The MangaHelpers Manga Awards Discussion Thread [Archive]

destiny4ever

December 16, 2010, 07:37 PM

Welcome to The MangaHelpers Manga Awards, an awards competition where you, the fans, nominate and decide what is the best of the best in the Manga world.

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General Rules

The nomination process

Nominations are now closed!

Who will submit the nominations?
The nominations will be submitted by members of the staff and by you, the members of the site. In that way, all the members of the site will come together to decide what is the best of the best. :)

How to submit a nomination
Submit a nomination for the different award categories by posting in this thread and by explaining why said series/character/event deserves to be a nominee for that award category. The explanation cannot be longer than three lines.

- You don’t have to nominate for all the award categories, but you can only make 1 nomination for each award category.

-Out of all the nominations for the different award categories, only the 5 nominations that earn the most votes become the official nominees.

- To vote for a nomination, the only thing you need to do is to you write a post in this thread indicating your support for said nomination by writing: “I support *inserts the name of the nominee* for the *inserts the name of the award category*

-The nomination process will take place from now until the next two weeks; you can edit your nomination and your vote at any time during that period.

- Once a series/character/event has been nominated, it doesn’t need to be nominated for a second time. If you agree with said nomination, show your support by voting for said nomination.

-Please respect the opinions and nominations of others. It’s okay if you don’t like a series or a character or an event that another person nominates and it’s okay if you don’t agree with said nomination; but please do not bash the character, or the series, or event, or the person who posts the nomination. The purpose of The MangaHelpers Manga Awards is to do something as a whole community while having fun, not to initiate any kind of drama or fights.

-In case an award category doesn’t have enough nominations, the rest of the nominees will come from a panel of experts and members from the staff.

Awards Categories

Best Male Lead

Best Male Supporting Character

Best Female Lead

Best Female Supporting Character

Best Shoujo Manga

Best Shounen Manga

Best Josei Manga

Best Seinen Manga

Best Hairstyling

Best Costume Design

Best Villain

Best Fight

Best Kiss

Best Color Page

Best Double-Spread

Best Chapter

Best Couple

Best Full Cast

Best Artwork

Best WTF Moment

Best plot-twist

Best new series

Best Manga Overall

The Voting Process

-After 5 nominees have been selected for each one of the different award categories, the voting process will begin. The voting will be poll-based and separate threads will be created for each one of the different award categories.

-You don’t have to vote for all the award categories, but you can only vote for a category once. So please make sure you are voting for the series/character/event you really want to vote for before clicking on the poll.

-Once you have cast your vote, please feel free to continue the discussion about the nominees and who you think will be the winners of this contest.

-The winners of each award category will be the ones that earn the most votes.

-The voting process will take place from the moment we have enough nominees for the various award categories until the following two weeks. The results of the MangaHelpers Awards will be posted four days after the closing of the voting process.

-If you have any questions about the awards competition, please feel free to contact me or any of the following moderators via PM.

benelori
HegemonKhan
M3J
saladesu

Information about the manga series the nominees of the MH Manga Awards come from:

All credit for the links goes to M3J and naruto-niichan. Thank you very much for you great help guys!

Berserk (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=88)

D.Gray-man (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=95)

Psyren (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=19081)

Vagabond (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=387)

Gintama (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=228)

21st Century Boys (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=5673)

Fairy Tail (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=3793)

Naruto (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=15)

Fist of the North Star (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=1922)

Dragon Ball (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=3106)

Great Teacher Onizuka (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=185)

Bleach (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=35)

Yakitate!! Japan (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=220)

Hunter x Hunter (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=16)

Beelzebub (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=41265)

The Big O (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=7211)

Hajime no Ippo (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=812)

Ouran Koukou Host Bu (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=947)

Bakuman (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=34771)

Tegami Bachi (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=15690)

Soul Eater (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=600)

Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=10866)

Kekkaishi (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=1162)

Eyeshield 21 (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=259)

Vinland Saga (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=1568)

Fullmetal Alchemist (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=412)

Monster (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=127)

Shin Angyo Onshi (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=164)

Saint Seiya - The Lost Canvas (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=4130)

Liar Game (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=3296)

Death Note (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=41)

Gantz (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=208)

One Piece (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=33)

Hellsing (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=355)

Trigun Maximum (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=1202)

Kimi ni Todoke (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=3058)

Dr. Slump (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=4496)

Chrno Crusade (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=246) (and yes, it is not a typo of "chrono," like I initially thought. <_<)

Seirei no Moribito (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=10683)

Suzuka (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=787)

Kaichou wa Maid-Sama! (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=5762)

Planetes (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=694)

xxxHoLic (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=341)

Nurarihyon no Mago (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=11931)

Change Guy (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=258)

I"s (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=3599)

Mobile Wing Gundam Wing: Battlefield of the Pacifists (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=31906)

Kimi no Iru Machi (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=31454)

Kochi Kame (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=7942)

20th Century Boys (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=319)

Medaka Box (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=40888)

Yotsubato! (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=5)

Urusei Yatsura (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=1052)

Lovely Complex (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=230)

FLCL (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=1532)

Battle Angel Alita (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=2157)

Black Lagoon (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=1447)

Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=4565)

Vampire Knight (http://mangahelpers.com/forum/newreply.php?do=newreply&p=2237353)

Fruits Basket (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=3)

Nana (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=655)

X/1999 (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=342)

Hana no Kimi (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=2)

Shinshi Doumei Cross (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=175)

Trinity Blood (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=1203)

Cardcaptor Sakura (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=1158)

Magic Knight Rayearth (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=2128)

Shingeki no Kyojin (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=47446)

Muhyo to Rouji (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=3965)

Yu Yu Hakusho (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=118)

Guyver (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=1407)

Pandora Hearts (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=9709)

Nodame Cantabile (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=791)

Amatsuki (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=5007)

Kuragehime (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=38146)

Kimi wa Petto (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=596)

Landreaall (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=12710)

Pumpkin and Mayonnaise (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=5112)

Honey & Clover (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=581)

Saiyuki (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=2803)

07-Ghost (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=1702)

K-ON (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=29951)

Dogs: Bullets & Carnage (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=1380)

Blame! (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=887)

Real (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=142)

Akira (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=2113)

Imuri (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=20379)

Holyland (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=1629)

Noramimi (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=451)

Me and the Devil Blues (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=453)

Blade of the Immortal (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=1628)

Aiki (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=1802)

Until Death do us part (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=4111)

Yu-gi-oh! (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=2691)

Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=5433)

Shiki (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=15089)

Hatsukoi Ltd. (Limited) (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=14271)

History's Strongest Disciple Kenichi (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=183)

Veritas (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=16971)

Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicles (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=166)

Code:Breaker (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=31871)

Kuroshitsuji (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=9708)

Otoyomegatari (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=37308)

Worst (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=2099)

Arakawa Under the Bridge (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=7227)

Ragnarok (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=2166)

Wofl Guy - Wolfen Crest (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=40128)

Rurouni Kenshi (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=89)

Shigurui (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=2304)

The Breaker (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=27595)

Aria (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=1764)

Nabari no Ou (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=2811)

Mobile Suit Gundam 00f (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=17998)

Zatch Bell (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=301)

Oyasumi Punpun (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=11346)

Slam Dunk (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=90)

H2 (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=91)

Solanin (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=2833)

Cross Game (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=660)

Shoot! (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=13144)

Spice and Wolf (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=13080)

Superior (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=6685)

Samurai Deeper Kyo (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=500)

Durarara!! (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=43436)

Umineko no naku koro ni Episode 3: Banquet of the Golden Witch (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=47221)

Ultra Heaven (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=8051)

Air Gear (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=491)

Ao no Exorcist (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=40870)

Mahou Sensei Negima! (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=574)

The World God only knows (Kami nomi zo Shiru Sekai) (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=27467)

Old Boy (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=1758)

Enigma (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=57680)

Oumagadoki Doubutsuen (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=51560)

The Breaker: New Waves (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=58941)

Ikusa no Ko - Oda Saburou Nobunaga Den (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=57988)

Doreamon (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=683)

Haruka na Machi e (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=1166)

Mukashi no Hanashi (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=17818)

The Music of Marie (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=1564)

House of Five Leaves (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=6713)

Pika Ichi (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=55017)

Rainbow: Nisha Rokubou no Shichinin (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=711)

The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=2800)

D.N. Angel (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=361)

Team Medical Dragon (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=15478)

Hana yori Dango (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=328)

Koroshiya Ichi (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=2421)

Fate/Stay Night (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=2010)

ashher

December 16, 2010, 11:16 PM

I go first :)...i nominate "Johann Liebert" from Monster as the best villain. He is so good (i mean bad) that he really makes good and bad look irrelevant.
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Next i nominate L from Deathnote as the Best Supporting Male. There are many worthy choices in this category...but let us all go for THE L, for sheer cool factor.

destiny4ever

December 16, 2010, 11:38 PM

Thank you the nominations, ashher!! :) I have added them to the opening post.

I haven’t read Monster but I have heard it is an awesome series, and I have a feeling Johann Liebert has a lot to do with Monster being the great manga it is. :cool:

I have read Death Note so I can agree that L is a very worthy contestant for the nomination of Best Male Supporting Character. One of the reasons why Light was able to brightly shine (as a character) throughout the series was because of L. L was able to bring out to the max all the things that made Light into the interesting character he is, and being able to do that it is one of the characteristics of an awesome supporting character, IMHO.

benelori

December 17, 2010, 01:12 AM

Great choice ashher, for both...Johan is an extremely appealing villain, I could say...nice choice:thumbs
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My first entries are for Best villain: Orochimaru...the style, the snake symbol, the character design, and his overall presence in the manga makes him my overall favorite...
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Then for Best male supporting character is Inspector Heinrich Runge from Monster...the best thing apart from his incredible intelligence, was that subjective memory process he used, and the gestures that followed it...and he kept me thinking for a long time that Tenma is the villain:XD
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Next is Best Male Lead...this was probably my easiest choice, besides Orochimaru, so I nominate Gutts from Berserk...he is just the main driving force of the manga, and his development throughout the story is just brilliant
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The next two categories share a single title...Blame! by Nihei Tsutomu for Best Artwork and Best Seinen...the art is one of the most complex and detail oriented arts I've seen in a manga, not to mention the imagination behind it...and it's the only manga that I've read in one go, because for me it was pretty breathtaking
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Another title that will share to nominations: Full Metal Alchemist for Best Full Cast...the importance, the relationship between the characters, and the fact that I liked every character are the main reasons...and Ed & Winry for Best Couple...probably as hyped as NaruHina, but in the end it worked out:clap
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It's really hard to remember details about all the mangas around...but a very good plot twist was, or the Best Plot-twist for now is
Aizen revealed as villain in Bleach...probably the main reason why the SS arc is considered the best in Bleach til now
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Best Shounen: Naruto...I like the characters, I like the universe that has been presented, the fights have great ideas behind them...NR.1:D
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One moment that got me very excited and eager to continue the story was (see the spoiler below) ...so Best WTF moment goes to L's media stunt on Kira in Death Note

yukilove21

December 17, 2010, 03:06 AM

hello :) Awesome choices to the both of you XD
Best Male Lead - Allen Walker from D.Gray-man. He is a nice, strong guy who cares for the ones he loves and fights for them and the demons called Akuma.

Best Female Lead - Misaki Ayuzawa from Kaichou Wa Maid Sama. She is... Awesome... She a Student Council President and a Maid. How better can that get?

Best Shoujo Manga - Now here is my calling~! I am caught between three really great ones. But hands down, Fruits Basket. The plot-line, the Characters. Everything. It is probably one of the best manga's created. Well, in my opinion.

Best Shounen Manga - Aaaaa.... Death Note. Hands down! The plot is original, the characters are very smart (and good looking. Just saying.) and I was attracted to the story from the very beginning.

Best Seinen Manga - K-ON. Come on! The characters are awesome. The plot attracts both guys and girls. And I named by guitar after Yui's guitar.

Best Villain - The Millennium Earl from D.Gray-Man. He is freakin' scary!! That smile! It reminds me of Peniwise the Clown from IT... Other than that... He is a pretty cool bad guy.. He is trying to over-throw god, which lets readers wonder why.

Best Fight - Bleach, Ichigo VS Ulquiorra Final battle. I love that fight, I was on the edge of my seat while reading that battle...

Best Kiss - Hehehehehe..... http://www.mangafox.com/manga/kaichou_wa_maid_sama/v07/c032/46.html hehehehehe. need I say more?

Best Color Page - http://www.mangafox.com/manga/naruto/v52/c503/2.html this actually is my favorite one ever. It is just so amazing, and I would have loved to see that really happen. Minato's face just makes it better :D

Best Double-Spread - http://www.mangafox.com/manga/bleach/v47/c420/12.html ... Hehehehe.... An awesome scene. I was like all, "NO WAY!" When I read it. (cause Ichi got even hotter.)

Best Couple - Since yoai won't get as much votes as I hope, and I am in love with this couple, Orihime Inoue X Ulquiorra Ciffer from Bleach. So many good moments... Then he has her heart in his hands (Not literally, but still)! EEEE!!! oooo, I am such a fangirl...

Best WTF Moment - *Sigh*.... Aizen's changing forms... I know that I ma not the only one that went like this: o.O

Best plot-twist - Finding out that Ace's father was Gol D. Roger in One Piece. I am still enjoying that Plot-twist... It was unexpected... And since I didn't read One Piece all the way through yet, and I skipped up a hundred chapters or so, I thought that Dragon was both Luffy's and Ace's father.. And I'm rambling...

Best new series - Enigme by Sakaki Kenji. It is great so far! I love it!! It is one of those series that I just love! It is just... Wonderful! I suggest everyone read it :3

Best Manga Overall - .... Kuroshitsuji by Toboso Yana. It is wonderful. The Art, The plot, The Characters. Every month, I die while I wait for a chapter. Each arc is a joy to read, unlike some manga's, where it gets troublesome, and sometimes contradicts itself.
Even though this manga is a big contradiction itself. It makes it even more interesting.
I would say that it is indeed one of my favorite manga's ever. And I know that their are a lot of fans, lurking...

Hehehe...

Organizized

December 17, 2010, 03:08 AM

Because someone has to say it...

Best Shounen: One Piece. The characters are priceless, the humor beats most series, the fights are intense and inventive and at many points it will even make you teary-eyed, all while maintaining an adventurous and heartfelt feeling. Not to mention the universe that has been built up throughout the series and the way Oda ties everything together so perfectly will make your jaw drop over and over again.

One Piece: It's an epic story as it is told best, mixing humor with intense action and emotional moments, taking us on a though-out and downright awesome adventure, and making us love every minute of it.

HegemonKhan

December 17, 2010, 03:45 AM

My Manga Nominations:

Best Villain in a Manga:

Priscilla in Claymore. She's more "Aizen" then Aizen is in Bleach, she's so wickedly cruelly evil, and she so is "Kefka's* twin sister"! "Pissy Prissy Priscilla the Psychotic Princess of Power". Priscilla the "Dark Fairy". But, she's no physically weak D&D fairy class. Oh, and she's hawt :D

*Kefka is the villain in (Final Fantasy 3 U.S. = Final Fantasy 6 Jap) game. He was (and maybe still is) the top ~1-3 villain for a long time in many gaming polls. So, a.k.a. crazy, psycho, insane, madness, and etc.

Best Manga Overall:

Claymore by Norihiro Yagi, FTW! If you like Berserk, you'll love Claymore. It's a masterpiece of literature. It's extremely deep, sophisticated, complex, and complicated. Everytime you read it, you learn something new. It's very fast paced. If you want a "kiddie", cliche, and "happily ever after" manga, then Claymore is not for you!

Best Kiss in a Manga:

Clare kissing Raki in Claymore. Clare slowly holds his head in her hands, leans forward just as slowly, lips parted and eyes dreamily barely open, Raki's eyes dilate, he gulps, his heart pounds, Clare's luscious lips plant against his lips, and stay lingeringly locked and pressed together, she pulls away but keeps looking at him with intense but so soft and loving big beautiful silver eyes of hers. It was love then and forever! But, Yagi is so cruel ....

Best Plot Twist in a Manga:

Priscilla decapitating Teresa and then Awakening in Claymore. This sets up the entire manga, and completely hooks you to it. As it's such a shock to you if you haven't been already spoiled, so totally unexpected! And oh do you HATE Priscilla for this! And how you so want Clare to get her vengence on Priscilla! "Priscilla must die!"

Best Male Supporting Character in a Manga:

Haji from Blood+ manga. Saya's faithful "servant/slave and lover" uber powerful chevalier. He's always there for her, in his stoic obeident usual silence. Her guardian angel always watching over her. At first he didn't like her as he was her slave and she was selfish and rude. But, that quickly changed, and he has loved her ever since, always being there for her, when she needs him the most. As a protector or just a chest to cry into and arms to hug her as she sobs her tears away.

Roy Revant from Solty Rei. ...

(they both are considered as Lead characters, so that's why they're scratched out)

Best Female Lead in a Manga:

Clare/Claire in Claymore. Clare is extremely complicated and complex, yet so simple too at the same time. Clare has got quite a life story that'll cause you to fall in love with her, as you follow her on her "journey" and slowly learn about her and then more and more about her! Oh, you so will fall so deeply in love with her! *Grins* :D

Best Female Supporting Character in a Manga:

*Dorothy Catalonia from Mobile Suit Gundam Wing*

Dorothy R. Wayneright in Big O. Roger Smith is first introduced to her as part of his job as a contractor. But, this android, will constantly come to his rescue and help him. They'll also fall in love with each other, and have really great and witty dialogue between them. Dorothy R. Wayneright: "You're such a louse, Roger Smith." (Dorothy R. Wayneright from Big O, is considered a Lead character, so that's why she's scratched out)

Best Male Lead in a Manga:

Alucard in Hellsing. If you know Hellsing, Alucard needs no explanation as to why he's the Best Male Lead :D

Best Couple in a Manga:

Kraft Lawrence <3 Holo the Wise Wolf in Spice and Wolf. Holo is such a dominant alpha female smirking and extremely witty tease towards Kraft, but he's also a tease back in his own way. Their interactions and dialogue between each other is so witty and awesome! And Holo gets so jealous and competitive towards other females!

Best Full Cast in a Manga:

Claymore. There's so many significant characters who get a huge role/part in Claymore and you get to know them all so well and deeply! The character development and relationship intimacy with them in Claymore will simply leave you breathless! You won't believe how well you get to know these characters of Claymore!

Best Fight in a Manga:

Clare vs Rigardo (the entire fight between them) in Claymore. Claymore readers/fans will fully understand this. It's truly an epic fight! I don't want to spoil it for those who don't know yet, hehe. Let's just say you see Clare's nightmarish "dark side". And to quote Rigardo himself right before he's killed by Clare: "Superb!"

Best Artwork in a Manga:

Claymore. Yagi is both the author and artist of Claymore! The artwork is different, as it is uniquely his, but oh is it breathtaking! The scenery is gorgeous and the battles are fabulously drawn! But most of all, the characters themselves. HK covers his heart with his hands: Galatea, Flora, Teresa, Alicia+Beth twins, Priscilla, Luciela, Irene, Ophelia, Clare, Clarice, Audrey, Yuma, Anastasia, and etc, and gasps huskily: B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L-! :D

Best Costume Design:

Claymore. The clothing in Claymore is awesome! From the standard Claymore uniforms to Irene's unique outfit to Alicia+Beth's unique black uniforms to the Ghosts' outfits to the Black Coats outfits to Priscilla's unique clothing to the jaw-droppingly gorgeous ruffled dress of Luciela, but most of all, dun dun dun dun dun ...
having the "Top Supermodel of the Goddesses" Galatea fighting in that nun outfit of hers! WOLF WHISTLES!

ashher

December 17, 2010, 04:36 AM

Well let me be the 1st to vote someone else's nomination as well :). So i hereby solemnly pledge my support to FMA for 'best cast'..great choice Ben.
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Now i my 2nd vote goes to Blame! for artwork.(another fabulous choice from Ben). No one will ever believe that the artwork in a goddam manga can be this good. Insane details, unbelievably expressive art(many pages don't even have a single dialogue), such intricate designing of his post-apocalyptic world, vast and suffocating at the same time that makes you feel the claustrophobic silence. Anatomy at times feel strange...but soon one realizes that it was intentional. Never seen a manga rely on art this much.
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It makes me really sad to think that despite all the great mangas out there, One Piece is gonna end up taking the cake of the best Manga. Its not even the best shonen,a award that is even more certain to go in favor of OP. Even naruto is better than that, and with the manga like FMA and Deathnote out there...its gonna be just another proof that democracy is often does up choosing quantity over quaility.

Fomano

December 17, 2010, 04:47 AM

Best Male Lead - Yoshina Ageha. His inner conflict of doing the right thing as a good guy or doing the right thing as a bad guy to definitely solve the problems was really one of the best things in Psyren. His power were pretty amazing and showed his conflict.

Best Female Lead - Claire, Claymore.

Best Shoujo Manga -

Best Shounen Manga - Psyren. Great art, characters, plot and especially the emotional development of the protagonist Yoshina Ageha.

Best Seinen Manga - Vagabond. Takehiko always make good stuff, but in Vagabond he is perfect. Great story, Exceptional art, Exceptional Protagonist and many other things that I can't put in 3 lines.

Best Villain - Aizen. One of the most evil guys in any media. He is as merciless as Darth Vader and as cinical and manipulator as Hannibal Lecter. Any villain that share something bad in common with those two deserves the top.

Best Fight - Miyamoto Musashi (Shinmen Takezo) vs Yoshioka School. A lesson of how to kick 50 asses alone. Vagabond.

Best Kiss - Claire kissing Raki, Claymore.

Best Color Page - http://www.mangafox.com/manga/naruto/v52/c503/2.html
I have even cried thinking of Naruto being orphan with parents so cool.

Best Double-Spread - http://www.mangafox.com/manga/bleach/v47/c420/12.html
Can't even explain how fantastic was the transformation

Best Couple - Yoshina Ageha and Amamiya Sakurako from Psyren

Best WTF Moment - http://www.mangareader.net/103-57801-19/one-piece/chapter-598.html
Fake Robin with the cucumber.

Best plot-twist - Finding out that Roger was Ace's father.

Best new series - Enigme by Sakaki Kenji. It reminds me a little of Psyren. So far the mistery is the best thing about Enigme.

Best Manga Overall - Psyren by Toshiaki Iwashiro. Great art, characters, plot and especially the emotional development of the protagonist Yoshina Ageha.

Shinsatsu

December 17, 2010, 05:47 AM

Here I go:

Best Male Lead: Miyamoto Musashi from Vagabond.
This character showed a dramatic change during the progress of the story. His philosophical view of the world along with his monologs make him a great lead male character.

Best Male Supporting Character: I support ashher for the nominee "L" from Death note.

Best Female Lead: Clair from Claymore.
She has quite the story. She's a great fighter and even if she's weak she still struggles to reach her goals. I would like her to be the winner of the best female lead.

Best Shounen Manga: One Piece.
No one hates one piece. That's the best aspect of this manga. The writer has a great imagination and makes the stupidest idea look awesome when he uses it in the story. I really don't see any shounen manga that can beat One Piece here. (I am actually a naruto fan. But when it comes to nominations, one has to be honest).

Best Seinen Manga: Berserk.
I'm sorry but there is no manga in the universe that can make me change my mind here. There are surely alot of good seinen series out there ut Berserk is something else. The art, The story, the action, the violence, the emotions... everything is maxed out in this masterpiece.

Best Hairstyling: Bleach.
When it comes to hairstyles, Bleach has alot of different hairstyles and they all look awesome combined with the artist skill in drawing human faces.

Best Villain: I support Ben for Orochimaru from Naruto.

Best Fight: Sandaime VS Orochimaru from Naruto - part1
This fight was amazing in all aspects. It was the first fight to the death in Naruto series. Greed and Desire vs Sacrifice and victory.

Best Artwork: Berserk.
No need to explain, just go take a look at the latest Berserk chapter :) no need to point a certain chapter ... they are all masterpieces!

Best Manga Overall: Berserk.
The almighty mangaka and his masterpiece. The story that you can read so many times without getting tired of it, the characters that have unique traits and superb design. The art that no one can beat, and the long life this manga has! Just imagine your nominee in 10 years from now :) no one will like it then. But look at Berserk, it survived 20 years and still kicking! and even if I age to 60, my opinion wont change :D

This is it for now, I may add/edit things later.
Shin.

Organizized

December 17, 2010, 07:12 AM

Best Male Lead: I second Shinsatsu’s nomination of Miyamoto Musashi from Vagabond.

he changed his nomination of Best Male Lead to Vash the Stampede from Trigun, so that's why it's scratched out above

Best Male Supporting Character: While I do feel like I should second the nomination of L in this category, for the sake of competition I’ll nominate Niizuma Eiji from Bakuman.

When he first appeared, Eiji looked to be a future villain. From the start, he was introduced as a threat to the protagonists, being a ”young genius mangaka” just like them. As the series progresses, though, he turns out to be a really likable, if somewhat ”special”, kid. He does remain the main rival of our heroes, but a respectable and lovable one. He’s competitive and hell-bent on staying #1, but still cares for his competitors and wants to see them perform as well as they possibly can. Most of the time, though, he’s just a quirky and hilarious character, and a perfect fit for this category.

Best Artwork: Vinland Saga by Makoto Yukimura. Now, if you haven't read this series, don't use the early chapters for reference. The art had some serious upgrading when the series moved from a weekly to a monthly magazine. And maaaan, did it upgrade. The detail Yukimura puts into each and every panel is just amazing. I don't know what else to say except go check it out for yourself. You won't regret it.

zura113

December 17, 2010, 07:40 AM

Hello!! :D

Okay my entries
Best villain - Takasugi Shinsuke from Gintama, because as far as I've seen and read, he is cunning, personality fits to be a villain (mysterious etc etc), he would do anything to reach his goals and his appearance is (Y)

Best Shoujo manga - Hana Kimi (Hanazakari no Kimitachi e). Well it's quite old but to alot of those who've read Hana Kimi out there, its their all time favorite, mine too. I read quite alot of shoujo mangas, and Hana Kimi is the best when taking the art style into account, the story, the developing romance between the characters.

Best Seinen manga is DOGS Bullets and Carnage because the plot is amazing and original. Not to mention, the characters are unique. Naoto and Haine to be specific. The way the story goes on, the characters' roles and involvment in the plot is (Y)

Best Shonen manga - In my opinion, its Fullmetal Alchemist. by Arakawa Hiromu Epic, and the most original plot I've ever come across. Characters involvement is great, art style is simple and quite attractive.

Best Male Lead- Sakata Gintoki from Gintama. His personality is what I find attractive. Laid back most of the time, cares deeply for those close to him, great sense of humor etc. Character design is great too, quite unique. I haven't really seen many characters with silver hair, permed :D .

Best Male Supporting character - Kanda Yuu from D.Gray Man. His character design, quite simple yet great :) Background story is quite touching too, and his personality, lovely.

Best Female Lead - Yato Kagura from Gintama. Really, she has a unique personality. Though she can be selfish, that's one thing that is attractive, along with her attitude, caring for those close to her etc. Her strength, physical, is unique too. Fighting with an umbrella. Superhuman strength and speed. Oh and her sense of humor :D

Best Full Cast - Fullmetal Alchemist cast, in my opinion. All characters, personality wise and design wise, unique and amazing. The character involvment in the plot, and the relationships between characters is brilliant :)

Best manga overall - Kuroshitsuji by Yana Toboso. It's just wonderful. Amazing. The plot, art, characters and the setting, fantastic :) . I just get thrilled when waiting for a month after each chapter, and every arc is very interesting.

That's all I have to say right now. To be honest there are several other equally amazing choices in my mind and it was really hard to choose.
I might edit later.

May the best ones win.

Ustegius

December 17, 2010, 08:15 AM

No genre categories? I mean like sports/comedy/drama. Not to every little thing thing like neopunk, but those big three atleast.

Okay, here we go.

Best Male Lead - I nominate Kenji Endo from 20th/21st Century Boys. He is so easy to relate to, he is just like one of us. As a boy he wanted to save the world, as a teen he wanted to be a rock star and as a adult he is a manager of a franchise minimart. However, when forced to corner, he slowly yet steadily grows into a rockin' hero, only one with the strenght and support to deny villanous Friend.

Best Male Supporting Character - As much as I like Runge and L, I still nominate Wolfgang Grimmer from Monster. The man is so caring, despite his own claim that he has no feelings. Sub-conciously denies them due to childhood trauma. But perfectly feelingless person wouldn't be so nice, righteous and heroic.

Best Female Lead - I nominate Gally from GUNNM(aka. Battle Angel Alita)/GUNNM: The Last Order. Professor Ito saves the head of a beatifull female cyborg from the trash heaps. His dream was to just make her beautifull and live happily, but the stubborn lady drifts into the world of fighting and killing, muchly lead by her unknown past she has herself forgotten. The cyborgs growth as a person is splendidly told and very heart touching, and as bonus she kicks some bad guy ass pretty damn effectivly.

Best Shounen Manga - I support One Piece, but I'd like to see someone nominate HxH or FMA. Oda has done a splendid job on building a universe
and characters that just yell "Adventure!" out loud. Also very special case in Jump, as time to time you jaw drop as you notice, that he has had this moment/character done in his mind since the beginning.

Best Seinen Manga - I nominate Naoki Urasawa's Monster. The way the athmosphere builds up in this mystery is just astonishing. The web of mystery and how its slow unveiling changes the characters during their journey is spectacular. The grande finale made me shiver like crazy, and all of it is done without need to rely on supernatural plot devices. In theory, this could have really happened.

Best Villain - I support Johan Liebert from Monster. The name of the manga sound silly at first, but as the reader gets to know who is Johan, and how he became the person he is, the title makes undeniable sense. The most frightening monsters don't have jaws, claws or several limps.

Best Fight - I nominate Thorkkell's duel with Thorrfinn in Vinland Saga. It was just so awesome.

Best Couple - I nominate Rock and Revy from Black Lagoon. The japanese salaryman and crazy violent mercenary lady just have some amazing chemistry, which is on of the things which makes this series so entertaining.

Best Full Cast - I support Fullmetal Alchemist here. Not only does it have plenty of amazing characters, but well built social networks and reletions between them.

Best Artwork - I'm between Vinland Saga and Vagabond here. I'll decide later.

Best WTF Moment - Revelation of Duval's identity in One Piece. Totally WTF?!?! and funny as hell also.

Best new series - What counts as new? I'd like to nominate Beelzebub, but it has been running a while for now.

Best Manga Overall - The best overall manga must be something that surpasses genre and age. This is why I nominate Yotsuba&! A slice of life series, that never fails to make the reader smile. The realistic daily 'adventures' of an eccentric little girl and his family and friends are fit to reader of any age. If you do not enjoy this, your heart must be made of ice.

Roflkopt3r

December 17, 2010, 08:16 AM

Nominations:
Best Male Lead: Gatsu of Berserk (by Kentaro Miura). He is totally badass to the amount of beeing the possibly coolest character ever and has several -not too simple!- character changes over the story.
Best Male Support Character: Gauche Suede of Tegami Bachi (Letter Bee) by Hiroyuki Asada. He doesn't actually appear very often, although he is a most central character. He has a great optical design, great dreams, a sad fate and a good heart.

Best Female Lead: Seras Victora of Hellsing. An awesome fate, great optical design and a lovely character finding her way in a mad world.
Best Female Support Character: Fee of Planetes (by Makoto Yukimura). Seemingly beeing a serious, disciplinary character in the beginning, she shows other sides later; finding and enjoying beatiful moments of life (often revolving about her desired cigarettes) and, finally after questioning the constraints of adult life, gaining back the freedom of childhood and starting a rebellion against the system.

Best Shounen Manga: Tegami Bachi (Letter Bee) by Hiroyuki Asada. It's a really fantastic scenario with great artworks and cool characters and visual design. It's a little off the Shounen mainstream in regards of the design of the universe, storyline and atmosphere, making it more unique than many other Shounen.
Best Seinen Manga: Berserk (supporting Shinsatsu) by Kentaro Miura. It really uses the possibilities of Seinen very well, without overdoing them. For a monthly released Manga, it's very old already and still exeptionally good.

Best Costume Design: Tegami Bachi (Letter Bee) by Hiroyuki Asada. The winter clothes in general and Bee uniforms (http://i576.photobucket.com/albums/ss203/T33_K3SS3LCH3N/Anime%20Manga/Ch1LetterBee-1.jpg) in specific look awesome and stylish.

Best Villain: "Nosferatu" Zodd of Berserk (by Kentaro Miura). A most impressive barbarian, his forearms are massive as a cannon barrel. His face, clothes and arms are most crude and archaic even for a medieval scenario. He's a relentless fighter and maybe the most powerful demon of Berserk. He's an absolutely wild beast.

Best Fight: Thorkell vs. Thorfinn (supporting Ustegius). Including Thorkell's famous demonstration of power (http://img697.imageshack.us/i/spreadthorkellthorfinnu.jpg/) and the "where is Thorfinn?"-Scene (http://img842.imageshack.us/i/spreadthorfinnfliegt.jpg/). (page reading direction is from left to right, panel direction from right to left on these images)
Best Kiss: Gatsu and Caska (http://img221.imageshack.us/i/kussq.jpg/) (Berserk)

Best Double Spread: Berserk Vol. 8 Page 190 - Gatsu vs Griffith (http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/535/gatsuvsgriffith1.jpg)

Best Couple: Hachimiki and Tanabe of Planetes (by Makoto Yukimura). Coming together suddenly and unexpected, they're a romantic, young and playful couple with big hopes and dreams nonetheless. In all of this, I think that the way they came together was extraordinarily low on cliche and pathos, which often weaken love stories. Also, it's neither too much nor too less emotional.

Best plot-twist: The Eclipse in Berserk (by Kentaro Miura).

In a moment of madness, the previously tortured and crippled (his muscles are degenerated, his tendons and tongue cut) Griffith pushes the horses of the carriage he's been lying on after beeing rescued, and falls into a river. His friends of his mercenary troup follow to save him. In the river he finds a long lost trinket, which has been "waiting" for this moment, and summons a living hell of demons. The four almost allmighty "God Hand" appear on top of this and declare Griffith to be the long awaited fifth God Hand. He is beeing transformed into one of them, while his old comrades and friends are beeing slaugthered by the demons as a sacrifice for Griffith's rebirth. Griffith accepts this, because he already accepted that sacrifices were necessary to accomplish his dreams and aims of an own kingdom.

Gatsu, who is the strongest fighter amongst the mercenary and Griffith's closest friend, enters a berserk rage when he sees his friends beeing slaugthered and Griffith taken by the demons and slays dozens of demons. Apart from him, only his girlfriend Caska -who was unable to decide between her love for Gatsu and Griffith- survives, because another mercenary gives his life to safe her for a moment.

When Griffith is fully transformed and now is a powerful beeing, the demons capture Gatsu and Caska and Griffith rapes the woman in front of Gatsu's eyes, who, still raging, slashes on the demon holding his arm until his sword breaks, and then cuts off his own arm with the broken sword, only to be captured again and loosing an eye.

Both Gatsu and Caska survive, but Caska loses her mind after the events. The overall twist:
-Before: Griffith is stripped of all his previous power, glory and ambitions, while Gatsu and Caska finally thought to have found their places in life and within the mercenary troups, who follow them and feel ready for a new life.
-After: Griffith is a godlike beeing, Gatsu lost everything of value to him, Caska effectively doesn't exist anymore, the mercenary army is dead; The story has a full reset.

Best WTF-Moment: Thorkell and Willibald - "Whichever created Liquor" (http://img710.imageshack.us/img710/6941/whichevercreatedliqor.jpg)(Vinland Saga)

Best Manga Overall: Berserk (supporting Shinsatsu) by Kentaro Miura. Stunning arts, great characters, an epic but unpredictable story and using the possibilities of Seinen Genre over Shounen to their best.

Kubukurin

December 17, 2010, 08:51 AM

Best Josei: Kuragehime, is just too funny and hilarius.

ashher

December 17, 2010, 10:12 AM

You know what, i don't think the two male leads that are leading so far are really worth it. Gutts is almost a flawless character...not in the sense that he is perfect, but in the sense that he is always doing his things, even the things that should've been revolting, in a crowd pleasing way. For example, i remember him using a girl as hostage to defeat his father-demon early in the series. The elf sounded disgusted with the tech, but did the reader feel the same? Did you feel the same? Honestly we all felt that he is being 'badass'. This is the case with almost everything he did...he almost always inspires awe and admiration, and almost nothing else. I believe that the writer needs to let his hero do things at times that truly makes the reader feel dislike, disappointment, pity or look down upon that character. Musashi is much better in this regard...at times he annoys, disappoints, makes me want to shake him from his cowardice, or his other flaws. You truly dislike him at those times, and so those flaws are real flaws. However the problem with him is the general problem of Vagabod...that the writer very often likes to 'tell' philosophy instead of 'show'...the amount of self-analysis that Musashi and other characters do leave little room for any interpretation from the readers. A good read should leave scope for different meaning/interpretation/effect, varying from reader to reader.
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Judging from these points of view: naruto, light and lelouch(in the CG anime, i haven't read the manga)...are better. I would've nominated Lelouch, but i need to read the manga 1st to be sure if he is the same in manga as well.

Newkerzy

December 17, 2010, 10:21 AM

I vote for the Namikaze (Uzumaki) family color spread as Best Color spread. (Naruto)

I vote for EdxWinry (FMA) as Best couple. You just can't hate them & their interactions. They even became canon at the end. Hell, Ed's proposal was awarded as the best line for proposing in Japan.

I also nominate Royai (RoyxRiza) of FMA as Best couple. I would've picked Kakashix Hanare from Naruto fillers (I mean, c'mon Kishi!!! cut the guy some slack, will ya!!??) but I decided to go for Royai since it's more established.

benelori

December 17, 2010, 10:54 AM

@ashher

Honestly when I saw that scene, I thought...this is one crazy manga:D...but Gutts has gone through such changes...he was never flawless, and almost his entire life he was in the shadow Griffith...so he really worked for everything we see in the latest chapters, and he's been through a lot of hardships...the strength and determination of his character, and the sheer force of his appearance make him one of the best candidates for Best Male Lead...emphasis on the word Lead

ashher

December 17, 2010, 11:28 AM

@Benelori its not that i doubt the qualities in Gutts to be liked, its the lack of the features that i can dislike in him is what bothers me. But your right that he is the LEAD that drives this manga. However so is lelouch for Code Geass, and light for death note...

Xman

December 17, 2010, 11:41 AM

Best Male Lead
Gutts from Berserk, he just don't give crap, he just want to kill Griffith and get done with the insanity that he is living.

Best Male Supporting Character
Black Star from Soul Eater, this is the kind of best friend you need, out-going, always with you on whenever you want to do.

Best Female Lead
Haruko Haruhara from FLCL, Can I have a GF like her pleases? out-going, crazy about Tasuku "Naota's Big Brother"

Best Shounen Manga:
One Piece, well, as a fan boy, and 2nd, the best selling shounen so far. story dynamic is smooth, the Mangaka knows where he is going and knows how to go from the point he is at pretty good, the character isn't that much nor too few, characters always kept in mind, no matter how minor they are, I can say the Mangka is really experienced and well aware of character development.

Best Seinen Manga:
Berserk, 21 years of awesomeness, story is just epic, art is insanely and beyond awesome. I swear I don't have the words to describe it.

Best Hairstyling:
Zetsubou Sensei, I would kill to get a hair like that. simple, not that complicated and pretty awesome.

Best Costume Design
Berserk Armor, "when the helm is on"

Best Villain:
Griffith, he sacrificed his friends, the hawks, people who grew up with and loved. just for his own sake and his kingdom without even thinking twice.

Best Fight
This is pretty hard to decide to be honest, I'm between fights from Berserk, Gantz, One Piece, Soul Eater and Hellsing

I would go with Alucard vs Anderson, the last fight. both of them went to the last straw and then Alucard got really pissed off about what Anderson did at the end. I don't want to jump with details in case of spoilers

Best Double-Spread
1st time Gutts used Berserk Armor and came out of that monster
http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20090917202531/berserk/images/a/a5/Berserk_v26_201.jpg

Best Couple
Black Star and Tsubaki Nakatsuka, the unique about those couple, even thought it seems they don't fully understand each and both of them has a totally different personality, they work together perfectly.

Best Full Cast
Soul Eater, every character has a unique aspect in personality and fighting style. and they work as a huge team awesomely.

Best Artwork
Berserk, the details that he spend time working with is astonishing, the buildings, the places, the fields, everything he think of he design it with passion.

Best WTF Moment
One Piece: Ace son of Gold D. Roger, I've gone blank about that for a whole week.

Best plot-twist
Berserk Chapter 290, Hellhound "Gutts Inner Demon" promising Gutts to get him where it hurts the most when he let his guard down someday. the double-page got me jizzed.

Best new series
Ao no Exorcist, great plot, characters, the basic idea is used up but the way the mangka presented was really great, and they've announced the anime to be made, really looking forward to it

Best Manga Overall
One Piece, read Best Shounen

destiny4ever

December 17, 2010, 08:01 PM

Thank you for all the nominations guys!!! I’ve updated the nominees list in the OP and looking at the list we do have some pretty amazing contestants. :thumbs

About the best new series category, you can only nominate series that began to get published in 2010.

And don’t forget to vote for your favorite chapter! :)

Here are the nominees that we have so far:

Awards Categories

Best Male Lead
Gutts from Berserk (3 votes)
Allen Walker from D.Gray-man
Yoshina Ageha from Psyren
Miyamoto Musahi from Vagabond (2 votes)
Sakata Gintoki from Gintama
Kenji Endo from 20th/21st Century Boys

Best Male Supporting Character
L from Death Note (2 votes)
Inspector Heinrich Runge from Monster
Wolfgang Grimmer from Monster
Niizuma Eiji from Bakuman
Kandu Yuu from D. Gray Man
Gauche Suede from Tegami Bachi
Black Star from Soul Eater

Best Female Lead
Misaki Ayuzawa from Kaichou Wa Maid Sama
Claire from Claymore (2 votes)
Yato Kagura from Gintama
Gally from GUNNM (aka. Battle Angel Alita)
Seras Victora of Hellsing
Haruko Haruhara from FLCL

Best Female Supporting Character
Fee of Planetes

Best Shoujo Manga
Fruits Basket
Hana Kimi (Hanazakari no Kimitachi e)

Best Shounen Manga
Naruto
Death Note
One Piece (4 votes)
Psyren
Fullmetal Alchemist
Tegami Bachi (Letter Bee)

Best Josei Manga
Kuragehime

Best Seinen Manga
Blame!
K-ON
Vagabond
Berserk (3 votes)
DOGS Bullets and Carnage
Monster

Best Hairstyling
Bleach
Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei (Zetsubou Sensei)

Best Costume Design
Tegami Bachi (Letter Bee)
Berserk Armor, "when the helm is on"

Best Villain
Johann Liebert from Monster (2 votes)
Orochimaru from Naruto (2 votes)
Millennium Earl from D.Gray-Man
Priscilla from Claymore
Aizen from Bleach
Takasugi Shinsuke from Gintama
“Nosferatu” Zodd from Berserk
Griffith from Berserk

Best Fight
Bleach, Ichigo VS Ulquiorra Final battle
Vagabond, Miyamoto Musashi (Shinmen Takezo) vs Yoshioka School
Naruto, Sandaime VS Orochimaru
Vinland Saga, Thorkkell's duel with Thorrfinn (2 votes)
Hellsing, Alucard vs Anderson

Best Kiss
Kaicho wa maid-sama Misaki and Usui sharing a kiss in chapter 32
Claymore Clare kissing Raki (2 votes)
Berserk Gatsu and Caska sharing a kiss

Best Color Page
Naruto/ Chapter 503 (3 votes)
http://www.mangafox.com/manga/naruto/v52/c503/2.html

Best Double-Spread
Berserk: 1st time Gutts used Berserk Armor and came out of that monster
http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__...rk_v26_201.jpg
Bleach: Ichigo’s final transformation (2 votes) http://www.mangafox.com/manga/bleach/v47/c420/12.html
Berserk Vol. 8 Page 190 - Gatsu vs Griffith
http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/535/gatsuvsgriffith1.jpg

Best Chapter

Best Couple
Ed & Winry from Fullmetal Alchemist
Orihime X Ulquiorra from Bleach
Yoshina Ageha and Amamiya Sakurako from Psyren
Rock and Revy from Black Lagoon
Hachimiki and Tanabe from Planetes
Black Star and Tsubaki Nakatsuka

Best Full Cast
Fullmetal Alchemist 4 votes
Soul Eater

Best Artwork
Blame! 2 votes
Berserk 2 votes
Vinland Saga

Best WTF Moment
L's media stunt on Kira in Death Note
Aizen changing forms in Bleach
Fake Robin with the cucumber in One Piece (Chapter 598)
Revelation of Duval's identity in One Piece
Thorkell and Willibald - "Whichever created Liquor" (Vinland Saga)

Best plot-twist
Bleach – Aizen revealed as villain in Bleach
One Piece – Finding out that Ace's father was Gol D. Roger (2 votes)
Claymore – Priscilla decapitating Teresa and then Awakening
Berserk – The Eclipse
Berserk - Ch 290 Hellhound “Guts’ inner demon” promising Guts

Best new series
Enigma by Sakaki Kenji (2 votes)

Best Manga Overall
Kuroshitsuji by Toboso Yana (2 votes)
Claymore by Norihiro Yagi
Psyren by Toshiaki Iwashiro
Berserk (2 votes)
Yotsuba&!
One Piece

If I made a mistake or if something is missing from the list above, please let me know.
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I vote for EdxWinry (FMA) as Best couple. You just can't hate them & their interactions. They even became canon at the end. Hell, Ed's proposal was awarded as the best line for proposing in Japan.

I also nominate Royai (RoyxRiza) of FMA as Best couple. I would've picked Kakashix Hanare from Naruto fillers (I mean, c'mon Kishi!!! cut the guy some slack, will ya!!??) but I decided to go for Royai since it's more established.
Those two pairings are pretty great :cool: and would make excellent nominees for the best couple category. :) However you can only “vote” for one. You can “vote” by nominating a pairing or by supporting the nomination of another member. Since Ed x Winry was already nominated, would you like to support this pairing and “vote” for them? Or would you like to nominate Royai and “vote” for them instead?

ashher

December 17, 2010, 09:21 PM

Some1 plz nominate Vagabond for best artwork...i was torn between blame! and vagabond. It'll be a huge injustice if there 2 don't get the 1st 2 spots here...
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I've got a questions: can we vote/nominate manhwa in this contest?

DevMid

December 17, 2010, 09:22 PM

My nominations:
Best Male Supporting Character: Nagumo Souichirou from The Lucifer and Biscuit Hammer
Best Female Lead: Asahina Samidare from The Lucifer and Biscuit Hammer
Best Female Supporting Character: Major General Olivia Armstrong from Fullmetal Alchemist
VOTE: Best Shounen: Fullmetal Alchemist
Best Josei: Amatsuki
Best Seinen: REAL by Inoue Takehiko
Best Villain: Animus from the Lucifer and Biscuit Hammer
VOTE: Best Full Cast: Fullmetal Alchemist
Best Artwork: REAL
Best WTF Moment: In The Lucifer and Biscuit Hammer, when Blues Drive Monster is revealed.
Best New Series: Oumagadoki Doubutsuen
Best Manga Overall: Fullmetal Alchemist

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Oops >_<
Animus is from the Lucifer and Biscuit Hammer. Sorry bout that XD

no problem, Animus from The Lucifer and Biscuit Hammer, has been added!

ashher

December 17, 2010, 09:27 PM

Also about the hairstyling and the best costume...are there categories for contest between mangas or particular characters?

destiny4ever

December 17, 2010, 10:03 PM

I've got a questions: can we vote/nominate manhwa in this contest?
Mmm…tbh, I haven’t thought about including manhwa in the awards, maybe I should include a category for Best Manhwa.

Also about the hairstyling and the best costume...are there categories for contest between mangas or particular characters?
You can nominate a manga or a particular character.

@ Thank you for your nominations, DevMid! :) I'll add them to the list in a moment.
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I have added DevMid’s nominations. Just one question, what manga is Animus from? I can't add him/her without the name of the manga he/she is from.

DevMid responded/answered this, Animus is the villain in The Lucifer and Biscuit Hammer. I already added this to the OP.

