Select the manga which is ended for longer than the others. Why ? Because older mangas (which already ended) are more easily forgotten, those votes are IMO more important than votes for a manga still ongoing.
No, we're actually closing our eyes and pointing. Whichever gets more random points moves ahead because fate (wanted to say destiny, but not as in the user destiny, and you'd all get confused. <_<) wanted it to. FATE IS POWERFUL!
Select the manga which is ended for longer than the others. Why ? Because older mangas (which already ended) are more easily forgotten, those votes are IMO more important than votes for a manga still ongoing.
To be honest, I prefer selecting manga not as well known because not only does it most likely deserve to be nominated, but more people will read the lesser known manga, or be more likely to. It's another reason why I posted links to the information of nominated manga, so people can get info about it. Let's say Beelzebub and Dragon Ball are both nominated for the best shounen manga. Since Beelzebub isn't as well known as Dragon Ball (which is probably the most famous manga globally), I'd let Beelzebub move on ahead to the next round. It'll make people say "whoa, a random manga beat a great manga?! I gotta give this manga a try!"
Oh, and I suggested just randomly picking or whatever, but that idea was shot down. <_<
I think for an award like this you got to select those manga which made a great impact on you. Not those which you think is worth to be recognized. If you want others to check out a manga you think is worth checking out, then just say so. Just saying...
I am kinda agree with zelllogan.
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Below is the list of the official nominees of The MangaHelpers Manga Awards. Some of these nominees were completely decided by you, the members of the site. While others (the ones where breaking ties was needed) were chosen with the help of the MH’s staff. We, the mods, talked and voted for a second time as we tried to decide which nominees were the ones that we thought deserve to move on to the next phase of the awards, a.k.a the voting process. We tried to decide in the best way possible that is why said process took some days. Thank you for your patience, for your understanding and I hope you have a great time talking about the nominees, talking about who do you think will win the awards, supporting your favs and last but definitely not least, having tons of fun participating in a project as the online community that we are. ^_^
Here’s the official list of nominees:
Awards Categories
Best Male Lead
Berserk: Guts / Gatsu
Naruto: Naruto Uzumaki
Shonan Junai Gumi and (Onizuka Eiikichi’s later continuance in) Great Teacher Onizuka (GTO): Onizuka Eiikichi
Psyren: Yoshina Ageha
Gintama: Sakata Gintoki
Best Male Supporting Character
Death Note: L
Full Metal Alchemist: Colonel Roy Mustang the Flame Alchemist
Eyeshield 21: Hiruma Youichi
Soul Eater: Black Star
Vinland Saga: Askeladd
Best Female Lead
Gally from Gunnm (aka. Battle Angel Alita)
Claire from Claymore
Revy from Black Lagoon
Nausicaä from Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
Haruhi Fujioka from Ouran High School Host Club
Best Female Supporting Character
Major General Olivia Armstrong from Fullmetal Alchemist
Yūko Ichihara from XXX Holic
Schierke from Berserk
Fee of Planetes
Sumiko Sumimura from Kekkaishi
Best Shoujo
Lovely Complex
Vampire Knight
Fruits Basket
Kimi ni Todoke
Ouran High School Host Club
Best Shounen Manga
One Piece
Fullmetal Alchemist
Naruto
Death Note
Psyren
Best Josei:
Nodame Cantabile
Amatsuki
Honey & Clover
Kuragehime
Mukashi no Hanashi
Best Seinen
Berserk
Monster
Gantz
Liar Game
20th Century Boys
Best Hairstyle
Bleach
Yu-gi-oh!
Dragonball
Kateikyoushi Hitman Reborn!
