Shogakukan Manga Award

• Name — Shogakukan Manga Award • Awarded For — Manga • Country — Japan • Year — 1955 The Shogakukan Manga Award is one of Japan's major manga awards, and is sponsored by Shogakukan Publishing. It has been awarded annually for serialized manga and features candidates from a number of publishers. It is the oldest manga award in Japan, being given since 1955.

Until 2022, the award categories were: • Children's • Shōnen muke bumon • Girl's • Ippan muke bumon Each winning work will be honored with a bronze statuette called "Minori", designed by Shigeru Nakano; a certificate, and a monetary prize. Special awards are also occasionally given out for outstanding work, lifetime achievement, and so forth.

The laureates were awarded for comics published during the years listed in the table. However, the laureates were not presented and the prizes were not given out until the beginning of the following year. The prizes are often referred to by the numbers listed below instead of the years. Since the 69th edition, the nominees are not divided into categories.

• # — Year — General — (boys) — (girls) — Children • 1 — 1955 — Būtan by Noboru Baba — No specific award given — No specific award given — No specific award given • 2 — 1956 — Oyama no Kaba-chan by Eijo Ishida • 3 — 1957 — Manga Seminar on Biology and Biiko-chan by Osamu Tezuka • 4 — 1958 — Little Black Sambo and Shiawase no Ōji by Tarō Senba • 5 — 1959 — Korisu no Pokko by Jirō Ōta Bonko-chan and Fuichin-san by Toshiko Ueda (tie) • 6 — 1960 — No award given • 7 — 1961 — Science-kun no Sekai Ryokō by Reiji Aki • 8 — 1962 — Susume Roboketto and Tebukuro Tecchan by Fujio Fujiko • 9 — 1963 — Fight Sensei and Stop! Nii-chan by Hisashi Sekitani • 10 — 1964 — Osomatsu-kun by Fujio Akatsuka • 11 — 1965 — Paki-chan to Ganta by Kazuo Maekawa • 12 — 1966 — No award given • 13 — 1967 — Sabu to Ichi Torimono Hikae by Shotaro Ishinomori • 14 — 1968 — Animal 1 and Inakappe Taishō by Noboru Kawasaki • 15 — 1969 — Fire! by Hideko Mizuno • 16 — 1970 — Glass no Shiro by Masako Watanabe Gag Ojisan and Oya Baka Tengoku by Ryuzan Aki (tie) • 17 — 1971 — Hana Ichimonme by Shinji Nagashima Minashigo Hutch by Tatsuo Yoshida (tie) • 18 — 1972 — Tōchan no Kawaii Oyome-san and Hashire! Boro by Hiroshi Asuna • 19 — 1973 — Otoko Doahō Kōshien and Deba to Batto by Shinji Mizushima • 20 — 1974 — The Drifting Classroom by Kazuo Umezu • 21 — 1975 — Golgo 13 by Takao Saito — Poe no Ichizoku and They Were Eleven by Moto Hagio • 22 — 1976 — Abu-san by Shinji Mizushima — Captain and Play Ball by Akio Chiba Ganbare Genki by Yū Koyama (tie) • 23 — 1977 — Notari Matsutaro by Tetsuya Chiba — Galaxy Express 999 and Senjo Manga Series by Leiji Matsumoto • 24 — 1978 — Haguregumo by George Akiyama — Dame Oyaji by Mitsutoshi Furuya • 25 — 