Awards Categories

Best Male Lead
Gutts from Berserk (3 votes)
Allen Walker from D.Gray-man
Yoshina Ageha from Psyren
Miyamoto Musahi from Vagabond (2 votes)
Sakata Gintoki from Gintama
Kenji Endo from 20th/21st Century Boys

Best Male Supporting Character
L from Death Note (2 votes)
Inspector Heinrich Runge from Monster
Wolfgang Grimmer from Monster
Niizuma Eiji from Bakuman
Kandu Yuu from D. Gray Man
Gauche Suede from Tegami Bachi
Black Star from Soul Eater
Nagumo Souichirou from The Lucifer and Biscuit Hammer

Best Female Lead
Misaki Ayuzawa from Kaichou Wa Maid Sama
Claire from Claymore (2 votes)
Yato Kagura from Gintama
Gally from GUNNM (aka. Battle Angel Alita)
Seras Victora of Hellsing
Haruko Haruhara from FLCL
Asahina Samidare from The Lucifer and Biscuit Hammer

Best Female Supporting Character
Fee of Planetes
Major General Olivia Armstrong from Fullmetal Alchemist

Best Shoujo Manga
Fruits Basket
Hana Kimi (Hanazakari no Kimitachi e)

Best Shounen Manga
Naruto
Death Note
One Piece (4 votes)
Psyren
Fullmetal Alchemist (2 votes)
Tegami Bachi (Letter Bee)

Best Josei Manga
Kuragehime
Amatsuki

Best Seinen Manga
Blame!
K-ON
Vagabond
Berserk (3 votes)
DOGS Bullets and Carnage
Monster
REAL

Best Hairstyling
Bleach
Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei (Zetsubou Sensei)

Best Costume Design
Tegami Bachi (Letter Bee)
Berserk Armor, "when the helm is on"

Best Villain
Johann Liebert from Monster (2 votes)
Orochimaru from Naruto (2 votes)
Millennium Earl from D.Gray-Man
Priscilla from Claymore
Aizen from Bleach
Takasugi Shinsuke from Gintama
“Nosferatu” Zodd from Berserk
Griffith from Berserk

Best Fight
Bleach, Ichigo VS Ulquiorra Final battle
Vagabond, Miyamoto Musashi (Shinmen Takezo) vs Yoshioka School
Naruto, Sandaime VS Orochimaru
Vinland Saga, Thorkkell's duel with Thorrfinn (2 votes)
Hellsing, Alucard vs Anderson

Best Kiss
Kaicho wa maid-sama Misaki and Usui sharing a kiss in chapter 32
Claymore Clare kissing Raki (2 votes)
Berserk Gatsu and Caska sharing a kiss

Best Color Page
Naruto/ Chapter 503 (3 votes)
http://www.mangafox.com/manga/naruto/v52/c503/2.html

Best Double-Spread
Berserk: 1st time Gutts used Berserk Armor and came out of that monster
http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__...rk_v26_201.jpg
Bleach: Ichigo’s final transformation (2 votes) http://www.mangafox.com/manga/bleach/v47/c420/12.html
Berserk Vol. 8 Page 190 - Gatsu vs Griffith
http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/535/gatsuvsgriffith1.jpg

Best Chapter

Best Couple
Ed & Winry from Fullmetal Alchemist
Orihime X Ulquiorra from Bleach
Yoshina Ageha and Amamiya Sakurako from Psyren
Rock and Revy from Black Lagoon
Hachimiki and Tanabe from Planetes
Black Star and Tsubaki Nakatsuka

Best Full Cast
Fullmetal Alchemist (5 votes)
Soul Eater

Best Artwork
Blame! 2 votes
Berserk 2 votes
Vinland Saga
REAL

Best WTF Moment
L's media stunt on Kira in Death Note
Aizen changing forms in Bleach
Fake Robin with the cucumber in One Piece (Chapter 598)
Revelation of Duval's identity in One Piece
Thorkell and Willibald - "Whichever created Liquor" (Vinland Saga)
In The Lucifer and Biscuit Hammer, when Blues Drive Monster is revealed.

Best plot-twist
Bleach – Aizen revealed as villain in Bleach
One Piece – Finding out that Ace's father was Gol D. Roger (2 votes)
Claymore – Priscilla decapitating Teresa and then Awakening
Berserk – The Eclipse
Berserk - Ch 290 Hellhound “Guts’ inner demon” promising Guts

Best new series
Enigma by Sakaki Kenji (2 votes)
Oumagadoki Doubutsuen

Best Manga Overall
Kuroshitsuji by Toboso Yana (2 votes)
Claymore by Norihiro Yagi
Psyren by Toshiaki Iwashiro
Berserk (2 votes)
Yotsuba&!
One Piece
Fullmetal Alchemist

E-Hero/Ninja:S&P

December 17, 2010, 10:28 PM

Best Male Lead Natsu Dragneel from Fairy Tail… He’s just as dense as your average Shonen character but he rarely has moments where he does think with something other than his fist…

Best Male Supporting Character Black Star (Soul Eater) hands down… He’s someone you’ll always be happy to have on your side when “it” hits the fan…

Best Female Supporting Character Lucy Heartfilia (Fairy Tail) serves as a perfect foil to many of the outrageous characters that you see in the Fairy Tail guild, yet at the same time she manages to have moments where she’s just as out there as they are…

Best Shounen Manga One Piece… It’s one of the few manga that stays interesting week after week after week no matter what’s going on…

Best Hairstyling Yu-Gi-Oh! – Not many mangaka could get away with making the protagonist’s hair look like marine life. Yugi (a Starfish) and Yusei (a Crab) in particular…

Best Costume Design Yu-Gi-Oh! Most of the characters have styles that are not only fun to look at, but pretty cool at the same time…

Best Villain Kabuto (Naruto) – Think Orochimaru’s powers with Kabuto’s cunning and anylytical skills… Kabuto is someone who knows enough to even blackmail one of the most powerful villains in the manga…

Best Fight Natsu vs. Gildartz (Fairy Tail)

Best Color Page For the sake of being different One Piece chapter 598 (http://www.mangafox.com/manga/one_piece/v59/c598/4.html)

Best Double-Spread This page (http://www.mangareader.net/266-35597-10/zatch-bell/chapter-319.html) from Zatch Bell

Best Chapter Fairy Tail chapter 206…

Best Couple Ed and Winry - Fullmetal Alchemist

Best Full Cast I support zura113’s nomination for Fullmetal Alchemist.

Best Artwork Bleach… of the manga that I do read (a lot of them) this is one of the more realistic looking…

Best WTF Moment When Enel relizes that his powers are ineffective against Luffy… http://www.mangafox.com/manga/one_piece/v30/c279/16.html Most people probably had the same look on their face when it happened…

Best plot-twist In Fairy Tail when Gildartz shows off his true power to Natsu...

Best Manga Overall One Piece hands down…

Newkerzy

December 17, 2010, 11:08 PM

benelori

December 18, 2010, 12:59 AM

Some1 plz nominate Vagabond for best artwork...i was torn between blame! and vagabond. It'll be a huge injustice if there 2 don't get the 1st 2 spots here...

You can always nominate Vagabond for Best fight, I mean there are lots of very, very awesome fights...I think the one against Yoshioka was the best until now...

Xman

December 18, 2010, 04:44 AM

HegemonKhan

December 18, 2010, 05:30 AM

you can do either (make new post or edit a previous post) for changing your nomination(s),

but please please let us know you made a change, with something like this:

I originally nominated this:

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but, now I want to change it to this:

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for a new nomination, you can do either as well: make a new post or edit-add it to your previous post

zura113

December 18, 2010, 06:59 AM

Thank you for your hard work :>

I have a question:
If I wanted to add a vote or maybe change it, do I edit my original post or add another reply ?

In case I have to post a reply for the extra vote,
Best Female Supporting Character:
Kagura from Gintama, that girl is awesome in so many levels, and you don't want to screw with her.

Another note:
I think my vote for the Best new series is missing, I voted for Ao no Exorcist

Um if I'm not mistaken, one of the moderators mentioned in a later post that you can only vote for a manga that began in 2010. Ao no Exorcist began in 2009
Just clearing the doubt :)
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I'd like to add something :)
Best couple - Roy Mustang x Riza Hawkeye, from Fullmetal Alchemist. Even though there's no ROMANCE, the way their relationship goes on and builds up and their joint involvement in the series is a plus point, in my opinion. I just feel happy seeing them together :)

Fomano

December 18, 2010, 07:03 AM

I forgot to put some things on my list, it is still possible to put them? :s

naruto-niichan

December 18, 2010, 07:04 AM

Great competition and really good choices so far :thumbs

Best Male Lead: I do support everyone who voted for Gutts, he's absolutely awesome. Nevertheless I would like to nominate Naruto Uzumaki from "Naruto". I really like his kind character and his strong will to never give up. Sure you can question some of his thoughts (like the whole Sasuke thing...) but as a whole, he's definitely one awsome dude (yeah I'm a bit of a fanboy :ninja)

Best Male Supporting Character: Askeladd from Vinland Saga. (This is his final nomination choice)

Ustegius already suggested Grimmer (great job there!), that leaves me the option to vote for another great character. I'm not sure if he falls under the supporter role, if not I would like to nominate another character. It's Akiyama from "Liar Game". He has a very kind heart and a fascinating intelligence, I'm loving how he works together with Nao.

Akiyama from Liar Game is considered to be a Lead character, so he's not allowed for this category, so that's why he's scratched out

Shikamaru Nara from Naruto for Best Male Supporting Character has been added as you requested for the change (he changed again, to Roy Mustang in Fullmetal Alchemist)

Roy Mustang from Fullmetal Alchemist (he changes this to his final nomination choice of Askeladd from Vinland Saga)

His Final nomination choice (after many changes), is Askeladd from Vinland Saga

Best Female Lead: Clare is already nominated so my vote goes to Kurokami Medaka from "Medaka Box". She's ridiculous in every way, her actions always makes one smile, laugh or crying.

Best Female Supporting Character: Well female supporters are mostly underrated because the mangaka doesn't give much attention to them. One exception for me is Schierke from "Berserk". She's still a kid, but her sometimes childish behaviour makes her funny and cute. Aside from that, she's the most helpful/useful member in Gutts group and her magic is always epic :thumbs

Best Shoujo Manga: Well the only Shoujo I've ever read is "Vampire Knight", so my vote is very very subjective. Nevertheless I would still like to nominate it, because I think it was a very interesting manga till some certain points.

Best Shounen Manga: Very difficult choice. I think my vote will go to Fullmetal Alchemist, because I never really liked Arakawa's drawing (and the artstyle is something very important for me) but just loved FMA. It's epic and without a question one of the best mangas out there atm.

Best Seinen Manga: I would love to give my vote to Berserk (because it's definitely and by far the best Seinen) but it already has some votes. I will use the chance and nominate "Vinland Saga" because the plot is very captivating and has one of the best villains I've seen so far.

Best Hairstyling: My vote goes to Katekyo Hitman Reborn. Amano's hair drawings are great and I especially love Tsuna's and Byakuran's hair :XD

Best Costume Design:: Again I nominate Hitman Reborn, because the outfits are always very stylish and I just love the mafia outfits.

Best Villain: his final nomination is Griffith from Berserk

Johann and Grifith are some great choices but I would like to nominate Askeladd from "Vinland Saga". He's a very intriguing character and, not like most of the villains, isn't absolutely evil. His sacrifice shows that he isn't a selfish person but does things for a greater good. (he changes it to Griffith from Berserk)

Best Fight: Another hard one, because there are just too many epic fights. My vote will go to Naruto vs. Pain, because I loved every bit of the fight. It was stamped by tactic but nevertheless epic and captivating.

The rest will come to a later point.

Shinsatsu

December 18, 2010, 07:13 AM

I let some fields missing in order to think and see what will people nominate and act according to that.
That's why I will add:
Best Female Supporting Character: +1 to naruto-niichan for Schierke from Berserk.

Best Costume Design: Fairy Tail.
they have some amazing costumes and they don't stick with the same clothes (well Natsu does -__-)

HegemonKhan

December 18, 2010, 07:37 AM

I forgot to put some things on my list, it is still possible to put them? :s

yes. go back and edit your old post, or make a new one.

if you're going to change your nominations, just please leave something to let us know your changing it.

something like this:

My original nomination was:

_________________

but, now I want to change it to this:

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Also, everyone, you can still choose what's already been nominated, as it'll get additional votes for its nomination. remember we're taking the top 5 nominations with the most votes for every each category. (and then we'll do the actual voting "contest" afterwards)

Fomano

December 18, 2010, 08:17 AM

The rest of the list

Best Male Supporting - L from Death Note - I don't really think that he is a supporting character, but he is the most important character of Death Note (in my opinion)

Best Female Supporting - Sumiko Sumimura from Kekkaishi - Yoshimori's mother and one of the most enigmatic characters from Kekkaishi, she knows every secret in the Kekkaishi universe and is super powerful

Best Shoujo Manga - Bitter Virgin - Really touching and a friend of mine has very in common with the protagonist

Best Chapter - Bleach 421 - The Final Getsuga Tensho, Aizen defeated and pissed off (for the first time) and Urahara showing that he's really the most badass character in Bleach (I have considered only the chapters released in 2010)

Best Hairstyling - Katekyo Hitman Reborn - Some are so fluid that it looks like you're watching a movie and there are so many different hairstyles.

Best Costume Design - Katekyo Hitman Reborn - Something that you can't deny about Reborn is the characters style, and now the Vongola Gears especially Gokudera's have shown how creative Amano can be

Best Full Cast - One Piece - It's a big Universe with tons of characters and each one is so different, Strawhat Crew and their charisma deserve my vote

Best Artwork - Vagabond - I can't explain why, but I think it is the best

ryzvonusef

December 18, 2010, 01:17 PM

Best Male Lead
Uzumaki Naruto from Naruto
Seriously, Naruto is a very good hero, people just hate him because of all the hype.

Best Male Supporting Character
Shichiro Ougi from Kekkaishi
First I wanted to go with Sumimura Masamori, but then I realised that Ougi was more deserving of this category.

Best Female Lead
Yukimura Tokine from Kekkaishi
How many heroines have you seen go on solo missions?

Best Female Supporting Character
Sumimura Sumiko from Kekkaishi
She chucks Dragon Land Gods the size of Shenlong for teh Lulz, seriously, she is awesome.

Best Shoujo Manga
None read.:p

Best Shounen Manga
Kekkaishi

Best Josei Manga
None read.:p

Best Seinen Manga
Is Holyland a Seinen Manga?

Best Hairstyling
Psyren

Best Costume Design
Fullmetal Alchemist

Best Villain
Father from FullmetalAlchemist

Best Fight
Naruto
Minato vs Madara

Best Kiss
Um, Naruto and Sasuke? Not really sure I have seen any character in the manga I have read actually kiss.

Best Color Page
Chapter 503 Cover spread from Naruto
(The Uzumaki Family Scene)

Best Double-Spread
Chapter 429, Page 6-7 from Naruto
(Pain floating over Konoha, Konoha is drawn in awesome detail)

Best Chapter
Chapter 107 from Fullmetal Alchemist

Best Couple
Naruto&Hinata from Naruto
PS. I am not sure whether a "pairing" counts as a "couple"; if it doesn't, then I recommend Minato&Kushina from the same manga.

Best Full Cast
Kekkaishi
It's rare to find a manga where the female cast just as powerful as the male cast, if not more so (Sumiko, Tokiko...). Note for example, that I didn't recommend the hero of Kekkaishi (Yoshimori) for the category, since IMHO, Tokine is a better heroine than Yoshi is a hero.

Best Artwork
Fullmetal Alchemist

Best WTF Moment
Kekkaishi
When we learnt just how badly the Founder messed up his son's life; and indirectly, every Kekkaishi's life for 400 years (see sig.)

Best plot-twist
Kekkaishi
when we found out that the awesome hat-dude is Hazama freakin' Tokimori, the Founder!!!

Best new series
Bakuman

Best Manga Overall
Kekkaishi
Seriously, it receives no love whatsoever, despite being one of the most balanced manga there is. READ IT NAO.:mad

Mr. Prince

December 18, 2010, 03:32 PM

Heh... this sounds like a fun idea. Let's see:

Best Male Lead
Kenshiro (Hokuto no Ken/Fist of the North Star)
He is just about the strongest and manliest character to be ever born. As ground-breaking as HnK was, it was only natural that its title hero became a legend and THE prototype for many, many titles and characters to follow.

Best Female Lead
Supporting Ustegius with his nomination of Gally/Alita (GUNNM/Battle Angel Alita).

Best Shounen Manga
Supporting Organizized with his nomination of Oda's masterpiece.

Best Josei Manga
Nodame Cantabile
I'm no connoisseur for female oriented series but for me this category just has to go to Ninomiya Tomoko's Nodame Cantabile. It's such a beautiful and intelligent, funny and very well-written story with great characters.

Best Seinen Manga
AKIRA
This one's a toughie but after a little bit of thought I decided to nominate Ootomo-sensei's timeless classic. Revolutionary work in the Cyberpunk genre, great piece of art and simply put 2000 pages of epicness.

Best Costume Design
Kuroshitsuji/Black Butler
I'm surprised no one called this yet but Toboso really knows how to capture the Victorian age in the little details such as architecture or the most striking feature in her works: clothes! It is authentic yet stylish.

Best Villain
Supporting ashher's nomination of Johann Liebert (Monster).

Best Fight
Supporting Fomano's nomination of Miyamoto Musashi vs. The Yoshioka School (Vagabond).
The fight might have a feeling of badass to some readers but it's really not trying to be that way. It's actually pretty deep and philosophical which I love about Inoue's magnum opus.

Best Kiss
Naruto x Sasuke (Naruto)
This one goes without words, I guess... :tem (I really can't stand BL but this scene was priceless.)

Best Color Page
Vagabond, Volume 21, Chapter 181 (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/5329062/vagabond_156197.jpg.html)
I had such a hard time deciding, since Vagabond is just stuffed with awesomeness. So, in the end I took this picture, one of my favorite illustrations. Great mood and Inoue's artwork doesn't need to be commented. Just like the old masters, eh...

Best Double-Spread
Oyasumi Punpun, Volume 2, Chapter 17 (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/4485970/Oyasumi_Punpun_v02_090-091.png.html)
Even if I could name Vagabond again, I want at least a little bit of variety and Asano Inio is one of my top 10 favorite Mangaka of all time and his artwork is just superb.

Best Couple
Chiaki Shinichi x Noda Megumi (Nodame Cantabile)
Great chemistry between these two. Mr. Perfect x Mrs. Messy Otaku - one might think it's clear who is guiding whom through life... but reality looks quite different; these two learn and evolve together.

Best Full Cast
Eyeshield 21
Several dozens of characters, each and every one of them got his own little story, his own dreams and destiny, his own personality and quirks. Inagaki has created a vast cast of likable and distinctive characters.

Best Artwork
Vagabond
Someone wanted Vagabond to be call, I shall deliver. I have to admit that Miura's artwork is top-notch (though the first few volumes are not so...) but keeping the time it takes him to create all of it in mind I can't give my vote to him. Nihei is another great artist but his art is not that appealing to me (maybe too dark and edgy/scruffy for my taste; plus,I don't like his drawings of persons) So, in the end I'll give it to Inoue-sensei. Beautiful, simply beautiful.

Best WTF Moment
Oyasumi Punpun, Volume 1, Headmaster and vice principle playing Hide-and-seek (http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/5329379/Goodnight_Punpun_v01_c02_-_039.png.html)
If you're not used to Asano's style and humor this first volume will sweep you off your socks. It was a hard time picking one specific scene, since it's just stuffed with 100% WTF-mania in every chapter...

Best Manga Overall
Doraemon
I agree with the person who said the work for this category should play beyond all limitations such as demography. And there is just one series who does this better than any other. It is still loved today, even when it started decades ago: Doraemon!

Googlez_kun

December 18, 2010, 09:21 PM

Best Male Lead
Kenji Endo from 20th/21st Century Boys
He has a way of somehow drawing you into his own adventure.In that aspect he is like Naruto.Kenji's got to be my favourite male lead ever.
*Damn,thinking about him makes me want to read 20th CB again:eyeroll*

Best Female Lead
I couldn't decide between Nausicaä from Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind and Yotsuba from Yotsuba&,but i guess i'll go with Yotsuba.This little girl always manages to make me smile,with this pure and innocent way of approaching things.You explore the world with her and even though you know it pretty well,seeing everything gets exiting and fun with Yotsuba.

Best Shounen Manga
One Piece
Well,what can i say,it's a perfect Shonen.

Best Josei Manga
Nodame Cantabile
I agree with Mr.Prince on that.I love it.Nodame is just so adorable.

Best Hairstyling
Yu-Gi-Oh!
I have to agree with E-Hero/Ninja:S&P.Yu-Gi-Oh! has crazy and impossible hairstyles,but you still buy them.

Best Costume Design
D.Gray-Man
Hoshino-sensei could very well be a designer for clothes.

Best Fight
Naruto: Naruto vs Sasuke at the Valley of the End
Damn,this fight really got me.It was great in the manga as well as in the anime.Very emotional,very action-packed,very-well drawn,very,very awesome.

Best Kiss
Naruto x Sasuke (Naruto)
Have to agree with Mr.Prince on this one,too.:toc

Best Double-Spread
20th Century Boys (http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/4434/20thcenturyboysv08c02p0.jpg)
I don't remember what chapter it was,but this is one of my favourite spreads from one my favourite manga 20th Century Boys from one of my favourite manga-ka Naoki Urasawa.

Best Couple
Meiko and Taneda from Solanin
They are the best manga couple i have ever read of.They match perfectly together.Their relationship is what makes Solanin even better.

Best Full Cast
Naruto
There are so many characters that i will probably remember forever.The designs,their personalities and designs are wonderful.It's a pity that Kishi only focuses on some of them.

Best Artwork
Tegami Bachi
This one might seem funny at first,as it can hardly top the like of Inoue or Nihei,but the art in Tegami Bachi is amazing.The character and costume designs are beautiful and so is the whole setting.You have this black sky and all those stars everywhere;the amount of black is very well used and creates a comfy and calm,yet fascinating and adventurous atmosphere.

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I might make some more later on.

destiny4ever

December 18, 2010, 10:34 PM

Thank you for the awesome nominations, guys! :) I’ve updated the list of nominees.

Awards Categories

Best Male Lead
Gutts from Berserk (3 votes)
Allen Walker from D.Gray-man
Yoshina Ageha from Psyren
Miyamoto Musahi from Vagabond (2 votes)
Sakata Gintoki from Gintama
Kenji Endo from 20th/21st Century Boys (2 votes)
Natsu Dragneel from Fairy Tail
Naruto Uzumaki from Naruto (2 votes)
Kenshiro from Hokuto no Ken/Fist of the North Star

Best Male Supporting Character
L from Death Note (3 votes)
Inspector Heinrich Runge from Monster
Wolfgang Grimmer from Monster
Niizuma Eiji from Bakuman
Kandu Yuu from D. Gray Man
Gauche Suede from Tegami Bachi
Black Star from Soul Eater (2 votes)
Nagumo Souichirou from The Lucifer and Biscuit Hammer
Shichiro Ougi from Kekkaishi

Best Female Lead
Misaki Ayuzawa from Kaichou Wa Maid Sama
Claire from Claymore (2 votes)
Yato Kagura from Gintama
Gally from GUNNM (aka. Battle Angel Alita) (2 votes)
Seras Victora of Hellsing
Haruko Haruhara from FLCL
Asahina Samidare from The Lucifer and Biscuit Hammer
Kurokami Medaka from Medaka Box
Yukimura Tokine from Kekkaishi
Yotsuba from Yotsuba&

Best Female Supporting Character
Fee of Planetes
Major General Olivia Armstrong from Fullmetal Alchemist
Lucy Heartfilia from Fairy Tail
Yato Kagura from Gintama
Schierke from Berserk (2 votes)
Sumiko Sumimura from Kekkaishi (2 votes)

Best Shoujo Manga
Fruits Basket
Hana Kimi (Hanazakari no Kimitachi e)
Vampire Knight

Best Shounen Manga
Naruto
Death Note
One Piece (7 votes)
Psyren
Fullmetal Alchemist (3 votes)
Tegami Bachi (Letter Bee)
Kekkaishi

Best Josei Manga
Kuragehime
Amatsuki
Nodame Cantabile (2 votes)

Best Seinen Manga
Blame!
K-ON
Vagabond
Berserk (3 votes)
DOGS Bullets and Carnage
Monster
REAL
Vinland Saga
AKIRA

Best Hairstyling
Bleach
Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei (Zetsubou Sensei)
Yu-Gi-Oh! (2 votes)
Katekyo Hitman Reborn (2 votes)
Psyren

Best Costume Design
Tegami Bachi (Letter Bee)
Berserk Armor, "when the helm is on"
Yu-Gi-Oh!
Katekyo Hitman Reborn (2 votes)
Fairy Tail
Fullmetal Alchemist
Kuroshitsuji/Black Butler
D.Gray-Man

Best Villain
Johann Liebert from Monster (3 votes)
Orochimaru from Naruto (2 votes)
Millennium Earl from D.Gray-Man
Priscilla from Claymore
Aizen from Bleach
Takasugi Shinsuke from Gintama
“Nosferatu” Zodd from Berserk
Griffith from Berserk
Kabuto from Naruto
Askeladd from Vinland Saga
Father from FullmetalAlchemist

Best Fight
Bleach, Ichigo VS Ulquiorra Final battle
Vagabond, Miyamoto Musashi (Shinmen Takezo) vs Yoshioka School (2 votes)
Naruto, Sandaime VS Orochimaru
Vinland Saga, Thorkkell's duel with Thorrfinn (2 votes)
Hellsing, Alucard vs Anderson
Fairy Tail, Natsu vs. Gildartz
Naruto, Naruto vs. Pain
Naruto, Minato vs. Madara
Naruto, Naruto vs Sasuke at the Valley of the End

Best Kiss
Kaicho wa maid-sama Misaki and Usui sharing a kiss in chapter 32
Claymore Clare kissing Raki (2 votes)
Berserk Gatsu and Caska sharing a kiss
Naruto Naruto and Sasuke kissing (2 votes)

Best Color Page
Naruto/ Chapter 503 (4 votes)
http://www.mangafox.com/manga/naruto/v52/c503/2.html
One Piece / Chapter 598
http://www.mangafox.com/manga/one_piece/v59/c598/4.html
Vagabond, Volume 21, Chapter 181
http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/5329062/vagabond_156197.jpg.html

Best Double-Spread
Berserk: 1st time Gutts used Berserk Armor and came out of that monster
http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__...rk_v26_201.jpg
Bleach: Ichigo’s final transformation (2 votes) http://www.mangafox.com/manga/bleach/v47/c420/12.html
Berserk Vol. 8 Page 190 - Gatsu vs Griffith
http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/535/gatsuvsgriffith1.jpg
Zatch Bell/ Chapter 319
http://www.mangareader.net/266-35597-10/zatch-bell/chapter-319.html
Naruto: Minato & Kushina protecting baby Naruto
http://www.mangafox.com/manga/naruto/v52/c504/8.html
Oyasumi Punpun, Volume 2, Chapter 17
http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/4485970/Oyasumi_Punpun_v02_090-091.png.html
20th Century Boys
http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/4434/20thcenturyboysv08c02p0.jpg

Best Chapter
Fairy Tail - Chapter 206
Bleach - Chapter 421 – The Final Getsuga Tensho, Aizen defeated and pissed off (for the first time) and Urahara showing that he's really the most badass character in Bleach

Best Couple
Ed & Winry from Fullmetal Alchemist (3 votes)
Orihime X Ulquiorra from Bleach
Yoshina Ageha and Amamiya Sakurako from Psyren
Rock and Revy from Black Lagoon
Hachimiki and Tanabe from Planetes
Black Star and Tsubaki Nakatsuka from Soul Eater
Roy Mustang x Riza Hawkeye from Fullmetal Alchemist
Naruto x Hinata from Naruto
Chiaki Shinichi x Noda Megumi from Nodame Cantabile
Meiko and Taneda from Solanin

Best Full Cast
Fullmetal Alchemist (6 votes)
Soul Eater
One Piece
Kekkaishi
Eyeshield 21
Naruto

Best Artwork
Blame! (2 votes)
Berserk (2 votes)
Vinland Saga
REAL
Bleach
Vagabond (2 votes)
Fullmetal Alchemist
Tegami Bachi

Best WTF Moment
L's media stunt on Kira in Death Note
Aizen changing forms in Bleach
Fake Robin with the cucumber in One Piece (Chapter 598)
Revelation of Duval's identity in One Piece
Thorkell and Willibald - "Whichever created Liquor" (Vinland Saga)
In The Lucifer and Biscuit Hammer, when Blues Drive Monster is revealed.
When Enel relizes that his powers are ineffective against Luffy (Chapter 279)
Kekkaishi - When we learnt just how badly the Founder messed up his son's life
Oyasumi Punpun, Volume 1, Headmaster and vice principle playing Hide-and-seek

Best plot-twist
Bleach – Aizen revealed as villain in Bleach
One Piece – Finding out that Ace's father was Gol D. Roger (2 votes)
Claymore – Priscilla decapitating Teresa and then Awakening
Berserk – The Eclipse
Berserk - Ch 290 Hellhound “Guts’ inner demon” promising Guts
Fairy Tail when Gildartz shows off his true power to Natsu
Kekkaishi – when we found out that the awesome hat-dude is Hazama freakin' Tokimori

Best new series
Enigma by Sakaki Kenji (2 votes)
Oumagadoki Doubutsuen

Best Manga Overall
Kuroshitsuji by Toboso Yana (2 votes)
Claymore by Norihiro Yagi
Psyren by Toshiaki Iwashiro
Berserk (2 votes)
Yotsuba&!
One Piece (2 votes)
Fullmetal Alchemist
Kekkaishi
Doraemon

If I made a mistake or if something is missing please let me know.
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Please keep in mind that for the best new series award category, you can only nominate series that started to get published in 2010.

You can edit your nominations at any time during the nomination process, but if you do it please do it in another post and please let us know you made a change by writing (as HegemonKhan):

I originally nominated this:

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but, now I want to change it to this:

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Best Male Supporting Character: Ustegius already suggested Grimmer (great job there!), that leaves me the option to vote for another great character. I'm not sure if he falls under the supporter role, if not I would like to nominate another character. It's Akiyama from "Liar Game". He has a very kind heart and a fascinating intelligence, I'm loving how he works together with Nao.
He would make an incredible nominee for the MH Manga awards :cool:, but since he is one the protagonists of Liar Game you can’t nominate him for the best male supporting character category. Sorry. :( But you can nominate other character for that award. :)

I added Grimmer from Monster for the Best Supporting Male Character for him (he has made many changes, but his final nomination choice is Askeladd from Vinland Saga)
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Best Shoujo Manga - Bitter Virgin - Really touching and a friend of mine has very in common with the protagonist
Bitter Virgin is a seinen, so you can’t nominate it for the best shoujo manga category. But you can nominate Bitter Virgin for best seinen or you can nominate other manga for best shoujo. http://planetsmilies.net/kaos-animal-bunny-smiley-6080.gif (http://planetsmilies.net)

Newkerzy

December 18, 2010, 11:23 PM

Err... you might wanna edit Lucy's category. She's not a supporting character. She's the female lead.

Oh yeah, I'd also like to nominate Naruto chapter 436 as Best Chapter. It totally changed the outlook of the world to a lot of fans and sparked one of the best debates ever in MH history.

CBlitz

December 19, 2010, 03:34 AM

Best Male Lead

Guts from Berserk!

Best Male Supporting Character: L from Death Note is his nomination choice

Does Akiyama from Liar Game count as a supporting character? If not, L from Death Note (but isn't he a main character as well?)

Akiyama is considered a Lead Character, so your nomination is L from Death Note, as he is considered a supporting character

Best Female Lead

also nominating Gally/Alita from GUNNM, very awesome lead

Best Female Supporting Character

Alice from Pandora Hearts!

Best Shoujo Manga

Shinshi Doumei Cross/The Gentleman's Alliance Cross

Best Shounen Manga

Narutooooooooo :p

Best Josei Manga

Nodame Cantabile, can't think of a better one

Best Seinen Manga

Berserk, no other answer can possibly be right

Best Hairstyling
Yu-Gi-Oh!

....they got some wicked hair >__>

Best Costume Design
Otoyomegatari

it doesn't get much more elaborate and amazing than this

http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/28/otoyomegatarichapter101.png
http://img574.imageshack.us/img574/1610/otoyomegatarichapter102.png

Best Villain
Johann Liebert from Monster

amazing, amazing villain. Easily the best

Best Fight

Naruto, Naruto vs. Pain :p

Best Color Page

Aria -...forgot the chapter >_>
http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/7192/aria4.jpg

Best Chapter

Naruto Chapter 430

Best Couple

Ed & Winry from Fullmetal Alchemist

Best Full Cast

Fullmetal Alchemist (6 votes)

Best Artwork

Umineko Episode 3: Banquet of the Golden Witch by Natsumi Kei (the other episodes are done by different artists and aren't nearly as well drawn)

http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/9554/22240539.png
http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/9249/3031n.png
http://img715.imageshack.us/img715/1849/85510775.png
http://img28.imageshack.us/img28/6805/18218041.png
http://img574.imageshack.us/img574/5893/75228745.png
http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/3552/30305052.png
http://img825.imageshack.us/img825/5918/86357515.png

Best WTF Moment
Thorkell and Willibald - "Whichever created Liquor" (Vinland Saga)

Best plot-twist
Berserk – The Eclipse

Best Manga Overall
Berserk of course

ryzvonusef

December 19, 2010, 04:40 AM

Hi! I didn't change any categories, but I filled the blank ones. Please check :P
http://mangahelpers.com/forum/showpost.php?p=2224596&postcount=37

predsfan

December 19, 2010, 06:21 AM

I probably don't read as much manga as the rest of you, but anyway here goes (if it's not listed, it means I couldn't be bothered to find page/chapter or I just don't care about the category):

Best Male Lead
Goku from Dragonball - honestly, he's the prototype for the modern shounen protagonist.

Best Shounen Manga
One Piece - I'm sure it's already been stated somewhere

Best Double Spread
Nurarihyon No Mago ch. 86 http://www.mangareader.net/456-41895-10/nurarihyon-no-mago/chapter-86.html - I just really like how badass a random fodder is made to look in this page.

Best Couple
Ko and Aoba from Cross Game - As opposed to some on the list, they are an actual couple and Adachi does a wonderful job building their relationship. Plus it would be a shame for Adachi not to get a single mention in Manga awards

Best Full Cast
One Piece - obvious answer is obvious, plus skeleton with an afro, 'nuff said.

Best Art
Nurarihyon no Mago - see double spread above. I wasn't going to nominate this b/c I'm sure there are seinen out there that have way better artwork, but I don't read much seinen and of the few mangas I do read Mago has the most unique and interesting art of them. A mix of old time Japanese art and normal manga.

Best WTF Moment
I'll second Duval's reveal in One Piece b/c seriously WTF Oda? There's no way anyone could have predicted that, plus :rofl.

Best Manga Overall
One Piece - it is my favorite manga afterall :p.

Sorata

December 19, 2010, 09:55 AM

BEST MALE LEAD
Onizuka Eiikichi from Great Teacher Onizuka, this one was really tough for me, Kenshiro, Guts, Luffy, Sakuragi Hanamichi, Goku and many others are great main characters, but Onizuka is the type that can erase the line between shonen and seinen, the very best imo.

Best Male Supporting Character
Hiruma Youichi from Eyeshield 21, he´s not one of my favorites, but i have to admit, this guy is probably the greatest manga character i have ever seen in the 400 manga i have readen so far, because of that my vote goes to him.

Best Female Lead
I normally find the female main characters boring, so i´m going with one from a very old manga: Lum from Urusei Yatsura, she´s my second favorite female character and my favorite main female character.

Best Female Supporting Character
In here i´m going with my all time favorite female character: Jegal Mihyang from Change Guy, she´s just awesome, i feel in love with her lol.

Best Shoujo Manga
My vote goes to Kimi no Todoke, it´s original and have 2 awesome main characters.

Best Shounen Manga
One Piece takes this one easily, i read tons of shonen, specially the battle ones and One Piece is in a league of his own, GTO, Slam Dunk and Dragon Ball are awesome too but One Piece is just too much.

Best Josei Manga
I only read 3, so my vote goes to Kimi wa Petto, the relationship between both characters is very peculiar.

Best Seinen Manga
This one goes to Berserk, the gap here is even bigger than the one in the shonen category, there are tons of awesome seinen, but Berserk is imo the god of mangas, just perfect in every way, no match at all.

Best Hairstyling
Yu-Gi-Oh, the hairs in this manga turned some characters into the epitome of awesome: Kaiba Seto, Marik Ishtar and Ryo Bakura are a great example of that.

Best Costume Design
I go with Worst, i love deliquents and the outfits this guys have are just too cool to let pass.

Best Villain
Yami Marik Ishtar from Yu-Gi-Oh!, the guy is just a psycho murderer, but he´s so cool and confident that most people just find him awesome, my vote goes for him.

Best Fight
I had a hard time choosing between Takamura vs Hawk from Hajime no Ippo and Shin Jin-Ho vs Kwon Shin from Change Guy, but my vote goes to Takamura vs Hawk, there´s no fight that involved me so much as this one, the greatest fight in manga imo.

Best Color Page
The perfect player from Eyeshield 21: http://www.mangareader.net/134-6992-3/eyeshield-21/chapter-217.html

Best Double-Spread
Sakuragi and Rukawa claping hands from Slam Dunk: http://www.mangareader.net/119-5958-3/slam-dunk/chapter-276.html

Best Chapter
One Piece chapter 485 - Member of the Strawhat crew: Pirate Hunter Zoro: http://www.mangareader.net/103-2592-1/one-piece/chapter-485.html , this chapter is so emotional and strong, i have no words to describe how awesome it is.

Best Couple
Lum and Moroboshi Ataru from Urusei Yatsura, i just love the both o them, really a great couple.

Best Full Cast
Coin toss between One Piece and Eyeshield 21, but i´m gonna go with Eyeshield 21, so many great characters and you end up caring for most of them, and that´s something very hard to acomplish in a manga.

Best Artwork
Berserk gets my vote, but Vagabond, 20th Century Boys and Tenjou Tenge are great too.

Best WTF Moment
The true identity of Duval in One Piece, lolol, no one saw that one coming.

Best plot-twist
The identity of Ace´s father and White Beards true intentions towards Ace´s future in One Piece.

Best new series
This one is hard, i haven´t seen any great manga lately, but if we talk about the last 2 years i give my vote to Beelzebub.

Best Manga Overall
My vote goes to Berserk, just read my explanation in the best seinen section.

Organizized

December 19, 2010, 11:07 AM

Best Seinen Manga: Vinland Saga. Just like for the Artwork category, this was a close one between Vagabond and Vinland Saga for me. Both series are visually incredible and engaging story-wise, and tied in most aspects, so I just had to go with the one I personally liked more. A series about vikings just feels more refreshing than one about samurai, even if it's easily the best samurai manga out there.

Best Couple: I support Ed x Winry from Fullmetal Alchemist. Not the typical lovey-dovey relationship. This is the one that, in any manga, felt the most real to me. I really believed the romance between these two.

Best Shoujo: Nana. This is borderline josei I guess, but it's serialized in a shoujo magazine so... Anyway, while this one has lost its appeal to me somewhat as the series has progressed, it's still the shoujo manga I've followed the longest and actually enjoyed (guilty pleasures ftw!). The story, though cliché at points, is strangely gripping. I like a lot of the characters and the art is pretty as well. This was a pretty easy choice since I don't read much shojo, but all the more reason it should get my vote.

Best Cast: Fullmetal Alchemist, seconded.

p1xel

December 19, 2010, 12:38 PM

Best Male Lead-Yoshina Ageha. Nice character development in a nice manga.
Best Male Supporting Character-L from Death Note. Smartest character i`ve seen. Niizuma Eiji was close:P
Best Female Lead-Clare from Claymore. Nice character, and I don`t know other^^ Beacuse most shonen lead characters are male...
Best Shonen Manga-One Piece. Masterpiece. FMA also was awesome,but OP delivers an awesome adventure.

juUnior

December 19, 2010, 02:53 PM

Best Male Lead
Onizuka Eiikichi from Great Teacher Onizuka - just for being the badass of the badass lead characters, for his humour and seriousness, and for being so awesome 'teacher' xD

Best Male Supporting Character
Gaara from Naruto - just for the sake of being the biggest fan of Gaara I put a vote for him in this category <even though I'm not sure whether he's a REAL supporting character in this case :p>

Best Female Lead
Seras Victora from Hellsing - she's a vampire, she appears in one of my favourites manga, she's blonde and she's "connected" to Alucard, what else to say? xD

Best Female Supporting Character
Itsuki Akiba from I"s - she's a fantastic girl, she was portrayed so awesomely by Katsura that at some point I was really voting for her <if you know what I mean xd>

Best Shounen Manga
Naruto - there may have been better choices out there like OP or DB, but Naruto is the one which brings much more fun to me than any other fighting shounen. And only here is the best of the best, Gaara <3

Best Seinen Manga
Berserk - for brutality, gore, sex, violence, and so on. Though.. I didn't read too much of seinens xP

Best Costume Design
I"s - I love all of them, especially those which the main protagonist - Seto - wears. They are so good that at some point I tried to mimic his clothes, for real.

Best Villain
Freeza from Dragonball - the epitome of being the best badass of the villains out there. Every gesture, monologue or power is cool in him <3

Best Fight
Bleach Kurosaki Ichigo vs Kuchiki Byakuya from Bleach - their 3rd and final encounter, the best fight in this manga for me. <though I wanted to put sth from Naruto, I picked sth from Bleach just for the sake of it, was much simplier :p>

Best Color Page
Naruto / chapter 377 - I love the way it was drawn and coloured by Kishi. Its so unique, so different and yet beautiful:
http://www.mangafox.com/manga/naruto/v41/c377/2.html

Best Double-Spread
Naruto - there are many here, but I put chosen sth really fast with Gaara xd Gaara using Desert Prison:
http://www.mangafox.com/manga/naruto/v28/c248/18.html

Best Couple
Shoot! - Toshi x Kasumi - I just love them when they are together, and how Toshi thinks about her, and so on and so forth <3

Best Full Cast
Naruto - its not only about great characters, its also about Gaara in the ranks of those great characters xDXDXD

Best Artwork
I"s - Masakazu Katsura is for me god of artwork and drawing mangas so "real".

Best WTF Moment
Bleach Aizen changing forms in Bleach - just because it was out for place from some time to some time <without spoilers> Too much even for me xd

Best plot-twist
Bleach with Aizen revealed as villain in Bleach - its one of those elements of this manga which is uber awesome.

Best Manga Overall
I"s - its masterpiece, the best non-fighting shounen out there, the best artwork and the best humour, and the best characters, and the best suspense, and.. etc. <3

Newkerzy

December 19, 2010, 10:00 PM

Is it okay for me to vote for a category that I've already nominated??

For example: I nominate A but later on I decided to vote for B. But does my nomination get to keep the nomination??

Sama_al_Azraq

December 20, 2010, 04:30 AM

Best Male Lead: Yoshina Ageha from Psyren

Best Male Supporting Character: Thorkell from Vinland Saga

Best Female Lead: Yotsuba from Yotsubato!

Best Female Supporting Character: Oikawa Tsurara (Yuki-onna) from Nurarihyon no Mago

Best Shounen Manga: Shingeki no Kyojin

Best Shoujo Manga: Kimi ni Todoke

Best Seinen Manga: Imuri

Best Josei Manga: Landreaall

Best Costume Design: Otoyomegatari

Best Plot-twist : Kami nomi zo Shiru Sekai
Kanon got stabbed right after she was confirmed to possess a goddess

Best New Series: Oumagadoki Doubutsuen

Best Manga Overall: One Piece

saladesu

December 20, 2010, 05:14 AM

Is it okay for me to vote for a category that I've already nominated??

For example: I nominate A but later on I decided to vote for B. But does my nomination get to keep the nomination??

No, your original nomination will be annulled. This is because votes and nominations in this round are essentially the same thing. The votes are just there so people don't have to repeat the description and find the links etc, and just have to say "seconded" :amuse

benelori

December 20, 2010, 07:41 AM

!!When posting a nomination for Best new series, please check the date when that said series started.

For a nomination to be accepted for this category, the start date must be 2010. So titles like Beelzebub(february 2009), Bakuman(august, 2008), etc...won't be counted, even though they are relatively new series

saladesu

December 20, 2010, 07:48 AM

Just to add to bene's post, you can always check the start date of a manga at MyAnimeList (http://myanimelist.net/) or MangaUpdates (http://www.mangaupdates.com/), so please do that before posting your nominations for Best New Series.

For those of you who had earlier nominated series such as Ao no Exorcist, Beelzebub and Bakuman, you may like to edit your earlier nominations. You can do so by editing your earlier post then posting again to alert us to the change :)

benelori

December 20, 2010, 10:40 AM

Best Hairstyle:it's a hard choice here, but I will just show my support for Bleach for now...Ichigo's changing hairstyles were cool, along with Byakuya's, not to mention Orihime after timeskip:hurr
Best Costume Design:I never really payed attention to this, but the one thing I noticed was the Kubo was doing these doublespreads with his characters dressed up in real life clothes...if that counts then I nominate Bleach for this category as well

naruto-niichan

December 20, 2010, 11:24 AM

He would make an incredible nominee for the MH Manga awards :cool:, but since he is one the protagonists of Liar Game you can’t nominate him for the best male supporting character category. Sorry. :( But you can nominate other character for that award. :)

I thought so but it was worth a try :)

I originally nominated this:

Akiyama from Liar Game for Best Male Supporting Character

but, now I want to change it to this:

Shikamaru Nara from "Naruto". For the same reasons I voted for Akiyama.

It's been changed and added

His final nomination after many changes, is Askeladd from Vinland Saga

Best Couple: My vote goes to Saiko x Azuki from "Bakuman". Such a old-fashioned but pure love is really rare these days, that's why I support them :worship

Best Full Cast: Fullmetal Alchemist, just because every character is kind of loveable and unique.

Best Artwork: As Bleach is already mentioned, my vote goes to Katekyo Hitman Reborn. Amano's drawing style is awesome :hurr

Best WTF Moment: From "Vinland Saga", when
Askeladd beheaded King Sweyn

Best Plot-Twist: His final nomination is the Vinland Saga one

I second juunior's nomination, Aizen revealed as villain was completely unexpected and epic at the same time.

Best new series: Enigma, because it looks really promising. It has some nice art and the story's good so far + it's not just the typical shounen action.

Best Manga Overall: Well, tbh it's Berserk for me but it already has two votes and there are other very good mangas out there. It's very hard to decide for one because they all have their strong points and shortcomings. That's why I want to nominate Death Note, it's really unique, epic and well thought-out.

ashher

December 20, 2010, 12:22 PM

benelori

December 20, 2010, 01:47 PM

Well one good thing that this award contest is doing to me personall is that i am finally getting charged up to read the mangas that i've been meaning to for a long time :p. Few questions for the veterans here: 1) was the Code Geass manga written before the anime, or was it adopted from the Anime? 2) How much different is the Code Geass manga from the anime? I mean different enough to downgrade Lelouch's character from what it was in the anime(like the case of Spike from Cowboy Bebop) and was the manga ending less amazing(meaning ANYTHING different in this case) than the anime season 2 ending? 3) was the Neon Genesis Evangelion manga SIGNIFICANTLY different from anime ?(for clarification Monster anime and manga would be what i call NOT significantly different) 4) Is anyone up to date with Shamo here so that he/she can tell me whether the Lead, Narushima is as amazing as he was in the beginning?

I can tell you about Code Geass...the anime is the original story, the manga are just like fillers...basically alternate stories, which could even have elements that are not existent in the anime...

And I agree about the first sentences...there are a lot of titles here, and some of them are highlighted by the number of nominations...I will certainly think again and try rereading some of the series, but I'm looking forward to the seinen categories...

I'm wondering...does anyone think that the popularity of Berserk should've brought up Griffith's popularity as villain, or maybe as Femto?

Organizized

December 20, 2010, 02:56 PM

Best WTF Moment: From "Vinland Saga", when
Askeladd beheaded King Sweyn

I would like to not second this vote, but nominate this particular moment for the category "Best Plot Twist" instead, in which I find it fits better. :) I was seriously gasping loudly when it happened.

I added this for the Best Plot Twist

Best WTF Moment: For this one, I second the revealing of Duval's identity in One Piece. I was literally yelling "WHAT THE F---" when reading it, while gasping for air from laughing so much. :D

Best Costume Design: My vote goes for Tegami Bachi for this one. The clothes they wear in this series always looked friggin' awesome. I kept thinking "I'd totally be a Letter Bee if it meant I'd get to wear clothes like that!".

Also, I would like to change my vote for Best Male Lead:

I originally seconded the nomination of Musashi Miyamoto from Vagabond. I'd instead like to nominate Vash the Stampede from Trigun.

it's been changed and added

This character rocks on so many levels. He's one of the most goofy and hilarious characters out there, yet he manages to also pull of being one of the coolest. He puts on a humorous attitude most of the time to lessen suspicions of him actually being the vicious killer his reputation speaks of. However, when he knows he has to (especially when protecting people), he does get serious and that's when the kickass side of him is revealed. Even in the most heated of moments, though, he makes sure he never kills anyone. And the fact that he so easily could, but is too good-hearted to actually do it, makes him even more awesome.

k-dom

December 20, 2010, 03:08 PM

About the color spread, I would like to nominate chapter 516 (http://5.p.s.mfcdn.net/store/manga/106/53-516.0/compressed/01_02.jpg) from One Piece. When I did a thread (http://mangahelpers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=48509)on that topic in the one piece forum I think, it took the leads and I agree with everyone.

Can we nominate the groggy ring of One Piece for best fight ? I just love this battle and since so much people hate this arc, I would really enjoy if it has some votes.

Concerning the vote, my only other one is for the best double spread. For the others it would be unfair since I don't know all of them
So my vote goes to Oyasumi Punpun, I don't know this serie but I love this spread (Thanks Mr Prince)

Otherwise, my best manga of all time would be Haruka-na machi e from Jirō Taniguchi since in just 2 volumes, you get a perfect story.

naruto-niichan

December 20, 2010, 03:26 PM

I would like to not second this vote, but nominate this particular moment for the category "Best Plot Twist" instead, in which I find it fits better. :) I was seriously gasping loudly when it happened.

