Shogakukan Manga Award

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Shogakukan Manga Award

The Shogakukan Manga Award is one of Japan's major manga

Manga

, , are comics and print cartoons , in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 20th century. In their modern form, manga date from shortly after World War II, but they have a long, complex pre-history in earlier Japanese art....
awards, sponsored by Shogakukan Publishing. It has been awarded annually for serialized manga since 1955 and features candidates from a number of publishers.

The current award categories are:

Initially, there was only one general award. In 1976, the Boy's category was introduced, which was expanded in 1980 to a joint Boy's/Girl's category, then split in 1984 into separate Boy's and Girl's awards.

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The Shogakukan Manga Award is one of Japan's major manga

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Recipients

Year	General	Shonen	Shojo	Children
1956	Putan, Noboru Baba	n/a	n/a	n/a
1957	Oyama no ka Bachan, Eijo Ishida	n/a	n/a	n/a
1958	Manga Seminar on Biology and Biiko-chan Biiko-chan is a three volume manga picture book series created in 1957 by Osamu Tezuka for second year elementary school students. The series won the 3rd Shogakukan Manga Award in 1958.... , Osamu Tezuka Osamu Tezuka was a Japanese people Mangaka, animator, movie producer and medical doctor, although he never practiced medicine. Born in Osaka Prefecture, he is best known as the creator of Astro Boy and Kimba the White Lion....	n/a	n/a	n/a
1959	Little Black Sambo Little Black Sambo *The Story of Little Black Sambo, a children's book by Helen Bannerman, a Scotland who lived for 30 years in Madras in southern India, was first published in London in 1899.... and Shiaseno Oji*, Senba Taro	n/a	n/a	n/a
1960	Korisu no Bokko, Jiro Tada Bonko-chan and Fuichin-san, Toshiko Ueda Toshiko Ueda was a Japanese people mangaka who helped shape the face of modern shojo manga. She wrote under three pen names: for manga, when writing for newspapers, and later , all three of which are read as Toshiko Ueda in English.... (tie)	n/a	n/a	n/a
1961	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
1962	Science-kun no Sekai Ryoko, Reiji Aki	n/a	n/a	n/a
1963	Susume Roboketto and Tebukuro Tecchan, Fujiko Fujio Fujiko Fujio was a penname of a manga writing duo formed by two Japanese people mangaka. Their real names are and . They dissolved the partnership in 1987.They won many individual and collaborative awards, and are best known for creating the popular and long-running series Doraemon, the main character of which is officially recognized as a cultural icon...	n/a	n/a	n/a
1964	Fight Sensei and Stop! Nii-chan, Hisashi Sekitani	n/a	n/a	n/a
1965	Osomatsu-kun Osomatsu-kun is a manga series by Fujio Akatsuka which ran in Shonen Sunday from 1962 to 1969. It has been adapted into two different anime series of the same name, the first in 1966, produced by Studio Zero, and the second in 1988, produced by Studio Pierrot and aired across Japan on Fuji Television and the anime satellite television network, Animax.... , Fujio Akatsuka Fujio Akatsuka was a pioneer Japanese people mangaka.He was born in Rehe, Manchuria, the son of a Kempeitai officer. After World War II, he grew up in Niigata Prefecture and Nara Prefecture....	n/a	n/a	n/a
1966	Baki-chan to Ganta, Kazuo Maekawa	n/a	n/a	n/a
1967	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
1968	Sabu to Ichi Torimono Hikae Sabu to Ichi Torimono Hikae , sometimes translated as *Sabu & Ichi's Arrest Warrant, is a manga series by Shotaro Ishinomori originally published in Weekly Shonen Sunday* beginning in 1966.... , Shotaro Ishinomori Shotaro Ishinomori was an influential figure in manga, anime and tokusatsu who created several immensely popular long-running series such as Cyborg 009 and the Kamen Rider Series....	n/a	n/a	n/a
1969	Animal 1 and Inakabbe Taisho, Noboru Kawasaki Noboru Kawasaki is a mangaka. He is most famous for drawing the series Star of the Giants. He won the 14th Shogakukan Manga Award in 1969 for Animal 1 and Inakabbe Taisho and the 2nd Kodansha Manga Award for shonen in 1978 for Football Hawk....	n/a	n/a	n/a
1970	Fire!, Hideko Mizuno Hideko Mizuno is a Japanese people shojo mangaka. She was an assistant of Osamu Tezuka staying in Tokiwa-so. She made her professional debut in 1956 with Akakke Pony....	n/a	n/a	n/a
1971	Glass no Shiro, Masako Watanabe Masako Watanabe is a Japanese people mangaka. She began her professional career as an illustrator of books in 1949. She switched to creating manga after reading Osamu Tezuka's works, debuting in 1952 with Namida no Sanbika.... Gag Ojisan and Oya Baka Tengoku, Aki Ryuzan (tie)	n/a	n/a	n/a
1972	Hana Ichimonme, Shinji Nagashima Minashigo Hutch, Tatsuo Yoshida Tatsuo Yoshida was a Japanese anime pioneer who founded anime studio Tatsunoko Productions.Born in 1932, Yoshida grew up in the hardship of war-torn Japan. A self-taught artist, his first job was as working for local newspapers in Kyoto.... (tie)	n/a	n/a	n/a
1973	To-chan no Kawaii Oyome-san and Hashire! Boro, Hiroshi Asuna	n/a	n/a	n/a
1974	Otoko to Aho Koshien and Deba to Batto, Shinji Mizushima Shinji Mizushima is a Japanese people mangaka. He is best-known as an author of baseball manga, such as Yakyu-kyo no Uta, Dokaben, and Abu-san. He is a two-time recipient of the Shogakukan Manga Award....	n/a	n/a	n/a
1975	The Drifting Classroom The Drifting Classroom is a horror manga series by Kazuo Umezu. It was awarded the 20th Shogakukan Manga Award in 1975.The story was adapted into a Japanese live action movie in 1987, and given a modern setting at an international school in Kobe.... , Kazuo Umezu Kazuo Umezu , is an author of Japan Horror fiction manga.He is often considered to be the godfather of the genre. He had his first book of manga published while still in high school and made manga his career immediately upon graduation....	n/a	n/a	n/a
1976	Golgo 13 Golgo 13 is a manga series written and illustrated by Takao Saito, published in Shogakukan's Big Comic magazine since 1969. In 1976, the manga won the 21st Shogakukan Manga Award for general manga.The series follows Duke Togo, a professional assassin for hire.... , Takao Saito Takao Saito is a Japanese people mangaka. He is best-known for creating the successful series Golgo 13....	Poe no Ichizoku Poe no Ichizoku is a Japanese shojo manga historical fiction manga by Moto Hagio that depicts a family of vampires from the 18th to the 20th centuries. The two main characters, Edgar Portsnell and Allen Twilight, as well as the family are named after Edgar Allan Poe.... and They Were Eleven They Were Eleven is a manga by Moto Hagio which ran in Shojo Comic for three issues from September through November 1975. It was awarded the Shogakukan Manga Award for shonen in 1976.... , Moto Hagio Moto Hagio is a mangaka born on May 12, 1949 in Omuta, Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan, though she currently lives in Saitama Prefecture. She is considered a "founding mother" of modern shojo manga, especially shonen-ai....	n/a	n/a
