Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu
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The Kodansha Manga Award (講談社漫画賞, Koudansha Manga Shou) is an annual award for serialized manga published in the previous year, the event is sponsored by the publisher Kodansha. It is currently awarded in three categories: shounen, shoujo, and general. The awards began in 1977, initially with categories for shounen and shoujo. The first award for the general category was in 1982, and the first children's category's award was in 2003. The children's category was merged into the shounen and shoujo categories starting in 2015.

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 Creative Award (also called the New Creator Award) is given to works which display novel talents, including innovative presentation and groundbreaking themes.

(Source: Wikipedia)

The following authors won the award for multiple works, and thus are not included here:
Kyou Machiko in 2014 for Mitsuami no Kamisama, U, Ano ne, and mina-mo-no-gram.
Tajima Rettou in 2020 for Mizu wa Umi ni Mukatte Nagareru and Goaisatsu: Tajima Rettou Tanpenshuu.
Taniguchi Natsuko in 2022 for Kyoushitsu no Katasumi de Seishun ga Hajimaru and Konya Sukiyaki da yo.

List of SOME mangas that has winning awards in the past.



Adv: The list it isn't, by any means, perfect and can have discrepancies

The Japan Media Arts Festival is an annual festival held since 1997 by Japan's Agency for Cultural Affairs. The festival begins with an open competition and culminates with the awarding of several prizes and an exhibition.

(Source: Wikipedia)

are you sick of high school plot lines? me too

If you've had enough life and love experience to have a decent understanding of how things actually work (and how they don't), you realize that the way manga and anime typically portray romance is lacking, to say the least. And also generally horrible, if I'm being honest. But some are clearly written by people who know what's up—and you should check them out.

This is a list of printed works featuring characters who:
* exhibit authentic romantic chemistry with each other;
* have charisma and/or sex appeal and aren't afraid to use it;
* are able to hold mutually engaging conversations on different subjects;
* have three-dimensional personalities that are interesting and relatable outside the context of their relationships;
* go above and beyond the stale tropes in their relationship;
* otherwise behave like people tend to in non-imaginary relationships.

Includes well-written same-sex/LGBTI romance that complies with the principles above.

Includes stories that explore toxic/unhealthy relationships and relationships that don't end well but are still true to the real-world experience.

Includes stories that aren't completely focused on romance but have it as one of the core elements of the storytelling and character progression.

More entries will be added in the future. Existing entries are subject to revision.

This list constitutes my personal views and stances. Feel free to shoot me suggestions via DMs but make sure you have a convincing argument if it's not something that's already on my main manga/anime list. I don't promise it'll end up here but I will consider all suggestions.

This list is printed-works-only because many of these don't have an anime equivalent and I don't want to multiply effort. Entries that have anime adaptations may be experienced better as such (I have noted it in the descriptions where applicable).

Honorable anime-only and anime-original mentions: Mind Game, Furiko, Steins;Gate.

A selection of particularly interesting manga created for a female audience. Includes both modern and classic titles from a variety of different genres.

Honorable mentions to rakugoka that pop up in non-rakugo manga:

* Kairakutei Black, Oishinbo, multiple chapters
* Master Ennichi, Shinya Shokudou, Chapter 57

Part 1 -https://myanimelist.net/stacks/6823
Part 2- https://myanimelist.net/stacks/7370
Part 4 - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/9506
Part 5 - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/9550

Free on Book Walker - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/9163
Manga on Comixology Unlimited - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/9505

bl as in: published in a bl magazine or otherwise implied by the author (ergo; just because the mc is a queer guy does not mean the manga is bl)

listed with at least one bl the author wrote (either my favorite that they wrote or their most popular)

I was going to add oofuri to this list but can't find what bl the author wrote (tho I am sure that people used to say she had written bl before).

feel free to recommend any authors, just make sure you have an actual example instead of a rumor.

for masochists

This is for your friends who only know manga through anime or only relate it to shonen and ecchi, it’s not necessarily directed at a “manga beginner” but at those who want to see the different perspectives the medium can offer. 3 volumes and up, well drawn, easy to follow, interesting visual and narratively.

Some other aspects I considered:
- Cinematic vibes
- Human drama
- Down to earth, realistic characters
- Cross-cultural appeal (e.g pop culture references, foreign settings)
- No out of place fanservice
- No tropes that might break the immersion (e.g. author insertion)

Manservice delivered on a Silver Platter. This list contains queer male-oriented representation, ordered by how I rate the manga in general. Some of the content is straight-up Bara while other entries merely have great manservice or gay representation.

Manga eBook bundle available on Humblebundle.com from May 20th 2020 to June 10th 2020 raising money for the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and Comic Book Legal Defense Fund (CBLDF).

~ a fun time capsule with a glimpse into what was deemed award-worthy during that time period

Obviously there are too many manga set in Tokyo to list all in one stack, precedence is given to those that highlight unique Tokyo shitamachi or culture.

Manga with a main character who's old. Like around 50+ years old. Feel free to give suggestions for additions.

Here are all the josei manga I think one should read in order to cover all bases. I organized this list by general theme, with publishing series at the bottom.

We start off with the classic slice of life and coming of age stories, then to a couple of autobiographical manga, then to the dark and realistic drama stories, then to action and horror stories, then to mystery stories, then to the rom-coms, then to the more light-hearted slice of life stories, and lastly to the important ongoing series.

I'm currently using this list too, despite me being the one who created it!