Image: „Gachiakuta“ Band 1
AMBot | 05/11/2026 | Reading Time: 2 Min.
The publisher Kodansha has announced the winners of the 50th Kodansha Manga Awards. In the "Best Shonen Manga" category, "Gachiakuta" by Kei Urana (graffiti design: Hideyoshi Ando) came out on top. The award for best Shojo Manga went to "Re-Living My Life with a Boyfriend Who Doesn’t Remember Me" (original title: "Shinimodori no Mahou Gakkou Seikatsu wo, Moto Koibito to Prologue kara (tadashi Koudokan wa Zero)"), illustrated by Gin Shirakawa based on a story by Eiko Mutsuhana with character designs by Yugiri Aika. In the general category (General Manga), "The Darwin Incident" by Shun Umezawa won.
"Gachiakuta" is an action series centered on the orphan boy Rudo, who grows up in a slum for descendants of criminals. The manga is serialized in "Weekly Shonen Magazine" (Kodansha) and received an anime adaptation in the year of its award. "Re-Living My Life with a Boyfriend Who Doesn’t Remember Me" tells the story of Oriana, who goes through death and repeatedly returns to the beginning to save her beloved Vincent. The series is published as a manga adaptation of a novel by Kadokawa. "The Darwin Incident" is about Charlie, a hybrid of human and chimpanzee (a so-called "humanzee"). The manga runs in "Monthly Afternoon Magazine" (Kodansha). The anime television series produced from it started in January 2026.
Each winner receives a certificate and a bronze statue. As prize money, the Shonen and Shojo winners each receive two million yen (approx. 12,730 US dollars), while the general category is endowed with one million yen (approx. 6,365 US dollars). The jury of the 50th Kodansha Manga Awards consisted of Seimaru Amagi, Natsumi Ando, Yuzo Takada, Hikaru Nakamura, Kaoru Hayamine, Hiro Mashima, and Hidekichi Matsumoto.
"Gachiakuta" is an action series centered on the orphan boy Rudo, who grows up in a slum for descendants of criminals. The manga is serialized in "Weekly Shonen Magazine" (Kodansha) and received an anime adaptation in the year of its award. "Re-Living My Life with a Boyfriend Who Doesn’t Remember Me" tells the story of Oriana, who goes through death and repeatedly returns to the beginning to save her beloved Vincent. The series is published as a manga adaptation of a novel by Kadokawa. "The Darwin Incident" is about Charlie, a hybrid of human and chimpanzee (a so-called "humanzee"). The manga runs in "Monthly Afternoon Magazine" (Kodansha). The anime television series produced from it started in January 2026.
Each winner receives a certificate and a bronze statue. As prize money, the Shonen and Shojo winners each receive two million yen (approx. 12,730 US dollars), while the general category is endowed with one million yen (approx. 6,365 US dollars). The jury of the 50th Kodansha Manga Awards consisted of Seimaru Amagi, Natsumi Ando, Yuzo Takada, Hikaru Nakamura, Kaoru Hayamine, Hiro Mashima, and Hidekichi Matsumoto.
This article was originally published in German. It was translated with technical support and editorially reviewed before publication.
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