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Japanese Cartoonists' Association Award

Awarded by the Japanese Cartoonists' Association [Nihon Mangaka Kyōkai 日本漫画家協会] to a manga or cartoon panel work published between January and December of the previous year, with the objective of encouraging the enhancement and growth of the art of manga/cartooning in Japan. Technically, anyone of any nationality may participate, though in practice, since the raison d'être is to encourage the growth of Japanese manga, only Japanese cartoonists participate. Both industry professionals and amateurs may participate.

Also known as: Nippon Manga Artist Association Award [Nihon Mangaka Kyōkai shō 日本漫画家協会賞]
First year of award: 1972 (for work done in 1971)
Award status: Active
Awarded at: The association's general meeting the following year, usually in early April
Number of categories: varies between 2 and 3, with various additional "special" categories
Hall of Fame: No, but the "Education Minister's Award" is frequently given for one's entire ouevre, which is close to a "hall of fame"
Award for children's material: No
Type of Award: Selected from eligible entries
Nominations open to: Artists submit their work for consideration (self-nomination)
Voting open to: Evaluation committee, appointed by the association's chairman.
Official award web page (Japanese): www.nihonmangakakyokai.or.jp/jushou.html
Official rules web page (English): www.nihonmangakakyokai.or.jp/english/award.htm

Categories:

  • Grand Prize = Taishō 大賞
  • Encouragement Prize = Shōrei shō 奨励賞
  • Effort Prize = Doryoku shō 努力賞
  • Excellence Prize = Yūshū shō 優秀賞
  • Special Award = Tokubetsu shō 特別賞
  • Special Excellence Award = Tokubetsu yūshū shō 特別優秀賞
  • New Face Award = Shinjin shō 新人賞
  • Selection Committee Special Award = Senkō iin tokubetsu shō 選考委員特別賞
  • Chairman's Award = Rijichō shō 理事長賞
  • Education Minister's Award = Mombu Daijin shō 文部大臣賞
  • Education and Science Minister's Award = Mombu Kagaku Daijin shō 文部科学大臣賞

Notes:

  • All translations and transliterations are based on those provided on the English-language version of the official web page, except for being standardized as described below. When a title differs from the way the book is known in America, alternate titles may also be provided.
  • All English alphabet personal names are given in the same order they would normally appear in English-language publishing (given name then family name). They are followed by the Japanese-language form of the name, in the standard order (family name then given name).
  • When English-language versions of the Japanese titles are known or can be translated, those are given first, followed by a transliteration of the Japanese title, and followed by the original title in Japanese characters and flanked by: 『 』. When no English-language title is known or when the English title is untranslated from the Japanese (such as for Akira or Hikaru no go), only the transliteration and Japanese title are given. (There are some exceptions regarding manga with titles using English letters instead of Japanese characters.) Transliterated Japanese-language titles are always in italics. If the only English title is in its own set of parentheses, that means the translation is mine and may be faulty.
  • For consistency, the revised Hepburn system is used for transliterations as much as possible, even for titles that are themselves Japanese transliterations of English words. (For example, the Japanese title for Vagabond is transliterated as Bagabonto.) In this system, long a, o, and u vowels are marked as ā, ō, and ū rather than the various aa, ai, ay, oo, ou, oh, ô, uu, or û you may find when searching for these words in other sources. Likewise, when a "ch" consonant is doubled, it is usually rendered as "tch" instead of the "cch" you may find when searching for these words in other sources.


1972 (1st)
Grand Prize:
      Cartoon Encyclopedia of Animals [Dōbutsu manga hyakka 『動物漫画百科』], by Yasuo Yoshitomi (ヨシトミ   ヤスオ)
Encouragement Prize:
      Grow [Gurō 『ぐろう』], by Miyotarō Sagawa (佐川   美代太郎)
Effort Prizes:
      • Nippon arahito do naishon to ropusu [Nihon arahito do naishōn to ropusu 『日本現人ドナイショーントロプス』], by Hideo Kiso (木曽   秀夫)
      • Hitokui sakana [Hitokui sakana 『人喰魚』] (lit. "Cannibal fish"), by Yoshihiro Tatsumi (辰巳   ヨシヒロ)

1973 (2nd)
Grand Prize:
      Uchusen "Noah" [Uchūsen Noa 『宇宙船ノア』] (lit. "Space ark 'Noah'"), by Kunio Hatada (畑田   国男)
Excellence Prizes:
      • Mimosa yakatade tsukamaete [Mimoza yakatade tsukamaete 『ミモザ館でつかまえて』], by Yumiko Ōshima (大島   弓子), serialized in Sun Comics [SUN COMICS] (Asahi Sonorama 朝日ソノラマ)
      • Ichiren no taburo sakuhin [Ichiren no taburō sakuhin 『一連のタブロー作品』] (lit. "[For his] Consecutive tableau work"), by Kōji Nakajima (中島   弘二)
      • Sokkuri [Sokkuri 『そっくり』] (lit. "Resemble"), by Sunao Hari (針   すなお)
      • [ 『ドラえもん』], by (藤子不二雄)
      • Doraemon [Doraemon 『私の妖精たち』], by Fujio Fujiko (牧野   圭一), serialized in KoroKoro Comics [Korokoro komikku コロコロコミック] (Shōgakukan 小学館)