1977	Abu-san Abu-san is a baseball manga by Shinji Mizushima that has been serialized in Big Comic Original since 1973. It tells the story of fictionall baseball player .... , Shinji Mizushima Shinji Mizushima is a Japanese people mangaka. He is best-known as an author of baseball manga, such as Yakyu-kyo no Uta, Dokaben, and Abu-san. He is a two-time recipient of the Shogakukan Manga Award....	Captain Captain (manga) is a baseball manga series by Akio Chiba which ran in Monthly Shonen Jump from 1972 to 1979. This series ran concurrently with another Chiba manga series Play Ball, which ran in Weekly Shonen Jump from 1973 to 1978.... and Play Ball Play Ball is a manga series by Akio Chiba which ran in Weekly Shonen Jump from 1973 to 1978, which was adapted in 2005 and 2006 into an anime series by Magic Bus , aired across Japan on the anime satellite television network, Animax.... , Akio Chiba Akio Chiba is a Japanese mangaka born in Shenyang, Liaoning, China . Chiba is known for publishing his works in both shonen and shojo magazines. Chiba made his professional debut in 1967 with his manga Sabu to Chibi while working as an assistant to his older brother, Tetsuya Chiba.... Ganbare Genki Ganbare Genki is a sports manga by Yu Koyama about Horiguchi Genki, a boy who is raised by a single father, and who wants to be a boxer like him. It was adapted as an anime television series by Toei Animation.... , Yu Koyama Yu Koyama is a Japanese people mangaka. After graduating from the University of Shizuoka he moved to Tokyo and in 1968 took a job with Saito Productions, the company run by mangaka Takao Saito.... (tie)	n/a	n/a
1978	Notari Matsutaro Notari Matsutaro is a Japanese sports manga series written and illustrated by Tetsuya Chiba about sumo wrestling. It was serialized by Shogakukan in Big Comic from August 1973 to June 1993, then after a hiatus it returned from October 1995 to March 1998.... , Tetsuya Chiba Tetsuya Chiba is a Japanese people mangaka, famous for his sports stories.He was born in Tokyo, Japan, but lived most of his early childhood in Manchuria when it was still a Japanese colony during the Second Sino-Japanese War....	Galaxy Express 999 Galaxy Express 999 is a manga written and drawn by Leiji Matsumoto, as well as various anime films and TV series based on it. The manga is published in English language by VIZ Media.... and Senjo Manga Series The Cockpit (film) is a World War II anthology film based on Leiji Matsumoto's Battlefield manga. The anime short film are written and directed by Yoshiaki Kawajiri, Takashi Imanishi and Ryousuke Takahashi.... , Leiji Matsumoto Leiji Matsumoto is a well-known creator of several anime and manga series. His wife is also known as a manga artist ....	n/a	n/a
1979	Haguregumo Haguregumo is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by George Akiyama. It has been serialized by Shogakukan in Big Comic Original since 1973 and collected in 88 tankobon as of January 2008.... , George Akiyama George Akiyama , is a Japanese people mangaka known for dealing with controversial and incendiary topics in many of his works....	Dame Oyaji Dame Oyaji is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Mitsutoshi Furuya. It was serialized by Shogakukan in Shonen Sunday from 1970 to 1982. Dame Oyaji received the 1979 Shogakukan Manga Award for shonen manga.... , Mitsutoshi Furuya Mitsutoshi Furuya is a Japanese people mangaka. He started as an assistant of Fujio Akatsuka. He is best known for his series Dame Oyaji , which gained notoriety by parodying Japanese family life with a milktoast father married to a domineering wife....	n/a	n/a
1980	Doza no Ippon Tsuri, Yusuke Aoyagi	To Terra... Toward the Terra is a Japanese science fiction manga series, authored by Keiko Takemiya. It was originally serialized in Asahi Sonorama's Gekkan Manga Shonen magazine, between January 1977 and May 1980.... and Kaze to Ki no Uta Kaze to Ki no Uta is a shojo manga by Keiko Takemiya. It was first published by Shougakukan from 1976 to 1984 in the magazine Shojo Comic. In 1979, it was awarded the prestigious Shogakukan Manga Award for shonen/shojo manga.... , Keiko Takemiya Keiko Takemiya is a Japanese people mangaka. She is included in the Year 24 Group.Among her most noted works is the manga Kaze to Ki no Uta, which was noted for being a pioneering shojo series of the 1970s and 1980s, and To Terra.......		n/a
1981	Hakatakko Junjo and Gangaragan, Hosei Hasegawa Jarinko Chie Chie the Brat is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Etsumi Haruki. It was serialized by Futabasha in Manga Action between 1978 and 1997 and collected in 67 tankobon.... , Etsumi Haruki Etsumi Haruki is a Japanese people mangaka. He received the 1981 Shogakukan Manga Award for General for Chie the Brat.References... (tie)	Urusei Yatsura Urusei Yatsura is a well-known late 1970s to 1990s manga and anime series created by Rumiko Takahashi. The show is also known as Lum/Lamu, the Invader Girl, and, Those Obnoxious Aliens.... , Rumiko Takahashi Rumiko Takahashi is a Japanese people mangaka.Takahashi is one of the wealthiest individuals, and the most affluent mangaka in Japan. The manga she creates are very popular in the United States and Europe where they have been released as both manga and anime in English language translation....		n/a
1982	Sanchome no Yuhi Always Sanchome no Yuhi is a 2005 in film film screenwriter and film director by the Japanese filmmaker Takashi Yamazaki , based on Ryohei Saigan's long-running manga Sanchome no Yuhi.... , Ryohei Saigan	Dr. Slump Dr. Slump is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Akira Toriyama. The title was serialized in Shueisha's anthology comic Weekly Shonen Jump from 1980 to 1984, eventually compiled into 18 tankobon.... , Akira Toriyama Akira Toriyama born on April 5, 1955, in Kiyosu, Aichi , Aichi Prefecture, Japan, is a widely known and acclaimed Japanese people Mangaka known mostly for his creation of Dragon Ball in 1984....		Doraemon Doraemon is a Japanese manga series created by Fujiko F. Fujio which later became an anime series and Asian Media franchise. The series is about a Robot named Doraemon, who time travel from the 22nd century to aid a schoolboy, .... , Fujiko Fujio Fujiko Fujio was a penname of a manga writing duo formed by two Japanese people mangaka. Their real names are and . They dissolved the partnership in 1987.They won many individual and collaborative awards, and are best known for creating the popular and long-running series Doraemon, the main character of which is officially recognized as a cultural icon...