1979 — Tosa no Ippon Tsuri by Yūsuke Aoyagi — To Terra... and Kaze to Ki no Uta by Keiko Takemiya • 26 — 1980 — Hakatakko Junjō and Gangaragan by Hōsei Hasegawa Jarinko Chie by Etsumi Haruki (tie) — Urusei Yatsura by Rumiko Takahashi • 27 — 1981 — Sanchōme no Yūhi by Ryōhei Saigan — Dr. Slump by Akira Toriyama — Doraemon by Fujio Fujiko • 28 — 1982 — Tsuribaka Nisshi by Jūzō Yamasaki and Ken'ichi Kitami — Miyuki and Touch by Mitsuru Adachi — Game Center Arashi and Kon'nichiwa! Mi-com by Mitsuru Sugaya • 29 — 1983 — Hidamari no Ki by Osamu Tezuka — Musashi no Ken by Motoka Murakami — Kisshō Tennyo by Akimi Yoshida — Panku Ponk by Haruko Tachiiri • 30 — 1984 — Human Crossing, Masao Yajima and Kenshi Hirokane — Futari Daka and Area 88 by Kaoru Shintani — Yume no Ishibumi by Toshie Kihara — Kinnikuman by Yudetamago • 31 — 1985 — Bokkemon by Takashi Iwashige — Hatsukoi Scandal and Tobe! Jinrui II by Akira Oze — Zenryaku Milk House by Yumiko Kawahara — Asari-chan by Mayumi Muroyama • 32 — 1986 — Oishinbo by Tetsu Kariya and Akira Hanasaki — Silver Fang by Yoshihiro Takahashi — Purple Eyes in the Dark by Chie Shinohara — Ganbare, Kickers! by Noriaki Nagai • 33 — 1987 — Hotel and Manga Nihon Keizai Nyumon by Shotaro Ishinomori — Just Meet and Fuyu Monogatari by Hidenori Hara — Boyfriend by Fuyumi Soryo — Tsurupika Hagemaru by Shinbo Nomura • 34 — 1988 — Genji Monogatari by Miyako Maki — B.B. by Osamu Ishiwata — Fancy Dance by Reiko Okano — Obocchama-kun by Yoshinori Kobayashi • 35 — 1989 — Yawara! by Naoki Urasawa — Ucchare Goshogawara by Tsuyoshi Nakaima — Papa Told Me by Nanae Haruno — Lovely Mari-chan by Kimiko Uehara • 36 — 1990 — F by Noboru Rokuda — Mobile Police Patlabor by Masami Yūki — Crest of the Royal Family by Chieko Hosokawa Hajime-chan ga Ichiban! by Taeko Watanabe (tie) — Amaizo! Dango by Moo. Nenpei • 37 — 1991 — Kazoku no Shokutaku and Asunaro Hakusho by Fumi Saimon — Ushio & Tora by Kazuhiro Fujita — Makoto Call! by Kazuko Fujita — Dojji Danpei by Tetsuhiro Koshita • 38 — 1992 — Okami-san by Ichimaru Miyamoto kara Kimi e by Hideki Arai (tie) — Ghost Sweeper Mikami by Takashi Shiina Yaiba: Samurai Legend by Gosho Aoyama (tie) — Basara by Yumi Tamura — No award given • 39 — 1993 — Kaze no Daichi by Nobuhiro Sakata and Eiji Kazama — YuYu Hakusho by Yoshihiro Togashi — Bara no Tame ni by Akemi Yoshimura — One More Jump by Michiyo Akaishi • 40 — 1994 — Bokkō by Hideki Mori — Slam Dunk by Takehiko Inoue — Baby and Me by Marimo Ragawa — Ore wa Otoko Da! Kunio-kun by Kōsaku Anakubo • 41 — 1995 — Ron by Motoka Murakami Gallery Fake and Tarō by Fujihiko Hosono (tie) — Major by Takuya Mitsuda — Boys Over Flowers by Yoko Kamio — Kocchi Muite! Miiko by Eriko Ono • 42 — 1996 — Gekka no Kishi by Junichi Nōjō — Firefighter! Daigo of Fire Company M by Masahito Soda — Kanon