The is one of Japan's major manga

Manga

Manga is the Japanese word for "comics" and consists of comics and print cartoons . In the West, the term "manga" has been appropriated to refer specifically to comics created in Japan, or by Japanese authors, in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 19th...

 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 General category was introduced. The Boy's/Girl's category was introduced in 1980, then split in 1984 into separate Boy's and Girl's awards. The Children's category was introduced in 1982. From 1976 to 1989, the General category was called the .

Special awards are also occasionally given out for outstanding work, lifetime achievement, and so forth.

Recipients

The laureates were awarded for comics published during the years listed in the table. However, the laureates were not presented and the prizes weren't given out until the beginning of the following year. The prizes are often referred to by the numbers listed below instead of the years.

#	Year	General	Shōnen	Shōjo	Children
1	1955	Pūtan, Noboru Baba	No specific award given	No specific award given	No specific award given
2	1956	Oyama no ka Bachan, Eijo Ishida
3	1957	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.-External links:*... , Osamu Tezuka Osamu Tezuka was a Japanese cartoonist, manga artist, animator, producer, activist and medical doctor, although he never practiced medicine. Born in Osaka Prefecture, he is best known as the creator of Astro Boy, Kimba the White Lion and Black Jack...
4	1958	Little Black Sambo Little Black Sambo The Story of Little Black Sambo is a children's book written and illustrated by Helen Bannerman, and first published by Grant Richards in October 1899 as one in a series of small-format books called The Dumpy Books for Children.... and Shiaseno Ōji, Senba Tarō
5	1959	Korisu no Bokko, Jirō Tada Bonko-chan and Fuichin-san, Toshiko Ueda Toshiko Ueda was a Japanese manga artist 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)
6	1960	No award given
7	1961	Science-kun no Sekai Ryokō, Reiji Aki
8	1962	Susume Roboketto and Tebukuro Tecchan, Fujiko Fujio Fujiko Fujio was a nom de plume of a manga writing duo formed by two Japanese manga artists. Their real names are and . They formed their partnership in 1951, and used the Fujiko Fujio name from 1954 until dissolution of the partnership in 1987....
9	1963	Fight Sensei and Stop! Nii-chan, Hisashi Sekitani
10	1964	Osomatsu-kun Osomatsu-kun is a manga series by Fujio Akatsuka which ran in Shōnen 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 Pierrot and aired across Japan on Fuji Television and the anime... , Fujio Akatsuka Fujio Akatsuka was a pioneer Japanese artist of comical manga known as the Gag Manga King. His name at birth is 赤塚 藤雄, whose Japanese pronunciation is the same as 赤塚 不二夫....
11	1965	Baki-chan to Ganta, Kazuo Maekawa
12	1966	No award given
13	1967	Sabu to Ichi Torimono Hikae Sabu to Ichi Torimono Hikae , sometimes translated as Sabu & Ichi's Arrest Warrant, is a manga series by Shotaro Ishimori originally published in Weekly Shōnen Sunday beginning in 1966. In April 1968, the series moved to serialization in the first issue of Big Comic, where it was published until the series ended four years... , Shotaro Ishinomori Shotaro Ishinomori was a Japanese manga artist who became an influential figure in manga, anime, and tokusatsu, creating several immensely popular long-running series such as Cyborg 009 and Himitsu Sentai Goranger, what would go on to become part of the Super Sentai series, and the Kamen Rider Series...
14	1968	Animal 1 and Inakabbe Taisho, Noboru Kawasaki Noboru Kawasaki is a Japanese manga artist. 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 Inakappe Taishō and the 2nd Kodansha Manga Award for shōnen in 1978 for Football Hawk....
15	1969	Fire! Fire! (manga) Fire! ファイヤー! is a shōjo manga series by Hideko Mizuno about the rise and fall of an American rock star named Aaron. It was serialised in Seventeen from 1969 - 1971 and won the 1970 Shogakukan Manga Award... , Hideko Mizuno Hideko Mizuno is one of the first successful female Japanese shōjo manga artists. She was an assistant of Osamu Tezuka staying in Tokiwa-sō. She made her professional debut in 1956 with Akakke Pony...
16	1970	Glass no Shiro, Masako Watanabe Masako Watanabe born 16 May 1929, in Tokyo, Japan is a Japanese manga artist. 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)
17	1971	Hana Ichimonme, Shinji Nagashima Minashigo Hutch, Tatsuo Yoshida Tatsuo Yoshida was a Japanese cartoonist, writer and anime pioneer who founded the 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)
18	1972	To-chan no Kawaii Oyome-san and Hashire! Boro, Hiroshi Asuna
19	1973	Otoko to Aho Kōshien and Deba to Batto, Shinji Mizushima Shinji Mizushima is a Japanese manga artist. He is best known as an author of baseball manga, such as Yakyū-kyō no Uta, Dokaben, and Abu-san. He is a two-time recipient of the Shogakukan Manga Award.-Biography:...
20	1974	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. The movie starred Hayashi Yasufumi and Aiko Asano... , Kazuo Umezu Kazuo Umezu , is an author of Japanese horror and other manga, as well as a musician and actor.He had his first book of manga published while still in high school and made manga his career immediately upon graduation...
21	1975	Golgo 13 Golgo 13 is a manga series written and illustrated by Takao Saito, published in Shogakukan's Big Comic magazine since January 1969. In 1976, the manga won the 21st Shogakukan Manga Award for general manga... , Takao Saito Takao Saito is a Japanese manga and gekiga artist. He is best known for creating the successful series Golgo 13.-Early life and career:Takao Saito was born on November 3, 1936 in Wakayama Prefecture. During his school days in Osaka he was the best in his class in drawing and fighting, and also considered...	Poe no Ichizoku Poe no Ichizoku is a Japanese shōjo historical manga by Moto Hagio that depicts a family of vampires from the 18th to the 20th centuries. The two main characters, Edgar Portsnell and Allan Twilight, as well as the family are named after Edgar Allan Poe. It was serialized by Shogakukan in Flower Comics from 1972 to... and They Were Eleven They Were Eleven is a manga by Moto Hagio which ran in Shōjo Comic for three issues from September through November 1975. It was awarded the Shogakukan Manga Award for shōnen in 1976, and a sequel Horizon of the East, Eternity of the West was produced in 1976. It was published in English as part of the anthology... , Moto Hagio Moto Hagio is a manga artist born on May 12, 1949 in Ōmuta, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan, though she currently lives in Saitama Prefecture. She is considered a "founding mother" of modern shōjo manga, especially shōnen-ai. She is also a member of the Year 24 Group...
