Bungeishunjū Manga Award Explained

Presenter:	Bungeishunjū
Country:	Japan
Year:	1955
Year2:	2001

The was an annual award established in 1955 and given out by Bungeishunjū in Japan for gag,, one-panel, and satirical manga.^{[1] [2]} The award was also given out for works considered the magnum opus of manga creators.

Past winners of the award include Jōji Yamafuji, Makoto Wada, illustrations by Taku Furukawa, a picture book by Shinto Chō, and parodies by Mad Amano. While the award was given out for illustration, picture books, parodies, and other similar works, the proliferation of the modern manga culture led to more manga artists receiving the awards in recent years.

Bungeishunjū stopped giving out the award in 2002.^{[1] [2]}

Award winners

	Year	Artist	Work
1	1955
2	1956		for his post-war satirical manga
3	1957
4	1958
5	1959
6	1960		for his historical manga
7	1961		and
8	1962		Sazae-san
9	1963		for reportage on copper-plate engraving
10	1964		Asahi Graph (series)
11	1965		for his nonsense manga
12	1966		and
			Eye for Eye
13	1967
14	1968		and 7-8=1
15	1969		for his illustrative likenesses
			for his period manga and adult manga
16	1970		and
17	1971		,, and
			,, and
18	1972
19	1973		and
20	1974		and others
21	1975		and
			and
22	1976		and others
23	1977		for humor manga derived from home life and toys
			and others
24	1978		for his parody works combining photos with drawings
			and others
25	1979
26	1980
27	1981
28	1982		for his political cartoons and other works
			Furiten-kun,, and
29	1983		for his nonsense and gag manga
30	1984		and
			and
31	1985		for his nonsense manga
32	1986	No award given
33	1987
34	1988
35	1989		Obatarian
36	1990
37	1991
38	1992
39	1993	No award given
40	1994		and
41	1995
42	1996		Atashin'chi
			and
43	1997
			^[3]
44	1998		for his illustrative likenesses
			Kaishain no Melody
45	1999
46	2000		and
47	2001

Sources: ^{[1] [2]}

See also

• List of manga awards

Notes and References

1. Web site: http://www.ztv.ne.jp/keiko/comic_lab/prize/bungei_shunju_mangasho.html. ja:文藝春秋漫画賞. こみっくらぼ. 2008-07-20. Japanese. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20090618173353/http://www.ztv.ne.jp/keiko/comic_lab/prize/bungei_shunju_mangasho.html. 2009-06-18.
2. Web site: http://books.yahoo.co.jp/prize?sid=98080518. ja:文藝春秋漫画賞(47回までで終了). Yahoo!ブックス. Japanese. 2008-07-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20120213140803/http://books.yahoo.co.jp/prize?sid=98080518. 2012-02-13. dead.
3. Web site: ◆西原理恵子インタビュー◆サイバラが行く. Shogakukan Big Comic. Japanese. 2008-07-20. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20080628164727/http://www.bigcomics.shogakukan.co.jp/salon/room_10.html. 2008-06-28.