Literary award · Japan · since 2014
Next Manga Award
Japanese manga award. Established 2014.
About Next Manga Award
The Next Manga Award (Japanese: 次にくるマンガ大賞, Hepburn: Tsugi ni Kuru Manga Taishō) is an annual award for manga series presented by Kadokawa Corporation's Da Vinci magazine and Niconico streaming website. It is divided into two categories: one for print manga, and one for web manga.
From the Wikipedia article “Next Manga Award”, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Recent winners
| Year | Winner | Winning work |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Strikeout Pitch | — |
| 2022 | Jinushi | Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You |
| — | Kaiju No. 8 | — |
| — | The Summer Hikaru Died | — |
| — | Futari Escape | — |
| — | Even the Student Council Has Its Holes! | — |
| — | The Guy She Was Interested In Wasn't a Guy at All | — |
| — | Undead Unluck | — |
| — | Oshi no Ko | — |
| — | Ichi the Witch | — |
From Wikidata; the list may be incomplete for some years.
Eligibility and entering
Check the official rules of the Next Manga Award for the current eligibility window, accepted formats, residency or language requirements and any entry fee. For most established prizes the publisher submits on the author's behalf, often with a limit on entries per imprint.
If you are self-published, look for an explicit statement that independently published books are accepted, and budget for entry fees and copies for judges.
Sources & data
- Structured data from Wikidata Q28690140 (CC0).
- Summary text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).