The newest breakthrough hit from Weekly Shonen Leap Kagurabachiwritten by Takeru Hokazono, has been nominated for the celebrated seventieth Shogakukan Manga Award.
That is one more accolade for the manga, which lately received the Subsequent Manga Award within the print class and can obtain an anime adaptation from CygamesPictures.
Established in 1955, the Shogakukan Manga Award is certainly one of Japan’s oldest and most revered manga awards. It acknowledges excellent works printed in journals, anthologies and on-line platforms as of January 1, 2024.
The winners are chosen by means of an in depth analysis course of involving manga artists, critics, editors, cultural organizations, booksellers and normal readers.
Subsequent to Kagurabachi11 different works have been nominated:
- Uruwashi no Yoi no Tsuki by Mika Yamamori (Dessert)
- Kujo no Taizai by Shohei Manabe (Nice comedian minds)
- The Apothecary Diaries (Yakuyaku no Hitorigoto) by Natsu Hyuga (story), Minoji Kurata (artwork) and Touko Shino (character design) (Month-to-month Sunday GX)
- Kore Kaite Shine by Minoru Toyoda (Gessan)
- Burning Kabaddi (Shakunetsu Kabaddi) by Hajime Musashino (MangaEEN)
- Natsume Arata no Kekkon by Tarou Nogizaka (Nice comedian superior)
- Puniru wa Kawaii Slime by Maedakun (Weekly CoroCoro comedian)
- Black Alice by Satomi Nakamura (Ciao)
- Manchuria Opium Squad (Manshu Ahen Squad) by Tsukasa Monma (story) and Shikako (artwork) (Younger journal)
- Dreaming of Drops and Golden Birdcages (Yume no Shizuku, Ougon no Torikago) by Chie Shinohara (Small comedian)
- Crimson Blue by Atsushi Namikiri (Weekly Shonen Sunday)
This yr’s winners will probably be introduced on January 17, 2025, following the deliberations of the ultimate choice committee.
Together with final yr’s winners Sousou no frostbite, The elusive Samurai, Suji de Asobo And Trillion recreation.
Kagurabachi has been serialized in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Leap journal since September 2023. The primary tankobon quantity was launched on February 2, 2024.
Viz Media and Shueisha’s Manga Plus platform are publishing the sequence in English.
It was voted by followers at Anime Expo 2024 as the perfect upcoming manga in Shueisha’s Manga Plus app. Shueisha reportedly needs the manga to hold the subsequent era of Shonen Leap.
It has additionally obtained important worldwide consideration. The English model of Chapter 1 took the highest spot within the international views on SHUEISHA’s MANGA Plus only a week after its debut.
As a part of the manga’s first anniversary, the sequence launched a fan contest that enables readers to create and submit designs of their very own “Mob Sorcerer” characters.
Supply: Official web site of Shogakukan
