The official website of publishing giant Kodansha revealed the winners of the 47th edition of the Kodansha Manga Award on May 10, 2023.
Discover the winners in the 3 categories, namely Shonen, Shojo and the general category, below:
Best Shōnen Manga
Winner: Rina Hard & Ryosuke Fuji’s Shangri-La Frontier (Weekly Shonen Magazine)
The nominees in this category were:
- Yuki Suenaga and Takamasa Moue’s Akane Banashi (Weekly Shonen Jump)
- At Saka Mikami’s Kaoru Hana wa Rin in Saku (Magazine Pocket)
- At Urana Gachiakuta (Weekly Shonen Magazine)
- Rina Hard and Ryosuke Fuji’s Shangri-La Frontier (Weekly Shonen Magazine)
- Masahito Soda’s Megumi no Daigo: Kyūkoku no Orange (Monthly Shonen Magazine)
Best Shojo Manga
Winner: Mamoru Ao’s Ano Ko no Kodomo (Friend Bessatsu)
The nominees in this category were:
- At Mamoru Ao’s Ano Ko no Kodomo (Friend Bessatsu)
- by Mika Yamamori In the clear moonlit twilight (Dessert)
- by Yuki Shiwasu Tamon-kun Ima Docchi!? (Hana to Yume)
- At Suu Morishita’s From Yubisaki to Renren (Dessert)
Overall Category Winner
Winner: Misaki Takamatsu Jump and moccasin (Monthly afternoon)
The nominees in this category were:
- by Yama Wayama Onna no Sono no Hoshi (feeling young)
- At Misaki Takamatsu’s Jump and moccasin (Monthly afternoon)
- Shun Umezawa The Darwin Incident (Monthly afternoon)
- Tsukasa Monma and Shikako Manshu Ahen Team (Weekly youth magazine)
- by Tsurumaikada Medal (Monthly afternoon)
- Yeong-chan and Yusaku Takemura Liaison Officer: Kodomo no Kokoro Shinryojo (Morning)
The Kodansha Manga Award, sponsored by publishing giants Kodansha, is an annual award for serialized manga published in the previous year.
Fuse, Yasuki Kawakami, Mitz Vah This time I got reincarnated as a Slime won Best Shonen Manga at the 45th Kodansha Manga Awards (2021). by Rikichi Nina the starry bride won best shojo manga and Miko Yasu Font in a capsule won best manga in the general category.
The Kodansha Manga Awards began in 1977, with categories for shōnen and shōjo. The first award for the general category dates back to 1982. Kodansha introduced an award for the children’s category in 2003. However, it was merged with the shōnen and shōjo categories from 2015.
Source: Kodansha, comic Natalie