OK my friends, I'm doing another panel and would like your help. This is mostly just for fun, and will make up a minute or two of my crash course in manga and anime for first-time convention-goers.

Please if so inclined, list the one title that you think best exemplifies each genre. If you don't read that genre, just leave it blank. Thank you!

Action:
Adventure:
Coming-of-Age:
Comedy:
Cooking / Baking:
Drama:
Fantasy:
Historical:
Horror:
Musicians / Actors / Models:
Mystery:
Psychological:
Romance:
School Life:
Science Fiction:
Slice of Life:
Sports:
Supernatural:
Tragedy:

well then, i'll have a try at a couple ...

Historical: Historie
Horror: Uzumaki
Mystery: Monster or Death Note
Coming-of-Age: Aku no Hana
Psychological: Onani Master Kurosawa
Science fiction: Pluto
Comedy: Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun
Slice-of-Life: Koe no Katachi
Tragedy: Hatsukanezumi no Jikan
Romance: Toradora!

Last edited by Sensou-Aisu at 9:23 am, Mar 15 2015

This list is obvs very biased, but I tried lol.

Action: Pluto
Adventure: Blade of the Immortal
Coming-of-Age: Honey and Clover
Comedy: Love Com
Cooking / Baking: lol sorry
Drama: Can You Hear Me?
Fantasy: Vampire Juujikai
Historical: Shin Angyo Onshi
Horror: Parasyte. Or really anything by Ito Junji.
Musicians / Actors / Models: Cat Street
Mystery: 20th Century Boys?
Psychological: Monster
Romance: Bonnouji
School Life: Kare Kano
Science Fiction: Blame!
Slice of Life: My Girl (SAHARA Mizu)
Sports: One Outs
Supernatural: lol sorry
Tragedy: Dokuhime

EDIT: Oh god my brain was fried lol. I thought Max Lovely and Love Com were the same manga.

Last edited by PinkStarBePink at 6:39 pm, Mar 15 2015

Doing list like this is a good idea to idea able to help with requests fast or just shows your pm friends what sort of person you are. I update mine (every author is only present once and this is where some of the stretches come from) somewhat regularly here http://mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=48756 if anyone cares (1190 views!) so this is the list of today:

Josei: Hachimitsu to Clover Finished
Seinen: Berserk
Shojo: Mars Finished
Shonen: Rurouni Kenshin Finished

Action: Hellsing Finished + Shi ga Futari o Wakatsu Made
Adult: Oyasumi Punpun Finished + Natsu no Zenjitsu
Adventure: 7 Seeds + Hunter x Hunter
Anime: Cowboy Bebop Finished + Ginga Eiyuu Densetsu Finished
Anthology: Hi no Tori Incomplete (still 10/10) + Otoyomegatari
Bande dessinée: Largo Winch + Blacksad
Biography: Kakukaku Shikajika + Steve Jobs
Chambara: Azumi + Mugen no Juunin Finished
Comedy: Dr. Slump Finished + Ore Monogatari!!
Comic(US): The Walking Dead + We3 Finished + Best author
Comic Industry: Bakuman Finished + Even a Monkey Can Draw Manga Finished
Dancing: Ballroom e Youkoso + Subaru
Drama: Boku no Chikyuu o Mamotte Finished + Paradise Kiss Finished
Ecchi: Jigokuren Finished + The Penisman by ISHIDA Sui
Educational: Crimsons - Akai Koukaishatachi Finished + Hadashi no Gen Finished
Fantasy: Ookami to Koushinryou + Spirit Circle
Gender Bender: Kanojo ni Naru Hi Fantasy + Nicoichi Real life
Harem: Ooku + Sayonara Zetsubou-Sensei Finished
Hentai: Wain no Kachikan Finished + Shoya
Historical: Kento Ankokuden Cestvs + Ookami no Kuchi: Wolfsmund Needs more views!
Horror: Dorohedoro + Kiseijuu Finished + Best ending.
Light Novel: Baccano! (Novel)
Manhua: Wolf & Mary Finished
Manhwa: Princess + Shin Angyo Onshi Finished
Martial Arts: All Rounder Meguru + Gunnm Finished and turns into one later
Mature: Innocent (SAKAMOTO Shinichi) + Yamikin Ushijima-kun
Mecha: Shin Seiki Evangelion Finished + Kidou Senshi Z Gundam Define
Medical: Iryuu - Team Medical Dragon + Jin
Military/Police: Kidou Keisatsu Patlabor + Yokokuhan
Mono no Aware: Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou Finished + Yotsubato!
Movie: Akira + Mononoke Hime
Music: Nodame Cantabile Finished + Sakamichi no Apollon Finished
Mystery: Kiss & Never Cry + Shingeki no Kyojin - Before the Fall The best version
One-Shot: Watashitachi no Shiawase na Jikan Finished
Psychological: Billy Bat + Liar Game Finished
Romance: Last Game + Sunadokei Finished
Sci-fi: Uchuu Kyoudai Hard Sci-fi + Ghost in the Shell ARISE Needs more views!
School Life: Angel Densetsu Finished + Kareshi Kanojo no Jijou Finished
Shounen Ai: Tokyo Babylon + Finished Zankoku na Kami ga Shihaisuru Finished
Shoujo Ai: Honey & Honey Finished
Slice of life: Sensei no Kaban Finished
Smut: Sora wa Akai Kawa no Hotori Finished
Social Commentary: Saikyou Densetsu Kurosawa
Space Opera: Five Star Monogatari + Seikai no Monshou (YONEMURA Kouichirou)
Sports: Ashita no Joe Finished + Real
Supernatural: Mushishi Finished + Hagane no Renkinjutsushi Finished
Survival: Gantz Finished + Jisatsutou
Tragedy: Gunslinger Girl Finished + Kisshou Tennyo Finished
Train-wreck: Wolf Guy - Ookami no Monshou Finished
Webtoon: Blind Faith Descent + Superior Day - Finished

