Which series built its world most extensively? Best world-building

[Warmmedown]

A great mangaka once said: "For a pregnant woman to give birth, she's gotta feel the pain of pulling a watermelon out of her nostril. For an Artist to create a masterpiece, he's gotta feel the pain of pulling entire galaxies out of his ass.".

With that in mind, which series did the best job of building a wide world?

I'd give a mention to I am a Hero. Although it's set in Japan, unlike a lot of apocalyptical fiction it shows what's going on abroad in Taiwan, Belgium/France and Italy. However, it does tell the whole story from the perspective of commoners, so we don't see what the military and politicians are up to (unless it's explored later. Only read about 70%), which isn't a general knock on the series, since it adds to the realism of most people not having a macroscopic view of a crisis and having high uncertainty of the future and of what powerful institutions are up to.

 

[Fantastische Hure]

Who said that lol?

 

[SSJ2]

I think Berserk is the big one that comes to mind for me.

 

[Warmmedown]

Who said that lol?

A gorilla in a yellow shirt, via a ginpatsu no samurai.

I would say One Piece is probably the best built I've watched, unsurprisingly. We see a bunch of East Blue, lots of the Grand Line's countries, hear about historical events from the other oceans, learn the world's history and conflicting ideologies or perspectives and see the inner workings of some of the government, prisons and of the pirate world.

 

[Yoshi]

Toriko’s world building is even better than One Piece’s. One Piece does everything else better, however.

 

[Fantastische Hure]

I would say One Piece is probably the best built I've watched, unsurprisingly. We see a bunch of East Blue, lots of the Grand Line's countries, hear about historical events from the other oceans, learn the world's history and conflicting ideologies or perspectives and see the inner workings of some of the government, prisons and of the pirate world.