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Kiko Urino's 'Alice, Doko Made mo' Manga Wins 18th Manga Taisho Awards
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
Kiko Urino's Alice, Doko Made mo won this year's award.
The manga centers on Alice Asahida, a junior high school girl who was raised bilingually by her parents, but after their deaths, struggled to continue learning both her mother tongues. As a result, she also struggled to keep up with everyday schoolwork and learning. One day, she meets a so-called genius named Inuboshi, who offers to tutor her. With his help, Alice works closer and closer to her goal of becoming Japan's first femal astronaut mission commander.
Urino launched the manga in Shogakukan's Big Comic Spirits magazine in June 2024. Shogakukan published the manga's second compiled book volume in December 2024, and will publish the third volume on Friday.
The nominating committee is composed mainly of bookstore staffers who are in charge of their respective stores' manga. This year's nominating committee consisted of 97 individuals, who selected from 238 titles. Any manga title that was released in 2024 and has eight volumes or less is eligible. The volume cap is intentionally added so that the prize winners would be relatively new works that have not already earned their popularity through sheer longevity.
Manga Taisho 2024 Final Results
Kiko Urino
102 points
Nabekurao
79 points
Tetsuo Ideuchi、Kuwahali
75 points
Mitsu Izumi
69 points
Shiho Kido
51 points
Gin Shirakawa, Eiko Mutsuhana, Yugiri Aika
45 points
Yama Wayama
44 points
Ryūhei Tamura
38 points
Hatsumi Kodama
37 points
Kamome Maruyono
24 points
Previous winners include:
- 2024 - Kimi to Uchū o Aruku Tame ni by Inuhiko Doronoda
- 2023 - Kore Kaite Shine by Minoru Toyoda
- 2022 - Darwin Jihen by Shun Umezawa
- 2021 - Frieren: Beyond Journey's End by Kanehito Yamada and Tsukasa Abe
- 2020 - The Blue Period. by Tsubasa Yamaguchi
- 2019 - Astra Lost in Space by Kenta Shinohara
- 2018 - BEASTARS by Paru Itagaki
- 2017 - Hibiki: Shōsetsuka ni Naru Hōhō by Mitsuharu Yanamoto
- 2016 - Golden Kamuy by Satoru Noda
- 2015 - Kakukaku Shikajika by Akiko Higashimura
- 2014 - A Bride's Story by Kaoru Mori
- 2013 - Umimachi Diary by Akimi Yoshida
- 2012 - Silver Spoon by Hiromu Arakawa
- 2011 - March comes in like a lion by Chika Umino
- 2010 - Thermae Romae by Mari Yamazaki
- 2009 - Chihayafuru by Yuki Suetsugu
- 2008 - Gaku - Minna no Yama by Shinichi Ishizuka
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Source: Comic Natalie
