Year | Grand Prize | Excellence Prizes | Encouragement Prize/New Face Award |
1997 | The Manga Classics of Japan |
| n/a |
1998 | Sakamoto Ryōma, Hiroshi Kurogane | Shindō, Akira Sasō Firefighter! Daigo of Fire Company M, Masahito Soda Gon, Masashi Tanaka Ron, Motoka Murakami | n/a |
1999 | I'm Home, Kei Ishizaka | All Nude, Shinichi Sugimura Kokuritsu Hakubutsukan Monogatari, Jirō Okazaki Onaji Getsu o Miteiru, Seiki Tsuchida Harukana Machi e, Jiro Taniguchi | n/a |
2000 | Vagabond, Takehiko Inoue and Eiji Yoshikawa | Ōdō no Ku, Yoshikazu Yasuhiko Massuguni-ikō, Kira Paji, Takashi Murakami Tasogare Ryūseigun, Kenshi Hirokane | n/a |
2001 | F-shiteki nichijō, Yōji Fukuyama | Real, Takehiko Inoue Viva, Chef!, JAPUNCH Kamigami no Itadaki, Baku Yumemakura and Jiro Taniguchi Kurosawa / Blazing Movie Director: Akira Kurosawa biography, Masahiro Sonomura | n/a |
2002 | Sexy Voice and Robo, Iō Kuroda | Ōzukami Genji Monogatari Maro, n?, Yoshihiro Koizumi Taishi Kakka no Ryōrinin, Mitsuru Nishimura and Hiroshi Kawasumi 20th Century Boys, Naoki Urasawa Say Hello to Black Jack, Shūhō Satō | Naze Hakase wa Okotte Iru no ka, Isao Ikegaya |
2003 | Kajimunugatai: Kaze ga kataru Okinawa-sen, Susumu Higa | Helter Skelter, Kyōko Okazaki Tenjin-san, Naomi Kimura Mushishi, Yuki Urushibara Baka-kyodai, Tetsu Adachi | Junkissa Nokoribi, Tai Itō |
2004 | Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms, Fumiyo Kōno | With the Light: Raising an Autistic Child, Keiko Tobe Mainichi Kaasan, Rieko Saibara Witches, Daisuke Igarashi Bande Sculptée: La Planète des Samouraïs, Shin'ichirō Natsusaka | Shōwa Nijūnen no Edekami, Shi no Hachigatsu Jūgojitsu, Watashi no Hachigatsu Jugonichi Association |
2005 | Disappearance Diary, Hideo Azuma | Pluto, Naoki Urasawa Emma, Kaoru Mori Dragon Zakura, Norifusa Mita A Continuous Day, Yuki Sekine | , Yoshio Nakae |
2006 | A Spirit of the Sun, Kaiji Kawaguchi | , Fumi Yoshinaga Osaka Hamlet, Hiromi Morishita Hyakkiyakō Shō, Ichiko Ima Yotsuba&!, Kiyohiko Azuma | Shiritori, Kazuko Chikuhama and Kenichi Chikuhama |
2007 | Mori no Asagao, Mamora Gōda | Suzuki Sensei, Kenzi Taketomi Umimachi Diary, Akimi Yoshida Takemitu Zamurai, Issei Eifuku and Taiyo Matsumoto Pride, Yukari Ichijō | Tenken-sai, Yumiko Shirai |
2008 | Piano no Mori, Makoto Isshiki | Real Clothes, Satoru Makimura Shiori to Shimiko, Daijiro Morohoshi Maestro, Akira Sasō Munakata Kyouju Ikouroku, Yukinobu Hoshino | Cartoon 2008, Masafumi Kikuchi |
2009 | Vinland Saga, Makoto Yukimura | Imuri, Ranjyo Miyake Children of the Sea, Daisuke Igarashi Konosekai no Katasumi ni, Fumiyo Kouno Hyouge Mono, Yoshihiro Yamada | Hesheit Aqua, Wisut Ponnimit |
2010 | Historie, Hitoshi Iwaaki | Koko no Hito, Shinichi Sakamoto Fuuunji Tachi Bakumatsuhen, Tarou Minamoto Bokurano, Mohiro Kitoh RED, Naoki Yamamoto | Uchino Tsumatte Doudeshou?, Shigeyuki Fukumitsu |
2011 | Saturn Apartments, Hisae Iwaoka | Ano Hi Kara no Manga, Kotobuki Shiriagari Arrugas, Paco Roca Himitsu - Top Secret, Reiko Shimizu Fun Home, Alison Bechdel | Nakayoshi-dan no Bōken, Tsuchika Nishimura |
2012 | Les Cités Obscures, Benoît Peeters and François Schuiten | Muchacho, Emanuel LePage Gaku: Minna no Yama, Ishizuka Shinichi Mashiro no Oto, Marimo Ragawa Gunslinger Girl, Aida Yu | Our "Eruption" Festival, Shinzo Keigo |
2013 | JoJolion, Hirohiko Araki | Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinju, Haruko Kumota Soredemo Machi wa Mawatteiru, Masakazu Ishiguro Chiisakobee, Minetaro Mochizuki, original author: Shūgorō Yamamoto Terrarium in Drawer, Ryoko Kui | Alice to Zouroku, Tetsuya Imai A Taste of Chlorine, Bastien Vivès Natsuyasumi no Machi, Matida You |
2014 | Goshiki no Fune, Yōko Kondō and Yasumi Tsuhara | Aoi Honō, Kazuhiko Shimamoto A Chinese Life, Li Kunwu and Philippe Ôtié Harukaze no Sunegurachika, Hiroaki Samura Hitsuji no Ki, Mikio Igarashi, original author: Tatsuhiko Yamagami | Ai o Kurae!!, Renaissance Yoshida Chi-chan wa Chotto Tarinai, Tomomi Abe Dobugawa, Aoi Ikebe |
2015 | Kakukaku Shikajika, Akiko Higashimura | Awajima hyakkei, Takako Shimura Otouto no Otto, Gengoroh Tagame Kikaijikake no Ai, Yoshiie Gouda Non-working City, Ting Fung HO | esoragoto, nerunodaisuki Tamashii Ippai, Yuka Okuyama Machida-kun no Sekai, Yuki Ando |
2016 | Blue Giant, Shin'ichi Ishizuka | Soumubu Soumuka Yamaguchi Roppeita, Kenichirō Takai / Original author: Norio Hayashi Incomplete Life, Yoon Tae-ho / Translation: Ayako Furukawa / Kim Seung-bok Yuugai Toshi, Tetsuya Tsutsui Sunny, Taiyō Matsumoto | Oten no Mon, Yak Haibara Tsuki ni Hoeran nee, Yukiko Seike Jasmin, Yui Hata |
2017 | Nee mama, Ikebe Aoi | Ulna at the Emplacement, Izu Toru Nyx's Lantern, Takahama Kan Yorunome wa sendegozaimasu , Ueno Kentaro AI no idenshi , Yamada Kyuri | AMAGI Yuiko no tsuno to ai , Kuno Yoko BAKU-CHAN, Masumura Jushichi BEASTARS, Paru Itagaki |
2018 | Origin, Boichi | Space Battleship Tiramisu, Satoshi Miyakawa, Kei Ito Nagi's Long Vacation, Misato Konari Momo & Manji, Sawa Sakura To dusk, Nazuna Saito | Kiiroi Enban , Tenshin Kijima The Invisible Difference, Mademoiselle Caroline, Julie Dachez metamorphose no engawa'', Kaori Tsurutani |