You have a point there. It would fit with the Best Plot Twist as well, but when I read it, "wtf" was going through my head and that's why I nominated it for this category (and because I don't think that killing off Askeladd was an awesome plot-twist).
That's if this "wtf" moment isn't bound to be a funny/hilarious moment but also can be something serious. Clarification by one of the mods would be appreciated :)

benelori

December 20, 2010, 03:34 PM

The thing is that probably in most cases the plot twist coincides with the WTF moment...because in every manga, a good plot twist is done with the help of a WTF moment...but it doesn't work the other way around, and as you said WTF can be funny moments, sad moments, not necessarily something that would influence the plot much.

In this case Askeladd's actions can, and will be added to both categories(unless you change your nominations), because into fits in both categories...

HegemonKhan

December 20, 2010, 05:33 PM

my updated list of nominations

(it includes all my nominations, new ones and old ones)

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My Manga Nominations:

Best Villain in a Manga:

Priscilla in Claymore. She's more "Aizen" then Aizen is in Bleach, she's so wickedly cruelly evil, and she so is "Kefka's* twin sister"! "Pissy Prissy Priscilla the Psychotic Princess of Power". Priscilla the "Dark Fairy". But, she's no physically weak D&D fairy class. Oh, and she's hawt :D

*Kefka is the villain in (Final Fantasy 3 U.S. = Final Fantasy 6 Jap) game. He was (and maybe still is) the top ~1-3 villain for a long time in many gaming polls. So, a.k.a. crazy, psycho, insane, madness, and etc.

Best Manga Overall:

Claymore by Norihiro Yagi, FTW! If you like Berserk, you'll love Claymore. It's a masterpiece of literature. It's extremely deep, sophisticated, complex, and complicated. Everytime you read it, you learn something new. It's very fast paced. If you want a "kiddie", cliche, and "happily ever after" manga, then Claymore is not for you!

Best Kiss in a Manga:

Clare kissing Raki in Claymore. Clare slowly holds his head in her hands, leans forward just as slowly, lips parted and eyes dreamily barely open, Raki's eyes dilate, he gulps, his heart pounds, Clare's luscious lips plant against his lips, and stay lingeringly locked and pressed together, she pulls away but keeps looking at him with intense but so soft and loving big beautiful silver eyes of hers. It was love then and forever! But, Yagi is so cruel ....

Best Plot Twist in a Manga:

Priscilla decapitating Teresa and then Awakening in Claymore. This sets up the entire manga, and completely hooks you to it. As it's such a shock to you if you haven't been already spoiled, so totally unexpected! And oh do you HATE Priscilla for this! And how you so want Clare to get her vengence on Priscilla! "Priscilla must die!"

Best Male Supporting Character in a Manga: My final nomination is Norman Burg from Big O

Haji from Blood+ manga. Saya's faithful "servant/slave and lover" uber powerful chevalier. He's always there for her, in his stoic obeident usual silence. Her guardian angel always watching over her. At first he didn't like her as he was her slave and she was selfish and rude. But, that quickly changed, and he has loved her ever since, always being there for her, when she needs him the most. As a protector or just a chest to cry into and arms to hug her as she sobs her tears away.

Roy Revant from Solty Rei. ...

(they both are considered as Lead characters, so that's why they're scratched out)

Best Female Lead in a Manga:

Clare/Claire in Claymore. Clare is extremely complicated and complex, yet so simple too at the same time. Clare has got quite a life story that'll cause you to fall in love with her, as you follow her on her "journey" and slowly learn about her and then more and more about her! Oh, you so will fall so deeply in love with her! *Grins* :D

Best Female Supporting Character in a Manga:

*Dorothy Catalonia from Mobile Suit Gundam Wing*

Dorothy R. Wayneright in Big O. Roger Smith is first introduced to her as part of his job as a contractor. But, this android, will constantly come to his rescue and help him. They'll also fall in love with each other, and have really great and witty dialogue between them. Dorothy R. Wayneright: "You're such a louse, Roger Smith." (Dorothy R. Wayneright from Big O, is considered a Lead character, so that's why she's scratched out)

Best Male Lead in a Manga:

Alucard in Hellsing. If you know Hellsing, Alucard needs no explanation as to why he's the Best Male Lead :D

Best Couple in a Manga:

Kraft Lawrence <3 Holo the Wise Wolf in Spice and Wolf. Holo is such a dominant alpha female smirking and extremely witty tease towards Kraft, but he's also a tease back in his own way. Their interactions and dialogue between each other is so witty and awesome! And Holo gets so jealous and competitive towards other females!

Best Full Cast in a Manga:

Claymore. There's so many significant characters who get a huge role/part in Claymore and you get to know them all so well and deeply! The character development and relationship intimacy with them in Claymore will simply leave you breathless! You won't believe how well you get to know these characters of Claymore!

Best Fight in a Manga:

Clare vs Rigardo (the entire fight between them) in Claymore. Claymore readers/fans will fully understand this. It's truly an epic fight! I don't want to spoil it for those who don't know yet, hehe. Let's just say you see Clare's nightmarish "dark side". And to quote Rigardo himself right before he's killed by Clare: "Superb!"

Best Artwork in a Manga:

Claymore. Yagi is both the author and artist of Claymore! The artwork is different, as it is uniquely his, but oh is it breathtaking! The scenery is gorgeous and the battles are fabulously drawn! But most of all, the characters themselves. HK covers his heart with his hands: Galatea, Flora, Teresa, Alicia+Beth twins, Priscilla, Luciela, Irene, Ophelia, Clare, Clarice, Audrey, Yuma, Anastasia, and etc, and gasps huskily: B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L-! :D

Best Costume Design:

Claymore. The clothing in Claymore is awesome! From the standard Claymore uniforms to Irene's unique outfit to Alicia+Beth's unique black uniforms to the Ghosts' outfits to the Black Coats outfits to Priscilla's unique clothing to the jaw-droppingly gorgeous ruffled dress of Luciela, but most of all, dun dun dun dun dun ...
having the "Top Supermodel of the Goddesses" Galatea fighting in that nun outfit of hers! WOLF WHISTLES!

destiny4ever

December 20, 2010, 09:05 PM

Thank you for the incredible nominations, guys! :) Keep them coming! I’ve updated the list of nominees. If I made a mistake or something is missing please let me know.

Awards Categories

Best Male Lead
Gutts from Berserk (4 votes)
Allen Walker from D.Gray-man
Yoshina Ageha from Psyren (3 votes)
Miyamoto Musahi from Vagabond
Sakata Gintoki from Gintama
Kenji Endo from 20th/21st Century Boys (2 votes)
Natsu Dragneel from Fairy Tail
Naruto Uzumaki from Naruto (2 votes)
Kenshiro from Hokuto no Ken/Fist of the North Star
Goku from Dragonball
Onizuka Eiikichi from Great Teacher Onizuka (2 votes)
Vash the Stampede from Trigun
Alucard in Hellsing

Best Male Supporting Character
L from Death Note (5 votes)
Inspector Heinrich Runge from Monster
Wolfgang Grimmer from Monster
Niizuma Eiji from Bakuman
Kandu Yuu from D. Gray Man
Gauche Suede from Tegami Bachi
Black Star from Soul Eater (2 votes)
Nagumo Souichirou from The Lucifer and Biscuit Hammer
Shichiro Ougi from Kekkaishi
Hiruma Youichi from Eyeshield 21
Gaara from Naruto
Thorkell from Vinland Saga
Shikamaru Nara from Naruto

Best Female Lead
Misaki Ayuzawa from Kaichou Wa Maid Sama
Claire from Claymore (3 votes)
Yato Kagura from Gintama
Gally from GUNNM (aka. Battle Angel Alita) (3 votes)
Seras Victora of Hellsing
Haruko Haruhara from FLCL
Asahina Samidare from The Lucifer and Biscuit Hammer
Kurokami Medaka from Medaka Box
Yukimura Tokine from Kekkaishi
Yotsuba from Yotsubato! (2 votes)
Lum from Urusei Yatsura
Seras Victora from Hellsing

Best Female Supporting Character
Fee of Planetes
Major General Olivia Armstrong from Fullmetal Alchemist
Schierke from Berserk (2 votes)
Sumiko Sumimura from Kekkaishi (2 votes)
Alice from Pandora Hearts
Jegal Mihyang from Change Guy
Itsuki Akiba from I"s
Oikawa Tsurara (Yuki-onna) from Nurarihyon no Mago

Best Shoujo Manga
Fruits Basket
Hana Kimi (Hanazakari no Kimitachi e)
Vampire Knight
Shinshi Doumei Cross/The Gentleman's Alliance Cross
Kimi no Todoke (2 votes)
Nana

Best Shounen Manga
Naruto (3 votes)
Death Note
One Piece (10 votes)
Psyren
Fullmetal Alchemist (3 votes)
Tegami Bachi (Letter Bee)
Kekkaishi
Shingeki no Kyojin

Best Josei Manga
Kuragehime
Amatsuki
Nodame Cantabile (3 votes)
Kimi wa Petto
Landreaall

Best Seinen Manga
Blame!
K-ON
Vagabond
Berserk (6 votes)
DOGS Bullets and Carnage
Monster
REAL
Vinland Saga (2 votes)
AKIRA
Holyland
Imuri

Best Hairstyling
Bleach (2 votes)
Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei (Zetsubou Sensei)
Yu-Gi-Oh! (4 votes)
Katekyo Hitman Reborn (2 votes)
Psyren

Best Costume Design
Tegami Bachi (Letter Bee)
Berserk Armor, "when the helm is on"
Yu-Gi-Oh!
Katekyo Hitman Reborn (2 votes)
Fairy Tail
Fullmetal Alchemist
Kuroshitsuji/Black Butler
D.Gray-Man
Otoyomegatari (2 votes)
Worst
I"s
Bleach
Claymore

Best Villain
Johann Liebert from Monster (4 votes)
Orochimaru from Naruto (2 votes)
Millennium Earl from D.Gray-Man
Priscilla from Claymore
Aizen from Bleach
Takasugi Shinsuke from Gintama
“Nosferatu” Zodd from Berserk
Griffith from Berserk
Kabuto from Naruto
Askeladd from Vinland Saga
Father from FullmetalAlchemist
Yami Marik Ishtar from Yu-Gi-Oh
Freeza from Dragonball

Best Fight
Bleach, Ichigo VS Ulquiorra Final battle
Vagabond, Miyamoto Musashi (Shinmen Takezo) vs Yoshioka School (2 votes)
Naruto, Sandaime VS Orochimaru
Vinland Saga, Thorkkell's duel with Thorrfinn (2 votes)
Hellsing, Alucard vs Anderson
Fairy Tail, Natsu vs. Gildartz
Naruto, Naruto vs. Pain (2 votes)
Naruto, Minato vs. Madara
Naruto, Naruto vs Sasuke at the Valley of the End
Takamura vs Hawk from Hajime no Ippo
Bleach, Kurosaki Ichigo vs Kuchiki Byakuya from Bleach - their 3rd and final encounter.
Clare vs. Rigardo (the entire fight between them)

Best Kiss
Kaicho wa maid-sama Misaki and Usui sharing a kiss in chapter 32
Claymore Clare kissing Raki (2 votes)
Berserk Gatsu and Caska sharing a kiss
Naruto Naruto and Sasuke kissing (2 votes)

Best Color Page
Naruto/ Chapter 503 (5 votes)
http://www.mangafox.com/manga/naruto/v52/c503/2.html
One Piece / Chapter 598
http://www.mangafox.com/manga/one_piece/v59/c598/4.html
Vagabond, Volume 21, Chapter 181
http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/5329062/vagabond_156197.jpg.html
Aria / Chapter (?)
http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/7192/aria4.jpg
The perfect player from Eyeshield 21
http://www.mangareader.net/134-6992-...apter-217.html
Naruto / chapter 377 - I love the way it was drawn and coloured by Kishi. Its so unique, so different and yet beautiful:
http://www.mangafox.com/manga/naruto/v41/c377/2.html
chapter 516 from One Piece
http://5.p.s.mfcdn.net/store/manga/106/53-516.0/compressed/01_02.jpg

Best Double-Spread
Berserk: 1st time Gutts used Berserk Armor and came out of that monster
http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__...rk_v26_201.jpg
Bleach: Ichigo’s final transformation (2 votes) http://www.mangafox.com/manga/bleach/v47/c420/12.html
Berserk Vol. 8 Page 190 - Gatsu vs Griffith
http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/535/gatsuvsgriffith1.jpg
Zatch Bell/ Chapter 319
http://www.mangareader.net/266-35597-10/zatch-bell/chapter-319.html
Naruto: Minato & Kushina protecting baby Naruto
http://www.mangafox.com/manga/naruto/v52/c504/8.html
Oyasumi Punpun, Volume 2, Chapter 17 (2 votes)
http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/4485970/Oyasumi_Punpun_v02_090-091.png.html
20th Century Boys
http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/4434/20thcenturyboysv08c02p0.jpg
Chapter 429, Page 6-7 from Naruto
(Pain floating over Konoha, Konoha is drawn in awesome detail)
Nurarihyon No Mago - Chapter 86
http://www.mangareader.net/456-41895...hapter-86.html
Sakuragi and Rukawa claping hands from Slam Dunk
http://www.mangareader.net/119-5958-...apter-276.html
Naruto - Gaara using Desert Prison:
http://www.mangafox.com/manga/naruto/v28/c248/18.html

Best Chapter
Fairy Tail - Chapter 206
Bleach - Chapter 421 – The Final Getsuga Tensho, Aizen defeated and pissed off (for the first time) and Urahara showing that he's really the most badass character in Bleach
Naruto - Chapter 436
Naruto - Chapter 430
Fullmetal Alchemist - Chapter 107
One Piece - Chapter 485 - Member of the Strawhat crew: Pirate Hunter Zoro

Best Couple/ Pairing
Ed & Winry from Fullmetal Alchemist (5 votes)
Orihime X Ulquiorra from Bleach
Yoshina Ageha and Amamiya Sakurako from Psyren
Rock and Revy from Black Lagoon
Hachimiki and Tanabe from Planetes
Black Star and Tsubaki Nakatsuka from Soul Eater
Roy Mustang x Riza Hawkeye from Fullmetal Alchemist
Naruto x Hinata from Naruto (2 votes)
Chiaki Shinichi x Noda Megumi from Nodame Cantabile
Meiko and Taneda from Solanin
Ko and Aoba from Cross Game
Lum and Moroboshi Ataru from Urusei Yatsura
Shoot! - Toshi x Kasumi
Saiko x Azuki from Bakuman
Kraft Lawrence <3 Holo the Wise Wolf in Spice and Wolf

Best Full Cast
Fullmetal Alchemist (9 votes)
Soul Eater
One Piece (2 votes)
Kekkaishi (2 votes)
Eyeshield 21
Naruto (2 votes)
Eyeshield 21
Claymore

Best Artwork
Blame! (2 votes)
Berserk (3 votes)
Vinland Saga
REAL
Bleach
Vagabond (2 votes)
Fullmetal Alchemist
Tegami Bachi (2 votes)
Umineko Episode 3: Banquet of the Golden Witch by Natsumi Kei (the other episodes are done by different artists and aren't nearly as well drawn)
Nurarihyon no Mago
I"s
Katekyo Hitman Reborn
Claymore

Best WTF Moment
L's media stunt on Kira in Death Note
Aizen changing forms in Bleach (2 votes)
Fake Robin with the cucumber in One Piece (Chapter 598)
Revelation of Duval's identity in One Piece (4 votes)
Thorkell and Willibald - "Whichever created Liquor" (Vinland Saga) (2 votes)
In The Lucifer and Biscuit Hammer, when Blues Drive Monster is revealed.
When Enel relizes that his powers are ineffective against Luffy (Chapter 279)
Kekkaishi - When we learnt just how badly the Founder messed up his son's life; and indirectly, every Kekkaishi's life for 400 years,
Oyasumi Punpun, Volume 1, Headmaster and vice principle playing Hide-and-seek
From "Vinland Saga", when Askeladd beheaded King Sweyn

Best plot-twist
Bleach – Aizen revealed as villain in Bleach (3 votes)
One Piece – Finding out that Ace's father was Gol D. Roger (2 votes)
Claymore – Priscilla decapitating Teresa and then Awakening in Claymore
Berserk – The Eclipse (2 votes)
Berserk - Ch 290 Hellhound “Guts’ inner demon” promising Guts
Fairy Tail when Gildartz shows off his true power to Natsu
Kekkaishi – when we found out that the awesome hat-dude is Hazama freakin' Tokimori, the Founder!!!
The identity of Ace´s father and White Beards true intentions towards Ace´s future in One Piece

Kami nomi zo Shiru Sekai Kanon got stabbed right after she was confirmed to possess a goddess
From "Vinland Saga", when Askeladd beheaded King Sweyn

Best new series (For a nomination to be accepted for this category, the start date must be 2010)
Enigma by Sakaki Kenji (3 votes)
Oumagadoki Doubutsuen (2 votes)

Best Manga Overall
Kuroshitsuji by Toboso Yana (2 votes)
Claymore by Norihiro Yagi
Psyren by Toshiaki Iwashiro
Berserk (4 votes)
Yotsubato!
One Piece (4 votes)
Fullmetal Alchemist
Kekkaishi
Doraemon
I"s
Death Note
Haruka-na machi e from Jirō Taniguchi

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I removed both Lucy Heartfilia (Fairy Tail) and Kaguran Yato (Gintama) from the best female supporting character category because both of these girls are actually the female protagonists of their respective series. To the members who nominated these girls, you can nominate them for the best female lead category or you can nominate other girls for the best female supporting character category.
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Best Kiss
Um, Naruto and Sasuke? Not really sure I have seen any character in the manga I have read actually kiss.
Mmm…I haven’t read Naruto, so I don’t know but now I’m curious. In order to nominate a kiss for the best kiss category, a kiss (touching of the lips) has to actually take place. So did a kiss involving Naruto and Sasuke really happen in the manga?

Best Couple
Naruto&Hinata from Naruto
PS. I am not sure whether a "pairing" counts as a "couple"; if it doesn't, then I recommend Minato&Kushina from the same manga.
Yes, a pairing counts as a couple. So you can nominate a pairing for this award.

Googlez_kun

December 20, 2010, 09:09 PM

Mmm…I haven’t read Naruto, so I don’t know but now I’m curious. In order to nominate a kiss for the best kiss category, a kiss (touching of the lips) has to actually take place. So did a kiss involving Naruto and Sasuke really happen in the manga?
Yes,it happened.It was by accident,but it happened.http://i1021.photobucket.com/albums/af334/dbust3r/smile/ofc5ra1.png
Here's the proof: http://www.narutobase.net/manga/Naruto/003/9

destiny4ever

December 20, 2010, 09:31 PM

Best Male Supporting Character

Does Akiyama from Liar Game count as a supporting character? If not, L from Death Note (but isn't he a main character as well?)
Akiyama would make an incredible nominee for the MH Manga awards :cool:, but since he is one the protagonists of Liar Game you can’t nominate him for the best male supporting character category. Sorry. :(

Now regarding L, this is a bit tricky. Yes, L can be considered one of the main characters in the series, but Light is the protagonist of Death Note. So because as I said this is a bit tricky, I’m going to leave L in the best male supporting character category based on the following description of what a supporting character is:

A supporting character is a character of a book, play, video game, movie, television or radio show other form of storytelling usually used to give added dimension to a main character, by adding a relationship with this character. Sometimes supporting characters may develop a complexity of their own, but this is usually in relation to the main character, rather than entirely independently.

Yes,it happened.It was by accident,but it happened.http://i1021.photobucket.com/albums/af334/dbust3r/smile/ofc5ra1.png
Here's the proof: http://www.narutobase.net/manga/Naruto/003/9
Thank you, Googlez_kun! :) And even though I haven’t read Naruto, I can still see how priceless that kiss is. :XD
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Best Male Supporting Character in a Manga:

Haji from Blood+ manga. Saya's faithful "servant/slave and lover" uber powerful chevalier. He's always there for her, in his stoic obeident usual silence. Her guardian angel always watching over her. At first he didn't like her as he was her slave and she was selfish and rude. But, that quickly changed, and he has loved her ever since, always being there for her, when she needs him the most. As a protector or just a chest to cry into and arms to hug her as she sobs her tears away.
Haji is actually one of the protagonists in Blood plus, so he can’t be in the best male supporting character category. Sorry :( But you can nominate him for the best male lead category or you can nominate another character for the best male supporting character category. :)

my final nomination is Norman Burg from Big O

Best Female Supporting Character in a Manga:

Dorothy R. Wayneright in Big O. Roger Smith is first introduced to her as part of his job as a contractor. But, this android, will constantly come to his rescue and help him. They'll also fall in love with each other, and have really great and witty dialogue between them. Dorothy R. Wayneright: "You're such a louse, Roger Smith."
Maybe I’m mistaken but I think Dorothy is the female protagonist in the Big O. And are you nominating her based on the anime or based on the manga? Because I think the anime and the manga don’t follow the same storyline.

The Big O was conceived as a media franchise. To this effect, Sunrise requested a manga be produced along with the animated series. The Big O manga started serialization in Kodansha's Magazine Z on July 1999, three months before the anime premiere. Authored by Hitoshi Ariga, the manga uses Keiichi Sato's concept designs in an all-new story. The series ended on October 2001.

In anticipation to the broadcast of the second season, a new manga series was published. Lost Memory (ロストメモリー Rosuto Memorī?), authored by Hitoshi Ariga. Lost Memory takes place between volumes five and six of the original manga. The issues were serialized in Magazine Z from November 2002 to September 2003 and were collected in two volumes.

My final nomination is Dorothy Catalonia from Mobile Suit Gundam Wing

HegemonKhan

December 20, 2010, 10:34 PM

thanks Destiny!

(It's tricky for me to figure out if they're considered supporting characters or if they're considered main/lead characters, so let me know if I get them wrong!)

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I change my nomination of Best Male Supporting Character:

My final nomination is Norman Burg from Big O

(leave this category blank for me for now. change it to "no" nomination)

from Hagi in Blood+

to Roy Revant in Solty Rei

(or is Roy Revant a main/lead character too?, if Roy REvant is main/lead character too, then just leave this category blank for me). (Roy Revant is also considered a Lead character too)

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I change my nomination of Best Female Supporting Character:

from Dorothy R. Wayneright

to Dorothy Catalonia from Mobile Suit Gundam Wing

to Relena Peacecraft from Mobile Suit Gundam Wing(unless she'd considered a main/lead character too) (Relena is indeed considered a Lead character too)

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just pointing out that you wrote down Seras Victoria twice in Best Female Lead

destiny4ever

December 20, 2010, 10:54 PM

I change my nomination of Best Male Supporting Character:

from Hagi in Blood+

to Roy Revant in Solty Rei

(or is Roy Revant a main/lead character too?, if Roy REvant is main/lead character too, then just leave this category blank for me).
Roy is the main protagonist of the series, so I will leave this category blank for you.

my final nomination is Norman Burg from Big O

I change my nomination of Best Female Supporting Character:

from Dorothy R. Wayneright

to Relena Peacecraft (unless she'd considered a main/lead character too) or to Dorothy Catalonia (she's got to be a supporting character) , both who are in Mobile Suit Gundam Wing
Relena is the female lead of the series. But I can add Dorothy to the list since:

Dorothy T. Catalonia is a character from the anime Mobile Suit Gundam Wing. She becomes an important character in the manga New Mobile Report Gundam Wing: Battlefield of Pacifists and is the ESUN President during Frozen Teardrop.
That is the manga you based your nomination of her on, right?

yes, but if she's not considered a supporting female character in the manga, then you can leave this category blank for my final nomination

just pointing out that you wrote down Seras Victoria twice in Best Female Lead
Thank you for pointing that out for me, HegemonKhan! ^_^ I’ve fixed the mistake and I’ve added your nomination to the list of nominees.

Awards Categories

Best Male Lead
Gutts from Berserk (4 votes)
Allen Walker from D.Gray-man
Yoshina Ageha from Psyren (3 votes)
Miyamoto Musahi from Vagabond
Sakata Gintoki from Gintama
Kenji Endo from 20th/21st Century Boys (2 votes)
Natsu Dragneel from Fairy Tail
Naruto Uzumaki from Naruto (2 votes)
Kenshiro from Hokuto no Ken/Fist of the North Star
Goku from Dragonball
Onizuka Eiikichi from Great Teacher Onizuka (2 votes)
Vash the Stampede from Trigun
Alucard in Hellsing

Best Male Supporting Character
L from Death Note (5 votes)
Inspector Heinrich Runge from Monster
Wolfgang Grimmer from Monster
Niizuma Eiji from Bakuman
Kandu Yuu from D. Gray Man
Gauche Suede from Tegami Bachi
Black Star from Soul Eater (2 votes)
Nagumo Souichirou from The Lucifer and Biscuit Hammer
Shichiro Ougi from Kekkaishi
Hiruma Youichi from Eyeshield 21
Gaara from Naruto
Thorkell from Vinland Saga
Shikamaru Nara from Naruto

Best Female Lead
Misaki Ayuzawa from Kaichou Wa Maid Sama
Claire from Claymore (3 votes)
Yato Kagura from Gintama
Gally from GUNNM (aka. Battle Angel Alita) (3 votes)
Seras Victora of Hellsing (2 votes)
Haruko Haruhara from FLCL
Asahina Samidare from The Lucifer and Biscuit Hammer
Kurokami Medaka from Medaka Box
Yukimura Tokine from Kekkaishi
Yotsuba from Yotsubato! (2 votes)
Lum from Urusei Yatsura

Best Female Supporting Character
Fee of Planetes
Major General Olivia Armstrong from Fullmetal Alchemist
Schierke from Berserk (2 votes)
Sumiko Sumimura from Kekkaishi (2 votes)
Alice from Pandora Hearts
Jegal Mihyang from Change Guy
Itsuki Akiba from I"s
Oikawa Tsurara (Yuki-onna) from Nurarihyon no Mago
Dorothy T. Catalonia from New Mobile Report Gundam Wing: Battlefield of Pacifists and is the ESUN President during Frozen Teardrop

Best Shoujo Manga
Fruits Basket
Hana Kimi (Hanazakari no Kimitachi e)
Vampire Knight
Shinshi Doumei Cross/The Gentleman's Alliance Cross
Kimi no Todoke (2 votes)
Nana

Best Shounen Manga
Naruto (3 votes)
Death Note
One Piece (10 votes)
Psyren
Fullmetal Alchemist (3 votes)
Tegami Bachi (Letter Bee)
Kekkaishi
Shingeki no Kyojin

Best Josei Manga
Kuragehime
Amatsuki
Nodame Cantabile (3 votes)
Kimi wa Petto
Landreaall

Best Seinen Manga
Blame!
K-ON
Vagabond
Berserk (6 votes)
DOGS Bullets and Carnage
Monster
REAL
Vinland Saga (2 votes)
AKIRA
Holyland
Imuri

Best Hairstyling
Bleach (2 votes)
Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei (Zetsubou Sensei)
Yu-Gi-Oh! (4 votes)
Katekyo Hitman Reborn (2 votes)
Psyren

Best Costume Design
Tegami Bachi (Letter Bee)(2)
Berserk Armor, "when the helm is on"
Yu-Gi-Oh!
Katekyo Hitman Reborn (2 votes)
Fairy Tail
Fullmetal Alchemist
Kuroshitsuji/Black Butler
D.Gray-Man
Otoyomegatari (2 votes)
Worst
I"s
Bleach
Claymore

Best Villain
Johann Liebert from Monster (4 votes)
Orochimaru from Naruto (2 votes)
Millennium Earl from D.Gray-Man
Priscilla from Claymore
Aizen from Bleach
Takasugi Shinsuke from Gintama
“Nosferatu” Zodd from Berserk
Griffith from Berserk
Kabuto from Naruto
Askeladd from Vinland Saga
Father from FullmetalAlchemist
Yami Marik Ishtar from Yu-Gi-Oh
Freeza from Dragonball

Best Fight
Bleach, Ichigo VS Ulquiorra Final battle
Vagabond, Miyamoto Musashi (Shinmen Takezo) vs Yoshioka School (2 votes)
Naruto, Sandaime VS Orochimaru
Vinland Saga, Thorkkell's duel with Thorrfinn (2 votes)
Hellsing, Alucard vs Anderson
Fairy Tail, Natsu vs. Gildartz
Naruto, Naruto vs. Pain (2 votes)
Naruto, Minato vs. Madara
Naruto, Naruto vs Sasuke at the Valley of the End
Takamura vs Hawk from Hajime no Ippo
Bleach, Kurosaki Ichigo vs Kuchiki Byakuya from Bleach - their 3rd and final encounter.
Clare vs. Rigardo (the entire fight between them)

Best Kiss
Kaicho wa maid-sama Misaki and Usui sharing a kiss in chapter 32
Claymore Clare kissing Raki (2 votes)
Berserk Gatsu and Caska sharing a kiss
Naruto Naruto and Sasuke kissing (2 votes)

Best Color Page
Naruto/ Chapter 503 (5 votes)
http://www.mangafox.com/manga/naruto/v52/c503/2.html
One Piece / Chapter 598
http://www.mangafox.com/manga/one_piece/v59/c598/4.html
Vagabond, Volume 21, Chapter 181
http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/5329062/vagabond_156197.jpg.html
Aria / Chapter (?)
http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/7192/aria4.jpg
The perfect player from Eyeshield 21
http://www.mangareader.net/134-6992-...apter-217.html
Naruto / chapter 377 - I love the way it was drawn and coloured by Kishi. Its so unique, so different and yet beautiful:
http://www.mangafox.com/manga/naruto/v41/c377/2.html
chapter 516 from One Piece
http://5.p.s.mfcdn.net/store/manga/106/53-516.0/compressed/01_02.jpg

Best Double-Spread
Berserk: 1st time Gutts used Berserk Armor and came out of that monster
http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__...rk_v26_201.jpg
Bleach: Ichigo’s final transformation (2 votes) http://www.mangafox.com/manga/bleach/v47/c420/12.html
Berserk Vol. 8 Page 190 - Gatsu vs Griffith
http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/535/gatsuvsgriffith1.jpg
Zatch Bell/ Chapter 319
http://www.mangareader.net/266-35597-10/zatch-bell/chapter-319.html
Naruto: Minato & Kushina protecting baby Naruto
http://www.mangafox.com/manga/naruto/v52/c504/8.html
Oyasumi Punpun, Volume 2, Chapter 17 (2 votes)
http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/4485970/Oyasumi_Punpun_v02_090-091.png.html
20th Century Boys
http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/4434/20thcenturyboysv08c02p0.jpg
Chapter 429, Page 6-7 from Naruto
(Pain floating over Konoha, Konoha is drawn in awesome detail)
Nurarihyon No Mago - Chapter 86
http://www.mangareader.net/456-41895...hapter-86.html
Sakuragi and Rukawa claping hands from Slam Dunk
http://www.mangareader.net/119-5958-...apter-276.html
Naruto - Gaara using Desert Prison:
http://www.mangafox.com/manga/naruto/v28/c248/18.html

Best Chapter
Fairy Tail - Chapter 206
Bleach - Chapter 421 – The Final Getsuga Tensho, Aizen defeated and pissed off (for the first time) and Urahara showing that he's really the most badass character in Bleach
Naruto - Chapter 436
Naruto - Chapter 430
Fullmetal Alchemist - Chapter 107
One Piece - Chapter 485 - Member of the Strawhat crew: Pirate Hunter Zoro

Best Couple/ Pairing
Ed & Winry from Fullmetal Alchemist (5 votes)
Orihime X Ulquiorra from Bleach
Yoshina Ageha and Amamiya Sakurako from Psyren
Rock and Revy from Black Lagoon
Hachimiki and Tanabe from Planetes
Black Star and Tsubaki Nakatsuka from Soul Eater
Roy Mustang x Riza Hawkeye from Fullmetal Alchemist
Naruto x Hinata from Naruto (2 votes)
Chiaki Shinichi x Noda Megumi from Nodame Cantabile
Meiko and Taneda from Solanin
Ko and Aoba from Cross Game
Lum and Moroboshi Ataru from Urusei Yatsura
Shoot! - Toshi x Kasumi
Saiko x Azuki from Bakuman
Kraft Lawrence <3 Holo the Wise Wolf in Spice and Wolf

Best Full Cast
Fullmetal Alchemist (9 votes)
Soul Eater
One Piece (2 votes)
Kekkaishi (2 votes)
Eyeshield 21
Naruto (2 votes)
Eyeshield 21
Claymore

Best Artwork
Blame! (2 votes)
Berserk (3 votes)
Vinland Saga
REAL
Bleach
Vagabond (2 votes)
Fullmetal Alchemist
Tegami Bachi (2 votes)
Umineko Episode 3: Banquet of the Golden Witch by Natsumi Kei (the other episodes are done by different artists and aren't nearly as well drawn)
Nurarihyon no Mago
I"s
Katekyo Hitman Reborn
Claymore

Best WTF Moment
L's media stunt on Kira in Death Note
Aizen changing forms in Bleach (2 votes)
Fake Robin with the cucumber in One Piece (Chapter 598)
Revelation of Duval's identity in One Piece (4 votes)
Thorkell and Willibald - "Whichever created Liquor" (Vinland Saga) (2 votes)
In The Lucifer and Biscuit Hammer, when Blues Drive Monster is revealed.
When Enel relizes that his powers are ineffective against Luffy (Chapter 279)
Kekkaishi - When we learnt just how badly the Founder messed up his son's life; and indirectly, every Kekkaishi's life for 400 years,
Oyasumi Punpun, Volume 1, Headmaster and vice principle playing Hide-and-seek
From "Vinland Saga", when Askeladd beheaded King Sweyn

Best plot-twist
Bleach – Aizen revealed as villain in Bleach (3 votes)
One Piece – Finding out that Ace's father was Gol D. Roger (2 votes)
Claymore – Priscilla decapitating Teresa and then Awakening in Claymore
Berserk – The Eclipse (2 votes)
Berserk - Ch 290 Hellhound “Guts’ inner demon” promising Guts
Fairy Tail when Gildartz shows off his true power to Natsu
Kekkaishi – when we found out that the awesome hat-dude is Hazama freakin' Tokimori, the Founder!!!
The identity of Ace´s father and White Beards true intentions towards Ace´s future in One Piece

Kami nomi zo Shiru Sekai Kanon got stabbed right after she was confirmed to possess a goddess
From "Vinland Saga", when Askeladd beheaded King Sweyn

Best new series (For a nomination to be accepted for this category, the start date must be 2010)
Enigma by Sakaki Kenji (3 votes)
Oumagadoki Doubutsuen (2 votes)

Best Manga Overall
Kuroshitsuji by Toboso Yana (2 votes)
Claymore by Norihiro Yagi
Psyren by Toshiaki Iwashiro
Berserk (4 votes)
Yotsubato!
One Piece (4 votes)
Fullmetal Alchemist
Kekkaishi
Doraemon
I"s
Death Note
Haruka-na machi e from Jirō Taniguchi

saladesu

December 21, 2010, 12:05 AM

Here are my nominations/votes :tem

Best Male Lead
I would like to nominate Monkey D. Luffy from One Piece. He's funny, epicly hilarious and such an airhead. But when push comes to shove, you don't ever want to mess with him. He has a strong sense of justice, sticks to his beliefs no matter what and values his nakama above all else.

Best Male Supporting Character
I would like to nominate Colonel Roy Mustang from Fullmetal Alchemist. He has ambitions and strives towards them, not afraid of the consequences in going against the state. He will never say die - take his battle against Lust as an example. He may seem like a shallow, cocky narcissist on the outside, but he is truly a devoted, smart, talented and loyal person who will do all in his power to protect those important to him, and his ideals.

Best Female Lead
I second Claire from Claymore

Best Female Supporting Character
I second Major General Olivia Armstrong from Fullmetal Alchemist

Best Shoujo Manga
I would like to nominate X/1999 by CLAMP (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=342). It is a great blend of romance, action, supernatural and drama. It also has a great cast of characters whom you will come to really love as the manga progresses.

Best Shounen Manga
I second One Piece

Best Hairstyling
I would like to nominate Shiki (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=15089). There are some really crazy, impossible and unique hairstyles in this manga. Some are really odd, but all are entertaining and different.

Best Costume Design
I second D.Gray-Man

Best Villain
I second Father from Fullmetal Alchemist

Best Fight
I would like to nominate the final battle on The Promised Day in Fullmetal Alchemist. It was a battle of epic proportions and was so rich in emotion. It wasn't a mindless battle with characters shooting attacks at each other in turn - it actually made the reader think, feel for the characters... It made me cry a few times. It was an epic finale.

Best Kiss
I second Naruto and Sasuke kissing in Naruto

Best Color Page
I second One Piece / Chapter 598

Best Double-Spread
I would like to nominate Nurarihyon no Mago 117 pg8-9 (http://manga.bleachexile.com/nurarihyon-no-mago-chapter-119-page-8.html). A really well-drawn double-spread that also represents Rikuo's growth and development.

Best Chapter
I second Fullmetal Alchemist - Chapter 107

Best Couple/ Pairing
I second Roy Mustang x Riza Hawkeye from Fullmetal Alchemist

Best Full Cast
I second One Piece

Best Artwork
I second Nurarihyon no Mago

Best WTF Moment
I second Revelation of Duval's identity in One Piece

Best plot-twist
I second Bleach
Aizen revealed as villain in Bleach

Best new series
I second Enigma by Sakaki Kenji

Best Manga Overall
I second Fullmetal Alchemist

HegemonKhan

December 21, 2010, 12:56 AM

ya, that's her, thanks for adding Dorothy Catalonia as Best Female Support Character! (yeah, one that finally works, lol :D)

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could you provide a description of what would be a Lead character too, to help me or others out with getting my/our nominations correct?

for example, do mangas only have a single Lead character or can they have multiple Lead characters, and mix between male and female?

ricardDvs

December 21, 2010, 04:55 AM

Best Male Lead
Naruto Uzumaki from Naruto

Best Male Supporting Character
L from Death Note

Best Female Lead
Claire from Claymore

Best Female Supporting Character
Schierke from Berserk

Best Shoujo Manga
Kimi no Todoke

Best Shounen Manga
Naruto

Best Josei Manga
Nodame Cantabile

Best Seinen Manga
Berserk

Best Hairstyling
Yu-Gi-Oh!

Best Costume Design
Yu-Gi-Oh!

Best Villain
Orochimaru from Naruto

Best Fight
Naruto, Naruto vs. Pain

Best Kiss
Naruto and Sasuke kissing

Best Color Page
Naruto / chapter 377 -http://www.mangafox.com/manga/naruto/v41/c377/2.html

Best Double-Spread
Naruto: Minato & Kushina protecting baby Naruto
http://www.mangafox.com/manga/naruto/v52/c504/8.html

Best Chapter
Naruto - Chapter 430

Best Couple/ Pairing
Naruto x Hinata from Naruto

Best Full Cast
Naruto

Best Artwork
Berserk

Best WTF Moment
Aizen changing forms in Bleach

Best plot-twist
Bleach –
Aizen revealed as villain in Bleach

Best new series
Enigma by Sakaki Kenji

Best Manga Overall
Naruto

DONE :amuse

added spoiler tags

saladesu

December 21, 2010, 05:02 AM

Just a gentle reminder, please add spoiler tags when you nominate/vote for a plot twist. Since its a plot twist, it's meant to shock the reader! :D Since some people may not have read that manga yet, if they read the contents of the plot twist here, they won't be shocked anymore, and takes the fun out of it all D: So yes, remember those spoiler tags~! :amuse

naruto-niichan

December 21, 2010, 06:09 AM

Thank you, Googlez_kun! :) And even though I haven’t read Naruto, I can still see how priceless that kiss is. :XD

woot you haven't read Naruto? :omg you definitely should give it a try!

Best Double-Spread: I would like to vote for Berserk - Griffith unifying humans and apostles under his banner
http://view.thespectrum.net/series/berserk-volume-01.html?ch=Volume+34&page=94
There sure are even more awesome double-spreads by Miura but this one has a nice symbolic meaning too.

Best Chapter: My vote goes to Naruto Chapter 504: Thank you
One of the most emotional and sad chapters I've read so far, Kishimoto has done an amazing job with portraying the parent-child love.

benelori

December 21, 2010, 07:27 AM

woot you haven't read Naruto? :omg you definitely should give it a try!

Best Double-Spread: I would like to vote for Berserk - Griffith unifying humans and apostles under his banner
http://view.thespectrum.net/series/berserk-volume-01.html?ch=Volume+34&page=94
There sure are even more awesome double-spreads by Miura but this one has a nice symbolic meaning too.

And that's not the only great double-spead...especially in that arc and IIRC even that chapter...I guess the battle of the worlds doesn't deserve anything but high quality double spreads

Organizized

December 21, 2010, 09:38 AM

I'd just like to point out that with my vote for Tegami Bachi for Best Costume Design in this post (http://mangahelpers.com/forum/showthread.php?p=2227430#post2227430) should put it at 2 votes (first one by Roflkopt3r here (http://mangahelpers.com/forum/showthread.php?p=2223205#post2223205)). It hasn't been updated, so I thought I'd mention it.

And I'd like to change my vote for Best Shounen Manga. First voted for One Piece, would like it changed to Death Note. Thanks!

Best Manga Overall: +1 vote for Death Note.

Best Fight: +1 vote for Thorfinn vs. Thorkell in Vinland Saga.

scav

December 21, 2010, 09:43 AM

benelori

December 21, 2010, 09:48 AM

ashher

December 21, 2010, 09:53 AM

Best Plot Twist: His final nomination is the one from Old Boy

Itachi turning out to be good. I'll go in depth for this later once i am on a pc...but for now all i'll say is that judging the unexpectedness, yet the finest seamless fitting of it with loads and loads of previously known details, the impact it had on the plot both before and after the revelation, the impact on the characterization and character interaction of the main characters (which is the core crisis of this manga), the way the whole thing changed complexion only by the establishment of a different perspective without changing the actual event(that is itachi being the one to mass murder uchiha), the emotional impact it had on readers and the political/philosophical debate it generated among them (so realistic that it remains an almost unsolvable debate)...that without any doubt it is The Best. A twist that is not only surprising, but with exceptional depth (the only other one that comes to my mind is the Lelouch twist...but its anime).

shaheer

December 21, 2010, 09:56 AM

Best Male Lead
Onizuki Ekichi: loved his sense of humor, and i tried shonen Junai Gumi over all his adolescence and him as a teacher all were finely tuned , he did his part as main excellently

Best Male Supporting Character
Roy Mustang, i was always Awed by the whole character, to me he was one of the best character of one of the best shonen evr

Best Female Lead
Yotsuba, for obvious reasons

Best Female Supporting Character
Fee of Planetes, i liked her character. might be too esoteric a choice though

Best Shoujo Manga

Lovely Complex, thast probably the only shojo that i enjoyed

Best Shounen Manga

Death Note, shame on the rest for not giving this at least one vote till now

Best Seinen Manga
Monster, its one of the best thriller i ve seen, and i liked the ending, Berserk hasent ended yet so judging it with the rest aint fair

Best Hairstyling
Bleach, just like em , cant reason like that much

Best Costume Design
Full Metal Alchemist, likd it the best from the list, though it aint the best in my op

Best Villain
Johann Liebert , i love moster because of its suspense and thrill, and Johan is the main reason for this

Best Fight
Minato vs Madara, i was waiting for this avidly for a loooong time to see who was the stronger one

Best Colour Pg,
Aria, love the vibrant colorings

this is it for now , will add the rest later

saladesu

December 21, 2010, 09:57 AM

hum i would nominate Hajime no ippo and the breaker/the breaker new wave in the Best shounen mangas, even tought the breaker is a manwha. Hajime no ippo is a mangas on going since 20years and the plot is still interesting, its the best sport mangas for me: humor, great art, fight, school life, romance u have everything there.
the breaker is the most popular manwha atm,the plot is really nice and the art aewsome.Also i think we should have a categorie best manwha
Also i vote for Hajime no ippo in best shounen

You can only have one nomination, unfortunately! So you'll need to choose between Hajime no Ippo and The Breaker and The Breaker New Wave I'm assuming these 2 "The Breaker"s are distinct series).

Your last line says you vote for Hajime no Ippo. So this would mean your nominations for The Breaker would not be considered... Is this alright with you?

benelori

December 21, 2010, 10:01 AM

Best Costume Design
Full Metal Alchemist, likd it the best from the list, though it aint the best in my op

You can always post your own nomination, not just vote for another one

scav

December 21, 2010, 10:07 AM

You can only have one nomination, unfortunately! So you'll need to choose between Hajime no Ippo and The Breaker and The Breaker New Wave I'm assuming these 2 "The Breaker"s are distinct series).

Your last line says you vote for Hajime no Ippo. So this would mean your nominations for The Breaker would not be considered... Is this alright with you?

breaker new wave is the continuation of the breaker. its just like naruto and naruto shippuden. i keep my vote for hajime no ippo then and :spank u diserve it salad :darn

ashher

December 21, 2010, 10:17 AM

Best wtf moment: kabuto edo tensei-ing Akatsuki...it was Wow, Wtf and Fun enough to be an Extra Xmas for the fanboys.
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Or i can change my choice of best wtf moment to ANY MOMENT WITH ONIZUKA...if that can really be counted as a nomination. Never a dull moment in the GTO-land :p!

saladesu

December 21, 2010, 10:36 AM

breaker new wave is the continuation of the breaker. its just like naruto and naruto shippuden. i keep my vote for hajime no ippo then and :spank u diserve it salad :darn

Alright, noted :)

And WHY? deserve what!? :blink okay nvm on second thought if it's off-topic you can reply this bit in my Ask Me thread... :cookiestare

Best wtf moment: kabuto edo tensei-ing Akatsuki...it was Wow, Wtf and Fun enough to be an Extra Xmas for the fanboys.
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Or i can change my choice of best wtf moment to ANY MOMENT WITH ONIZUKA...if that can really be counted as a nomination. Never a dull moment in the GTO-land :p!

I think that's too general to be considered :sweat Maybe you can choose your most most most favourite moment involving Onizuka! :) You are free to update your nomination any time until the nominations close so choose carefully :thumbs

naruto-niichan

December 21, 2010, 10:49 AM

saladesu

December 21, 2010, 10:59 AM

just a few questions popped up in my mind, I'm sorry if they are already answered :darn

will there be or is there any chance for a best manwha categorie? or for a best mangaka category? or for genre nominations like best comedy, horror, etc.? And if not, why so? :cookiestare

Right now, for this round of awards, no, unfortunately :s But there is a possibility that we will add more categories like those you have suggested for future rounds of the awards (provided of course the awards is well-received, which it so far seems to be :p). The reason why we did not have those categories (or rather, more categories) was simply that this being the first time, we wanted to keep things simple ^^ In future rounds when we have more experience, we'll be able to have more categories while having the assurance/confidence that we can handle having that many :)

Des-chan stated that five nominations with the highest amount of votes will be made for every category, what happens when there are, let's say, 7 nominations with the same amount of votes?

We have not yet confirmed exactly how we will do this, but most likely this will be decided by the mods involved in this project (namely destiny, bene, hege, m3j and myself) or internal voting within the MH staff. We know this isn't the most fair way to do this, but it's the only way D: Of course, we are still brainstorming and looking for better ways to handle such situations, so if you have any ideas please feel free to share them with us! :amuse

benelori

December 21, 2010, 11:21 AM

Des-chan stated that five nominations with the highest amount of votes will be made for every category, what happens when there are, let's say, 7 nominations with the same amount of votes?

That's a good question...it's still to be decided, but we will definitely notify everyone, before applying the decision. Also if you or any other member has a suggestion please contact us through PM, as we want to keep the discussion more focused on the manga, and not the administrative details. But suggestions are welcome, so we will appreciate the help!
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I would like to nominate The second Musashi vs. Inshun fight, for Best Fight. I liked that the most, and I think that overall the Houzoin temple arc was the best, and served as the most development for Musashi.
In addition I second Naruto's and Sasuke's kiss for Best kiss...I'm not a big fan or romantic scenes, but that was funny and it kinda foreshadowed that the breakup would be horrible

Hystzen

December 21, 2010, 11:24 AM

Best Villian: Father (FMA) becomes God pretty much starts the end of world

Best Artwork: Bleach- Kubo knows how to draw and everytime people mention Bleach it is its artstyle always praised

Best Shounen : FMA just perfect the plot,characters and setting. loved every second of it

Best Seien: Gantz..it ticks every box required for been a Adult manga.

Best fight : ichigo vs renji 2nd fight (Bleach) - i like the byakuya but this was better for me the rawness of fight , was also brutal and back in the day when fights werent just bankai spam attacks.

Best Twist:
Bleach- Aizen been villain ...if you said you predict it was gona happen your lying .

Foundway

December 21, 2010, 11:26 AM

Best Male Lead :
I second Onizuka, he is great.

Best Male Supporting Character:
I second L from Death Note

Best Seinen:
I nominate Liar Game as the best Seinen manga. Its great, the games are mind thrilling and it gives a lot of WTF moments.

Best Shounen:
I second One Piece

Best Josei:
I second Nodame Cantabible

naruto-niichan

December 21, 2010, 11:28 AM

thanks for the fast answer Salad!

