Then there’s the anime which sucked so hard, they created a black hole in the anime universe, which even the most fantastic anime could never hope to fill.

I have a few anime I would like to nominate as “Best” for 2007:

• Basilisk: Best Story and Best Character Designs
• Afro Samurai: Best Action and Best Character Designs
• Tekkonkinkreet: Best Anime Feature
• Karas: The Revelation: Best Animation
• Ergo Proxy: Best Science Fiction

For the “Worst” anime of 2007:

• Glass Fleet, Volume One: Worst Character Designs and Worst Story
• Witchblade: Worst Costumes and Use of Boobs
• Trinity Blood: Worst Waste of Animation and Time

I haven’t read enough manga this year to be informed enough to say which is “Best”, but if I had to choose from among the manga I have read in 2007, it would be:

Best Manga:

• The first four volumes of E’S: Best Line Work, Best Story, Best Panel Usage
• Gon: Best Use of the Manga Medium

Worst Manga:

• My Dearest Devil Princess: Worst Story

Best and Worst is all relative and my choices for Best and Worst probably won’t coincide with anybody else’s. Since we have a nifty comment board in which to air opinions, let’s hear a few of everyone’s personal choices for Best and Worst Anime of 2007!

• Anime Supercon – Ft. Lauderdale, Florida (USA)

December 1, 2007

• East Meets South – Oxford, Alabama (USA)…Note: This convention has been cancelled, but a smaller replacement event has been scheduled in its place. It will be free, but is on an invitation only basis. For information about the event and acquiring invitations check this page.

• Holicon – Miami, Florida (USA) — (This is a Charity Convention collecting toys and donations for the Peaceful Haven Ranch Group…sci-fi, anime, gaming, etc. will be featured)

December 1 – 2, 2007

• Anima Santos – Santos, Brazil (Site language is Brazilian Portuguese)

December 7 – 9, 2007

• New York Anime Festival – New York, New York (USA) — (also the site of the World Cosplay Summit US Preliminaries)

December 8, 2007

• Rumiko Takahashi Marathon – Washington, D.C. (USA) — (a marathon of anime films based upon works by Rumiko Takahashi)

December 8 – 9, 2007

• Ecchicon X-mas Party – Warsaw, Poland (Site language is Polish)

December 9, 2007

• Toronto AnimeCon – Toronto, Ontario (Canada)

December 15, 2007

• Anime@Expo – Tampines, Singapore

• JACON Winter Wonderland Ball 2007 – Orlando, Florida (USA) — (This is an Anime Themed Winter Dance and Ball as well as a Toys for Tots Toy Drive)

December 15 – 16, 2007

• Ressaca Friends – São Paulo, Brazil (Site language is Brazilian Portuguese)
• WAI-Con – Perth, Western Australia (Australia)

December 22 – 23, 2007

• Jump Festa – Tokyo, Japan — (Primarily a Comics Convention)

December 28 – 30, 2007

• Anime South – Destin, Florida (USA)
• YamiCon – Houston, Texas (USA) — NOTE: This Convention has been postponed until 2008.

December 29 – 31, 2007

• Comic Market (Comiket) – Tokyo, Japan — (Primarily a Comics Convention) (Site languages are Japanese, Chinese, Korean, and English)

December 31, 2007

• First Night Boston – Boston, Massachusetts (USA)

December 31, 2007 – January 1, 2008

• Sorikon – Ballwin, Missouri (USA) — (This is a Mini-convention and New Years Celebration)

January 3 – 6, 2008

• MagFest 2008 – Williamsburg, Virginia (USA) — (This is a Music and Gaming Convention)

January 4 – 6, 2008

• Anime Los Angeles – Burbank, California (USA)

• Ohayocon – Columbus, Ohio (USA)

January 5, 2008

• Librar-ations – Fort Lauderdale, Florida (USA)

January 11 – 13, 2008

• Sac-Anime – Sacramento, California (USA)

January 12, 2008

• AUSAM-Con – Auburn, Alabama (USA)

January 12 – 13, 2008

• Pokettokon – East Peoria, Illinois (USA)

January 18 – 21, 2008

• Arisia – Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) — (Primarily a Science Fiction and Fantasy Convention)

January 18 – 25, 2008

• Otronicon – Orlando, Florida — (Primarily a Gaming Convention)

January 19 – 20, 2008

• AnimePan – Recife, Brazil (Site language is Brazilian Portuguese)

January 24 – 27, 2008

• Anime Dreams – São Paulo, Brazil (Site language is Brazilian Portuguese)

January 24 – 28, 2008

• Further Confusion 2008 – San Jose, California (USA) — (This is an Anthropomorphics Convention)

January 25 – 27, 2008

• Genericon – Troy, New York (USA) — (Primarily a Gaming Convention)
• Vericon – Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) — (Primarily a Science Fiction and Fantasy Convention)

January 26 – 27, 2008

• Phoenix Cactus Comicon – Mesa, Arizona (USA)
• Setsucon – State College, Pennsylvania (USA)