The MangaHelpers Manga Awards Discussion Thread

[destiny4ever]

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Kurama is from Yu Yu Hakusho, actually.

Thank you for pointing that out, M3J! But…what award category are you referring to?

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Best Male Supporting Character~ HegemonKhan

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!

 

[M3J]

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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

Spoiler: Manga List Link Info tl;dr stuff here

Berserk

D.Gray-man

Psyren

Vagabond

Gintama

21st Century Boys

Fairy Tail

Naruto

Fist of the North Star

Dragon Ball

Great Teacher Onizuka

Bleach

Yakitate!! Japan

Hunter x Hunter

Beelzebub

The Big O

Hajime no Ippo

Ouran Koukou Host Bu

Bakuman

Tegami Bachi

Soul Eater

Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer

Kekkaishi

Eyeshield 21

Vinland Saga

Fullmetal Alchemist

Monster

Shin Angyo Onshi

Saint Seiya - The Lost Canvas

Liar Game

Death Note

Gantz

One Piece

Hellsing

Trigun Maximum

Dat's all folks! Oh ho ho ho!

 

[Roflkopt3r]

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OMFG, I forgot about this one. I'm so glad that someone nominated him thanks M3J

Oh yeah Haguro is a great nomination indeed
http://i576.photobucket.com/albums/ss203/T33_K3SS3LCH3N/Anime Manga/Ch43HowamIamonster.jpg

I might think about switching to him, Zodd doesn't seem to stand a chance anyways

Moderator Notice:
if you do decide to switch, let us know, 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~ HegemonKhan

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]

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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 :

Spoiler

Gigantic XD armor appearing when Guyver faced off Draglord.

Best plot-twist:

Spoiler

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.

 

[Nii]

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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:

Spoiler

Aizen revealed as villain

Now I want to change it to this:

Spoiler

Askeladd beheading King Sweyn

Aizen already has more than enough supporters

 

[<.Haruka.>]

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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

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

Spoiler

-Syaoran and Sakura having clones and the real ones came out later in the story.

Best plot-twist
Naruto

Spoiler

-Itachi turning out to be good.

Best new series
Oumagadoki Doubutsuen

Best Manga Overall
Fullmetal Alchemist

 

[Hystzen]

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,

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]

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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:

Spoiler

Aizen revealed as villain

Now I want to change it to this:

Spoiler

Askeladd beheading King Sweyn

Aizen already has more than enough supporters

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...

Spoiler: looked up for wiki. Don't spoil yourself too much

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]

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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]

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I want a category "Most Useless Sidekick". Just to see how many votes Sakura & Chad will receive

 

[Shinsatsu]

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I want a category "Most Useless Sidekick". Just to see how many votes Sakura & Chad will receive

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]

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i say best troll moment , worst arc categories.

could start a flame war though

 

[Googlez_kun]

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i say best troll moment , worst arc categories.

could start a flame war though

Bleach would win easily

A category i really miss is "Best Manga-ka".

 

[benelori]

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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. There are many stuff that can be discussed...just pick a category

 

[Hystzen]

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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]

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Most comedic panel, do we have this as a category?

 

[HegemonKhan]

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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]

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Exactly, and how about:

Most Sentimental Panel or chapter
Most cunning main character

 

[Shinsatsu]

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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]

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Maybe we could have special prizes from the jury to counterbalence this. That would help us discover new series