And The Winner Is...

No one asked for it, fewer people wanted it, and God Himself just barely kept Himself from causing it to vanish from existence. It's the Sleep is for the Weak Anime and Manga Awards! We've given awards to all the best, worst (usually worst) or simply exceptional characters and series that NotHayama, Bad Jew and Lianne could think of on two hours' sleep. Some of the series are pretty obscure, so as a way to keep the otaku community informed we've provided links to onsite reviews or other relevant websites for each title. Keep in mind that these are all opinion and for humorous purposes, so if you're a big fan of Angel Sanctuary or Outlaw Star's mechanical designs, nothing personal. You have a brain, use it to realize this is a joke. Contact the webmasters via the avatars on the right or by clicking here. And now, onto the awards!

Page rating: PG-16
Titles ratings: From G to NC-17, so surf any links with caution

Old awards can be found here!

Best Example of Pandering to the Female Readers in a Manly Comic

Light and L, Death Note

L deduced that the only way he could properly determine whether or not Light was a serial killer was to always keep him nearby--and did so by chaining the two of them together. They had to eat, sleep, and comb their roguish mops of hair together. The homoeroticism of that plot point alone spawned about a trillion doujinshi.

Worst Example of Pandering to the Female Readers in a Manly Comic

Naruto and Sasuke accidentally kissing in, like, episode 2, Naruto

Come on...this was just lazy.

NEW Best Pun

Ryou Kuroyanagi, Yakitate Japan

The bread was so good, he tried to tear off his pants to make a pun related to his penis. It doesn't matter why.

Oddest Couple

Sugino and Muu-chan, Tactics

Sugino is a guy who looks like a girl, and Muu-chan is a little female demon who looks like Pac-Man with feet. They're very happily married...even though Muu-chan can only say "Muu." I couldn't make this shit up if I tried.

Special WTF Prize

The Young Magician

This admittedly fantastic manga does everything short of reaching out and poking you in the eyes to try and confuse you. The second lead character doesn't show up until Volume 2. The basic plot doesn't reveal itself until Volume 4. And at one point, some poor kid is trapped between two bickering forms of the same, single omnipotent wizard--one about 116 years old (who looks 16) and one about 700 years old (who looks 22)--who's astral enough to appear anywhere, but is still tangible enough to hurt him. For example, the young version pushes him off a building and the old version catches him. Yes, WTF.

Runner up: Loveless, the story of a 12-year-old magical catboy who makes out with a grown male masochist who stores catboys in his house.

Most Badass

Gon, Gon

Gon is a tiny tyrannosaurus who's lived to modern day because he's the descendant of a line of dinosaurs who were too badass to die. He spends his days snuggling with cute woodland creatures and kicking the asses of mean woodland creatures. He'll jump on a lion and force it to run into a wall over and over and over just because he can.

Most Hilarious Mangaka Doujinshi

The continuation of Antique Bakery

Antique Bakery is Fumi Yoshinaga's fabulous story of three men working in a bakery with the gayest man ever. He can turn even the straightest of men gay, but in order to preserve harmony in the bakery, he puts a leash on his magic homosexuality and saves it for a few off-screen trysts he has with no-name characters. Then Fumi Yoshinaga did her own doujinshi version of the continuation of the series, and everyone in the bakery has graphic gay sex together.

Most Disturbing Mangaka Doujinshi

Remixes and Megamixes of Gravitation

NOTHING is sacred in these doujinshi the mangaka did to make some extra cash. "Hey, it's one of those days...I'd better call up my brother and my brother-in-law to see if they wouldn't mind coming over here and gang-raping me." Have you read these things?!

Most Non-Violent Superpower

Power Editing, Hataraki Man

When the lead lady of Hataraki man starts Super Editing, action lines pop up around her and background music kicks into high gear. It's extremely non-violent...until that stupid intern says his piece "doesn't need any editing" and she feels the need to teach him humility with the bottom of her boot. We hate that guy!

Fastest Descent into Insanity

Nobuo, Dragon Head

After the train he was on with his class crashed in a huge disaster, leaving him with a few living classmates and a whole lot of corpses in a caved-in tunnel, it took him about 20 minutes to go batshit insane and start eating people. Seriously, didn't he have lunch?

Coolest Environmentalism

Ororon, The Demon Ororon

When Ororon is done with his cigarette, instead of crushing it into the concrete, he summons a skull from hell so he can rub out the butt in the skull's mouth and not litter. The man is a class act.

Best Candidate for Self-Castration

Shannon Casull, Scrapped Princess

Shannon Casull's adopted younger sister will, according to prophecy, bring about the end of the world. He has to protect her while questioning himself and wondering if compromising your morals for the sake of the greater good means you're no longer fighting for the greater good. He also realizes pretty early on that this little disaster sister wants to have sex with him...as do a bunch of killer robots who look like little girls. The ability to copulate is really just a liability for this guy.

Least Creepy Instance of Emotional Prostitution

The host club, Ouran High School Host Club

They'll drink tea with you and tell you you're pretty...for a price. They also form a tight-knit family together...for a price. It's weird.

Best Giraffe Character

Kaku, One Piece

This super kung-fu artist/carpenter can kill anyone he wants while simultaneously fixing a boat that was cut in half. He also ate the Giraffe Giraffe devil's fruit, which means he can turn into a giraffe and unleash the mighty, untapped force of Giraffe. And it's exactly what it sounds like.

Worst Giraffe Character

Itsuki, After School Nightmare

This annoying bishounen is super duper smart and wears barrettes in his hair, and in a magical dream land he manifests as a paper giraffe. Rain can make him die.

Best Ending Theme

Aka-chan Ningen, Welcome to the NHK

Don't click on the youtube link unless you're 16+, because it's dirty. But if you're old enough to watch it, you will laugh hard enough to pee a little. Be sure to watch through to the end, where you get a bonus Manic Scream.

Doe-Eyed Bishounen We'd Most Like to See Mercilessly Beaten

Romeo, Romeo x Juliet

The Lord Montague is super evil, doing things like making speeches about how the citizens are grapes to be squashed while symbolically squashing a grape. His son has the body of a 12-year-old boy and the face of a 14-year-old girl, and constantly whines about how the citizens are people too and "I'll help the daughter of your sworn enemy escape prison and lead a coup against you, because I love her sooooo much!" Clearly, the genes skipped a generation. We waited the entire series for Montague to snap and just start beating his son with his evil pimp cane.

Bluntest Lesson

Episode 1, Super Gals

In the very special first episode of Gals, teenage girls learn an important lesson: if you want a pretty bag, don't sell your body for money. Just steal one from a stupid boy we hatethemtheysuck.

Most Fatal Instance of Wishing You'd Paid More Attention in Class

Dr. Hokuto vs. Dr. Poe, B't X

In Volume 13 of this shounen manga, the super genius Dr. Poe tries to out-math super genius Dr. Hokuto to the death while a Rubik's Cube of Destruction will send Dr. Hokuto's friends into an unknown dimension for all of eternity if it's not solved in ten minutes. I expected it to descend into both of them just beating each other with their giant melon heads.

Most Destructive Prepubescents

Black and White, Tekkonkinkreet

SOMEBODY PUT THOSE CHILDREN IN A CAGE.

Runners-up: Reborn and Lambo, the sniper/heavy arms specialist babies who work for the mob.