Manga Taishō

The Manga Taishō (マンガ大賞) is an annual Japanese manga award.

First iteration
In the inaugural edition of the award in 2008, twelve manga were nominated and the winner was Gaku, by Shinichi Ishizuka.


 * Winner: Gaku, by Shinichi Ishizuka
 * Nominees:
 * Umimachi Diary 1: Semishigure no Yamugoro, by Akimi Yoshida (3rd place)
 * Ōoku: The Inner Chambers, by Fumi Yoshinaga
 * Kinō Nani Tabeta?, by Fumi Yoshinaga
 * Kimi ni Todoke, by Karuho Shiina
 * Imperial Guards, by Daisuke Satō and Yu Ito
 * Tomehane! Suzuri Kōkō Shodōbu, by Katsutoshi Kawai
 * Natsume's Book of Friends, by Yuki Midorikawa
 * Himawari - Kenichi Legend, by Akiko Higashimura
 * Flower of Life, by Fumi Yoshinaga
 * Moyashimon, by Masayuki Ishikawa
 * Yotsuba&!, by Kiyohiko Azuma (2nd place)

2nd iteration
In the second edition in 2009 there were ten manga nominated and the winner was Chihayafuru, by Yuki Suetsugu.


 * Winner: Chihayafuru, by Yuki Suetsugu
 * Nominees:
 * Uchū Kyōdai, by Chūya Koyama
 * March Comes in Like a Lion, by Chika Umino
 * Shinya Shokudō, by Yarō Abe
 * Seishun Shōnen Magazine 1978-1983, by Makoto Kobayashi
 * Saint Young Men, by Hikaru Nakamura
 * Tomehane! Suzuri Kōkō Shodōbu, by Katsutoshi Kawai
 * Toriko, by Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro
 * Mama ha Tenparist, by Akiko Higashimura
 * Yondemasu yo, Azazeru-san, by Kubo Yasuhisa

3rd iteration
In the third edition in 2010 there are ten manga nominated and the winner was Thermae Romae, by Mari Yamazaki.


 * Winner: Thermae Romae, by Mari Yamazaki
 * Nominees:
 * I Am a Hero, by Kengo Hanazawa
 * Aoi Honoo, by Kazuhiko Shimamoto
 * Uchū Kyōdai, by Chūya Koyama
 * Otoko no Isshō, by Keiko Nishi
 * Kuragehime, by Akiko Higashimura
 * Kōkō Kyūji Zawa-san, by Eriko Mishima
 * Bakuman, by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata
 * Mushi to Uta: Ichikawa Haruko Sakuhin-Shū, by Haruko Ichikawa
 * Moteki, by Mitsurou Kubo