22	1976	Abu-san Abu-san is a baseball manga by Shinji Mizushima that has been serialized in seinen manga magazine Big Comic Original since 1973. It tells the story of fictionall baseball player '. Despite enjoying a long serialization spanning over 30 years, it has received no anime or live-action adaptations. In 1977, it... , Shinji Mizushima Shinji Mizushima is a Japanese manga artist. He is best known as an author of baseball manga, such as Yakyū-kyō no Uta, Dokaben, and Abu-san. He is a two-time recipient of the Shogakukan Manga Award.-Biography:...	Captain Captain (manga) is a baseball manga series by Akio Chiba which ran in Monthly Shōnen Jump from 1972 to 1979. This series ran concurrently with another Chiba manga series Play Ball, which ran in Weekly Shōnen Jump from 1973 to 1978... and Play Ball Play Ball is a manga series by Akio Chiba which ran in Weekly Shōnen 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 was a Japanese manga artist born in Shenyang, Manchukuo . Chiba was known for publishing his works in both shōnen and shōjo magazines. Chiba made his professional debut in 1967 with his manga Sabu to Chibi while working as an assistant to his older brother, Tetsuya... Ganbare Genki Ganbare Genki is a sports manga by Yū 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... , Yū Koyama Yu Koyama is a Japanese manga artist. After graduating from the University of Shizuoka he moved to Tokyo and in 1968 took a job with Saito Productions, the company run by Takao Saitō...  (tie)
23	1977	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 manga artist 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. His father was working in a paper factory during that time they lived in China. One of...	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. It is set in a space-faring, high-tech future in which humans have learned how to transfer their minds into mechanical bodies, thus achieving practical immortality.The manga won the... and Senjo Manga Series The Cockpit (film) is a World War II anthology film based on Leiji Matsumoto's Battlefield manga. The animated shorts 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.-Space opera:Matsumoto is famous for his space operas such as Space Battleship Yamato...
24	1978	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 91 tankōbon as of April 2010. Haguregumo received the 1979 Shogakukan Manga Award for general category.It was adapted into a movie in 1982 by... , George Akiyama George Akiyama is a Japanese manga artist known for dealing with controversial and incendiary topics in many of his works.-Biography:Akiyama quit high school and moved to Tokyo to become a manga artist. After working briefly as a book wholesaler, he became an assistant for manga artist Kenji Morita...	Dame Oyaji Dame Oyaji is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Mitsutoshi Furuya. It was serialized by Shogakukan in Shōnen Sunday from September 23, 1970 to July 28, 1982 . Dame Oyaji received the 1979 Shogakukan Manga Award for shōnen manga... , Mitsutoshi Furuya Mitsutoshi Furuya is a Japanese manga artist. He made his debut as a manga artist in 1955 with kashi-hon manga. He started as an assistant of Osamu Tezuka in 1958, but is primarily known for starting out as an assistant of Fujio Akatsuka five years later...
25	1979	Doza no Ippon Tsuri, Yusuke Aoyagi	To Terra... Toward the Terra is a Japanese science fiction manga series by Keiko Takemiya. It was originally serialized in Asahi Sonorama's Gekkan Manga Shōnen magazine, between January 1977 and May 1980... and Kaze to Ki no Uta Kaze to Ki no Uta is a shōjo manga with yaoi themes by Keiko Takemiya. It was first published by Shougakukan from 1976 to 1984 in the magazine Shōjo Comic. In 1979, it was awarded the prestigious Shogakukan Manga Award for shōnen/shōjo manga. The series is widely regarded as a shōnen-ai manga classic, being one of... , Keiko Takemiya Keiko Takemiya is a Japanese manga artist. She is included in the Year 24 Group. She resides in Kamukura, Kanagawa Prefecture. Takemiya was one of the female authors who in the early 1970s pioneered a genre of girls' comics about love between young men; in December 1970 she published a short story, "In the...
26	1980	Hakatakko Junjō and Gangaragan, Hōsei 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 bound volumes, making it the 26th longest manga released... , Etsumi Haruki Etsumi Haruki is a Japanese manga artist. He received the 1981 Shogakukan Manga Award for General for Chie the Brat.-References:...  (tie)	Urusei Yatsura Urusei Yatsura is a comedic manga series written and illustrated by Rumiko Takahashi that premiered in Weekly Shōnen Sunday in 1978 and ran until its conclusion in 1987. Its 374 individual chapters were collected and published in 34 tankōbon volumes. The series tells the story of Ataru Moroboshi, and the alien... , Rumiko Takahashi Rumiko Takahashi is a Japanese manga artist.Takahashi is one of the wealthiest individuals, and the most affluent manga artists in Japan. The manga she creates are popular worldwide, where they have been translated into a variety of languages...
27	1981	Sanchōme no Yūhi Sunset on Third Street is a Japanese manga series by Ryōhei Saigan. As of 2009, 56 volumes of the manga have been published. It was also a short-lived anime series from 1990 to 1991 and a pair of films: Always Sanchōme no Yūhi and Always Zoku Sanchōme no Yūhi were based on stories and characters from the manga... , Ryōhei Saigan	Dr. Slump Dr. Slump is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Akira Toriyama. It was serialized in Shueisha's anthology comic Weekly Shōnen Jump from 1980 to 1984 which were collected into 18 tankōbon volumes... , Akira Toriyama Akira Toriyama is a Japanese manga artist and game artist known mostly for his creation of Dragon Ball in 1984. Toriyama admires Osamu Tezuka's Astro Boy and was impressed by Walt Disney's One Hundred and One Dalmatians, which he remembers for the great art...		Doraemon Doraemon is a Japanese manga series created by Fujiko F. Fujio which later became an anime series and an Asian franchise... , Fujiko Fujio Fujiko Fujio was a nom de plume of a manga writing duo formed by two Japanese manga artists. Their real names are and . They formed their partnership in 1951, and used the Fujiko Fujio name from 1954 until dissolution of the partnership in 1987....