Right now, for this round of awards, no, unfortunately :s But there is a possibility that we will add more categories like those you have suggested for future rounds of the awards (provided of course the awards is well-received, which it so far seems to be :p). The reason why we did not have those categories (or rather, more categories) was simply that this being the first time, we wanted to keep things simple ^^ In future rounds when we have more experience, we'll be able to have more categories while having the assurance/confidence that we can handle having that many :)

I'm pretty sure that you are able to handle that ;) but I do understand your reason. Glad to see that the award is well-received :whoo

We have not yet confirmed exactly how we will do this, but most likely this will be decided by the mods involved in this project (namely destiny, bene, hege, m3j and myself) or internal voting within the MH staff. We know this isn't the most fair way to do this, but it's the only way D: Of course, we are still brainstorming and looking for better ways to handle such situations, so if you have any ideas please feel free to share them with us! :amuse

I see, that's fine with me but another way could be an elimination round. A few more extra days, where the users can just vote for the already suggested nominations with the same amount of votes. Sure it would be a lot of additional work and not that easy to handle but it would be a more democratic way. It's certainly up to you, just a suggestion :)

edit: Sorry benelori, just saw your post now. Next time I will PM you or another mod!
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and I want to point out that Des-chan wrote Eyeshield 21 two times in the Best Full Cast Category, I think it's meant as two votes.

benelori

December 21, 2010, 11:42 AM

There are many categories here, but there are a few contenders that have the most potential for mass win...so which title do you think will have the most entrances in the final round of the competition?

Hystzen

December 21, 2010, 11:44 AM

OP..no offence it has just a large crazy fan base on MH it bount to have lots of entrances..same with naruto...just look at art contest and most images are OP and naruto..

saladesu

December 21, 2010, 11:51 AM

OP and Naruto are kinda like a given :V Bleach too, but to a lesser extent.

I think FMA will also run in quite a number of categories in the voting rounds. It's a recent classic that just ended not too long ago. While it isn't quite as fresh in people's minds as current series like OP or Naruto, I think it has left a big impression on many of its readers, myself included, such that even 6 months later we remember it distinctly.

I also see quite a lot of Berserk.

benelori

December 21, 2010, 11:58 AM

OP..no offence it has just a large crazy fan base on MH it bount to have lots of entrances..same with naruto...just look at art contest and most images are OP and naruto..

That's true, especially in the case of OP...but I think Berserk is a pretty good candidate as well, and we might have Vinland Saga or maybe Monster to tie in after them...
What amazes me the most that we have no Gantz entries at all...so I will be the first and nominate Chapter 307 page 3 (http://www.mangareader.net/97-39601-3/gantz/chapter-307.html) for Best Color Page.

Along with that I will nominate Chapter 307, page 13 (http://www.mangareader.net/96-34049-13/berserk/chapter-307.html) from Berserk for Best Double Spread

Organizized

December 21, 2010, 12:01 PM

Okay, wow... :blink I don't even read Gantz, but I'm still seconding benelori's choice above for Best Color Page. Now if you excuse me, I have a new series to read.

Roflkopt3r

December 21, 2010, 12:02 PM

My nomination for Best Artwork: Vinland Saga

Lofwyr

December 21, 2010, 12:05 PM

Best Male Lead: Alucard (Hellsing)

Best Male Supporting Character: Here I vote and nominate for Loronoa Zoro from One Piece. His loyality knows no limits. He didnt only offered his life for Luffy's, he also put shame on himself by asking Mihawk to train him so he can get stronger and help Luffy to become the Pirate King.

Best Female Lead: I support Revy (Black Lagoon). I dont really have many reasons here besides I like this character.

Best Shonen Manga: One Piece

Best Seinen Manga: I support and vote for Gantz in this category. It's a very fascinating, but also disturbing manga. The survival of the fittest is brought to an extreme in this manga. It shows many sides of power, violance, sex and love.

Best Hairstyling: Yo-Gi-Oh!

Best Villian: Orochimaru (Naruto)

Best Fight: I support and vote for "Zoro vs. Ryuuma" here. It's still the fight I enjoyed most. It has everything what is needed for a good fight: An awesome location, many fighting moves, much action and a good end for everybody.

Best Kiss: Naruto

Best Chapter: In this category I nominate One Piece Chapter 398 - Declaration of War. Obviously one of the most emotional chapters of One Piece. It also had a huge impact on the storyline.

Best Couple: Rock and Revy (Black Lagoon)

Best Full Cast: One Piece

Best WTF moment: When Enel relizes that his powers are ineffective against Luffy (Chapter 279)

Best Plot Twist: One Piece

Best Manga Overall: One Piece

benelori

December 21, 2010, 12:07 PM

Okay, wow... :blink I don't even read Gantz, but I'm still seconding benelori's choice above for Best Color Page. Now if you excuse me, I have a new series to read.

That page is actually one of the turn-points of the manga. Also please note that I was thinking about what to nominate here from the beginning of this competition and I was torn between that panel and others from the same and previous chapters.

Hystzen

December 21, 2010, 12:11 PM

:fail forgot put

Best Male Support- Uryu Ishida ...i hated the guy at first but as manga went along he become a strong ,calm person who is adopted a big brother relationship with orihime . he also one better human characters and i think got most development as a character in the whole of bleach and is easily my fav out of all Bleach. and anybody who stands up to a Espada who just killed ichigo then fight him is ace in my books then even goes up to the most scary looking perfect hollow ichigo and trys have a chat with him calm him down..shows he is amazing (fanboy rant off)

Best Male Lead- i would like say ichigo (no votes at all or even mentioned)...BUT I MUST VOTE KEI KURONO from Gantz. he just so awesome..starts of sex obessed..lives without using a suit, clever during the oni fight where he got 100pts..he gave up points to revive his friends...then of course the best line in the whole manga

IM INVINCIBLE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

so best lead...Kei Kurono Gantz

benelori

December 21, 2010, 12:11 PM

Best Female Lead: Revy (Black Lagoon)

Best Seinen Manga: I support and vote for Gantz in this category. It's a very fascinating, but also disturbing manga. The survival of the fittest is brought to an extreme in this manga. It shows many sides of power, violance, sex and love.

Best Villian: Orochimaru (Naruto)

Best Couple: Rock and Revy (Black Lagoon)

These are soo many good choices...especially the Black Lagoon ones...I thought soo much about my nomination for Best female lead...Revy is a good choice...and nice option for the pairing!
And finally Gantz!:party...let the Gantz fans pour in:D
Orochimaru FTW!

Best Plot Twist: One Piece

Can you be more explicit please?But remember the spoiler tag...

So for Best Female Lead I nominate Revy from Black Lagoon, though I have my doubts if she's actually a leading character...she is one of the protagonists, but Rock is teh main character...

Hystzen

December 21, 2010, 12:12 PM

That page is actually one of the turn-points of the manga. Also please note that I was thinking about what to nominate here from the beginning of this competition and I was torn between that panel and others from the same and previous chapters.

there alot of gantz i like..cant pick one.

orochimaru IMO was best villain and best part of naruto ..since he gone i felt naruto is missing something never liked kabuto or tobi/madara as villain material.

Kaiten

December 21, 2010, 12:20 PM

Best Male Lead in a manga: Gutts, Berserk
Best Male supporting character in a manga: Askeladd, Vinland Saga
Best Female Lead in a manga: Risa, Lovely Complex
Best Female supporting character in a manga: Kurumi, Kimi ni Todoke

Best Shoujo Manga: Lovely Complex
Best Shounen Manga: Full Metal Alchemist
Best Josei Manga: Pumpkin and Mayonnaise
Best Seinen Manga: Noramimi

Best Hairstyling: Hatsukoi Ltd.
Best Costume Design: Arakawa Under the Bridge

Best Villain: Griffith, Berserk

Best Fight: Night of the Eclipse, Berserk

Best Chapter: H2, chapter 212

Best Couple : Risa x Otani, Lovely Complex

Best Full Cast: Full Metal Alchemist

Best Artwork (manga): Ultra Heaven

Best WTF Moment: Fathers identity revealed, Full Metal Alchemist
Best plot-twist:
Wakaba dies, Cross Game

Best Manga Overall: Full Metal Alchemist

benelori

December 21, 2010, 12:20 PM

there alot of gantz i like..cant pick one.

Let me help then a bit

http://www.mangareader.net/97-1465-17/gantz/chapter-303.html
http://www.mangareader.net/97-1465-20/gantz/chapter-303.html
http://www.mangareader.net/97-1465-23/gantz/chapter-303.html
http://www.mangareader.net/97-34409-2/gantz/chapter-304.html
http://www.mangareader.net/97-34409-3/gantz/chapter-304.html
http://www.mangareader.net/97-34409-15/gantz/chapter-304.html

orochimaru IMO was best villain and best part of naruto ..since he gone i felt naruto is missing something never liked kabuto or tobi/madara as villain material.
QFT

naruto-niichan

December 21, 2010, 12:23 PM

That page is actually one of the turn-points of the manga. Also please note that I was thinking about what to nominate here from the beginning of this competition and I was torn between that panel and others from the same and previous chapters.

How could I forget Gantz? Thanks bene! The color page is pure epicness but I would like to nominate this one for Best Colour Page: Gantz Chapter 304 Page 2 (http://www.mangareader.net/97-34409-2/gantz/chapter-304.html)

Best Kiss: I second the Kiss between Naruto and Sasuke :amuse

Hystzen

December 21, 2010, 12:27 PM

Best Double Page- Gantz
http://www.mangareader.net/97-40410-21/gantz/chapter-308.html

thanks Benelori reminding me of that arc which made me remeber this page. Kei fighting alien with bare hands to save Tae..showing that even without weapons he still protect her no matter what

(best single page http://www.mangareader.net/97-41491-3/gantz/chapter-309.html but not caterogey for that :p )

Mr. Prince

December 21, 2010, 12:41 PM

Well, it's kind of lame-o if we just end up with One Piece and the other two big fishes from JUMP for most of the categories... but that's bound to happen, I guess. I hope we get to see at least some non-mainstream surprises.

________________

I'll be doing some more nominations for categories I haven't voted in yet:

Best Male Supporting Character
Pierrot Bolneze (Yakitate!! Japan)
A clown of world class! - Pierrot can do just about everything one could imagine, all due to this simple fact. Flashy, ass-kicking, awesome character design.

Best Female Supporting Character
Miria (Claymore)
Because she's Miria. One of my favs from Yagi's work and a beauty who knows how to use her brains.

Best Shoujo Manga
Damn you, saladesu! http://www.laymark.com/i/m/m140.gif I wanted to be the first to call this great series... so, in the end I'll have to second X/1999.

Best new series
Ikusa no Ko - Oda Saburou Nobunaga Den -
There is no way I could nominate another series than this piece of awesomeness. Hara-sensei's brilliant new series after all those years and that man still knows how to kick ass!

k-dom

December 21, 2010, 12:56 PM

Well I guess the votes will be biased by the fact that for one person reading Gantz they are 30 that read One Piece or Naruto. See, Naruto has 2 best chapters and 4 best fight nominations when honnestly, I find it far from being the best manga ever from the few I've read.
And how can I vote for the best seinen when I know only Monster and Akira from the current list (yeah I know it's shameful).

I guess the only real fair vote will be the best double spread and the best color page since you can choose them without having read the manga.

Lofwyr

December 21, 2010, 12:59 PM

Can you be more explicit please?But remember the spoiler tag...

There are many good plot twists in One Piece. The one mentioned in the first post (in the spoiler tag) is one of the biggest there, maybe it is even the biggest. The Impel Down Arc is full of plot twists - noone could have ever thought how the arc would end at the beginning.

And the plot twists in One Piece dont seem to be too much artificial in general - a twisting fact rarely comes out of nowhere. There are not many big plot twists in the story and the one mentioned in the first post is part of a huge development in the story. It was set carfully so the story doesnt get unrealistic which is a hard part for a storyteller.

If a plot twist is no plot twist (after some time/with some distance) then it's a good plot twist.
That definately works for the mentioned One Piece plot twist. ;)

benelori

December 21, 2010, 01:11 PM

There are many good plot twists in One Piece. The one mentioned in the first post (in the spoiler tag) is one of the biggest there, maybe it is even the biggest. The Impel Down Arc is full of plot twists - noone could have ever thought how the arc would end at the beginning.

And the plot twists in One Piece dont seem to be too much artificial in general - a twisting fact rarely comes out of nowhere. There are not many big plot twists in the story and the one mentioned in the first post is part of a huge development in the story. It was set carfully so the story doesnt get unrealistic which is a hard part for a storyteller.

If a plot twist is no plot twist (after some time/with some distance) then it's a good plot twist.
That definately works for the mentioned One Piece plot twist. ;)
So I take you support the initial nomination then? Good choice then, but I liked
the SH crew being sent all over the place a bit more
[hr]

Well I guess the votes will be biased by the fact that for one person reading Gantz they are 30 that read One Piece or Naruto. See, Naruto has 2 best chapters and 4 best fight nominations when honnestly, I find it far from being the best manga ever from the few I've read.
And how can I vote for the best seinen when I know only Monster and Akira from the current list (yeah I know it's shameful).

I guess the only real fair vote will be the best double spread and the best color page since you can choose them without having read the manga.

Then feel free to vote for Monster or Akira then...Monster is definitely one of the best out there...what I get is that you know Gantz as well...if not then read a few chapters and come back to nominate again, because nominations can be edited:D

And even the with the double spreads and color pages, one can accurately know the genre of the manga...so if one doesn't like sci-fi that person will be biased towards it...

scav

December 21, 2010, 01:16 PM

well i update my choice
Best shounen
Hajime no ippo

Best artwork
Hajime no ippo, fights and movements are nice, u understand everything even complicated move, its like the character are alive, the facial expression are really nice too.
http://img3.lln.crunchyroll.com/i/spire2/7cd43f55d40c1606e50da93246c7c9aa1265115052_full.jpg
http://i11.mangareader.net/hajime-no-ippo/609/hajime-no-ippo-107288.jpg
http://i1.mangareader.net/hajime-no-ippo/609/hajime-no-ippo-107290.jpg
http://i3.mangareader.net/hajime-no-ippo/919/hajime-no-ippo-1678955.jpg
http://i16.mangareader.net/hajime-no-ippo/919/hajime-no-ippo-1679024.jpg

best seinen
Gunn last order (aka battle angel alita last order)

best villain
blackbeard, one piece. zehahahahah (nuff said).

best fight
takamura vs hawk from hajime no ippo ( the fight in my sig)

best female lead
gally from gunnm

best shoujo
love hina

best costume design
GTO
http://media.animevice.com/uploads/0/151/47930-great_teacher_onizuka_vol_7.jpg

best hairstyling
dragon ball z, nuff said

Best manga Overall
One piece

best kiss
Chunwoo and shiho from the breaker
http://i8.mangareader.net/the-breaker/62/the-breaker-1365339.jpg

best full cast
One piece

best new series
the breaker new wave

AND WHERE IS MY BEST PERVERT CATEGORIE? :yelling

Wowzers

December 21, 2010, 01:23 PM

Best Seinen Manga
Berserk
Berserk is just too awesome for words. Still, I almost picked Gantz simply because it should be on the list too but isn't.

Best Costume Design
Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicles
Every arc they would change their outfits, and they were always novel.

Best WTF Moment
One Piece, "the Duval Moment" when we first see Duval's face. http://www.mangareader.net/103-2601-19/one-piece/chapter-494.html

Best Manga Overall
One Piece

Koen

December 21, 2010, 01:23 PM

Best Male Lead in a manga: not yet decided
Best Male supporting character in a manga: Askeladd, Vinland Saga
Best Female Lead in a manga: Gally from Gunnm (Last Order)
Best Female supporting character in a manga: Asuka, Kimi no Iru Machi

Best Shoujo Manga: Trinity Blood (sole one I read)
Best Shounen Manga: Muhyo to roujie (it deserves to be mentioned)
Best Seinen Manga: Me and the Devil Blues

Best Villain: Aji Tae, Shin Angyo no Onshi (purest evil I ever read in a manga - not manwha, since it was published in a Jhttp://mangahelpers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=66366&page=4apanese magazine)

Best Fight: not yet decided

Best Chapter: not yet decided

Best Couple : Haruto and Asuka, Kimi no Iru Machi
Best Kiss: Haruto and Asuka, Kimi no Iru Machi

Best Full Cast: Samurai Deeper Kyo (villains, goodies, etc they are all awesome)

Best Artwork (manga): Me and the Devil Blues
http://www.sceneario.com/Planche_bd_10418_ME%20AND%20THE%20DEVIL%20BLUES.jpg

http://www.sceneario.com/Planche_bd_10937_ME%20AND%20THE%20DEVIL%20BLUES.jpg
http://www.sceneario.com/Planche_bd_11311_ME%20AND%20THE%20DEVIL%20BLUES.jpg

http://www.sceneario.com/Planche_bd_11737_ME%20AND%20THE%20DEVIL%20BLUES.jpg

Best WTF Moment: chapter 18 of Me and the Devil blues (p 158-160 of volume 3: how the blind Mac Donald, walking in a hallway, turns his head towards a hidden Thorton. Saying dry: "What are you doing here, Mister Thorton?" WTF real life creep)

http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee60/koenosaki/DB1.jpg
http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee60/koenosaki/DB2.jpg
http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee60/koenosaki/DB3.jpg
http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee60/koenosaki/DB4.jpg

Best plot-twist: not yet decided

Best Manga Overall: Vinland Saga

Evil3ye

December 21, 2010, 02:09 PM

Best Male Lead
Although I don't like where the plot is heading at the moment, I think the most interesting male lead is Allen Walker from D.Gray-man.

Best Male Supporting Character
As for supporting character, I would say L from Death Note. I basically only enjoyed the manga with him being big part of the story. After his death I refused to read/watch, to not ruin it for me.

Best Female Lead
Hmm, dunno lol. Usagi Tsukino from Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon. Think it's the only shoujo manga I read.

Best Female Supporting Character
Minako Aino, Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon.

Best Shoujo Manga
Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon.

Best Shounen Manga
Got to be Death Note.

Best Seinen Manga
GANTZ! GANTZ! GANTZ!

Best Hairstyling
Bleach. Going together with the amazing artwork itself. Especially the girls hair designs are stunning (Nelliel, Harribel, Orihime-new), not only in comparison to the other two manga of the big three, where the mangakas only tend to draw plain, easy designs.

Best Costume Design
Here again, Bleach. While the Gotei 13 characters were mostly bit boring, due to the lack of varity, the Arrancar arc made good for it with in my opinion best costume designs I have seen yet.

Best Villain
Hmm, find that one pretty tough to answer. There are a lot I like, but I think my overall favourite is Kizaru Taisho from One Piece.

Best Fight
Naruto, Konan vs Madara lol.

Best Kiss
Bleach, almost kiss of Orihime and Ichigo, before being leaving to Hueco Mundo.

Best Color Page
coming soon.

Best Double-Spread
coming soon.

Best Chapter
Bleach, Ch. 339: The Deathbringer Numbers.

Best Couple/ Pairing
Haruka Tenoh and Michiru Kaio from Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon.

Best Full Cast
Fairy Tail.

Best Artwork
Bleach.

Best WTF Moment
Uhm, I dunno. Gantz, Kurono's death.

Best plot-twist
Bleach,Aizen's betrayal of the Gotei 13.

Best Manga Overall
Death Note.

destiny4ever

December 21, 2010, 05:57 PM

Thank you for the nominations guys! :) The more you guys nominate, the more amazing the list of nominees gets. :cool: I’ve updated the list of nominees. Please let me know if I made a mistake or if something is wrong or missing. Thank you.

Awards Categories

Best Male Lead
Gutts from Berserk (5 votes)
Allen Walker from D.Gray-man (2 votes)
Yoshina Ageha from Psyren (3 votes)
Miyamoto Musahi from Vagabond
Sakata Gintoki from Gintama
Kenji Endo from 20th/21st Century Boys (2 votes)
Natsu Dragneel from Fairy Tail
Naruto Uzumaki from Naruto (3 votes)
Kenshiro from Hokuto no Ken/Fist of the North Star
Goku from Dragonball
Onizuka Eiikichi from Great Teacher Onizuka (4 votes)
Vash the Stampede from Trigun
Alucard from Hellsing (2 votes)
Monkey D. Luffy from One Piece
Kei Kurono from Gantz

Best Male Supporting Character
L from Death Note (8 votes)
Inspector Heinrich Runge from Monster
Wolfgang Grimmer from Monster
Niizuma Eiji from Bakuman
Kandu Yuu from D. Gray Man
Gauche Suede from Tegami Bachi
Black Star from Soul Eater (2 votes)
Nagumo Souichirou from The Lucifer and Biscuit Hammer
Shichiro Ougi from Kekkaishi
Hiruma Youichi from Eyeshield 21
Gaara from Naruto
Thorkell from Vinland Saga
Colonel Roy Mustang from Fullmetal Alchemist (3 votes)
Loronoa Zoro from One Piece
Uryu Ishida from Bleach
Askeladd from Vinland Saga (2 votes)
Pierrot Bolneze (Yakitate!! Japan)

Best Female Lead
Misaki Ayuzawa from Kaichou Wa Maid Sama
Claire from Claymore (5 votes)
Yato Kagura from Gintama
Gally from Gunnm (aka. Battle Angel Alita) (5 votes)
Seras Victora of Hellsing (2 votes)
Haruko Haruhara from FLCL
Asahina Samidare from The Lucifer and Biscuit Hammer
Kurokami Medaka from Medaka Box
Yukimura Tokine from Kekkaishi
Yotsuba from Yotsubato! (3 votes)
Lum from Urusei Yatsura
Revy from Black Lagoon (2 votes)
Risa from Lovely Complex
Usagi Tsukino from Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon

Best Female Supporting Character
Fee of Planetes (2 votes)
Major General Olivia Armstrong from Fullmetal Alchemist (2 votes)
Schierke from Berserk (3 votes)
Sumiko Sumimura from Kekkaishi (2 votes)
Alice from Pandora Hearts
Jegal Mihyang from Change Guy
Itsuki Akiba from I"s
Oikawa Tsurara (Yuki-onna) from Nurarihyon no Mago
Dorothy T. Catalonia from New Mobile Report Gundam Wing: Battlefield of Pacifists and is the ESUN President during Frozen Teardrop
Kurumi from Kimi ni Todoke
Miria from Claymore
Asuka, Kimi no Iru Machi
Minao Aino, Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon.

Best Shoujo Manga
Fruits Basket
Hana Kimi (Hanazakari no Kimitachi e)
Vampire Knight
Shinshi Doumei Cross/The Gentleman's Alliance Cross
Kimi no Todoke (3 votes)
Nana
X/1999 by CLAMP (2 votes)
Lovely Complex (2 votes)
Love Hina
Trinity Blood
Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon

Best Shounen Manga
Naruto (4 votes)
Death Note (4 votes)
One Piece (12 votes)
Psyren
Fullmetal Alchemist (5 votes)
Tegami Bachi (Letter Bee)
Kekkaishi
Shingeki no Kyojin
Hajime no ippo
Muhyo to roujie

Best Josei Manga
Kuragehime
Amatsuki
Nodame Cantabile (5 votes)
Kimi wa Petto
Landreaall
Pumpkin and Mayonnaise

Best Seinen Manga
Blame!
K-ON
Vagabond
Berserk (8 votes)
DOGS Bullets and Carnage
Monster (2 votes)
REAL
Vinland Saga (2 votes)
AKIRA
Holyland
Imuri
Gantz (3 votes)
Liar Game
Noramimi
Gunnm: Last Order
Me and the Devil Blues

Best Hairstyling
Bleach (4 votes)
Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei (Zetsubou Sensei)
Yu-Gi-Oh! (6 votes)
Katekyo Hitman Reborn (2 votes)
Psyren
Shiki
Hatsukoi Ltd.
Dragon Ball Z

Best Costume Design
Tegami Bachi (Letter Bee) (2 votes)
Berserk Armor, "when the helm is on"
Yu-Gi-Oh!
Katekyo Hitman Reborn (2 votes)
Fairy Tail
Fullmetal Alchemist (2 votes)
Kuroshitsuji/Black Butler
D.Gray-Man (2 votes)
Otoyomegatari (2 votes)
Worst
I"s
Bleach (2 votes)
Claymore
Arakawa Under the Bridge
Great Teacher Onizuka
Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicles

Best Villain
Johann Liebert from Monster (5 votes)
Orochimaru from Naruto (4 votes)
Millennium Earl from D.Gray-Man
Priscilla from Claymore
Aizen from Bleach
Takasugi Shinsuke from Gintama
“Nosferatu” Zodd from Berserk
Griffith from Berserk (2 votes)
Kabuto from Naruto
Askeladd from Vinland Saga
Father from FullmetalAlchemist (3 votes)
Yami Marik Ishtar from Yu-Gi-Oh
Freeza from Dragonball
Blackbeard, One Piece
Aji Tae, Shin Angyo no Onshi
Kizaru Taisho from One Piece.

Best Fight
Bleach, Ichigo VS Ulquiorra Final battle
Vagabond, Miyamoto Musashi (Shinmen Takezo) vs Yoshioka School (2 votes)
Naruto, Sandaime VS Orochimaru
Vinland Saga, Thorkkell's duel with Thorrfinn (3 votes)
Hellsing, Alucard vs Anderson
Fairy Tail, Natsu vs. Gildartz
Naruto, Naruto vs. Pain (3 votes)
Naruto, Minato vs. Madara (2 votes)
Naruto, Naruto vs Sasuke at the Valley of the End
Takamura vs Hawk from Hajime no Ippo (2 votes)
Bleach, Kurosaki Ichigo vs Kuchiki Byakuya from Bleach - their 3rd and final encounter.
Clare vs. Rigardo (the entire fight between them)
Final battle on The Promised Day in Fullmetal Alchemist
The second Musashi vs. Inshun in Vagabond
Bleach, Ichigo vs Renji 2nd fight
One Piece, Zoro vs. Ryuuma
Night of the Eclipse, Berserk
Naruto, Konan vs Madara

Best Kiss
Kaicho wa maid-sama Misaki and Usui sharing a kiss in chapter 32
Claymore Clare kissing Raki (2 votes)
Berserk Gatsu and Caska sharing a kiss
Naruto Naruto and Sasuke kissing (7 votes)
The Breaker Chunwoo and shiho from the breaker
Kimi no Iru Machi Haruto and Asuka
Bleach Almost kiss of Orihime and Ichigo, before being leaving to Hueco Mundo

Best Color Page
Naruto/ Chapter 503 (5 votes)
http://www.mangafox.com/manga/naruto/v52/c503/2.html
One Piece / Chapter 598
http://www.mangafox.com/manga/one_piece/v59/c598/4.html (2 votes)
Vagabond, Volume 21, Chapter 181
http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/5329062/vagabond_156197.jpg.html
Aria / Chapter (?) (2 votes)
http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/7192/aria4.jpg
The perfect player from Eyeshield 21
http://www.mangareader.net/134-6992-...apter-217.html
Naruto / chapter 377 (2 votes)
http://www.mangafox.com/manga/naruto/v41/c377/2.html
chapter 516 from One Piece
http://5.p.s.mfcdn.net/store/manga/106/53-516.0/compressed/01_02.jpg
Chapter 307 page 3 from Gantz
http://www.mangareader.net/97-39601-3/gantz/chapter-307.html (2 votes)
Gantz Chapter 304 Page 2
http://www.mangareader.net/97-34409-2/gantz/chapter-304.html

Best Double-Spread
Berserk: 1st time Gutts used Berserk Armor and came out of that monster
http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__...rk_v26_201.jpg
Bleach: Ichigo’s final transformation (2 votes) http://www.mangafox.com/manga/bleach/v47/c420/12.html
Berserk Vol. 8 Page 190 - Gatsu vs Griffith
http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/535/gatsuvsgriffith1.jpg
Zatch Bell/ Chapter 319
http://www.mangareader.net/266-35597-10/zatch-bell/chapter-319.html
Naruto: Minato & Kushina protecting baby Naruto (2 votes)
http://www.mangafox.com/manga/naruto/v52/c504/8.html
Oyasumi Punpun, Volume 2, Chapter 17 (2 votes)
http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/4485970/Oyasumi_Punpun_v02_090-091.png.html
20th Century Boys
http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/4434/20thcenturyboysv08c02p0.jpg
Chapter 429, Page 6-7 from Naruto
(Pain floating over Konoha, Konoha is drawn in awesome detail)
Nurarihyon No Mago - Chapter 86
http://www.mangareader.net/456-41895...hapter-86.html
Sakuragi and Rukawa claping hands from Slam Dunk
http://www.mangareader.net/119-5958-...apter-276.html
Naruto - Gaara using Desert Prison:
http://www.mangafox.com/manga/naruto/v28/c248/18.html
Nurarihyon no Mago 117 pg8-9.
http://manga.bleachexile.com/nurarihyon-no-mago-chapter-119-page-8.html
Berserk - Griffith unifying humans and apostles under his banner
http://view.thespectrum.net/series/b...ume+34&page=94
Chapter 307, page 13 from Berserk for Best Double Spread
http://www.mangareader.net/96-34049-13/berserk/chapter-307.html
Best Double Page- Gantz
http://www.mangareader.net/97-40410-21/gantz/chapter-308.htmll

Best Chapter
Fairy Tail - Chapter 206
Bleach - Chapter 421 – The Final Getsuga Tensho, Aizen defeated and pissed off (for the first time) and Urahara showing that he's really the most badass character in Bleach
Naruto - Chapter 436
Naruto - Chapter 430 (2 votes)
Fullmetal Alchemist - Chapter 107 (2 votes)
One Piece - Chapter 485 - Member of the Strawhat crew: Pirate Hunter Zoro
Naruto - Chapter 504
One Piece Chapter 398 - Declaration of War
H2, chapter 212
Bleach, Ch. 339: The Deathbringer Numbers.

Best Couple/ Pairing
Ed & Winry from Fullmetal Alchemist (5 votes)
Orihime X Ulquiorra from Bleach
Yoshina Ageha and Amamiya Sakurako from Psyren
Rock and Revy from Black Lagoon (2 votes)
Hachimiki and Tanabe from Planetes
Black Star and Tsubaki Nakatsuka from Soul Eater
Roy Mustang x Riza Hawkeye from Fullmetal Alchemist (2 votes)
Naruto x Hinata from Naruto (3 votes)
Chiaki Shinichi x Noda Megumi from Nodame Cantabile
Meiko and Taneda from Solanin
Ko and Aoba from Cross Game
Lum and Moroboshi Ataru from Urusei Yatsura
City Hunter- Toshi x Kasumi
Saiko x Azuki from Bakuman
Kraft Lawrence <3 Holo the Wise Wolf in Spice and Wolf
Risa x Otani, Lovely Complex
Haruto and Asuka, Kimi no Iru Machi
Haruka Tenoh and Michiru Kaio from Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon.

Best Full Cast
Fullmetal Alchemist (10 votes)
Soul Eater
One Piece (5 votes)
Kekkaishi (2 votes)
Eyeshield 21 (2 votes)
Naruto (3 votes)
Samurai Deeper Kyo
Fairy Tail.

Best Artwork
Blame! (2 votes)
Berserk (4 votes)
Vinland Saga (2 votes)
REAL
Bleach (4 votes)
Vagabond (2 votes)
Fullmetal Alchemist
Tegami Bachi (2 votes)
Umineko Episode 3: Banquet of the Golden Witch by Natsumi Kei (the other episodes are done by different artists and aren't nearly as well drawn)
Nurarihyon no Mago (2 votes)
I"s
Katekyo Hitman Reborn
Claymore
Ultra Heaven
Hajime no ippo
Me and the Devil Blues

Best WTF Moment
L's media stunt on Kira in Death Note
Aizen changing forms in Bleach (3 votes)
Fake Robin with the cucumber in One Piece (Chapter 598)
Revelation of Duval's identity in One Piece (5 votes)
Thorkell and Willibald - "Whichever created Liquor" (Vinland Saga) (2 votes)
In The Lucifer and Biscuit Hammer, when Blues Drive Monster is revealed.
When Enel relizes that his powers are ineffective against Luffy (Chapter 279)
Kekkaishi - When we learnt just how badly the Founder messed up his son's life; and indirectly, every Kekkaishi's life for 400 years,
Oyasumi Punpun, Volume 1, Headmaster and vice principle playing Hide-and-seek
From "Vinland Saga", when Askeladd beheaded King Sweyn
One piece / Chapter 279 When Enel relizes that his powers are ineffective against Luffy (Chapter 279)
Fathers identity revealed, Full Metal Alchemist
One Piece, "the Duval Moment" when we first see Duval's face. (Chapter 494/ Pg. 19)
chapter 18 of Me and the Devil blues (p 158-160 of volume 3: how the blind Mac Donald, walking in a hallway, turns his head towards a hidden Thorton. Saying dry: "What are you doing here, Mister Thorton?" WTF real life creep)
Gantz Kurono’s death

Best plot-twist
Bleach – Aizen revealed as villain in Bleach/ Aizen’s betrayal of the Gotei 13 (7 votes)
One Piece – Finding out that Ace's father was Gol D. Roger (3 votes)
Claymore – Priscilla decapitating Teresa and then Awakening in Claymore
Berserk – The Eclipse (2 votes)
Berserk - Ch 290 Hellhound “Guts’ inner demon” promising Guts
Fairy Tail when Gildartz shows off his true power to Natsu
Kekkaishi – when we found out that the awesome hat-dude is Hazama freakin' Tokimori, the Founder!!!
The identity of Ace´s father and White Beards true intentions towards Ace´s future in One Piece

Kami nomi zo Shiru Sekai Kanon got stabbed right after she was confirmed to possess a goddess
From "Vinland Saga", when Askeladd beheaded King Sweyn
Naruto – Itachi turning out to be good. I'll go in depth for this later once i am on a pc...but for now all i'll say is that judging the unexpectedness, yet the finest seamless fitting of it with loads and loads of previously known details, the impact it had on the plot both before and after the revelation, the impact on the characterization and character interaction of the main characters (which is the core crisis of this manga), the way the whole thing changed complexion only by the establishment of a different perspective without changing the actual event(that is itachi being the one to mass murder uchiha), the emotional impact it had on readers and the political/philosophical debate it generated among them (so realistic that it remains an almost unsolvable debate)...that without any doubt it is The Best. A twist that is not only surprising, but with exceptional depth (the only other one that comes to my mind is the Lelouch twist...but its anime).
Cross Game Wakaba dies, Cross Game

Best new series (For a nomination to be accepted for this category, the start date must be 2010)
Enigma by Sakaki Kenji (5 votes)
Oumagadoki Doubutsuen (2 votes)
Ikusa no Ko - Oda Saburou Nobunaga Den
The Breaker: New Waves

Best Manga Overall
Kuroshitsuji by Toboso Yana (2 votes)
Claymore by Norihiro Yagi
Psyren by Toshiaki Iwashiro
Berserk (4 votes)
Yotsubato!
One Piece (7 votes)
Fullmetal Alchemist (3 votes)
Kekkaishi
Doraemon
I"s
Death Note (3 votes)
Haruka-na machi e from Jirō Taniguchi
Naruto
Vinland Saga

scav

December 21, 2010, 06:04 PM

hum in best fight takamura vs hawk, u writed it 2 times instead of merge

destiny4ever

December 21, 2010, 06:19 PM

hum in best fight takamura vs hawk, u writed it 2 times instead of merge
Fixed. Thank you for letting me know. ^_^

Could you provide a description of what would be a Lead character too, to help me or others out with getting my/our nominations correct?

for example, do mangas only have a single Lead character or can they have multiple Lead characters, and mix between male and female?
Sure. :)

A lead character or protagonist (from the Greek πρωταγωνιστής protagonistes, "one who plays the first part, chief actor") is the main character (the central or primary personal figure) of a literary, theatrical, cinematic, or musical narrative, around whom the events of the narrative's plot revolve and with whom the audience is intended to share the most empathy.

There can be a male protagonist and a female protagonist in a story. So yes, there can be more than one lead character in a series. Moreover…

In the theatre of Ancient Greece, three actors played all of the main dramatic roles in a tragedy; the leading role was played by the protagonist, while the other roles were played by deuteragonist and the tritagonist.

And even today there are certain series that have multiple protagonists (protagonist, deuteragonist (second most important character) and the tritagonist (third most important character) )

scav

December 21, 2010, 06:24 PM

hum little bit offtopic but simple curiosity, did naruto finally kissed sakura? ( i stopped to read naruto since age )

EDIT: oops i misread, its naruto x sasuke that people voted LMFAO, did naruto turned into a yaoi?, and people voted that for best kiss :lmao. that made my day.

Hystzen

December 21, 2010, 06:31 PM

hum little bit offtopic but simple curiosity, did naruto finally kissed sakura? ( i stopped to read naruto since age )

sakura raped narutos mouth to try and trick him..wasent even propa kiss ;);)

Mr. Prince

December 21, 2010, 06:37 PM

Um, there were two invalid nominations. First, Love Hina is no Shoujo series. It was featured in Weekly Shounen Magazine. :tem Second, it was mentioned a few pages ago but in order to nominate a kissing scene there actually has to happen a kiss. This clearly was NOT the case with Bleach (http://www.mangareader.net/94-691-15/bleach/chapter-237.html). (This is a link to the scene, don't click if you don't want to get spoiled.)

And lastly, I (also) really can't agree on counting L as a supporting character and I guess most people will agree after reading what destiny posted just before. Ryuk or most of the Kira Investigation Team members are but L? No way...

Evil3ye

December 21, 2010, 06:41 PM

I was confused of what a Supporting Character is in the first place. Can someone clear it up pls.

scav

December 21, 2010, 06:44 PM

@Prince how come love hina is not a shoujo? O_o
for bleach im not surprised like Hystz said before. people on this forum wanna bring one piece,naruto and bleach everywhere even where it shouldn't be. the kiss sasuke x naruto is the fact that the naruto fans couldn't find a better(another) kiss in naruto but they wanted badly to bring naruto. those awards gonna be weird, i hope we won't see OP, naruto, bleach everywhere.

destiny4ever

December 21, 2010, 06:56 PM

Um, there were two invalid nominations. First, Love Hina is no Shoujo series. It was featured in Weekly Shounen Magazine. :tem
Thank you for pointing that out, Mr. Prince. You are right, Love Hina is a shounen. I’ll remove Love Hina from the shojou category. To the person who nominated Love Hina, you can nominate it for the best shounen category or you can nominate another series for best shojou.

Second, it was mentioned a few pages ago but in order to nominate a kissing scene there actually has to happen a kiss. This clearly was NOT the case with Bleach (http://www.mangareader.net/94-691-15/bleach/chapter-237.html). (This is a link to the scene, don't click if you don't want to get spoiled.)
Thank you for pointing that out as well. I’ll remove that nomination from the best kiss category. There was almost a kiss, but their lips didn’t touch.

And lastly, I (also) really can't agree on counting L as a supporting character and I guess most people will agree after reading what destiny posted just before. Ryuk or most of the Kira Investigation Team members are but L? No way...
Allowing L in the supporting character category was a really tricky thing for me, it wasn’t an easy decision. He is the deuteragonist, of the first arc, in which he takes on Kira and if it wasn’t for the fact that he dies and he doesn’t take part in the other arcs of the story I wouldn’t have allowed him to be part of the supporting character category. But as I said I’m going to leave L in the best male supporting character category based on the following description of what a supporting character is:

A supporting character is a character of a book, play, video game, movie, television or radio show other form of storytelling usually used to give added dimension to a main character, by adding a relationship with this character. Sometimes supporting characters may develop a complexity of their own, but this is usually in relation to the main character, rather than entirely independently.

Kaiten

December 21, 2010, 07:09 PM

@Prince how come love hina is not a shoujo? O_o

Manga demographics are decided exclusively by what magazine they are serialized in and who that magazine is marketed too. Demographic is never determined by content, genre, or maturity level. Love Hina was serialized in Weekly Shonen Magazine. It is also the archetypal harem comedy, a very shonen genre at the time.

Evil3ye

December 21, 2010, 07:09 PM

so then

Best Color Page
Bleach, Ch. 350
http://manga.bleachexile.com/bleach-chapter-363-page-4.html

Best Double-Spread
Bleach, Ch. 316 top3 Espada
http://manga.bleachexile.com/bleach-chapter-316-page-12.html

Best Kiss
Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, Sailor Moon and Sailor Uranus
http://img3.lln.crunchyroll.com/i/spire1/d6dee54ebbae9362f81237d80f1db4c41227306499_full.jpg

destiny4ever

December 21, 2010, 07:49 PM

I’ve made the necessary changes and added the new nominees. The list has been updated. As always, if you see any errors or mistakes, please let me know. :)

Awards Categories

Best Male Lead

Gutts from Berserk (5 votes)
Allen Walker from D.Gray-man (2 votes)
Yoshina Ageha from Psyren (3 votes)
Miyamoto Musahi from Vagabond
Sakata Gintoki from Gintama
Kenji Endo from 20th/21st Century Boys (2 votes)
Natsu Dragneel from Fairy Tail
Naruto Uzumaki from Naruto (3 votes)
Kenshiro from Hokuto no Ken/Fist of the North Star
Goku from Dragonball
Onizuka Eiikichi from Great Teacher Onizuka (4 votes)
Vash the Stampede from Trigun
Alucard from Hellsing (2 votes)
Monkey D. Luffy from One Piece
Kei Kurono from Gantz

Best Male Supporting Character
L from Death Note (8 votes)
Inspector Heinrich Runge from Monster
Wolfgang Grimmer from Monster
Niizuma Eiji from Bakuman
Kandu Yuu from D. Gray Man
Gauche Suede from Tegami Bachi
Black Star from Soul Eater (2 votes)
Nagumo Souichirou from The Lucifer and Biscuit Hammer
Shichiro Ougi from Kekkaishi
Hiruma Youichi from Eyeshield 21
Gaara from Naruto
Thorkell from Vinland Saga
Colonel Roy Mustang from Fullmetal Alchemist (3 votes)
Loronoa Zoro from One Piece
Uryu Ishida from Bleach
Askeladd from Vinland Saga (2 votes)
Pierrot Bolneze (Yakitate!! Japan)

Best Female Lead

Misaki Ayuzawa from Kaichou Wa Maid Sama
Claire from Claymore (5 votes)
Yato Kagura from Gintama
Gally from Gunnm (aka. Battle Angel Alita) (5 votes)
Seras Victora of Hellsing (2 votes)
Haruko Haruhara from FLCL
Asahina Samidare from The Lucifer and Biscuit Hammer
Kurokami Medaka from Medaka Box
Yukimura Tokine from Kekkaishi
Yotsuba from Yotsubato! (3 votes)
Lum from Urusei Yatsura
Revy from Black Lagoon (2 votes)
Risa from Lovely Complex
Usagi Tsukino from Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon

Best Female Supporting Character

Fee of Planetes (2 votes)
Major General Olivia Armstrong from Fullmetal Alchemist (2 votes)
Schierke from Berserk (3 votes)
Sumiko Sumimura from Kekkaishi (2 votes)
Alice from Pandora Hearts
Jegal Mihyang from Change Guy
Itsuki Akiba from I"s
Oikawa Tsurara (Yuki-onna) from Nurarihyon no Mago
Dorothy T. Catalonia from New Mobile Report Gundam Wing: Battlefield of Pacifists and is the ESUN President during Frozen Teardrop
Kurumi from Kimi ni Todoke
Miria from Claymore
Asuka, Kimi no Iru Machi
Minako Aino, Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon.

Best Shoujo Manga

Fruits Basket
Hana Kimi (Hanazakari no Kimitachi e)
Vampire Knight
Shinshi Doumei Cross/The Gentleman's Alliance Cross
Kimi no Todoke (3 votes)
Nana
X/1999 by CLAMP (2 votes)
Lovely Complex (2 votes)
Trinity Blood
Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon

Best Shounen Manga

Naruto (4 votes)
Death Note (4 votes)
One Piece (12 votes)
Psyren
Fullmetal Alchemist (5 votes)
Tegami Bachi (Letter Bee)
Kekkaishi
Shingeki no Kyojin
Hajime no ippo
Muhyo to roujie

Best Josei Manga

Kuragehime
Amatsuki
Nodame Cantabile (5 votes)
Kimi wa Petto
Landreaall
Pumpkin and Mayonnaise

Best Seinen Manga

Blame!
K-ON
Vagabond
Berserk (8 votes)
DOGS Bullets and Carnage
Monster (2 votes)
REAL
Vinland Saga (2 votes)
AKIRA
Holyland
Imuri
Gantz (3 votes)
Liar Game
Noramimi
Gunnm: Last Order
Me and the Devil Blues

Best Hairstyling
Bleach (4 votes)
Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei (Zetsubou Sensei)
Yu-Gi-Oh! (6 votes)
Katekyo Hitman Reborn (2 votes)
Psyren
Shiki
Hatsukoi Ltd.
Dragon Ball Z

Best Costume Design
Tegami Bachi (Letter Bee) (2 votes)
Berserk Armor, "when the helm is on"
Yu-Gi-Oh!
Katekyo Hitman Reborn (2 votes)
Fairy Tail
Fullmetal Alchemist (2 votes)
Kuroshitsuji/Black Butler
D.Gray-Man (2 votes)
Otoyomegatari (2 votes)
Worst
I"s
Bleach (2 votes)
Claymore
Arakawa Under the Bridge
Great Teacher Onizuka
Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicles

Best Villain
Johann Liebert from Monster (5 votes)
Orochimaru from Naruto (4 votes)
Millennium Earl from D.Gray-Man
Priscilla from Claymore
Aizen from Bleach
Takasugi Shinsuke from Gintama
“Nosferatu” Zodd from Berserk
Griffith from Berserk (2 votes)
Kabuto from Naruto
Askeladd from Vinland Saga
Father from FullmetalAlchemist (3 votes)
Yami Marik Ishtar from Yu-Gi-Oh
Freeza from Dragonball
Blackbeard, One Piece
Aji Tae, Shin Angyo no Onshi
Kizaru Taisho from One Piece.