1983	Tsuribaka Nisshi Tsuribaka Nisshi is a fishing manga by Juzo Yamasaki and Kenichi Kitami that has been serialized in Big Comic Original since 1979.... , Juzo Yamasaki Juzo Yamasaki is a Japanese people mangaka. His hobbies include fishing and playing baseball, a common passion shared in his collaborations with Mitsuru Adachi.His best known work is Tsuribaka Nisshi with art by Kenichi Kitami.... and Ken'ichi Kitami	Miyuki Miyuki (manga) is a romantic comedy manga series by Mitsuru Adachi. It was published by Shogakukan from 1980 to 1984 in the biweekly List of manga magazines Shonen Big Comic .... and Touch Touch (manga) is a Japanese high school baseball manga by Mitsuru Adachi. It was originally serialized in the weekly List of manga magazines Shonen Sunday from 1981?1986.... , Mitsuru Adachi Mitsuru Adachi is a mangaka born February 9, 1951 in Isesaki, Gunma, Gunma Prefecture, Japan. After graduating from Gunma Prefectural Maebashi Commercial High School in 1969, Adachi worked as an assistant for Isami Ishii....		Game Center Arashi Game Center Arashi is a Japanese manga by Mitsuru Sugaya, which ran in CoroCoro Comic from 1978 to 1984. It sold over 5 million copies and won the 1983 Shogakukan Manga Award for Kodomo.... and Kon'nichiwa! Mi-com, Mitsuru Sugaya Mitsuru Sugaya , is a mangaka, a fiction novel author, a writer of computer manuals, and a racing writer. Sugaya wrote and illustrated Game Center Arashi, a manga....
1984	Hidamari no Ki Hidamari no Ki is a Japanese manga series written an illustrated by Osamu Tezuka about a friendship between a samurai and a physician in the final days of the Tokugawa Shogunate.... , Osamu Tezuka Osamu Tezuka was a Japanese people Mangaka, animator, movie producer and medical doctor, although he never practiced medicine. Born in Osaka Prefecture, he is best known as the creator of Astro Boy and Kimba the White Lion....	Musashi no Ken Musashi no Ken is a Japanese sports manga series written and illustrated by Motoka Murakami that focuses on kendo. It was serialized by Shogakukan in Shonen Sunday between April 1981 and October 1985.... , Motoka Murakami Motoka Murakami is a Japanese people manga artist who writes primarily shonen manga. He won the Kodansha Manga Award for shonen for Gakuto Retsuden in 1982 and the Shogakukan Manga Award twice, for shonen for Musashi no Ken in 1984 and for general manga for Ron in 1996....	Kissho Tennyo Kissho Tennyo is a Japanese shojo manga written and illustrated by Akimi Yoshida. It was serialized by Shogakukan in Betsucomi between February 1973 and June 1974 and collected in four tankobon.... , Akimi Yoshida Akimi Yoshida is a Japanese people mangaka.Yoshida is best known for the series Banana Fish. She twice won the Shogakukan Manga Awards for shojo, for Kissho Tennyo in 1984 and for Yasha in 2002....	Panku Ponk Panku Ponk is a Japanese children's comedy manga series written and illustrated by Haruko Tachiiri. It began serialization in the December 1976 issue of the Shogakukan magazine ; as the characters aged, it moved to , , and the shojo manga magazine Hop , before concluding in 1991.... , Haruko Tachiiri Haruko Tachiiri is a Japanese people mangaka who writes mostly manga for children. In 1979, she received an Excellence Prize from the Japanese Cartoonists' Association for Picola-picola, and in 1984 she received the Shogakukan Manga Award for kodomo for Panku Ponk....
1985	Human Crossing Human Crossing *Human Crossing, known in Japan as , is a Japanese manga written by Masao Yajima and illustrated by Kenshi Hirokane. The manga is about a series of unrelated stories of people's life and their lessons in life.... , Masao Yajima and Kenshi Hirokane Kenshi Hirokane is a Japanese people mangaka. He graduated from Waseda University with a degree in law, then worked for Matsushita Electric for four years, before making his manga debut in 1974 with Kaze Kaoru*....	Futari Daka Futari Daka is a Japanese motorcycle racing manga written and illustrated by Kaoru Shintani. It received the 1984 Shogakukan Manga Award for shonen manga. The series focuses on Sawatari Taka and Toujou Taka as they compete with each other and other competitors in motorcycle racing.... and Area 88 Area 88 is a Japanese manga series by Kaoru Shintani Serial ized between 1979 and 1986. The story is about a young pilot named Shin Kazama and his experiences at Area 88, a mercenary air force base secluded in the desert of a war torn country.... , Kaoru Shintani Kaoru Shintani is a Japanese people mangaka . Shintani is best known for his series Area 88, which is widely recognized as one of the finest aviator comic titles in the history of manga....	Yume no Ishibumi, Toshie Kihara Toshie Kihara is a Japanese people shojo mangaka and member of the Year 24 Group. She made her professional debut in 1969 with Kotchi muite Mama! in Bessatsu Margaret, and has since written mainly historical manga....	Kinnikuman Kinnikuman is a manga created by Yoshinori Nakai and Takashi Shimada, under the pen name Yudetamago . The manga was published in Shueisha's Weekly Jump, and received the Shogakukan Manga Award for shonen manga in 1985.... , Yudetamago Yudetamago is the pen name of the Japanese people mangaka duo consisting of story writer Takashi Shimada and artist Yoshinori Nakai. They are best known for the popular manga Kinnikuman, Ultimate Muscle , and Tatakae!! Ramenman....