28	1982	Tsuribaka Nisshi Tsuribaka Nisshi ' is a fishing manga by Jūzō Yamasaki and Kenichi Kitami that has been serialized in Big Comic Original since 1979. It won the 28th Shogakukan Manga Award in 1983... , Jūzō Yamasaki Juzo Yamasaki is a Japanese manga artist.His best known work is Tsuribaka Nisshi with art by Kenichi Kitami. Yamasaki originally wrote screenplays for Toei, but was laid off and decided to pursue a career in manga instead...  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 manga magazine Shōnen Big Comic . The series was adapted into a movie, an anime television series, and a live-action television drama... and Touch Touch (manga) is a Japanese high school baseball manga by Mitsuru Adachi. It was originally serialized in the weekly manga magazine Shōnen Sunday from 1981–1986... , Mitsuru Adachi Mitsuru Adachi is a Japanese manga artist. After graduating from Gunma Prefectural Maebashi Commercial High School in 1969, Adachi worked as an assistant for Isami Ishii. He made his manga debut in 1970 with Kieta Bakuon, based on a manga originally created by Satoru Ozawa...		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 children's manga. The series was adapted as a popular anime television show that aired in 1982 in Japan on Mondays from 7:00pm to 7:30pm.;... and Kon'nichiwa! Mi-com, Mitsuru Sugaya Mitsuru Sugaya , is a Japanese manga artist, novelist, an author of instructional comics, and a racing writer. Sugaya wrote and illustrated Game Center Arashi, a manga. He Also Drew A Manga tied to the Japanese Spiderman Show From The 70's and also drew the manga adaptations of all Kamen rider Series from Ichigo...
29	1983	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 doctor in the final days of the Tokugawa Shogunate... , Osamu Tezuka Osamu Tezuka was a Japanese cartoonist, manga artist, animator, producer, activist and medical doctor, although he never practiced medicine. Born in Osaka Prefecture, he is best known as the creator of Astro Boy, Kimba the White Lion and Black Jack...	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 Shōnen Sunday between April 1981 and October 1985... , Motoka Murakami Motoka Murakami is a Japanese manga artist who writes primarily shōnen manga. He won the Kodansha Manga Award for shōnen for Gakuto Retsuden in 1982 and the Shogakukan Manga Award twice, for shōnen for Musashi no Ken in 1984 and for general manga in 1996 for Ron, serialized in Big Comic Original from 1991 to 2006...	Kisshō Tennyo Kissho Tennyo is a Japanese shōjo manga written and illustrated by Akimi Yoshida. It was serialized by Shogakukan in Betsucomi between February 1983 and June 1984 and collected in four bound volumes. Kisshō Tennyo received the 1984 Shogakukan Manga Award for shōjo manga.On 30 June 2007, Blue Planet released... , Akimi Yoshida Akimi Yoshida is a Japanese manga artist.Yoshida is best known for the series Banana Fish. She twice won the Shogakukan Manga Awards for shōjo, for Kisshō 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 shōjo manga magazine Hop, before concluding in 1991... , Haruko Tachiiri Haruko Tachiiri is a Japanese manga artist 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 children's manga for Panku Ponk.-References:...
30	1984	Human Crossing Human Crossing , 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 manga artist. 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 shōnen 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 serialized 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 manga artist. 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. In addition to his very popular pilot comics, Shintani has successfully ventured into science fiction, fantasy, comedy, and hentai...	Yume no Ishibumi, Toshie Kihara Toshie Kihara is a Japanese shōjo manga artist 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 the duo of Yudetamago , which is composed of Yoshinori Nakai and Takashi Shimada. The manga was published in Shueisha's Weekly Jump, and received the Shogakukan Manga Award for shōnen manga in 1985... , Yudetamago Yudetamago is the pen name of the Japanese manga artists 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...
31	1985	Bokkemon, Takashi Iwashige Takashi Iwashige is a Japanese manga artist who writes primarily martial-arts manga celebrating individuality. He is best known for the judo series Hanamaru Legend and its sequel New Hanamaru Legend. He received the 1986 Shogakukan Manga Award for seinen/general manga for Bokkemon.-External links:* at The Ultimate...	Hatsukoi Scandal and Tobe! Jinrui II, Akira Oze Akira Oze is a Japanese manga artist. He made his debut in 1971 under the penname writing shōnen 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 shōjo manga artist. She made her professional debut in 1978 with Kotchi muite Marie!! in the weekly Shōjo Comic, for which she won a Shogakukan New Artist Award. In 1986, she received the Shogakukan Manga Award for shōjo for...	Asari-chan, Mayumi Muroyama Mayumi Muroyama is the joint penname of Japanese manga artists and her younger sister . They made their professional debut in 1976 with Ganbare Aneko in Shōjo Comic....
32	1986	Oishinbo Oishinbo is a long-running cooking manga written by Tetsu Kariya and drawn by Akira Hanasaki. The manga's title is a portmanteau of the Japanese word for delicious, oishii, and the word for someone who loves to eat, kuishinbo. The series depicts the adventures of culinary journalist Shirō Yamaoka and his... , Tetsu Kariya and Akira Hanasaki	Ginga: Nagareboshi Gin Ginga: Nagareboshi Gin Ginga: Nagareboshi Gin Silver") is an adventure manga by Yoshihiro Takahashi. It was published by Shueisha in Weekly Shōnen Jump from 1983 to 1987, and collected in 18 bound volumes... , Yoshihiro Takahashi Yoshihiro Takahashi is a Japanese manga artist. He writes under a pen name in which his first name Yoshihiro is spelled out in hiragana .Takahashi was born September 18, 1953, in Higashinaruse, Akita. He was very interested in drawing growing up and, in the 60's, started publishing small comics in several newspapers...	Purple Eyes in the Dark Purple Eyes in the Dark is a Japanese shōjo manga series written and illustrated by Chie Shinohara. The series was initially serialized in Shōjo Comic and collected in 12 tankōbon volumes published by Shogakukan between October 1984 and February 1987... , Chie Shinohara Chie Shinohara is an award winning Japanese manga artist 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 shōjo, in 1987 for Yami no Purple Eye and in 2001 for Red River....	Ganbare, Kickers!, Noriaki Nagai
33	1987	Hotel and Manga Nihon Keizai Nyumon, Shotaro Ishinomori Shotaro Ishinomori was a Japanese manga artist who became an influential figure in manga, anime, and tokusatsu, creating several immensely popular long-running series such as Cyborg 009 and Himitsu Sentai Goranger, what would go on to become part of the Super Sentai series, and the Kamen Rider Series...	Just Meet and Fuyu Monogatari, Hidenori Hara Hidenori Hara is a Japanese manga artist. He won the 1988 Shogakukan Manga Award for shōnen for his Just Meet and Fuyu Monogatari.- References :...	Boyfriend Boyfriend (manga) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Fuyumi Soryo. Boyfriend manga received the 1988 Shogakukan Manga Award for shōjo manga. In 2008, the manga was posted on the Yahoo! Comic Japan website, for free browsing, to celebrate Shogakukan's Shōjo Comic's 40th anniversary... , Fuyumi Soryo Fuyumi Soryo is a Japanese manga artist from Beppu, Oita, Japan. She is a graduate of the Oita prefectural Geijutsu Midorigaoka High School.She was born into the home of a master of the Kanze school of Noh. In her childhood she liked to draw pictures of horses and things but had no special interest in manga...	Tsurupika Hagemaru Tsurupika Hagemaru or simply Hagemaru, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Shinbo Nomura. The series was published in the Shogakukan magazine CoroCoro Comic from 1985 to 1995. It tells the story of a young kid named Hagemaru and his ideas for saving money.The Tsurupika Hagemaru received the... , Shinbo Nomura Shinbo Nomura is a Japanese manga artist. 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 children's manga. He also later created a manga adaption of Ratchet & Clank.He began his career...