1974 (3rd)
Grand Prize:
      Genroku yujoden [Genroku yūjoden 『元禄遊女伝』] (lit. Legend of a Genroku-era prostitute"), by Toku Yano (矢野   徳)
Excellence Prizes:
      • Hibiscus erotic [Hibisukasu erotikku 『ヒビスカス   ・エロティック』], by Ryū Kumita (クミタ  ・リュウ)
      • Manga no obento hako [Manga no obentō hako 『漫画のおべんとう箱』] (lit. "Comics' lunch box"), by Shinji Nagashima (永島   慎二)
      • Senzo wo tazunete okuman nen [Senzo wo tazunete okuman nen 『先祖をたずねて億万年』] (lit. "Asking the ancestors, a billion and ten thousand years"), by Akio Itō (伊東   章夫)
      • Ano musume wa dare [Ano musume wa dāre 『あの娘はだあれ』] (lit. "Who is this girl?"), by Kazuko Makino (牧野   和子), serialized in Flower Comics [Shōjo komikku 少女コミック] (Shōgakukan 小学館)
      • Hisho no onna [Hishō no onna 『緋紋の女』] (lit. "Woman's scarlet crest"), by Miyako Maki (牧美   也子) (Shōgakukan 小学館)
Special Award:
      Aru fuzoku emaki [Aru fūzoku emaki 『ある風俗絵巻』] (lit. "Certain morals picture scroll"), by Kenrō Endō (遠藤   健郎)

1975 (4th)
Grand Prize:
      Hamahiru kao [Hamahiru kao 『浜昼顔』] (lit. "Beach noon face"), by Taku Kiriko (キリコ   ・タク)
Excellence Prizes:
      • Sharibari ten, and additional exhibition work ["Sharibari ten" shuppin saku, sono ta 「『シャリバリ展』 出品作、その他」], by Takeo Iwata (イワタ   タケオ)
      • Tsuruhime ja [Tsuruhime jā 『つる姫じゃー』] (lit. "Here's Princess Tsuru"), by Yoshiko Tsuchida (土田   よしこ), serialized in Margaret [Māgaretto マーガレット] (Shūeisha 集英社)
Effort Prize:
      Nihon no Matsuri [Nihon no Matsuri 『日本のまつり』] (lit. "Matsuri's Japan"), by Isao Hirano (平野   勲)
Special Excellence Award:
      Black Jack [Burakku Jyakku 『ブラック・ジャック』], by Osamu Tezuka (手塚   治虫), serialized in Weekly shonen champion [Shūkan shōnen chanpion 週刊少年チャンピオン] (Akita Shoten 秋田書店)

1976 (5th)
Grand Prize:
      Matagi [Matagi 『マタギ』], by Takao Yaguchi (矢口   高雄)
Excellence Prizes:
      • Shuppatsu shinko suru [Shuppatsu shinkō suru 『出発進行』] (lit. "Departure forward"), by Shōji Izumi (泉   昭二)
      • Irodori no koro [Irodori no Koro 『彩りのころ』] (lit. "Koro's colors/makeup"), by Mutsumi Tsukumo (津雲   むつみ)
Special Award:
      The Kyoto Seika junior college fine arts course manga classwork collection [Kyoto seika tanki daigaku bijutsuka manga kurasu sakuhin shū 「京都精華短期大学美術科マンガクラス作品集」]

1977 (6th)
Grand Prize:
      Hoku ni sumite omou hibi areba [Hoku ni sumite omou hibi areba 『北に住みて想う日々あれば』], by Teruo Yamamura (山村   輝夫)
Excellence Prize:
      Chiisana koi no monogatari [Chiisana koi no monogatari 『小さな恋のものがたり』] (lit. "A little love story"), by Chikako Mitsuhashi (みつはし   ちかこ)
Special Awards:
      • Matsutaro [Notari Matsutaro 『のたり松太郎』], by Tetsuya Chiba (ちば   てつや), serialized in Big Comic [Biggu komikku ビッグコミック] (Shōgakukan)
      • Ganbare gonbe [Ganbare gonbe 『がんばれゴンベ』], by Shunji Sonoyama (園山   俊二)

1978 (7th)
Grand Prize:
      Dobutsu shiriizu [Dōbutsu shiriizu 『動物シリーズ』] (lit. "Animal series"), by Hisako Tamura (田村   久子)
Excellence Prize:
      • Den'en misuterii [Den'en misuterii 『田園ミステリー』] (lit. "Rural mystery"), by Mitsuru Shima (島   充)
      • Modotte kuta mushi tachi [Modotte kuta mushi tachi 『戻って来た虫たち』], by Kōji Kondō (近藤   幸二)
Special Award:
      Reiji Matsumoto (松本   零士), for his consecutive science fiction manga series [Ichiren no SF manga shiriizu 『一連のSF漫画シリーズ』]
New Face Award:
      Manga tori [Manga tori 『マンガ・トリ』], by Mie Jin (腎   美恵)

