The 12th Manga Taisho Awards is upon us and its executive committee has officially unveiled the following nominated titles on Monday. The said awarding is also known for its official English name “Cartoon Grand Prize”.
The nominating committee is composed of mainly bookstore staffers who manage their respective manga stores. The committee this year consisted of 94 individuals who made their top choices from around 247 titles.
It’s also noted that manga series that were released in 2018 and have around eight volumes or less are qualified to be nominated for the awards. This volume was added intentionally so that the winning titles will be on newer works that still have not really reach maximum popularity yet. The second round of voting will determine the winner for this year’s award.
The awarding ceremony of Manga Taisho 2019 will be held around late March or early April.
Titles mentioned below are names of the official nominees:
1122 by Peko Watanabe
Ikoku Nikki (Foreign Country Diary) by Tomoko Yamashita
Astra Lost in Space (Kanata no Astra) by Kenta Shinohara
Kengōji-san wa Mendōkusai (Kongōji-san is Annoying) by Minoru Toyoda
Golden Gold by Seita Horio
Sazan to Suisei no Shōjo (Sazan and the Comet Girl) by Yuriko Akase
Delicious in Dungeon (Dungeon Meshi) by Ryoko Kui
Nagi no Oitoma (Nagi’s Long Vacation) by Misato Konari
Hakumei & Mikochi – Tiny Little Life in the Woods (Hakumei to Mikochi) by Takuto Kashiki
The Blue Period by Tsubasa Yamaguchi
Go with the Clouds, North by Northwest (Hokuhokusei ni Kumo to Ike) by Aki Irie
Mystery to Iu Nakare (Do not say mystery) by Rui Morita
Metamorphose no Engawa (The Balcony of Metamorphose) by Kaori Tsurutani
Best of luck to all the nominees!
Source: Oricon News, Manga Taisho, Anime News Network