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Versus, 'Fall in Love, You False Angels,' Historie Win 49th Kodansha Manga Awards
posted on by Joanna Cayanan
Japanese publisher Kodansha announced the winners for its 49th annual Manga Awards on Monday.
Best Shōnen Manga
ONE, Kyōtarō Azuma, BOSE
Other nominees included Wind Breaker, The Fragrant Flower Blooms With Dignity, Kagurabachi, Orion's Board, and Fermat no Ryōri.
Best Shōjo Manga
Coco Uzuki
Other nominees included How I Met My Soulmate, The Ayakashi Hunter's Tainted Bride, Re-Living My Life with a Boyfriend Who Doesn't Remember Me, and Gazing at the Star Next Door.
Best General Manga
Hitoshi Iwaaki
Other nominees included Under Ninja, Onna no Sono no Hoshi, Spacewalking With You, and Nezumi no Hatsukoi.
This year's winners will receive a certificate and a bronze statue. Winners of the Shōnen Manga category will receive 2 million yen (about US$13,703), and winners of the Shōjo Manga and General Manga categories will both receive 1 million yen (about US$6,851). (In past years when a winning manga had two creators, both creators each received 1 million yen, and when a manga had three creators, they received a total of 2 million yen.)
This year's selection committee included Natsumi Ando (Something's Wrong With Us), Tsunami Umino (The Full-Time Wife Escapist), Etsushi Ogawa (Cooking Master Boy), Kōji Kumeta (Kakushigoto: My Dad's Secret Ambition), Kaoru Hayamine (Mirage Queen novels), Norifusa Mita (Dragon Zakura), and Makoto Yukimura (Vinland Saga).
In past years, Kodansha gave out a "Best Children's Manga" award as well, but starting in 2015 Kodansha has integrated the nominees for that category into the Best Shōnen Manga and Best Shōjo Manga categories instead.
Last year, Kanehito Yamada and Tsukasa Abe's Frieren: Beyond Journey's End manga on the Best Shōnen Manga award. Rumi Ichinohe's I See Your Face, Turned Away manga won the Best Shōjo Manga award. Tsurumaikada's Medalist manga won the Best General Manga award.
Sources: Kodansha's X/Twitter account, Comic Natalie
