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Named after Osamu Tezuka, the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize (手塚治虫文化賞, Tezuka Osamu Bunkashō) is a yearly manga prize awarded to manga artists or their works that follow the Osamu Tezuka manga approach founded and sponsored by Asahi Shimbun. The prize has been awarded since 1997, in Tokyo, Japan.

The Short Story Award is given to the best short manga or 4-koma manga.

(Source: Wikipedia)

Note: If the award was given to an author for multiple series, the series will not be included on this stack.

Of course, this list is subjective, but these are mangas that really stood out to me due to refreshing story elements, subject matter, or unique characters. I'm not asking for reccomendations.

Manga against the patriarchy.

pretty self-explanatory.
Manga from the alternative manga magazine Comic Beam that have been officially published in English. Since Comic Beam has a broader audience than most alternative manga magaziness, it's arguable whether it should be considered one, but I still included it. It would be updated every time a new one is announced/comes out. Hope to update it as many times as possible!!
If I forgot something, please let me know.

If there are any other magazines you would like me to do this for, please let me know. Would love to know if you make some lists like this yourselves, I would add them to the links!

Links - Stacks for alt manga from other magazines:
AX - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/62676
Comic Beam - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/62679
Comic Cue - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/62678
Garo - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/62675
Ikki - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/62680
Manga Erotics F - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/62682
Torch - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/62677

An interest stack featuring the top 20 winners of the "Kono Manga ga Sugoi!" (This Manga is Amazing! aka このマンガがすごい) annual magazine for 2019, with female and male (men and women) category winners included (so 40 winners total).

This stack will feature both men and women category winners, alternating between the women and men winners, from 1st place to 20th place.

Note that there can be ties here (usually two-way), and if a category is missing some place (for example, missing 14th place in the men's category), it usually indicates that either its title was not revealed as per the author's request, or there was a tie.

Please feel free to comment/DM if any information is off/missing.

Last updated: March 2025

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Missing from MAL:

7th place women's winner: Giga-town Mampu Zufu (EN: Giga Town: The Guide to Manga Iconography, JP: ギガタウン 漫符図譜)
Official English translation from Udon Entertainment
AL: https://anilist.co/manga/126489/Giga-Town-The-Guide-to-Manga-Iconography/
MU: https://www.mangaupdates.com/series/h5pows8/giga-town-manpu-zufu

12th place women's winner: Houga Prezen Joshikousei Hou Kichi! Eiko-chan (JP: 邦画プレゼン女子高生 邦キチ！ 映子さん)
MU: https://www.mangaupdates.com/series/nes9ihc/houga-purezen-mesukousei-kuni-kichi-eiko-san

(Tied) 16th place women's winner: Dokushin OL no Subete (JP: 独身OLのすべて)
MU: https://www.mangaupdates.com/series/4v5q50y/dokushin-ol-no-subete

(Tied) 16th place women's winner: Lullaby for Girl (JP: ララバイ・フォー・ガール)
MU: https://www.mangaupdates.com/series/nsfqynk/lullaby-for-girl

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Sources:

https://myanimelist.net/news/56445334
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-12-10/kono-manga-ga-sugoi-reveals-2019-series-ranking-for-male-readers/.140595