1979 (8th)
Grand Prize:
      Hyakubaka [Hyakubaka 『百馬鹿』] (lit. "Hundred fools"), by Ryūchi Yokoyama (横山   隆一)
Excellence Prizes:
      • Shiki no jo iro irogami [Shiki no jo iro irogami 『四季の女いろ色紙』] (lit. "The woman of four seasons is colored paper"), by Takeshi Nakazawa (中沢   武子)
      • Picola-picola [Pikora-pikora 『ピコラ ・ピコラ』], by Haruko Tachiiri (たちいり   ハルコ)
      • Yuka ina futari [Yuka ina futari 『ゆかいなふたり』], by Aōni Yamane (山根   青鬼)
      • Hachi purasu mugen dai [Hachi purasu mugen dai 『はちプラスむげんだい』], by Uno Kamakiri (ウノ ・カマキリ)

1980 (9th)
Grand Prize:
      No award (Gaitōsa na shi 該当作なし lit. "There is no pertinent work")
Excellence Prizes:
      • Moon nonsense [Mūn nonsensu 『ムーン・ノンセンス』], by Minori Tanaka (タナカ   ミノル)
      • Kimama na ongakka tachi [Kimama na ongakka tachi 『気ままな音楽家たち』], by Hiromi Ōnishi (大西   ひろみ)
      • Reiko Okuda personal exhibition of work [Okuda Reiko koten sakuhin 『奥田怜子個展作品』], by Reiko Okuda (奥田   怜子)
      • Orpheus no mado [Orufeusu no mado 『オルフェウスの窓』] (lit. "The window of Orpheus"), by Riyoko Ikeda (池田   理代子), serialized in Margaret [Māgaretto マーガレット] (Shūeisha 集英社)
Selection Committee Special Award:
      Matsyama Fumio no sekai [Matsuyama Fumio no sekai 『まつやまふみおの世界』] (lit. "Fumio Matsuyama's world"), by Fumio Matsuyama (まつやま   ふみお)

1981 (10th)
Grand Prize:
      No award (Gaitōsa na shi 該当作なし lit. "There is no pertinent work")
Excellence Prizes:
      • Big Comic no kyoshi oyobi Suntory no kokoku nigaoe [Biggu komikku no hyōshi oyobi Santorii no kōkoku nigaoe 『ビッグコミックの表紙及びサントリーの広告似顔絵』] (lit. "Big Comic's covers, as well as Suntory's advertisement portraits"), by Shūichi Higurashi (日暮   修一)
      • Mandara oku no ryota [Mandara oku no ryōta 『まんだら屋の良太』], by Jun Hatanaka (畑中   純)
      • INRI [『I・N・R・I』] (publisher unknown); Domu [Dōmu 『童夢』] (lit. "Child dream"), serialized in Action comics [Manga akushon 漫画アクション] (Futabasha 双葉社); and other works (Nado ichiren no sakuhin 「など一連の作品」), by Katsuhiro Ōtomo (大友   克洋)
      • Maigo [Maigo 『迷子』] (lit. "Lost child"), by Tokotarō Chiba (千葉   督太郎)
      • Aquarium X [Aquarium X... Suizokukan X 『AQUARIUM・X... 水族館・X』], by Kyohiko Morimoto (森本   清彦)

1982 (11th)
Grand Prize:
      No award (Gaitōsa na shi 該当作なし lit. "There is no pertinent work")
Excellence Prizes:
      • Zettai anzen kamisori [Zettai anzen kamisori 『絶対安全剃刀』] (lit. "Absolute safety razor"), by Fumiko Takano (高野   文子)
      • "Kawa" picture book [Emaki ehon "Kawa" 「絵巻えほん『川』」], by Kazuo Maekawa (前川   かずお)
      • 1 koma 1/2 za family obu manga [1 koma 1/2 za famirii obu manga 『1コマ1/2ザ・ファミリー・オブ・マンガ』], by Kenji Morita (森田   拳次)
      • Pari to Nekoto [Pari to Nekoto 『パリと猫と』], by Kōichi Namekawa (ナメ川   コーイチ)
      • Habu tori [Habu tori 『ハブ捕り』], by Kenshin Shinzato (新里   堅進)
Selection Committee Special Award:
      Manga shonen shi ["Manga shōnen shi" no hensan 「『漫画少年史』の編さん」] (lit. "Compilation of 'History of boys comics'"), by Hirō Terada (寺田   ヒロオ)

1983 (12th)
Grand Prize:
      Kai de miro Nihon strip shi [Kai de miro Nihon sutorippu shi 『絵で見る日本ストリップ史』] (lit. "Looking at pictures of Japan's strip history"), by Onozawa Sanichi (おのざわ ・さんいち)
Excellence Prizes:
      • 1 Chome no tora yoshi [1 Chōme no tora yoshi 『1丁目のトラ吉』], by Sekko Yamada (セッコ ・山田)
      • Antaga nikui-- [Antaga nikui-- 『あんたが悪いっ』], by Mikio Igarashi (いがらし   みきお), published by Jitsugyō no Nihonsha (実業之日本社)
      • Fuke batobuyona [Fuke batobuyona 『吹けばとぶよな』] (lit. "If you blow, it flies"), by Makoto Ayuzawa (鮎沢   まこと)
Chairman's Award:
      Fushizu manga kan [Fushizu manga kan 『不沈漫画艦』] (lit. "Rising manga warship"), by Shōryō Inomata (猪俣   昭良)

