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56th Shogakukan Manga Award Winners Announced (Updated)
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The final judging committee of the 56th Shogakukan Manga Awards has announced this year's winners on Friday. Each winning title will be honored with a bronze statuette and a prize of 1 million yen (about US$12,000) at a March 3 ceremony at the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo. Shogakukan itself only published two of this year's winners.
Shogakukan has been awarding this prize since 1956 (for works published in 1955). Recent winners have included Yumi Hotta and Takeshi Obata's Hikaru no Go (2000), Rumiko Takahashi's Inuyasha (2002), Naoki Urasawa's 20th Century Boys (2003), Mine Yoshizaki's Keroro Gunsō (2005), Kotomi Aoki's Boku no Hatsukoi o Kimi ni Sasagu (2008), Kanoko Sakurakoji's Black Bird (2009), and just last year, Kenta Shinohara's Sket Dance.
Children's Category
Yumeiro PâtissièreNatsumi Matsumoto
Serialized in Ribon (Shueisha)
Boys' Category
King GolfKen Sasaki, Advisor: Masaki Tani
Serialized in Weekly Shonen Sunday (Shogakukan)
Girls' Category
Ōoku: The Inner ChamberFumi Yoshinaga
Serialized in Melody (Hakusensha)
Published by Viz Media in North America
General Category
Ushijima the Loan SharkShohei Manabe
Serialized in Big Comic Spirits (Shogakukan)
Uchū KyōdaiChūya Koyama
Serialized in Weekly Morning (Kodansha)
Source: Comic Natalie
Update: This year's judging committee included Mitsuru Adachi, Akira Oze, author Mitsuyo Kakuta, Kaiji Kawaguchi, Chiho Saitō, Kenshi Hirokane, novelist Yū Nagashima, and Buronson.
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