34	1988	Genji Monogatari Genji Monogatari (manga) is a Japanese manga version of Murasaki Shikibu's The Tale of Genji by Maki Miyako. In 1989, it received the 34th Shogakukan Manga Award for general manga.-See also:*List of characters from The Tale of Genji... , Miyako Maki Miyako Maki is a Japanese manga artist. She made her professional debut in 1957 with . She received the 1989 Shogakukan Manga Award for General for Genji Monogatari, a Japanese manga version of Murasaki Shikibu's The Tale of Genji. She is the creator of Licca-chan, a popular Japanese doll. Her husband is...	B.B. B.B. (manga) B.B. is a shōnen manga by Osamu Ishiwata. The manga ran in Shōnen 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 manga artist. He won the 1989 Shogakukan Manga Award for shōnen for B.B. The manga artist Yoshitomo Yoshimoto is his younger brother.-External links:...	Fancy Dance Fancy Dance (manga) is a Japanese shōjo manga series by Reiko Okano. It won the 34th Shogakukan Manga Award for shōjo. It was adapted into a 1989 live action film directed by Masayuki Suo.... , Reiko Okano Reiko Okano is a Japanese manga artist. In 1989, she won the Shogakukan Manga Award for shōjo for Fancy Dance. She is married to director Makoto Tezuka.- References :...	Obocchama-kun, Yoshinori Kobayashi Yoshinori Kobayashi Yoshinori Kobayashi is a bestselling Japanese author and manga artist...
35	1989	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 manga artist.-Early life:He graduated from Meisei University with a degree in economics. In 2008, Urasawa had a guest teaching post at Nagoya Zokei University, where he taught classes on manga.-Manga career:...	Ucchare Goshogawara, Tsuyoshi Nakaima Tsuyoshi Nakaima is a Japanese manga artist who writes shōnen 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 shōnen manga...	Papa Told Me Papa Told Me is a long-running Japanese josei manga by Nanae Haruno. It was serialized in the manga magazine Young You, published by Shueisha. The chapters were collected into 27 tankōbon. This manga was awarded the Shogakukan Manga Award for shōjo in 1990, and it was also adapted into a live-action series,... , Nanae Haruno Nanae Haruno is a josei manga artist. 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 shōjo and josei manga artist. She is best known for shōjo series such as Maiko no Uta , Lovely Mari-chan, Marybell, Honoo no Romance, Lolly no Seishun, and Yumedokei . She received the 1990 Shogakukan Manga Award for children's manga for Lovely Mari-chan...
36	1990	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 manga artist. 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.- Works :...	Mobile Police Patlabor, Masami Yūki Masami Yuki , real name Shūji Satō , is a manga artist.Yuki graduated from Kutchan High School. He is a member of the artist group known as Headgear...	Crest of the Royal Family Crest of the Royal Family , is a shōjo manga by Hosokawa Chieko. It has run in the monthly magazine Princess since 1976. In 1991, it received the 36th Shogakukan Manga Award for shōjo... , Hosokawa Chieko Hajime-chan ga Ichiban!, Taeko Watanabe Taeko Watanabe is a Japanese manga artist. Her works consist mainly of shōjo 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.-Works:...  (tie)	Amaizo! Dango, Moo. Nenbei
37	1991	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.-Cast:*Hikari Ishida as Narumi Sonoda*Michitaka Tsutsui as Tamotsu Kakei*Takuya Kimura as Osamu Toride... , Fumi Saimon Fumi Saimon is a female Japanese manga artist and novelist. 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. Genki Desu, Shunpei and the 1992 Shogakukan Manga Award for general manga for...	Ushio and Tora Ushio and Tora is a yōkai manga by Kazuhiro Fujita. It received the Shogakukan Manga Award for shōnen in 1992. It was adapted into three OVA series: one with six episodes released from September 11, 1992 to February 1, 1993; one with four episodes released from June 11, 1993 to August 1, 1993; and one single... , Kazuhiro Fujita Kazuhiro Fujita ' is a Japanese manga artist. He graduated from Nihon University. He made his professional manga debut in Shōnen Sunday in 1989. He is most famous for the manga Ushio and Tora, for which he won Shogakukan Manga Award for shōnen in 1992 and the Seiun Award in 1997, and the long-running Karakuri...	Makoto Call! Makoto Call! is a Japanese shōjo manga series by Kazuko Fujita. The series first appeared in July 1990 on the 15th issue of the semimonthly Shōjo Comic. It won the 37th Shogakukan Manga Award for shōjo... , Kazuko Fujita Kazuko Fujita is a Japanese shōjo manga artist. She made her professional debut in 1977 in Bessatsu Shōjo Comic 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 shōjo...	Dojji Donbei, Tetsuhiro Koshita
38	1992	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 seventeen tankōbon volumes. It received the 1993 Shogakukan Manga Award for general manga.- External links :* at... , Ichimaru Miyamoto kara Kimi e, Hideki Arai Hideki Arai is a Japanese manga artist. He received the 38th Shogakukan Manga Award for general manga in 1993 for Miyamoto kara Kimi e...  (tie)	Ghost Sweeper Mikami Ghost Sweeper Mikami is a Japanese comedic horror manga series written and illustrated by Takashi Shiina. It was published by the weekly manga magazine Shōnen Sunday from 1991 to 1999. In 1993, it won the Shogakukan Manga Award for best shōnen manga... , Takashi Shiina Takashi Shiina is a Japanese manga artist who writes primarily for the weekly Shogakukan manga publication Weekly Shōnen 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 shōnen manga series by Gosho Aoyama. It ran in Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday from issue 39 of 1988 to issue 50 of 1993, collected in 24 tankōbon volumes. It also came in 12 double volumes... , Gosho Aoyama Gosho Aoyama , born on June 21, 1963 in Hokuei, Tottori Prefecture, Japan is a Japanese manga artist. He is best known as the creator of the manga series Detective Conan .-Educational background:Aoyama was talented in drawing even at an early age...  (tie)	Basara Basara (manga) is a shōjo manga written by Yumi Tamura. The manga, which consists of 27 tankōbon volumes, won the Shogakukan Manga Award for shōjo 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 manga artist. Her debut short story, Ore-tachi no Zettai Jikan , was published in 1983 in Bessatsu Shōjo Comic and received the 1983 Shogakukan Grand Prize for new artists. Since then, she has completed more than 50 compiled volumes of short stories and continuing series...	No award given
39	1993	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 52 tankōbon volumes as of August 2010... , Nobuhiro Sakata and Eiji Kazama	YuYu Hakusho YuYu Hakusho is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yoshihiro Togashi. The name of the series is spelled YuYu Hakusho in the Viz Media manga and Yu Yu Hakusho in other English distributions of the franchise. The series tells the story of Yusuke Urameshi, a teenage delinquent who is struck and... , Yoshihiro Togashi Yoshihiro Togashi is a Japanese manga artist. He began drawing manga at an early age; while he attended college, the publisher Shueisha recognized his talent. Togashi has authored numerous manga series in different genres during the past three decades...	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 tankōbon volumes... , Akemi Yoshimura	One More Jump, Michiyo Akaishi Michiyo Akaishi is a Japanese manga artist born in Urawa , Saitama Prefecture, Japan. She graduated from Saitama Prefectural Dai-Ichi Girls High School. Akaishi then attended Musashino Art University where she graduated with a degree in commercial plastic model design...
