Each winning work will be honored with a bronze statuette, a certificate, and a prize of 1 million yen (about US$7,500).[2]
| Year | Children | Shōnen | Shōjo | General |
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| 1 | 1977 | | 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) | |
| 2 | 1978 | | | | |
| 3 | 1979 | | | | |
| 4 | 1980 | | | | |
| 5 | 1981 | | | | |
| 6 | 1982 | | | | Karyūdo no Seiza, Machiko Satonaka |
| 7 | 1983 | | | | P.S. Genki Desu, Shunpei, Fumi Saimon |
| 8 | 1984 | | | | |
| 9 | 1985 | | | | Okashina Futari, Jūzō Yamasaki and Kei Sadayasu |
| 10 | 1986 | | | | Adolf, Osamu Tezuka
What's Michael?, Makoto Kobayashi (tie) |
| 11 | 1987 | | | | Actor, Kaiji Kawaguchi |
| 12 | 1988 | | | | Bonobono, Mikio Igarashi
Be-Bop High School, Kazuhiro Kiuchi |
| 13 | 1989 | | | Chibi Maruko-chan, Momoko Sakura
Shiratori Reiko de Gozaimasu!, Yumiko Suzuki (tie) | Komikku Shōwa-Shi, Shigeru Mizuki |
| 14 | 1990 | | | Pride, Naka Marimura | The Silent Service, Kaiji Kawaguchi
Gorillaman, Harold Sakuishi (tie) |
| 15 | 1991 | | | | Kachō Kōsaku Shima, Kenshi Hirokane
Waru, Jun Fukami (tie) |
| 16 | 1992 | | | | Naniwa Kin'yūdō, Yūji Aoki |
| 17 | 1993 | | | | Parasyte, Hitoshi Iwaaki |
| 18 | 1994 | | | | Tetsujin Ganma, Yasuhito Yamamoto |
| 19 | 1995 | | | | Hanada Shōnen-shi, Makoto Isshiki |
| 20 | 1996 | | | | The Ping Pong Club, Minoru Furuya |
| 21 | 1997 | | | | Dragon Head, Minetaro Mochizuki |
| 22 | 1998 | | | | Gambling Apocalypse: Kaiji, Nobuyuki Fukumoto
Sōten Kōro, King Gonta (tie) |
| 23 | 1999 | | | | Wangan Midnight, Michiharu Kusunoki |
| 24 | 2000 | | | | Vagabond, Takehiko Inoue |
| 25 | 2001 | | | | 20th Century Boys, Naoki Urasawa |
| 26 | 2002 | | Cromartie High School, Eiji Nonaka
Beck, Harold Sakuishi (tie) | | Zipang, Kaiji Kawaguchi |
| 27 | 2003 | | | Honey and Clover, Chika Umino
Tramps Like Us, Yayoi Ogawa (tie) | Tensai Yanagisawa Kyōju no Seikatsu, Kazumi Yamashita |
| 28 | 2004 | | Shana ou Yoshitsune, | | , Masaki Segawa |
| 29 | 2005 | | | Oi Pītan!!, Risa Itō
A Perfect Day for Love Letters, George Asakura (tie) | Dragon Zakura, Mita Norifusa |
| 30 | 2006 | | | | Mushishi, Yuki Urushibara |
| 31 | 2007 | | Sayonara Zetsubō Sensei, Kōji Kumeta
Dear Boys Act II, Hiroki Yagami (tie) | | Ōkiku Furikabutte, Asa Higuchi |
| 32 | 2008 | | | | Moyashimon, Masayuki Ishikawa |
| 33 | 2009 | | Q.E.D., Motohiro Katou
Fairy Tail, Hiro Mashima (tie) | | Ah! My Goddess, Kōsuke Fujishima |
| 34 | 2010 | | | | Giant Killing, Masaya Tsunamoto |
| 35 | 2011 | | | | March Comes in Like a Lion, Chika Umino
Space Brothers, Chūya Koyama (tie) |
| 36 | 2012 | | | | Vinland Saga, Makoto Yukimura |
| 37 | 2013 | | | My Love Story!!, Kazune Kawahara and Aruko | Gurazeni, Yūji Moritaka and Keiji Adachi
Prison School, Akira Hiramoto (tie) |
| 38 | 2014 | | | Taiyō no Ie, Ta'amo | Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju, Haruko Kumota |
| 39 | 2015 | | The Seven Deadly Sins, Nakaba Suzuki
Yowamushi Pedal, Wataru Watanabe (tie) | Nigeru wa Haji da ga Yaku ni Tatsu, Tsunami Umino | Knights of Sidonia, Tsutomu Nihei |
| 40 | 2016 | | | Kiss Him, Not Me, Junko | Kōnodori, Yū Suzunoki |
| 41 | 2017 | | , Kotono Katō | P and JK, Maki Miyoshi | The Fable, Katsuhisa Minami |
| 42 | 2018 | | | Tōmei na Yurikago, Bakka Okita | Sanju Mariko, Yuki Ozawa
Fragile, Saburō Megumi and Bin Kusamizu (tie) |
| 43 | 2019 | | The Quintessential Quintuplets, Negi Haruba
To Your Eternity, Yoshitoki Ōima (tie) | Perfect World, Rie Aruga | What Did You Eat Yesterday?, Fumi Yoshinaga |
| 44 | 2020 | | | | Blue Period, Tsubasa Yamaguchi |
| 45 | 2021 | | Blue Lock, Muneyuki Kaneshiro and Yūsuke Nomura | A Condition Called Love, Megumi Morino | Yuria-sensei no Akai Ito, Kiwa Irie |
| 46 | 2022 | | That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime, Fuse and Taiki Kawakami | Nina the Starry Bride, Rikachi | Police in a Pod, Miko Yasu |
| 47 | 2023 | | Shangri-La Frontier, Katarina and Ryosuke Fuji | My Girlfriend's Child, Mamoru Aoi | Skip and Loafer, Misaki Takamatsu |
| 48 | 2024 | | Frieren: Beyond Journey's End, Kanehito Yamada and Tsukasa Abe | I See Your Face, Turned Away, Rumi Ichinohe | Medalist, Tsurumaikada |
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