CATDOLL: The 60th Shogakukan Manga Award list is announced and Yo-kai Watch wins

The Manga Awards organized by the Japanese publisher Shogakukan announced the 60th winners yesterday. The Shogakukan Manga Awards are divided into general, boys, girls, and children according to the readership. In the children's category, I guess Yo-kai Watch is the winner again. Yo-kai Watch not only has outstanding achievements in games and animations, but the manga version has also received great recognition.

General category: Kazuhiko Shimamoto "Blue Flame"

A school youth manga written by Kazuhiko Shimamoto, author of "The Explosive Transfer Student". Set in the 1980s, the overconfident protagonist, Hanran, believes that he can debut as a manga artist at any time with his own strength. Real-life manga artists such as Adachi Mitsuru and Takahashi Rumiko are young manga artists that Hanran is following in this work. Even the director of Neon Genesis Evangelion, Anno Hideaki, appears.

By the way, Kazuhiko Shimamoto is also the character of Animate’s store manager.

General Department: Ai Ozaki "The Youth Diary of the Naginata Club"

This is a youth story about a rare club called the Naginata Club. The members' spiritual growth is described in great detail. Since the author joined the art club in high school, she had no experience with the naginata. It took a full year to collect materials before serialization.

It is indeed not easy to carve out a niche among the dazzling array of club comics.

Youth Division: Tanaka Motoyuki "BE BLUES! The National Player's Dream"

A soccer boy called Yitsu-ryū, who was known as a genius, suffered a fractured limb and lumbar spine due to an accident. This sports comic describes how he overcame obstacles under extremely difficult conditions and became a soccer player again.

Girls’ category: Izumi Kenyoshi’s “Queen’s Flower”

The second historical manga by Kenyoshi Izumi. As a princess of the country of Asia, Aki has lived a neglected life since childhood. One day, Aki met the blonde slave boy Bo Xing. What will be the fate of Aki and Bo Xing, who have formed an indissoluble bond?

Children's category: Konishi Noriyuki "Yo-kai Watch"

A comic version of the multimedia project Yokai Watch. The comic style and various character expressions make it surprisingly interesting to read! The author Konishi Kiyuki has been serializing his works in Happy Happy Monthly for many years, and his strength is obvious to all.