Publisher Kodansha announced on Tuesday the winners of its 41th annual manga awards in each of three categories. Winners are listed in bold alongside other nominated works.
Shounen
Shoukoku no Altair by Kotono Katou, publishing in Shounen Sirius
Kishuku Gakkou no Juliet by Yousuke Kaneda, publishing in Bessatsu Shounen Magazine
Enen no Shouboutai by Atsushi Ookubo, publishing in Weekly Shounen Magazine
Dagashi Kashi by Kotoyama publishing in Shounen Sunday
Shoujo
P to JK by Maki Miyoshi, publishing in Bessatsu Friend
Omoi, Omoware, Furi, Furare by Io Sakisaka, publishing in Bessatsu Margaret
Deguchi Zero by Haruh Seta, published in Nakayoshi
Harumatsu Bokura by Anashin, publishing in Dessert
General
The Fable by Katsuhisa Minami, publishing in Weekly Young Magazine
Grand Blue by Kenji Inoue and Kimitake Yoshioka, publishing in good! Afternoon
Demi-chan wa Kataritai by Petosu, published in Young Magazine the 3rd
Tokyo Tarareba Musume by Akiko Higashimura, published in Kiss
Wotaku ni Koi wa Muzukashii by Fujita, publishing in comic POOL
The selection committee of the 41st Kodansha Manga Awards is composed of mangaka Ken Akamatsu (Love Hina), Tochi Ueyama (Cooking Papa), Oh! Great (Air Gear), Atsushi Kase (Chameleon), Miyuki Kobayashi (Kitchen no Ohimesama), Yuuji Moritaka (Gurazeni), and Kazumi Yamashita (Fushigi na Shounen).
>Literal Ottoman/Turkish Propaganda wins awardnoic
>>156985261
>degunchi zero nomainted
Hopefully this means scanlators will pick it up again
>>156985261>propaganda
>>156985261
>Ottoman/Turkish Propaganda
The fuck am I reading?
>>156987106
Tanrı bunu istiyor.
Palestin bize ait.
Does anyone actually care about these awards anymore? The lists have gotten shittier. They just go with whatever's selling the most now rather than what might actually be good.
>>156987106
>The fuck am I reading?
Masterpiece
>>156985261
But why would Japs be making Turkish propaganda?
>>156987106
Do japanese women watch that one turkish soap drama about bitches in the harem?
>>156985261
>winners are listed in bold
I'm assuming they're just the first in each list?
>the selection committee includes Oh! Great
Why.
>>156988477
>>156988477
Invesments?
Dunno, but the Author of the manga is Historian who is expert on Turkish History, and manga is fairly popular in Japan
>>156988996
Koreans and Chinese are avid fans of Kebab Soap Operas
Don't know about the Nips though