1986	Bokkemon, Takashi Iwashige Takashi Iwashige is a Japanese people mangaka who writes primarily martial-arts manga celebrating individuality. He is best known for the judo series Hanamaru Legend and its sequel New Hanamaru Legend....	Hatsukoi Scandal and Tobe! Jinrui II, Akira Oze Akira Oze is a Japanese people mangaka. He made his debut in 1971 under the penname writing shonen manga, but he switched in the 1980s to seinen manga. He is best known for Natsuko's Sake, which was adapted as a live-action television series....	Zenryaku: Milk House, Yumiko Kawahara Yumiko Kawahara is a Japanese people shojo mangaka. She made her professional debut in 1978 with Kotchi muite Marie!! in the weekly Shojo Comic, for which she won a Shogakukan New Artist Award....	Asari-chan, Mayumi Muroyama
1987	Oishinbo Oishinbo is a long-running cooking manga written by Tetsu Kariya and drawn by Akira Hanasaki. The manga's title combines the Japanese word for delicious, oishii, and the word for someone who loves to eat, kuishinbo.... , Tetsu Kariya and Akira Hanasaki	Ginga: Nagareboshi Gin Ginga: Nagareboshi Gin is an adventure manga by Yoshihiro Takahashi. It was published by Shueisha in Weekly Shonen Jump from 1983 to 1987, and collected in 18 tankobon.... , Yoshihiro Takahashi Yoshihiro Takahashi is a Japanese people Mangaka. He writes under a pen name in which his first name is spelled out in hiragana .Takahashi was born September 18 1953, in Akita Prefecture....	Purple Eyes in the Dark Purple Eyes in the Dark is a Japanese shojo manga series written and illustrated by Chie Shinohara. The series was initially published in 12 tankobon volumes by Shogakukan between October 1984 and February 1987.... , Chie Shinohara Chie Shinohara is an award winning Japanese people mangaka best-known for Red River , known in Japan as Sora wa Akai Kawa no Hotori: Anatolia Story. She has twice received the Shogakukan Manga Award for shojo, in 1987 for Yami no Purple Eye and in 2001 for Red River....	Ganbare, Kickers!, Noriaki Nagai
1988	Hotel and Manga Nihon Keizai Nyumon, Shotaro Ishinomori Shotaro Ishinomori was an influential figure in manga, anime and tokusatsu who created several immensely popular long-running series such as Cyborg 009 and the Kamen Rider Series....	Just Meet and Fuyu Monogatari, Hidenori Hara Hidenori Hara is a Japanese people mangaka. He won the 1988 Shogakukan Manga Award for shonen for his Just Meet and Fuyu Monogatari....	Boyfriend Boyfriend (manga) *Boyfriend* is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Fuyumi Soryo. Boyfriend manga received the 1988 Shogakukan Manga Award for shojo manga.... , Fuyumi Soryo Fuyumi Soryo is a Japanese people mangaka from Beppu, Oita, Japan. Her works translated into English include Mars and ES . In 1988, she was awarded the Shogakukan Manga Award for shojo manga for Boyfriend....	Tsurupika Hagemaru Tsurupika Hagemaru *Tsurupika Hagemaru, or simply Hagemaru*, is a manga that was published in 1985-86 in Japan. Written by Shinbo Nomura, the manga is about a young kid named Hagemaru and his ideas for saving money.... , Shinbo Nomura Shinbo Nomura , real name , is a Japanese people mangaka. He is best known as the author of the yonkoma manga , which was adapted as a 58-episode anime television series and for which he received the 1988 Shogakukan Manga Award for kodomo....
1989	Tale of Genji, Miyako Maki Miyako Maki is a Japanese people mangaka. She made her professional debut in 1957 with .She received the 1989 Shogakukan Manga Award for General for , a Japanese manga version of Murasaki Shikibu's The Tale of Genji....	B.B. B.B. (manga) is a shonen manga by Osamu Ishiwata. The manga ran in Shonen Sunday from 1985 issue 24 to 1991 issue 9. The title stands for "Burning Blood" and Ishiwata's subsequent serial LOVe was a continuation of this series.... , Osamu Ishiwata Osamu Ishiwata is a Japanese people mangaka. He won the 1989 Shogakukan Manga Award for shonen for B.B. The mangaka Yoshitomo Yoshimoto is his younger brother....	Fancy Dance, Reiko Okano Reiko Okano is a Japanese people mangaka. In 1989, she won the Shogakukan Manga Award for shojo for Fancy Dance. She is married to director Makoto Tezuka....	Obocchama-kun, Yoshinori Kobayashi Yoshinori Kobayashi Yoshinori Kobayashi is a bestselling Japanese Neoconservatism in Japan author and mangaka.Kobayashi's publications include more than two hundred books/Manga, but he is most famous for his controversial political commentary comics Gomanism Sengen ....
1990	Yawara! Yawara! A Fashionable Judo Girl *YAWARA!, also known as Yawara! A Fashionable Judo Girl, is a Japanese manga series by Naoki Urasawa which ran in Big Comic Spirits* from 1986 to 1993.... , Naoki Urasawa Naoki Urasawa is a Japanese people mangaka artist. He graduated from Meisei University with a degree in economics. He made his professional manga debut with Return in 1981....	Ucchare Goshogawara, Tsuyoshi Nakaima Tsuyoshi Nakaima is a Japanese people mangaka who writes shonen sports manga. He is best known for the martial arts series Ucchare Goshogawara, which was adapted as an anime OVA produced by Bandai, and for which he received the 1990 Shogakukan Manga Award for shonen manga....	Papa Told Me Papa Told Me is a long-running Japanese josei manga by Nanae Haruno. It was serialized in the List of manga magazines Young You, published by Shueisha. The chapters were collected into 27 tankobon.... , Nanae Haruno Nanae Haruno is a josei mangaka. She made her professional debut in 1979 with Kyupiido Beibi in Seventeen. She was a steady writer for Young You magazine, until the magazine stopped publication....	Lovely Mari-chan, Kimiko Uehara Kimiko Uehara is a prominent Japanese people shojo and josei mangaka. She is best known for shojo series such as Maiko no Uta , Lovely Mari-chan, Marybell, Honoo no Romance, Lolly no Seishun, and Yumedokei ....
1991	F F (manga) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Noboru Rokuda about a country boy who fulfills his dream by racing in a Formula One car. It has been serialized in Big Comic Spirits between June 15, 1985 and 1992 in the fourteenth to thirty-fifth issue of the magazine.... , Noboru Rokuda Noboru Rokuda is a Japanese people mangaka. He made his professional debut in 1978 with Saigo Test, for which he won the Shogakukan New Artist Award. He won the 1991 Shogakukan Manga Award for general manga for F ....	Mobile Police Patlabor, Masami Yuki Masami Yuki , real name Shuji Sato , is a mangaka.Yuki graduated from Kutchan High School. He is a member of the artist group known as Headgear . In 1991, his manga Mobile Police Patlabor received the 36th Shogakukan Manga Award for shonen....	Crest of the Royal Family Crest of the Royal Family , is a shojo manga by Hosokawa Chieko. It has run in the monthly magazine Princess since 1976. In 1991, it received the 36th Shogakukan Manga Award for shojo.... , Hosokawa Chieko Hajime-chan ga Ichiban!, Taeko Watanabe Taeko Watanabe is a Japanese people mangaka. Her works consist mainly of shojo manga and is best known for Kaze Hikaru. She has twice received the Shogakukan Manga Award, in 1991 for Hajime-chan ga Ichiban! and in 2003 for Kaze Hikaru.... (tie)	Amaizo! Dango, Moo. Nenbei
