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52nd Shogakukan Manga Prize Winners
Date: 1/22/2007
Shogakukan has announced the winners of its 52nd Manga Prize. They are: In the Childrens Division: An Nakahara's Kirarin Revolution which has seriaized in Ciao Magazine since 2004 ; In The Boy's Division: Yellow Tanabe's Kekkaishi serialized in Weekly Shonen Sunday since 2004 ; In The Girls Division: 7SEEDS by Yumi Tamura, it has serialized in Flowers since 2002 ; In The General Division: Bengoshi No Kuzu by Iura Hideo, serialized in Big Comic Original and finally the Review Commissioner's Special Prize went to Hoi Choi Production's (Writer Yasuo Baba, illustrations Matsuda Mitsunobu) Kimagure Concept first serialized in Big Comic Spirits Magazine in 1981. The 4 frame comic serial did not feature traditional advertisments but was sponsored by Dentsu, an extremely unusual practice for the time. The setting was an advertising agency office said to be modeled very similar to Dentsu. A collected works books was just released in Japan on January 10, 2007.
Source: Anime News Network