1984 (13th)
Grand Prize:
      Yumoa kejime shokogun [Yūmoa kejime shōkōgun 『ユーモアけじめ症候群』] (lit. "Humor destinction syndrome"), by Kōichi Nishimura (西村   晃一)
Excellence Prizes:
      • Gasso [Gassō 『合葬』] (lit. "Group burial"), by Hinako Sugiura (杉浦   日向子)
      • Hayami Sora manga shu [Hayami Sora manga shū 『速水空漫画集』] (lit. "Sora Hayami manga collection"), by Sora Hayami (速水   空)
Selection Committee Special Award:
      Nihon nonbiri ryoko [Nihon nonbiri ryokō 『日本のんびり旅行』] (lit. "Japan easily journey"), by Reiji Aki (秋   冷二)

1985 (14th)
Grand Prize:
      Kaida Masano no urban sekai [Kaida Masano no āban sekai 『改田昌直のアーバン世界』] (lit. "Masano Kaida's urban world"), by Masano Kaida (改田   昌直)
Excellence Prizes:
      • Greece shinwa [Girishia shinwa 『ギリシア神話』] (lit. "Greek mythology"), by Mariko Bamine (罵峰   麻利子)
      • Enbanusagi [『ENBANUSAGI』], by Kishi Adachi (足立   紀史)
Selection Committee Special Award:
      Omokage no onna [Omokage no onna 『面影の女』] (lit. "Memory's woman"), by Yukio Sugiura (杉浦   幸雄)

1986 (15th)
Grand Prize:
      Ichiro ninja ko [Ichiro ninja kō 『一朗忍者考』] (lit. "Ichiro's ninja treatise"), by Ichirō Tominaga (富永   一朗)
Excellence Prizes:
      • Miharashiga oka nite [Miharashiga oka nite 『見晴らしガ丘にて』] (lit. "View hill similarity"), by Yōko Kondō (近藤   ようこ), serialized in Chikuma library [Chikuma bunko 筑摩文庫] (Chikuma Shobō 筑摩書房)
      • Humor poster shu [Yūmoa pasutā shū 『ユーモア・ポスター集』] (lit. "Humor poster collection"), by Takashi Akiyama (秋山   孝)
      • Gyoza tokuhon [Gyōza tokuhon 『餃子読本』] (lit. "Gyoza (meat dumplings) reader"), by Katsumi Yamasaki (山崎   克己)
Selection Committee Special Award:
      Isao Shimizu (清水   勲), for his many years of investigative research of modern manga [Kindai manga no chōsa kenkyū niyoru naganen no kōseki「近代漫画の調査・研究による長年の功績」]

1987 (16th)
Grand Prize:
      Uramachi serenade [Uramachi serenāde 『裏町セレナーデ』] (lit. "Back alley serenade"), by Yū Takita (滝田   ゆう)
Excellence Prizes:
      • Dagashiya furi nigao catalogue [Dagashiya furi nigao katarogu 『駄菓子屋風にがおカタログ』] (lit. "Cheap sweets seller condition portrait catalogue"), by Yoshihito Sekine (関根   義人)
      • Tori shinwa [Tori shinwa 『鳥神話』] (lit. "Bird mythology"), by Hisanori Iwamoto (岩本   久則)
      • Sei 14 graffiti [Sei 14 gurafitii 『聖14グラフィティ』] (lit. "Holy 14 graffiti"), by Taeko Watanabe (渡辺   多恵子)
Selection Committee Special Award:
      Ryōsuke Nasu (那須良輔), for achieving 50 years as a manga artist [Mangaka seikatsu 50nen no gyōseki ni taishite 「漫画家生活50年の業績に対して」]

1988 (17th)
Grand Prize:
      Cartoon guide to the Japanese Economy, a.k.a. Manga Nippon economics guide [Manga Nihon keizai nyūmon 『マンガ日本経済入門』], by Shōtarō Ishinomori (石ノ森   章太郎) (Japanese Economic Newspaper [Nihon Keizai Shimbun sha 日本経済新聞社])
Excellence Prizes:
      • Shokugo no dokuyaku [Shokugo no dokuyaku 『食後の毒薬』] (lit. "Post-meal's poison"); Shokunin momo zukushi [Shokunin momo zukushi 『職人百づくし』] (lit. "Many modern craftsmen"); and other illustrated collections (Nado ichiren no irasutoreishon 「など一連のイラストレーション」), by Hideo Takeda (武田   秀雄)
      • Manga 5-7-5 [Manga 5-7-5 『まんが5 ・7 ・5』], by Okaoni Yamane (山根   赤鬼)
Selection Committee Special Award:
      Fukushi manga minna ii hito [Fukushi manga minna ii hito 『福祉マンガ・みんないいひと』] (lit. "Well-being manga everyone it is good"), by Tatsuyama Aki (秋   竜山)

1989 (18th)
Grand Prize:
      No award (Gaitōsa na shi 該当作なし lit. "There is no pertinent work")
Excellence Prizes:
      • Ago Bachan [Ago Bāchan 『あごバアチャン』], by Toshiko Ueda (上田   トシコ)
      • Yake ato no Genki-kun [Yake ato no Genki-kun 『焼けあとの元気くん』] (lit. "Burn later Mr. Genki", by Kenichi Kitami (北見   けんいち)
      • Various comic works [Ichiren no komikku sakuhin 「一連のコミック作品」] by Eiko Hanamura (花村   えい子)
      • Shonen no hi [Shōnen no hi 『少年の日』] (lit. "Boy's day"), by Yūji Andō (安藤   勇寿)
Selection Committee Special Award:
      Zheng Xin Yao manga sen [Zheng Xin Yao manga sen 『鄭辛遙漫画選』] (lit. "Zheng Xin Yao's manga selection"), by Zheng Xin Yao (鄭辛遙)