1992	Kazoku no Shokutaku and Asunaro Hakusho Asunaro hakusho is a manga series by Fumi Saimon that was serialized in Shogakukan's Big Comic Spirits. It won the Shogakukan Manga Award for general manga in 1992.... , Fumi Saimon Fumi Saimon is a female Japanese people mangaka. She is best known for the series Tokyo Love Story, which was adapted as a live-action television series. She won the 1983 Kodansha Manga Award for general manga for P.S....	Ushio and Tora Ushio and Tora is a youkai manga by Kazuhiro Fujita. It received the Shogakukan Manga Award for shonen in 1992. It was adapted into a 10-episode anime Original Video Animation series released in 1992.... , Kazuhiro Fujita Kazuhiro Fujita is a Japanese people mangaka. He graduated from Nihon University. He made his professional manga debut in Shonen Sunday in 1989. He is most famous for the manga Ushio and Tora, for which he won Shogakukan Manga Award for shonen in 1992 and the Seiun_Award#Best_Comic_of_the_Year in 1997, and the long-running Karakuri Circus....	Makoto Call!, Kazuko Fujita Kazuko Fujita is a Japanese people shojo mangaka. She made her professional debut in 1977 in Betsucomi and she has written manga mainly for Flower Comics. She is best known for Makoto Call! about a girl who plays volleyball, for which she received the 1992 Shogakukan Manga Award for shojo....	Dojji Donbei, Tetsuhiro Koshita
1993	Okami-san Okami-san is a seinen sports manga by about a woman who becomes the manager of a stable of sumo wrestlers. It was published by Shogakukan in Big Comic Original from 1990 to 1999 and collected in 17 tankobon volumes.... , Ichimaru Miyamoto kara Kimi e, Hideki Arai Hideki Arai is a Japan mangaka. He received the 38th Shogakukan Manga Award for general manga in 1993 for Miyamoto kara Kimi e. His manga The World is Mine was chosen by the editors of Pulp for their Manga Hell list of controversial manga.... (tie)	Ghost Sweeper Mikami Ghost Sweeper Mikami is a comedy Horror fiction manga series by Takashi Shiina. It was published by the weekly manga magazine Shonen Sunday from 1991 to 1999. In 1993, it won the Shogakukan Manga Award for shonen.... , Takashi Shiina Takashi Shiina is a Japanese people mangaka who writes primarily for the weekly Shogakukan manga publication Shonen Sunday. When he started at the company in 1989, he began with an anthology of various shorts and one-shots collectively known as Shiina Department Store.... Yaiba Yaiba *Yaiba, also known as , is a shonen manga series by Gosho Aoyama. It ran in Shogakukan's Weekly Shonen Sunday* from issue 39 of 1988 to issue 50 of 1993, collected in 24 tankobon volumes.... , Gosho Aoyama Gosho Aoyama , born on June 21, 1963 in Hokuei, Tottori, Tottori Prefecture, Japan is a Japanese mangaka. He is best known as the creator of the manga series Detective Conan .... (tie)	Basara Basara (manga) is a shojo manga written by Yumi Tamura. The manga, which consists of 27 tankobon volumes, won the Shogakukan Manga Award for shojo in 1992. It was adapted as an anime that follows only part of the manga story, cutting off after 13 episodes.... , Yumi Tamura Yumi Tamura is a Japanese people mangaka. Her debut short story, Ore-rachi no Zettai Jikan , was published in 1983 in Bessatsu Shoujo Comic and received the 1983 Shogakukan Grand Prize for new artists....	n/a
1994	Kaze no Daichi Kaze no Daichi is an ongoing golf manga written by Nobuhiro Sakata and illustrated by Eiji Kazama. It has been published by Shogakukan in Big Comic Original since 1991 and collected in 46 tankobon volumes as of May 2008.... , Nobuhiro Sakata and Eiji Kazama	YuYu Hakusho YuYu Hakusho is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yoshihiro Togashi with an anime adaptation. The name of the series is spelled YuYu Hakusho in Funimation Entertainment's distribution of the anime and in the Viz Media manga.... , Yoshihiro Togashi Yoshihiro Togashi , born April 26, 1966 in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan; he is a Japanese people mangaka. He is most notable for having created YuYu Hakusho, for which he received the Shogakukan Manga Award in 1994, and Hunter ? Hunter....	Bara no Tame ni Bara no Tame ni is a Japanese josei manga by Akemi Yoshimura. It was published by Shogakukan from 1992 to 1998 in the magazine Petit Comic and collected in 16 tankobon volumes.... , Akemi Yoshimura	One More Jump, Michiyo Akaishi Michiyo Akaishi is an Japanese people manga artist born on October 11, 1959 in Urawa, Saitama , Saitama Prefecture, Japan. She graduated from Saitama Prefectural Dai-Ichi Girls High School....
1995	Bokko, Hideki Mori Hideki Mori is a Japanese people mangaka. He made his professional debut in 1982 in Shonen Sunday, after which he was chosen by Kazuo Koike to illustrate the continuation of Lone Wolf and Cub, Shin Lone Wolf and Cub....	Slam Dunk Slam Dunk (manga) is a sports-themed manga series written by Takehiko Inoue about a basketball team from Shohoku High School. It was first serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump in Japan from 1990 to 1996.... , Takehiko Inoue Takehiko Inoue is a Japanese manga mangaka, best known for the basketball manga Slam Dunk , which has become a success both in Japan and overseas. Many of his works are about basketball, Inoue himself being a huge fan of the sport, and many Japanese children started to play basketball because they read the manga....	Baby and Me Baby and Me is a shojo manga by Marimo Ragawa. It was originally published in Japan by Hakusensha, and was published in English language by VIZ Media, serialized in the magazine Shojo Beat.... , Marimo Ragawa Marimo Ragawa was born on September 21 in Hachinohe, Aomori, but her age is unknown.Marimo Ragawa first started submitting manga to comic magazines when she was only 12 years old, which is when she was in 6th grade....	Ore wa Otoko Da! Kunio-kun, Kosaku Anakubo
1996	Ron, Motoka Murakami Motoka Murakami is a Japanese people manga artist who writes primarily shonen manga. He won the Kodansha Manga Award for shonen for Gakuto Retsuden in 1982 and the Shogakukan Manga Award twice, for shonen for Musashi no Ken in 1984 and for general manga for Ron in 1996.... Gallery Fake Gallery Fake is a Japanese manga by Fujihiko Hosono. In 1996, it received the Shogakukan Manga Award.... and Taro, Fujihiko Hosono Fujihiko Hosono is a Japanese people manga artist. Hosono was born in Ota, Tokyo. In 1979, he made his debut with Crusher Joe while he was a student at Keio University.... (tie)	Major, Takuya Mitsuda Takuya Mitsuda is a Japanese people mangaka from Fukuyama City, Hiroshima Prefecture. He has published his works primarily in Shogakukan's manga magazine, Shonen Sunday....	Boys Over Flowers Boys Over Flowers is a Japanese shojo manga series by Yoko Kamio. It was serialized in the bi-weekly anthology magazine. Margaret , which is aimed at high-school-age girls.... , Yoko Kamio Yoko Kamio is a popular Japanese mangaka and writer. She is most famous for , for which she received the Shogakukan Manga Award in 1996. Her work has been translated and distributed in Asia, Europe, and North America....	Kocchi Muite! Miiko Kocchi Muite! Miiko is an ongoing shojo comedy manga series by Eriko Ono. It has been published by Shogakukan in Ciao since 1995 and collected in 20 tankobon as of July 2008.... , Eriko Ono
1997	Gekka no Kishi, Junichi Nojo	Firefighter! Daigo of Fire Company M Firefighter! Daigo of Fire Company M is a shonen manga by Masahito Soda. The manga has been released in its entirety by Viz Media in the United States. In 1997, it received the Shogakukan Manga Award for shonen.... , Masahito Soda Masahito Soda is a Japanese people mangaka. Soda studied at Nihon University, but left prior to graduating. He worked as an assistant for Taku Kitazaki, and debuted in 1990 with GET ROCK, published in Magazine Special....	Kanon Kanon (manga) is a Japanese music manga written and illustrated by Chiho Saito. It was serialized by Shogakukan in Amici from 1995 to 1997 and collected in six tankobon.... , Chiho Saito Chiho Saito is a Japanese people mangaka, most noted for the manga Revolutionary Girl Utena. In 1997, she received the Shogakukan Manga Award for shojo for Kanon ....	Midori no Makibao, Tsunomaru Tsunomaru is a Japanese people mangaka who writes mostly shonen manga. Debuted in 1991 with , which received the Shonen Weekly Jump newcomer's award. Tsunomaru is best known for the horse-racing comedy Midori no Makibao, which has been adapted as a 61-episode anime television series and which received the 1997 Shogakukan Manga Award for kodomo....
