Summary:
- The judging committee of the 69th Shogakukan Manga Awards revealed the nominees for this year.
- This year’s awards will not include categories like previous years.
- Twelve works, including Frieren and Zom 100, were revealed.
The Shogakukan Manga Award was founded in 1956, and it is one of the most prestigious awards in the community. The awards are handed out at the beginning of the year, along with a cash prize.
The time has come again, and the judging committee has revealed twelve-year nominees, including popular manga like Frieren and Zom 100.
The judging committee of the 69th Shogakukan Manga Awards revealed the nominees for this year. Each winning title will be honored with a bronze statuette and a prize of 1 million yen (about US $6,900). The winners will be announced on January 18.
Formerly, the awards were divided into multiple categories. They were divided into the following categories: Best Children’s Manga, Best Shōnen Manga, Best Shōjo Manga, and Best General Manga.
However, for the first time this year, there will be no categories. According to the President and Representative Director of Shogakukan, making genre-based decisions was always tricky. To counter this problem, they have decided to remove the category system.
Nevertheless, the nominees still feature a variety of works from a wide range of genres.
The nominees are:
| Title | Author | Serialization Magazine |
| Unmei no Makimodo Shi – All Great Achievements Require Time | Fūta Kimura | Coro Coro Comics |
| Kyō kara Papa wa Kami Desu | Mitsuki Teramoto | Ciao |
| Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End | Kanehito Yamada, Tsukasa Abe | Weekly Shonen Sunday |
| The Elusive Samurai | Yusei Matsui | Weekly Shonen Jump |
| Sūji de Asobo | Murako Kinuta | Monthly Flowers |
| Black Girls Talk | Maki Makino | Manga ONE |
| Shujinkou Nikki | Yuu Yoshinaga | Betsucomi |
| Ice Castle Wall | Kōcha Agasawa | Margaret |
| Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead | Kotaro Takata, Haro Aso | Sunday GX |
| Trillion Game | Riichirou Inagaki, Ryoichi Ikegami | Big Comic Superior |
| Shōjiki Fudōsan | Akira Ōtani, Takeshi Natsuhara | Big Comic |
| Ya Boy Kongming! | Yuto Yotsuba | Weekly Young Magazine |
The competition will be tough this year, as every manga is brilliant in its own right. And since there is no genre, it will be more challenging to predict the outcome. We can all just root for our favorite manga and hope for the best.
Source: Shogakukan Website
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