1990 (19th)
Grand Prize:
      Anpanman [Anpanman 『アンパンマン』], by Takashi Yanase (やなせ   たかし)
Excellence Prizes:
      • Okamehachimoku [Okamehachimoku 『おかめはちもく』] (lit. "Superior observation by an outsider"), by Nanae Sasaya (ささや   ななえ)
      • Hito komawārudo [Hito komawārudo 『ひとコマワールド』] (lit. "Person coma world"), by Masashi Fukano (深野   正士)
      • Hat cat but [『HATCATBUT』], by Parco Maeda (マエダ   パルコ)
      • Namuji [Namuji 『ナムジ』], by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko (安彦   良和) (Tokuma Shoten 徳間書店)
Education Minister's Award:
      Osamu Tezuka (手塚   治虫), for the achievement of building the foundation of present-day manga culture [Genzai no manga bunka ryū shō no ishizue o kizuita zen gyōseki 「現在の漫画文化隆盛の礎を築いた全業績」]

1991 (20th)
Grand Prize:
      Cartoon collection [『CARTOONCOLLECTION』], by Feconippon (FECONIPPON)
Excellence Prizes:
      • Arukasaru - Ojo [Arukasaru - Ōjō 『アルカサル–王城–』] (lit. "Royal castle"), by Yasuko Aoike (青池   保子), serialized in Princess [Purinsesu プリンセス] (Shūeisha 集英社)
      • Annyamonnya [Annyamonnya 『あんにゃもんにゃ』], by Shinichirō Nozaki (野崎   慎一郎)
      • Sangokushi [Sangokushi 『三国志』] (lit. "Three Countries ambition"), by Mitsuteru Yokoyama (横山   光輝)
      • To Shu eiyuden [Tō Shū eiyūden 『東周英雄伝』] (lit. "East Chou Dynasty hero legend"), by Chen Uen (鄭問)
Special Excellence Award:
      Kabuki bunraku ni yosete [Kabuki bunraku ni yosete 『歌舞伎 ・文楽に寄せて』] (lit. "Popular drama summons puppet theater"), by Sono Enoki (榎   その)
Education Minister's Award:
      Sazae-san [Sazae-san 『サザエさん』] (lit. "Mrs. Sazae"), by Machiko Hasegawa (長谷川   町子) (Kōdansha 講談社)

1992 (21st)
Grand Prize:
      Gokuraku cho itchome [Gokuraku chō itchōme 『極楽町一丁目』] (lit. "Paradise town first city block"), by Masahiro Nikaidō (二階堂   正宏)
Excellence Prizes:
      • Shin naru mono dangai [Shin naru mono dangai 『新なるもの断崖』], by Fumiko Sone (曽根   富美子)
      • Koko dake no futari!! [Koko dake no futari!! 『ここだけのふたり!!』] (lit. "Only individuals' couples), by Hiromi Morishita (森下   裕美)
      • Boku to Furio to kotei de [Boku to Furio to kōtei de 『僕とフリオと校庭で』] (lit. "Me and at Furio and campus") and I kai roku [I kai roku 『異界録』] (lit. "Strange boundary record"), by Daijirō Morohoshi (諸星   大二郎)
      • Seiji manga [Seiji manga 「政治漫画」] (lit. "Politics comics"), by Shin Yamada (山田   紳)
Selection Committee Special Award:
      Boku no hosomichi [Boku no hosomichi 『ぼくの細道』] (lit. "My path"), by Tsunepei Shimura (志村   つね平)
Education Minister's Award:
      Ryūichi Yokoyama (横山   隆一), for contribution to and achievement in Japanese manga culture [Nihon no manga bunka ni kōkenshita zen gyōseki「日本の漫画文化に貢献した全業績」]

1993 (22nd)
Grand Prize:
      Yo, kai! Kai? [Yō, kai! Kai? 『よう、怪!快?』] (lit. "Calamity, mystery! Enjoyment?", by Masaru Morozumi (モロズミ   勝)
Excellence Prizes:
      • Ofi isu syndrome [Ofi isu shindorōmu 『オフィ椅子シンドローム』] (lit. "Office chair syndrome"), by Kazu Kuroiwa (クロイワ ・カズ)
      • Ika no sumi [Ika no sumi 『イカの墨』] (lit. "Ink"), by Yoshihisa Hashi (ハシ   ヨシヒサ)
      • Times of "Botchan" ["Botchan" no jidai 『「坊ちゃん」の時代』] (lit. "The time period of [the story] 'Young boys'"), by Natsuo Sekikawa (関川   夏央) (writing) and Jirō Taniguchi (谷口   ジロー) (art) (Futabasha 双葉社)
      • Yami no hate kara [Yami no hate kara 『闇の果てから』] (lit. "From the end of darkness"), by Mutsumi Tsukumo (津雲   むつみ), serialized in You (YOU) (Shūeisha 集英社)
Selection Committee Special Award:
      Nonsense ni kakeru [Nansensu ni kakeru 『ナンセンスに賭ける』] (lit. "You bet to nonsense", by Masayuki Mineshima (峯島   正行)
Education Minister's Award:
      Noboru Baba (馬場のぼる), for his consecutive work [Ichiren no sakahin 「一連の作品」]

