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51st Shogakukan Manga Awards
Date: 1/22/2006
Animal Yokocho, Wild Life, Sonnanja neyo, A Spirit of the Sun and Rainbow Win Awards


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The winners of the 51st Shogakukan Manga Awards have been announced. The awards, the longest running manga awards in Japan, honor the best manga of 2005

The winners are:

Children's Category:
Animal Yokocho by Ryo Maekawa
Boys' Category:
Wild Life by Masato Fujisaki
Girl's Category:
Sonnanja neyo by Kaneyoshi Izumi
General Category
A Spirit of the Sun by Kaiji Kawaguchi AND
Rainbow by Masasumi Kakizaki and George Abe

Past winners include Bleach, Fullmetal Alchemist and NANA.
Source: Anime News Network