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Action+Adventure: Vinland Saga
Coming-of-Age: Usagi Drop
Comedy: Yotsubato! + Gokusen
Cooking / Baking: Kinou Nani Tabeta?
Drama: Solanin + Ikigami
Fantasy: Ookami Kodomo no Ame to Yuki
Historical: Oooku - alternate history though with reversed gender, nevertheless one of the best representative for the Edo era (Tokugawa Shogunate)
Horror: Ludwig Kakumei - I know, not a really objective choice but the only horror manga I really like
Musicians / Actors / Models: Ashita no Ou-sama for acting
Mystery: Death Note
Psychological: Liar Game
Romance: Mars
School Life: GTO
Science Fiction: ES
Slice of Life: Otoyomegatari
Sports: Tennis no Ouji-sama
Supernatural: Billy Bat
Tragedy: Sad Love Story - manhwa though


Edit:
After a bit reconsideration I've managed to add manga for each genre.

Last edited by annebel at 12:32 pm, Mar 17 2015

Action: black haze noragami

Adventure: one piece

Coming-of-Age: assassination classroom

Comedy: nisekoi beelzebub one piece

Cooking / Baking: shokugeki no souma

Drama: can't see can't hear but love

Fantasy: air gear

Historical: otoyomegatari

Horror: ibitsu

Musicians / Actors / Models: annarasumanara

Mystery: kuroshitsuji

Psychological:haru no houtai shoujo

Romance:horimiya

School Life:Yamada-kun to 7-nin no Majo

Action:Bleach
Adventure:
Coming-of-Age:Kimi to Boku
Comedy:Kill me Baby
Cooking / Baking:
Drama:Kiss and Never Cry
Fantasy:Trinity Blood,RG Veda
Historical:
Horror:Yumekui Kenbun
Musicians / Actors / Models:
Mystery:
Psychological: After School Nightmare
Romance:
School Life:
Science Fiction:No.6, Ghost in the Shell
Slice of Life:
Sports:
Supernatural: Natsume's Book of Friends
Tragedy: Tokyo Babylon


This is harder than it seems...

Slightly limiting myself, first choice are those that I've read all of and is completed and if there's a second then it isn't complete, but had to be mentioned.

Action: Hellsing, Hunter x Hunter
Adventure: Basara, One Piece
Coming-of-Age: Thomas no Shinzou, Ame Nochi Hare (Bikke)
Comedy: Nothing complete, Gintama
Cooking / Baking: Oishii Kankei, Nobunaga no Chef
Drama:
Fantasy: Fullmetal Alchemist, Mahou Tsukai no Yome (or maybe Spice & Wolf)
Historical: Emma, Ooku
Horror: Uzumaki (Though I've only read this in the horror genre)
Musicians / Actors / Models: Nodame Cantabile
Mystery: Muhyo & Roji's Bureau of Supernatural Investigation (Don't really read mystery though)
Psychological:
Romance: Mars (Almost went with Emma), Cheese in the Trap
School Life: Love Com
Science Fiction:
Slice of Life: My Girl (Sahara Mizu), Otoyomegatari
Sports: Hikaru no Go, Baby Steps
Supernatural: Mushishi, Natsume Yuujinchou
Tragedy: Tada, Kimi o Aishiteru

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I read so many awesome manga that are all really representative of each genre they're really hard to pick, especially since most of them I actually haven't read in a while. But hopefully this helps!

Adventure: Hunter x Hunter
Coming-of-Age: Naruto
Comedy: The Gamer
Cooking / Baking: Mixed Vegetables
Drama: Bokura ga Ita
Fantasy: Hana to Akuma
Historical: Akatsuki no Yona
Horror: Ghost Hunt
Musicians / Actors / Models: Music Nodame Cantabile, Actors/Models Skip Beat! or Ano Ko no, Toriko
Mystery: Detective Conan
Psychological:
Romance: Last Game
School Life: Hiyokoi
Science Fiction:
Slice of Life: Ao Natsu
Sports: Yowamushi Pedal
Supernatural:
Tragedy:

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It's quite hard actually to choose a manga that best represent its genre. Normally, I'll pick up a manga title that in my opinion most suitably represent its genre, not considering the manga popularity, the reading difficulty of the manga, etc. But, since it's a panel that aimed for first-time anime and manga convention-goers, I'll just stick with the popular ones.