1994 (23rd)
Grand Prize:
      Nausicaä of the Valley of Wind [Kaze no tani no Naushika 『風の谷のナウシカ』], by Hayao Miyazaki (宮崎   駿)
Excellence Prizes:
      • Nonsense sport [Nansensu supōtsu 『ナンセンス ・スポーツ』], by Hiroshi Kasamatsu (笠松   洋)
      • E ni maruzu [E nimaruzu 『絵ニマルズ』], by Masaki Katori (香取   正樹)
      • Hi no ryosen [Hi no ryōsen 『緋の稜線』] (lit. "Mountain-ridge line of scarlet"), by Kayono Saeki (佐伯   かよの)
Special Award:
      Qman Kyushu mangaka kyokai kessai 45 shunen kinen [Qman Kyūshū mangaka kyōkai kessai 45 shūnen kinen 『Qman九州漫画家協会結成45周年記念』] (lit. "Qman, commemmoration of the 45th anniversary of the founding of the Kyushu Cartoonists Association"), by the Kyushu Cartoonists Association (Kyūshū mangaka kyōkai 九州漫画家協会)
Education Minister's Award:
      Doraemon [Doraemon 『ドラえもん』], by Fujio F. Fujiko (藤子・F・不二雄)

1995 (24th)
Grand Prize:
      Manga "Sunday concert" ten [Manga "Sandei konsāto" ten 「漫画『サンデーコンサート』展」] (lit. "Manga 'Sunday concert' expand"), by Kazuo Ozawa (小澤   一雄)
Excellence Prizes:
      • Guruguru bye-bye mata kite ne [Guruguru bai bai mata kite ne 『ぐるぐるバイバイまた来てネ』] (lit. "Round and round bye-bye again coming"), by Chikai Tanaka (田中   智海)
      • Glass no kamen [Garasu no kamen 『ガラスの仮面』] (lit. "Mask of glass"), by Suzue Miuchi (美内   すずえ), serialized in Flower and dream [Hana to yume komikkusu 花とゆめコミックス] (Hakusensha 白泉社)
      • Donguri no ie [Donguri no ie 『どんぐりの家』] (lit. "House of acorns"), by Osamu Yamamoto (山本   おさむ), serialized in Big Comic [Biggu komikku ビッグコミック] (Shōgakukan 小学館)
Selection Committee Special Award:
      Katsuichi Nagai (長井   勝一), for publishing the monthly manga magazine "Garo" for over 30 years, and the achievement of raising many artists [Manga gekkanshi "Garo" o 30 yo nen ni watari hakkōshi ōku no sakka o sodate ta kōseki 「漫画月刊誌『ガロ』を30余年にわたり発行し多くの作家を育てた功績」]
Education Minister's Award:
      Anpanman [Anpanman 『アンパンマン』], by Takashi Yanase (やなせ   たかし)

1996 (25th)
Grand Prize:
      No award (Gaitōsa na shi 該当作なし lit. "There is no pertinent work")
Excellence Prizes:
      • Akkanbe Ikkyu [Akkanbe Ikkyū 『あっかんべェ一休』] (lit. "Highlights of Ikkyu"), by Hisashi Sakaguchi (坂口   尚), serialized in Afternoon [Afutanūn アフタヌーン] (Kōdansha 講談社)
      • Cartoon corner [Kātūn kōnā 『カートゥーンコーナー』], by Seigō Sakai (坂井   せいごう)
      • Otoko wa hiryo onna wa appare [Otoko wa hiryō onna wa appare 『男は肥料女は天晴れ』] (lit. "Man is manure, woman is splendid"), by Yoshimi Numajiri (ぬまじり   よしみ)
      • 20 seiki no 366 hi [20 seiki no 366 hi 『20世紀の366日』] (lit. "366 days of the 20th century"), by Masaru Hashimoto (橋本   勝)
      • Peppermint monogatari [Peppāmento monogatari 『ペッパーミント物語』] (lit. "Peppermint story"), by Masayuki Mori (森   雅之)
Selection Committee Special Award:
      Hako e [Hako e 『箱絵』] (lit. "Box picture"), by Yukio Izumi (泉   ゆきを)
Education Minister's Award:
      Shigeru Mizuki (水木   しげる), for Gegege no Kitaro [Gegege no Kitarō 「『ゲゲゲの鬼太郎』] (lit. "Kitaro of G-G-G-...") [previously titled: Hakaba no Kitaro [Hakaba no Kitarō 墓場の鬼太郎], lit. "Kitaro of the cemtery", serialized in Ladybug [Tentoumushi てんとう虫] (Shōgakukan 小学館)] and other series of ghost manga [Hoka, ichiren no yōkai manga 他一連の妖怪漫画」]

