Yukinobu Tatsu’s beloved manga was amongst the five winning titles.
On Wednesday, 14 January, the results of the 71st Shogakukan Manga Award were officially announced. Amidst the five winning titles was one fan-favourite shonen action manga Dandadan by Yukinobu Tatsu. Beginning in 1955, the Shogakukan Manga Award is one of the most prestigious and oldest manga awards in Japan.
All Winners of the 71st Shogakukan Manga Award
Fate Rewinder
Story and Art: Fuuta Kimura
Created by Fuuta Kimura, the Fate Rewinder manga is being published in the Monthly CoroCoro Comic magazine by Shogakukan. The series began publishing in 2022 and has 11 volumes so far. Fate Rewinder was also nominated for the 69th Shogakukan manga award. An anime adaptation by BONES Film has also been announced.
Synopsis by My Anime List:
A secret organization known as the Spacetime Police Special Task Force, nicknamed the "Rewinders," exists to save those who have died tragic, untimely death. Their weapon, the "Retry Eye," is a time machine implanted in their right eye. To solve each case, they'll rewind time dozens, hundreds, even thousands of times, until the future is changed.
Cosmos
Story and Art: Tamura Ryuhei
Tamura Ryuhei’s sci-fi manga began serialising in Shogakukan’s Monthly Gene-X magazine in 2023. The series has seven volumes so far.
Synopsis by Viz Media:
Kaede’s search for a missing classmate leads to the shocking discovery that his friend is actually an alien in a human flesh suit. Grateful for Kaede’s help with her case, cute and ruthless insurance investigator Rin headhunts him. Kaede’s job interview leads to an epic battle on a commuter train, alien treachery, and a hidden spaceship. But before he can decide whether to accept the position or not, Kaede discovers another alien hidden in plain sight—one with a tragic story to share.
DAN DA DAN
Story and Art: Yukinobu Tatsu
Created by Yukinobu Tatsu, this beloved shonen, action, sci-fi manga series already has a very successful anime adaptation by Science SARU. The manga began publishing back in 2021 on the Shonen Jump+ web magazine. Shueisha has published 22 volumes of the series so far. A third season of the anime has already been confirmed.
Synopsis by Viz Media:
Momo Ayase strikes up an unusual friendship with her school’s UFO fanatic, whom she nicknames “Okarun” because he has a name that is not to be said aloud. While Momo believes in spirits, she thinks aliens are nothing but nonsense. Her new friend, meanwhile, thinks the exact opposite. To settle matters, the two set out to prove each other wrong—Momo to a UFO hotspot and Okarun to a haunted tunnel! What unfolds next is a beautiful story of young love…and oddly horny aliens and spirits?
Dekin no Mogura: The Earthbound Mole
Story and Art: Natsumi Eguchi
Natsumi Eguchi’s supernatural manga began publishing in 2021 on Kodansha’s weekly Morning magazine. It has 11 volumes so far. The series was also adapted into a 12-episode anime by Brain’s Base in 2025.
Synopsis by Crunchyroll:
A shady, self-proclaimed hermit named Momoyuki Mogura is banned from the afterlife. Now, he collects spirit-possessed will-o’-the-wisps in his lantern, hoping to make a comeback. Oddly enough, it seems that all those who encounter Mogura begin to see peculiar things. A mysterious and comedic story begins where the lives of the living and ghosts interact in the here and now!
Hirayasumi
Story and Art: Keigo Shinzou
The final winner of this year’s Shogakukan Manga Award is Keigo Shinzou’s slice-of-life series Hirayasumi. It began publishing in Shogakukan’s Big Comic Spirits magazine in 2021 and has nine compiled volumes so far. This beloved manga has an anime adaptation in the works. A live-action adaptation also came out in Fall 2025.
Synopsis by Viz Media:
After developing an unlikely friendship with the grouchy old woman who lives in his neighborhood, Hiroto suddenly finds himself inheriting not just her house but some rather difficult emotions as well. His 18-year-old cousin, Natsumi, moves in with him, but as a struggling art student, she has her own troubles to deal with and may just put Hiroto’s easygoing lifestyle to the test.
Moreover, beloved veteran shōjo manga artist Moto Hagio (Nanohana, Otheroworld Barbara, A Cruel God Reigns) received the special Jury Award.
Until 2022, the Shogakukan Manga Award was divided into four categories: Kodomo (kids), Shounen (boys), Shoujo (girls), and General. However, the publisher removed these categories in the 69th iteration of the awards.
The winners of the 70th Shogakukan Manga Award are:
- Burning Kabaddi by Musashino Hajime
- Kore Kaite Shine by Minoru Toyoda
- Natsume Arata no Kekkon by Taro Nogizaka
- Puniru Is a Cute Slime by Maeda-kun