We mostly split things up into categories, and I thought I'd share some of our conclusions (and, in rare instances, my own thoughts) on each category.
I may also have some video from the panel later, if my battery lasted a reasonable amount of time, but in the meantime...the categories!
Best Children's Manga
- Gon
- Cowa
- Dinosaur's Hour
- Happy Happy Clover
- Fairy Idol Kanon
Best Shoujo Manga
- Black Bird
- Song of the Hanging Sky
Gakuen Alice Vol 1 - Name of the Flower
- Nightschool
- Two Flowers for the Dragon
- OtoMen
- Gakuen Alice
- High School Debut
Best Shounen Manga
- Black Jack
- Dororo
- Cirque du Freak
- Black Lagoon
Best Josei
- minima!
- Nightmare Inspector
- Honey & Clover
- Sand Chronicles
Best Seinen
- Disappearance Diary
- Oishinbo
- Red Colored Elegy
- A Drifting Life
- REAL
- solanin
- PLUTO
- 20th Century Boys (based on applause, 20th Century Boys is more popular than Pluto, so here's a Pluto picture.)
- Astral Project
Best Adult
- Future Lovers
- Mr. Flower Bride
- Lovers and Souls
- Aqua Bless
- Please Miss Yuri
- Red Blinds the Foolish
WORST New Manga
- In Odd We Trust
- King of the Lamp
- Ral Grad.
- Tantric Stripfighter Trina
- Jack Frost
- Rosario + Vampire
- Magic Touch
WORST Ongoing Series
- Bobobo Bobobobo
- Sundome (TOTALLY disagree! I'll have to see how it ends, but I think it's really interesting to watch the male lead become a stronger, more confident character-- by being dominated by a yes, compromised and broken young woman.)
- Alice on Deadlines
BEST Ongoing Series
- Nana (Yes!)
- Berserk (Yes!)
- Emma (OH GOD yes!)
Best Manga - International
- Goong
- Night School
- Johnny Bunko
- deja vu
- Yokaiden
Most Anticipated License 2009-2010
- Hetalia Axis Powers
- OtoyomeGatari (by the creator of Emma)
Most Anticipated Titles
- Moyashimon
- Ooku
- I'll Give It My All...Tomorrow
- AX: a Collection of Alternative Manga
- Kimi no Todoke
We had a really great time with the panel, and the room was jam-packed to boot, and I think it went pretty well. Thanks to the panelists, and thanks to all the attendees! As for the rest of you: do you agree or disagree with these assessments?
I've all the books (signed). Big series for me back in my younger days, guess I should check it out (thought it was more of a Children's manga).
Slightly surprised SZS didn't win anything, but oh well. Glad ye enjoyed the panel.
Super excited about the upcoming Moyashimon, and maybe one of these days I'll start Emma. I didn't realize it was still ongoing.
I think Fruits Basket deserves to be under best shoujo. It's truly an outstanding series. The rest of my bests for shoujo, seinen, josei are in there.
I agree with Berserk as one of the best ongoing manga. (If I knew how to cross out words I'd cross out "one of".)
I'm glad to see some positive marks for Pluto.
I find it odd that Black Lagoon is considered shounen (I thought it was seinen).
There was no mention of Gintama or One Piece (although truth be told I tend to follow the animated versions).
No props for Vagabond?
I'd have to disagree with Rosario + Vampire listed as one of the worst manga. It's much better than it's anime counterpart and a pretty enjoyable read.
I totally agree. Sundome isn't a masterpiece, but it is far more interesting than a number of other manga I have read in the last two years. The same could be said about Ral Grad, though I'm not saying it was good by any means.
@lys Yeah, minima! runs in Bessatsu Friend which is a shoujo magazine... The only title in the "josei" category which actually is josei is Honey & Clover. :P Sand Chronicles also ran in a shoujo mag (Betsucomi) and Nightmare Inspector is shounen.
Black Lagoon runs in Sunday-GX, which is a seinen magazine.