1997 (26th)
Grand Prize:
      Adagoru tamatebako [Adagōru tamatebako 『アタゴオル玉手箱』] (lit. "Adagoru beautiful casket"), by Hiroshi Masumura (ますむら   ひろし)
Excellence Prizes:
      • AGON shuroku suru sakuhin oyobi seso manga [AGON shūroku suru sakuhin oyobi sesō manga 「AGON収録作品及び世相漫画」] (lit. "AGON recording work and social conditions manga"), by Hiroshi Kawarasaki (河原崎   弘司)
      • Echigo oku koban [Echigo oku koban 『越後屋小判』] (lit. "Echigo house gold coin"), by Misako Nachi (奈知   未佐子)
Selection Committee Special Award:
      Nonkina heitai [Nonkina heitai 『暢気な兵隊』] (lit. "Reckless soldier"), by Hisatoshi Aoki (青木   久利)
Education Minister's Award:
      Fujio Akatsuka (赤塚不二夫), for all his works [Zen sakuhin 「全作品」]

1998 (27th)
Grand Prize:
      No award (Gaitōsa na shi 該当作なし lit. "There is no pertinent work")
Excellence Prizes:
      • Kaiki hanga otoko [Kaiki hanga otoko 『怪奇版画男』] (lit. "Weird woodblock-print man"), by Naoki Karasawa (唐沢   なをき)
      • Atarashii machi furui machi Tokyo sketch [Atarashii machi furui machi Tōkyō suketchi 『新しい町古い街東京スケッチ』] (lit. "New town old town Tokyo sketch") and Tekuteku sketch [Tekuteku suketchi 『てくてくスケッチ』] (lit. "Trudging sketch"), by Tarō Suzuki (鈴木   太郎)
      • Ajisai no uta [Ajisai no uta 『あじさいの唄』] (lit. "Songs of hydrangea"), by Kurimaru Mori (森   栗丸)
Special Award:
      Kinko no sekai [Kinko no sekai 『錦子の世界』] (lit. "Kinko's world"), by Kinko Ōyama (大山   錦子)
Education Minister's Award:
      Shōtarō Ishinomori (石ノ森   章太郎), for all his works [Zen sakuhin 「全作品」]

1999 (28th)
Grand Prize:
      E de yomu Amidakyo [E de yomu Amidakyō 『絵で読む阿弥陀経』] (lit. "The Amitabha sutra which is read via a picture"), by Miyotarō Sagawa (佐川   美代太郎)
Excellence Prizes:
      • Kobo-chan [Kobo-chan 『コボちゃん』] (Yomiuri Newspaper [Yomiuri Shimbun 読売新聞]) and Otoboke kacho [Otoboke kachō 『おとぼけ課長』] (lit. "Pretending ignorance section chief"), serialized in Manga Time [Manga taimu まんがタイム] (Hōbunsha 芳文社), by Masashi Ueda (植田   まさし)
      • Pataliro! [Patariro! パタリロ!』], by Mineo Maya (魔夜   峰央), serialized in Flower and dream [Hana to yume 『輝夜姫』] (Hakusensha 白泉社)
      • Oi wa tanoshi! Rojin manga sengen [Oi wa tanoshi! Rōjin manga sengen 『老いは愉し!老人漫画宣言』] (lit. "As for old age, rejoice! Old folks declaration"), by Yūji Nishizawa (西澤   勇司)
Special Award:
      Meiku no sekai o egaku [Meiku no sekai o egaku 『名句のせかいを描く』] (lit. "They draw the world of the well-known saying"), by Mangaka no Ehon no Kai (漫画家の絵本の会) lit. "Association of Picture Book Cartoonists"
Selection Committee Special Award:
      Kuri-chan no dobutsuen sanpo [Kuri-chan no dōbutsuen sanpo 『クリちゃんの動物園さんぽ』] (lit. "Kuri-chan's zoo walk"), by Susumu Nemoto (根本   進)
Education Minister's Award:
      Mappira-kun [Mappira-kun 『まっぴら君』] (lit. "Mr. No Way"), by Yoshirō Katō (加藤   芳郎), serialized in the Mainichi Newspaper (Mainichi Shimbun 毎日新聞)

2000 (29th)
Grand Prize:
      No award (Gaitōsa na shi 該当作なし lit. "There is no pertinent work")
Excellence Prizes:
      • Sarari-kun [Sarari-kun 『サラリ君』] (lit. "Mr. Salary"), by Sō Nishimura (西村   宗)
      • Echigo Arakawado yama [Echigo Arakawadō yama 『越後荒川堂夜話』] (lit. "Echigo prefecture Arakawa River temple evening tale"), by Kazumichi Ishizaka (石坂   和道)
      • "Henshin" Akiyoshi Sugimoto manga shu ["Henshin" Sugimoto Akiyoshi manga shū 「『変身』杉本昭義まんが集」] (lit. "The 'Henshin' Akiyoshi Sugimoto manga collection"), by Akiyoshi Sugimoto (杉本   昭義)
Selection Committee Special Award:
      • "Norakuro" [Norakuro 『のらくろ』], and other various works [hoka ichiren no sakuhin 「他一連の作品」], by Suihou Tagawa (田河   水泡)
      • Boken Dankichi [Bōken Dankichi 『冒険ダン吉』] (lit. "Adventurous Dankichi"), by Keizō Shimada (島田   啓三)
Education Minister's Award:
      Kō Kojima (小島   功), for his various works [Ichiren no sakuhin 「一連の作品」]

