Canned Dogs reports that users of 2channel have voted for the best eromanga of 2007, and the results are in:

1st place
Cannon sensei tobashisugi

2nd place
Itsumo kimi wo kanjiteru
Trouble Scramble!
Giri giri Sisters

[...]

Also, otaku blog Ikimashou.net is celebrating its 2nd anniversary.

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From ComicRankings comes a list of 2007's best and worst manga, ranked by each manga's reviews from across the web.

The following manga appeared on the USA Today Booklist Top 150 (PDF) for the week ending January 6th:

• #87 - Naruto, Volume 27 - Viz - (Last week: #78)
• #93 - Naruto, Volume 26 - Viz - (Last week: #89)
• #115 - Naruto, Volume 25 - Viz - (Last week: #113)

Also, Comicsnob looks at the online manga sales rankings in "Top 100 Manga, 6 January."

In the latest issue of PWCW, Kai-Ming Cha and Ed Chavez interviews Kio Shimoku, mangaka of Genshiken: The Society for the Study of Modern Visual Culture.

Also available is an article by Calvin Reid titled "Tor Books, Seven Seas Together at Last," which looks at Tor Books' joint venture with manga publisher Seven Seas Entertainment.

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Top 10 manga (1/09) according to Tohan:

1. To-LOVE-Ru (7)
2. Koukou Debut (High School Debut) (10)
3. Pyuu to Fuku! Jaguar (14)
4. Mx0 (7)
5. Fullmetal Alchemist (18)
6. Ookiku Furikabutte (9)
7. Shin Say Hello to Black Jack (3)
8. Eensy-Weensy Monster (2)
9. One Piece (48)
10. Sengoku (15)

Additional Rankings:

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In his latest blog post, Del Rey Manga's Dallas Middaugh has listed his top 10 manga of 2007:

1. Phoenix: Sun by Osamu Tezuka
2. Parasyte by Hitoshi Iwaki
3. Genshiken by Kio Shimoku
4. Monster by Naoki Urasawa
5. Emma by Kaoru Mori
6. MPD Psycho by Eiji Otsuka and Sho-u Tajima
7. The Drifitng Classroom by Kazuo Umezu
8. xxxHOLiC by CLAMP
9. Guru Guru Pon-chan by Satomi Ikezawa
10. Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service by Eiji Ohtsuka and Housui Yamazaki

Source: Active Anime

Vote For The Top 25 Anime Website. Formerly Known as The Animefringe Top 25 is Now Active Animes Top 25

January 7, 2008 - Houston, Texas – Active Anime, a site dedicated to anime and manga, is continuing one of Animefringe Webzine's annual traditions by asking fans to vote for their favorite website.

Originally unveiled in 2000, Animefringe conducted this annual tradition for 5 years straight, and has garnered tons of votes during those times until Animefringe closed its doors on December 2005. However, the site is still available and contains all the back issues of the webzine for fans to peruse and enjoy.

Now in 2008, Active Anime, with the blessing Animefringe's former editor-in-chief, Adam Arnold, is continuing the tradition for the fans after almost a 3 year hiatus.

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From PopCultureShock comes ComicRankings, a new project that "will collect reviews from across the web and calculate the average score. [...] emphasize the bigger picture to show how a series or creator or publisher has fared over time." Included is the "ComicRanking's Best & Worst Of 2007," which looks at rankings of manga, publishers and creators in the year 2007.

The following manga appeared on the USA Today Booklist Top 150 (PDF) for the week ending December 30th:

• #78 - Naruto, Volume 27 - Viz - (Last week: #135)
• #89 - Naruto, Volume 26 - Viz - (Last week: #228)
• #113 - Naruto, Volume 25 - Viz - (Last week: #312)

Also, Comicsnob looks at the online manga sales rankings in "Top 150 Manga, 30 December 2007."

A brief round up of some of the 2007 best-of lists and retrospectives from around the internet:

"Best-of and Top-whatever" lists:

• 2007 Best New Manga List [ About.com:Manga ]
• 2007 Best Manga List - Continuing Series [ About.com:Manga ]
• Roundup of roundups [ MangaBlog ]
• More of Erin's Favorite Anime and Manga of 2007 [ Manga Recon ]
• More of Kate's Favorite Manga of 2007 [ Manga Recon ]
• Top Ten Yuri Manga of 2007 [ Okazu ]
• The year in fun (2007) [ Precocious Curmudgeon ]
• Our Favorite Manga of 2007 [ PopCultureShock.com ]
• Top 10 Manga for 2007 [ PWCW ]

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