List of manga awards

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The kanji for "manga" from Seasonal Passersby (Shiki no Yukikai), 1798, by Santo Kyoden and Kitao Shigemasa. Manga in Jp.svg
The kanji for "manga" from Seasonal Passersby (Shiki no Yukikai), 1798, by Santō Kyōden and Kitao Shigemasa.

This list of manga awards is an index to articles about notable awards for manga, comics or graphic novels created in Japan or using the Japanese language and conforming to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century.

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Awards

CountryAwardVenue / sponsorNotes
Japan Akatsuka Award Shueisha New manga artist in the comedy manga category[ citation needed ] From 1974
United States American Anime Awards New York Comic Con Excellence in the release of anime and manga in North America [1] From 2007
France Prix Babelio Babelio Manga category [2]
Japan Bungeishunjū Manga Award Bungeishunjū Gag, yonkoma, one-panel, and satirical manga [3] [4] From 1955. Inactive
Japan Dengeki Comic Grand Prix ASCII Media Works Original one-shot manga [5]
United Kingdom Eagle Award Mike Conroy, Cassandra ConroyFavourite Manga Comic. From 2000. [6] Inactive
United States Harvey Award Harvey Awards Executive CommitteeBest Manga Title that has been translated into English. Since 2018 [7]
Japan International Manga Award Minister for Foreign Affairs (Japan) Non-Japanese manga artists [8] [9]
Japan Japan Cartoonists Association Award Japan Cartoonists AssociationManga [10]
Japan Kodansha Manga Award Kodansha Serialized manga [11]
Japan Manga Taishō Manga TaishōManga [12]
Japan Next Manga Award Da Vinci Niconico Manga [13]
Japan Seiun Award Federation of Science Fiction Fan Groups of JapanBest Comic of Science fiction [14]
Japan Shogakukan Manga Award Shogakukan Publishing Manga [15]
Japan Saito Takao Award The Saito Takao Gekiga Cultural FoundationManga [16]
Japan Sugoi Japan Award Yomiuri Shimbun Manga, Anime, Light novel and Entertainment novel [17] [18]
Japan Tsutaya Comic Award Culture Convenience Club Manga [19]
Japan Tezuka Award Shueisha Manga [20]
Japan Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Asahi Shimbun Manga [21]
Japan Japan Media Arts Festival Agency for Cultural Affairs Manga [22]
France Japan Expo Award Japan Expo Manga [23]

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