The judging committee of the 66th Shogakukan Manga Awards revealed the nominees for this year’s awards. Each winning title will be honored with a bronze statuette and a prize of 1 million yen (about US$9,000). The winners will be announced on January 19.
Best Children’s Manga
Title: Duel Masters series
Author: Shigenobu Matsumoto
Serialized in Coro Coro Comics (Shogakukan)
Title: Chocolat no Mahō (The Magic of Chocolate)
Author: Rino Mizuho
Serialized in Ciao (Shogakukan)
Best Shōnen Manga
Title: Teasing Master Takagi-san (Karakai Jōzu no Takagi-san)
Author: Sōichirō Yamamoto
Serialized in Monthly Shonen Sunday (Shogakukan)
Title: Burning Kabaddi (Shakunetsu Kabaddi)
Author: Hajime Musashino
Serialized in Manga ONE (Shogakukan)
Title: Chainsaw Man
Author: Tatsuki Fujimoto
Serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump (Shueisha)
Best Shōjo Manga
Title: Kuzu to Kemomimi (Scum and Animal Ears)
Author: Shippo Sugi
Serialized in &Flower (Shogakukan)
Title: Yuzuki-sanchi no Yon Kyōdai (The Four Brothers of the Yuzuki Household)
Author: Shizuki Fujisawa
Serialized in Betsucomi (Shogakukan)
Title: Koi o Shiranai Boku-tachi wa (We Who Know Nothing of Love)
Author: Minami Mizuno
Serialized in Bessatsu Margaret (Shueisha)
Best General Manga
Title: Dead Dead Demon’s Dededededestruction
Author: Inio Asano
Serialized in Weekly Big Comic Spirits (Shogakukan)
Title: Promise Cinderella
Author: Oreko Tachibana
Serialized in Manga ONE (Shogakukan)
Title: Hakozume: Kōban Joshi no Gyakushū (Hakozome: A Police Box Woman’s Counterattack)
Author: Miko Yasu
Serialized in Morning (Kodansha)
Shogakukan has been awarding this prize since 1956 (for works published in 1955). Last year’s winners included Neko, Hajimemashita; Maiko-san Chi no Makanai-san; Nagi no Oitoma; Aoashi; and Kaguya-sama: Love is War.
Source: Shogakukan‘s website