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11 Works Including DAN DA DAN, Cosmos, Firefly Wedding Nominated for 71st Shogakukan Manga Awards
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The judging committee of the 71st Shogakukan Manga Awards revealed the nominees for this year's awards on Wednesday. Each winning title will be honored with a bronze statuette and a prize of 1 million yen (about US$6,450). The winners will be announced in late January.
In 2023, Shogakukan stopped dividing the nominees into categories. Previous categories for the awards included: Best Children's Manga, Best Shōnen Manga, Best Shōjo Manga, and Best General Manga.
The nominees are:

Author(s): Sayuri Tatsuyama
Serialized in Cheese! (Shogakukan)

Author(s): Fūta Kimura
Serialized in Monthly Coro Coro Comics (Shogakukan)

Author(s): Coco Uzuki
Serialized in Dessert (Kodansha)

Author(s): Ryūhei Tamura
Serialized in Sunday GX (Shogakukan)

Author(s): Tsutomu Takahashi
Serialized in Big Comic (Shogakukan)

Author(s): Yukinobu Tatsu
Serialized in Shonen Jump+ (Shueisha)

Author(s): Natsumi Eguchi
Serialized in Morning (Kodansha)

Author(s): Ito Asagi (original story), Komomo Yamada (art), SNC (original character design)
Serialized in Yawaraka Spirits (Shogakukan)

Author(s): Keigo Shinzō
Serialized in Weekly Big Comic Spirits (Shogakukan)

Author(s): Oreko Tachibana
Serialized in Manga ONE (Shogakukan)

Author(s): Aya Hirakawa
Serialized in Weekly Shonen Sunday (Shogakukan)
Judges this year include: Genki Kawamura, Ako Shimaki, Kazuhiko Shimamoto, Kazutoshi Soyama, Shiho Takase, Bourbon Kobayashi, and Taiyo Matsumoto.
Shogakukan has been awarding this prize since 1956 (for works published in 1955). Last year's winners included Kore Kaite Shine, Burning Kabaddi, Natsume Arata no Kekkon, and Puniru is a Kawaii Slime.
Source: Shogakukan