As in recent years, at San Diego Comic Con last weekend, a group of the comic/manga scene thought leaders, moderated by Chris Butcher, with Deb Aoki, David Brothers, Eva Volin and Brigid Alverson, named their picks for the best and worst of manga for 2016.
Check out their picks...
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 Asano Inio (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)
You can hear the audio on The Comic Books.com
David Brothers elaborates on his picks s on his Tumblr blog
via Manga Comics Manga and Anime News Network
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Scott Green is editor and reporter for anime and manga at geek entertainment site Ain't It Cool News. Follow him on Twitter at @aicnanime.
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