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Best and Worst Manga of 2016 Results - Comic-Con International
posted on by Amanda Ellard
This past Saturday at Comic-Con International, Christopher Butcher (comics writer and retailer), David Brothers (branding manager and comics journalist), Eva Volin (graphic novel reporter/critic and librarian), Brigid Alverson (comics journalist and editor) and Deb Aoki (manga editor and critic) held the annual "Best and Worst Manga" panel. Here are their picks for 2016:
Best New Manga for Kids/Teens
- Haikyu!! – Haruichi Furudate (Shonen Jump / Viz Media)
- FukuFuku: Kitten Tales – Konami Kanata (Vertical)
- Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun – Izumi Tsubaki (Yen Press)
- Orange – Ichigo Takano (Seven Seas Entertainment, Crunchyroll Manga)
- Ultraman – Eiichi Shimizu and Tomohiro Shimoguchi (Viz Media)
- Handa-kun – Satsuki Yoshino (Yen Press)
Best New Manga for Grown-ups
- Wandering Island by Kenji Tsuruta (Dark Horse)
- I am a Hero by Kengo Hanazawa (Dark Horse)
- Goodnight Punpun by Inio Asano (VIZ Signature / Viz Media)
- Sherlock by Steven Moffat, Mark Gatiss, Jay (Titan Entertainment)
- Cigarette Girl by Masahiko Matsumoto (Top Shelf Productions)
Best Continuing Manga Series for Kids/Teens
- A Silent Voice by Yoshitoki Ōima (Kodansha Comics, Crunchyroll Manga)
- Fruits Basket: Collector's Edition by Natsuki Takaya (Yen Press)
- Noragami: Stray God by Adachitoka (Kodansha Comics)
- Yotsuba&! by Kiyohiko Azuma (Yen Press)
- Your Lie in April by Naoshi Arakawa (Kodansha Comics)
Best Continuing Manga Series for Grown-ups
- Tokyo Ghoul by Sui Ishida (Viz Media)
- Princess Jellyfish by Akiko Higashimura (Kodansha Comics, Crunchyroll Manga)
- Vinland Saga by Makoto Yukimura (Kodansha Comics)
- Inuyashiki by Hiroya Oku (Kodansha Comics, Crunchyroll Manga)
- Planetes by Makoto Yukimura (Dark Horse Comics)
Worst Manga for Anyone, Any Age
- Black Clover by Yūki Tabata (Shonen Jump, Viz Media)
- Tomodachi x Monster by Yoshihiko Inui (Seven Seas Entertainment)
- Guardians of the Louvre by Jiro Taniguchi (NBM Graich Novels)
- Ninja Slayer Kills! by Bradley Bond, Phillip Ninj@ Morrez, Koutaro Sekine (Kodansha Comics)
- Servant X Service by Karino Takatsu (Yen Press)
Under-rated but Great Manga (under-the-radar comics worth reading)
- Yowamushi Pedal by Wataru Watanabe (Yen Press)
- Bleach by Tite Kubo (Shonen Jump, Viz Media)
- Kitaro by Shigeru Mizuki (Drawn & Quarterly)
- Kiss Him, Not Me! by Junko (Kodansha Comics, Crunchyroll Manga)
Most Anticipated New Manga (licensed for North America release in 2013-2014)
- Otherworld Barbara by Moto Hagio (Fantagraphics)
- BLAME! by Tsutomu Nihei (Vertical Comics)
- Flying Witch by Chihiro Ichizuka (Vertical Comics)
- Attack on Titan Anthology by Various (Kodansha Comics)
- Ichi-F: A Worker's Graphic Memoir of the Fukushima Nuclear Plant by Kazuto Tatsuta (Kodansha Comics)
- ERASED by Kei Sanbe (Yen Press)
Most Wanted Manga (not yet published/licensed in English but should be)
- Mob Psycho 100 by ONE – Shogakukan
- Koshoku Robot (Solitary Dining Robot) by Hisae Iwaoka (Shueisha)
- Hoshi ga Hara Ao Manju no Mori by Hisae Iwaoka (Asahi Sinbunsha)
- Delicious in Dungeon (Dungeon Meshi) by Ryōko Kui (Enterbrain)
- Giant Killing by Masaya Tsunamoto, Tsujitomo (Kodansha)
Thanks to Deb Aoki
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