Winners of the 68th Shougakukan Manga Awards Announced

by Snow
Jan 18, 2023 10:43 AM | 19 Comments

The winners of the 68th Shougakukan manga awards were announced on Wednesday.

General
Medalist
Tsurumaikada's sports manga made its debut in the monthly Afternoon magazine in 2020. The series' seventh volume was released by Kodansha on December 22, 2022. Its North American subsidiary, Kodansha USA, licensed the title in English in 2021. They have since released five compiled volumes digitally, with the latest one released on October 18, 2022.

Shounen
Yofukashi no Uta (Call of the Night)
The manga written and illustrated by Kotoyama has been serialized in the weekly Shounen Sunday magazine since 2019. Its 14th volume was released on December 16, 2022. North American publisher VIZ Media licensed the series in 2020 under the title Call of the Night. The publisher released its tenth volume on December 13, 2022. LIDENFILMS adapted the series into a 13-episode anime that aired in Summer 2022. The anime was licensed by Sentai Filmworks, where it was simulcast through its streaming service HIDIVE in select regions.

Ao no Orchestra
The drama manga penned by Makoto Akui began its serialization in the Ura Sunday web magazine in 2017. Shougakukan published the series' tenth volume on April 19, 2022. An anime adaptation produced by Nippon Animation and set to premiere in April 2023 via NHK-E was announced in 2022.

Shoujo
Ashita, Watashi wa Dareka no Kanojo (Tomorrow I Will Be Someone's Girlfriend)
Hinao Wono's Ashita, Watashi wa Dareka no Kanojo has been serialized in the online magazine Cycomics since 2019. Shougakukan released its 12th compiled volume on October 19, 2022. The series made it into the Male Readers' category of the Kono Manga ga Sugoi rankings in 2022, where it placed 18th. A 12-episode live-action drama series based on the manga aired in 2022 via MBS and TBS.

Children
Ui x Kon
A romance manga written and illlustrated by Minori Kurosaki that made its debut in the monthly Ribon Magazine in 2019. The series' tenth compiled volume was published by Shueisha on September 22, 2022.

Source: Comic Natalie

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Yes, Yofukashi no Uta! It seriously deserves more love, so I'm so happy to see it winning in a category.

Jan 19, 2023 11:57 AM by _MushiRock11_

RobertBobert said:

Tokoya said:

That's exactly what I said

Did you mean "yes, I thought so too" or did I miss your similar words about it somewhere?

The former, you took the words right out of my mouth lol

Jan 19, 2023 6:25 AM by Tokoya

Straw said:

Memores said:

Very good question. We also should know full list of all the nominees.

Here is what I found, from: https://animehunch.com/68th-shogakukan-manga-awards-announces-nominees/

Thank you for your time and effort :)

You are welcome! I am glad to help!

Jan 19, 2023 5:25 AM by Memore

Memores said:

Straw said:
Would it be an idea to list all nominees in these kind of posts? I'm as curious to what lost as to what won.

Very good question. We also should know full list of all the nominees.

Here is what I found, from: https://animehunch.com/68th-shogakukan-manga-awards-announces-nominees/

Thank you for your time and effort :)

Jan 19, 2023 4:57 AM by Straw

Straw said:
Would it be an idea to list all nominees in these kind of posts? I'm as curious to what lost as to what won.

Very good question. We also should know full list of all the nominees.

Here is what I found, from: https://animehunch.com/68th-shogakukan-manga-awards-announces-nominees/

The official website of Shogakukan revealed a list of nominees for the 68th Shogakukan Manga Awards. A total of 13 manga have been nominated for the award, with two under Children’s category, three in the Shonen category, four in the Shojo category, and four in the General category.