by Chiho Saito — Midori no Makibaō by Tsunomaru • 43 — 1997 — Azumi by Yū Koyama — Ganba! Fly High by Shinji Morisue and Hiroyuki Kikuta — Ceres, Celestial Legend by Yuu Watase — Ninpen Manmaru by Mikio Igarashi • 44 — 1998 — Aji Ichi Monme by Zenta Abe and Yoshimi Kurata — Project ARMS by Kyoichi Nanatsuki and Ryōji Minagawa — Angel Lip by Kiyoko Arai — No award given • 45 — 1999 — No award given — Monkey Turn by Katsutoshi Kawai Hikaru no Go by Yumi Hotta and Takeshi Obata (tie) — Bara-Iro no Ashita by Ryo Ikuemi — Taro the Space Alien by Yasunari Nagatoshi • 46 — 2000 — Monster by Naoki Urasawa — Case Closed by Gosho Aoyama Cheeky Angel by Hiroyuki Nishimori (tie) — Red River by Chie Shinohara — Seikimatsu Leader den Takeshi! by Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro • 47 — 2001 — Heat by Buronson and Ryoichi Ikegami — Inuyasha by Rumiko Takahashi — Kaguyahime by Reiko Shimizu Yasha by Akimi Yoshida (tie) — Pukupuku Natural Circular Notice by Sayuri Tatsuyama • 48 — 2002 — 20th Century Boys by Naoki Urasawa — Zatch Bell! by Makoto Raiku — Nana by Ai Yazawa Kaze Hikaru by Taeko Watanabe (tie) — Croket! by Manavu Kashimoto • 49 — 2003 — Dr. Kotō Shinryōjo by Takatoshi Yamada — Yakitate!! Japan by Takashi Hashiguchi Fullmetal Alchemist by Hiromu Arakawa (tie) — Love★Com by Aya Nakahara — Mirmo! by Hiromu Shinozuka • 50 — 2004 — Team Medical Dragon by Tarō Nogizaka and Akira Nagai — Bleach by Tite Kubo — Sand Chronicles by Hinako Ashihara We Were There by Yūki Obata (tie) — Sgt. Frog by Mine Yoshizaki Grandpa Danger by Kazutoshi Soyama (tie) • 51 — 2005 — A Spirit of the Sun by Kaiji Kawaguchi Rainbow - Nisha Rokubō no Shichinin by George Abe and Masasumi Kakizaki (tie) — Wild Life by Masato Fujisaki — Sonnanja neyo by Kaneyoshi Izumi — Animal Alley by Ryō Maekawa • 52 — 2006 — Bengoshi no Kuzu by Hideo Iura — Kekkaishi by Yellow Tanabe — 7 Seeds by Yumi Tamura — Kirarin Revolution by An Nakahara • 53 — 2007 — Bambino! by Tetsuji Sekiya Kurosagi by Takeshi Natsuhara and Kuromaru (tie) — Ace of Diamond by Yuji Terajima — Boku no Hatsukoi o Kimi ni Sasagu by Kotomi Aoki — Keshikasu-kun by Noriyuki Murase • 54 — 2008 — Gaku: Minna no Yama by Shinichi Ishizuka — Cross Game by Mitsuru Adachi — Black Bird by Kanoko Sakurakoji — Naisho no Tsubomi by Yuu Yabuuchi • 55 — 2009 — Shin'ya Shokudō by Yarō Abe — Sket Dance by Kenta Shinohara — Machi de Uwasa no Tengu no Ko by Nao Iwamoto — A Penguin's Troubles by Yūji Nagai • 56 — 2010 — Ushijima the Loan Shark by Shohei Manabe Space Brothers by Chūya Koyama — King Golf by Ken Sasaki and Masaki Tani — Ōoku by Fumi Yoshinaga — Yumeiro Patissiere by Natsumi Matsumoto • 57 — 2011 — Kids on the Slope by Yūki Kodama — Nobunaga Concerto by Ayumi Ishii — Pin to Kona by Ako Shimaki — Inazuma Eleven by Ten'ya Yabuno • 