Pick five

Some people are surprised by the complete exclusion of comics from Japan from the A.V. Club’s list of the best comics of the ’00s. In the midst of all of the semantic discussion of when decades begin and end in the comments over at The Beat, the Club’s Noel Murray explains:

“There’s no manga largely because most of us only dabble in manga (at best), and if we even tried to acknowledge it we’d likely come off underinformed. (I did consider DRIFTING LIFE, though.)”

Moving on.

So for fun, why not pick five manga titles you think merit inclusion in such a list? Don’t overthink it. Just toss out the first five that pop into your head. I’ll start:

  • Sexy Voice and Robo by Iou Kuroda, Viz
  • MW by Osamu Tezuka, Vertical
  • Swan by Kyoko Ariyoshi, CMX
  • Antique Bakery by Fumi Yoshinaga, DMP
  • Planetes by Makoto Yukimura