Kodansha Manga Award

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The Kodansha Manga Award (講談社漫画賞, Kōdansha Manga Shō^?) is an annual award for serialized manga published in the previous year, sponsored by the publisher Kodansha. It is currently awarded in four categories: children's, shōnen, shōjo, and general. The awards began in 1977, initially with categories for shōnen and shōjo. The first award for the general category was in 1982, and the first children's category's award was in 2003.

[edit] Recipients

Year	Children	Shōnen	Shōjo	General
1977	n/a	Black Jack, Osamu Tezuka The Three-Eyed One, Osamu Tezuka (tie)	Haikara-san ga Tōru, Waki Yamato Candy Candy, Kyoko Mizuki and Yumiko Igarashi (tie)	n/a
1978	n/a	Football Hawk, Noboru Kawasaki	Seito Shokun!, Yōko Shōji	n/a
1979	n/a	Tonda Couple, Kimio Yanagisawa	Wata no Kuni Hoshi, Yumiko Ōshima	n/a
1980	n/a	Susa-no-O, Gō Nagai	Lemon Report, Mayumi Yoshida	n/a
1981	n/a	Sanshirō of 1, 2, Makoto Kobayashi	Ohayō! Spank, Shun'ichi Yukimuro and Shizue Takanashi	n/a
1982	n/a	Gakuto Retsuden, Motoka Murakami	Yōkihi-den, Suzue Miuchi	Karyūdo no Seiza, Machiko Satonaka
1983	n/a	The Kabocha Wine, Mitsuru Miura	Hi Izuru Tokoro no Tenshi, Ryoko Yamagishi	P.S. Genki Desu, Shunpei, Fumi Saimon
1984	n/a	Batsu & Terī, Yasuichi Ōshima	Lady Love, Hiromu Ono	Akira, Katsuhiro Otomo
1985	n/a	Bari Bari Densetsu, Shuichi Shigeno	n/a	Okashina Futari, Jūzō Yamasaki and Kei Sadayasu Mahiro Taiken, Naomi Nishi (tie)
1986	n/a	Kotaro Makaritoru, Tatsuya Hiruta	Yūkan Club, Yukari Ichijō	Adolf, Osamu Tezuka What's Michael?, Makoto Kobayashi (tie)
1987	n/a	Ironfist Chinmi, Takeshi Maekawa	Nana Iro Majikku, Yū Asagiri	Actor, Kaiji Kawaguchi
1988	n/a	Mister Ajikko, Daisuke Terasawa	Junjō Crazy Fruits, Akemi Matsunae	Bonobono, Mikio Igarashi Be-Bop High School, Kazuhiro Kiuchi
1989	n/a	Meimon! Daisan Yakyūbu, Toshiyuki Mutsu	Chibi Maruko-chan, Momoko Sakura Shiratori Reiko de Gozaimasu!, Yumiko Suzuki (tie)	Shōwa-shi, Shigeru Mizuki
1990	n/a	Shura no Mon, Masatoshi Kawahara	Pride, Naka Marimura	The Silent Service, Kaiji Kawaguchi Gorillaman, Harold Sakuishi (tie)
1991	n/a	Fighting Spirit, George Morikawa	Eien no Nohara, Mieko Ōsaka	Kachō Kōsaku Shima, Kenshi Hirokane Waru, Jun Fukami (tie)
1992	n/a	Kaze Hikaru: Koshien, Sanbachi Kawa and Tarō Nami	Uchi no Mama ga iu Koto ni wa, Mariko Iwadate	Naniwa Kin'yūdō, Yūji Aoki
1993	n/a	3x3 Eyes, Yuzo Takada	Sailor Moon, Naoko Takeuchi	Parasyte, Hitoshi Iwaaki
1994	n/a	Shoot!, Tsukasa Ōshima	Kimi no Te ga Sasayaite iru, Junko Karube	Tetsujin Ganma, Yasuhito Yamamoto
1995	n/a	Kinda'ichi Case Files, Yōsaburō Kanari and Fumiya Sato	Sekai de Ichiban Yasashii Ongaku, Mari Ozawa	Hanada Shonen-shi, Makoto Isshiki
1996	n/a	Shōta no Sushi, Daisuke Terasawa	Tennen Kokekkō, Fusako Kuramochi	Ping-Pong Club, Minoru Furuya
1997	n/a	Ryūrōden, Yoshito Yamahara	Eight Clouds Rising, Natsumi Itsuki	Dragon Head, Minetaro Mochizuki
1998	n/a	GTO, Tooru Fujisawa	Kodocha, Miho Obana	Tobaku Mokushiroku Kaiji, Nobuyuki Fukumoto Sōten Kōro, King Gonta
1999	n/a	Chameleon, Atsushi Kase	Peach Girl, Miwa Ueda	Wangan Midnight, Michiharu Kusunoki
2000	n/a	Legendary Gambler Tetsuya, Fūmei Sai and Yasushi Hoshino	Guru Guru Pon-chan, Satomi Ikezawa	Vagabond, Eiji Yoshikawa and Takehiko Inoue
2001	n/a	Love Hina, Ken Akamatsu	Fruits Basket, Natsuki Takaya	20th Century Boys, Naoki Urasawa
2002	n/a	Cromartie High School, Eiji Nonaka Beck, Harold Sakuishi (tie)	Antique Bakery, Fumi Yoshinaga	Zipang, Kaiji Kawaguchi
2003	Mirmo!, Hiromu Shinozuka	Kunimitsu no Matsuri, Yūma Andō and Masashi Asaki	Honey and Clover, Chika Umino Tramps Like Us, Yayoi Ogawa (tie)	The Life of the Genius Professor Yanagizawa, Kazumi Yamashita
2004	Ultra Ninja Scrolls, Kazuhiko	Shana Ō Yoshitsune, Hirofumi Sawada	Nodame Cantabile, Tomoko Ninomiya	Basilisk: The Kouga Ninja Scrolls, Fūtarō Yamada and Masaki Segawa
2005	Sugar Sugar Rune, Moyoco Anno	Capeta, Masahito Soda	Oi Pītan!!, Risa Itō A Perfect Day for Love Letters, George Asakura (tie)	Dragon Zakura, Mita Norifusa
2006	Kitchen Princess, Miyuki Kobayashi and Natsumi Andō	Air Gear, Oh! Great	Life, Keiko Suenobu	Mushishi, Yuki Urushibara
2007	Tenshi no Frypan, Etsushi Ogawa	Sayonara Zetsubō Sensei, Kōji Kumeta Dear Boys: Act 2, Hiroki Yagami (tie)	I.S., Chiyo Rokuhana	Ōkiku Furikabutte, Asa Higuchi
2008	Shugo Chara!, Peach-Pit	Saikyō! Toritsu Aoizaka Kōkō Yakyūbu, Motoyuki Tanaka	Kimi ni Todoke, Karuho Shiina	Moyashimon, Masayuki Ishikawa