58 — 2012 — I Am a Hero by Kengo Hanazawa — Silver Spoon by Hiromu Arakawa — Piece by Hinako Ashihara — Mysterious Joker by Hideyasu Takahashi • 59 — 2013 — Mogura no Uta by Noboru Takahashi — Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic by Shinobu Ohtaka — Kanojo wa Uso o Aishisugiteru by Kotomi Aoki — Zekkyō Gakkyū by Emi Ishikawa • 60 — 2014 — Asahinagu by Ai Kozaki Aoi Honō by Kazuhiko Shimamoto (tie) — Be Blues! by Motoyuki Tanaka — Joō no Hana by Kaneyoshi Izumi — Yo-kai Watch by Noriyuki Konishi • 61 — 2015 — Umimachi Diary by Akimi Yoshida Sunny by Taiyo Matsumoto — Haikyū!! by Haruichi Furudate — My Love Story!! by Kazune Kawahara and Aruko — Usotsuki! Gokuō-kun by Makoto Yoshimoto • 62 — 2016 — Blue Giant by Shinichi Ishizuka Jūhan Shuttai! by Naoko Matsuda (tie) — Mob Psycho 100 by ONE — 37.5°C no Namida by Chika Shiina — Ijime by Kaoru Igarashi • 63 — 2017 — Kūbo Ibuki by Kaiji Kawaguchi After the Rain by Jun Mayuzuki (tie) — The Promised Neverland by Kaiu Shirai and Posuka Demizu — Love Me, Love Me Not by Io Sakisaka — PriPri Chi-chan!! by Hiromu Shinozuka • 64 — 2018 — Hibiki: Shōsetsuka ni Naru Hōhō by Mitsuharu Yanamoto Kenkō de Bunkateki na Saitei Gendo no Seikatsu by Haruko Kashiwagi — Dr. Stone by Riichiro Inagaki and Boichi — Suteki na Kareshi by Kazune Kawahara — Age 12 by Nao Maita • 65 — 2019 — Aoashi by Yūgo Kobayashi and Naohiko Ueno Kaguya-sama: Love is War by Aka Akasaka (tie) — Kiyo in Kyoto by Aiko Koyama — Nagi no Oitoma by Misato Konari — My New Life as a Cat by Konomi Wagata • 66 — 2020 — Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction by Inio Asano Police in a Pod by Miko Yasu (tie) — Teasing Master Takagi-san by Sōichirō Yamamoto Chainsaw Man by Tatsuki Fujimoto (tie) — Yuzuki-san Chi no Yon Kyōdai by Shizuki Fujisawa — Duel Masters by Shigenobu Matsumoto The Magic of Chocolate by Rino Mizuho (tie) • 67 — 2021 — Nigatsu no Shōsha by Shiho Takase Don't Call It Mystery by Yumi Tamura (tie) — Komi Can't Communicate by Tomohito Oda — My Love Mix-Up! by Wataru Hinekure and Aruko — No award given • 68 — 2022 — Medalist by Tsurumaikada — Call of the Night by Kotoyama Ao no Orchestra by Makoto Akui (tie) — Ashita, Watashi wa Dareka no Kanojo by Hinao Wono — Ui × Kon by Minori Kurosaki

• # — Year — Recipients • 69 — 2023 — The Elusive Samurai by Yusei Matsui Frieren: Beyond Journey's End by Kanehito Yamada and Tsukasa Abe Sūji de Asobo by Murako Kinuta Trillion Game by Riichiro Inagaki and Ryoichi Ikegami • 70 — 2024 — Burning Kabaddi by Hajime Musashino Draw This, Then Die! by Minoru Toyoda Natsume Arata no Kekkon by Tarō Nogizaka Puniru Is a Cute Slime by Maedakun • 71 — 2025 — Cosmos by Ryuhei Tamura Fate Rewinder by Fūta Kimura Dandadan by Yukinobu Tatsu Dekin no Mogura by Natsumi Eguchi Hirayasumi by Keigo Shinzō