It's a new month, so it's time to honor the best titles from the previous.  All the titles up for nomination come from our September reviews, and had a score of 8 or higher.  Our board of manga reviewers then pick the best of the best.  Winners will receive either the gold scroll, silver scroll or bronze scroll.  First, the nominations:

Title	Publisher	Score
One Piece Vol 1	Viz Media	9
Iron Wok Jan Vol 1	ComicsOne/DR Masters	9.5
Hybrid Child	DMP/June Manga	8
Fullmetal Alchemist Vol 1	Viz Media	9.5
Kitchen Princess Vol 7	Del Rey Manga	8.5
Art of Hideshi Hino	Last Gasp	8
Black Jack Vol 1	Vertical, Inc.	10
Real Vol 1	Viz Media	9
Naruto Vol 30	Viz Media	8.5
Knights of the Zodiac-Saint Seiya Vol 1	Viz Media	9.5
Spell	DMP/June Manga	8
Cat Eyed Boy Vol 2	Viz Media	8
I, Otaku Vol 2	Seven Seas Ent.	8
MPD Psycho Vol 6	Dark Horse Comics	9
Metro Survive Vol 2	DR Masters	10

                                                                             
Gold and Silver was clear cut again this month.  Bronze had to go another round before it's winner was decided:


Black Jack Volume 1


One Piece Volume 1


Cat-Eyed Boy Volume 2

After voting, our reviewers then have the option to give a minority opinion, or honorable mention to any titles they feel deserved more credit.  This month, I had something to say about two titles:

Fullmetal Alchemist, even after all this time, and the hype is still a fantastic title.  The characters, story, action and art all balance into the perfect title.  There are few that can compete with it in my book.  On the other side, but still deserving of mention is Knights of the Zodiac: Saint Seiya.  Old School shonen doesn't get better than this.  There's just enough story to carry the action, and it's got plenty!  Both these titles deserve a nod.

Lori Henderson