The official website of Kodansha unveiled the winners of its 49th annual manga award on May 12, 2024.
The selection committee, comprised of notable figures from the manga industry, including Natsumi Ando (Something’s Wrong With Us), Tsunami Umino (The Full-Time Wife Escapist), Etsushi Ogawa (Cooking Master Boy), Koji Kumeta (Kakushigoto: My Dad’s Secret Ambition), Kaoru Hayamine (Mirage Queen), Norifusa Mita (Dragon Zakura), and Makoto Yukimura (Vinland Saga).
Each winner will receive a certificate and a bronze statue. The Shonen category winner will receive 2 million yen, while the Shojo and General category winners will each receive 1 million yen.
Check out the winners in all three categories, namely Shonen, Shojo, and general category, below:
Best Shonen Manga
Winner: Versus by ONE, Kyotaro Azuma, BOSE
The nominees under this category were:
- Wind Breaker
- The Fragrant Flower Blooms With Dignity
- Kagurabachi
- Orion’s Board
- Fermat no Ryori
Best Shojo Manga
Winner: Fall in Love, You False Angels by Coco Uzuki
The nominees under this category were:
- How I Met My Soulmate
- The Ayakashi Hunter’s Tainted Bride
- Re-Living My Life with a Boyfriend Who Doesn’t Remember Me
- Gazing at the Star Next Door
General Category
Winner: Historie by Hitoshi Iwaaki
The nominees under this category were:
- Under Ninja
- Onna no Sono no Hoshi
- Spacewalking With You
- Nezumi no Hatsukoi
Kanehito Yamada & Tsukasa Abe’s Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End won the Best Shonen manga in the 48th Kodansha Manga award. Rumi Ichinohe’s I See Your Face, Turned Away won the Best Shojo manga and Tsurumaikada’s Medalist won the best manga in the general category.
Kodansha Manga Awards began in 1977, with categories for shōnen and shōjo. The first award for the general category was in 1982. Kodansha introduced a children’s category award in 2003. However, it was merged into the shonen and shojo categories starting in 2015.
Source: Kodansha’s Press Release
