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Umino's March comes in like a lion Wins Manga Taisho
posted on by Egan Loo
Creator Chika Umino received this year's Manga Taisho (Cartoon Grand Prize) for her March comes in like a lion (Sangatsu no Lion). Umino drew the following illustration upon receiving the award:
Umino also drew the following illustration for all the victims of the March 11 earthquake (Tōhoku Chihō Taiheiyō-oki Jishin) and tsunami:
Unlike many other manga prizes which are chosen by the editors of the manga publishers themselves, the Manga Taisho nominating committee is mostly composed of the bookstore staffers who are in charge of their respective stores' manga sections. The awards are also limited to works published last year with eight or less volumes to promote relatively newer works. The committee nominated 13 works this year.
Shinichi Ishizuka won the first ever Manga Taisho for his Gaku - Minna no Yama work in 2008, and Mari Yamazaki won last year's award for her Thermae Romae manga.
Manga Taisho 2011 Final Results
1. March comes in like a lionChika Umino
75 points
2. The Bride's StoriesKaoru Mori
55 points
3. I am a HeroKengo Hanazawa
51 points
4. Hana no Zubora-MeshiMasayuki Kusumi, Etsuko Mizusawa
50 points
5. Un chocolatier de l'amour perduSetona Mizushiro
47 points
6. Sayonara mo Iwazu niKentarō Ueno
42 points
7. Shingeki no KyojinHajime Isayama
41 points
8. KokkokuSeita Horio
38 points
9. Mashiro no OtoMarimo Ragawa
36 points
10. DriftersKouta Hirano
35 points
11. Don't Cry GirlTomoko Yamashita
35 points
12. Omo ni NaitemasuAkiko Higashimura
27 points
13. SaruDaisuke Igarashi
21 points
Source: animeanime.jp
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