The past 10 winners of Manga Taishō since 2021

The Manga Taishō (マンガ大賞) is an annual Japanese manga award. The award is limited to series with eight or fewer collected volumes, in order to promote newer titles. The nominating committee, composed of staff members from bookstores, each initially vote for five series and the titles with the top ten number of votes become the official nominees of the year. Finally a second round of voting determines the winner, as well as second and third place.

The following are the past 10 winners of The Manga Taishō.

1. Frieren: Beyond Journey's End『葬送のフリーレン』 (Kanehito Yamada and Tsukasa Abe, 2021)

The fantasy story follows the travels of Frieren, an elf who once journeyed on perilous adventures to defeat evil with stalwart comrades. When peace comes, she bears the burden of her long-lived race, and sees her friends pass away before her one by one.

It also got the New Creator Prize of the 25th annual Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize.

2. Blue Period『ブルーピリオド』 (Tsubasa Yamaguchi, 2020)

3. Astra Lost in Space『彼方のアストラ』 (Kenta Shinohara, 2019)

4. Beastars (Paru Itagaki, 2018)

Besides the 11th Manga Taishō, Beastars has won multiple awards in 2018, including the New Creator Prize at the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize, the 42nd Kodansha Manga Award in the shōnen category and the New Face Award at the Japan Media Arts Festival.

5. Hibiki: Shōsetsuka ni Naru Hōhō『響~小説家になる方法~』(Mitsuharu Yanamoto, 2017)

6. Golden Kamuy『ゴールデンカムイ』 (Satoru Noda, 2016)

7. Blank Canvas: My So-Called Artist's Journey『かくかくしかじか』(Akiko Higashimura, 2015)

8. A Bride's Story『乙嫁語り』 (Kaoru Mori, 2014)

9. Umimachi Diary『海街diary』(Akimi Yoshida, 2013)

10. Silver Spoon『銀の匙』(Hiromu Arakawa, 2012)

Silver Spoon is a Japanese coming-of-age manga series written and illustrated by Hiromu Arakawa, serialized in Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday from April 2011 to November 2019. The story is set in the fictional Ooezo Agricultural High School in Hokkaido, and depicts the daily life of Yuugo Hachiken, a high school student from Sapporo who enrolled at Ezo fleeing from the demands of his strict father. However, he soon learns that life on an agricultural school is not as easy as he initially believed. Unlike his new classmates, he has no intention of following an agricultural career after graduating, although he envies them for already having set goals for their lives and the pursuit of their dreams.

Besides the 5th Manga Taishō, the manga also won the 58th Shogakukan Manga Award in the shōnen category and the Japan Food Culture Contents Award, both in 2013.

銀の匙