1603 Edo shogunate founded
1868 Meiji Restoration
1923 Great Kanto Earthquake
1945 End of the war
1964 Tokyo Olympics
1991 The bubble bursts
2011 Great East Japan Earthquake
BC221 Qin unifies China
618 Tang dynasty founded
1912 Fall of the Qing
BC334 Alexander marches east
793 The Viking age begins
1789 French Revolution
1914 First World War
1989 The Berlin Wall falls
1776 American independence
1929 The Great Depression
1969 Humans walk on the Moon
1150
Choju-jinbutsu-giga (Frolicking Animals)
1814
Hokusai Manga
1333
The Elusive Samurai
1600
Vagabond
1645
The Legend of Kamui
1716
Ooku: The Inner Chambers
1878
Rurouni Kenshin
1907
Golden Kamuy
1915
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
1932
Norakuro
1960
GeGeGe no Kitaro
1966
Star of the Giants
1968
Tomorrow's Joe
1974
Chibi Maruko-chan
1978
Jarinko Chie
1981
Urusei Yatsura
1984
Touch
1986
Oishinbo
1992
SLAM DUNK
1993
Sailor Moon
1996
Detective Conan
1997
Kaiji: Ultimate Survivor
1998
Chainsaw Man
1999
20th Century Boys
1999
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 4: Diamond is Unbreakable
2001
Azumanga Daioh
2011
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 8: JoJolion
2003
Astro Boy
2006
DEATH NOTE
2013
Barakamon
2019
A Crocodile That Lives 100 Days
2020
AKIRA
BC1046
Hoshin Engi
BC245
Kingdom
220
Sangokushi (Records of the Three Kingdoms)
750
The Apothecary Diaries
2020
Solo Leveling
BC335
Historie
130
Thermae Romae
1013
Vinland Saga
1789
The Rose of Versailles
1795
The Poe Clan
1880
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 1: Phantom Blood
1887
Kaze to Ki no Uta (The Poem of Wind and Trees)
1995
MONSTER
2001
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 5: Golden Wind
1890
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 7: Steel Ball Run
1938
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 2: Battle Tendency
1985
Golgo 13
1989
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 3: Stardust Crusaders
2005
Major
2011
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 6: Stone Ocean
2015
One Punch Man
2023
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 9: The JOJOLands
2029
Ghost in the Shell
2050
Pluto
2075
Planetes
2221
Galaxy Express 999
2330
Cobra
2400
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
No era
Fist of the North Star
No era
Dragon Ball
No era
ONE PIECE
No era
Attack on Titan
No era
Fullmetal Alchemist
No era
Berserk
No era
Frieren: Beyond Journey's End
No era
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime
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Middle Ages
Edo
Meiji–Taisho
Showa
Heisei
Reiwa & near future
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STORY ERA TIMELINE
Story Era Map
Not the year it was published — the year the story is set. Time runs top to bottom, regions left to right, from antiquity down into the future.