The executive committee for the 10th Manga Taisho awards listed this year's 13 nominated works on Monday. (The official English name of the awards is the "Cartoon Grand Prize.")

Manga Taisho 2017 Nominees

Aoashi

Yūgo Kobayashi , Naohiko Ueno

Karakai Jōzu no Takagi-san

Sōichirō Yamamoto

Kin no Kuni Mizu no Kuni

Nao Iwamoto

Kūtei Dragons

Taku Kuwabara

Golden Gold

Seita Horio

Dungeon Meshi ( Delicious in Dungeon )

Ryōko Kui

Tokyo Tarareba Musume

Akiko Higashimura

Nami yo Kiite Kure ( Wave, Listen to Me! .)

Hiroaki Samura

Hi Score Girl

Rensuke Oshikiri

Hibiki: Shōsetsuka ni Naru Hōhō

Mitsuharu Yanamoto

Fire Punch

Tatsuki Fujimoto

Yakusoku no Neverland ( The Promised Neverland )

Kaiu Shirai , Posuka Demizu

Watashi no Shōnen

Hitomi Takano



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 2016 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 2017, which will be announced at an awards ceremony held on March 28.

Previous winners include:

Dungeon Meshi , Tokyo Tarareba Musume , and Nami yo Kiite Kure were also nominated for the awards last year. Hi Score Girl was previously nominated in 2013.

Source: Mainichi Shimbun's Mantan Web