Within the industry of anime and manga there are great franchises and names that have filled these showcases with glory. However, today we will explain to you who they are and what is the Big Three of the manga, in addition to revealing why Dragon Ball is not part of them despite being so popular and successful.
That term was created to refer to the three most important franchises within the Shōnen Jump in the 2000s; same that were predominant throughout the decade, hogging space within the magazine, being the only ones who received special treatment from Shueisha and the magazine’s editors.
The Big Three of the manga and anime is:
These three works, by the mangakas Eiichiro Oda, Masashi Kishimoto and Tite Kubowere the ones that dominated the sales of the magazine without interruption until the end of the last two, while one piece was declining in popularity as time progressed, but is still at the top of the Shōnen Jump weekly.
Although attempts have been made to think of a new Big Three, this is impossible for various reasons. The first one is that it will be difficult to find franchises that dominate in the way they did for so many years.
Also, now the mangakas have more control over their work and Shueisha has noticed that it is not necessary to exploit the stories for so many years to make them work, so it is promoting the launch of new franchises that can be relieved as they happen, as we could see in the case of Kimetsu no Yaiba, JuJustu Kaisen, Chainsaw Man and a few other currently successful franchises.
On the other hand, the existence of the Big Three of manga was detrimental to both the mangaka and the industrywhich had a contraction after the end of these, since its popularity did not allow other competitors to be a relay for its departure.
Why Dragon Ball is not part of the Big Three
Despite his immense popularity outside of Japan, Dragon Ball did not have that legendary status while it was published. His success was considerable, but never to the level that the Big Three achieved in the most important shonen magazine in the world.
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In the West we tend to consider that its popularity and success was the same in Japan as it was in our region, but this is not the case. On the other hand, this conception is adapted only to that period of time, while Dragon Ball ended in 1995.
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