1998	Azumi Azumi is a manga series created by Yu Koyama, later adapted to film. It concerns the title character, a young woman brought up as part of a team of Assassination, charged with killing three warlords that threaten Feudal Japan with an agenda of war and bloodshed.... , Yu Koyama Yu Koyama is a Japanese people mangaka. After graduating from the University of Shizuoka he moved to Tokyo and in 1968 took a job with Saito Productions, the company run by mangaka Takao Saito....	Ganba! Fly High Ganba! Fly High is a shonen sports manga written by Shinji Morisue and illustrated by Hiroyuki Kikuta. It is about high school gymnastics Shun Fujimaki as he pursues his goal of competing in the 2000 Olympic Games, and is in part based on Morisue's experiences as an Olympic champion.... , Shinji Morisue Shinji Morisue is a Japan gymnastics and Olympic champion. He hails from Okayama City.... and Hiroyuki Kikuta	Ceres, Celestial Legend Ceres, Celestial Legend is a fantasy shojo manga series written by Yuu Watase. It was originally serialized in Shojo Comic from May 1996 through March 2000. The chapters were also published by Shogakukan in fourteen tankobon.... , Yuu Watase	Ninpen Manmaru, Mikio Igarashi Mikio Igarashi is a Japanese people Mangaka born 1955-01-13 in the town of Nakaniida , Kami District, Miyagi, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, though he currently lives in the city of Sendai....
1999	Aji Ichi Monme Aji Ichi Monme is a cooking manga written by Zenta Abe and illustrated by Yoshimi Kurata. It was published by Shogakukan in Big Comic Superior from 1986 to 1999 and collected in 33 tankobon.... , Zenta Abe and Yoshimi Kurata	Project ARMS Project ARMS is an anime and manga series that is heavily influenced by Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. The series is created by Kyoichi Nanatsuki and Ryoji Minagawa.... , Kyoichi Nanatsuki and Ryoji Minagawa Ryoji Minagawa is a Japanese people manga artist born in Sumida, Tokyo.He was invited with Spriggan story writer Hiroshi Takashige to go to a comic convention in Portugal in 1996 as a guest of honor due to his work on Spriggan....	Angel Lip, Kiyoko Arai Kiyoko Arai , real name , is a mangaka born on June 1 in Tokyo, Japan. She made her manga debut in the January 1984 issue of Ciao with her story Chotto dake Biyaku....	n/a
2000	n/a	Monkey Turn Monkey Turn is a shonen manga by Katsutoshi Kawai. The manga was serialized in Shonen Sunday. The manga spawned two anime series, "Monkey Turn" and "Monkey Turn V".... , Katsutoshi Kawai Hikaru no Go Hikaru no Go is a Japanese manga series, a coming of age story based on the board game Go written by Yumi Hotta and illustrated by Takeshi Obata with an anime adaptation.... , Yumi Hotta Yumi Hotta is a Japanese mangaka, born in Aichi Prefecture, Japan in 1957.Hotta is best known as the author of the best-selling manga and anime series Hikaru no Go, about the game of go that is widely credited for the recent boom of the game in Japan.... and Takeshi Obata Takeshi Obata is a Japanese people mangaka. He generally works as the artist in collaboration with a writer. He has also mentored several mangaka, including Kentaro Yabuki of Black Cat fame, Nobuhiro Watsuki of Rurouni Kenshin, Tsugumi Ohba of Death Note, and Yusuke Murata of Eyeshield 21.... (tie)	Bara-Iro no Ashita, Ryo Ikuemi Ryo Ikuemi is a Japanese people shojo mangaka. She writes mainly for Margaret , where she debuted in 1979 at age 15 with Maggie. She received the 2000 Shogakukan Manga Award for shojo for Bara-Iro no Ashita ....	Taro the Space Alien Taro the Space Alien is a manga and anime series created by Yasunari Nagatoshi. In 2000, the manga received the Shogakukan Manga Award for Kodomo.Viz Media is the licensor of the series in the United States.... , Yasunari Nadotoshi
2001	Monster Monster (manga) is a seinen manga written and illustrated by Naoki Urasawa, published by Shogakukan in Big Comic Original between 1994 and 2001, and reprinted in 18 tankobon volumes.... , Naoki Urasawa Naoki Urasawa is a Japanese people mangaka artist. He graduated from Meisei University with a degree in economics. He made his professional manga debut with Return in 1981....	Detective Conan Case Closed *Case Closed, also known as in Japan and most other countries, is a Japanese detective fiction manga and anime series written and illustrated by Gosho Aoyama and serialized in Shonen Sunday* since 1994.... , Gosho Aoyama Gosho Aoyama , born on June 21, 1963 in Hokuei, Tottori, Tottori Prefecture, Japan is a Japanese mangaka. He is best known as the creator of the manga series Detective Conan .... Cheeky Angel Cheeky Angel is a comedy romantic love manga series by Hiroyuki Nishimori. It focuses on the adventures of a 15-year old schoolgirl Megumi Amatsuka, a popular and beautiful tomboy with a secret: she remembers being a boy whom a genie/trickster had changed into a girl.... , Hiroyuki Nishimori Hiroyuki Nishimori is a popular Japanese people mangaka. His series Cheeky Angel won the Shogakukan Manga Award for shonen in 2001, and has been translated into English by Viz Media.... (tie)	Red River Red River (manga) , also known as *Anatolia Story, is a historical fiction shojo manga series made by Chie Shinohara. It is published in Japan by Shogakukan in Sho-Comi* and collected in 28 volumes.... , Chie Shinohara Chie Shinohara is an award winning Japanese people mangaka best-known for Red River , known in Japan as Sora wa Akai Kawa no Hotori: Anatolia Story. She has twice received the Shogakukan Manga Award for shojo, in 1987 for Yami no Purple Eye and in 2001 for Red River....	Seikimatsu Leader den Takeshi! Seikimatsu Leader den Takeshi! is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro. The manga was serialised in Weekly Shonen Jump from 1997 until the author was convicted of child prostitution in 2002.... , Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro is a Japanese people mangaka. He made his debut in 1996 in Weekly Shonen Jump and received a Akatsuka Award for best new comic manga writer. He is best known for , for which he won the 2001 Shogakukan Manga Award for children's manga....