40	1994	Bokkō, Hideki Mori Hideki Mori is a Japanese manga artist. He made his professional debut in 1982 in Shōnen Sunday, after which he was chosen by Kazuo Koike to illustrate the continuation of Lone Wolf and Cub, Shin Lone Wolf and Cub. Mori is best known for his manga adaptation of Kenichi Sakemi's historical novel Bokkō, which...	Slam Dunk Slam Dunk (manga) is a sports-themed manga series written by Takehiko Inoue about a basketball team from Shōhoku High School. It was first serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump in Japan from 1990 to 1996 and had also been adapted into an anime series by Toei Animation which had been broadcast worldwide,... , Takehiko Inoue Takehiko Inoue is a Japanese manga artist, 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 shōjo manga by Marimo Ragawa. It was originally published in Japan by Hakusensha, and was published in English by VIZ Media, serialized in the magazine Shojo Beat. It received the 40th Shogakukan Manga Award for shōjo in 1995. The series was adapted as an anime television series in 1996... , Marimo Ragawa Marimo Ragawa was born on September 21 in Hachinohe, Aomori, but her age is not disclosed.Marimo Ragawa first started submitting manga to comic magazines when she was only 12 years old, which is when she was in 6th grade of elementary school. She continued to send her manga to the same magazine for four years,...	Ore wa Otoko Da! Kunio-kun, Kōsaku Anakubo
41	1995	Ron, Motoka Murakami Motoka Murakami is a Japanese manga artist who writes primarily shōnen manga. He won the Kodansha Manga Award for shōnen for Gakuto Retsuden in 1982 and the Shogakukan Manga Award twice, for shōnen for Musashi no Ken in 1984 and for general manga in 1996 for Ron, serialized in Big Comic Original from 1991 to 2006... Gallery Fake Gallery Fake is a Japanese manga by Fujihiko Hosono. In 1996, it received the Shogakukan Manga Award.-Story:On a wharf on Tokyo Bay is a small gallery named Gallery Fake. The owner of the gallery, , was once a curator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York... and Tarō, Fujihiko Hosono Fujihiko Hosono is a Japanese manga artist. Hosono was born in Ōta, Tokyo. In 1979, he made his debut with Crusher Joe while he was a student at Keio University. Around the same time, he joined the as an animator...  (tie)	Major Major (manga) Major is a sports manga series by Takuya Mitsuda. It has been serialized in Shōnen Sunday and has been collected in 78 tankōbon volumes... , Takuya Mitsuda Takuya Mitsuda is a Japanese manga artist from Fukuyama City, Hiroshima Prefecture. He has published his works primarily in Shogakukan's manga magazine, Shōnen Sunday....	Boys Over Flowers Boys Over Flowers is a Japanese shōjo manga series written by Yoko Kamio. It was serialized in the bi-weekly anthology magazine Margaret, which is aimed at high-school-age girls. The manga series ran continuously from October 1992 to September 2003, and was collected into 37 tankōbon volumes. In 1996, it received... , Yoko Kamio Yoko Kamio is a Japanese manga artist 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.-Biography:...	Kocchi Muite! Miiko Kocchi Muite! Miiko is an ongoing shōjo comedy manga series by Eriko Ono. It has been published by Shogakukan in Ciao since 1995 and collected in 20 bound volumes as of July 2008. It is a sequel to an earlier series, , and depicts the home and school life of a cheerful and energetic fourth-grade girl named Miiko. The... , Eriko Ono
42	1996	Gekka no Kishi, Junichi Nōjō	Firefighter! Daigo of Fire Company M Firefighter! Daigo of Fire Company M is a shōnen manga by Masahito Soda. The manga has been released in its entirety by Viz Media in the United States. In 1996, it received the Shogakukan Manga Award for shōnen.-Plot:... , Masahito Soda Masahito Soda is a Japanese manga artist. 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 serialised by Shogakukan in Amici from 1995 to 1997 and collected in six bound volumes. Kanon received the 1997 Shogakukan Manga Award for shōjo manga... , Chiho Saito Chiho Saito is a Japanese manga artist, most noted for the manga Revolutionary Girl Utena. In 1997, she received the Shogakukan Manga Award for shōjo for Kanon. She is part of the Be-Papas manga artist collective....	Midori no Makibaō Midori no Makibaō is a manga series written and illustrated by Tsunomaru and serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump. It was also adapted into an anime series.-Plot:... , Tsunomaru Tsunomaru is a Japanese manga artist who writes mostly shōnen manga. He debuted in 1991 with , which received the Shōnen Weekly Jump newcomer's award. Tsunomaru is best known for the horse-racing comedy Midori no Makibaō, which was adapted as a 61-episode anime television series and received the 1997...
