Publisher Kodansha announced on Friday the winners of its 43rd annual manga awards in each of three categories. Winners are listed in bold alongside other nominated works.
Shounen
5-toubun no Hanayome by Negi Haruba, publishing in Weekly Shounen Magazine
Fumetsu no Anata e by Yoshitoki Ooima, publishing in Weekly Shounen Magazine
Act-age by Tatsuya Matsuki and Shiro Usazaki, publishing in Weekly Shounen Jump
Midara na Ao-chan wa Benkyou ga Dekinai by Ren Kawahara, publishing in Shounen Magazine Edge
Shoujo
Perfect World by Rie Aruga, publishing in Kiss
Gozen 0-ji, Kiss shi ni Kite yo by Rin Mikimoto, publishing in Bessatsu Friend
Nagi no Oitoma by Misato Konari, publishing in Elegance Eve
Boku to Kimi no Taisetsu na Hanashi by Robico, publishing in Dessert
General
Kinou Nani Tabeta? by Fumi Yoshinaga, publishing in Morning
Shouwa Tennou Monogatari by Kazutoshi Handou, Junichi Noujou, and Issei Eifuku, publishing in Big Comic Original
Blue Period by Tsubasa Yamaguchi, published in Afternoon
Watashitachi wa Douka shiteiru by Natsumi Ando, publishing in Be-Love
Special
Two manga series were specially awarded to commemorate Kodansha's 110th anniversary.
Shima Kousaku by Kenshi Hirokane, previously published in Morning, and is currently publishing in Evening
Hajime no Ippo by George Morikawa, publishing in Weekly Shounen Magazine
The selection committee of the 43rd Kodansha Manga Awards is composed of mangaka Ken Akamatsu (Love Hina), Tochi Ueyama (Cooking Papa), Oh! Great (Air Gear), Atsushi Kase (Chameleon), Yuuji Moritaka (Gurazeni), Waki Yamato (Haikara-san ga Tooru), and Akiko Higashimura (Kakukaku Shikajika)
Source: Comic Natalie
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