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19th Manga Taisho Awards Nominate 12 Titles
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
The executive committee for the 19th Manga Taisho awards listed this year's 12 nominated works on Tuesday. (The official English name of the awards is the "Cartoon Grand Prize.")
Manga Taisho 2026 Nominees
Mari Gangi
Taiyō Watabe
Mado Saitō
Kyu Sumiyoshi
Ishiko
Tooru Seino
Miya Kinuta
Kuu Tanaka, Akima
Ao Kojima
Osamu Nishi, Shiro Usazaki
Yūta Tsukada
Nabekurao
The nominating committee is composed mainly of bookstore staffers who are in charge of their respective stores' manga. This year's nominating committee consisted of 94 individuals, who selected from 249 titles. Any manga title that was released in 2025 and has eight volumes or less is eligible. The volume cap is intentionally added so that the prize winners would be relatively new works that have not already earned their popularity through sheer longevity.
The second round of voting will determine the winner of Manga Taisho 2026, which will be announced at an awards ceremony to be held in late March.
Previous winners include:
- 2025 - Alice, Dokomademo by Kiko Urino
- 2024 - Kimi to Uchū o Aruku Tame ni by Inuhiko Doronoda
- 2023 - Kore Kaite Shine by Minoru Toyoda
- 2022 - Darwin Jihen by Shun Umezawa
- 2021 - Frieren: Beyond Journey's End by Kanehito Yamada and Tsukasa Abe
- 2020 - The Blue Period. by Tsubasa Yamaguchi
- 2019 - Astra Lost in Space by Kenta Shinohara
- 2018 - BEASTARS by Paru Itagaki
- 2017 - Hibiki: Shōsetsuka ni Naru Hōhō by Mitsuharu Yanamoto
- 2016 - Golden Kamuy by Satoru Noda
- 2015 - Kakukaku Shikajika by Akiko Higashimura
- 2014 - A Bride's Story by Kaoru Mori
- 2013 - Umimachi Diary by Akimi Yoshida
- 2012 - Silver Spoon by Hiromu Arakawa
- 2011 - March comes in like a lion by Chika Umino
- 2010 - Thermae Romae by Mari Yamazaki
- 2009 - Chihayafuru by Yuki Suetsugu
- 2008 - Gaku - Minna no Yama by Shinichi Ishizuka
Sources: Manga Taisho, Comic Natalie
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