Best Fight
Bleach, Ichigo VS Ulquiorra Final battle
Vagabond, Miyamoto Musashi (Shinmen Takezo) vs Yoshioka School (2 votes)
Naruto, Sandaime VS Orochimaru
Vinland Saga, Thorkkell's duel with Thorrfinn (3 votes)
Hellsing, Alucard vs Anderson
Fairy Tail, Natsu vs. Gildartz
Naruto, Naruto vs. Pain (3 votes)
Naruto, Minato vs. Madara (2 votes)
Naruto, Naruto vs Sasuke at the Valley of the End
Takamura vs Hawk from Hajime no Ippo (2 votes)
Bleach, Kurosaki Ichigo vs Kuchiki Byakuya from Bleach - their 3rd and final encounter.
Clare vs. Rigardo (the entire fight between them)
Final battle on The Promised Day in Fullmetal Alchemist
The second Musashi vs. Inshun in Vagabond
Bleach, Ichigo vs Renji 2nd fight
One Piece, Zoro vs. Ryuuma
Night of the Eclipse, Berserk
Naruto, Konan vs Madara

Best Kiss
Kaicho wa maid-sama Misaki and Usui sharing a kiss in chapter 32
Claymore Clare kissing Raki (2 votes)
Berserk Gatsu and Caska sharing a kiss
Naruto Naruto and Sasuke kissing (7 votes)
The Breaker Chunwoo and shiho from the breaker
Kimi no Iru Machi Haruto and Asuka
Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Sailor Moon and Sailor Uranus

Best Color Page
Naruto/ Chapter 503 (5 votes)
http://www.mangafox.com/manga/naruto/v52/c503/2.html
One Piece / Chapter 598
http://www.mangafox.com/manga/one_piece/v59/c598/4.html (2 votes)
Vagabond, Volume 21, Chapter 181
http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/5329062/vagabond_156197.jpg.html
Aria / Chapter (?) (2 votes)
http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/7192/aria4.jpg
The perfect player from Eyeshield 21
http://www.mangareader.net/134-6992-...apter-217.html
Naruto / chapter 377 (2 votes)
http://www.mangafox.com/manga/naruto/v41/c377/2.html
chapter 516 from One Piece
http://5.p.s.mfcdn.net/store/manga/106/53-516.0/compressed/01_02.jpg
Chapter 307 page 3 from Gantz
http://www.mangareader.net/97-39601-3/gantz/chapter-307.html (2 votes)
Gantz Chapter 304 Page 2
http://www.mangareader.net/97-34409-2/gantz/chapter-304.html
Bleach, Ch. 350
http://manga.bleachexile.com/bleach-...63-page-4.html

Best Double-Spread
Berserk: 1st time Gutts used Berserk Armor and came out of that monster
http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__...rk_v26_201.jpg
Bleach: Ichigo’s final transformation (2 votes) http://www.mangafox.com/manga/bleach/v47/c420/12.html
Berserk Vol. 8 Page 190 - Gatsu vs Griffith
http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/535/gatsuvsgriffith1.jpg
Zatch Bell/ Chapter 319
http://www.mangareader.net/266-35597-10/zatch-bell/chapter-319.html
Naruto: Minato & Kushina protecting baby Naruto (2 votes)
http://www.mangafox.com/manga/naruto/v52/c504/8.html
Oyasumi Punpun, Volume 2, Chapter 17 (2 votes)
http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/4485970/Oyasumi_Punpun_v02_090-091.png.html
20th Century Boys
http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/4434/20thcenturyboysv08c02p0.jpg
Chapter 429, Page 6-7 from Naruto
(Pain floating over Konoha, Konoha is drawn in awesome detail)
Nurarihyon No Mago - Chapter 86
http://www.mangareader.net/456-41895...hapter-86.html
Sakuragi and Rukawa claping hands from Slam Dunk
http://www.mangareader.net/119-5958-...apter-276.html
Naruto - Gaara using Desert Prison:
http://www.mangafox.com/manga/naruto/v28/c248/18.html
Nurarihyon no Mago 117 pg8-9.
http://manga.bleachexile.com/nurarihyon-no-mago-chapter-119-page-8.html
Berserk - Griffith unifying humans and apostles under his banner
http://view.thespectrum.net/series/b...ume+34&page=94
Chapter 307, page 13 from Berserk for Best Double Spread
http://www.mangareader.net/96-34049-13/berserk/chapter-307.html
Best Double Page- Gantz
http://www.mangareader.net/97-40410-...apter-308.html
Bleach, Ch. 316 top3 Espada
http://manga.bleachexile.com/bleach-...6-page-12.html

Best Chapter
Fairy Tail - Chapter 206
Bleach - Chapter 421 – The Final Getsuga Tensho, Aizen defeated and pissed off (for the first time) and Urahara showing that he's really the most badass character in Bleach
Naruto - Chapter 436
Naruto - Chapter 430 (2 votes)
Fullmetal Alchemist - Chapter 107 (2 votes)
One Piece - Chapter 485 - Member of the Strawhat crew: Pirate Hunter Zoro
Naruto - Chapter 504
One Piece Chapter 398 - Declaration of War
H2, chapter 212
Bleach, Ch. 339: The Deathbringer Numbers

Best Couple/ Pairing
Ed & Winry from Fullmetal Alchemist (5 votes)
Orihime X Ulquiorra from Bleach
Yoshina Ageha and Amamiya Sakurako from Psyren
Rock and Revy from Black Lagoon (2 votes)
Hachimiki and Tanabe from Planetes
Black Star and Tsubaki Nakatsuka from Soul Eater
Roy Mustang x Riza Hawkeye from Fullmetal Alchemist (2 votes)
Naruto x Hinata from Naruto (3 votes)
Chiaki Shinichi x Noda Megumi from Nodame Cantabile
Meiko and Taneda from Solanin
Ko and Aoba from Cross Game
Lum and Moroboshi Ataru from Urusei Yatsura
City Hunter- Toshi x Kasumi
Saiko x Azuki from Bakuman
Kraft Lawrence <3 Holo the Wise Wolf in Spice and Wolf
Risa x Otani, Lovely Complex
Haruto and Asuka, Kimi no Iru Machi
Haruka Tenoh and Michiru Kaio from Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon

Best Full Cast
Fullmetal Alchemist (10 votes)
Soul Eater
One Piece (5 votes)
Kekkaishi (2 votes)
Eyeshield 21 (2 votes)
Naruto (3 votes)
Samurai Deeper Kyo
Fairy Tail

Best Artwork
Blame! (2 votes)
Berserk (4 votes)
Vinland Saga (2 votes)
REAL
Bleach (4 votes)
Vagabond (2 votes)
Fullmetal Alchemist
Tegami Bachi (2 votes)
Umineko Episode 3: Banquet of the Golden Witch by Natsumi Kei (the other episodes are done by different artists and aren't nearly as well drawn)
Nurarihyon no Mago (2 votes)
I"s
Katekyo Hitman Reborn
Claymore
Ultra Heaven
Hajime no ippo
Me and the Devil Blues

Best WTF Moment
L's media stunt on Kira in Death Note
Aizen changing forms in Bleach (3 votes)
Fake Robin with the cucumber in One Piece (Chapter 598)
Revelation of Duval's identity in One Piece (5 votes)
Thorkell and Willibald - "Whichever created Liquor" (Vinland Saga) (2 votes)
In The Lucifer and Biscuit Hammer, when Blues Drive Monster is revealed.
When Enel relizes that his powers are ineffective against Luffy (Chapter 279)
Kekkaishi - When we learnt just how badly the Founder messed up his son's life; and indirectly, every Kekkaishi's life for 400 years,
Oyasumi Punpun, Volume 1, Headmaster and vice principle playing Hide-and-seek
From "Vinland Saga", when Askeladd beheaded King Sweyn
One piece / Chapter 279 When Enel relizes that his powers are ineffective against Luffy (Chapter 279)
Fathers identity revealed, Full Metal Alchemist
One Piece, "the Duval Moment" when we first see Duval's face. (Chapter 494/ Pg. 19)
chapter 18 of Me and the Devil blues (p 158-160 of volume 3: how the blind Mac Donald, walking in a hallway, turns his head towards a hidden Thorton. Saying dry: "What are you doing here, Mister Thorton?" WTF real life creep)
Gantz Kurono’s death

Best plot-twist (Please write it inside spoiler tags.)
Bleach – Aizen revealed as villain in Bleach/ Aizen’s betrayal of the Gotei 13 (7 votes)
One Piece – Finding out that Ace's father was Gol D. Roger (3 votes)
Claymore – Priscilla decapitating Teresa and then Awakening in Claymore
Berserk – The Eclipse (2 votes)
Berserk - Ch 290 Hellhound “Guts’ inner demon” promising Guts
Fairy Tail when Gildartz shows off his true power to Natsu
Kekkaishi – when we found out that the awesome hat-dude is Hazama freakin' Tokimori, the Founder!!!
The identity of Ace´s father and White Beards true intentions towards Ace´s future in One Piece

Kami nomi zo Shiru Sekai Kanon got stabbed right after she was confirmed to possess a goddess
From "Vinland Saga", when Askeladd beheaded King Sweyn
Naruto – Itachi turning out to be good. I'll go in depth for this later once i am on a pc...but for now all i'll say is that judging the unexpectedness, yet the finest seamless fitting of it with loads and loads of previously known details, the impact it had on the plot both before and after the revelation, the impact on the characterization and character interaction of the main characters (which is the core crisis of this manga), the way the whole thing changed complexion only by the establishment of a different perspective without changing the actual event(that is itachi being the one to mass murder uchiha), the emotional impact it had on readers and the political/philosophical debate it generated among them (so realistic that it remains an almost unsolvable debate)...that without any doubt it is The Best. A twist that is not only surprising, but with exceptional depth (the only other one that comes to my mind is the Lelouch twist...but its anime).
Cross Game Wakaba dies, Cross Game

Best new series (For a nomination to be accepted for this category, the start date must be 2010)
Enigma by Sakaki Kenji (5 votes)
Oumagadoki Doubutsuen (2 votes)
Ikusa no Ko - Oda Saburou Nobunaga Den
The Breaker: New Waves

Best Manga Overall

Kuroshitsuji by Toboso Yana (2 votes)
Claymore by Norihiro Yagi
Psyren by Toshiaki Iwashiro
Berserk (4 votes)
Yotsubato!
One Piece (7 votes)
Fullmetal Alchemist (3 votes)
Kekkaishi
Doraemon
I"s
Death Note (3 votes)
Haruka-na machi e from Jirō Taniguchi
Naruto
Vinland Saga

tret16

December 21, 2010, 08:02 PM

Best Male - Yoshina Ageha from Psyren
Best male supposting - Roronoa Zoro from One Piece
Best Shounen manga - Psyren
Best Josei manga - Amatsuki
Best Seinen manga - Gantz
Best hairstyling - Historys strongest disciple
Best villain - Aizen from bleach
Best fight - Naruto vs Pain from Naruto
Best couple - Yoshina Ageha and Amamiya Sakurako
Best full cast - Eyeshield 21
Best manga overall - Psyren/One piece

scav

December 21, 2010, 08:08 PM

Best Male - Yoshina Ageha from Psyren
Best male supposting - Roronoa Zoro from bleach
Best Shounen manga - Psyren
Best Josei manga - Amatsuki
Best Seinen manga - Gantz
Best hairstyling - Historys strongest disciple
Best villain - Aizen from bleach
Best fight - Naruto vs Pain from bleach
Best couple - Yoshina Ageha and Amamiya Sakurako
Best full cast - Eyeshield 21
Best manga overall - Psyren/One piece

roronoa zorro from bleach big fail :lmao

for Best couple i vote the same:
Yoshina Ageha and Amamiya Sakurako

manojuchiha

December 21, 2010, 08:43 PM

1. I nominate"Naruto Uzumaki" for the "Best Male Lead" because of his attitude "i never go back on my word"
2. I Nominate"Black Star" for the"Best Male Supporting Character" because he is like naruto he never gives up ^_^
3.I Nominate"Narutor" for the"Best Shounen Manga" because i love the manga the story and the plot is awesome
4.I Nominate"Naruto vs. Pain" for the"Best Fight" because naruto wins and persuades pain by his words.

destiny4ever

December 21, 2010, 09:11 PM

Yay! :) More nominations. Here’s the new (updated) list of nominees:

Awards Categories

Best Male Lead

Gutts from Berserk (5 votes)
Allen Walker from D.Gray-man (2 votes)
Yoshina Ageha from Psyren (4 votes)
Miyamoto Musahi from Vagabond
Sakata Gintoki from Gintama
Kenji Endo from 20th/21st Century Boys (2 votes)
Natsu Dragneel from Fairy Tail
Naruto Uzumaki from Naruto (4 votes)
Kenshiro from Hokuto no Ken/Fist of the North Star
Goku from Dragonball
Onizuka Eiikichi from Great Teacher Onizuka (4 votes)
Vash the Stampede from Trigun
Alucard from Hellsing (2 votes)
Monkey D. Luffy from One Piece
Kei Kurono from Gantz

Best Male Supporting Character
L from Death Note (8 votes)
Inspector Heinrich Runge from Monster
Wolfgang Grimmer from Monster
Niizuma Eiji from Bakuman
Kandu Yuu from D. Gray Man
Gauche Suede from Tegami Bachi
Black Star from Soul Eater (3 votes)
Nagumo Souichirou from The Lucifer and Biscuit Hammer
Shichiro Ougi from Kekkaishi
Hiruma Youichi from Eyeshield 21
Gaara from Naruto
Thorkell from Vinland Saga
Colonel Roy Mustang from Fullmetal Alchemist (3 votes)
Roronoa Zoro from One Piece (2 votes)
Uryu Ishida from Bleach
Askeladd from Vinland Saga (2 votes)
Pierrot Bolneze (Yakitate!! Japan)

Best Female Lead

Misaki Ayuzawa from Kaichou Wa Maid Sama
Claire from Claymore (5 votes)
Yato Kagura from Gintama
Gally from Gunnm (aka. Battle Angel Alita) (5 votes)
Seras Victora of Hellsing (2 votes)
Haruko Haruhara from FLCL
Asahina Samidare from The Lucifer and Biscuit Hammer
Kurokami Medaka from Medaka Box
Yukimura Tokine from Kekkaishi
Yotsuba from Yotsubato! (3 votes)
Lum from Urusei Yatsura
Revy from Black Lagoon (2 votes)
Risa from Lovely Complex
Usagi Tsukino from Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon

Best Female Supporting Character

Fee of Planetes (2 votes)
Major General Olivia Armstrong from Fullmetal Alchemist (2 votes)
Schierke from Berserk (3 votes)
Sumiko Sumimura from Kekkaishi (2 votes)
Alice from Pandora Hearts
Jegal Mihyang from Change Guy
Itsuki Akiba from I"s
Oikawa Tsurara (Yuki-onna) from Nurarihyon no Mago
Dorothy T. Catalonia from New Mobile Report Gundam Wing: Battlefield of Pacifists and is the ESUN President during Frozen Teardrop
Kurumi from Kimi ni Todoke
Miria from Claymore
Asuka, Kimi no Iru Machi
Minako Aino, Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon.

Best Shoujo Manga

Fruits Basket
Hana Kimi (Hanazakari no Kimitachi e)
Vampire Knight
Shinshi Doumei Cross/The Gentleman's Alliance Cross
Kimi no Todoke (3 votes)
Nana
X/1999 by CLAMP (2 votes)
Lovely Complex (2 votes)
Trinity Blood
Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon

Best Shounen Manga

Naruto (5 votes)
Death Note (4 votes)
One Piece (12 votes)
Psyren (2 votes)
Fullmetal Alchemist (5 votes)
Tegami Bachi (Letter Bee)
Kekkaishi
Shingeki no Kyojin
Hajime no ippo
Muhyo to roujie

Best Josei Manga

Kuragehime
Amatsuki (2 votes)
Nodame Cantabile (5 votes)
Kimi wa Petto
Landreaall
Pumpkin and Mayonnaise

Best Seinen Manga

Blame!
K-ON
Vagabond
Berserk (8 votes)
DOGS Bullets and Carnage
Monster (2 votes)
REAL
Vinland Saga (2 votes)
AKIRA
Holyland
Imuri
Gantz (4 votes)
Liar Game
Noramimi
Gunnm: Last Order
Me and the Devil Blues

Best Hairstyling
Bleach (4 votes)
Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei (Zetsubou Sensei)
Yu-Gi-Oh! (6 votes)
Katekyo Hitman Reborn (2 votes)
Psyren
Shiki
Hatsukoi Ltd.
Dragon Ball Z
History's Strongest Disciple Kenichi

Best Costume Design
Tegami Bachi (Letter Bee) (2 votes)
Berserk Armor, "when the helm is on"
Yu-Gi-Oh!
Katekyo Hitman Reborn (2 votes)
Fairy Tail
Fullmetal Alchemist (2 votes)
Kuroshitsuji/Black Butler
D.Gray-Man (2 votes)
Otoyomegatari (2 votes)
Worst
I"s
Bleach (2 votes)
Claymore
Arakawa Under the Bridge
Great Teacher Onizuka
Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicles

Best Villain
Johann Liebert from Monster (5 votes)
Orochimaru from Naruto (4 votes)
Millennium Earl from D.Gray-Man
Priscilla from Claymore
Aizen from Bleach (2 votes)
Takasugi Shinsuke from Gintama
“Nosferatu” Zodd from Berserk
Griffith from Berserk (2 votes)
Kabuto from Naruto
Askeladd from Vinland Saga
Father from FullmetalAlchemist (3 votes)
Yami Marik Ishtar from Yu-Gi-Oh
Freeza from Dragonball
Blackbeard, One Piece
Aji Tae, Shin Angyo no Onshi
Kizaru Taisho from One Piece.

Best Fight
Bleach, Ichigo VS Ulquiorra Final battle
Vagabond, Miyamoto Musashi (Shinmen Takezo) vs Yoshioka School (2 votes)
Naruto, Sandaime VS Orochimaru
Vinland Saga, Thorkkell's duel with Thorrfinn (3 votes)
Hellsing, Alucard vs Anderson
Fairy Tail, Natsu vs. Gildartz
Naruto, Naruto vs. Pain (5 votes)
Naruto, Minato vs. Madara (2 votes)
Naruto, Naruto vs Sasuke at the Valley of the End
Takamura vs Hawk from Hajime no Ippo (2 votes)
Bleach, Kurosaki Ichigo vs Kuchiki Byakuya from Bleach - their 3rd and final encounter.
Clare vs. Rigardo (the entire fight between them)
Final battle on The Promised Day in Fullmetal Alchemist
The second Musashi vs. Inshun in Vagabond
Bleach, Ichigo vs Renji 2nd fight
One Piece, Zoro vs. Ryuuma
Night of the Eclipse, Berserk
Naruto, Konan vs Madara

Best Kiss
Kaicho wa maid-sama Misaki and Usui sharing a kiss in chapter 32
Claymore Clare kissing Raki (2 votes)
Berserk Gatsu and Caska sharing a kiss
Naruto Naruto and Sasuke kissing (7 votes)
The Breaker Chunwoo and shiho from the breaker
Kimi no Iru Machi Haruto and Asuka
Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Sailor Moon and Sailor Uranus

Best Color Page
Naruto/ Chapter 503 (5 votes)
http://www.mangafox.com/manga/naruto/v52/c503/2.html
One Piece / Chapter 598
http://www.mangafox.com/manga/one_piece/v59/c598/4.html (2 votes)
Vagabond, Volume 21, Chapter 181
http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/5329062/vagabond_156197.jpg.html
Aria / Chapter (?) (2 votes)
http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/7192/aria4.jpg
The perfect player from Eyeshield 21
http://www.mangareader.net/134-6992-...apter-217.html
Naruto / chapter 377 (2 votes)
http://www.mangafox.com/manga/naruto/v41/c377/2.html
chapter 516 from One Piece
http://5.p.s.mfcdn.net/store/manga/106/53-516.0/compressed/01_02.jpg
Chapter 307 page 3 from Gantz
http://www.mangareader.net/97-39601-3/gantz/chapter-307.html (2 votes)
Gantz Chapter 304 Page 2
http://www.mangareader.net/97-34409-2/gantz/chapter-304.html
Bleach, Ch. 350
http://manga.bleachexile.com/bleach-...63-page-4.html

Best Double-Spread
Berserk: 1st time Gutts used Berserk Armor and came out of that monster
http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__...rk_v26_201.jpg
Bleach: Ichigo’s final transformation (2 votes) http://www.mangafox.com/manga/bleach/v47/c420/12.html
Berserk Vol. 8 Page 190 - Gatsu vs Griffith
http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/535/gatsuvsgriffith1.jpg
Zatch Bell/ Chapter 319
http://www.mangareader.net/266-35597-10/zatch-bell/chapter-319.html
Naruto: Minato & Kushina protecting baby Naruto (2 votes)
http://www.mangafox.com/manga/naruto/v52/c504/8.html
Oyasumi Punpun, Volume 2, Chapter 17 (2 votes)
http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/4485970/Oyasumi_Punpun_v02_090-091.png.html
20th Century Boys
http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/4434/20thcenturyboysv08c02p0.jpg
Chapter 429, Page 6-7 from Naruto
(Pain floating over Konoha, Konoha is drawn in awesome detail)
Nurarihyon No Mago - Chapter 86
http://www.mangareader.net/456-41895...hapter-86.html
Sakuragi and Rukawa claping hands from Slam Dunk
http://www.mangareader.net/119-5958-...apter-276.html
Naruto - Gaara using Desert Prison:
http://www.mangafox.com/manga/naruto/v28/c248/18.html
Nurarihyon no Mago 117 pg8-9.
http://manga.bleachexile.com/nurarihyon-no-mago-chapter-119-page-8.html
Berserk - Griffith unifying humans and apostles under his banner
http://view.thespectrum.net/series/b...ume+34&page=94
Chapter 307, page 13 from Berserk for Best Double Spread
http://www.mangareader.net/96-34049-13/berserk/chapter-307.html
Best Double Page- Gantz
http://www.mangareader.net/97-40410-...apter-308.html
Bleach, Ch. 316 top3 Espada
http://manga.bleachexile.com/bleach-...6-page-12.html

Best Chapter
Fairy Tail - Chapter 206
Bleach - Chapter 421 – The Final Getsuga Tensho, Aizen defeated and pissed off (for the first time) and Urahara showing that he's really the most badass character in Bleach
Naruto - Chapter 436
Naruto - Chapter 430 (2 votes)
Fullmetal Alchemist - Chapter 107 (2 votes)
One Piece - Chapter 485 - Member of the Strawhat crew: Pirate Hunter Zoro
Naruto - Chapter 504
One Piece Chapter 398 - Declaration of War
H2, chapter 212
Bleach, Ch. 339: The Deathbringer Numbers

Best Couple/ Pairing
Ed & Winry from Fullmetal Alchemist (5 votes)
Orihime X Ulquiorra from Bleach
Yoshina Ageha and Amamiya Sakurako from Psyren (3 votes)
Rock and Revy from Black Lagoon (2 votes)
Hachimiki and Tanabe from Planetes
Black Star and Tsubaki Nakatsuka from Soul Eater
Roy Mustang x Riza Hawkeye from Fullmetal Alchemist (2 votes)
Naruto x Hinata from Naruto (3 votes)
Chiaki Shinichi x Noda Megumi from Nodame Cantabile
Meiko and Taneda from Solanin
Ko and Aoba from Cross Game
Lum and Moroboshi Ataru from Urusei Yatsura
City Hunter- Toshi x Kasumi
Saiko x Azuki from Bakuman
Kraft Lawrence <3 Holo the Wise Wolf in Spice and Wolf
Risa x Otani, Lovely Complex
Haruto and Asuka, Kimi no Iru Machi
Haruka Tenoh and Michiru Kaio from Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon

Best Full Cast
Fullmetal Alchemist (10 votes)
Soul Eater
One Piece (5 votes)
Kekkaishi (2 votes)
Eyeshield 21 (4 votes)
Naruto (3 votes)
Samurai Deeper Kyo
Fairy Tail

Best Artwork
Blame! (2 votes)
Berserk (4 votes)
Vinland Saga (2 votes)
REAL
Bleach (4 votes)
Vagabond (2 votes)
Fullmetal Alchemist
Tegami Bachi (2 votes)
Umineko Episode 3: Banquet of the Golden Witch by Natsumi Kei (the other episodes are done by different artists and aren't nearly as well drawn)
Nurarihyon no Mago (2 votes)
I"s
Katekyo Hitman Reborn
Claymore
Ultra Heaven
Hajime no ippo
Me and the Devil Blues

Best WTF Moment
L's media stunt on Kira in Death Note
Aizen changing forms in Bleach (3 votes)
Fake Robin with the cucumber in One Piece (Chapter 598)
Revelation of Duval's identity in One Piece (5 votes)
Thorkell and Willibald - "Whichever created Liquor" (Vinland Saga) (2 votes)
In The Lucifer and Biscuit Hammer, when Blues Drive Monster is revealed.
When Enel relizes that his powers are ineffective against Luffy (Chapter 279)
Kekkaishi - When we learnt just how badly the Founder messed up his son's life; and indirectly, every Kekkaishi's life for 400 years,
Oyasumi Punpun, Volume 1, Headmaster and vice principle playing Hide-and-seek
From "Vinland Saga", when Askeladd beheaded King Sweyn
One piece / Chapter 279 When Enel relizes that his powers are ineffective against Luffy (Chapter 279)
Fathers identity revealed, Full Metal Alchemist
One Piece, "the Duval Moment" when we first see Duval's face. (Chapter 494/ Pg. 19)
chapter 18 of Me and the Devil blues (p 158-160 of volume 3: how the blind Mac Donald, walking in a hallway, turns his head towards a hidden Thorton. Saying dry: "What are you doing here, Mister Thorton?" WTF real life creep)
Gantz Kurono’s death

Best plot-twist (Please write it inside spoiler tags.)
Bleach – Aizen revealed as villain in Bleach/ Aizen’s betrayal of the Gotei 13 (7 votes)
One Piece – Finding out that Ace's father was Gol D. Roger (3 votes)
Claymore – Priscilla decapitating Teresa and then Awakening in Claymore
Berserk – The Eclipse (2 votes)
Berserk - Ch 290 Hellhound “Guts’ inner demon” promising Guts
Fairy Tail when Gildartz shows off his true power to Natsu
Kekkaishi – when we found out that the awesome hat-dude is Hazama freakin' Tokimori, the Founder!!!
The identity of Ace´s father and White Beards true intentions towards Ace´s future in One Piece

Kami nomi zo Shiru Sekai Kanon got stabbed right after she was confirmed to possess a goddess
From "Vinland Saga", when Askeladd beheaded King Sweyn
Naruto – Itachi turning out to be good. I'll go in depth for this later once i am on a pc...but for now all i'll say is that judging the unexpectedness, yet the finest seamless fitting of it with loads and loads of previously known details, the impact it had on the plot both before and after the revelation, the impact on the characterization and character interaction of the main characters (which is the core crisis of this manga), the way the whole thing changed complexion only by the establishment of a different perspective without changing the actual event(that is itachi being the one to mass murder uchiha), the emotional impact it had on readers and the political/philosophical debate it generated among them (so realistic that it remains an almost unsolvable debate)...that without any doubt it is The Best. A twist that is not only surprising, but with exceptional depth (the only other one that comes to my mind is the Lelouch twist...but its anime).
Cross Game Wakaba dies, Cross Game

Best new series (For a nomination to be accepted for this category, the start date must be 2010)
Enigma by Sakaki Kenji (5 votes)
Oumagadoki Doubutsuen (2 votes)
Ikusa no Ko - Oda Saburou Nobunaga Den
The Breaker: New Waves

Best Manga Overall

Kuroshitsuji by Toboso Yana (2 votes)
Claymore by Norihiro Yagi
Psyren by Toshiaki Iwashiro
Berserk (4 votes)
Yotsubato!
One Piece (7 votes)
Fullmetal Alchemist (3 votes)
Kekkaishi
Doraemon
I"s
Death Note (3 votes)
Haruka-na machi e from Jirō Taniguchi
Naruto
Vinland Saga

Best manga overall - Psyren/One piece
Both are great series :thumbs, but according to the rules you can only nominate one series. So would you like to nominate Psyren? Or would you like to nominate One Piece?

ashher

December 22, 2010, 01:03 AM

•Sasuke•

December 22, 2010, 01:49 AM

Best Male Lead -> Tenma (Saint Seiya TLC)

Best Male Supporting Character -> Killua from HxH

Best Shoujo Manga -> Vampire Knight

Best Shounen Manga -> Hunter x Hunter

Best Josei Manga -> sorry i don't read any :D

Best Seinen Manga -> Berserk

Best Hairstyling -> Bleach

Best Costume Design -> D.Gray-Man

Best Villain -> Tenkaisei Mefisutoferesu no Yōma (Yoma from SS TLC)

Best Fight -> Lucifer vs Kurapika (HxH)

Best Kiss -> Naruto and Sasuke xD

Best Couple/ Pairing -> Gon & Killua from HxH

Best Artwork -> Katekyo Hitman Reborn

Best WTF Moment : HxH chap 306 pag. 06 U.u

Best new series -> The Breaker: New Waves

Best Manga Overall -> Hunter x Hunter
(it's a pain that the series is always on hiatus)

Zeltrax

December 22, 2010, 02:09 AM

...Why no Gintoki votes?

Best Male Lead:
Sakata Gintoki
Best Male Supporting Character:
Colonel Roy Mustang from Fullmetal Alchemist

Best Female Lead:
Nominate and vote for Sawako or was it Sadako...?
-Wikis-
ok , Sawako Kurasawa from Kimi ni Todoke. Reason being that she never gives up, even on the smallest things.

Best Female Supporting Character:
Major General Olivia Armstrong from Fullmetal Alchemist
Best Shoujo Manga:
Lovely Complex
Best Shounen Manga:
One Piece

Best Josei Manga:
Nominate and vote for Honey & Clover, thereason being it teaches us where to go in life, and is a good influence.

Best Seinen Manga:
Liar Game.
Best Hairstyling:
Bleach
Best Costume Design:
Kuroshitsuji/Black Butler
Best Villain:
Blackbeard, One Piece
Best Fight:
Naruto vs. Pain
Best Kiss:
Kaicho wa maid-sama

Naruto and Sasuke kissing
Wa..what? Uh..ok..moving on.

Best Color Page :
One Piece / Chapter 598
Best Double-Spread:
Nurarihyon no Mago 117 pg8-9.
Best Chapter:
Fullmetal Alchemist - Chapter 107
Best Couple/ Pairing:
Risa x Otani, Lovely Complex
Best Full Cast:
One Piece

Best Artwork:
Sorry for nominating so much but I nominate D-Gray.man. The art style use fits the series well and every chapter is top quality art. Very appealing art.

Best WTF Moment:
Revelation of Duval's identity in One Piece

Best plot-twist:
One Piece

Best new series:
Enigma by Sakaki Kenji

Best Manga Overall:
One Piece

Okay, that's it..although some of them seem out of place, I shall leave my comments to myself. Anw, Thanks for the effort, destiny!

benelori

December 22, 2010, 03:11 AM

That L is a supporting character is of no doubt...any character which is not the protagonist is a supporting character (including the villain and the antagonist) even if the character itself is more prominent and better developed. However the really tricky one is akiyama from LG...is nao the narrator here while akiyama is the protagonist(like Wattson and Sherlock), or is it that nao is the protagonist and akiyama supporting? Or is it that both of them are protagonists? It'll be really wonderful if destiny-sama or anyone from the mods give their explanation on this.

The protagonists are main characters, so we can definitely consider Akiyama as the Male Lead and Nao as the Female Lead...Akiyama appeared early on in the manga, and since then he's been teaming up with Nao...they are both leading characters and protagonists(soul+brain)...

susanoo13

December 22, 2010, 03:33 AM

Best Male lead - Natsu of Fairy tail
Best Male supporting - L of Death note
Best Shonen manga - Psyren
Best Hairstyling - Dragonball Z
Best Villain - Earl of millenium of D. Grayman
Best Artwork - Tegami Bachi
Best Couple - Ageha x Amamiya
Best Plot twist -
Aizen as villain

saladesu

December 22, 2010, 04:54 AM

Best Shoujo Manga
Damn you, saladesu! http://www.laymark.com/i/m/m140.gif I wanted to be the first to call this great series... so, in the end I'll have to second X/1999.

:nana

Well, I'm glad to see someone even seconding this series! :XD I have never even seen it be mentioned anywhere on MH as far as I can remember. :hi5 for liking this great shoujo! I honestly wish CLAMP would get back to work on it :darn HxH fans complain about hiatuses, but at least those hiatuses don't last 7 years D:

v3g374

December 22, 2010, 05:54 AM

Best Male lead: Goku from Dragonball (The grandfather of every modern shounen character.)

Best Male Supporting Character: Rock Lee (He is soo human, almost the only good thing about this manga.)

Best Female Lead: Arale from Dr. Slump (She made female lead characters totally different.)

Best Female Supporting Character: Reiko Catherine Akimoto from Kochikame

Best Shounen Manga: One Piece (Best of our time.)

Best Hairstyling: Bleach

Best Costume Design: Bleach

Best Villain: Freeza from Dragonball

Best Fight: Rock Lee vs Kimimaro

Best Color Page: Dragonball last chapter, remember page: http://comic.dragonballcn.com:1080/list/gain.php?did=0-0-33&fpp=10&fid=219

Best Double-Spread: One Piece 590 (Luffy) http://www.mangareader.net/103-54923-16/one-piece/chapter-590.html

Best Artwork: Dragonball (Sorry but there are no better artwork...)

Best Couple/ Pairing: Hunter x Hunter (Gon - Killua)

Best Full Cast: Dragonball

Best WTF Moment: Bleach (Gin's true motive, it killed the manga for me.)

Best new series: Enigma

Best Manga Overall: Dragonball (Its so 90s, without it, there were never would be a One Piece...)

Koen

December 22, 2010, 07:29 AM

Organizized

December 22, 2010, 08:05 AM

Best Josei Manga: +1 vote for Nodame Cantabile. Only Josei I’ve liked enough to keep reading. That should be enough reason.

Best New Series: +1 vote for Oumagadoki Doubutsuen. Same reason as for the Josei category.

Best Female Lead: Nausicaä from Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind.

Basically one of the most kind-hearted characters in a manga ever. She has a love and empathy towards more or less all that is living, but not for one second does it feel forced. She's willing to risk her life for other beings without hesitation, not because she's reckless, but because she's simply such a caring character. But again, not for one second does it feel forced. Miyazaki manages to actually make such a "risk-of-being-cliché"-character feel real. It's a shame not many have read this manga and she probably won't make it to the votings, but she at least deserves being mentioned here.

Will return with my last nominations/votes later.

Nayrael

December 22, 2010, 08:14 AM

Best Male Lead: +1 vote to Gutts from Berserk - he is just so awesome
Best Male Supporting Character: Furuichi from Beelzebub - always makes me crack up
Best Female Lead or Supporting Character (consider her a Lead but since she was already nominated as supporting...): +1 vote to Oikawa Tsurara (Yuki-onna) from Nurarihyon no Mago - like her design and personality
Best Shoujo Manga: Kaichou wa Maid-sama! - one of few Shoujo's I follow
Best Shounen Manga: Nurarihyon no Mago
Best Seinen Manga: +1 vote to Berserk
Best Hairstyling: Nurarihyon no Mago - no overboard hairstyles but still quite memorable
Best Costume Design: +1 vote to D.Gray-Man - I just love Exorcist uniforms
Best Villain: Hagoromo-Gitsune from Nurarihyon no Mago - couldn't decide between her and Millennium Earl from D.Gray-man but took her in the end. She is hot, badass and has a great design
Best Fight: +1 vote to Naruto, Minato vs. Madara
Best Chapter: Nurarihyon no Mago - chapter 133 - short, romantic and heart-brakening... what else could you ask for?
Best Couple/ Pairing: RikuoxTsurara from Nurarihyon no Mago - first shounen manga where I care for pairings. RikuoxYura is also nice there
Best Full Cast: +1 vote to Fullmetal Alchemist - this is one of strongest points of this manga: it does not depend on one or two characters, but a hole bunch of them and uses all of them perfectly
Best Artwork: +1 vote to Nurarihyon no Mago - like the mix of manga art and traditional art
Best WTF Moment: Naruto: Tobi revealed to be Madara - a comedic relief ends up being the main villain
Best plot-twist: +1 vote to Bleach: Aizen's revelationto be a villain at the end of Soul society Arc
Best Manga Overall: +1 vote to Fullmetal Alchemist - while I like NnM (as seen from above XD), I still think FMA is better if we take in account that Overall is for everyone, not a certain audience)

December 22, 2010, 09:34 AM

Best Male Supporting Character: L from Death Note. I think it's kind of ridiculous to have him as a supporting character as I view him as a main character (like many others). So if he's moved to the lead category consider L my vote there.
Best Shounen Manga: Fullmetal Alchemist
Best Hairstyling: Bleach. If there's one thing Kubo excels at, it's drawing cool hairstyles.
Best Costume Design: I'll actually nominate Naruto here. There's plenty of awesome costume designs in Naruto, even if the lead himself's clothes suck.
Best Fight: Naruto vs Sasuke
Best Couple/ Pairing: Ed & Winry - FMA
Best Color Page: Naruto/ Chapter 503
Best Full Cast: FMA, hands down.
Best New Series: Enigma
Best Manga Overall: Fullmetal Alchemist

Divinenega

December 22, 2010, 10:43 AM

Best Male Lead: Yoshina Ageha from Psyren

Best Supporting Female Lead: Sakurano Amamiya from Psyren

Best Couple: Ageha and Amamiya from Psyren

Best Manga: One Piece

Best New Series: Enigma(if only it had a steady release schedule)

Hystzen

December 22, 2010, 10:46 AM

L is main character / hero while Light is main villain IMO

best couple : Ed X Winry FMA- just so damn cool together not seen anything get close. ( Gin x rangiku from bleach close second)

also second this
Best Female Lead: Nausicaä from Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind.

TitaniumChloride

December 22, 2010, 10:59 AM

Frankly it's a surprise that there's no category for Best Power Up.
Work in Progress

Best Hairstyling
Yu-Gi-Oh!
How do all those spiky/multicoloured/impossible hairstyles look ridiculously cool?

Best new series
Oumagadoki Doubutsuen
The only other contender I'm reading is Enigma, but OD is such a fun series.

Best Female Lead
Rossette Christopher from Chrno Crusade
Aside from the typical shonen traits of determination and kindness, she's probably the most powerless character in the main cast (and she's the main protagonist too!) but she stays on the frontlines regardless. Clare from Claymore is just... kinda passive for the most part. >.>

Best Artwork
D.Gray-man (especially around chapters 165 to 186)
Also the most evolved art I've ever seen, the details and quality Hoshino put into this made it the best drawn weekly series ever! She's settling into her new style currently but the art will dominate the likes of the monthlies too.

Best plot-twist
D.Gray-man
When we find out that the 14th wants to kill the Earl and take over the position for himself.

Even though the former was mentioned beforehand, the latter just made it a game changer.
Best WTF Moment
D.Gray-man
Cross Marian was assasinated!?!?!?

You don't just expect the mangaka to kill off the only character introduced so far who actually knows what's going on, but she just did so after a very important reveal.
Best Manga Overall
Fullmetal Alchemist
Would've been One Piece or maybe even Naruto, but they're not finished yet :p Heck, I wish I could put in DGM but FMA is a better all-rounder and less... gory and tragic? Also, FMA is the story I would recommend to non-manga reading people first.

Best Couple/Pairing
Syaoran and Sakura from Cardcaptor Sakura
As other Clamp works can attest to, they're so destined for each other that it's creepy. But in its original series, it's one of the cutest pairings I've ever seen.

Best Seinen Manga
Monster
Kinda miffed by its vague ending though, but that's just me. Other possible candidate Burning Hell wasn't all that Seinen-y and there's only 4 chapters out. D:

Best Costume Design
Soul Eater
Most other series I can think of has their main wardrobe full of uniforms, but Soul Eater has more to offer and all of them very cool. If you ever get the chance to look through the Soul Art artbook, you might think so too.

Best Shojo Manga
Cardcaptor Sakura
...because I didn't like the endings from all the other ones I've read and I haven't finished Wallflower (Yamato Nadeshiko) or Alice Academy.

Best Male Supporting Character
Akito 'Shujin' Takagi from Bakuman
Killua from HxH almost made it here, but I find Shujin to be more 'supportive' overall.

Best Villain
Shishio Makoto from Rurouni Kenshin (might change if I actually remember something else)
Okay, I'm cheating a bit here since I never read the manga and only watched the anime when I was young, but this guy was a villain till the end and beyond, none of that 'face heel turn' stuff. He knew what he wanted and it didn't matter if it made him the bad guy; he wants it, he goes for it.

Best Male Lead

Best Shounen Manga

Best Female Supporting Character

Best Fight

Best Color Page

Best Double-Spread

Best Full Cast

HegemonKhan

December 22, 2010, 10:59 AM

some more nominations by me:

Best Seinen: Big O

This is absolutely awesome. Do you like Batman? Well, this is Batman, "Japanese style", in the future (apocaliptic - can't spell) and with robots, except that its characters and setting is European'ish instead. But instead of lame Robin as the sidekick, we got an old fashioned but sexy in her own way and extremely powerful as she's a robot, hehe. There's even Alfred the Butler, except his name is Norman Burg and he packs some serious "heat" (guns and other weapons) and is quite resourceful too. The dialogue between the protagonist, Roger Smith, and the 2nd-tagonist (forgot what it was called, lol), Dorothy R. Wayneright, is so witty, they're such an adorable couple! Incredible plot/story as well, with a big surprise/plot-twist too, *grins*. Big O is really a must read/watch manga/anime, especially if you like Batman. You won't believe how similar/parallel it is to Batman!

(Beserk, Gantz, and Monster already is so well known as can be seen with the amount of nominations they're getting, so I'm "propping/advertising" this for people, if they want to read/watch another good seinen manga/anime)

Best Male Supporting Character: Norman Burg

(see above description)

*(my two previous nominations, Haji from Blood+ and Roy Revant from Solty Rei, failed to be supporting characters, lol)

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Destiny,

I'm not sure if tret16 meant:

Roronoa Zorro from Bleach

OR

Loronoa Zoro from One Piece

----

so, I need tret16 to clarify this for me

saladesu

December 22, 2010, 11:08 AM

Destiny,

I'm not sure if tret16 meant:

Roronoa Zorro from Bleach

OR

Loronoa Zoro from One Piece

----

so, I need tret16 to clarify this for me

There is no Roronoa Zorro in Bleach, only a Roronoa Zoro in One Piece :) So it was definitely a typo on tret16's part when he was typing the name of the series. :amuse

Ustegius

December 22, 2010, 11:14 AM

HegemonKhan

December 22, 2010, 11:19 AM

There is no Roronoa Zorro in Bleach, only a Roronoa Zoro in One Piece :) So it was definitely a typo on tret16's part when he was typing the name of the series. :amuse

actually tret16 typed it right, but the next poster, scav, (at least I) thought he/she was saying that tret16 meant Roronoa Zorro in Bleach (as there's way too many characters in bleach for me to know them all, I didn't know).

saladesu

December 22, 2010, 11:23 AM

Actually, tret16 had initially typed 'Bleach'. That's why the subsequent posters corrected it, and after that, it was changed, making the "corrections" by those posters out of place :amuse

Yeah, Bleach has a ton of characters. I don't remember them all, either :XD

Roflkopt3r

December 22, 2010, 11:36 AM

I want to change a nomination:

Double-Spread: From Berserk Vol. 8 P. 190 to this one:

Berserk: Gatsu and Zodd in Lightning
http://moetron.com/mystuff/ps2berserk_re42.jpg

andrea1chan

December 22, 2010, 02:05 PM

Best mail lead: Allen walker - D.gray-man
Best mail supporting character: Kanda Yuu - D.gray-man
Best shounen manga D.gray-man
Best costume design D.gray-man
Best villain Millenium earl - D.gray-man
best fight Luffy vs Luchi - One piece
Best color page D.gray-man chapter 121
http://img294.imageshack.us/i/ch12101.jpg/
Best full cast One piece
Best artwork D.gray-man
Best WTF moment One piece chapter 279 - When Enel relizes that his powers are ineffective against Luffy
Best plot-twist D.gray-man

Cross tells Allen that he(Allen) is the 14th
Best manga overall D.gray-man

ima DGM and an OP fan :p

relory

December 22, 2010, 02:07 PM

Here are my nominations :D I don't have time for much explanation right now(did some though), I may come back a little later and edit why I chose what I chose xD if I am allowed to :oh

Best Male Lead: Allen Walker (D.Gray-Man)

Best Male Supporting Character: L (Death Note)

Best Female Lead: Risa (Lovely Complex)

Best Female Supporting Character: Major General Olivia Armstrong (FMA)

Best Shoujo Manga: Fruits Basket (dammit, Nabari no Ou and Kimi ni Todoke are also great :s)

Best Shounen Manga: One Piece

Best Josei Manga: Amatsuki

Best Seinen Manga: DOGS: B&C

Best Hairstyling: Katekyo Hitman Reborn (the pineapple hair made my decition clear!)

Best Costume Design: D.Gray-man

Best Villain: The Millenium Earl (D.Gray-Man)

Best Fight: Naruto vs Pain

Best kiss: between Naruto and Sasuke X'D that's also a great wtf moment lol :p

Best Colour-page: Nabari no Ou (The pages in the middle of the last chapter), those who've seen them won't complain <3

Best Double-Spread: D.Gray-man, chapter 167 (both heartwarming and.. heartbreaking?):
http://i15.mangareader.net/dgray-man/167/dgray-man-343119.jpg

Best Chapter: D.Gray-Man, chapter 184 "Neogyps" :amuse
it's creepy, funny, sweet, scary, depressing and mysterious... in just 17 pages :D new relations and developments... art is nice... dunno what else to say, I just love that chapter for some reason.. :D

Best Couple/Pairing: Ed x Winry (FMA) always wins for me ^^

Best Full Cast: D.Gray-man (ah, FMA is also great :darn it's hard to choose! But personal feelings first, every character in DGM is just lovely..)

Best Artwork: D.Gray-man. The art has had it's ups and downs, but no other manga has had so many pages in one volume that I just want to rip out, frame and decorate my room with :p

Best WTF Moment:
I have two, I don't want to decide! D: (the first one probably made me go WTF most though, given the situation.. >_>)
The (appearant?) assasination of Cross Marian. It was just so unexpected! though he probably just went hiding from his debts
When an appearanly random one-chapter-character, Irie Shouichi, introduced as early as in chapter 13 and then "forgotten", suddenly appeared again over 140 chapters later, and was revealed to be quite important to the story...

Best plot-twist:
When it's revealed that Allen is the 14th Noah

Best Manga Overall: ongoing? D.Gray-man :hurr Finished? Fullmetal Alchemist :tem

She chose D. Gray Man

maraxusofk

December 22, 2010, 02:13 PM

I nominate Onizuka from GTO for the best male lead. Nobody in any manga better combines humor and action into such a likeable package.

I nominate HNK as the best seinen as it is clearly one of the most influential mangas, and the predecessor to modern seinen.

I nominate Bleach as having the best outfits (the outfits drawn when they are IRL or on the covers look like things I would wear)

I nominate GTO as the best overall manga. No other manga has made me both laugh and cry the way GTO has. Plus, the attention to details, references to SJG and other pop culture makes it certainly one of the deepest mangas ever.

Koen

December 22, 2010, 02:24 PM

•Sasuke•

December 22, 2010, 02:45 PM

HxH fans complain about hiatuses, but at least those hiatuses don't last 7 years D:

and we hope that never comes to 7 years :darn
HxH is full of Win :D

Roflkopt3r

December 22, 2010, 02:58 PM

Changing another nomination:

Best WTF-Moment:
Original Nomation (post 14 (http://mangahelpers.com/forum/showthread.php?p=2223205#post2223205)): Whatever created Liquor (Vinland Saga)
To: Vinland Saga Ch. 52 (assisting Koenosaki):

Askeladd suddenly insulting and killing King Sweyn, followed by his death.

Shinsatsu

December 22, 2010, 03:03 PM

I originally nominated the fight between Orochimaru and Sandaime as the best fight. But I changed my opinion to:
-> Best Fight : Takamura Mamoru VS Brian Hawk (Hajime no Ippo). I think that someone nominated this already so it's just a + vote for that fight.
Also I would like to nominate
-> Best Shoujo : Lovely Complex. (+1 vote too)

zelllogan

December 22, 2010, 03:08 PM

Best Male Lead in a manga: Alucard in "Hellsing"
He is not just the male lead ... he is the whole manga.
Best Male supporting character in a manga: L in "Death Note"
Best Female Lead in a manga: Gally in "Gunnm"
Best Female supporting character in a manga: Yūko Ichihara in "XXX Holic"
Best Shoujo Manga: Nana
Only Shoujo I could really read (& watch on TV) in my life.
Best Shounen Manga: One piece
One piece ... Do I really need to say why ?
Best Seinen Manga: 20th Century Boys
Best scenario ever.
Best Villain: Hisoka from Hunter x Hunter
Badass, Sociopath, Unpredictable ...
Best Fight: Rock Lee vs Gaara in Naruto
Mainly due to the anime, I must admit
Best Couple: Kei Kurono & Tae in Gantz
Real evolution of both characters.
Kei is surrounded by babes but he loves Tae
Best Full Cast: One piece
9 main characters & they complete each others perfectly.
Best Artwork (manga): XXX Holic
You can love or hate Clamp but his style is unique.
The color pages, covers, double-spread are absolutely fanstastic
Best plot-twist: Berserk & The Eclipse
Who could expect this to happen ? This was completely unpredictable
Best Manga Overall:One Piece.
One piece ... Do I really need to say why ?

Ustegius

December 22, 2010, 03:48 PM

I think "the Duval moment" and Revelation of Duval's identity are pretty much the same thing.

Hystzen

December 22, 2010, 03:52 PM

Best Colour Page- http://manga.animea.net/mobile-suit-gundam-00-chapter-6-10-page-4.html

From Gundam 00f manga

zelllogan

December 22, 2010, 03:54 PM

I won't change my votes but I'm surprised that no one thought about OLD BOY for the best "plot-twist".

The Eclipse in Berserk was dark ... but a manga where the male lead discover that the girl he is mating with is in fact his daughter ... that's nasty.

Roflkopt3r

December 22, 2010, 04:12 PM

Another change:

Category: Best Fight
Original Nomination: Thorkell vs Thorfinn (Vinland Saga) Post #14 (http://mangahelpers.com/forum/showthread.php?p=2223205#post2223205)

New Nomination: Fujiki Gennosuke vs Irako Seigen (Shigurui)
A most epic fight. Actually they clash more than once, but when they meet on the height of their capabilities in a duel for life and death, it's most awesome. A fight of giants in a world, where fights usually are decided by a single blow of Katana versus unarmored fighters.

Fujiki and Irako facing each other (http://i576.photobucket.com/albums/ss203/T33_K3SS3LCH3N/Anime%20Manga/shigurui_v8ch38_p032_33.jpg)
I fear a little for Vinland Saga, but it would almost feel unfair for me not to try to nominate this fight.

Josl

December 22, 2010, 08:15 PM

Best Male Supporting Character:
I second: Hiruma Youichi from Eyeshield 21

Best Female Lead:
I second: Nausicaä from Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind.

Best Costume Design:
I second: Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicles

Best Seinen Manga :
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
I wasn't able to find out if it is a Shonen or Seinen but I would say Seinen bacause makes more sense to me

Best Manga Overall:
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
Strange that I haven't seen any nominations for this Manga in this category. Is it really that unknown or simply really old and slipped out of peoples conscious, or maybe I'm alone in the opinion that this is the best Manga?
It is old, short and defiantly worth a read if anyone of you hasn't read it. I consider it a league above Berserk,Lone Wolf and Cub,Phoenix and One Piece who are all in the league below it

DeBaron8

December 22, 2010, 11:10 PM

Best Male Lead: +1 vote for Naruto

Best Male Supporting Character: I nominate Vegeta from Dragon Ball. Without him, the manga wouldn't have been the same.

Best Shoujo Manga: +1 vote for Vampire Knight

Best Shounen Manga: +1 vote for Naruto

Best Josei Manga: +1 vote Nodaime Cantabile

Best Seinen Manga: I nominate Blade of the Immortal (Mugen no Jounin). This manga has amazing art, a badass protagonist, great character development for both the "good guys" and villains, and a superbly complex plot.

Best Villain: I nominate Shira from Blade of the Immortal (Mugen no Jounin). This guy is an uber creepy sadistic killer. He mutilates women while their still alive then kills them. Also makes a weapon out of the bones in his arm after he loses his hand. Intense!

Best Color Page: I nominate - Chapter 60, page 1 from of Blade of the Immortal by Hiroaki Samura.
http://www.mangavolume.com/blade-of-the-immortal/chapter-blade-of-the-immortal-60/

Best Double-Spread: I nominate One Piece - Chapter 599 pages 18-19 Zoro`s return after 2Y - Halarious, epic, and badass - All at the same time!
http://read.mangashare.com/One-Piece/chapter-599/page017.html

Best Chapter: +1 vote for One Piece - Chapter 485

Best Full Cast: +1 vote for One Piece

Best Artwork: I nominate Blade of the Immortal (Mugen no Jounin) by Hiroaki Samura. This manga has amazing artwork! The cover pages are beautifully realistic and the movement in fight scenes is superb. Also has excellent facial expressions and panel organization.

