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is an annual award for serialized manga published in the previous year, sponsored by the publisher Kodansha. It is currently awarded in four categories: children's, shōnen, shōjo, and general. The awards began in 1977, initially with categories for shōnen and shōjo. The first award for the general category was in 1982, and the the first children's category's award was in 2003.

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Recipients

Year	Children	Shōnen	Shōjo	General
1977	n/a	''Black Jack'', Osamu Tezuka ''The Three-Eyed One'', Osamu Tezuka (tie)	''Haikara-san ga Tōru'', Waki Yamato ''Candy Candy'', Kyoko Mizuki and Yumiko Igarashi (tie)	n/a
1978	n/a	''Football Hawk'', Noboru Kawasaki	''Attention Students!'', Yōko Shōji	n/a
1979	n/a	''Tonda Couple'', Kimio Yanagisawa	''Wata no Kuni Hoshi'', Yumiko Ōshima	n/a
1980	n/a	''Susa-no-O'', Gō Nagai	''Lemon Report'', Mayumi Yoshida	n/a
1981	n/a	''Sanshirō of 1, 2'', Makoto Kobayashi	''Ohayō! Spank'', Shunichi Yukimuro and Shizue Takanashi	n/a
1982	n/a	''Gakuto Retsuden'', Motoka Murakami	''Yōkihi-den'', Suzue Miuchi	''Karyūdo no Seiza'', Machiko Satonaka
1983	n/a	''The Kobocha Wine'', Mitsuru Miura	''Hi Izuru Tokorono Tenshi'', Ryoko Yamagishi	''P.S. Genki Desu, Shunpei'', Fumi Saimon
1984	n/a	''Batsu & Terī'', Yasuichi Ōshima	''Lady Love'', Hiromu Ono	''Akira'', Katsuhiro Otomo
1985	n/a	''Bari Bari Densetsu'', Shuichi Shigeno	n/a	''Okashina Futari'', Jūzō Yamasaki and Kei Sadayasu ''Mahiro Taiken'', Naomi Nishi (tie)
1986	n/a	''Kotaro Makaritoru'', Tatsuya Hiruta	''Yūkan Kurabu'', Yukari Ichijō	''Adolf'', Osamu Tezuka ''What's Michael?'', Makoto Kobayashi (tie)
1987	n/a	''Ironfist Chinmi'', Takeshi Maekawa	''Nana Iru Majikku'', Yū Asagiri	''Actor'', Kaiji Kawaguchi
1988	n/a	''Mister Ajikko'', Daisuke Terasawa	''Junjō Crazy Fruits'', Akemi Matsunae	''Bono Bono'', Mikio Igarashi ''Be-Bop High School'', Kazuhiro Kiuchi
1989	n/a	''Meimon! Daisan Yakyuubu'', Toshiyuki Mutsu	''Chibi Maruko-chan'', Momoko Sakura ''Shiratori Reiko de Gozaimasu!'', Yumiko Suzuki (tie)	''Shōwa-shi'', Shigeru Mizuki
1990	n/a	''Shura no Mon'', Masatoshi Kawahara	''Pride'', Naka Marimura	''The Silent Service'', Kaiji Kawaguchi ''Gorillaman'', Harold Sakuishi (tie)
1991	n/a	''Hajime no Ippo'', George Murakawa	''Eien no Nohara'', Mieko Ōsaka	''Section Chief Kosaku Shima'', Kenshi Hirokane ''Waru'', Jun Fukami (tie)
1992	n/a	''Kaze Hikaru: Koshien'', Sanbachi Kawa and Tarō Nami	''Uchi no Mama ga iu Koto ni wa'', Mariko Iwadate	''Naniwa Kin'yūdō'', Yūji Aoki
1993	n/a	''3x3 Eyes'', Yuzo Takada	''Sailor Moon'', Naoko Takeuchi	''Parasyte'', Hitoshi Iwaaki
1994	n/a	''Shūto!'', Tsukasa Ōshima	''Kimi no te ga Sasayaite iru'', Junko Karube	''Tetsujin Ganma'', Yasuhito Yamamoto
1995	n/a	''Kindaichi Case Files'', Yōsaburō Kanari and Fumiya Sato	''Sekai de Ichiban Yasashii Ongaku'', Mari Ozawa	''Hanada Shonen-shi'', Makoto Isshiki
1996	n/a	''Shota no Sushi'', Daisuke Terasawa	''Tennen Kokekko'', Fusako Kuramochi	''Ping-Pong Club'', Minoru Furuya
1997	n/a	''Ryurōden'', Yoshito Yamahara	''Yakumo Tatsu'', Natsumi Itsuki	''Dragon Head, Minetaro Mochizuki''
1998	n/a	''GTO'', Tohru Fujisawa	''Kodocha'', Miho Obana	''Tobaku Mokushiroku Kaiji'', Nobuyuki Fukumoto ''Sōten Kōro'', King Gonta
1999	n/a	''Chameleon'', Atsushi Kase	''Peach Girl'', Miwa Ueda	''Wangan Midnight'', Michiharu Kusunoki
2000	n/a	''Tetsuya, the Legendary Gambler'', Fūmei Sai and Yasushi Hoshino	''Guru Guru Pon-chan'', Satomi Ikezawa	'' Vagabond'', Eiji Yoshikawa and Takehiko Inoue
2001	n/a	''Love Hina'', Ken Akamatsu	''Fruits Basket'', Natsuki Takaya	''20th Century Boys'', Naoki Urasawa
2002	n/a	''Cromartie High School'', Eiji Nonaka ''Beck'', Harold Sakuishi (tie)	''Antique Bakery'', Fumi Yoshinaga	''Zipang'', Kaiji Kawaguchi
2003	''Mirmo!'', Hiromu Shinozuka	''Kunimitsu no Matsuri'', Yūma Andō and Masashi Asaki	''Honey and Clover'', Chika Umino ''Tramps Like Us'', Yayoi Ogawa (tie)	''The Life of the Genius Professor Yanagizawa'', Kazumi Yamashita
2004	''Ultra Ninja Scrolls'', Kazuhiko	''Intercept What? King Gikei'', Hirofumi Sawada	''Nodame Cantabile'', Tomoko Ninomiya	'', Fūtarō Yamada and Masaki Segawa
2005	''Sugar Sugar Rune'', Moyoco Anno	''Capeta'', Masahito Soda	''Oi Piitan!!'', Risa Itō ''A Perfect Day for Love Letters'', Jōji Asakura (tie)	''Dragon Zakura'', Mita Norifusa
2006	''Kitchen Princess'', Miyuki Kobayashi and Natsumi Andō	''Air Gear'', Oh! Great	''Life'', Keiko Suenobu	''Mushishi'', Yuki Urushibara
2007	''Tenshi no Frypan'', Etsushi Ogawa	''Sayonara Zetsubō Sensei'', Kōji Kumeta ''Dear Boys: Act 2'', Hiroki Yagami (tie)	''IS'', Chiyo Rokuhana	''Ōkiku Furikabutte'', Asa Higuchi

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References

1. Kodansha Manga Awards Joel Hahn
2. 過去の受賞者一覧 : 講談社漫画賞 : 講談社「おもしろくて、ためになる」出版を

External links

★ Japanese official site

★ List of winners, 1960–present