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Best and Worst Manga of 2016 Results - Comic-Con International

This past Saturday at Comic-Con International, Christopher Butcher (comics writer and retailer), David Brothers (branding manager and comics journalist), Eva Volin (graphic novel reporter/critic and librarian), Brigid Alverson (comics journalist and editor) and Deb Aoki (manga editor and critic) held the annual "Best and Worst Manga" panel. Here are their picks for 2016:

Best New Manga for Kids/Teens

• Haikyu!! – Haruichi Furudate (Shonen Jump / Viz Media)
• FukuFuku: Kitten Tales – Konami Kanata (Vertical)
• Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun – Izumi Tsubaki (Yen Press)
• Orange – Ichigo Takano (Seven Seas Entertainment, Crunchyroll Manga)
• Ultraman – Eiichi Shimizu and Tomohiro Shimoguchi (Viz Media)
• Handa-kun – Satsuki Yoshino (Yen Press)

Best New Manga for Grown-ups

• Wandering Island by Kenji Tsuruta (Dark Horse)
• I am a Hero by Kengo Hanazawa (Dark Horse)
• Goodnight Punpun by Inio Asano (VIZ Signature / Viz Media)
• Sherlock by Steven Moffat, Mark Gatiss, Jay (Titan Entertainment)
• Cigarette Girl by Masahiko Matsumoto (Top Shelf Productions)

Best Continuing Manga Series for Kids/Teens

• A Silent Voice by Yoshitoki Ōima (Kodansha Comics, Crunchyroll Manga)
• Fruits Basket: Collector's Edition by Natsuki Takaya (Yen Press)
• Noragami: Stray God by Adachitoka (Kodansha Comics)
• Yotsuba&! by Kiyohiko Azuma (Yen Press)
• Your Lie in April by Naoshi Arakawa (Kodansha Comics)

Best Continuing Manga Series for Grown-ups

• Tokyo Ghoul by Sui Ishida (Viz Media)
• Princess Jellyfish by Akiko Higashimura (Kodansha Comics, Crunchyroll Manga)
• Vinland Saga by Makoto Yukimura (Kodansha Comics)
• Inuyashiki by Hiroya Oku (Kodansha Comics, Crunchyroll Manga)
• Planetes by Makoto Yukimura (Dark Horse Comics)

Worst Manga for Anyone, Any Age

• Black Clover by Yūki Tabata (Shonen Jump, Viz Media)
• Tomodachi x Monster by Yoshihiko Inui (Seven Seas Entertainment)
• Guardians of the Louvre by Jiro Taniguchi (NBM Graich Novels)
• Ninja Slayer Kills! by Bradley Bond, Phillip Ninj@ Morrez, Koutaro Sekine (Kodansha Comics)
• Servant X Service by Karino Takatsu (Yen Press)

Under-rated but Great Manga (under-the-radar comics worth reading)

• Yowamushi Pedal by Wataru Watanabe (Yen Press)
• Bleach by Tite Kubo (Shonen Jump, Viz Media)
• Kitaro by Shigeru Mizuki (Drawn & Quarterly)
• Kiss Him, Not Me! by Junko (Kodansha Comics, Crunchyroll Manga)

Most Anticipated New Manga (licensed for North America release in 2013-2014)

• Otherworld Barbara by Moto Hagio (Fantagraphics)
• BLAME! by Tsutomu Nihei (Vertical Comics)
• Flying Witch by Chihiro Ichizuka (Vertical Comics)
• Attack on Titan Anthology by Various (Kodansha Comics)
• Ichi-F: A Worker's Graphic Memoir of the Fukushima Nuclear Plant by Kazuto Tatsuta (Kodansha Comics)
• ERASED by Kei Sanbe (Yen Press)

Most Wanted Manga (not yet published/licensed in English but should be)

• Mob Psycho 100 by ONE – Shogakukan
• Koshoku Robot (Solitary Dining Robot) by Hisae Iwaoka (Shueisha)
• Hoshi ga Hara Ao Manju no Mori by Hisae Iwaoka (Asahi Sinbunsha)
• Delicious in Dungeon (Dungeon Meshi) by Ryōko Kui (Enterbrain)
• Giant Killing by Masaya Tsunamoto, Tsujitomo (Kodansha)

Thanks to Deb Aoki