Manga Division
Award
Jury Selections
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G-senjou heaven's door
NIHONBASHI Yowoko
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Dr. COTO'S CLINIC
YAMADA Takatoshi
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KOBO CHAN
UEDA Masashi
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SAKIGAKE! CROMARTIE HIGH SCHOOL
NONAKA Eiji
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Shinshaku UAA Tetsugakujiten
SUGAHARA Hiroyuki
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Team Medical Dragon
NOGIZAKA Taro / NAGAI Akira
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AH! MY GOODESS
FUJISHIMA Kousuke
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Chabudai-KENTA
UME (OZAWA Takahiro / SEO Asako)
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ENCOUNTERS
KONOHANA Sakuya
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No.5
MATSUMOTO Taiyo
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BAKI
ITAGAKI Keisuke
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BECK
HARORUDO Sakuishi
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KAZEHIKARU
WATANABE Taeko
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The Legend of Strongest Man "Kurosawa"
FUKUMOTO Nobuyuki
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Yamato-Takerunomikoto
KAWAHARA Mariko
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Oni-Ou
Lin Min
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TSUMEKIRI-MONOGATARI
KONDOH Akino
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MuMu
ABE Yaro
All the works that were short-listed for this year's prizes were excellent and rich in content, through which I reconfirmed my belief that manga culture had taken root in Japan. The works encompassed a wide range of genres, and there was a full array of themes and expression forms. Witnessing "from instantaneous artwork to philosophy," my favorite phrase I use whenever I talk about manga, and …