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 previous month's 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:

Black Jack Volumes 1-5	Vertical, Inc.	10
Chibi Vampire Volume 5	Tokyopop	9
Dazzle Volumes 1-2	Tokyopop	8
Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit Volume 1	Viz Media	9
Kekkaishi Volume 18	Viz Media	9
Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service Volume 2	Dark Horse	9
Otomen Volume 3	Viz Media	9.5
Vampire Hunter D Volume 2	DMP	8

For the Brownie, nominations come from our lowest review scores of 5 or below.  This is all in good fun, in the vein of the Razzies.  The nominees are:

There were no Brown nominees.

The Blue nominations are new and are meant to recognize the best of BL titles for the month.  The nominees are:

Don't Blame Me Volume 2	DMP	8
Menkui Volume 1	DMP	8

Bronze needed another tie-breaking vote, but the winners for this month are:


Black Jack Volumes 1-5


Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service Volume 2


Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit Volume 1


Don't Blame Me 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.

Lori Henderson