2002	Heat Heat (manga) is a seinen manga written by Yoshiyuki Okamura and illustrated by Ryoichi Ikegami. It was serialized in Big Comic Superior from 1999 to 2004. In 2002, it received the Shogakukan Manga Award for general manga.... , Buronson and Ryoichi Ikegami Ryoichi Ikegami is a manga artist. He was assistant to manga artist Shigeru Mizuki in 1966. In 2001, he won the Shogakukan Manga Award for general manga as the artist of Heat ....	InuYasha InuYasha , full title , is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Rumiko Takahashi. It premiered in Weekly Shonen Sunday on November 13, 1996 and concluded on June 18, 2008.... , Rumiko Takahashi Rumiko Takahashi is a Japanese people mangaka.Takahashi is one of the wealthiest individuals, and the most affluent mangaka in Japan. The manga she creates are very popular in the United States and Europe where they have been released as both manga and anime in English language translation....	Kaguyahime, Reiko Shimizu Yasha, Akimi Yoshida Akimi Yoshida is a Japanese people mangaka.Yoshida is best known for the series Banana Fish. She twice won the Shogakukan Manga Awards for shojo, for Kissho Tennyo in 1984 and for Yasha in 2002.... (tie)	Pukupuku Natural Circular Notice Pukupuku Natural Circular Notice is a shojo manga by Sayuri Tatsuyama . It was published by Shogakukan in the magazine Ciao from 1999 to 2005 and collected in 10 tankobon volumes.... , Sayuri Tatsuyama
2003	20th Century Boys 20th Century Boys is a science fiction mystery manga created by Naoki Urasawa. It won the 2001 Kodansha Manga Award in the General category, an Excellence Prize at the 2002 Japan Media Arts Festival, and the 2003 Shogakukan Manga Award in the General category.... , Naoki Urasawa Naoki Urasawa is a Japanese people mangaka artist. He graduated from Meisei University with a degree in economics. He made his professional manga debut with Return in 1981....	Zatch Bell! Zatch Bell! *Zatch Bell!, known in Japan as Konjiki no Gash!!* and , is a shonen manga series by Makoto Raiku published in Shogakukan's Shonen Sunday, which has been adapted as an anime TV series by Toei Animation.... , Makoto Raiku Makoto Raiku is a mangaka whose works have appeared prominently in Shogakukan's publication Shonen Sunday. Starting off an assistant mangaka for Kazuhiro Fujita on his manga Ushio & Tora, he started creating several one-shots for the shonen manga anthology such as Bird Man , Hero Ba-Ban and Genmai Blade ....	Nana Nana (manga) is a Japanese shojo manga series written and illustrated by Ai Yazawa, serialised in Cookie published by Shueisha. There is an anime adaptation, as well as two live-action films.... , Ai Yazawa Ai Yazawa is a Japanese people mangaka. Her pen name comes from Japanese singer Eikichi Yazawa, of whom she is a fan.Yazawa started her manga publishing life in 1985; throughout 15 years of publishing, she wrote over 10 series in Ribon.... Kaze Hikaru Kaze Hikaru is a Japanese manga series by Taeko Watanabe.Kaze Hikaru is set in the bakumatsu. After her father and older brother are murdered, Tominaga Sei decides to pose as a boy named so that she can join the Mibu-Roshigumi and avenge their deaths.... , Taeko Watanabe Taeko Watanabe is a Japanese people mangaka. Her works consist mainly of shojo manga and is best known for Kaze Hikaru. She has twice received the Shogakukan Manga Award, in 1991 for Hajime-chan ga Ichiban! and in 2003 for Kaze Hikaru.... (tie)	Croket! Croket! , also spelled *Korokke!, is an adventure manga by Manavu Kashimoto. It was published by Shogakukan in CoroCoro Comic* from April 2000 to November 2006 and collected in 15 tankobon.... , Manavu Kashimoto Manavu Kashimoto is a Japanese manga artist.Kashimoto is the creator of Tasuke, the Samurai Cop and Croket!. In 2003 he won the Shogakukan Manga Award for the children's category for Croket!....
2004	Dr. Koto Shinryojo Dr. Koto Shinryojo is a manga series by Takatoshi Yamada that was serialized in Shogakukan's Weekly Young Sunday.In 2004, it won the Shogakukan Manga Award for general manga.... , Takatoshi Yamada	Yakitate	Japan, Takashi Hashiguchi Takashi Hashiguchi is a Japanese people mangaka. He is best known for his manga series Yakitate!! Japan, for which he won the Shogakukan Manga Award for shonen in 2004.... Fullmetal Alchemist Fullmetal Alchemist *Fullmetal Alchemist, known in Japan as , is an ongoing Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiromu Arakawa. The world of Fullmetal Alchemist* is styled after European Industrial Revolution.... , Hiromu Arakawa Hiromu Arakawa is a female Japanese people mangaka from Hokkaido. Her real name is . Her renowned manga, Fullmetal Alchemist, became a hit, and was later adapted into a television anime.... (tie)	Love?Com, Aya Nakahara	Mirmo! Mirmo! is a manga series written by Hiromu Shinozuka and serialized in Ciao magazine from 2001 through 2006. It was also published in twelve tankobon by Shogakukan.... , Hiromu Shinozuka Hiromu Shinozuka is a Japanese people mangaka. She writes in Ciao magazine. She debuted with Takkyu shoujo in 1999. Her manga Mirmo! received the Kodansha Manga Award for kodomo in 2003 and the Shogakukan Manga Award for children's manga in 2004, and there is a 172-episode anime adaptation as well....