Best plot-twist: +1 vote for Naruto - Itachi turning out to be good

Best Manga Overall: +1 vote for Naruto

PS: I think a Best Death category would be sweet.

saladesu

December 23, 2010, 01:23 AM

Best Manga Overall: ongoing? D.Gray-man :hurr Finished? Fullmetal Alchemist :tem

Either ongoing or finished is fine. But you can only choose one... So which will it be? DGM or FMA...!? :nuts You can still change your mind later, though :amuse You'll just need to post again to let us know your final final choice :)

she chose D. Gray Man (as can be seen by her post below this one)

relory

December 23, 2010, 02:47 AM

Either ongoing or finished is fine. But you can only choose one... So which will it be? DGM or FMA...!? :nuts You can still change your mind later, though :amuse You'll just need to post again to let us know your final final choice :)

Okay, I'll choose DGM then, simply because I've been obsessed with the series the last 3-4 years now, haha :D still keeping me on edge x)

benelori

December 23, 2010, 02:49 AM

It looks like I will have to restart DGM, because I kinda got bored at first so I dropped it...it was the same with OP though, but I restarted and it was great...so who knows?

Drakk707

December 23, 2010, 03:50 AM

Best Male Lead: I support Guts from Berserk.

Best Male Supporting Character: I nominate Itagaki Manabu from Hajime no Ippo.

Best Female Lead: I nominate Maka Albarn from Soul Eater.

Best Female Supporting Character: I support Schierke from Berserk.

Best Shounen Manga: I nominate Soul Eater.

Best Seinen Manga: I support Berserk.

Best Hairstyling: I support Bleach.

Best Costume Design: I support Katekyo Hitman Reborn! those Vongola Gear look awesome and I love the details.

Best Villian: I support Griffith from Berserk.

Best Fight: I nominate Guts vs Wyald from Berserk.

Best Colour Page: I nominate Chapter 416: Deicide 18 (The End) (http://manga.bleachexile.com/bleach-chapter-429-page-2.html) from Bleach

Best Double-Spread: I nominate The Eclipse (http://view.thespectrum.net/series/berserk-chapter-318.html?ch=Volume+27&page=44) from Vol.27 page 44 of Berserk.

Best Couple/Pairing: I nominate Haruka Toyama and Mamoru Hijikata from Until Death Do Us Part.

Best Full Cast: I nominate Katekyo Hitman Reborn!

Best Artwork: I support Berserk.

Best WTF Moment: I nominate Aizen's Butterfly transformation in Bleach.

Best plot-twist: I support Berserk "1" The Eclipse

Best Manga Overall: I support Berserk.

Arctigor

December 23, 2010, 04:45 AM

Best male lead: Kira from Death note
Best male supporting character: L from Death note
Best female supporting character: Revy from Black Lagoon
Best female supporting character: Kanna Endo from 20th century boys
Best shounen: Naruto
Best seinen: 20th century boys
Best hairstyling: Veritas
Best cosutme design: Sasuke from Naruto Part 2
Best villain: "Friend" from 20th century boys
Best fight: Akiyama vs Yokoya contraband game Liar game
Best kiss: Goomoonryong and Shiho from The breaker
Best colored page: Naruto http://mangastream.com/read/naruto/49041835/2
Best couple: Himura Kenshin and Kamiya Kaoru
Best full cast: Bleach
Best Artwork: The breaker
Best WTF moment: L's media stunt on Kira in Death Note
Best plot twist: the appearance of the aliens in Gantz
Best new series: The breaker new waves

Tsukisama

December 23, 2010, 04:48 AM

Best Male Lead - Son Goku from Dragon Ball

Best Male Supporting Character - Kyouya Ootori from Ouran High School Host Club

Best Female Lead - Haruhi Fujioka from Ouran High School Host Club

Best Female Supporting Character - Yuuko Ichihara from xxxHolic

Best Shoujo Manga - Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon

Best Shounen Manga - One Piece

Best Seinen Manga - xxxHolic

Best Hairstyling - Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle

Best Costume Design - xxxHolic

Best Villain - Light Yagami from Death Note

Best Fight - Whitebeard vs. Marines and Blackbeard from One Piece

Best Kiss - Kagome and Inuyasha from InuYasha

Best Couple/ Pairing Sakura and Syaoran from Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle

Best Full Cast - Ouran High School Host Club

Best Artwork - Trinity Blood

Best WTF Moment - Naruto, Itachi's maniacal laughter at the beginning of his final fight with Sasuke

Best plot-twist Ace's paternity (One Piece)

Best Manga Overall - One Piece

feisu-chan

December 23, 2010, 08:59 AM

best male lead: Sakata Gintoki (Gintama) :wtf
Best Male Supporting Character: L from Death Note
Best Female Lead: Yato Kagura from Gintama
Best Female Supporting Character: Ichihara Yuuko (xxxHolic)
Best Shoujo Manga: Fruits Basket
Best Shounen Manga: Naruto
Best Seinen Manga: K-ON (K-On's Seinen?!)
Best Hairstyling: Bleach
Best Villain: Orochimaru from Naruto
Best Fight: Naruto, Naruto vs Sasuke at the Valley of the End
Best Kiss: Kaicho wa maid-sama Chapter 37 (The pocky game kiss) (because it's so hot and there's no way I'll vote for Naruto and Sasuke kissing, though I love this pair! :wtf)
Best Color Page: Naruto/ Chapter 503
Best Double-Spread: Naruto: Minato & Kushina protecting baby Naruto
Best Chapter: Naruto - Chapter 504
Best Couple/ Pairing: Ichimaru Gin and Matsumoto Rangiku from Bleach
Best Full Cast: Naruto
Best Artwork: Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicles
Best WTF Moment: Aizen changing forms in Bleach (o.O - WTF/WTH is wrong with Aizen?! What's up with those stupid transformations!)
Best plot-twist: Naruto - Revelation on Itachi's character
Best Manga Overall: Naruto
Best Costume Design: Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicles

Newkerzy

December 23, 2010, 09:30 AM

Best WTF moment: Minato AKA Yondaime sealing himself/his soul inside Naruto along with his wife, Kushina.
Best Plot Twist: Zeref (Fairy Tail) suddenly appears.
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Best Costume Design: I'll actually nominate Naruto here. There's plenty of awesome costume designs in Naruto, even if the lead himself's clothes suck.

Not when he wears the EPIC cloak!! c'mon, Kishi!!! give us the cloak back!!!:bored

Hopefully, he might wear it in the war.:notrust It's risky, all right. On one hand, it could lift the Konoha shinobis' spirits but on the other hand, Iwa shinobi would easily find out.

scav

December 23, 2010, 11:40 AM

hum, i think for the best kiss categories, link to pages should be added just like the double spread categories. At least for people who want to see the kiss nominated

benelori

December 23, 2010, 11:53 AM

It won't be a requirement, but it is a good idea.

relory

December 23, 2010, 11:54 AM

It looks like I will have to restart DGM, because I kinda got bored at first so I dropped it...it was the same with OP though, but I restarted and it was great...so who knows?

I definitly recommend it :amuse I honestly didn't like D.Gray-man too much at first, but I force-read myself through 6-7 volumes (because of a friend), and suddenly I got to a point when I... realised *something* and found the series to be amazing (still don't know excactly what though, maybe the more original plot, all the mysteries and "foreshadowing"/symbols inserted during the series made me interested..?).

I've reread it houndreds of times now, and I still keep noticing details I've never seen before. I am absolutely hooked :sweatdrop

I also did the same with OP :p I first I thought it was too silly, undeveloped, shallow characters, "too cartoonish" and random.. oh how wrong I was! :blink

Could this be concidered on-topic? XD I... tried to explain what I like about DGM :cookiestare

benelori

December 23, 2010, 12:01 PM

I definitly recommend it :amuse I honestly didn't like D.Gray-man too much either at first, but I force-read myself through 6-7 volumes (because of a friend), and suddenly I got to a point when suddenly I realised *something* and found the series to be amazing (still don't know excactly what though, maybe the more original plot, all the mysteries and "foreshadowing"/symbols inserted during the series made me interested..?).

I've reread it houndreds of times now, and I still keep noticing details I've never seen before. I am absolutely hooked :sweatdrop

I also did the same with OP :p I first I thought it was too silly, undeveloped, shallow characters, "too cartoonish" and random.. oh how wrong I was! :blink

Could this be concidered on-topic? XD I... tried to explain what I like about DGM :cookiestare

No it's good and on topic. We like to discuss about the nominations, especially since there are titles here I didn't hear about until now.
So thanks, I will definitely try it again...could it be that I was negatively influenced by the anime?
Sorry I didn't mention it first though:tem

ashher

December 23, 2010, 12:19 PM

Many many thanks to zelllogan for reminding me of Old Boy...i know i got excited over what I call the Itachi twist, but now i remember that the Old Boy twist turned me into an excited male!! So i change my nomination to the Old Boy twist from the Itachi twist. One thing i do wonder though is how can the Eclipse be a plot twist...i mean i know i saw that coming like miles before, and there was really no reason not to with the way Berserk started and the way it was foreshadowed heavily all along.

relory

December 23, 2010, 12:29 PM

...could it be that I was negatively influenced by the anime?
YES. Yes, that could be a possibility. ಠ_ಠ

Just kidding :p But the anime version really sucks compared to the original. Just saying :cookiehand
It's not very good standing alone as an independent anime either, though it does get a little better after a while (and it casts a lot of great voice actors)

scav

December 23, 2010, 12:34 PM

hum what's Old boy? i remember fews years ago i saw a japanese movie named old boy, its was about an incest story something like that.

ashher

December 23, 2010, 02:05 PM

Shinsatsu

December 23, 2010, 02:27 PM

benelori

December 23, 2010, 02:36 PM

Discussing the nominations is fine, it's what this contest is about, nominate and discuss, have fun!Maybe the only thing we should be aware here, is not to spoil others. So be careful of that.:thumbs

vintagemistakes

December 23, 2010, 02:57 PM

Best Male Supporting Character - Kakashi (Naruto)

Best Female Lead - Revy (Black Lagoon)

Best Shounen - Hands down, it's FMA. It was seriously as close to perfect as a story could get. The characters, plot and design were all just awesome. And the best thing about it? It was the pefect length. It wasn't too short or too long... it was just brilliant and a fulfilling read.

Best Josei - I really wanted to go with Usagi Drop since the story is sooo adorable.... but since it pretty much took a nose dive after a certain event, I'll go with Amatsuki. The story is great, the characters are great, and the artistic style is great - especially the colored pages/covers. <3

Best Seinen - Octave. To be perfectly honest, I'm a sucker for cute and endearing characters/stories.

Best Costume Design - Tegami Bachi

Best Villain - Sasuke (Naruto). Does anyone instill more dislike/like in a fandom then him?

Best Fight - Jiraiya vs Pain.

(I liked this one too, it was much more epic then Naruto vs Pain, imo. It's also cool to see what Jiraiya could do, as we've seen previously what Orochimaru and Tsunade can do, but not really Jiraiya, excluding the 2v1 sanin summoning battle between them which didn't show too much of jiraiya's abilities, until this fight/battle scene. This is *NOT* a nomination by me though, just commenting as someone finally nominated this fight, lol.)

Best Couple/Pairing - I was going to go with Ed x Winry, but since the extra chapter was such a let down ( that's all I wanted from it), I'll go with Minato x Kushina. Though I think it mostly because of the the sheer awesomeness of "Minato Gaiden", but whatever.

Best Full Cast - FMA

Best Artwork - This is really a toughie since I'm extremely picky when it comes to this sort of thing (will never ever read One Piece because of the crappy/2nd rate work :b), but I'm going to throw a bone to Tegami Bachi on this one.

jorped

December 23, 2010, 03:09 PM

Best Male Lead: Naruto

Best Male Supporting Character: Gaara from Naruto

Best Shounen Manga: Naruto

Best Villain: Orochimaru

Best Hairstyling: Dragonball Z

Best color page: Naruto / chapter 503

Best double-spread: Naruto Minato and Kushina protecting baby Naruto

Best Full Cast: Fullmetal Alchemist

Best WTF moment: the most recent that i record was:

Danzo´s right arm covered with sharingan eyes!! wasnt expecting that lol , that made me say WTF?!

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7u9gMhrSm6Y/SyDOLOOnuCI/AAAAAAAAIRo/C678PaFjCLo/s1600-h/17.png

Best manga Overall: Naruto :)

currently only see naruto manga , 2 years ago people talked me about one piece , bleach and naruto. I started first seeing the anime, on that time i didnt even know what was a Manga lol but Naruto of the all 3, was the only one that made me wanna see much more. i also liked one piece but naruto was the only one that makes me wanna know what is going to happen next week:) I also liked alot fullmetal alchemist.

Sorry if i shouldnt have talked about why i choosed what but i only said this because almost all my votes were in the same direction :P

zelllogan

December 23, 2010, 03:49 PM

I don't know if it can be considered as josei but as mangahelpers is putting it in that category, I nominate Saiyuki.

Really hard to classify this manga. It's done by a "shojo" artist, the anime is a "shounen", the manga is not as clear to classify. The first chapters were in a shounen magazine then in a shojo magazine ...

Shinsatsu

December 23, 2010, 04:03 PM

currently only see naruto manga , 2 years ago people talked me about one piece , bleach and naruto. I started first seeing the anime, on that time i didnt even know what was a Manga lol but Naruto of the all 3, was the only one that made me wanna see much more. i also liked one piece but naruto was the only one that makes me wanna know what is going to happen next week:)

Honestly, I would've nominated Naruto as the Best Shounen manga if I haven't watched the anime version... Sadly, in the anime, most of the events that you really liked in the story look so bad. Most of Shippuuden episodes were a huge disappointment as far as I'm concerned. The other reason why I nominated One Piece is because it has no "bad manga periods". As for Naruto, there were some times when I almost decided to stop reading it (but ofc I couldn't because after reading half a book there is no point in quitting without completing it).

Hystzen

December 23, 2010, 04:17 PM

plot twist Itachi?
seriously i saw it coming itachi being good. then again is it fully confirmed this was tobi/madara saying stuff he could be lying..some us suspect he not madara so anything back up it true. even then it still obvious i dont really class it as a twist ;)

destiny4ever

December 23, 2010, 10:08 PM

Thank you very much for all the great nominations, guys! :) I’ve updated the list of nominees. If you notice any errors or mistakes or if something is missing please let me know.

Awards Categories

Best Male Lead

Gutts from Berserk (7 votes)
Allen Walker from D.Gray-man (4 votes)
Yoshina Ageha from Psyren (5 votes)
Miyamoto Musahi from Vagabond
Sakata Gintoki from Gintama (3 votes)
Kenji Endo from 20th/21st Century Boys (2 votes)
Natsu Dragneel from Fairy Tail (2 votes)
Naruto Uzumaki from Naruto (6 votes)
Kenshiro from Hokuto no Ken/Fist of the North Star
Son Goku from Dragonball (3 votes)
Onizuka Eiikichi from Great Teacher Onizuka (5 votes)
Vash the Stampede from Trigun
Alucard from Hellsing (3 votes)
Monkey D. Luffy from One Piece
Kei Kurono from Gantz
Tenma (Saint Seiya TLC)
Akiyama from Liar Game
Kira from Death note

Best Male Supporting Character
L from Death Note (14 votes)
Inspector Heinrich Runge from Monster
Wolfgang Grimmer from Monster
Niizuma Eiji from Bakuman
Kandu Yuu from D. Gray Man
Gauche Suede from Tegami Bachi
Black Star from Soul Eater (3 votes)
Nagumo Souichirou from The Lucifer and Biscuit Hammer
Shichiro Ougi from Kekkaishi
Hiruma Youichi from Eyeshield 21 (2 votes)
Gaara from Naruto (2 votes)
Thorkell from Vinland Saga
Colonel Roy Mustang from Fullmetal Alchemist (4 votes)
Roronoa Zoro from One Piece (2 votes)
Uryu Ishida from Bleach
Askeladd from Vinland Saga (2 votes)
Pierrot Bolneze (Yakitate!! Japan)
Killua from Hunter x Hunter
Rock Lee from Naruto
Furuichi from Beelzebub
Akito 'Shujin' Takagi from Bakuman
Norman Burg from Big O
Kanda Yuu from D.gray-man
Vegeta from Dragon Ball
Itagaki Manabu from Hajime no Ippo
Kyouya Ootori from Ouran High School Host Club
Kakashi from Naruto

Best Female Lead

Misaki Ayuzawa from Kaichou Wa Maid Sama
Claire from Claymore (5 votes)
Yato Kagura from Gintama (2 votes)
Gally from Gunnm (aka. Battle Angel Alita) (6 votes)
Seras Victora of Hellsing (2 votes)
Haruko Haruhara from FLCL
Asahina Samidare from The Lucifer and Biscuit Hammer
Kurokami Medaka from Medaka Box
Yukimura Tokine from Kekkaishi
Yotsuba from Yotsubato! (3 votes)
Lum from Urusei Yatsura
Revy from Black Lagoon (4 votes)
Risa from Lovely Complex (2 votes)
Usagi Tsukino from Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon
Sawako Kurasawa from Kimi ni Todoke
Arale from Dr. Slump
Nausicaä from Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (3 votes)
Sakurano Amamiya from Psyren
Rossette Christopher from Chrno Crusade
Maka Albarn from Soul Eater
Haruhi Fujioka from Ouran High School Host Club

Best Female Supporting Character

Fee of Planetes (3 votes)
Major General Olivia Armstrong from Fullmetal Alchemist (4 votes)
Schierke from Berserk (4 votes)
Sumiko Sumimura from Kekkaishi (2 votes)
Alice from Pandora Hearts
Jegal Mihyang from Change Guy
Itsuki Akiba from I"s
Oikawa Tsurara (Yuki-onna) from Nurarihyon no Mago (2 votes)
Dorothy T. Catalonia from New Mobile Report Gundam Wing: Battlefield of Pacifists and is the ESUN President during Frozen Teardrop
Kurumi from Kimi ni Todoke
Miria from Claymore
Asuka, Kimi no Iru Machi
Minako Aino, Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon
Reiko Catherine Akimoto from Kochikame
Yūko Ichihara in "XXX Holic" (3 votes)
Kanna Endo from 20th century boys

Best Shoujo Manga

Fruits Basket (3 votes)
Hana Kimi (Hanazakari no Kimitachi e)
Vampire Knight (3 votes)
Shinshi Doumei Cross/The Gentleman's Alliance Cross
Kimi no Todoke (3 votes)
Nana (2 votes)
X/1999 by CLAMP (2 votes)
Lovely Complex (4 votes)
Trinity Blood
Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon (2 votes)
Kaichou wa Maid-sama!
Cardcaptor Sakura

Best Shounen Manga

Naruto (9 votes)
Death Note (4 votes)
One Piece (16 votes)
Psyren (3 votes)
Fullmetal Alchemist (7 votes)
Tegami Bachi (Letter Bee)
Kekkaishi
Shingeki no Kyojin
Hajime no ippo
Muhyo to roujie
Hunter x Hunter (2 votes)
Nurarihyon no Mago
Dr. Gray man
Soul Eater

Best Josei Manga

Kuragehime
Amatsuki (4 votes)
Nodame Cantabile (7 votes)
Kimi wa Petto
Landreaall
Pumpkin and Mayonnaise
Honey & Clover
Saiyuki

Best Seinen Manga

Blame!
K-ON (2 votes)
Vagabond
Berserk (11 votes)
DOGS Bullets and Carnage (2 votes)
Monster (3 votes)
REAL
Vinland Saga (2 votes)
AKIRA
Holyland
Imuri
Gantz (4 votes)
Liar Game (2 votes)
Noramimi
Gunnm: Last Order
Me and the Devil Blues
Big O
20th Century Boys (2 votes)
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
Blade of the Immortal (Mugen no Jounin)
xxxHolic
Octave

Best Hairstyling
Bleach (10 votes)
Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei (Zetsubou Sensei)
Yu-Gi-Oh! (7 votes)
Katekyo Hitman Reborn (4 votes)
Psyren
Shiki
Hatsukoi Ltd.
Dragon Ball Z (3 votes)
History's Strongest Disciple Kenichi
Nurarihyon no Mago
Veritas
Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle

Best Costume Design
Tegami Bachi (Letter Bee) (3 votes)
Berserk Armor, "when the helm is on"
Yu-Gi-Oh!
Katekyo Hitman Reborn (4 votes)
Fairy Tail
Fullmetal Alchemist (2 votes)
Kuroshitsuji/Black Butler (2 votes)
D.Gray-Man (6 votes)
Otoyomegatari (2 votes)
Worst
I"s
Bleach (4 votes)
Claymore
Arakawa Under the Bridge
Great Teacher Onizuka
Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicles (3 votes)
Naruto
Soul Eater
Sasuke from Naruto Part 2
xxxHolic

Best Villain
Johann Liebert from Monster (5 votes)
Orochimaru from Naruto (6 votes)
Millennium Earl from D.Gray-Man (4 votes)
Priscilla from Claymore
Aizen from Bleach (2 votes)
Takasugi Shinsuke from Gintama
“Nosferatu” Zodd from Berserk
Griffith from Berserk (3 votes)
Kabuto from Naruto
Askeladd from Vinland Saga
Father from FullmetalAlchemist (3 votes)
Yami Marik Ishtar from Yu-Gi-Oh
Freeza from Dragonball (2 votes)
Blackbeard, One Piece (2 votes)
Aji Tae, Shin Angyo no Onshi
Kizaru Taisho from One Piece
Tenkaisei Mefisutoferesu no Yōma (Yoma from SS TLC)
Hagoromo-Gitsune from Nurarihyon no Mago
Shishio Makoto from Rurouni Kenshin
Hisoka from Hunter x Hunter
Shira from Blade of the Immortal (Mugen no Jounin).
"Friend" from 20th century boys
Light Yagami from Death Note
Sasuke from Naruto

Best Fight
Bleach, Ichigo VS Ulquiorra Final battle
Vagabond, Miyamoto Musashi (Shinmen Takezo) vs Yoshioka School (2 votes)
Vinland Saga, Thorkkell's duel with Thorrfinn (3 votes)
Hellsing, Alucard vs Anderson
Fairy Tail, Natsu vs. Gildartz
Naruto, Naruto vs. Pain (7 votes)
Naruto, Minato vs. Madara (3 votes)
Naruto, Naruto vs Sasuke at the Valley of the End (3 votes)
Hajime no Ippo , Takamura Mamoru VS Brian Hawk (3 votes)
Bleach, Kurosaki Ichigo vs Kuchiki Byakuya from Bleach - their 3rd and final encounter.
Clare vs. Rigardo (the entire fight between them)
Final battle on The Promised Day in Fullmetal Alchemist
The second Musashi vs. Inshun in Vagabond
Bleach, Ichigo vs Renji 2nd fight
One Piece, Zoro vs. Ryuuma
Night of the Eclipse, Berserk
Naruto, Konan vs Madara
Hunter x Hunter, Lucifer vs Kurapika (HxH)
Naruto, Rock Lee vs Kimimaro
One Piece, Luffy vs Luchi
Naruto, Rock Lee vs Gaara
Shigurui, Fujiki Gennosuke vs Irako Seigen
Guts vs Wyald from Berserk
Akiyama vs Yokoya contraband game Liar game
Whitebeard vs. Marines and Blackbeard from One Piece
Naruto, Jiraiya vs Pain.

Best Kiss
Kaicho wa maid-sama Misaki and Usui sharing a kiss in chapter 32 (2 votes)
Claymore Clare kissing Raki (2 votes)
Berserk Gatsu and Caska sharing a kiss
Naruto Naruto and Sasuke kissing (9 votes)
The Breaker Chunwoo (or Goomoonryong) and shiho from the breaker (2 votes)
Kimi no Iru Machi Haruto and Asuka
Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Sailor Moon and Sailor Uranus
Kaicho wa maid-sama Chapter 37 (The pocky game kiss)

Best Color Page
Naruto/ Chapter 503 (8 votes)
http://www.mangafox.com/manga/naruto/v52/c503/2.html
One Piece / Chapter 598
http://www.mangafox.com/manga/one_piece/v59/c598/4.html (3 votes)
Vagabond, Volume 21, Chapter 181
http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/5329062/vagabond_156197.jpg.html
Aria / Chapter (?) (3 votes)
http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/7192/aria4.jpg
The perfect player from Eyeshield 21
http://www.mangareader.net/134-6992-...apter-217.html
Naruto / chapter 377 (2 votes)
http://www.mangafox.com/manga/naruto/v41/c377/2.html
chapter 516 from One Piece
http://5.p.s.mfcdn.net/store/manga/106/53-516.0/compressed/01_02.jpg
Chapter 307 page 3 from Gantz
http://www.mangareader.net/97-39601-3/gantz/chapter-307.html (2 votes)
Gantz Chapter 304 Page 2
http://www.mangareader.net/97-34409-2/gantz/chapter-304.html
Bleach, Ch. 350
http://manga.bleachexile.com/bleach-...63-page-4.html
Dragonball last chapter, remember page: http://comic.dragonballcn.com:1080/l...fpp=10&fid=219
D.gray-man chapter 121
http://img294.imageshack.us/i/ch12101.jpg/
Nabari no Ou (The pages in the middle of the last chapter)
From Gundam 00f manga
http://manga.animea.net/mobile-suit-...10-page-4.html
Chapter 60, page 1 from of Blade of the Immortal by Hiroaki Samura.
http://www.mangavolume.com/blade-of-...e-immortal-60/
Chapter 416: Deicide 18 (The End) from Bleach
http://manga.bleachexile.com/bleach-chapter-429-page-2.html
Naruto Chapter 520
http://mangastream.com/read/naruto/49041835/2

Best Double-Spread
Berserk: 1st time Gutts used Berserk Armor and came out of that monster
http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__...rk_v26_201.jpg
Bleach: Ichigo’s final transformation (2 votes) http://www.mangafox.com/manga/bleach/v47/c420/12.html
Zatch Bell/ Chapter 319
http://www.mangareader.net/266-35597-10/zatch-bell/chapter-319.html
Naruto: Minato & Kushina protecting baby Naruto (4 votes)
http://www.mangafox.com/manga/naruto/v52/c504/8.html
Oyasumi Punpun, Volume 2, Chapter 17 (2 votes)
http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/4485970/Oyasumi_Punpun_v02_090-091.png.html
20th Century Boys
http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/4434/20thcenturyboysv08c02p0.jpg (2 votes)
Chapter 429, Page 6-7 from Naruto
(Pain floating over Konoha, Konoha is drawn in awesome detail)
Nurarihyon No Mago - Chapter 86
http://www.mangareader.net/456-41895...hapter-86.html
Sakuragi and Rukawa claping hands from Slam Dunk
http://www.mangareader.net/119-5958-...apter-276.html
Naruto - Gaara using Desert Prison:
http://www.mangafox.com/manga/naruto/v28/c248/18.html
Nurarihyon no Mago 117 pg8-9.
http://manga.bleachexile.com/nurarihyon-no-mago-chapter-119-page-8.html (2 votes)
Berserk - Griffith unifying humans and apostles under his banner
http://view.thespectrum.net/series/b...ume+34&page=94
Chapter 307, page 13 from Berserk for Best Double Spread
http://www.mangareader.net/96-34049-13/berserk/chapter-307.html
Best Double Page- Gantz
http://www.mangareader.net/97-40410-...apter-308.html
Bleach, Ch. 316 top3 Espada
http://manga.bleachexile.com/bleach-...6-page-12.html
One Piece 590 (Luffy)
http://www.mangareader.net/103-54923...apter-590.html
Berserk: Gatsu and Zodd in Lightning
http://moetron.com/mystuff/ps2berserk_re42.jpg
D.Gray-man, chapter 167 (both heartwarming and.. heartbreaking?):
http://i15.mangareader.net/dgray-man...man-343119.jpg
One Piece - Chapter 599 pages 18-19 Zoro`s return after 2Y - Hilarious, epic, and badass - All at the same time!
http://read.mangashare.com/One-Piece...9/page017.html
The Eclipse from Vol.27 page 44 of Berserk
http://view.thespectrum.net/series/berserk-chapter-318.html?ch=Volume+27&page=44

Best Chapter
Fairy Tail - Chapter 206
Bleach - Chapter 421 – The Final Getsuga Tensho, Aizen defeated and pissed off (for the first time) and Urahara showing that he's really the most badass character in Bleach
Naruto - Chapter 436
Naruto - Chapter 430 (2 votes)
Fullmetal Alchemist - Chapter 107 (3 votes)
One Piece - Chapter 485 - Member of the Strawhat crew: Pirate Hunter Zoro (2 votes)
Naruto - Chapter 504 (2 votes)
One Piece Chapter 398 - Declaration of War
H2, chapter 212
Bleach, Ch. 339: The Deathbringer Numbers
Nurarihyon no Mago - chapter 133
D.Gray-Man, chapter 184 "Neogyps"

Best Couple/ Pairing
Ed & Winry from Fullmetal Alchemist (8 votes)
Orihime X Ulquiorra from Bleach
Yoshina Ageha and Amamiya Sakurako from Psyren (5 votes)
Rock and Revy from Black Lagoon (2 votes)
Hachimiki and Tanabe from Planetes
Black Star and Tsubaki Nakatsuka from Soul Eater
Roy Mustang x Riza Hawkeye from Fullmetal Alchemist (2 votes)
Naruto x Hinata from Naruto (3 votes)
Chiaki Shinichi x Noda Megumi from Nodame Cantabile
Meiko and Taneda from Solanin
Ko and Aoba from Cross Game
Lum and Moroboshi Ataru from Urusei Yatsura
Shoot! - Toshi x Kasumi
Saiko x Azuki from Bakuman
Kraft Lawrence <3 Holo the Wise Wolf in Spice and Wolf
Risa x Otani, Lovely Complex (2 votes)
Haruto and Asuka, Kimi no Iru Machi
Haruka Tenoh and Michiru Kaio from Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon
Gon & Killua from Hunter x Hunter (2 votes)
RikuoxTsurara from Nurarihyon no Mago
Syaoran and Sakura from Cardcaptor Sakura / Sakura and Syaoran from Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle (2 votes)
Kei Kurono & Tae in Gantz
Haruka Toyama and Mamoru Hijikata from Until Death Do Us Part
Himura Kenshin and Kamiya Kaoru from Rurouni Kenshin
Ichimaru Gin and Matsumoto Rangiku from Bleach
Minato x Kushina from Naruto

Best Full Cast
Fullmetal Alchemist (14 votes)
Claymore
Soul Eater
One Piece (9 votes)
Kekkaishi (2 votes)
Eyeshield 21 (4 votes)
Naruto (4 votes)
Samurai Deeper Kyo
Fairy Tail
Dragonball
D. Gray Man
Katekyo Hitman Reborn!
Bleach
Ouran High School Host Club

Best Artwork
Blame! (2 votes)
Berserk (5 votes)
Vinland Saga (2 votes)
REAL
Bleach (3 votes)
Vagabond (3 votes)
Fullmetal Alchemist
Tegami Bachi (3 votes)
Umineko Episode 3: Banquet of the Golden Witch by Natsumi Kei (the other episodes are done by different artists and aren't nearly as well drawn)
Nurarihyon no Mago (3 votes)
I"s
Katekyo Hitman Reborn (2 votes)
Claymore
Ultra Heaven
Hajime no ippo
Me and the Devil Blues
D-Gray.man (4 votes)
Dragonbal
XXX Holic
Blade of the Immortal (Mugen no Jounin) by Hiroaki Samura.
The Breaker
Trinity Blood
Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicles

Best WTF Moment
L's media stunt on Kira in Death Note (2 votes)
Aizen changing forms in Bleach/ Aizen's Butterfly transformation in Bleach (5 votes)
Fake Robin with the cucumber in One Piece (Chapter 598)
Revelation of Duval's identity in One Piece (6 votes)
Thorkell and Willibald - "Whichever created Liquor" (Vinland Saga)
In The Lucifer and Biscuit Hammer, when Blues Drive Monster is revealed.
When Enel relizes that his powers are ineffective against Luffy (Chapter 279)
Kekkaishi - When we learnt just how badly the Founder messed up his son's life; and indirectly, every Kekkaishi's life for 400 years,
Oyasumi Punpun, Volume 1, Headmaster and vice principle playing Hide-and-seek
From "Vinland Saga", when Askeladd beheaded King Sweyn and his death following/ Askeladd suddenly insulting and killing King Sweyn, followed by his death.
(3 votes)
One piece / Chapter 279 When Enel relizes that his powers are ineffective against Luffy (Chapter 279) (2 votes)
Fathers identity revealed, Full Metal Alchemist
One Piece, "the Duval Moment" when we first see Duval's face. (Chapter 494/ Pg. 19)
chapter 18 of Me and the Devil blues (p 158-160 of volume 3: how the blind Mac Donald, walking in a hallway, turns his head towards a hidden Thorton. Saying dry: "What are you doing here, Mister Thorton?" WTF real life creep)
Gantz Kurono’s death
Hunter x Hunter Chapter 306 pag. 06
Bleach (Gin's true motive being revealed.
Naruto Tobi revealed to be Madara - a comedic relief ends up being the main villain
D.Gray-man Cross Marian was assasinated!?!?!?

You don't just expect the mangaka to kill off the only character introduced so far who actually knows what's going on, but she just did so after a very important reveal.
Naruto, Itachi's maniacal laughter at the beginning of his final fight with Sasuke
Naruto, Minato AKA Yondaime sealing himself/his soul inside Naruto along with his wife, Kushina
Naruto Danzo´s right arm covered with sharingan eyes!! http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7u9gMhrSm6...s1600-h/17.png

Best plot-twist (Please write it inside spoiler tags.)
Bleach – Aizen revealed as villain in Bleach/ Aizen’s betrayal of the Gotei 13 (9 votes)
One Piece – Finding out that Ace's father was Gol D. Roger (5 votes)
Claymore – Priscilla decapitating Teresa and then Awakening in Claymore
Berserk – The Eclipse (4 votes)
Berserk - Ch 290 Hellhound “Guts’ inner demon” promising Guts
Fairy Tail when Gildartz shows off his true power to Natsu
Kekkaishi – when we found out that the awesome hat-dude is Hazama freakin' Tokimori, the Founder!!!
One Piece The identity of Ace´s father and White Beards true intentions towards Ace´s future in One Piece

Kami nomi zo Shiru Sekai Kanon got stabbed right after she was confirmed to possess a goddess
From "Vinland Saga", when Askeladd beheaded King Sweyn
Naruto – Itachi turning out to be good. I'll go in depth for this later once i am on a pc...but for now all i'll say is that judging the unexpectedness, yet the finest seamless fitting of it with loads and loads of previously known details, the impact it had on the plot both before and after the revelation, the impact on the characterization and character interaction of the main characters (which is the core crisis of this manga), the way the whole thing changed complexion only by the establishment of a different perspective without changing the actual event(that is itachi being the one to mass murder uchiha), the emotional impact it had on readers and the political/philosophical debate it generated among them (so realistic that it remains an almost unsolvable debate)...that without any doubt it is The Best. A twist that is not only surprising, but with exceptional depth (the only other one that comes to my mind is the Lelouch twist...but its anime). (2 votes)
Cross Game Wakaba dies, Cross Game
D.Gray-man When we find out that the 14th wants to kill the Earl and take over the position for himself.

Even though the former was mentioned beforehand, the latter just made it a game changer.
From "Vinland Saga", When Askeladd beheaded King Sweyn (2 votes)
D.gray-man Cross tells Allen that he(Allen) is the 14th (2 votes)
Gantz the appearance of the aliens in Gantz
Fairy Tail Zeref (Fairy Tail) suddenly appears.
Old Boy male lead discover that the girl he is banging is in fact his daughter

Best new series (For a nomination to be accepted for this category, the start date must be 2010)
Enigma by Sakaki Kenji (10 votes)
Oumagadoki Doubutsuen (4 votes)
Ikusa no Ko - Oda Saburou Nobunaga Den
The Breaker: New Waves (3 votes)

Best Manga Overall

Kuroshitsuji by Toboso Yana (2 votes)
Claymore by Norihiro Yagi
Psyren by Toshiaki Iwashiro
Berserk (5 votes)
Yotsubato!
One Piece (11 votes)
Fullmetal Alchemist (6 votes)
Kekkaishi
Doraemon
I"s
Death Note (3 votes)
Haruka-na machi e from Jirō Taniguchi
Naruto (4 votes)
Vinland Saga
Hunter x Hunter
Dragonball
Great Teacher Onizuka
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
D. Gray Man

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Best Kiss - Kagome and Inuyasha from InuYasha
Being the Kagome x Inuyasha fan that I am, I would be more than glad to add that kiss to the list of nominees. Unfortunately, that kiss only happened in the anime. :( It never happened in the manga. But you can nominate another kiss for that award category. :)

scav

December 23, 2010, 10:08 PM

yup on best kiss,for the breaker "Goomoonryong and Shiho",and "Chunwoo and shiho" is actually the same kiss. Goomoonryong=Chunwoo.

destiny4ever

December 23, 2010, 10:31 PM

Thank you for pointing that out, scav! :) I’ve fixed that mistake.

The first week of the nomination process has ended, but you still have one more week to nominate and show your support for your favorite series and nominees. http://planetsmilies.net/kaos-animal-bunny-smiley-6080.gif (http://planetsmilies.net)

P.S. You can check all of the nominees out in their respective award category thread as well.

Rikudou King

December 23, 2010, 11:44 PM

Best Female Lead: Alita/Gally (Battle Angel Alita)

Best Shounen Manga: Fullmetal Alchemist

Best Seinen Manga: Gunnm: Last Order

Best Hairstyling: Bleach

Best Costume Design: Bleach

Best Villain: Father (FMA)

Best Fight: Final battle on The Promised Day (FMA)

Best Chapter: Chapter 107 of FMA

Best Full Cast: Fullmetal Alchemist

Best Artwork: Bleach

Best Manga Overall: Fullmetal Alchemist

k-dom

December 24, 2010, 01:18 AM

One piece nominated for the best Shounen is definetly understandable, but as a "best manga overall"... I would agree with ashher about it being overrated.
I hope I'm not breaking any rules by discussing the nominations in this thread :)
As for Bleach being the "best Artwork" manga, I definelty don't agree with this because in Bleach, only the characters look great because the artist is skilled in drawing people. But the problem is that he never puts an effort in drawing the background. So when you are reading Bleach, most of the time, the only thing you can see are white / black empty spaces behind the characters.

Isn't that the interest of Bleach artwork. I kinda love this simplicity and honnestly one of the only reason why I keep reading this serie.
As for D Gray Man I kinda agree with assher there's too many point in the serie where the power change is completely unrealistic. That's really diminished the interest I have in this manga

And I second Nausicaa as best female leads also it's seems the nominations vote are ending

saladesu

December 24, 2010, 01:59 AM

Best WTF Moment:
I have two, I don't want to decide! D: (the first one probably made me go WTF most though, given the situation.. >_>)
The (appearant?) assasination of Cross Marian. It was just so unexpected! though he probably just went hiding from his debts
When an appearanly random one-chapter-character, Irie Shouichi, introduced as early as in chapter 13 and then "forgotten", suddenly appeared again over 140 chapters later, and was revealed to be quite important to the story...

Sorry I missed asking this earlier. Or rather, M3J is supposed to ask but he reefuses to. Soooo anyway, you need to choose one. Otherwise we won't be able to count either of them :sweat

M3J

December 24, 2010, 02:16 AM

Guys, please use the proper nomination change method.

I originally nominated this:

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but, now I want to change it to this:

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Let us know your previous nomination so we can make the correct adjustments, otherwise don't blame us if things are wrong. If this format is not followed, I won't count the change because not only do I have lot of votes to go through, but it'll throw things out of order and confuse me when I go back to find your original nomination.

THis may risk in me getting yelled at, and I do not wanna get yelled at. Please, help us by using the correct method.

That said: I'm glad to see so many people are participating! Keep it up and advertise in as many places as you can without breaking the rules! Thanks for making this so successful! <3 the members!

I still can't believe more people are shocked at Duval's identity than anything else! :XD

zelllogan

December 24, 2010, 02:52 AM

Psyren is receiving too many sympathy votes. The fact that the manga just ended is for a lot in all the votes concerning Psyren. If it was some years ago, Mx0 would have been in the same position ... 5 votes for Ageha as best male lead is what is shocking me the most. Ageha vs Vash The Stampede, Alucard, Onizuka, Guts, ... Are you kidding me ? Ageha is just a typical "by the book" shounen hero.

I still can't believe more people are shocked at Duval's identity than anything else!
Me either. Plus, in one piece, there is one clear WTF/plot twist moment & it's not about Duval. Oda had split the crew for at least 100 chapters ... THAT'S A PLOT TWIST. For me, a plot twist should be something that change completely the manga ... not some "surprising" revelation which doesn't change the story that much.

I really like this thread. I've been searching for new mangas to read for a while now & I'm probably going to read Vinland Saga. I once tried but I probably didn't tried enough.

December 24, 2010, 03:35 AM

Great to see that DGM is getting some love, almost compensates for the damage that Ongoing One Piece Overrate is doing to me as a manga lover. However i do think that DGM sort of lacks in plot flow...things get heated up so suddenly that it made me feel like the mangaka just woke up one day and thought "what the heck its getting too slow i want faaaast"

DGM is definitely underrated and has been so for a long time. I'm not sure I agree with the love it's getting either way, but it's great to see that people appreciate the manga, personally the manga has been going downhill for a long time hence none of my votes going that direction. But I can understand why other's disagree.

As for OP, well yeah I agree that it's getting too much hype. I agree that OP is an amazing story and manga, but the manga having no bad periods is crap in my opinion. There's several periods throughout the manga where I was bored so the manga being "perfect" is something I can't agree with, it's far from it although it's most likely the better of the Big 3. I do think OP is overrated, while Bleach and Naruto is underrated.

FMA on the other hand was a perfect manga, to a much higher degree than Naruto, or OP for that matter from start to end. The flow was perfect, the characters were more or less all highly relevant and never forgotten. The cast was perfect, the plot was amazingly executed and the artwork was always top notch. FMA is one of those rare diamonds where I sat back and thought "wow, I couldn't have asked for much more from this story". FMA is by far the most deserving "best manga overall" in my eyes, and thus best shounen too.

Too bad a best death category wasn't thought of like mentioned before, Jiraiya would have easily taken that one in my eyes.

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Claymore is a perfect manga (and anime too, except for episode 2 which is slightly boring/slow though it is important and interesting still despite that, and that there's no 2nd season, at least not yet.. we're hoping one will finally/eventually get made at some point, sighs), imo! There's almost no "fillers" and it is extremely fast paced, especially the fight scenes, being very quick and to the point, you won't be disappointed! The manga is a monthly release, and so the people who are caught up with reading it, do complain about it being "slow/boring", but this is really not the manga chapters itself, but merely that its a monthly release, imo. More people should definately read/watch Claymore, if they're interested in a truly perfect manga and/or anime! :D

Organizized

December 24, 2010, 03:39 AM

Me either. Plus, in one piece, there is one clear WTF/plot twist moment & it's not about Duval. Oda had split the crew for at least 100 chapters ... THAT'S A PLOT TWIST. For me, a plot twist should be something that change completely the manga ... not some "surprising" revelation which doesn't change the story that much.

Well, the Duval thing is nominated in the "WTF Moment"-category, not "Plot Twist". On the other hand, I agree that what you mentioned is definitely more of a plot twist than Ace being the son of Roger (which is dominating the Plot Twist-category) as well, so.. :p

And while we're on the subject: destiny! The "Duval moment" (when we first see his face) and the revelation of Duval's identity should really be counted as the same thing. I mean, it's when we see his face that we learn of his identity, so...

It's also arguable whether this:

"The identity of Ace´s father and White Beards true intentions towards Ace´s future in One Piece"

and this:

"Finding out that Ace's father was Gol D. Roger"

should be considered different things as well...

Just thought I'd mention it. ;) Other than that, it looks fine. Thanks for bringing on the updates! :cheerbunny

saladesu

December 24, 2010, 03:46 AM

Well, the Duval thing is nominated in the "WTF Moment"-category, not "Plot Twist". On the other hand, I agree that what you mentioned is definitely more of a plot twist than Ace being the son of Roger (which is dominating the Plot Twist-category) as well, so.. :p

And while we're on the subject: destiny! The "Duval moment" (when we first see his face) and the revelation of Duval's identity should really be counted as the same thing. I mean, it's when we see his face that we learn of his identity, so...

It's also arguable whether this:

"The identity of Ace´s father and White Beards true intentions towards Ace´s future in One Piece"

and this:

"Finding out that Ace's father was Gol D. Roger"

should be considered different things as well...

Just thought I'd mention it. ;) Other than that, it looks fine. Thanks for bringing on the updates! :cheerbunny

The nominations were recounted by M3J and you can see the most updated votes count in the individual thread ^^ In it, M3J counted them as the same thing :)

Hmmm for the second one, I'm not so sure. It's like the stuff in the second spoiler box is a subset of sorts of the stuff in the first spoiler box. The first spoiler box has 2 points in it, kinda ~___~

zelllogan

December 24, 2010, 03:49 AM

relory

December 24, 2010, 04:02 AM

Sorry I missed asking this earlier. Or rather, M3J is supposed to ask but he reefuses to. Soooo anyway, you need to choose one. Otherwise we won't be able to count either of them :sweat

oh, godammit :D I nominate the DGM-wtf then :p it just came so sudden on most readers, almost everyone went wtf lol :s

I see lots of flaws with D.Gray-man, for example the earlier action scenes were drawn really bad, and somewhere around chapter 177-188(or something) the art was messy (as the artist hurt her hand).. and yes, the flow in the story can change and be quite abrupt (excuse my bad English :oh)... when the story suddenly jumps ten hours/days/weeks foreward and later go back to explain what happened in the meantime, one can become confused :sweat (that sometimes happens in Naruto as well, but it's easier to follow there x'D)... it's definitely not perfect, but no manga has been perfect in my opinion.

To me DGM is the best manga overall (so far) simply because it's the only ongoing manga the latest years I've never been bored with (I've only been bored with the waiting time since it changed from weekly to monthly release :notrust)

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Claymore is a perfect manga (and anime too). If you haven't already read/watched it, you and everyone should, hehe :D

Organizized

December 24, 2010, 04:40 AM

Didn't even notice there were individual threads now. Thanks, saladesu! :tem

My last couple of nominations:

Best Villain: +1 vote for Yagami Light from Death Note.

Best Female Supporting Character: +1 vote for Major General Olivia Armstrong from Fullmetal Alchemist.

Best Chapter: ... ah, what the hell. +1 vote for One Piece Chapter 398 - Declaration of War. Not sure if this is the one I would really vote for, but I can't be arsed to read through every manga I've read to find a single best chapter. Out of the ones already nominated, this is the best one, so yeah, why not? Both emotional and epic, it's definitely one of the best One Piece chapters.

I'm skipping Best Kiss and Best Hairstyling because I don't really care about those. :p

ashher

December 24, 2010, 05:20 AM

@zellogan lenghth of an work can't really be an excuse to not being as good as any shorter work. If you are working with 3times greater lenghth, then you also have the chance of making it 3 times more epic. And if the writer feels its too difficult, then he should keep it within the length that he feels he can work with the best. Its like choosing the canvas for an artist. Also the logic about One Piece being fun is not the strongest point there is. Sure before criticizing a work one needs to understand what the writer is trying to do with and then judge how much of it he could achieve, but one also needs to consider what the writer aimed is worthy enough or not. Like one may find comedy serials these days like BBT, Arrested Development or even the classic Friends funnier than old gags of Chaplin, but you can't really say that these are better than Chaplin...because he simply aimed higher with his comedy.
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I wonder if naruto x sasuke kiss can even be counted as a real kiss...i thought it should be romantic something. That narusasu 'kiss' should be considered as a wtf moment, i believe.

relory

December 24, 2010, 05:43 AM

Personally, I found FMA's 10-20 last chapters rubbish. I completely lost interest. I don't have arguments to explain that but it's just the way it is. About One piece being so "hyped" ... I don't know ... I read more than 100 mangas in my life but I still think that One piece is above everything else by far. It's a typical adventure shounen but everything is just so well done ... it's so much fun.

Honestly, I sorta agree with you on the FMA-part, although I don't think it was terrible, I lost interest in it too :( But I was glad when the mangaka managed to finish it nicely and make a satisfying ending :tem not all mangas manages to do that :p

I also think, as a shounen manga, One Piece wins over all. It is very well done indeed! I do enjoy Naruto, Bleach, Reborn!, Conan etc a lot, but none of those (or other shounen) have reached the level of quality that One Piece has (they have their own qualities though :amuse).. It's quite amazing that it has over 600 chapters and still hasn't gone downhill.
Although D.Gray-man is my nomination for best overall manga, it's doesn't do well in the category "shounen" in my opinion, so no nomination there :p

benelori

December 24, 2010, 06:38 AM

Some things to take in consideration for best shounen between FMA & One piece.

FMA have monthly releases while One piece have weekly releases. So, FMA should be a more "finished" product.

FMA is only 109 chapters of around 40 pages while one piece is more than 600 chapters of around 18 pages. So, One piece is roughly 3 times longer than FMA. So, it's easier to not have bad periods for FMA.