43	1997	Azumi Azumi is a Japanese manga series created by Yū Koyama in 1994. The manga was originally published by Shogakukan and serialized in Big Comic Superior, and was later adapted to two feature films starring Aya Ueto, a video game and a stage play. Azumi received an Excellence Prize at the 1997 Japan Media... , Yū Koyama Yu Koyama is a Japanese manga artist. After graduating from the University of Shizuoka he moved to Tokyo and in 1968 took a job with Saito Productions, the company run by Takao Saitō...	Ganba! Fly High Ganba! Fly High is a shōnen sports manga written by Shinji Morisue and illustrated by Hiroyuki Kikuta. It is about high school gymnast 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. The series was published by... , Shinji Morisue Shinji Morisue is a Japanese gymnast and Olympic champion. He hails from Okayama City.-Olympics:He received a gold medal in horizontal bar, a silver medal in vault, and a bronze medal in team combined exercises at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles....  and Hiroyuki Kikuta	Ceres, Celestial Legend Ceres, Celestial Legend is a fantasy shōjo manga series written by Yuu Watase. It was originally serialized in Shōjo Comic from May 1996 through March 2000. The chapters were also published by Shogakukan in fourteen collected volumes... , Yuu Watase Yuu Watase is a female Japanese shōjo manga artist. She received the Shogakukan Manga Award for shōjo for Ceres, Celestial Legend in 1997. Since writing her debut short story "Pajama de Ojama" , Watase has created more than 80 compiled volumes of short stories and continuing series...	Ninpen Manmaru, Mikio Igarashi Mikio Igarashi is a Japanese manga artist born 13 January 1955 in the town of Nakaniida , Kami District, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, though he currently lives in the city of Sendai. He is most well known for his manga series Bonobono and Ninpen Manmaru...
44	1998	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 bound volumes. The series chronicles the lives of the staff and customers of a restaurant called Fujimura, owned by veteran chef Kumano... , 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. In 1999, the manga received the Shogakukan Manga Award for shōnen.... , Kyoichi Nanatsuki and Ryōji Minagawa Ryoji Minagawa ' is a Japanese 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. He worked on other manga comics before he went on to create Project ARMS with fellow manga...	Angel Lip, Kiyoko Arai Kiyoko Arai , known by the pen name , is a Japanese manga artist. She made her manga debut in the January 1984 issue of Ciao with her story Chotto dake Biyaku...	No award given
45	1999	No award given	Monkey Turn Monkey Turn is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Katsutoshi Kawai. The manga was serialized in Shogakukan magazine Shōnen Sunday from 1996 to 2005. The manga spawned two anime series, Monkey Turn and Monkey Turn V, which were both produced by Oriental Light and Magic and aired on TV Tokyo throughout... , Katsutoshi Kawai Hikaru no Go Hikaru no Go is a 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. The production of the series' Go games was supervised by Go professional Yukari Umezawa... , Yumi Hotta Yumi Hotta is a Japanese manga artist, 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. The idea behind Hikaru no Go began when Yumi Hotta...  and Takeshi Obata Takeshi Obata is a Japanese manga artist. He works as the artist in collaboration with a writer. He has also mentored several manga artists, including Kentaro Yabuki of Black Cat fame, Nobuhiro Watsuki of Rurouni Kenshin and Busou Renkin, and Yusuke Murata of Eyeshield 21.He originally became noticed in 1985...  (tie)	Bara-Iro no Ashita, Ryo Ikuemi Ryo Ikuemi is a Japanese shōjo manga artist. She writes mainly for Margaret, where she debuted in 1979 at age 15 with Maggie. She received the 2000 Shogakukan Manga Award for shōjo for Bara-Iro no Ashita , and the 2009 Kodansha Manga Award for shōjo for Kiyoku Yawaku...	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 children's manga.Viz Media is the licensor of the series in the United States. The series has not had a release in English.... , Yasunari Nadotoshi
46	2000	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 tankōbon volumes. It was adapted by Madhouse as a 74-episode anime TV series, which aired on NTV from April 7, 2004 to September 28, 2005... , Naoki Urasawa Naoki Urasawa is a Japanese manga artist.-Early life:He graduated from Meisei University with a degree in economics. In 2008, Urasawa had a guest teaching post at Nagoya Zokei University, where he taught classes on manga.-Manga career:...	Detective Conan Case Closed Case Closed, known as in Japan, is a Japanese detective manga series written and illustrated by Gosho Aoyama. The series is serialized in Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday since February 2, 1994, and has been collected in 73 tankōbon volumes as of September 2011... , Gosho Aoyama Gosho Aoyama , born on June 21, 1963 in Hokuei, Tottori Prefecture, Japan is a Japanese manga artist. He is best known as the creator of the manga series Detective Conan .-Educational background:Aoyama was talented in drawing even at an early age... Cheeky Angel Cheeky Angel is a comedy romance action manga series by Hiroyuki Nishimori. The story revolves around the adventures of 15-year old schoolgirl Megumi Amatsuka, a popular and beautiful tomboy that always get into fights with a secret: she used to be a boy. Originally a serial in Shōnen Sunday, it has been... , Hiroyuki Nishimori Hiroyuki Nishimori is a Japanese manga artist. His series Cheeky Angel won the Shogakukan Manga Award for shōnen 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 fantasy shōjo manga series by Chie Shinohara. It is published in Japan by Shogakukan in Sho-Comi and collected in 28 volumes. It is published in English in North America by VIZ Media, with 25 volumes released as of April 2009 and the remaining 3... , Chie Shinohara Chie Shinohara is an award winning Japanese manga artist 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 shōjo, 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 Shōnen Jump from 1997 until the author was convicted of child prostitution in 2002... , Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro is a Japanese manga artist. He made his debut in 1996 in Weekly Shōnen 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...
47	2001	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. He became a professor at Osaka University of Arts in 2005...	InuYasha InuYasha , also known as , is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Rumiko Takahashi. It premiered in Weekly Shōnen Sunday on November 13, 1996 and concluded on June 18, 2008... , Rumiko Takahashi Rumiko Takahashi is a Japanese manga artist.Takahashi is one of the wealthiest individuals, and the most affluent manga artists in Japan. The manga she creates are popular worldwide, where they have been translated into a variety of languages...	Kaguyahime, Reiko Shimizu Reiko Shimizu is a Japanese shōjo manga writer and illustrator. She made her professional debut in 1983 with Sansaro Monogatari in LaLa, and has written primarily for the publisher Hakusensha... Yasha, Akimi Yoshida Akimi Yoshida is a Japanese manga artist.Yoshida is best known for the series Banana Fish. She twice won the Shogakukan Manga Awards for shōjo, for Kisshō Tennyo in 1984 and for Yasha in 2002...  (tie)	Pukupuku Natural Circular Notice Pukupuku Natural Circular Notice is a shōjo manga by Sayuri Tatsuyama . It was published by Shogakukan in the magazine Ciao from 1999 to 2005 and collected in ten tankōbon volumes. In 2002, it won the Shogakukan Manga Award for children's manga. The author based the series on her own pet.... , Sayuri Tatsuyama
48	2002	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. The last two volumes of the story were serialized under... , Naoki Urasawa Naoki Urasawa is a Japanese manga artist.-Early life:He graduated from Meisei University with a degree in economics. In 2008, Urasawa had a guest teaching post at Nagoya Zokei University, where he taught classes on manga.-Manga career:...	Zatch Bell! Zatch Bell! Zatch Bell!, known in Japan as is a shōnen manga series written and illustrated by Makoto Raiku. It was published in Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday... , Makoto Raiku Makoto Raiku is a manga artist whose works have appeared prominently in Shogakukan's publication Shōnen Sunday. Starting off an assistant for Kazuhiro Fujita on his manga Ushio & Tora, he started creating several one-shots for the shōnen manga anthology such as Bird Man , Hero Ba-Ban and Genmai Blade is a...	Nana Nana (manga) is a Japanese shōjo manga series written and illustrated by Ai Yazawa, serialized in Cookie published by Shueisha. The manga derives its title from the name of the two main characters, both of whom are called Nana. Nana Komatsu is a small town girl who goes to Tokyo to follow her boyfriend and... , Ai Yazawa Ai Yazawa is a Japanese manga author. Her pen name comes from Japanese singer Eikichi Yazawa, of whom she is a fan.-Biography:Yazawa started her manga publishing life in 1985. She studied in a fashion school but later dropped out. Throughout her 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 manga artist. Her works consist mainly of shōjo 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.-Works:...  (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 bound volumes... , 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!.-References:...