2005	Team Medical Dragon Team Medical Dragon is a seinen manga about Japanese medical care written by Akira Nagai and drawn by Taro Nogizaka, under medical supervision by Mie Yoshinuma. It has been adapted into the television drama Iryu, and Iryu 2.... , Taro Nogizaka and Akira Nagai	Bleach Bleach (manga) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tite Kubo. Bleach follows the adventures of Ichigo Kurosaki after he accidentally obtains the power of a shinigami?a Japanese death personification similar to the Grim Reaper?from Rukia Kuchiki.... , Tite Kubo Tite Kubo , known by his pen name , is a Japanese people Mangaka. His most significant work is the manga series Bleach ....	Sand Chronicles Sand Chronicles is a manga by Hinako Ashihara. It completed serialization in Japan in Betsucomi during 2005 and was licenced by Viz Media. It began serialization in English in Shojo Beats August 2007 issue, replacing Yume Kira Dream Shoppe.... , Hinako Ashihara Hinako Ashihara is a Japanese mangaka.Hinako Ashihara was born in Hyogo, Japan. She wrote the manga Sand Chronicles, Forbidden Dance, "SOS," "Ten-nen Bitter Chocolate" and "Chouchou Kumo".... Bokura ga Ita Bokura ga Ita is a Japanese romance manga by Yuuki Obata, centering around the high school life of freshman girl, Nanami Takahashi. It was serialized in Betsucomi, with the first tankobon volume released on October 26, 2002.... , Yuki Obata (tie)	Sgt. Frog Sgt. Frog is a manga series by Mine Yoshizaki. It was later serialized into a TV anime series directed by Junichi Sato. Both the anime and manga are comedies that follow the attempts of a platoon of frog-like alien invaders to conquer Earth.... , Mine Yoshizaki Mine Yoshizaki is a Japanese people mangaka who first started his career by making dojinshi based on video games. Yoshizaki also worked as an assistant to mangaka Katsu Aki.... Grandpa Danger Grandpa Danger is an ongoing adventure manga by Kazutoshi Soyama published by Shogakukan in CoroCoro Comic since December 2000. It received the 2005 Shogakukan Manga Award for children's manga.... , Kazutoshi Soyama (tie)
2006	A Spirit of the Sun, Kaiji Kawaguchi Kaiji Kawaguchi is a Japanese manga author whose works include Eagle and Zipang . Generally, his stories involve Japan and examine the moral choices that people make in extreme situations.... Rainbow Nisha Rokubo no Shichinin, George Abe and Masasumi Kakizaki (tie)	Wild Life Wild Life (manga) is a Japanese manga series by Masato Fujisaki about a high school juvenile delinquent, Iwashiro Tetsusho, working to become a veterinarian. The first volume was published by Shonen Sunday in 2003.... , Masato Fujisaki	Sonnanja neyo Sonnanja neyo is a Japanese romantic comedy manga series written and illustrated by Kaneyoshi Izumi. It is serialized in Shogakukan's Betsucomi. In May 2006, Sonnanja neyo reached a circulation of one million and two thousand copies with 6 volumes.... , Kaneyoshi Izumi Kaneyoshi Izumi is a Japanese people shojo mangaka. She made her professional debut in 1995 with Tenshi in Betsucomi and she has since published mainly with Betsucomi....	Animal Alley Animal Yokocho is a Japanese manga and anime series aimed at a juvenile audience about a little girl who has a doorway to another world in her room, from which three bizarre and frequently-annoying stuffed toy-like creatures emerge to make her life "interesting".... , Ryo Maekawa
2007	Bengoshi no Kuzu Bengoshi no Kuzu is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Hideo Iura about Takeda Masami, a new lawyer and fellow lawyer Kuzu Motohito, who Takeda is teamed up with, and how they deal with different court cases.... , Hideo Iura	Kekkaishi Kekkaishi is a manga series by Yellow Tanabe. It is published in Japan by Shogakukan and in North America in English by Viz Media. It was adapted as a 52-episode anime series by Sunrise broadcast between October 2006 and February 2008.... , Yellow Tanabe Yellow Tanabe is a Japanese people mangaka. She was an assistant for Mitsuru Adachi and made her debut in 2002 with the short story Lost Princess. She is best known for the manga series Kekkaishi, which has been adapted as an anime television series and translated into many languages....	7 Seeds 7 Seeds is an ongoing science fiction manga series by Yumi Tamura. It has been published by Shogakukan since 2001, first in Betsucomi then in Flowers , and collected in 14 tankobon as of January 2009.... , Yumi Tamura Yumi Tamura is a Japanese people mangaka. Her debut short story, Ore-rachi no Zettai Jikan , was published in 1983 in Bessatsu Shoujo Comic and received the 1983 Shogakukan Grand Prize for new artists....	Kirarin Revolution Kirarin Revolution is a Japanese shojo manga by An Nakahara. The show's title is actually based on a phrase her manager uses during the idol contest between Kirari and Aoi.... , An Nakahara
2008	Bambino! Bambino! is a Japanese cooking manga written and illustrated by Tetsuji Sekiya. The manga has been serialized in Shogakukan's Big Comic Spirits. As of February 2009, Shogakukan has published 14 tankobon of the manga.... , Tetsuji Sekiya Kurosagi Kurosagi is a Japanese manga written by Takeshi Natsuhara and illustrated by Kuromaru . The series is about a boy named Kurosaki who swindles only other professional swindlers known as .... , Takeshi Natsuhara and Kuromaru (tie)	Daiya no Ace, Yuji Terajima Yuji Terajima is a Japanese people mangaka, born in Manno, Kagawa. Terajima is the writer and illustrator of the baseball manga, Daiya no Ace which won the 2008 Shogakukan Manga Award in the Shonen category....	Boku no Hatsukoi o Kimi ni Sasagu Boku no Hatsukoi o Kimi ni Sasagu #REDIRECT Boku wa Imoto ni Koi o Suru... , Kotomi Aoki Kotomi Aoki is a Japanese people mangaka. She currently resides in Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan. She received the 2008 Shogakukan Manga Award for shojo for Boku no Hatsukoi o Kimi ni Sasagu....	Keshikasu-kun Keshikasu-kun is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Noriyuki Murase. It has been serialized in CoroCoro Comic from June 2004. Keshikasu-kun received the Shogakukan Manga Award in the children's category in 2008.... , Noriyuki Murase
2009	Gaku: Minna no Yama Gaku: Minna no Yama is a Japanese mountaineering manga written and illustrated by Shin'ichi Ishizuka. It has been serialized by Shogakukan in Big Comic Original since 2003, and collected in eight tankobon as of 2008.... , Shin'ichi Ishizuka	Cross Game Cross Game is an ongoing romantic comedy baseball manga series by Mitsuru Adachi serialized by Shogakukan in Shonen Sunday since issue 22/23 in 2005. The first part of the story, , is a prologue that takes place while the main characters are in elementary school.... , Mitsuru Adachi Mitsuru Adachi is a mangaka born February 9, 1951 in Isesaki, Gunma, Gunma Prefecture, Japan. After graduating from Gunma Prefectural Maebashi Commercial High School in 1969, Adachi worked as an assistant for Isami Ishii....	Black Bird Black Bird (manga) is a Japanese supernatural manga written and illustrated by Kanoko Sakurakoji. It has been serialized by Shogakukan in Betsucomi since 2007, and collected in seven tankobon as of 2008.... , Kanoko Sakurakoji Kanoko Sakurakoji is a Japanese people Mangaka. She writes primarily for Shogakukan in the shojo manga manga magazine Betsucomi. She is best-known as the author of Backstage Prince and Black Bird ....	Naisho no Tsubomi Naisho no Tsubomi is a Japanese shojo manga authored by Yuu Yabuuchi, and published by Shogakukan. As of 2008, 5 volumes have been released in Japan. An OVA anime for the series was released on the 24th of April, 2008.... , Yuu Yabuuchi Yuu Yabuuchi is a Japanese people mangaka who specializes in shojo manga. Yuu Yabuchi's most famous works are Mizuiro Jidai, Shojo-Shonen, and Naisho no Tsubomi....

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