Personally, I found FMA's 10-20 last chapters rubbish. I completely lost interest. I don't have arguments to explain that but it's just the way it is. About One piece being so "hyped" ... I don't know ... I read more than 100 mangas in my life but I still think that One piece is above everything else by far. It's a typical adventure shounen but everything is just so well done ... it's so much fun.

It is a pleasant read indeed...new worlds, great imagination...the story and the way Oda made use of the world he created definitely puts One Piece over any other shounen...but for many people the adventure itself is not enough, because now and then a good twist or a not so linear and simplist approach is welcome...or the cast, just look at how FMA has a wonderful cast and it can be seen from the number of votes in Best Cast...little things like this can separate one manga from another in terms of overall quality, and things such as Best Cast are more or less independent of the length of the plot
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Honestly, I sorta agree with you on the FMA-part, although I don't think it was terrible, I lost interest in it too :( But I was glad when the mangaka managed to finish it nicely and make a satisfying ending :tem not all mangas manages to do that :p

People lost interest because there was nothing new to reveal, except Ed's last trade and conversation with The Truth...things were pretty much wrapped up, and at such stage losing interest is a general reflex of the readers...
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I wonder if naruto x sasuke kiss can even be counted as a real kiss...i thought it should be romantic something. That narusasu 'kiss' should be considered as a wtf moment, i believe.

But lips touched, and Sakura and co. even remarked that Naruto's stole Sasuke's first kiss...

With this I would like to change my Best Kiss nomination from Naruto and Sasuke to Goomonryong and Shiho

MechR

December 24, 2010, 06:41 AM

Best Male Lead:
I nominate Munsu from Shin Angyo Onshi, for his badass cunning.

Best Male Supporting Character:
I second Hiruma Yoichi, from Eyeshield 21.

Best Female Lead:
I second Gally from Gunnm.

Best Female Supporting Character:
I nominate Erza Scarlet from Fairy Tail. It's great having a strong female active in the core group.

Best Shoujo Manga:
I nominate Magic Knight Rayearth, it being one of my first manga. It has a bit of everything: schoolgirls, humor, magic, mecha, plot twists.

Best Shounen Manga:
I nominate Eyeshield 21, for its great writing and use of secondary team members. I was not a football fan going in, but enjoyed it immensely.

Best Seinen Manga:
I nominate Shin Angyo Onshi, for its fantastic art and writing.

Best Costume Design:
I nominate Ragnarok (unless that doesn't count since it's Korean). Otherwise, I nominate Guyver for its awesome bio-armor and monster designs.

Best Villain:
I nominate Agon from Eyeshield 21, for being an arrogant yet undeniably talented monster.

Best Chapter:
I nominate Shin Angyo Onshi chapter 0, for the multiple instances of Munsu being a magnificent bastard.

Best Couple/ Pairing:
I nominate Exa and Sheila, from Superior. They're out to kill each other, but she joins his adventuring party in disguise and falls in love. It's sweet watching her develop into a better person from his influence.

Best Artwork:
I nominate Air Gear for its dynamism and insanely detailed metaphorical imagery.

Best WTF Moment:
Fairy Tail: Mistgun's face. That one really came out of nowhere.

Best plot-twist (Please write it inside tags.):
I second Aizen revealing himself as the villain in Bleach.

benelori

December 24, 2010, 06:43 AM

Oh yeah...by the way, if somebody wants to check just a separate category to see the results, threads have been created in this section with each category...so no need to search for the last update post for one category...it can be found separately

k-dom

December 24, 2010, 07:16 AM

Just my 2 cents on one piece and full metal alchemist. First FMA is finished while One Piece is only at the middle hence most of its mysteries ( void century, D, raftel) are still to be explained. So it's quite difficult to compare the 2 in term of plot. I guess we all expect a lot from Oda to end his manga with a Don. FMA ends was really satisfying and more or less everything was explained. Also I like the length, not too few not to many just what a good story deserve. The 1000 chapters of One Piece are quite horrifying when I think about them.
Concerning the cast, I find the Strawhat crew pretty good so far, so if Oda does not bring to many others it will be good. I also like the way how he re-use former characters like he did with Impel Down. Now he just have to give us a great villain. FMA did well on that part too with the seven sins and their father. Will Blackbeard do the job ?

AlB

December 24, 2010, 02:56 PM

I nominate/Support/Vote for

Best Male Supporting Character
L from Death Note – you never know what’s up with this guy, the level of ambiguity around him is spectacular, oh and he can eat sweets non-stop

Best Female Supporting Character
Major General Olivia Armstrong from Fullmetal Alchemist – whoever said the prowess of female characters is often downgraded in shonen manga certainly doesn’t know about this character, she is BRIGGS!!!

Best Shonen Manga
Death Note – mind games, sophisticated and controversial real-life philosophy mixed perfectly with the elements of fantasy.

Best Seinen Manga
Vinland Saga – amazing artwork and thrilling storyline

Best Costume Design
Kuroshitsuji/Black Butler – Victorian era costume designs are beautiful, elegance is in every character, even butlers ;)

Best Villain
Orochimaru from Naruto – charismatic, smart, cunning, cruel, selfish, strong and last, but most definitely not least (quite opposite in fact) – unpredictable.

Best Fight
Guys can we specify Final battle on The Promised Day in Fullmetal Alchemist. By term “battle” do we mean specific brawl between Ed and Father or does “battle” define every confrontation that followed Brigg’s invasion (Briggs vs Central, Greed/Granpa vs Bradley, etc)? I’ll withhold my vote for now

Best Color Page
Gantz Chapter 304 Page 2 – no explanation, just my taste :p

Best Double-Spread
Chapter 429, Page 6-7 from Naruto – Pain, the Demi-God of the shinobi world preparing to annihilate the strongest Ninja village in a single strike

Best Full Cast
Well, I don’t know if Durarara is nominated (it sure wasn’t in the categories) but what the hell, if smbd adds then I nominate Durarara :D

Best WTF Moment
From "Vinland Saga", when Askeladd beheaded King Sweyn – now that’s a WTF if I’ve seen one :p

Best plot-twist
Bleach – Aizen revealed as villain in Bleach/ Aizen’s betrayal of the Gotei 13 – honestly, who would have thought??

earthforge

December 24, 2010, 10:48 PM

I support Gutts from Berserk as Best Male Lead.

I support L from Death Note as Best Male Support.

I support Lum from Urusei Yatsura as Best Female Lead (can't help it, I was raised on that series).

I support Major General Olivia Armstrong from Fullmetal Alchemist as Best Female Support.

I support Psyren as Best Shounen Manga.

I nominate 07 Ghost for Best Josei Manga.

I support Berserk as Best Seinen Manga.

I support Yu-Gi-Oh for Best Hairstyles. (hey, that's what the series is about)

I support Kuroshitsuji for Best Costume Design. (I read it for nothing else)

I support Griffith from Berserk for Best Villain.

I nominate Himura Battousai versus Saito from Rurouni Kenshin for Best Fight. (very well done and gorgeous)

I support Naruto/ Chapter 503 for Best Color Spread.

I support Vol.27 page 44 of Berserk for Best Double Spread.

I support Kaoru and Kenshin from Rurouni Kenshin for Best Couple.

I support Samurai Deeper Kyo for Best Main Cast (that is a manga that is all about staring at the main cast).

I nominate Ao no Exorcist for Best Artwork.

I nominate Tegami Bachi for Best Manga Overall (it's got it all - artwork, fascinating plot, intriguing characters, etc.)

NoFreakingWay

December 25, 2010, 01:39 AM

Best Shounen Manga: Hunter x Hunter. It's a masterpiece that will never stoop down to shallow trends or saccharine artwork for attention. It has the deepest arc (Chimera Ant arc); interesting, multidimensional characters (ex. Hisoka); and also has one of the deepest energy systems (nen).

I nominate Chapter 291 of Hunter x Hunter as the Best chapter. A lot of people looked forward to this when it came out, because it was the first HxH chapter to be released after the infamous hiatus and it was the start of what seemed to be the most epic battle, powerwise, in HxH. Also, Netero's words all throughout that chapter were very profound and honest.

I nominate Drifters as Best New Manga. The concept of pitting historical figures against each other in a Lord Of the Rings like world is thrilling.

EDIT: Since Drifters started in 2009, this cannot be nominated. Too bad. Sorry for bringing up this nomination in the first place anyway.

godaijutsu-no-hito

December 25, 2010, 02:25 PM

Best Male Lead
Sakata Gintoki from Gintama

I was toying with the idea of nominating Dr. Tenma for best male lead role, but Sakata Gintoki just cracks me up. The non-chalant samurai character has a rare combination of being funny, deep and strength.

Best Male Supporting Character
L from Death Note

I thought L to be more of male lead rather than supporting character. But seeing as everyone seems to think he should be nominated as supporting character, I am putting him as my choice for best male supporting character. The guy is super cool and intelligent and I really really felt bad when he dies midway. A character who makes you feel so bad when he dies must be really well made character.

Best Female Lead
Balsa from Seirei no moribito

My alternative would be Motoko Kusanagi from Ghost in the Shell. Both characters are super strong and have a commanding presence in all the scenes, while still having a soft side to them. But, Balsa's character was more well rounded and well developed.

These two were definately among my choices for this category. Both are incredible females to be loved, respected, admired, attracted towards as they are both sexy, and feared! :D. I'm glad you nominated Balsa and mentioned "my" Queen Khan (Motoko Kusanagi's titles = the "Major" and "Queen Khan") HEHE, as you're runner-up!

Best Female Supporting Character
Sumiko Sumimura from Kekkaishi

This nomination made me realize how few mangas have good female supporting characters! This is not to take away from Sumiko Sumimura whose character possesses a mix of mystery, intrigue and a sense of overwhelming power. Every time she appears in the manga, I always felt elated to have her come back and do something or reveal something crucial and plot advancing.

Best Shoujo Manga

Pass on this one...haven't read enough of them.

Best Shounen Manga
Onepiece!!!

No doubt about this one in my mind. I have seen and read a lot of manga. But, in my view, Onepiece has almost optimal combination of fantastic storyline, characters, fun, adventure, badass fights and a sense of mystery. Oda's imagination knows no bounds primarily because of his original idea of independent islands. This makes every island they visit a unique one while developing a story that will eventually lead to Luffy becoming the pirate king. I wouldn't say it has the best storytelling ever, but it sure comes close.

Best Josei Manga

Haven't read enough to make a nomination.

Best Seinen Manga
Monster

This story has some fantastic storytelling in form a symphony where lots of instruments play together to bring the story to a high midway through and then starts over weaving various story elements together to a final crescendo at the end of manga. Loved the manga and the anime.

Best Hairstyling

Passing on this one.

Best Costume Design
Bleach

The shinigami costume is eye catching while everyone elses costumes are also well done. The one good thing I like about Bleach! :)

Best Villain
Johann Liebert from Monster

What can I say...He is the monster! This guy was a mastermind beyond any other. Psychologically toying with others and controlling everything from shadows sent chills down my spine. He embodied the most complete villain in my opinion. I would have hands down nominated Orochimaru but he got completely marginalized due to Kishimoto's sharingan mania. Orochimaru really gave me the creeps.

Best Fight
Onepiece, SH vs Gekko Moria and Oz

Definitely an awesome fight. SHs came together to fight the giant and what a great fight it was with a great finale. Naruto vs Pain would close second but somehow the anime version just didn't come out right...which spoiled the picture in my mind somewhat.

Best Kiss
Naruto and Sasuke

Boy was that scene funny or what!

Best Color Page
Naruto:
http://www.mangafox.com/manga/naruto/v52/c503/2.html

Cracked me up when I saw it first. Good job by Kishi there.

Best Double-Spread

Too many to decide from...maybe will do this later. Onepiece and Mahou Sensei Nijima have some of the most spectacular art in double spreads.

Best Chapter
One Piece Chapter 398 - Declaration of War

It is very hard to hand pick any one chapter and call it the best. But, this chapter of onepiece was very moving and created an awesome sense of anticipation.

Best Couple/ Pairing
Rock and Revy from Black Lagoon

Rock and Revy pairing felt most real to me in the manga setting. I don't think a shonen manga can show the right kind of emotions involved in a pairing.

Best Full Cast
Onepiece

There is no question about it. What makes onepiece so awesome is the full cast and the fantastic story. The cast works very well together. From, strawhats to WG to yonkous to supernovas to individual island folk. The cast in onepiece is huge and yet harmoniously together.

Best Artwork
Mahou sensei nigima

This artist is really good at drawing detailed frames. His art is really good. If only he would dispense with all the fan service...but even then, I would make this nomination.

Best WTF Moment
Revelation of Duval's identity in One Piece

That really came out of nowhere! Nobody could possibly have predicted it...and it was awesome!

Best plot-twist (Please write it inside spoiler tags.)
Aizen revealed as villain in Bleach/ Aizen’s betrayal of the Gotei 13

Didn't see that coming at all. It was this plot--twist that made me like the manga so much back then. I don't feel as strongly about the manga now, but that plot twist was truly fantastic and well orchestrated.

Best new series (For a nomination to be accepted for this category, the start date must be 2010)

Pass

Best Manga Overall
Onepiece.

This story has it all...drama, intrigue, mystery, adventure and awesome fights. What more would you want from a manga!

scav

December 25, 2010, 04:24 PM

here my vote for best color page:
one piece 609:
http://i4.mangareader.net/one-piece/609/one-piece-1707227.jpg

Hystzen

December 25, 2010, 04:59 PM

for those grumbling over Bleach votes for Artwork..

you gota look at it in a different way the trouble i find with manga is artist get so carried away putting stuff into one frame or a page it looks bit messy.

e.g http://www.mangafox.com/manga/naruto/v49/c463/4.html
it seems bit over board sometimes..if people dont like sometimes drawing style where your eyes are drawn to people only then your choice really.

although

im shocked this page not been put forward i prefer it too the one got 2 votes
http://www.mangafox.com/manga/bleach/v47/c417/2.html

and this colour page was amazing
http://www.mangafox.com/manga/bleach/v47/c424/3.html

rajin

December 26, 2010, 05:03 AM

I APOLOGIZE FOR USING SUCH A STRONG COLOUR AND CAPITAL LETTERS.

WHY NOT MULTIPLE NOMINATIONS ACCEPTED

THERE ARE 100'S OF GOOD MANGA WITH 100'S OF GOOD CHARACTERS

WHOMEVER I LISTED IN BOLD AND RED ARE MY FAVORITE FOR THIS POLL .

BUT FOR ME ALL ARE EQUAL . ALSO MOST OF THE NOMINEE ARE FROM

SINCE ITS NOT AN ACCURATE POLL AND NOMINATIONS PROCESS
I AM REMOVING WHOMEVER I VOTED FOR BECAUSE THEY DESERVE MORE

BEST MALE LEAD

1.. EDWARD ELRIC ====== FROM FULL MEAL ALCHEMIST

1.. ALPHONSE ELRIC ====== FROM FULL MEAL ALCHEMIST

1.. LIGHT RAITO YAGAMI

1.. TAIRA CAPETA ====== CAPETA

1.. TATSUYA UESUGI === FROM TOUCH

1.. YAMATO AKITSUKI ======= FROM SUZUKA

1.. HAZAMA SHOU ============= FROM AKUMETSU

SORRY ALPHONSE ITS JUST A POLL

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

1.. KAZUYA UESUGI ========== FROM TOUCH

1.. L LAWLIET ============== FROM DEATH NOTE

1.. HAZAMA SHOU =========== FROM AKUMETSU

1.. YASUNOBU HATTORI ======== FROM SUZUKA

1.. COLONEL ROY MUSTANG ========= FROM FULL METAL ALCHEMIST

ALL ARE MY FAVORITES WHOM SHOULD I CHOSE

i didn't read many manga's this year but whatever i read is a quality material

TOP MANGA ( ALL THREE MANGA I STARTED TO READ THIS YEAR)

1.. DEATH NOTE CLAYMORE

1.. SUZUKA TOUCH FULL METAL ALCHEMIST VAMPIRE KNIGHT

1.. AKUMETSU GINEN SHOUNEN(i didn't read ginen)

TOP VILLAINS

1.. TOBI AKA UCHIHA MADARA ===== A SUPPORTER OF HIM

1.. AIZEN

1.. OROCHIMARU

1.. TRAINS AND TRAVELING AROUND PLACE WHICH ALWAYS CAUSE DISTANCE BETWEEN LOVERS

1.. FATHER FROM FULL METAL ALCHEMIST

BEST FEMALE LEAD

1.. WINRY ROCKBELL ============= FROM FULL METAL ALCHEMIST

1.. CLAIRE ================ FROM CLAYMORE

1.. ASAHINA SUZUKA ============== SUZUKA

1.. MINAMI ASAKURA ============== FROM TOUCH

ALL THREE 3 OF THEM ARE STRONG AND SUCH CHARACTERS ARE RARE IN MANGA INDUSTRY .

BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE

1.. MIKI ========= FROM SUZUKA

1.. MARIA ROSS ========== FROM FULL METAL ALCHEMIST

OOPS I WANTED TO GIVE NAME OF MAJOR GENERAL BUT I GAVE NAME OF A CHARACTER

WHICH DIDN'T PLAY MUCH PART INTO THE MANGA

THE REAL NOMINEE IS

1.. OLIVIER MIRA ARMSTRONG === FROM FULL METAL ALCHEMIST

OH MY GOSH RIGHT NOW I REMEMBERED ITS NOT ARMSTRONG FAMILY

BUT IS

1.. RIZA HAWKEYE ============== FROM FULL METAL ALCHEMIST

I NOMINATE ALL 3 OF THEM BUT MY INTENTION IS TO BRING RIZA HAWKEYE FORWARD

BEST MANGA SERIES

FULL METAL ALCHEMIST

BEST ARTWORK

FULL METAL ALCHEMIST

BEST PLOT AND CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT

FULL METAL ALCHEMIST

BEST HAIRSTYLE

EDWARD ELRIC AND AIZEN

BEST WTF THE MOMENT OF THE YEAR FROM A MANGA

FULL METAL ALCHEMIST MANGA'S FUTURE AND ITS COMPLETING OR

ENDING IN JUNE 2010 .

MOST SHOCKING ARE THE FUTURE REVELATIONS ACTUALLY THOSE

FUTURE REVELATIONS ARE PRESENT REVELATIONS

EDWARD ELRIC BEING TALL AND HAVING 2 KIDS

BEST DOUBLE SPREAD

FROM FULL METAL ALCHEMIST CHAPTER 108 LAST 2 PAGES WHERE

CURRENT AND PRESENT SITUATION OF CHARACTERS IS SHOWN .

http://www.mangareader.net/116-53187-106/full-metal-alchemist/chapter-108.html

BEST SHOUNEN MANGA

FULL METAL ALCHEMIST

BEST SHOUJO MANGA

VAMPIRE KNIGHT

ITS THE ONLY SHOUJO MANGA I EVER READ

BEST COUPLE

EDWARD ELRIC AND WINRY ROCKBELL ============= FROM FULL METAL ALCHEMIST

BEST PAIR FOR FIGHTS

SASUKE AND NARUTO

TOBIRAMA SENJU AND IZUNA UCHIHA

MADARA UCHIHA AND HASHIRAMA SENJU

TOBI AND ZETSU AND KABUTO

I DON'T READ ANY JOSEI OR SEINEN

BEST KISS

THERE WASN'T ANY KISS PANEL OR SCENE IN FULL METAL ALCHEMIST

BEST CHAPTER

FULL METAL ALCHEMIST 108 FINALE IS THE BEST OF THIS SERIES

HAPPY ENDING WE COME TO KNEW WHAT HAPPENED AFTER SOME YEARS

EVERYONE HAPPY WHAT ELSE WE NEED .

BEST FULL CAST

FULL METAL ALCHEMIST

benelori

December 26, 2010, 06:20 AM

ALL ARE MY FAVORITES WHOM SHOULD I CHOSE

You choose the ones that gave you the most excitement...you can choose considering their best moments in the manga, how many times have U reread those moments etc...it's about favorites

Also, rajin, could you please not use all caps, as it's considered bad/rude ettiquette online, including on this site.

zelllogan

December 26, 2010, 01:01 PM

Best Double-Spread:
I nominate Fairy tail chapter 48 pg 08-09 : WE ARE FAIRY TAIL:
http://www.ourmanga.com/manga/Fairy_Tail/Chapter-48/fairy-048-08-09.png

M3J

December 26, 2010, 03:29 PM

Best Male Lead
Uzumaki Naruto from Naruto.

I wanted to vote Yusuke, but while he's better I find Naruto to be a deeper character. Goku and Luffy aren't as deep even if Goku is the basis of most shounen characters. Naruto isn't just about protecting his friends and fighting because he has to, but he's had pain that gave him complexity. His desire to be acknowledged changed into desire to protect his loved ones, which stemmed from being hated by his entire village. Yusuke and Naruto both fight for their loved ones, Yusuke fights because he enjoys it, and Naruto fights because he wants to make a name for himself, but Naruto has a pain in him that encourages him to fight. Their desire to protect their friends give them freakish strength and stamina, but the Kyuubi in Naruto give him one hell of a powerup. We've seen many sides of Naruto, serious side, funny side, sad side, stupid side, smart side, and etc, and he can be epic when he wants to be. Yusuke has mostly displayed his funny side and idiotic side, as well as a battle junky side.

Funny thing is, both are pretty idiotic, though Naruto tends to be smart while Yusuke gambles and has luck on his side. :XD

Best Male Supporting Character
Kurama hands down. He came before Kakashi and Itachi and thus is my favorite. Not only Kurama is smart at such young age (I think around 17?), but he's extremely reliable. Although he was previously a demon/hosts a demon inside him, Kurama's personality is what makes him, to me, epic, not Yoko Kurama's. He makes plants an extremely dangerous combination, and not even immobilizing him or keeping his step-brother and mother as hostage will stop him from beating the shit out of you, even if he has to die to do it. Kurama is basically a good guy, pretending to have been bad because he wanted to save his mother (and was ultimately saved by Yusuke offering half of his life in return).
If any of you have seen Kurama's angry face when that video game kid was beaten, you'd definitely know he deserves to be in the lead.

Hiei comes close, but even he can't beat Kurama. Although Vegeta is awesome, Hiei > Vegeta any time, though they and Zoro from One Piece are awesome!

Best Female Lead
Hmm... does Nami count? Even though she's not the lead of One Piece, she still plays a pivotal part as its navigator. Simply put: she's funny, and she's very smart, with that beauty of hers. She won't hesitate to punch Luffy, her captain, and Zoro, the first-mate, two extremely powerful pirates. Hell, she can even hurt Luffy with her normal punches whereas it takes a lot for others to hurt Luffy!

Best Shounen Manga
To me, it has to be Yu Yu Hakusho. Not only is it more complex than Dragon Ball, but the fights aren't as repeated and unlike Naruto, all protagonists, or most anyway, are still important. Hiei, Kurama, and Kuwabara still kick ass even if they can't take on the boss. Yusuke is pretty funny, perverted, and idiotic but reliable when the time comes. Like Naruto and Luffy, he's willing to die for his friends, though like Goku, he loves to fight and it isn't just about his loved ones while he fights.

Best Seinen Manga
I like AIKI. It's pretty hilarious along with ecchi and fights. Great combination! limited knowledge here though. :(

Best Villain
Haguro Dou from Wolfen Crest? He's pretty effed up.

Best Fight
Pirates against Marine against Blackbeard Pirates from One Piece. Not only did it set in stage for what happened afterwards, but it was pretty interesting to see. I wanted to say Luffy vs. Arlong, but this had more of an emotional impact.

Best Color Page
Naruto Chapter 503 (http://www.mangafox.com/manga/naruto/v52/c503/2). We saw how life could have been like had Kushina and Minato been alive. It was sad, yet cool to see. :(

Best Double-Spread
One Piece (http://www.mangareader.net/103-2609-18/one-piece/chapter-502.html) Chapter 502, page 18. This is more of a symbolism than anything; a commoner and a known criminal is punching an evil man, a descendant of the founder of the world, because he shot his friend. The evil man is a part of Tenryuubito, who can do anything they like and are considered to be the most prestigious. People can't do anything, even if the Tenryuubito do evil and horrible stuff. Luffy may be an airhead, but he punched Charlos purely because Charlos was horrible and shot Hachi for no reason other than discrimination. I hate Charlos for the type of guy he is, so I loved seeing Luffy punch him.

Best Chapter
One Piece Chapter 398 - Declaration of War

Need I say anything? So heartwarming and so awesome, especially the way Luffy and SHP were willing to take on the government just for one member of their nakama! so epic and so awesome!

Best Couple/ Pairing
Yoshina Ageha and Amamiya Sakurako from Psyren

Best Full Cast
One Piece? Even bad guys tend to be useful/important here, like Crocodile, Bon Clay, and Mr. 3. The heroes themselves (the SHP anyway) even have their own fights almost every arc and usually come out on top. Unlike Naruto or even Dragon Ball Z to some extent, without most of the characters in One Piece, it's just not that good a manga and the characters themselves would be missed.

Best WTF Moment
Goku could go Super Saiyan. Dragonball Z.

Best plot-twist (Please write it inside spoiler tags.)
Yusuke was half demon.

Best Manga Overall
Hmm. Yu Yu Hakusho for me.

Oh, and I didn't count my own categories here yet. I will later.

zelllogan

December 26, 2010, 04:01 PM

Best Shounen Manga
To me, it has to be Yu Yu Hakusho. Not only is it more complex than Dragon Ball, but the fights aren't as repeated and unlike Naruto

Best Manga Overall
Hmm. Yu Yu Hakusho for me.

Wowww ... That's an extremely weird choice. Yu Yu Hakusho isn't even recognized as the best manga from Togashi. How can you choose this over Hunter x Hunter ???

Edit to answer post below (to avoid trolling): I didn't say it was bad. Yu Yu is good but nowhere near HxH. ... I agree with some stuff you said (Hiei > Vegeta, Full cast still being relevant near the end, ...) but come on, HxH have a better cast, a better scenario, is more original & have the most complex battle system in shounen's history.

Basically, Yu Yu Hakusho is a mazda mx5 (good all around & fun) but HxH is a supercar ...
As I don't want trolling, I'll stop there with this discussion

M3J

December 26, 2010, 04:11 PM

There is such thing as underrated and underappreciated, yanno. Yu Yu Hakusho's pretty good whether people believe it or not.

Oh, so you like Hunter x Hunter that much. Sorry, but I never read Hunter x Hunter. You can ask Kait, he'll confirm it. Other than praising Yu Yu Hakusho, he agrees with you. I will read Hunter x Hunter eventually though. ;)

Shinsatsu

December 26, 2010, 04:33 PM

Best Villain
Haguro Dou from Wolfen Crest? He's pretty effed up.
OMFG, I forgot about this one. I'm so glad that someone nominated him :D thanks M3J

destiny4ever

December 26, 2010, 10:16 PM

Thank you very much for the nominations guys! :) I really appreciate your awesome participation and contribution to the MH Manga Awards.

The list of nominees has been updated. If you notice any errors or mistakes, or if something is missing please let me know.

Awards Categories

Best Male Lead

Gutts from Berserk (8 votes)
Allen Walker from D.Gray-man (4 votes)
Yoshina Ageha from Psyren (5 votes)
Miyamoto Musahi from Vagabond
Sakata Gintoki from Gintama (4 votes)
Kenji Endo from 20th/21st Century Boys (2 votes)
Natsu Dragneel from Fairy Tail (2 votes)
Naruto Uzumaki from Naruto (7 votes)
Kenshiro from Hokuto no Ken/Fist of the North Star
Son Goku from Dragonball (3 votes)
Onizuka Eiikichi from Great Teacher Onizuka (5 votes)
Vash the Stampede from Trigun
Alucard from Hellsing (3 votes)
Monkey D. Luffy from One Piece
Kei Kurono from Gantz
Tenma (Saint Seiya TLC)
Akiyama from Liar Game
Light Yagami /Kira from Death note
Munsu from Shin Angyo Onshi

Best Male Supporting Character
L from Death Note (17 votes)
Inspector Heinrich Runge from Monster
Wolfgang Grimmer from Monster
Niizuma Eiji from Bakuman
Kandu Yuu from D. Gray Man
Gauche Suede from Tegami Bachi
Black Star from Soul Eater (3 votes)
Nagumo Souichirou from The Lucifer and Biscuit Hammer
Shichiro Ougi from Kekkaishi
Hiruma Youichi from Eyeshield 21 (3 votes)
Gaara from Naruto (2 votes)
Thorkell from Vinland Saga
Colonel Roy Mustang from Fullmetal Alchemist (4 votes)
Roronoa Zoro from One Piece (2 votes)
Uryu Ishida from Bleach
Askeladd from Vinland Saga (2 votes)
Pierrot Bolneze (Yakitate!! Japan)
Killua from Hunter x Hunter
Rock Lee from Naruto
Furuichi from Beelzebub
Akito 'Shujin' Takagi from Bakuman
Norman Burg from Big O
Kanda Yuu from D.gray-man
Vegeta from Dragon Ball
Itagaki Manabu from Hajime no Ippo
Kyouya Ootori from Ouran High School Host Club
Kakashi from Naruto
Kurama from Yu Yu Hakusho

Best Female Lead

Misaki Ayuzawa from Kaichou Wa Maid Sama
Claire from Claymore (5 votes)
Yato Kagura from Gintama (2 votes)
Gally from Gunnm (aka. Battle Angel Alita) (8 votes)
Seras Victora of Hellsing (2 votes)
Haruko Haruhara from FLCL
Asahina Samidare from The Lucifer and Biscuit Hammer
Kurokami Medaka from Medaka Box
Yukimura Tokine from Kekkaishi
Yotsuba from Yotsubato! (3 votes)
Lum from Urusei Yatsura (2 votes)
Revy from Black Lagoon (4 votes)
Risa from Lovely Complex (2 votes)
Usagi Tsukino from Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon
Sawako Kurasawa from Kimi ni Todoke
Arale from Dr. Slump
Nausicaä from Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (4 votes)
Sakurano Amamiya from Psyren
Rossette Christopher from Chrno Crusade
Maka Albarn from Soul Eater
Haruhi Fujioka from Ouran High School Host Club
Balsa from Seirei no moribito
Nami from One Piece

Best Female Supporting Character

Fee of Planetes (3 votes)
Major General Olivia Armstrong from Fullmetal Alchemist (7 votes)
Schierke from Berserk (4 votes)
Sumiko Sumimura from Kekkaishi (3 votes)
Alice from Pandora Hearts
Jegal Mihyang from Change Guy
Itsuki Akiba from I"s
Oikawa Tsurara (Yuki-onna) from Nurarihyon no Mago (2 votes)
Dorothy T. Catalonia from New Mobile Report Gundam Wing: Battlefield of Pacifists and is the ESUN President during Frozen Teardrop
Kurumi from Kimi ni Todoke
Miria from Claymore
Asuka, Kimi no Iru Machi
Minako Aino, Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon
Reiko Catherine Akimoto from Kochikame
Yūko Ichihara in "XXX Holic" (3 votes)
Kanna Endo from 20th century boys
Erza Scarlet from Fairy Tail

Best Shoujo Manga

Fruits Basket (3 votes)
Hana Kimi (Hanazakari no Kimitachi e)
Vampire Knight (3 votes)
Shinshi Doumei Cross/The Gentleman's Alliance Cross
Kimi no Todoke (3 votes)
Nana (2 votes)
X/1999 by CLAMP (2 votes)
Lovely Complex (4 votes)
Trinity Blood
Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon (2 votes)
Kaichou wa Maid-sama!
Cardcaptor Sakura
Magic Knight Rayearth

Best Shounen Manga

Naruto (9 votes)
Death Note (5 votes)
One Piece (17 votes)
Psyren (4 votes)
Fullmetal Alchemist (8 votes)
Tegami Bachi (Letter Bee)
Kekkaishi
Shingeki no Kyojin
Hajime no ippo
Muhyo to roujie
Hunter x Hunter (3 votes)
Nurarihyon no Mago
Dr. Gray man
Soul Eater
Eyeshield 21
Yu Yu Hakusho

Best Josei Manga

Kuragehime
Amatsuki (4 votes)
Nodame Cantabile (7 votes)
Kimi wa Petto
Landreaall
Pumpkin and Mayonnaise
Honey & Clover
Saiyuki
07 Ghost

Best Seinen Manga

Blame!
K-ON (2 votes)
Vagabond
Berserk (12 votes)
DOGS Bullets and Carnage (2 votes)
Monster (4 votes)
REAL
Vinland Saga (3 votes)
AKIRA
Holyland
Imuri
Gantz (4 votes)
Liar Game (2 votes)
Noramimi
Gunnm: Last Order (2 votes)
Me and the Devil Blues
Big O
20th Century Boys (2 votes)
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
Blade of the Immortal (Mugen no Jounin)
xxxHolic
Octave
Shin Angyo Onshi
AIKI

Best Hairstyling
Bleach (11 votes)
Sayonara, Zetsubou Sensei
Yu-gi-oh! (8 votes)
Kateikyoushi Hitman Reborn! (4 votes)
Psyren
Shiki
Hatsukoi Ltd.
Dragonball (4 votes)
History's Strongest Disciple Kenichi
Nurarihyon no Mago
Veritas
Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle

Best Costume Design
Tegami Bachi (Letter Bee) (3 votes)
Berserk Armor, "when the helm is on"
Yu-Gi-Oh!
Katekyo Hitman Reborn (4 votes)
Fairy Tail
Fullmetal Alchemist (2 votes)
Kuroshitsuji/Black Butler (4 votes)
D.Gray-Man (6 votes)
Otoyomegatari (2 votes)
Worst
I"s
Bleach (6 votes)
Claymore
Arakawa Under the Bridge
Great Teacher Onizuka
Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicles (3 votes)
Naruto
Soul Eater
Sasuke from Naruto Part 2
xxxHolic
Ragnarok

Best Villain
Johann Liebert from Monster (6 votes)
Orochimaru from Naruto (7 votes)
Millennium Earl from D.Gray-Man (4 votes)
Priscilla from Claymore
Aizen from Bleach (2 votes)
Takasugi Shinsuke from Gintama
“Nosferatu” Zodd from Berserk
Griffith from Berserk (4 votes)
Kabuto from Naruto
Askeladd from Vinland Saga
Father from FullmetalAlchemist (4 votes)
Yami Marik Ishtar from Yu-Gi-Oh
Freeza from Dragonball (2 votes)
Blackbeard, One Piece (2 votes)
Aji Tae, Shin Angyo no Onshi
Kizaru Taisho from One Piece
Tenkaisei Mefisutoferesu no Yōma (Yoma from SS TLC)
Hagoromo-Gitsune from Nurarihyon no Mago
Shishio Makoto from Rurouni Kenshin
Hisoka from Hunter x Hunter
Shira from Blade of the Immortal (Mugen no Jounin).
"Friend" from 20th century boys
Light Yagami from Death Note (2 votes)
Sasuke from Naruto
Agon from Eyeshield 21
Haguro Dou from Wolfen Crest

Best Fight
Bleach, Ichigo VS Ulquiorra Final battle
Vagabond, Miyamoto Musashi (Shinmen Takezo) vs Yoshioka School (2 votes)
Vinland Saga, Thorkkell's duel with Thorrfinn (3 votes)
Hellsing, Alucard vs Anderson
Fairy Tail, Natsu vs. Gildartz
Naruto, Naruto vs. Pain (7 votes)
Naruto, Minato vs. Madara (3 votes)
Naruto, Naruto vs Sasuke at the Valley of the End (3 votes)
Hajime no Ippo , Takamura Mamoru VS Brian Hawk (3 votes)
Bleach, Kurosaki Ichigo vs Kuchiki Byakuya from Bleach - their 3rd and final encounter.
Clare vs. Rigardo (the entire fight between them)
Final battle on The Promised Day in Fullmetal Alchemist (2 votes)
The second Musashi vs. Inshun in Vagabond
Bleach, Ichigo vs Renji 2nd fight
One Piece, Zoro vs. Ryuuma
Night of the Eclipse, Berserk
Naruto, Konan vs Madara
Hunter x Hunter, Lucifer vs Kurapika (HxH)
Naruto, Rock Lee vs Kimimaro
One Piece, Luffy vs Luchi
Naruto, Rock Lee vs Gaara
Shigurui, Fujiki Gennosuke vs Irako Seigen
Guts vs Wyald from Berserk
Akiyama vs Yokoya contraband game Liar game
Whitebeard vs. Marines and Blackbeard from One Piece
Naruto, Jiraiya vs Pain
Himura Battousai versus Saito from Rurouni Kenshin
Onepiece, SH vs Gekko Moria and Oz
Pirates against Marine against Blackbeard Pirates from One Piece

Best Kiss
Kaicho wa maid-sama Misaki and Usui sharing a kiss in chapter 32 (2 votes)
Claymore Clare kissing Raki (2 votes)
Berserk Gatsu and Caska sharing a kiss
Naruto Naruto and Sasuke kissing (9 votes)
The Breaker Chunwoo (or Goomoonryong) and Shiho from the breaker (3 votes)
Kimi no Iru Machi Haruto and Asuka
Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Sailor Moon and Sailor Uranus
Kaicho wa maid-sama Chapter 37 (The pocky game kiss)

Best Color Page
Naruto/ Chapter 503 (11 votes)
http://www.mangafox.com/manga/naruto/v52/c503/2.html
One Piece / Chapter 598
http://www.mangafox.com/manga/one_piece/v59/c598/4.html (3 votes)
Vagabond, Volume 21, Chapter 181
http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/5329062/vagabond_156197.jpg.html
Aria / Chapter (?) (3 votes)
http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/7192/aria4.jpg
The perfect player from Eyeshield 21
http://www.mangareader.net/134-6992-...apter-217.html
Naruto / chapter 377 (2 votes)
http://www.mangafox.com/manga/naruto/v41/c377/2.html
chapter 516 from One Piece
http://5.p.s.mfcdn.net/store/manga/106/53-516.0/compressed/01_02.jpg
Chapter 307 page 3 from Gantz
http://www.mangareader.net/97-39601-3/gantz/chapter-307.html (2 votes)
Gantz Chapter 304 Page 2
http://www.mangareader.net/97-34409-2/gantz/chapter-304.html (2 votes)
Bleach, Ch. 350
http://manga.bleachexile.com/bleach-...63-page-4.html
Dragonball last chapter, remember page: http://comic.dragonballcn.com:1080/l...fpp=10&fid=219
D.gray-man chapter 121
http://img294.imageshack.us/i/ch12101.jpg/
Nabari no Ou (The pages in the middle of the last chapter)
From Gundam 00f manga
http://manga.animea.net/mobile-suit-...10-page-4.html
Chapter 60, page 1 from of Blade of the Immortal by Hiroaki Samura.
http://www.mangavolume.com/blade-of-...e-immortal-60/
Chapter 416: Deicide 18 (The End) from Bleach
http://manga.bleachexile.com/bleach-chapter-429-page-2.html
Naruto Chapter 520
http://mangastream.com/read/naruto/49041835/2
One Piece 609:
http://i4.mangareader.net/one-piece/609/one-piece-1707227.jpg

Best Double-Spread
Berserk: 1st time Gutts used Berserk Armor and came out of that monster
http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__...rk_v26_201.jpg
Bleach: Ichigo’s final transformation (2 votes) http://www.mangafox.com/manga/bleach/v47/c420/12.html
Zatch Bell/ Chapter 319
http://www.mangareader.net/266-35597-10/zatch-bell/chapter-319.html
Naruto: Minato & Kushina protecting baby Naruto (4 votes)
http://www.mangafox.com/manga/naruto/v52/c504/8.html
Oyasumi Punpun, Volume 2, Chapter 17 (2 votes)
http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/4485970/Oyasumi_Punpun_v02_090-091.png.html
20th Century Boys
http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/4434/20thcenturyboysv08c02p0.jpg (2 votes)
Chapter 429, Page 6-7 from Naruto
(Pain floating over Konoha, Konoha is drawn in awesome detail)
Nurarihyon No Mago - Chapter 86
http://www.mangareader.net/456-41895...hapter-86.html
Sakuragi and Rukawa claping hands from Slam Dunk
http://www.mangareader.net/119-5958-...apter-276.html
Naruto - Gaara using Desert Prison:
http://www.mangafox.com/manga/naruto/v28/c248/18.html
Nurarihyon no Mago 117 pg8-9.
http://manga.bleachexile.com/nurarihyon-no-mago-chapter-119-page-8.html (2 votes)
Berserk - Griffith unifying humans and apostles under his banner
http://view.thespectrum.net/series/b...ume+34&page=94
Chapter 307, page 13 from Berserk for Best Double Spread
http://www.mangareader.net/96-34049-13/berserk/chapter-307.html
Best Double Page- Gantz
http://www.mangareader.net/97-40410-...apter-308.html
Bleach, Ch. 316 top3 Espada
http://manga.bleachexile.com/bleach-...6-page-12.html
One Piece 590 (Luffy)
http://www.mangareader.net/103-54923...apter-590.html
Berserk: Gatsu and Zodd in Lightning
http://moetron.com/mystuff/ps2berserk_re42.jpg
D.Gray-man, chapter 167 (both heartwarming and.. heartbreaking?):
http://i15.mangareader.net/dgray-man...man-343119.jpg
One Piece - Chapter 599 pages 18-19 Zoro`s return after 2Y - Hilarious, epic, and badass - All at the same time!
http://read.mangashare.com/One-Piece...9/page017.html
The Eclipse from Vol.27 page 44 of Berserk
http://view.thespectrum.net/series/berserk-chapter-318.html?ch=Volume+27&page=44 (2 votes)
Chapter 429, Page 6-7 from Naruto
Fairy tail chapter 48 pg 08-09 : WE ARE FAIRY TAIL:
http://www.ourmanga.com/manga/Fairy_...-048-08-09.png
One Piece Chapter 502, page 18
http://www.mangareader.net/103-2609-18/one-piece/chapter-502.html

Best Chapter
Fairy Tail - Chapter 206
Bleach - Chapter 421 – The Final Getsuga Tensho, Aizen defeated and pissed off (for the first time) and Urahara showing that he's really the most badass character in Bleach
Naruto - Chapter 436
Naruto - Chapter 430 (2 votes)
Fullmetal Alchemist - Chapter 107 (4 votes)
One Piece - Chapter 485 - Member of the Strawhat crew: Pirate Hunter Zoro (2 votes)
Naruto - Chapter 504 (2 votes)
One Piece Chapter 398 - Declaration of War (4 votes)
H2, chapter 212
Bleach, Ch. 339: The Deathbringer Numbers
Nurarihyon no Mago - chapter 133
D.Gray-Man, chapter 184 "Neogyps"
Shin Angyo Onshi chapter 0
Chapter 291 of Hunter x Hunter

Best Couple/ Pairing
Ed & Winry from Fullmetal Alchemist (8 votes)
Orihime X Ulquiorra from Bleach
Yoshina Ageha and Amamiya Sakurako from Psyren (6 votes)
Rock and Revy from Black Lagoon (3 votes)
Hachimiki and Tanabe from Planetes
Black Star and Tsubaki Nakatsuka from Soul Eater
Roy Mustang x Riza Hawkeye from Fullmetal Alchemist (2 votes)
Naruto x Hinata from Naruto (3 votes)
Chiaki Shinichi x Noda Megumi from Nodame Cantabile
Meiko and Taneda from Solanin
Ko and Aoba from Cross Game
Lum and Moroboshi Ataru from Urusei Yatsura
Shoot! - Toshi x Kasumi
Saiko x Azuki from Bakuman
Kraft Lawrence <3 Holo the Wise Wolf in Spice and Wolf
Risa x Otani, Lovely Complex (2 votes)
Haruto and Asuka, Kimi no Iru Machi
Haruka Tenoh and Michiru Kaio from Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon
Gon & Killua from Hunter x Hunter (2 votes)
RikuoxTsurara from Nurarihyon no Mago
Syaoran and Sakura from Cardcaptor Sakura / Sakura and Syaoran from Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle (2 votes)
Kei Kurono & Tae in Gantz
Haruka Toyama and Mamoru Hijikata from Until Death Do Us Part
Himura Kenshin and Kamiya Kaoru from Rurouni Kenshin (2 votes)
Ichimaru Gin and Matsumoto Rangiku from Bleach
Minato x Kushina from Naruto
Exa and Sheila, from Superior

Best Full Cast
Fullmetal Alchemist (15 votes)
Claymore
One Piece (11 votes)
Kekkaishi
Eyeshield 21 (4 votes)
Naruto (4 votes)
Samurai Deeper Kyo (2 votes)
Fairy Tail
Dragonball
D.Gray-Man
Soul Eater
Kateikyoushi Hitman Reborn!
Bleach
Ouran High School Host Club
Durarara!!

Best Artwork
Claymore
Blame! (2 votes)
Berserk (5 votes)
Vinland Saga (2 votes)
REAL
Bleach (5 votes)
Vagabond (3 votes)
Fullmetal Alchemist
Tegami Bachi (3 votes)
Umineko Episode 3: Banquet of the Golden Witch
Nurarihyon no Mago (3 votes)
I''s
Kateikyoushi Hitman Reborn! (2 votes)
Ultra Heaven
Hajime no Ippo
Me and the Devil Blues
D.Gray-Man (4 votes)
XXXHolic
Blade of the Immortal
The Breaker
Trinity Blood
Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle
Air Gear
Ao no Exorcist
Mahou sensei nigima

Best WTF Moment
L's media stunt on Kira in Death Note (2 votes)
Aizen changing forms in Bleach/ Aizen's Butterfly transformation in Bleach (5 votes)
Fake Robin with the cucumber in One Piece (Chapter 598)
Revelation of Duval's identity in One Piece / "The Duval Moment" when we first see Duval's face. (Chapter 494/ Pg. 19) (8 votes)
Thorkell and Willibald - "Whichever created Liquor" (Vinland Saga)
In The Lucifer and Biscuit Hammer, when Blues Drive Monster is revealed.
When Enel relizes that his powers are ineffective against Luffy (Chapter 279)
Kekkaishi - When we learnt just how badly the Founder messed up his son's life; and indirectly, every Kekkaishi's life for 400 years,
Oyasumi Punpun, Volume 1, Headmaster and vice principle playing Hide-and-seek
From "Vinland Saga", when Askeladd beheaded King Sweyn and his death following/ Askeladd suddenly insulting and killing King Sweyn, followed by his death.
(4 votes)
One piece / Chapter 279 When Enel relizes that his powers are ineffective against Luffy (Chapter 279) (2 votes)
Fathers identity revealed, Full Metal Alchemist
Chapter 18 of Me and the Devil blues (p 158-160 of volume 3: how the blind Mac Donald, walking in a hallway, turns his head towards a hidden Thorton. Saying dry: "What are you doing here, Mister Thorton?" WTF real life creep)
Gantz Kurono’s death
Hunter x Hunter Chapter 306 pag. 06
Bleach (Gin's true motive being revealed.
Naruto Tobi revealed to be Madara - a comedic relief ends up being the main villain
D.Gray-man Cross Marian was assasinated!?!?!?

You don't just expect the mangaka to kill off the only character introduced so far who actually knows what's going on, but she just did so after a very important reveal. (2 votes)
Naruto, Itachi's maniacal laughter at the beginning of his final fight with Sasuke
Naruto, Minato AKA Yondaime sealing himself/his soul inside Naruto along with his wife, Kushina
Naruto Danzo´s right arm covered with sharingan eyes!! http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7u9gMhrSm6...s1600-h/17.png
Fairy Tail: Mistgun's face.
Goku could go Super Saiyan. Dragonball Z.

Best plot-twist (Please write it inside spoiler tags.)
Bleach – Aizen revealed as villain in Bleach/ Aizen’s betrayal of the Gotei 13 (12 votes)
One Piece – Finding out that Ace's father was Gol D. Roger/ The identity of Ace´s father and White Beards true intentions towards Ace´s future in One Piece (6 votes)
Claymore – Priscilla decapitating Teresa and then Awakening in Claymore
Berserk – The Eclipse (4 votes)
Berserk - Ch 290 Hellhound “Guts’ inner demon” promising Guts
Fairy Tail when Gildartz shows off his true power to Natsu
Kekkaishi – when we found out that the awesome hat-dude is Hazama freakin' Tokimori, the Founder!!!
Kami nomi zo Shiru Sekai Kanon got stabbed right after she was confirmed to possess a goddess
From "Vinland Saga", when Askeladd beheaded King Sweyn
Naruto – Itachi turning out to be good. I'll go in depth for this later once i am on a pc...but for now all i'll say is that judging the unexpectedness, yet the finest seamless fitting of it with loads and loads of previously known details, the impact it had on the plot both before and after the revelation, the impact on the characterization and character interaction of the main characters (which is the core crisis of this manga), the way the whole thing changed complexion only by the establishment of a different perspective without changing the actual event(that is itachi being the one to mass murder uchiha), the emotional impact it had on readers and the political/philosophical debate it generated among them (so realistic that it remains an almost unsolvable debate)...that without any doubt it is The Best. A twist that is not only surprising, but with exceptional depth (the only other one that comes to my mind is the Lelouch twist...but its anime). (2 votes)
Cross Game Wakaba dies, Cross Game
D.Gray-man When we find out that the 14th wants to kill the Earl and take over the position for himself.