Action: Naruto
Adventure: Hunter x Hunter
Coming-of-Age: Aoi Hana if you don't really mind LGBT stuff, otherwise Koe no Katachi
Comedy: Gintama
Cooking / Baking: Cooking Master Boy
Drama: Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae o Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai
Fantasy: Anything by Studio Ghibli
Gender Bender: Bokura no Hentai and Ame Nochi Hare (Bikke)
Historical: Otoyomegatari
Horror: ITOU Junji
Musicians / Actors / Models: Beck
Mystery: Death Note
Psychological: Liar Game
Romance: Toradora!
School Life: Danshi Koukousei no Nichijou
Science Fiction: 2001 Nights
Slice of Life: Aria and its prequel Aqua
Sports: Ashita no Joe
Supernatural: Mushishi
Tragedy:Gunslinger Girl


Sorry for the bad english, I'm still learning.

Last edited by kamfreto at 6:28 am, Mar 16 2015

Let's try humm...

Action: Samurai Deeper Kyo (S)

Adventure: Akatsuki no Yona (S)

Coming-of-Age: Kodomo no Omocha (S)

Comedy: Gintama (S) and Onsen Tarzan (Y) XDDD~

Cooking / Baking: En wa Ki na Mono Aji na Mono (?!) (Y)

Drama: Silence (Y)

Fantasy: Crimson Spell (Y)

Historical: All about Shinsengumi and Sengoku-periods (eg: Brave 10 (S), Hakuouki (S), Bakumatsu Seishun Hanafubuki (Y), Amasakaru (Y), Tsuki no Shippo (S), etc)

Horror: Haginokouji Seiya-sama no Ran (Y)

Musicians / Actors / Models: Kuroneko-series (Y)

Mystery: White & Black (Y)

Psychological: Behind The Blindfold (S)

Romance: Throbbing Tonight (S)

School Life: Penguin Brothers (S)

Science Fiction: 7SEEDS (S)

Slice of Life: Junjou Romantica (Y)

Sports: Perfect Xxx (Y)

Supernatural: Platinum Garden (S)

Tragedy: Boys Love (Y)

Well... a lot of them are oldies though (lol)

All right I'll try my best...

Action: Bleach I know it's overrated. I know! But I still love it and at this point the action is practically all it has going for it.
Adventure: Saiyuki
Comedy: Angel Densetsu or Beelzebub, that one's hard, there's a lot of good ones
Horror: Monster, scariest thing I've ever read ever
Romance: Ran and the Gray World
Sci Fi: Kiseijuu
Slice of Life: Mushishi
Supernatural/Fantasy: xxxHolic, this is way too broad to be objective, but that's my favorite.
Tragedy: Berserk I feel like this could represent a bunch of different genres really well, but I think it imbues tragedy the best.

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You are all awesome! Thanks so much!

I like to get suggestions so I'm not just basing it on my own tastes. Some of these reminded me of things I'd forgotten, others confirmed my choices, and some were really good fits for categories I hadn't considered.

One of the things that interests me is that the best titles work in several categories, such as 7 Seeds, FMA, Berserk, Pluto, or Otoyomegatari. I was almost tempted to use Hunter x Hunter for everything. I think the only genres it doesn't have are Music or Arts, and School Life, which is the one you'd assume a story with 12 year-old protagonists would have!

dyn69, I'm expecting some of the attendees to be parents who have to come to the convention with underage kids. If all my examples are yaoi, they'll clap their hands over the kids' eyes and demand a refund! (I can save them for a yaoi panel!)

So thank you all! Now I have to find images that at a glance will convey the genre.

Action: Yu Yu Hakusho
Adventure:Golden Boy (after reading you may want to go on an adventure)
Coming-of-Age: Usagi Drop
Comedy: Angel Densetsu (bad drawing, but great manga)
Cooking / Baking: Addicted to Curry or Shokugeki no Soma
Drama: Fruit Beasket
Fantasy: Full metal Alchemist
Historical: Kingdom (not sure about accuracy, but a fun one)
Horror: Doubt (TONOGAI Yoshiki)
Musicians / Actors / Models: Skip Beat (if you go for anime, you may also want to see Nodame Cantabile)
Mystery: Meitantei Conan (not great mysteries, but lots of small ones)
Psychological: Akumetsu (great manga, but not so sure if it is the example of the genre)
Romance: Koukou Debut (same as above)
School Life: School Rumble / Azumanga Daioh
Science Fiction: Planetes (the only one I remember, but may have better ones out there)
Slice of Life: Aqua/Aria or Yotsubato
Sports: Slam Dunk (classic)
Supernatural: Natsume Yuujinchou
Tragedy: Battle Royale