoe)
Totsuka Masahiro (Material Puzzle)

K rank:

Ryuhei Tamura (Beelzebub)
Tsuchida Kenta (Lock On!)
Crystal na Yousuke (Onidere)
Wajima Satoshi (Wasshoi! Waji Mania)

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