manga taisho

The annual Manga Taisho Award ceremony held in Tokyo today announced that Kiko Urino's Alice, Doko made mo, which follows a beautiful but shy girl who wants to become Japan's first astronaut commander, is the 2025 grand prize recipient after earning 102 total points from a panel of largely bookstore employees.Ten manga with eight or fewer published volumes were nominated, which placed as follows:Alice, Doko made mo by Kiko Urino - 102 pointsRobou no Fujii by Kurao Nabe - 79 pointsGirl meets Rock! by Kuwahali, Tetsuo Ideuchi - 75 pointsMagus of the Library by Mitsu Izumi - 69 pointsDokudami no Hana Saku Koro by Shiho Kido - 51 pointsRe-Living My Life with a Boyfriend Who Doesn't Remember Me by Eiko Mutsuhana, Gin Shirakawa, Yugiri Aika - 45 pointsOnna no Sono no Hoshi by Yama Wayama - 44 pointsCOSMOS by Ryuhei Tamura - 38 pointsKono Yo wa Tatakau Kachi ga Aru by Hatsumi Kodama - 37 pointsDokakui Daisuki!

Now in its 18th year of honoring manga with fewer than eight collected volumes published, the annual Manga Taisho Award today announced its 2025 batch of nominees that were narrowed down from 238 titles by a panel of 97 judges. The successor to last year's first-place winner, Spacewalking With You by Inuhiko Doronoda, will be revealed on March 27, 2025.This year's nominees are as follows:Alice, Doko made mo by Kiko UrinoOnna no Sono no Hoshi by Yama WayamaCOSMOS by Ryuhei TamuraKono Yo wa Tatakau Kachi ga Aru by Hatsumi KodamaRe-Living My Life with a Boyfriend Who Doesn't Remember Me by Eiko Mutsuhana, Gin Shirakawa, Yugiri AikaMagus of the Library by Mitsu IzumiDokakui Daisuki! Mochizuki-san by Kamome MaruyonoDokudami no Hana Saku Koro by Shiho KidoGirl meets Rock!