Manga Taishō

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Manga Taishō
Awarded for Manga award
Country Japan
First awarded 2008
Currently held by Akimi Yoshida, for Umimachi Diary
Official website http://www.mangataisho.com/

The Manga Taishō (マンガ大賞) is an annual Japanese manga award. The award is limited to series with eight or less collected volumes, in order to promote newer titles. The nominating committee, composed of staff members from bookstores, each initially vote for five series and the titles with the top ten number of votes become the official nominees of the year. Finally a second round of voting determines the winner, as well as second and third place.[1]

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]

2nd iteration

In the second edition in 2009 there were ten manga nominated[3] and the winner was Chihayafuru, by Yuki Suetsugu.[4]

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]

5th iteration

In the fifth edition in 2012 there were fifteen manga nominated.[9] The winner, Silver Spoon by Hiromu Arakawa, was announced on March 23, 2012.[10]

6th iteration

In the sixth edition in 2013 there were eleven manga nominated[11] and the winner was Umimachi Diary, by Akimi Yoshida.[12]

7th iteration

In the seventh edition in 2014 there were ten manga nominated.[13]

  • Nominees:

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "12 Titles Nominated for 1st Ever Manga Taisho Awards (Updated)". Anime News Network. January 23, 2008. Retrieved 2009-06-12. 
  2. ↑ "Shinichi Ishizuka Wins First Ever Manga Taisho for Gaku". Anime News Network. March 31, 2008. Retrieved 2009-06-12. 
  3. ↑ "10 Titles Nominated for 2nd Manga Taisho Awards". Anime News Network. January 18, 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-12. 
  4. ↑ "Yuki Suetsugu's Chihayafuru Wins 2nd Manga Taisho Award". Anime News Network. March 26, 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-12. 
  5. ↑ "10 Titles Nominated for 3rd Manga Taisho Awards". Anime News Network. January 18, 2010. Retrieved 2010-02-13. 
  6. ↑ "Mari Yamazaki's Thermae Romae Wins Manga Taisho Award (Updated)". Anime News Network. March 17, 2010. Retrieved 2010-09-30. 
  7. ↑ "13 Titles Nominated for 4th Manga Taisho Awards". Anime News Network. January 16, 2011. Retrieved 2011-01-17. 
  8. ↑ "Umino's March comes in like a lion Wins Manga Taisho". Anime News Network. March 17, 2011. Retrieved 2011-03-17. 
  9. ↑ "15 Titles Nominated for 5th Manga Taisho Awards". Anime News Network. January 16, 2012. 
  10. ↑ "マンガ大賞2012は荒川弘の新境地「銀の匙」". natalie.mu. March 23, 2012. 
  11. ↑ "11 Titles Nominated for 6th Manga Taisho Awards". Anime News Network. 2013-01-21. Retrieved 2013-01-23. 
  12. ↑ "Akimi Yoshida's Umimachi Diary Wins 6th Manga Taisho Award". Anime News Network. 2013-03-21. Retrieved 2013-03-26. 
  13. ↑ "10 Titles Nominated for 7th Manga Taisho Awards". Anime News Network. 2014-01-20. Retrieved 2014-01-20. 

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