Children’s Category:

Black Channel by Satoshi Kisaichi

Ui×Kon by Minori Kurosaki

First Marriage

Shonen Category:

Call of the Night by Kotoyama

Yofukashi no Uta

Blue Orchestra by Maoto Akui

Sakamoto Days by Yuuto Suzuki

Shojo Category:

Seishun Heavy Rotation by Ai Minase

The King’s Beast by Rei Toma

King Beast

Ashita, Watashi wa Dareka no Kanojo by Hinao Wono

Tomorrow I will be someone's girlfriend

A Sign of Affection by Suu Morishita

Love with Yubisaki

General Category:

Chi: On the Movements of the Earth by Uoto

Blood Regarding the movement of the earth

Showa Tenno Monogatari by Junichi Nojo and Kazutoshi Hando

Showa Emperor Story

Chi no Wadachi by Shuzo Oshimi

Blood Tracks

Medalist by Tsurumaikada

The Shogakukan Manga Award is one of Japan’s major manga awards, and is sponsored by Shogakukan Publishing. It has been awarded annually for serialized manga and features candidates from a number of publishers. It is the oldest manga award in Japan, being given since 1955.

Each winning work will be honored with a bronze statuette, a certificate and a prize of 1 million yen (about US$7,500).

I would choose Sakamoto Days and Chi no Wadachi instead of the ones that won.

Jan 19, 2023 2:12 AM by Memore

Would it be an idea to list all nominees in these kind of posts? I'm as curious to what lost as to what won.

Jan 19, 2023 12:00 AM by Straw

Happy for Call of the Night, which has been very unique among other Shonen manga.

Jan 18, 2023 8:05 PM by malvarez1

Call of the Night is dope so im glad to see it win something.

Jan 18, 2023 6:39 PM by AntwanMantilla

The children category winner doesn't look like it's made for children at all.

Jan 18, 2023 5:06 PM by mshfqtny

that winner for children manga has very questionable premise.

Jan 18, 2023 4:03 PM by Kuma

I have yet to read Call of The Night after watching the anime.

Jan 18, 2023 3:46 PM by AddaeAkono

Very doubtful choice of the winners. Anyway, my congrats!

Jan 18, 2023 2:02 PM by Memore

Tokoya said:

RobertBobert said:

Out of context, it sounds like an alternative gloomy Rental Girlfriend.

That's exactly what I said

Did you mean "yes, I thought so too" or did I miss your similar words about it somewhere?

Jan 18, 2023 1:34 PM by RobertBobert

RobertBobert said:

Tokoya said:
Apart from the ones in the shounen category, I'm very interested in the shoujo and the general winner

Out of context, it sounds like an alternative gloomy Rental Girlfriend.

That's exactly what I said

Jan 18, 2023 1:29 PM by Tokoya

Tokoya said:
Apart from the ones in the shounen category, I'm very interested in the shoujo and the general winner

Out of context, it sounds like an alternative gloomy Rental Girlfriend.

Jan 18, 2023 12:25 PM by RobertBobert

Apart from the ones in the shounen category, I'm very interested in the shoujo and the general winner

Jan 18, 2023 12:09 PM by Tokoya

JayBlue said:

RobertBobert said:
It intrigues me that only one of these works has been adapted and has already provoked a number of controversies in the Western community.

I don't really get the correlation. It's pretty predictable what sets off the western community at this point.

What controversies did Yofukashi no Uta have anyway?

You are completely unaware of the controversy, but find it unusual that you did not understand it? Lol, ok. Well, read the discussion of anime. Especially those threads where people are trying to accuse the show of promoting pedophilia or trying to announce the "death of reputation" after the ratings expectedly dropped after the end of the broadcast.

Jan 18, 2023 11:07 AM by RobertBobert

RobertBobert said:
It intrigues me that only one of these works has been adapted and has already provoked a number of controversies in the Western community.

I don't really get the correlation. It's pretty predictable what sets off the western community at this point.

What controversies did Yofukashi no Uta have anyway?

Jan 18, 2023 11:00 AM by JayBlue

It intrigues me that only one of these works has been adapted and has already provoked a number of controversies in the Western community.

Jan 18, 2023 10:54 AM by RobertBobert