see what an opinionated group of bloggers, librarians, retailers and comics insiders had to say about the best manga published between July 2015 - July 2016!

1. BEST & WORST
MANGA
OF 2016
SAN DIEGO COMIC-CON 2016
BRIGID ALVERSON • DEB AOKI • DAVID BROTHERS
CHRISTOPHER BUTCHER • EVA VOLIN

2. BEST NEW MANGA
FOR KIDS / TEENS

3. Shonen Jump / VIZ Media
SDCC Booth #2813
HAIKYU!
HARUICHI FURUDATE

4. Vertical Comics
SDCC #1631
FUKUFUKU
KITTEN TALES
KONAMI KANATA

5. Yen Press
Available on Kindle, BookWalker
Anime on Crunchyroll.com now:
http://www.crunchyroll.com/mont
hly-girls-nozaki-kun
MONTHLY
GIRLS’
NOZAKI-KUN
IZUMI TSUBAKI

6. Seven Seas Entertainment
SDCC Booth #2707
ORANGE
ICHIGO TAKANO

7. ULTRAMAN
EIICHI SHIMIZU
TOMOHIRO
SHIMOGUCHI
VIZ Signature / VIZ Media
SDCC Booth #2813
Also available on ComiXology,
Kindle, Nook

8. Yen Press
Available on Kindle, BookWalker
Anime on FUNimation now:
http://www.funimation.com/show
s/handa-kun/home
HANDA-KUN
SATSUKI YOSHINO

9. BEST NEW MANGA
FOR GROWN-UPS

10. Dark Horse
SDCC Booth #2615
WANDERING
ISLAND
KENJI TSURUTA

11. Dark Horse
SDCC Booth #2615
I AM A HERO
KENGO HANAZAWA

12. VIZ Signature / VIZ Media
SDCC Booth #2813
Also available on ComiXology,
Kindle, Nook
GOODNIGHT
PUNPUN
ASANO INIO

13. Titan Entertainment
SDCC Booth #5537
Also available on
ComiXology.com
SHERLOCK
STEVEN MOFFAT,
MARK GATISS, JAY.

14. Top Shelf Productions
SDCC Booth #2743
CIGARETTE
GIRL
MASAHIKO
MATSUMOTO

15. BEST CONTINUING
MANGA SERIES
FOR KIDS / TEENS

16. Kodansha Comics
www.kodanshacomics.com
Also available on Kindle, Nook
and Crunchyroll Manga
A SILENT
VOICE
YOSHITOKI OIMA

17. Yen Press
www.yenpress.com
FRUITS BASKET
COLLECTOR’S
EDITION
NATSUKI TAKAYA

18. Kodansha Comics
www.kodanshacomics.com
Also available on Kindle and
Nook
NORAGAMI:
STRAY GOD
ADACHITOKA

19. Yen Press
www.yenpress.com
YOTSUBA&!
KIYOHIKO AZUMA

20. Kodansha Comics
www.kodanshacomics.com
Also available on Kindle and
Nook
YOUR LIE IN
APRIL
NAOSHI ARAKAWA

21. BEST CONTINUING
MANGA SERIES
FOR GROWN-UPS

22. VIZ Signature / VIZ Media
SDCC Booth #2813
Also available on ComiXology,
Kindle, Nook
TOKYO
GHOUL
SUI ISHIDA

23. Kodansha Comics
Also available on ComiXology,
Kindle, Nook, and streaming on
Crunchyroll Manga
PRINCESS
JELLYFISH
AKIKO HIGASHIMURA

24. Kodansha Comics
www.kodanshacomics.com
VINLAND
SAGA
MAKOTO YUKIMURA

25. Kodansha Comics
www.kodanshacomics.com
Also available on Kindle and
Nook and streaming on
Crunchyroll Manga
INUYASHIKI
HIROYA OKU

26. Dark Horse
SDCC Booth #2615
PLANETES
MAKOTO YUKIMURA

27. WORST MANGA
FOR ANYONE, ANY AGE

28. Shonen Jump / VIZ Media
SDCC Booth #2813
Also available on ComiXology,
Kindle, Nook
BLACK
CLOVER
YUKI TABATA

29. Seven Seas Entertainment
http://www.gomanga.com/books/t
omodachi-x-monster/674
TOMODACHI
X MONSTER
YOSHIHIKO INUI

30. NBM Graphic Novels
http://www.nbmpub.com/
Also available on Sequential and
ComiXology
GUARDIANS
OF THE
LOUVRE
JIRO TANIGUCHI

31. Kodansha Comics
Also available on ComiXology,
Kindle and Nook
NINJA SLAYER
KILLS!
BRADLEY BOND
PHILLIP NINJ@ MORREZ
KOUTARO SEKINE

32. Yen Press
www.yenpress.com
Also available on Kindle,
BookWalker
SERVANT X
SERVICE
KARINO TAKATSU

33. UNDER-RATED
BUT GREAT
MANGA
UNDER-THE-RADAR COMICS
WORTH READING

34. Yen Press
www.yenpress.com
YOWAMUSHI
PEDAL
WATARU WATANABE

35. VIZ Signature / VIZ Media
SDCC Booth #2813
Also available on ComiXology,
Kindle, Nook
BLEACH
TITE KUBO

36. Drawn & Quarterly
Booth 1629
www.drawnandquarterly.com
KITARO
SHIGERU MIZUKI

37. Kodansha Comics
Also available on ComiXology,
Kindle, Nook, and streaming on
Crunchyroll Manga
KISS HIM,
NOT ME
JUNKO

38. MOST
ANTICIPATED
NEW MANGA
LICENSED FOR N. AMERICA
RELEASE IN 2016 - 2017

39. Fantagraphics
SDCC #1721
August 9, 2016
OTHER
WORLD
BARBARA
MOTO HAGIO

40. Vertical Comics
SDCC #1631
September 2016
BLAME!
MASTER EDITION
TSUTOMU NIHEI

41. Vertical Comics
SDCC #1631
April 2017
FLYING
WITCH
CHIHIRO ICHIZUKA

42. Kodansha Comics
October 2016
ATTACK ON
TITAN
ANTHOLOGY
VARIOUS ARTISTS

43. Kodansha Comics
March 2017
ICHI-F:
A WORKER’S GRAPHIC
MEMOIR OF THE
FUKUSHIMA
NUCLEAR PLANT
KAZUTO TATSUTA

44. Yen Press
Spring 2017
Anime now streaming on
Crunchyroll:
http://www.crunchyroll.com/erased
ERASED
(BOKU DAKE GA
INAI MACHI)
KEI SANBE

45. MOST WANTED
MANGA
NOT YET PUBLISHED/LICENSED
IN ENGLISH
(BUT SHOULD BE)

46. Shogakukan
Anime on Crunchyroll.com
http://www.crunchyroll.com/mob-
psycho-100
MOB PSYCHO
100
ONE

47. Shueisha
(Serialized in Jump Kai)
KOSHOKU
ROBOT
(SOLITARY
DINING ROBOT)
HISAE IWAOKA

48. Asahi Shinbunsha
(Serialized in Nemuki)
HOSHI GA
HARA AO
MANJU NO
MORI
HISAE IWAOKA

49. Enterbrain
DELICIOUS
IN DUNGEON
(DUNGEON
MESHI)
RYOKO KUI

50. Kodansha
GIANT
KILLING
MASAYA TSUNAMOTO
TSUJITOMO

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MANGACOMICSMANGA.COM
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BEST AND WORST MANGA OF 2016