Shogakukan Manga Award
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The Shogakukan Manga Award is one of Japan's major manga awards sponsored by Shogakukan Publishing. Awarded annually for serialized manga, this award has started since 1955 and features candidates from a number of publishers.
Current categories:
. Children's category = Jidō muke bumon 児童向け部門 (literally "children suitability/intended category")
. Boys' category = Shōnen muke bumon 少年向け部門 (lit. "boys suitability/intended category")
. Girls' category = Shōjo muke bumon 少女向け部門 (lit. "girls suitability/intended category")
(Previously a joint Boys'/Girls' category = Shōnen shōjo muke bumon 少年少女向け部門)
. General category = Ippan no muke bumon 一般向け部門 (lit. "general suitability/intended category")
(Previously called Young Adult/General category = Seinen ippan no muke bumon 青年一般向け部門, though "Young Adult" here approximately means "ages 18-25")
. Special awards are also occasionally given out for outstanding work, lifetime achievement, and so forth.