2001 (30th)
Grand Prize:
      • Asatte-kun [Asatte-kun 『アサッテ君』], by Sadao Shōji (東海林   さだお), serialized in the Mainichi Newspaper (Mainichi Shimbun 毎日新聞)
      • Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari kōen-mae hashutsu-jo [Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari kōen-mae hashutsu-jo こちら葛飾区亀有公園前派出所』] (lit. "The Police-box in front of Katsushika-ku Kameari Park"), by Osamu Akimoto (秋本   治), serialized in Shonen Jump (Shūeisha 集英社)
Special Award:
      Go! Go! Monster [Go go Mansutā 『GOGOモンスター』], by Taiyō Matsumoto (松本   大洋)
Education Minister's Award:
      Tetsuya Chiba (ちば   てつや), for all his works [Zen sakuhin 「全作品」]

2002 (31st)
Grand Prize:
      Golgo 13 (a.k.a. The Professional) [Gorugo 13 ゴルゴ13』], by Takao Saitō (さいとう ・たかを), serialized in Big Comic [Biggu komikku ビッグコミック] (Shōgakukan 小学館) and published in collected form by Leed sha [Riido sha リィド社]
      Sanwari-kun [Sanwari-kun 「『サンワリ君』] (Yomiuri Newspaper [Yomiuri Shimbun 読売新聞]), and other works [hoka ichiren no sakuhin ほか一連の作品」], by Yoshiji Suzuki (鈴木   義司)
Special Award:
      Tadao Kimura (木村   忠夫), for the merit of 25 years' worth of issues of "Manga Newspaper," and being the driving force behind holding the Asian Manga Summit [25nen ni wataru "Manga Shimbun" no hakkō to, Ajia Manga Samitto kaisai o suishin shita kōseki 「25年にわたる 『漫画新聞』 の発行と、 アジアMANGAサミット開催を推進した功績」]
New Face Award:
      • Yukipon no o shigoto [Yukipon no o shigoto 『ユキポンのお仕事』] (lit. "Yukipon's employment") , by Kazuhiro Azuma (東   和弘)
      • Kobe zaiju [Kōbe zaijū 『神戸在住』] (lit. "The Kobe residence"), by Kon Kimura (木村   紺)
Education Minister's Award:
      Masako Watanabe (わたなべ   まさこ), for all her works [Zen sakuhin 「全作品」]

2003 (32nd)
Grand Prize:
      • Tasogare ryuseigun [Tasogare ryūseigun 『黄昏流星群』] (a.k.a. "Like shooting stars in the twilight"), by Kenshi Hirokane (弘兼   憲史)
      • Hisaichi Ishii (いしい   ひさいち), for various works [Ichiren no sakuhin 「一連の作品」]
Excellence Prize:
      Cartoon 2003 [『Cartoon2003』], by Masafumi Kikuchi (菊池   正文)
Special Award:
      Sono gyoseki [Sono gyōseki 「その業績」] (lit. "Garden achievement"), by Takeshi Morikuma (森熊   猛)
Education and Science Minister's Award:
      Toshiko Ueda (上田トシコ), for all her works [Zen sakuhin 「全作品」]

2004 (33rd)
Grand Prize:
      • Hanobano-kun [Hanobano-kun 『ほのぼの君』] (lit. "Mr. Faintly"), by Kimihiko Tsukuda (佃   公彦)
      • Black Jack ni yoroshiku [Burakku Jyakku ni yoroshiku 『ブラックジャックによろしく』] (a.k.a. "Say hello to Black Jack"), by Shūhō Satō (佐藤   秀峰), serialized in Weekly morning [Shūkan mōningu 週刊モーニング] (Kōdansha 講談社)
Special Award:
      Oku no sasamichi [Oku no sasamichi 『奥の細道』] (lit. "Inner lane"), by Hirokazu Suzuki (すずき   大和)
Education and Science Minister's Award:
      Mitsuteru Yokoyama (横山   光輝), for all his works [Zen sakuhin 「全作品」]

2005 (34rd)
Grand Prize:
      • Shi no hachigatsu jugo hi [Shi no hachigatsu jūgo hi 「私の八月十五日」] (lit. "My August 15th"), by the My August 15th Association (Shi no hachigatsu jūgo hi no kai 私の八月十五日の会)
      • Shisso nikki [Shissō nikki 「失踪日記」] (lit. "Disappearance diary"), by Hideo Azuma (吾妻   ひでお)
Excellence Prizes:
      • Mangamon fukkoku han [Mangamon fukkoku han 「まんがマン復刻版」] (lit. "Manga man reprint edition"), by Tokiwa Ōsaka (大坂   ときを)
      • Daiji Kazumine (一峰   大二), for a half century in the drawing industry with one large peak in two complete works [Ga gyō han seiki ichi mine tai ni zenshū 「画業半世紀一峰大二全集」]
      • Manga de kaku Nihon no matsuri [Manga de kaku Nihon no matsuri 「漫画で描く日本の祭り」] (lit. "The Japanese festival is drawn using manga"), by Isao Hirano (平野   勲)
Education and Science Minister's Award:
      Fujio Fujiko (A), a.k.a. Abiko Motō (藤子   不二雄 (A)), for all his works [Zen sakuhin 「全作品」]