Shiki
Best Villain
Naruto: Orochimaru
Monster: Johann Liebert
Father from Fullmetal Alchemist
Berserk: Griffith
D. Gray Man: The Millennium Earl
For Best Fight
Naruto, Naruto vs. Pain
Naruto, Naruto vs Sasuke at the Valley of the End
Vinland Saga, Thorkkell's duel with Thorrfinn
Vagabond, Miyamoto Musashi (Shinmen Takezo) vs Yoshioka School
Hajime no Ippo , Takamura Mamoru VS Brian Hawk
Best Kiss
Naruto
Naruto and Sasuke kissing
The Breaker
Chunwoo (or Goomoonryong) and Shiho from the breaker
Best Chapter
Fullmetal Alchemist - Chapter 107
One Piece Chapter 398 - Declaration of War
One Piece - Chapter 485 - Member of the Strawhat crew: Pirate Hunter Zoro
Slam Dunk, Volume 31, Chapter 275
Bleach - Chapter 421
Best Couple/ Pairing
Ed & Winry from Fullmetal Alchemist
Yoshina Ageha and Amamiya Sakurako from Psyren
Risa x Otani, Lovely Complex
Roy Mustang x Riza Hawkeye from Fullmetal Alchemist
Rock and Revy from Black Lagoon
Best Full Cast
Fullmetal Alchemist
One Piece
Eyeshield 21
Naruto
Ouran High School Host Club
Best Artwork
Bleach
Berserk
D.Gray-Man
Vagabond
Vinland Saga
Best WTF Moment
Revelation of Duval's face in One Piece (Chapter 494/ Pg. 19)
Aizen changing forms (butterfly transformation) in Bleach
From "Vinland Saga", when
Askeladd beheaded King Sweyn and his death following/ Askeladd suddenly insulting and killing King Sweyn, followed by his death.
L's media stunt on Kira in Death Note
One piece / Chapter 279
When Enel relizes that his powers are ineffective against Luffy (Chapter 279)
Best Plot-twist (Please write it inside spoiler tags.)
Bleach –
Aizen revealed as villain in Bleach/ Aizen’s betrayal of the Gotei 13
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
Berserk –
The Eclipse
Vinland Saga
when Askeladd beheaded King Sweyn
Naruto –
Itachi turning out to be good.
Best new series (For a nomination to be accepted for this category, the start date must be 2010)
Enigma by Sakaki Kenji
Oumagadoki Doubutsuen
The Breaker New Waves
Ikusa no Ko - Oda Saburou Nobunaga Den –
Pika Ichi
Best Manga Overall
One Piece
Fullmetal Alchemist
Berserk
Naruto
Death Note
May I add my two cents? Please disable comments in the vote threads until AFTER the vote has been released.
You showed incredible foresight by hiding the vote results, since this will prevent imitation voting. Disabling comments will stop the usual deluge of "oh the Naruto/Bleach category sucks", which could skew voting.
Why? The discussion is what makes this tournament interesting. And this far people have well argued why they think Naruto/Bleach/One Piece "sucks" or is inferior to others, so it's completly okay. What's wrong with people sharing their opinions on the contenstants? Everyone is free to comment, so come for Bleach or Narutos defense if you feel like it!
And based on my experience with similar votings, most of the voters still go with the biggest mainstream options ignoring the comments.
Oh, and I think there has been more of praising of lesser read series than dissing the popular favorites.
I will have to agree with Ustegius here. Comments are what make all this fun After all, only a small percentage of voters even comment to explain why they have voted for whatever they did. Everyone is welcome to discuss what they think should win~
I don't think it will skew votes at all in the sense of making the votes biased in any way - if someone has brought up a good enough point to make another person change his mind about his vote, well, there is nothing wrong with that. I would not call that "skewing" at all The point must have been a really valid point to make the person change his mind!
Of course, bashing is not okay, but that will be dealt with if it happens.
May I add my two cents? Please disable comments in the vote threads until AFTER the vote has been released.
You showed incredible foresight by hiding the vote results, since this will prevent imitation voting. Disabling comments will stop the usual deluge of "oh the Naruto/Bleach category sucks", which could skew voting.
I agree with the two posts above me here, the discussion is in an acceptable manner so far, and sometimes interesting. After all there is much more to it than just critizing other people's picks (which is very limited by our discussion rules anyways for these threads). Questions, promotions for certain nominations which simply are relatively unknown, and so on.
You have provided valid points. I guess the MH fanbase is not as "rabid" as others :P
I was merely speaking from experience, seeing the results of similar contests between various anime on the animecrazy.net forums, most of the comments were "Option A sucks! Option B foreva!" It droned on for pages!
And I didn't mean to question your moderation capabilities. I hope I didn't cause offence.
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