49	2003	Dr. Koto Shinryojo Dr. Koto Shinryojo is a manga series by Takatoshi Yamada that was serialized in Shogakukan's Weekly Young Sunday until the magazines cancellation, at that point it moved to Big Comic Original in 2008.... , Takatoshi Yamada	Yakitate!! Japan Yakitate!! Japan is a manga, authored by Takashi Hashiguchi, serialized in Shogakukan's Shōnen Sunday, which has been adapted into a television anime series by Sunrise. The manga has spanned 25 tankōbon volumes, as of January, 2007, while the weekly serialization of the manga has ended as of January 10, 2007... , Takashi Hashiguchi Takashi Hashiguchi is a Japanese manga artist. He is best known for his manga series Yakitate!! Japan, for which he won the Shogakukan Manga Award for shōnen in 2004... Fullmetal Alchemist Fullmetal Alchemist , is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiromu Arakawa. The world of Fullmetal Alchemist is styled after the European Industrial Revolution... , Hiromu Arakawa Hiromu Arakawa is a Japanese manga artist from Hokkaidō. Her renowned manga, Fullmetal Alchemist, became a hit both domestically and internationally, and was later adapted into two television anime series. She often portrays herself as a bespectacled cow.-Biography:...  (tie)	Love★Com, Aya Nakahara Aya Nakahara is a Japanese manga artist. She won the 49th Shogakukan Manga Award for shōjo manga for Love Com.-External links:*...	Mirmo! Mirmo! is a manga series written by Hiromu Shinozuka and serialized in Ciao magazine from 2001 Jul through 2005 Dec. It was also published in twelve collected volumes by Shogakukan. The manga series was awarded the 2003 Kodansha Manga Award and the 2004 Shogakukan Manga Award for children's manga. The... , Hiromu Shinozuka Hiromu Shinozuka is a Japanese manga artist. She writes in Ciao magazine. She debuted with Takkyu Shōjo in 1999. Her manga Mirmo! received the Kodansha Manga Award for children's manga in 2003 and the Shogakukan Manga Award for children's manga in 2004, and there is a 172-episode anime adaptation as well.-External...
50	2004	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, Iryu 2, and Iryu 3. The first volume of released on September 30, 2002 in Japan.- Summary :"Team Medical... , Tarō Nogizaka and Akira Nagai	Bleach Bleach (manga) is a Japanese shōnen manga series written and illustrated by Noriaki "Tite" Kubo. Bleach follows the adventures of Ichigo Kurosaki after he obtains the powers of a —a death personification similar to the Grim Reaper—from another Soul Reaper, Rukia Kuchiki... , Tite Kubo Tite Kubo , known by his pen name , is a Japanese manga artist. His most significant work is the manga series Bleach.-Biography:Kubo was the son of a town council member in Fuchu, Aki District, Hiroshima. He never took drawing seriously until he was 17, and after reading the manga Saint Seiya which...	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 female Japanese manga artist. She wrote the manga Sand Chronicles, Forbidden Dance, "SOS," "Ten-nen Bitter Chocolate", Homemade Home, and "Chouchou Kumo "... We Were There, Yūki Obata (tie)	Sgt. Frog Sgt. Frog Sgt. Frog, known in Japan as , 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 manga creator who first started his career by making dōjinshi based on video games. Yoshizaki also worked as an assistant to manga artist Katsu Aki... Grandpa Danger Grandpa Danger is an ongoing adventure manga by Kazutoshi Soyama published by Shogakukan in CoroCoro Comic since October 2001. It received the 2005 Shogakukan Manga Award for children's manga... , Kazutoshi Soyama (tie)
51	2005	A Spirit of the Sun A Spirit of the Sun is a seinen manga written and illustrated by Kaiji Kawaguchi about a resourceful boy, Genichiro Ryu, as he survives a series of natural disasters and collapse of the economy in Japan set in the beginning of the 21st century. It was serialized in Shogakukan's Big Comic. In February 2009, Shogakukan... , 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. He received the Kodansha Manga Award three times, for Actor in 1987, for The Silent Service in 1990, and for Zipang in 2002... Rainbow - Nisha Rokubō 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 Tetsushō, working to become a veterinarian. The first volume was published by Shōnen Sunday in 2003.... , Masato Fujisaki	Sonnanja neyo Sonnanja neyo is a Japanese romantic comedy manga series written and illustrated by Kaneyoshi Izumi. It was serialized in Shogakukan's Betsucomi between 2003 and 2006. In May 2006, Sonna n'ja nee yo reached a circulation of one million and two thousand copies with 6 volumes... , Kaneyoshi Izumi Kaneyoshi Izumi is a Japanese shōjo manga artist. She made her professional debut in 1995 with Tenshi in Betsucomi and she has since published mainly with Betsucomi. Her manga Doubt!! was published in North America by Viz Media. In 2006, she received the prestigious Shogakukan Manga Award for shōjo for Sonnan ja...	Animal Alley Animal Yokocho is a Japanese manga and anime series aimed at children about a little girl who has a doorway to another world in her room, from which three bizarre and frequently-annoying stuffed animal-like creatures emerge to make her life "interesting". The manga was created by Ryō Maekawa and is serialized in... , Ryō Maekawa
52	2006	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. It was serialized in Big Comic Original... , Hideo Iura	Kekkaishi Kekkaishi is a supernatural manga series written and illustrated by Yellow Tanabe. It was serialized in Japan by Shogakukan in the manga magazine Shōnen Sunday from 2003 to 2011 , and licensed for an English-language release in North America by Viz Media. It was adapted as a fifty-two episode anime series by... , Yellow Tanabe Yellow Tanabe is a Japanese manga artist. She was an assistant for Mitsuru Adachi and Makoto Raiku 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 a Japanese science fiction manga series written and illustrated Yumi Tamura. It has been published by Shogakukan since 2001, first in Betsucomi then in Flowers... , Yumi Tamura Yumi Tamura is a Japanese manga artist. Her debut short story, Ore-tachi no Zettai Jikan , was published in 1983 in Bessatsu Shōjo Comic and received the 1983 Shogakukan Grand Prize for new artists. Since then, she has completed more than 50 compiled volumes of short stories and continuing series...	Kirarin Revolution Kirarin Revolution is a Japanese shōjo manga by An Nakahara. The series' title is the supposed name of Kirari's debut single. As of August 2007, it runs in the shōjo magazine Ciao published by Shogakukan... , An Nakahara An Nakahara is a female Japanese shōjo manga artist. She comes from Okayama Prefecture.-Manga: *Suki Suki Daisuki Comedy, Drama, Romance, Shōjo 2001...
