Creator Hiromu Arakawa received this year's Manga Taisho (Cartoon Grand Prize) for her Silver Spoon ( Gin no Saji ) series. Arakawa thanked the judges, her assistants, her family, and her fans, and she also drew the following illustration upon receiving the award: Unlike many other manga prizes which are chosen by the editors of the manga publishers themselves, the Manga Taisho nominating committee is mostly composed of the bookstore staffers who are in charge of their respective stores' manga sections. The awards are also limited to works published last year with eight or less volumes to promote relatively newer works. The committee nominated 15 works this year.
Shinichi Ishizuka won the first ever Manga Taisho for his Gaku - Minna no Yama work in 2008, and Mari Yamazaki and Chica Umino won the next awards for their Thermae Romae and March comes in like a lion manga, respectively.
Source: Mainichi Shimbun's Mantan Web
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