Manga Taishō
The Manga Taishō (マンガ大賞?) is an annual Japanese manga award.
First iteration
In the inaugural edition of the award in 2008, twelve manga were nominated[1] and the winner was Gaku, by Shinichi Ishizuka.[2]
- Winner: Gaku, by Shinichi Ishizuka
- Nominees:
- Umimachi Diary 1: Semishigure no Yamugoro, by Akimi Yoshida (3rd place)
- Ōoku: The Inner Chambers, by Fumi Yoshinaga
- Kinō Nani Tabeta?, by Fumi Yoshinaga
- Kimi ni Todoke, by Karuho Shiina
- Imperial Guards, by Daisuke Satō and Yu Ito
- Tomehane! Suzuri Kōkō Shodōbu, by Katsutoshi Kawai
- Natsume's Book of Friends, by Yuki Midorikawa
- Himawari - Kenichi Legend, by Akiko Higashimura
- Flower of Life, by Fumi Yoshinaga
- Moyashimon, by Masayuki Ishikawa
- Yotsuba&!, by Kiyohiko Azuma (2nd place)
2nd iteration
In the second edition in 2009 there were ten manga nominated[3] and the winner was Chihayafuru, by Yuki Suetsugu.[4]
- Winner: Chihayafuru, by Yuki Suetsugu
- Nominees:
- Uchū Kyōdai, by Chūya Koyama
- March Comes in Like a Lion, by Chika Umino
- Shinya Shokudō, by Yarō Abe
- Seishun Shōnen Magazine 1978-1983, by Makoto Kobayashi
- Saint Young Men, by Hikaru Nakamura
- Tomehane! Suzuri Kōkō Shodōbu, by Katsutoshi Kawai
- Toriko, by Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro
- Mama ha Tenparist, by Akiko Higashimura
- Yondemasu yo, Azazel-san., by Kubo Yasuhisa
3rd iteration
In the third edition in 2010 there were ten manga nominated[5] and the winner was Thermae Romae, by Mari Yamazaki.[6]
4th iteration
In the fourth edition in 2011 there were thirteen manga nominated[7] and the winner was March Comes in Like a Lion, by Chika Umino.[8]
- Winner: March Comes in Like a Lion, by Chika Umino
- Nominees:
- I Am a Hero, by Kengo Hanazawa
- The Bride's Stories, by Kaoru Mori
- Omo ni Naitemasu, by Akiko Higashimura
- Kokkoku, by Seita Horio
- Sayonara mo Iwazu ni, by Kentarō Ueno
- Saru, by Daisuke Igarashi
- Shitsuren Shokoratie, by Setona Mizushiro
- Shingeki no Kyojin, by Hajime Isayama
- Drifters, by Kouta Hirano
- Don't Cry Girl, by Tomoko Yamashita
- Hana no Zubora-Meshi, by Masayuki Kusumi and Etsuko Mizusawa
- Mashiro no Oto, by Marimo Ragawa
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