53	2007	Bambino! Bambino! is a Japanese cooking manga written and illustrated by Tetsuji Sekiya. The manga has been serialized in Shogakukan's seinen magazine Big Comic Spirits. As of February 2009, Shogakukan has published 14 bound volumes 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 . It won the 2008 Shogakukan Manga Award for seinen/general manga along with Tetsuji Sekiya's Bambino!.The series was... , Takeshi Natsuhara and Kuromaru (tie)	Daiya no Ace, Yūji Terajima Yuji Terajima is a Japanese manga artist, born in Mannō, Kagawa. He is the writer and illustrator of the baseball manga, Daiya no Ace which won the 2008 Shogakukan Manga Award in the Shōnen category....	Boku no Hatsukoi o Kimi ni Sasagu, Kotomi Aoki Kotomi Aoki is a Japanese manga artist. She currently resides in Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan. She received the 2008 Shogakukan Manga Award for shōjo for Boku no Hatsukoi o Kimi ni Sasagu.- Works :* Asa mo, Hiru mo, Yoru mo...	Keshikasu-kun Keshikasu-kun is a Japanese children's 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
54	2008	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 thirteen bound volumes as of November 2010. It depicts the adventures of a volunteer with an alpine search and rescue team in the... , Shin'ichi Ishizuka	Cross Game Cross Game is a romantic comedy baseball manga series by Mitsuru Adachi that was serialized by Shogakukan in Weekly Shōnen Sunday between 11 May 2005 and 17 February 2010 . It is collected in 17 tankōbon volumes, with the final volume published in April 2010, shortly after the end of the anime series... , Mitsuru Adachi Mitsuru Adachi is a Japanese manga artist. After graduating from Gunma Prefectural Maebashi Commercial High School in 1969, Adachi worked as an assistant for Isami Ishii. He made his manga debut in 1970 with Kieta Bakuon, based on a manga originally created by Satoru Ozawa...	Black Bird Black Bird (manga) is a Japanese supernatural shōjo manga written and illustrated by Kanoko Sakurakoji. It has been serialized by Shogakukan in their Betsucomi magazine since 2007. It depicts the life of a high school girl who can see supernatural beings... , Kanoko Sakurakoji Kanoko Sakurakoji is a Japanese manga artist. She writes primarily for Shogakukan in the shōjo manga magazine Betsucomi. She is best known as the author of Backstage Prince and Black Bird. Black Bird received the 2009 Shogakukan Manga Award for shōjo manga...	Naisho no Tsubomi Naisho no Tsubomi is a Japanese shōjo manga authored by Yuu Yabuuchi, and published by Shogakukan. As of 2011, 7 volumes have been released in Japan. An OVA anime for the series was released on April 24, 2008. A second OVA episode was released in June, 2008... , Yuu Yabuuchi Yuu Yabuuchi is a Japanese manga artist who specializes in shōjo manga. Yuu Yabuchi's most famous works are Mizuiro Jidai, Shōjo-Shōnen, and Naisho no Tsubomi. The main focus of her manga are the emotional and psychological growth of pre-teen girls and boys and early romances between them. Her works are popular...
55	2009	Shinya Shokudō Shinya Shokudō is a Japanese manga series by Yarō Abe. It won the 55th Shogakukan Manga Award for general manga and it was nominated for the 2nd Manga Taishō. It was adapted into a 10-episode live-action television drama in 2009.... , Yarō Abe	Sket Dance Sket Dance is a manga series written and illustrated by Kenta Shinohara and serialized, beginning in July 2007, in Shueisha's manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump. Sket Dance won the 55th annual Shogakukan Manga Award in 2009 for best shōnen manga... , Kenta Shinohara	Machi de Uwasa no Tengu no Ko, Nao Iwamoto	A Penguin's Troubles A Penguin's Troubles is a comedic manga series by Yūji Nagai about a penguin named Beckham Kinoshita, who attends Kirikabu Elementary School and who likes to eat hamburgers and hot chips. It is published by Shogakukan and has been collated into 10 tankōbon between March 2007 and November 2010. The manga won the 55th... , Yūji Nagai
56	2010	Yamikin Ushijima-kun, Manabe Shōhei Uchū Kyōdai Uchū Kyōdai is a Japanese manga series by Chūya Koyama serialized in Weekly Morning. It has been nominated twice for the Manga Taishō, in 2009 and 2010. In 2011, it won the award for best general manga at the 56th Shogakukan Manga Awards and at the... , Chūya Koyama	King Golf King Golf is a Japanese manga series by Ken Sasaki. It won the award for Best Shōnen manga at the 56th Shogakukan Manga Award.... , Ken Sasaki and Masaki Tani	Ōoku Ōoku: The Inner Chambers is an ongoing Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Fumi Yoshinaga. The plot follows an alternate history of medieval Japan in which an unknown disease kills most of the male population, leading to a matriarchal society in which the Ōoku becomes a harem of men serving the now female... , Fumi Yoshinaga	Yumeiro Patissiere Yumeiro Patissiere is a shōjo manga and anime series by Natsumi Matsumoto. It began serialization on September 3, 2008, in the October 2008 issue of Ribon. The individual chapters have been collected into nine tankōbon volumes by Shueisha as of May 2011. The series ended on June 3, 2011, and is expected to be 10... , Natsumi Matsumoto

External links

• List of winners 1956–2006