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10th Manga Taisho Awards Nominates 13 Titles
posted on by Crystalyn Hodgkins
The executive committee for the 10th Manga Taisho awards listed this year's 13 nominated works on Monday. (The official English name of the awards is the "Cartoon Grand Prize.")
Manga Taisho 2017 Nominees
Aoashi
Yūgo Kobayashi, Naohiko Ueno
Karakai Jōzu no Takagi-san
Sōichirō Yamamoto
Kin no Kuni Mizu no Kuni
Nao Iwamoto
Kūtei Dragons
Taku Kuwabara
Golden Gold
Seita Horio
Dungeon Meshi (Delicious in Dungeon)
Ryōko Kui
Tokyo Tarareba Musume
Akiko Higashimura
Nami yo Kiite Kure (Wave, Listen to Me!.)
Hiroaki Samura
Hi Score Girl
Rensuke Oshikiri
Hibiki: Shōsetsuka ni Naru Hōhō
Mitsuharu Yanamoto
Fire Punch
Tatsuki Fujimoto
Yakusoku no Neverland (The Promised Neverland)
Kaiu Shirai, Posuka Demizu
Watashi no Shōnen
Hitomi Takano
The nominating committee is composed mainly of bookstore staffers who are in charge of their respective stores' manga. Any manga title that was released in 2016 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 2017, which will be announced at an awards ceremony held on March 28.
Previous winners include:
- 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
Dungeon Meshi, Tokyo Tarareba Musume, and Nami yo Kiite Kure were also nominated for the awards last year. Hi Score Girl was previously nominated in 2013.
Source: Mainichi Shimbun's Mantan Web