Even though the former was mentioned beforehand, the latter just made it a game changer.
From "Vinland Saga", When Askeladd beheaded King Sweyn (2 votes)
D.gray-man Cross tells Allen that he(Allen) is the 14th (2 votes)
Gantz the appearance of the aliens in Gantz
Fairy Tail Zeref (Fairy Tail) suddenly appears.
Old Boy male lead discover that the girl he is banging is in fact his daughter
Yu Yu Hakusho Yusuke was half demon

Best new series (For a nomination to be accepted for this category, the start date must be 2010)
Enigma by Sakaki Kenji (10 votes)
Oumagadoki Doubutsuen (4 votes)
Ikusa no Ko - Oda Saburou Nobunaga Den
The Breaker: New Waves (3 votes)

Best Manga Overall

Kuroshitsuji by Toboso Yana (2 votes)
Claymore by Norihiro Yagi
Psyren by Toshiaki Iwashiro
Berserk (5 votes)
Yotsubato!
One Piece (12 votes)
Fullmetal Alchemist (7 votes)
Kekkaishi
Doraemon
I"s
Death Note (3 votes)
Haruka-na machi e from Jirō Taniguchi
Naruto (4 votes)
Vinland Saga
Hunter x Hunter
Dragonball
Great Teacher Onizuka
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
D. Gray Man
Tegami Bachi
Yu Yu Hakusho

M3J

December 26, 2010, 10:31 PM

Kurama is from Yu Yu Hakusho, actually.

That said, I'ma try and get links to MangaUpdates for most of these manga so others can get info about them and thus try it out if they want to. This is a good way to get more people to read more manga!

destiny4ever

December 26, 2010, 10:48 PM

Kurama is from Yu Yu Hakusho, actually.
Thank you for pointing that out, M3J! But…what award category are you referring to? http://planetsmilies.net/kaos-animal-bunny-smiley-6091.gif (http://planetsmilies.net)

Best Male Supporting Character

That said, I'ma try and get links to MangaUpdates for most of these manga so others can get info about them and thus try it out if they want to. This is a good way to get more people to read more manga!
That is an excellent idea! :thumbs

M3J

December 27, 2010, 12:20 AM

Sorry, forgot to mention best male supporting character.

Thank you for answering my question! I’ve fixed the mistake. :) destiny4ever
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Stopped at Best Male Supporting Character looking for manga info. I'll continue more later. Too late here. X_x

Berserk (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=88)

D.Gray-man (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=95)

Psyren (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=19081)

Vagabond (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=387)

Gintama (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=228)

21st Century Boys (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=5673)

Fairy Tail (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=3793)

Naruto (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=15)

Fist of the North Star (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=1922)

Dragon Ball (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=3106)

Great Teacher Onizuka (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=185)

Bleach (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=35)

Yakitate!! Japan (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=220)

Hunter x Hunter (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=16)

Beelzebub (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=41265)

The Big O (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=7211)

Hajime no Ippo (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=812)

Ouran Koukou Host Bu (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=947)

Bakuman (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=34771)

Tegami Bachi (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=15690)

Soul Eater (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=600)

Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=10866)

Kekkaishi (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=1162)

Eyeshield 21 (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=259)

Vinland Saga (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=1568)

Fullmetal Alchemist (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=412)

Monster (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=127)

Shin Angyo Onshi (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=164)

Saint Seiya - The Lost Canvas (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=4130)

Liar Game (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=3296)

Death Note (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=41)

Gantz (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=208)

One Piece (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=33)

Hellsing (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=355)

Trigun Maximum (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=1202)

Dat's all folks! Oh ho ho ho!

Roflkopt3r

December 27, 2010, 01:46 AM

OMFG, I forgot about this one. I'm so glad that someone nominated him :D thanks M3J

Oh yeah Haguro is a great nomination indeed :D
http://i576.photobucket.com/albums/ss203/T33_K3SS3LCH3N/Anime%20Manga/Ch43HowamIamonster.jpg

I might think about switching to him, Zodd doesn't seem to stand a chance anyways :worrybunny

if you do decide to switch, let us know:D, as if I understood your above line, you haven't yet decided whether you want it to be switched over, so I haven't made the switch yet. Your nomination of Zodd still stands at the moment as your nomination

Btw it might be better to follow this format for categories like Best Plot Twist:
Best Plot Twist: Manga title
(spoilertags): Event ABCD (/spoilertags)

I mean to show the manga title outside the spoiler tags, and only /spoiler the event name. If I'ld see "Berserk" for example, I'ld look inside the tags to see which event. If I'ld see "Gantz", I wouldn't, because I plan on reading Gantz soon.

thornofcarrion

December 27, 2010, 01:49 AM

Best Male Lead: I like Gutts from Berserk, especially the one in the beginning of the series. He is cool, relentless, and doesn't back down from what he needs to do.

Best Male Supporting Character: Colonel Roy Mustang from Fullmetal Alchemist gets my vote. He was wise, strong and a cool character.

Best Female Lead: Clare from Claymore. She is one of female character than never annoyed me. He path of revenge made her strong. I like how her character grew stronger over the years.

Best Female Supporting Character: Confused about it but I guess Major General Olivia Armstrong from Fullmetal Alchemist would be my pick. She was very strong, suitable for her role.

Best Shoujo Manga: Vampire Knight. The series has interesting plot and the relationship between three of them was intriguing.

Best Shounen Manga : Guyver is what made me read manga back then. It has really interesting storyline. And the characters are good.

Best Seinen Manga : Another category that confuses me. I have couple of names in my mind, that I like very much. Thinking overall, I will go with Berserk. The medieval sort of feel to it, coupled with Gutts character edges it from others.

Best Hairstyling: Bleach it is. Different hairstyles, suites almost all the characters.

Best Costume Design: Ichigo in Final GT form (Bleach). I loved that rugged appearance.

Best Villain: Hmmm...I will go with Aizen(Bleach). He irritates me, especially his smile. He was cunning, calm, and irritated me >.> As a character

Best Fight: Night of the Eclipse in Berserk was awesome but I can not see it as a 1-1 fight. For that I guess, I enjoyed Ichigo vs. Ulquiorra (last one). The hollow form was just so badass.

Best Color Page : I have so so many, mostly from Bleach. The one I like to nominate is from Bleach. It shows his growth, but I can't find it. I am trying to find and will add if I did.
http://www.mangafox.com/manga/bleach/v47/c416/ (thanks hystzen for finding it for me).

Best Double-Spread: http://www.mangafox.com/manga/bleach/v47/c420/12.html, awesome. Ichigo is hardly recognizable.

Best Chapter: Bleach - Chapter 421, who would not be happy.

Best Couple/ Pairing: Munsu x Sando/Chun Hyang from Shin Angyo Onshi. The ending made their pairing more special.

Best Full Cast : Bleach cast is one of my favorite. The characters are drawn nicely. The characters as their own are good enough to make the series enjoyable. For example, Vizards appearance in FKT battle, TBTP arc etc.

Best Artwork: I had to select from The Breaker, Claymore, Bleach, and FMA. Overall, Bleach artwork is better. The panels and double spreads are easy to understand.

Best WTF Moment: From guyver : Gigantic XD armor appearing when Guyver faced off Draglord.

Best plot-twist:
The Eclipse in Berserk

Best new series: The Breaker : New Waves, the artwork looks better for some reason. The story is going great so far.

Best Manga Overall: Guyver by Takaya Yoshiki, yep its my favorite. As I said earlier, the story is awesome, characters designing is great, and hardy any filler-type of chapter. Consistent over the so many years.

Edit: naruto-niichan@ Thanks for pointing that out. Yes I do meant the manga, not the anime.

naruto-niichan

December 27, 2010, 07:25 AM

Best Shoujo Manga: Vampire Knight Guilty. The series has interesting plot and the relationship between three of them was intriguing.

It's just Vampire Knight ;) The second anime season was called "Vampire Knight:Guilty", maybe you're reffering to that but I think you mean the manga as a whole.

A lot is going on, good to see that there's a lot of interessing discussions and nominations! I want to change a few of my nominations:

Best Villain:

I originally nominated: Askeladd from "Vinland Saga"

Now I want to change it to this: Griffith from "Berserk".

Looks like Askeladd is more of a supporting character for his supporters, that's why I will change another nomination.

Best Male Supporting Character:

I originally nominated: Roy Mustang from "Fullmetal Alchemist"

Now I want to change it to this: Askeladd from "Vinland Saga"

Best Fight:

As Naruto vs. Pain seems to have a lot of supporters, I want to change my vote to another very emotional and epic fight.

I originally nominated: Naruto vs. Pain

Now I want to change it to this: Naruto vs. Sasuke (Valley of the End fight)

Color Page:

I originally nominated: Gantz Chapter 304 Page 2

Now I want to change it to this: Bleach Chapter 416: Deicide 18 (The End)

As much as I like the colored Gantz Page, the color page from Bleach is more symbolic, showing Ichigo's growth over the years.

Best Plot Twist:

I originally nominated this: Aizen revealed as villain

Now I want to change it to this: Askeladd beheading King Sweyn

Aizen already has more than enough supporters :cookiehand

<.Haruka.>

December 27, 2010, 08:23 AM

Here's my vote/nomination: :)

Best Male Lead
Naruto Uzumaki from Naruto

Best Male Supporting Character
Yuuki Tenpouin from Code:Breaker

Best Female Lead
Haruhi from Ouran High School Host Club

Best Female Supporting Character
Alice from Pandora Hearts

Best Shoujo Manga
Ouran High School Host Club

Best Shounen Manga
Pandora Hearts

Best Josei Manga
Kuragehime

Best Seinen Manga
Until Death Do Us Part

Best Hairstyling
Code: Breaker

Best Costume Design
Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicles

Best Villain
Envy from FMA

Best Fight
Naruto, Konan vs Madara

Best Kiss
Pandora Hearts
- Alice acts to give kiss to Oz but instead gave him a bite at the cheeks. ~chapter 41 (http://www.mangareader.net/350-34361-14/pandora-hearts/chapter-41.html)

Best Color Page
Naruto, Chapter 503
- http://www.mangafox.com/manga/naruto/v52/c503/2.html

Best Double-Spread
Code:breaker, chapter 111
- http://www.mangafox.com/manga/code_breaker/v13/c111/17.html

Best Couple/ Pairing
- Roy Mustang x Riza Hawkeye from Fullmetal Alchemist

Best Full Cast
Arakawa under the Bridge

Best Artwork
Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicles

Best WTF Moment
Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicles
-Syaoran and Sakura having clones and the real ones came out later in the story.

Best plot-twist
Naruto
-Itachi turning out to be good.

Best new series
Oumagadoki Doubutsuen

Best Manga Overall
Fullmetal Alchemist

Hystzen

December 27, 2010, 08:36 AM

,

Best Color Page : I have so so many, mostly from Bleach. The one I like to nominate is from Bleach. It shows his growth, but I can't find it. I am trying to find and will add if I did.

http://www.mangafox.com/manga/bleach/v47/c416/

this page i think he means

Koen

December 27, 2010, 08:49 AM

A lot is going on, good to see that there's a lot of interessing discussions and nominations! I want to change a few of my nominations:

Best Villain:

I originally nominated: Askeladd from "Vinland Saga"

Now I want to change it to this: Griffith from "Berserk".

Looks like Askeladd is more of a supporting character for his supporters, that's why I will change another nomination.

Best Male Supporting Character:

I originally nominated: Roy Mustang from "Fullmetal Alchemist"

Now I want to change it to this: Askeladd from "Vinland Saga"

Best Plot Twist:

I originally nominated this: Aizen revealed as villain

Now I want to change it to this: Askeladd beheading King Sweyn

Aizen already has more than enough supporters :cookiehand

I find it very wise that you have changed it that way. Can you consider someone in Vinland Saga as a villain? At this moment, I can't. When reading all 8 volumes, I have liked Vinland Saga a lot because it wasn't focusing on a true villain. Okay, Askeladd was Thorfinn's nemesis BUT being a nemesis is imo not sufficient enough to stigmatize someone as a villain. Sweyn and his folks were Akeladd's nemesis. Historically, having your nemesis (your revanche) was very regular in those periods. Vinland Saga is all about Thorfinn's history...

Thorfinn Karslfeni, the Icelandic explorer who settled a colony in Vinland and who gave birth to a first child of European descent born in the new world

benelori

December 27, 2010, 09:29 AM

http://www.mangafox.com/manga/bleach/v47/c416/

this page i think he means

Most probably...I like Kubo's great covers...his focus on the art and his characters can be very good sometimes

zelllogan

December 27, 2010, 09:54 AM

I want a category "Most Useless Sidekick". Just to see how many votes Sakura & Chad will receive :D

Shinsatsu

December 27, 2010, 11:11 AM

I want a category "Most Useless Sidekick". Just to see how many votes Sakura & Chad will receive :D

rofl...
I agree with having "worst ...", "most terrible ..." categories. They are so much fun :) and I bet they will bring too much discussion to the event :P

Hystzen

December 27, 2010, 11:19 AM

i say best troll moment , worst arc categories.

could start a flame war though

Googlez_kun

December 27, 2010, 11:26 AM

i say best troll moment , worst arc categories.

could start a flame war though

Bleach would win easily:lmao

A category i really miss is "Best Manga-ka".

benelori

December 27, 2010, 11:58 AM

Well this is the first time we are organizing this, so in the future we might include other categories as well. There were some good suggestions in previous pages as well. The one I liked most was Best Death. I think there are so many touching moments that could've been nominated. But this is what we have now, so stick with it:p. There are many stuff that can be discussed...just pick a category:D

Hystzen

December 27, 2010, 12:03 PM

ive done my nominations im just here to troll discuss some choices and keep on eye what people are putting forward..and i stand by the fact OP and naruto may walk away with this due to large fanbase

thornofcarrion

December 27, 2010, 12:04 PM

Most comedic panel, do we have this as a category?

HegemonKhan

December 27, 2010, 12:35 PM

I too like a Best Death, and I don't think we really have a Most Funny/Hilarious/Comedic category, which I also highly support.

Many categories, people are using funny/hilarious/comedy for their nominations, which imo don't really apply to that category..

for just one example out of a few/many:

Best Kiss: Naruto+Sasuke

this is only my opinion, but when I think of "Best Kiss", I'm thinking the most genuine, romantic, and beautiful/dreamy scened/setting'ed kiss, not a "funny/goofy/accidental" kiss. I think of a REAL kiss, for a nomination when I look at and think about the Best Kiss category.

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p.s.

more category options for future use:

most serious manga/anime
most emotional (as in does it make you emotional) manga/anime
most sad moment/manga/anime
most happy moment/manga/anime
most confusing manga/anime
manga/anime with the best fillers
manga/anime with the worst fillers

thornofcarrion

December 27, 2010, 12:39 PM

Exactly, and how about:

Most Sentimental Panel or chapter
Most cunning main character

Shinsatsu

December 27, 2010, 01:50 PM

ive done my nominations im just here to troll discuss some choices and keep on eye what people are putting forward..and i stand by the fact OP and naruto may walk away with this due to large fanbase

That's totally true :)
I think that the reason why One Piece, Naruto and Bleach got most of the votes is that because alot of people only read those three mangas or one of them... So, naturally, they tend to nominate characters/pannels/events from those 3 mangas for each field. (I have read to many mangas but still, there are some nominees that I don't have any idea about :S which will make it diffucult for me to understand why were they nominated in the first place).

Furthermore, I believe that when a poll is open and once the real voting starts, the results are going to change. That's of course, if we discuss the nominations and everyone defends his nominee and tries to win more people to vote for him.

k-dom

December 27, 2010, 03:11 PM

Maybe we could have special prizes from the jury to counterbalence this. That would help us discover new series

MechR

December 27, 2010, 04:57 PM

The list of nominations in the opening post needs to be either updated or removed; Right now it's giving the early noms an unfair advantage for secondings.

destiny4ever

December 27, 2010, 08:52 PM

Thank you so much for the nominations, guys! Thanks to your help we now have a pretty awesome list of nominees. :cool:

The list of nominees has been updated. If you notice any errors or mistakes, or if something is missing please let me know.

Awards Categories

Best Male Lead

Berserk: Guts / Gatsu: 9 "votes"

Naruto: Naruto Uzumaki: 8 "votes"

Psyren: Yoshina Ageha: 5 "votes"

Shonan Junai Gumi and (Onizuka Eiikichi’s later continuance in) Great Teacher Onizuka (GTO): Onizuka Eiikichi: 5 "votes"

D. Gray Man: Allen Walker: 4 "votes"

Gintama: Sakata Gintoki: 4 "votes"

Dragon Ball: Goku: 3 "votes" (maybe still only 2, waiting for verification still from Tsukisama)

Hellsing: Alucard: 3 "votes"

20th/21st Century Boys: Kenji Endo: 2 "votes"

Fairy Tail: Natsu Dragneel: 2 "votes"

Vagabond: Miyamoto Musashi: 1 "vote"

Hokuto no Ken: Kenshiro: 1 "vote"

Trigun: Vash the Stampede: 1 "vote"

One Piece: Monkey D. Luffy: 1 "vote"

Gantz: Kei Kurono: 1 "vote"

Saint Seiya TLC: Tenma: 1 "vote"

Liar Game: Akiyama: 1 "vote"

Death Note: Light Yagami / Kira: 1 “vote”

Shin Angyo Onshi: Munsu: 1 “vote”

Suzuka: Yamato Akitsuki: 1 “vote”

Best Male Supporting Character
Death Note: L: 17 "votes"

Full Metal Alchemist: Colonel Roy Mustang the Flame Alchemist: 5 "votes"

Soul Eater: Black Star: 3 "votes"

Eyeshield 21: Hiruma Youichi: 3 "votes"

D. Gray Man: Kanda Yuu: 2 "votes"

Naruto: Gaara: 2 "votes"

Vinland Saga: Askeladd: 2 "votes"

One Piece: Loronoa Zoro/Roronoa Zoro: 2 "votes"

Monster: Inspector Heinrich Runge: 1 "vote"

Monster: Wolfgang Grimmer: 1 "vote"

Bakuman: Niizuma Eiji: 1 "vote"

Bakuman: Akito ‘Shugi’ Takagi: 1 "vote"

Tegami Bachi: Gauche Suede: 1 "vote"

The Lucifer and Biscuit Hammer: Nagumo Souichirou: 1 "vote"

Kekkaishi: Shichiro Ougi: 1 "vote"

Naruto: Rock Lee: 1 "vote"

Naruto: Kakashi: 1 “vote”

Vinland Saga: Thorkell: 1 "vote"

Bleach: Uryu Ishida: 1 "vote"

Yakitate!! Japan: Pierrot Bolneze: 1 "vote"

Hunter x Hunter: Killua: 1 "vote"

Beelzebub: Furuichi: 1 "vote"

Big O: Norman Burg: 1 "vote"

Dragon Ball: Vegeta: 1 “vote”

Hajime no Ippo: Itagaki Manabu: 1 “vote”

Ouran High School Host Club: Kyouya Ootori: 1 “vote”

Yu Yu Hakusho: Kurama: 1 “vote”

Suzuka: Yasunobu Hattori: 1 “vote”

Yuuki Tenpouin from Code:Breaker: 1 “vote”

Best Female Lead

Gally from Gunnm (aka. Battle Angel Alita) (8 votes)
Claire from Claymore (6 votes)
Revy from Black Lagoon (4 votes)
Nausicaä from Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (4 votes)
Yotsuba from Yotsubato! (3 votes)
Yato Kagura from Gintama (2 votes)
Seras Victora of Hellsing (2 votes)
Lum from Urusei Yatsura (2 votes)
Risa from Lovely Complex (2 votes)
Haruhi Fujioka from Ouran High School Host Club (2 votes)
Haruko Haruhara from FLCL
Asahina Samidare from The Lucifer and Biscuit Hammer
Kurokami Medaka from Medaka Box
Yukimura Tokine from Kekkaishi
Usagi Tsukino from Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon
Sawako Kurasawa from Kimi ni Todoke
Arale from Dr. Slump
Sakurano Amamiya from Psyren
Rossette Christopher from Chrno Crusade
Maka Albarn from Soul Eater
Balsa from Seirei no moribito
Nami from One Piece
Asahina Suzuka from Suzuka
Misaki Ayuzawa from Kaichou Wa Maid Sama

Best Female Supporting Character

Major General Olivia Armstrong from Fullmetal Alchemist (8 votes)
Schierke from Berserk (4 votes)
Fee of Planetes (3 votes)
Sumiko Sumimura from Kekkaishi (3 votes)
Yūko Ichihara in "XXX Holic" (3 votes)
Alice from Pandora Hearts (2 votes)
Oikawa Tsurara (Yuki-onna) from Nurarihyon no Mago (2 votes)
Jegal Mihyang from Change Guy
Itsuki Akiba from I"s
Dorothy T. Catalonia from New Mobile Report Gundam Wing: Battlefield of Pacifists and is the ESUN President during Frozen Teardrop
Kurumi from Kimi ni Todoke
Miria from Claymore
Asuka, Kimi no Iru Machi
Minako Aino, Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon
Reiko Catherine Akimoto from Kochikame
Kanna Endo from 20th century boys
Erza Scarlet from Fairy Tail

Best Shoujo Manga

Vampire Knight (4 votes)
Lovely Complex (4 votes)
Fruits Basket (3 votes)
Kimi no Todoke (3 votes)
Nana (2 votes)
X/1999 by CLAMP (2 votes)
Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon (2 votes)
Hana Kimi (Hanazakari no Kimitachi e)
Shinshi Doumei Cross/The Gentleman's Alliance Cross
Trinity Blood
Kaichou wa Maid-sama!
Cardcaptor Sakura
Magic Knight Rayearth
Ouran High School Host Club

Best Shounen Manga

One Piece (17 votes)
Naruto (9 votes)
Fullmetal Alchemist (8 votes)
Death Note (5 votes)
Psyren (4 votes)
Hunter x Hunter (3 votes)
Tegami Bachi (Letter Bee)
Kekkaishi
Shingeki no Kyojin
Hajime no ippo
Muhyo to roujie
Nurarihyon no Mago
Dr. Gray man
Soul Eater
Eyeshield 21
Yu Yu Hakusho
Guyver
Pandora Hearts

Best Josei Manga

Nodame Cantabile (7 votes)
Amatsuki (4 votes)
Kuragehime (2 votes)
Kimi wa Petto
Landreaall
Pumpkin and Mayonnaise
Honey & Clover
Saiyuki
07 Ghost

Best Seinen Manga

Berserk(13)
Monster(4)
Gantz(4)
Vinland Saga(3)
K-ON(2)
DOGS Bullets and Carnage(2)
Liar Game(2)
20th century boys(2)
Blame!(1)
Vagabond(1)
REAL(Inoue)(1)
AKIRA(1)
Imuri(1)
Holyland(1)
Noramimi
Gunn last order
Me and the Devil Blues
Big O
HNK
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
Blade of the Immortal
xxxHolic
Shin Angyo Onshi
Aiki
Until Death Do Us Part

Best Hairstyling
Bleach (12 votes)
Yu-gi-oh! (8 votes)
Kateikyoushi Hitman Reborn! (4 votes)
Dragonball (4 votes)
Sayonara, Zetsubou Sensei
Psyren
Shiki
Hatsukoi Ltd.
History's Strongest Disciple Kenichi
Nurarihyon no Mago
Veritas
Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle
Code: Breaker

Best Costume Design

D.Gray-Man(6)
Bleach(5)
Hitman Reborn(4)
Kuroshitsuji/Black Butler(4)
Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicles(3)
Tegami Bachi (Letter Bee)(2)
Yu-Gi-Oh!(2)
Fullmetal Alchemist (2)
Otoyomegatari(2)
Berserk Armor, "when the helm is on"(1)
Fairy Tail.
Worst
I"s
Claymore
Arakawa under the Bridge
Great Teacher Onizuka
Naruto
Soul Eater
Part 2 Sasuke
xxxHolic
Ragnarok
Ichigo in final Getsuga form

Best Villain

Naruto: Orochimaru: 7 "votes"
Monster: Johann Liebert: 6 "votes"
D. Gray Man: The Millennium Earl: 4 "votes"
Berserk: Griffith: 4 "votes"
Bleach: Aizen: 3 "votes"
Dragon Ball: Freeza: 2 "votes"
One Piece: Blackbeard: 2 "votes"
Death Note: Light Yagami / Kira: 2 “votes”
Naruto: Kabuto: 1 "vote"
Naruto: Sasuke: 1 “vote”
Naruto: Uchiha Madara / Tobi: 1 “vote”
Claymore: Priscilla: 1 "vote"
Gintama: Takasugi Shinsuke: 1 "vote"
Berserk: “Nosferatu” Zodd: 1 "vote"
The Lucifer and Biscuit Hammer: Animus: 1 "vote"
Vinland Saga: Askeladd: 1 "vote"
Yu-Gi-Oh!: Yami Marik Ishtar: 1 "vote"
One Piece: Kizaru Taisho: 1 "vote"
Shin Angyo no Onshi: Aji Tae: 1 "vote"
Saint Seiya TLC: Tenkaisei Mefisutoferesu no Yoma: 1 "vote"
Nurarihyon no Mago: Hagoromo-Gitsune: 1 "vote"
Hunter x Hunter: Hisoka: 1 “vote”
Mugen no Jounin: Shira: 1 “vote”
20th Century Boys: “Friend”: 1 “vote”
Eyeshield 21: Agon: 1 “vote”

Wolfen Crest: Haguro Dou: 1 “vote”

Ruruni Kenshin: Shishio Makoto: 1 "vote"

Envy from FMA: 1 “vote”

Best Fight
Bleach, Ichigo VS Ulquiorra Final battle (2 votes)
Vagabond, Miyamoto Musashi (Shinmen Takezo) vs Yoshioka School (2 votes)
Vinland Saga, Thorkkell's duel with Thorrfinn (3 votes)
Hellsing, Alucard vs Anderson
Fairy Tail, Natsu vs. Gildartz
Naruto, Naruto vs. Pain (6 votes)
Naruto, Minato vs. Madara (3 votes)
Naruto, Naruto vs Sasuke at the Valley of the End (4 votes)
Hajime no Ippo , Takamura Mamoru VS Brian Hawk (3 votes)
Bleach, Kurosaki Ichigo vs Kuchiki Byakuya from Bleach - their 3rd and final encounter.
Clare vs. Rigardo (the entire fight between them)
Final battle on The Promised Day in Fullmetal Alchemist (2 votes)
The second Musashi vs. Inshun in Vagabond
Bleach, Ichigo vs Renji 2nd fight
One Piece, Zoro vs. Ryuuma
Night of the Eclipse, Berserk
Naruto, Konan vs Madara
Hunter x Hunter, Lucifer vs Kurapika (HxH)
Naruto, Rock Lee vs Kimimaro
One Piece, Luffy vs Luchi
Naruto, Rock Lee vs Gaara
Shigurui, Fujiki Gennosuke vs Irako Seigen
Guts vs Wyald from Berserk
Akiyama vs Yokoya contraband game Liar game
Whitebeard vs. Marines and Blackbeard from One Piece
Naruto, Jiraiya vs Pain
Himura Battousai versus Saito from Rurouni Kenshin
Onepiece, SH vs Gekko Moria and Oz
Pirates against Marine against Blackbeard Pirates from One Piece
Naruto, Konan vs Madara

Best Kiss
Kaicho wa maid-sama Misaki and Usui sharing a kiss in chapter 32 (2 votes)
Claymore Clare kissing Raki (2 votes)
Berserk Gatsu and Caska sharing a kiss
Naruto Naruto and Sasuke kissing (9 votes)
The Breaker Chunwoo (or Goomoonryong) and Shiho from the breaker (3 votes)
Kimi no Iru Machi Haruto and Asuka
Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Sailor Moon and Sailor Uranus
Kaicho wa maid-sama Chapter 37 (The pocky game kiss)
Pandora Hearts Alice acts to give kiss to Oz but instead gave him a bite at the cheeks. ~chapter 41

Best Color Page
Naruto/ Chapter 503 (12 votes)
http://www.mangafox.com/manga/naruto/v52/c503/2.html
One Piece / Chapter 598
http://www.mangafox.com/manga/one_piece/v59/c598/4.html (3 votes)
Vagabond, Volume 21, Chapter 181
http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/5329062/vagabond_156197.jpg.html
Aria / Chapter (?) (3 votes)
http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/7192/aria4.jpg
The perfect player from Eyeshield 21
http://www.mangareader.net/134-6992-...apter-217.html
Naruto / chapter 377 (2 votes)
http://www.mangafox.com/manga/naruto/v41/c377/2.html
chapter 516 from One Piece
http://5.p.s.mfcdn.net/store/manga/106/53-516.0/compressed/01_02.jpg
Chapter 307 page 3 from Gantz
http://www.mangareader.net/97-39601-3/gantz/chapter-307.html (2 votes)
Gantz Chapter 304 Page 2
http://www.mangareader.net/97-34409-2/gantz/chapter-304.html
Bleach, Ch. 350
http://manga.bleachexile.com/bleach-...63-page-4.html
Dragonball last chapter, remember page: http://comic.dragonballcn.com:1080/l...fpp=10&fid=219
D.gray-man chapter 121
http://img294.imageshack.us/i/ch12101.jpg/
Nabari no Ou (The pages in the middle of the last chapter)
From Gundam 00f manga
http://manga.animea.net/mobile-suit-...10-page-4.html
Chapter 60, page 1 from of Blade of the Immortal by Hiroaki Samura.
http://www.mangavolume.com/blade-of-...e-immortal-60/
Chapter 416: Deicide 18 (The End) from Bleach
http://manga.bleachexile.com/bleach-chapter-429-page-2.html (3 votes)
Naruto Chapter 520
http://mangastream.com/read/naruto/49041835/2
One Piece 609:
http://i4.mangareader.net/one-piece/609/one-piece-1707227.jpg

Best Double-Spread
Berserk: 1st time Gutts used Berserk Armor and came out of that monster
http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__...rk_v26_201.jpg
Bleach: Ichigo’s final transformation (3 votes) http://www.mangafox.com/manga/bleach/v47/c420/12.html
Zatch Bell/ Chapter 319
http://www.mangareader.net/266-35597-10/zatch-bell/chapter-319.html
Naruto: Minato & Kushina protecting baby Naruto (4 votes)
http://www.mangafox.com/manga/naruto/v52/c504/8.html
Oyasumi Punpun, Volume 2, Chapter 17 (2 votes)
http://www.turboimagehost.com/p/4485970/Oyasumi_Punpun_v02_090-091.png.html
20th Century Boys
http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/4434/20thcenturyboysv08c02p0.jpg (2 votes)
Chapter 429, Page 6-7 from Naruto
(Pain floating over Konoha, Konoha is drawn in awesome detail)
Nurarihyon No Mago - Chapter 86
http://www.mangareader.net/456-41895...hapter-86.html
Sakuragi and Rukawa claping hands from Slam Dunk
http://www.mangareader.net/119-5958-...apter-276.html
Naruto - Gaara using Desert Prison:
http://www.mangafox.com/manga/naruto/v28/c248/18.html
Nurarihyon no Mago 117 pg8-9.
http://manga.bleachexile.com/nurarihyon-no-mago-chapter-119-page-8.html (2 votes)
Berserk - Griffith unifying humans and apostles under his banner
http://view.thespectrum.net/series/b...ume+34&page=94
Chapter 307, page 13 from Berserk for Best Double Spread
http://www.mangareader.net/96-34049-13/berserk/chapter-307.html
Best Double Page- Gantz
http://www.mangareader.net/97-40410-...apter-308.html
Bleach, Ch. 316 top3 Espada
http://manga.bleachexile.com/bleach-...6-page-12.html
One Piece 590 (Luffy)
http://www.mangareader.net/103-54923...apter-590.html
Berserk: Gatsu and Zodd in Lightning
http://moetron.com/mystuff/ps2berserk_re42.jpg
D.Gray-man, chapter 167 (both heartwarming and.. heartbreaking?):
http://i15.mangareader.net/dgray-man...man-343119.jpg
One Piece - Chapter 599 pages 18-19 Zoro`s return after 2Y - Hilarious, epic, and badass - All at the same time!
http://read.mangashare.com/One-Piece...9/page017.html
The Eclipse from Vol.27 page 44 of Berserk
http://view.thespectrum.net/series/berserk-chapter-318.html?ch=Volume+27&page=44 (2 votes)
Chapter 429, Page 6-7 from Naruto
Fairy tail chapter 48 pg 08-09 : WE ARE FAIRY TAIL:
http://www.ourmanga.com/manga/Fairy_...-048-08-09.png
One Piece Chapter 502, page 18
http://www.mangareader.net/103-2609-18/one-piece/chapter-502.html
Code:breaker, chapter 111
- http://www.mangafox.com/manga/code_b...3/c111/17.html

Best Chapter
Fairy Tail - Chapter 206
Bleach - Chapter 421 – The Final Getsuga Tensho, Aizen defeated and pissed off (for the first time) and Urahara showing that he's really the most badass character in Bleach
Naruto - Chapter 436
Naruto - Chapter 430 (2 votes)
Fullmetal Alchemist - Chapter 107 (4 votes)
One Piece - Chapter 485 - Member of the Strawhat crew: Pirate Hunter Zoro (2 votes)
Naruto - Chapter 504 (2 votes)
One Piece Chapter 398 - Declaration of War (4 votes)
H2, chapter 212
Bleach, Ch. 339: The Deathbringer Numbers
Nurarihyon no Mago - chapter 133
D.Gray-Man, chapter 184 "Neogyps"
Shin Angyo Onshi chapter 0
Chapter 291 of Hunter x Hunter

Best Couple/ Pairing
Ed & Winry from Fullmetal Alchemist (8 votes)
Orihime X Ulquiorra from Bleach
Yoshina Ageha and Amamiya Sakurako from Psyren (6 votes)
Rock and Revy from Black Lagoon (3 votes)
Roy Mustang x Riza Hawkeye from Fullmetal Alchemist (3 votes)
Naruto x Hinata from Naruto (3 votes)
Risa x Otani, Lovely Complex (2 votes)
Gon & Killua from Hunter x Hunter (2 votes)
Syaoran and Sakura from Cardcaptor Sakura / Sakura and Syaoran from Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle (2 votes)
Hachimiki and Tanabe from Planetes
Black Star and Tsubaki Nakatsuka from Soul Eater
Chiaki Shinichi x Noda Megumi from Nodame Cantabile
Meiko and Taneda from Solanin
Ko and Aoba from Cross Game
Lum and Moroboshi Ataru from Urusei Yatsura
Shoot! - Toshi x Kasumi
Saiko x Azuki from Bakuman
Kraft Lawrence <3 Holo the Wise Wolf in Spice and Wolf
Haruto and Asuka, Kimi no Iru Machi
Haruka Tenoh and Michiru Kaio from Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon
RikuoxTsurara from Nurarihyon no Mago
Kei Kurono & Tae in Gantz
Haruka Toyama and Mamoru Hijikata from Until Death Do Us Part
Himura Kenshin and Kamiya Kaoru from Rurouni Kenshin (2 votes)
Ichimaru Gin and Matsumoto Rangiku from Bleach
Minato x Kushina from Naruto
Exa and Sheila, from Superior
Munsu x Sando/Chun Hyang from Shin Angyo Onshi.

Best Full Cast
Fullmetal Alchemist (15 votes)
Claymore
One Piece (11 votes)
Kekkaishi
Eyeshield 21 (4 votes)
Naruto (4 votes)
Samurai Deeper Kyo (2 votes)
Fairy Tail
Dragonball
D.Gray-Man
Soul Eater
Kateikyoushi Hitman Reborn!
Bleach (2 votes)
Ouran High School Host Club
Durarara!!
Arakawa under the Bridge

Best Artwork
Claymore
Blame! (2 votes)
Berserk (5 votes)
Vinland Saga (2 votes)
REAL
Bleach (6 votes)
Vagabond (3 votes)
Fullmetal Alchemist
Tegami Bachi (3 votes)
Umineko Episode 3: Banquet of the Golden Witch
Nurarihyon no Mago (3 votes)
I''s
Kateikyoushi Hitman Reborn! (2 votes)
Ultra Heaven
Hajime no Ippo
Me and the Devil Blues
D.Gray-Man (4 votes)
XXXHolic
Blade of the Immortal
The Breaker
Trinity Blood
Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle (2 votes)
Air Gear
Ao no Exorcist
Mahou sensei nigima

Best WTF Moment
L's media stunt on Kira in Death Note (2 votes)
Aizen changing forms in Bleach/ Aizen's Butterfly transformation in Bleach (5 votes)
Fake Robin with the cucumber in One Piece (Chapter 598)
Revelation of Duval's identity in One Piece / "The Duval Moment" when we first see Duval's face. (Chapter 494/ Pg. 19) (8 votes)
Thorkell and Willibald - "Whichever created Liquor" (Vinland Saga)
In The Lucifer and Biscuit Hammer, when Blues Drive Monster is revealed.
When Enel relizes that his powers are ineffective against Luffy (Chapter 279)
Kekkaishi - When we learnt just how badly the Founder messed up his son's life; and indirectly, every Kekkaishi's life for 400 years,
Oyasumi Punpun, Volume 1, Headmaster and vice principle playing Hide-and-seek
From "Vinland Saga", when Askeladd beheaded King Sweyn and his death following/ Askeladd suddenly insulting and killing King Sweyn, followed by his death.
(4 votes)
One piece / Chapter 279 When Enel relizes that his powers are ineffective against Luffy (Chapter 279) (2 votes)
Fathers identity revealed, Full Metal Alchemist
Chapter 18 of Me and the Devil blues (p 158-160 of volume 3: how the blind Mac Donald, walking in a hallway, turns his head towards a hidden Thorton. Saying dry: "What are you doing here, Mister Thorton?" WTF real life creep)
Gantz Kurono’s death
Hunter x Hunter Chapter 306 pag. 06
Bleach (Gin's true motive being revealed.
Naruto Tobi revealed to be Madara - a comedic relief ends up being the main villain
D.Gray-man Cross Marian was assasinated!?!?!?

You don't just expect the mangaka to kill off the only character introduced so far who actually knows what's going on, but she just did so after a very important reveal. (2 votes)
Naruto, Itachi's maniacal laughter at the beginning of his final fight with Sasuke
Naruto, Minato AKA Yondaime sealing himself/his soul inside Naruto along with his wife, Kushina
Naruto Danzo´s right arm covered with sharingan eyes!! http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7u9gMhrSm6...s1600-h/17.png
Fairy Tail: Mistgun's face.
Goku could go Super Saiyan. Dragonball Z.
From Guyver Gigantic XD armor appearing when Guyver faced off Draglord.
Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicles - Syaoran and Sakura having clones and the real ones came out later in the story.

Best plot-twist (Please write it inside spoiler tags.)
Bleach – Aizen revealed as villain in Bleach/ Aizen’s betrayal of the Gotei 13 (11 votes)
One Piece – Finding out that Ace's father was Gol D. Roger/ The identity of Ace´s father and White Beards true intentions towards Ace´s future in One Piece (6 votes)
Claymore – Priscilla decapitating Teresa and then Awakening in Claymore
Berserk – The Eclipse (5 votes)
Berserk – Ch 290 Hellhound “Guts’ inner demon” promising Guts
Fairy Tail when Gildartz shows off his true power to Natsu
Kekkaishi – when we found out that the awesome hat-dude is Hazama freakin' Tokimori, the Founder!!!
Kami nomi zo Shiru Sekai Kanon got stabbed right after she was confirmed to possess a goddess
Vinland Saga when Askeladd beheaded King Sweyn (2 votes)
Naruto – Itachi turning out to be good. I'll go in depth for this later once i am on a pc...but for now all i'll say is that judging the unexpectedness, yet the finest seamless fitting of it with loads and loads of previously known details, the impact it had on the plot both before and after the revelation, the impact on the characterization and character interaction of the main characters (which is the core crisis of this manga), the way the whole thing changed complexion only by the establishment of a different perspective without changing the actual event(that is itachi being the one to mass murder uchiha), the emotional impact it had on readers and the political/philosophical debate it generated among them (so realistic that it remains an almost unsolvable debate)...that without any doubt it is The Best. A twist that is not only surprising, but with exceptional depth (the only other one that comes to my mind is the Lelouch twist...but its anime). (3 votes)
Cross Game Wakaba dies, Cross Game
D.Gray-man When we find out that the 14th wants to kill the Earl and take over the position for himself.

Even though the former was mentioned beforehand, the latter just made it a game changer.
From "Vinland Saga", When Askeladd beheaded King Sweyn (2 votes)
D.gray-man Cross tells Allen that he(Allen) is the 14th (2 votes)
Gantz the appearance of the aliens in Gantz
Fairy Tail Zeref (Fairy Tail) suddenly appears.
Old Boy male lead discover that the girl he is banging is in fact his daughter
Yu Yu Hakusho Yusuke was half demon

Best new series (For a nomination to be accepted for this category, the start date must be 2010)
Enigma by Sakaki Kenji(10)
Oumagadoki Doubutsuen(5)
The Breaker New Waves(4)
Ikusa no Ko - Oda Saburou Nobunaga Den –

Best Manga Overall

One Piece (12 votes)
Fullmetal Alchemist (8 votes)
Berserk (5 votes)
Naruto (4 votes)
Death Note (3 votes)
Kuroshitsuji by Toboso Yana (2 votes)
Claymore by Norihiro Yagi
Psyren by Toshiaki Iwashiro
Yotsubato!
Kekkaishi
Doraemon
I"s
Haruka-na machi e from Jirō Taniguchi
Vinland Saga
Hunter x Hunter
Dragonball
Great Teacher Onizuka
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
D. Gray Man
Tegami Bachi
Yu Yu Hakusho
Suzuka

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The list of nominations in the opening post needs to be either updated or removed; Right now it's giving the early noms an unfair advantage for secondings.
Thank you for your suggestion, MechR! I’ve removed the list of nominations from the OP. You guys can see the list of nominees when I update it in this thread, or if you don’t want to wait you can also look at the different lists in the respective threads for each award category.
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Regarding the suggestions about other award categories, thank you very much for sharing them guys. :) They are all great. :thumbs But as my fellow mods have explained, this is our first time organizing the MH Manga Awards so that is why we didn’t include more award categories. However, in the future and with more experience we might include other categories as well. Thank you for your understanding and for your amazing participation in this project! ^_^

M3J

December 27, 2010, 11:38 PM

So I did more info links for the mangas up to Best Female Supporting Character, but there is no repeat, hopefully, of the mangas I already linked. Click here (http://mangahelpers.com/forum/showpost.php?p=2236427&postcount=222) for the Best Male Lead to Best Male Supporting Character manga list links thingie. So I'll do two categories per day, maybe three. If any of you wanna help, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO DO SO!

Kimi ni Todoke (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=3058)

Dr. Slump (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=4496)

Chrno Crusade (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=246) (and yes, it is not a typo of "chrono," like I initially thought. <_<)

Seirei no Moribito (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=10683)

Suzuka (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=787)

Kaichou wa Maid-Sama! (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=5762)

Planetes (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=694)

xxxHoLic (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=341)

Nurarihyon no Mago (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=11931)

Change Guy (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=258)

I"s (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=3599)

Mobile Wing Gundam Wing: Battlefield of the Pacifists (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=31906)

Kimi no Iru Machi (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=31454)

Kochi Kame (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=7942)

20th Century Boys (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=319)

Medaka Box (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=40888)

Yotsubato! (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=5)

Urusei Yatsura (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=1052)

Lovely Complex (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=230)

FLCL (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=1532)

Battle Angel Alita (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=2157)

Black Lagoon (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=1447)

Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=4565)

Lemme know if there's mistake or whatever. Do it in PM please unless you have something to add to this thread, since it's annoying to read posts and see they're not nominations. Not that I'm disallowing you guys to post, but yeah. JUST MY OPINION. :cookiestare

Soooo, nothing will beat Naruto 503 for color page, and Naruto, I think, has the most votes for the best fight. Full Metal Alchemist's chapter 107, I think, is in the lead with four nominations but, we have two One Piece chapters, each tied in second place with three votes each, giving One Piece total of six votes. In terms of series, One Piece is popular; in terms of chapter, Full Metal Alchemist is popular.

ashher

December 28, 2010, 03:02 AM

Naruto getting shot from friendly fire...quite a few fights are getting votes.if all the votes went to one shot...naruto would surely have won. But i suppose it shows the quality in the series :P.
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Orochimaru getting the lead in villain category is a little disappointing to me....but i must thank vintagemistake for nominating sasuke. he sure diserves to be mentioned at least.
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I dunno since i don't follow one piece, but is the plot twist better than the itacchi twist really? i would really appreciate a neutral opinion here,might help me to gather the strength to re-start reading the thousands of pages of one peice.

zelllogan

December 28, 2010, 03:29 AM

I dunno since i don't follow one piece, but is the plot twist better than the itacchi twist really? i would really appreciate a neutral opinion here,might help me to gather the strength to re-start reading the thousands of pages of one piece.

As a one piece addict, I don't even consider the plot twist concerning Ace's father as a plot twist. It's really not that important. To me, it's more a WTF moment than a plot twist because it doesn't change the story that much. And even as a WTF moment, it's overrated.

Ace is only the hero's blood brother. He is not a main character. The "plot twist" event is concerning the identity of his father. Way earlier in the manga, we had a big revelation concerning both the father & the grandfather of the hero ... so why was that double revelation not even once nominated in the mangahelpers awards ? Because it's older & people forgot about the impact it had at the time...

So, The reason why it's getting so many votes is only because it's recent & because it's one piece. There are other plot twists more deserving than that in one piece & much more deserving in other mangas.
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ashher

December 28, 2010, 03:49 AM

In any case i do feel a little guilty for not reading one piece, while i read fairy tail. I think i should at least read it the way i do with FT,that's 'skip and read'. If all goes well with my january exam, i'll hopefully be able to pick is up again.

naruto-niichan

December 28, 2010, 07:48 AM

If any of you wanna help, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO DO SO!

So I wanted to help and went trough every section ;)

Here's the complete list:

Vampire Knight (http://mangahelpers.com/forum/newreply.php?do=newreply&p=2237353)

Fruits Basket (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=3)

Nana (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=655)

X/1999 (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=342)

Hana no Kimi (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=2)

Shinshi Doumei Cross (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=175)

Trinity Blood (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=1203)

Cardcaptor Sakura (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=1158)

Magic Knight Rayearth (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=2128)

Shingeki no Kyojin (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=47446)

Muhyo to Rouji (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=3965)

Yu Yu Hakusho (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=118)

Guyver (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=1407)

Pandora Hearts (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=9709)

Nodame Cantabile (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=791)

Amatsuki (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=5007)

Kuragehime (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=38146)

Kimi wa Petto (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=596)

Landreaall (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=12710)

Pumpkin and Mayonnaise (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=5112)

Honey & Clover (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=581)

Saiyuki (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=2803)

07-Ghost (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=1702)

K-ON (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=29951)

Dogs: Bullets & Carnage (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=1380)

Blame! (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=887)

Real (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=142)

Akira (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=2113)

Imuri (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=20379)

Holyland (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=1629)

Noramimi (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=451)

Me and the Devil Blues (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=453)

Blade of the Immortal (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=1628)

Aiki (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=1802)

Until Death do us part (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=4111)

Yu-gi-oh! (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=2691)

Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=5433)

Shiki (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=15089)

Hatsukoi Ltd. (Limited) (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=14271)

History's Strongest Disciple Kenichi (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=183)

Veritas (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=16971)

Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicles (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=166)

Code:Breaker (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=31871)

Kuroshitsuji (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=9708)

Otoyomegatari (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=37308)

Worst (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=2099)

Arakawa Under the Bridge (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=7227)

Ragnarok (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=2166)

Wofl Guy - Wolfen Crest (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=40128)

Rurouni Kenshi (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=89)

Shigurui (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=2304)

The Breaker (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=27595)

Aria (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=1764)

Nabari no Ou (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=2811)

Mobile Suit Gundam 00f (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=17998)

Zatch Bell (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=301)

Oyasumi Punpun (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=11346)

Slam Dunk (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=90)

H2 (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=91)

Solanin (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=2833)

Cross Game (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=660)

Shoot! (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=13144)

Spice and Wolf (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=13080)

Superior (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=6685)

Samurai Deeper Kyo (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=500)

Durarara!! (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=43436)

Umineko no naku koro ni Episode 3: Banquet of the Golden Witch (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=47221)

Ultra Heaven (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=8051)

Air Gear (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=491)

Ao no Exorcist (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=40870)

Mahou Sensei Negima! (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=574)

The World God only knows (Kami nomi zo Shiru Sekai) (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=27467)

Old Boy (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=1758)

Enigma (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=57680)

Oumagadoki Doubutsuen (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=51560)

The Breaker: New Waves (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=58941)

Ikusa no Ko - Oda Saburou Nobunaga Den (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=57988)

Doreamon (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=683)

Haruka na Machi e (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=1166)

Finally finished :crying was more work than I thought it would be.
Now wouldn't it be useful if some of the mods here could post M3J and my lists in the opening post from Des-chan? That way the users wouldn't need to search through the thread

edit: Forgot to say a few things regarding some of the manga names.

1. Best Seinen Section: It's not "Gunn last order" but "Gunnm: Last Order" (or "Battle Angel Alita: Last Order").
2. Same section: I couldn't find a manga with the name "HNK" so the chance is high that it refers to "Hokuto no Ken" aka "Fist of the North Star".
3. Best Villain Section: "Mugen no Jounin" should be wrong, I think the right name is "Mugen no Juunin" aka "Blade of the Immortal".

Just for clarification if someone's wondering why those names aren't mentioned.

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@Des-chan you forgot to change my votes, please change them the next time :)