The executive committee for the ninth Manga Taisho awards listed this year's 11 nominated works on Monday. (The official English name of the awards is the "Cartoon Grand Prize.")

Manga Taisho 2016 Nominees

Okazaki ni Sasagu (Dedicated to Okazaki)

Saho Yamamoto

Koi wa Ameagari no You ni (Love is Like After the Rain)

Jun Mayuzuki

Golden Kamuy

Satoru Noda

Dungeon Meshi (Dungeon Food)

Ryōko Kui

Tokyo Tarareba Musume (Tokyo "What If" Girl)

Akiko Higashimura

Tonkatsu DJ Agetarō

Ipyao, Yūjirō Koyama

Nami yo Kiite Kure (Waves, Listen to Me)

Hiroaki Samura

Hyakumanjō Labyrinth (One Million Tatami Labyrinth)

Takamichi

Blue Giant

Shinichi Ishizuka

Boku Dake ga Inai Machi (The Town Where Only I Am Missing)

Kei Sanbe

Machida-kun no Sekai (The World of Machida-kun)

Yuki Andō



The nominating committee is composed mainly of bookstore staffers who are in charge of their respective stores' manga. Any manga title that was released in 2015 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.

The second round of voting will determine the winner of Manga Taisho 2016, which will be announced at an awards ceremony held on March 29.

Previous winners include:

2015 - Kakukaku Shikajika by Akiko Higashimura

2014 - A Bride's Story by Kaoru Mori

by Kaoru Mori 2013 - Umimachi Diary by Akimi Yoshida

by Akimi Yoshida 2012 - Silver Spoon by Hiromu Arakawa

by Hiromu Arakawa 2011 - March comes in like a lion by Chika Umino

by Chika Umino 2010 - Thermae Romae by Mari Yamazaki

by Mari Yamazaki 2009 - Chihayafuru by Yuki Suetsugu

by Yuki Suetsugu 2008 - Gaku - Minna no Yama by Shinichi Ishizuka

Tonkatsu DJ Agetarō is receiving an anime adaptation that will begin in April. Boku Dake ga Inai Machi inspired a currently airing anime adaptation titled ERASED. Crunchyroll and Funimation are streaming the anime as it airs in Japan, and Aniplex of America licensed the anime for North America.

Source: Comic Natalie