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2015 In Manga
The following is an overview of 2015 in manga. It includes winners of notable awards, best-sellers, title debuts and endings, deaths of notable manga-related people as well as any other relevant manga-related events. For an overview of the year in comics from other countries, see 2015 in comics. Awards *39th Kodansha Manga Awards **Best Shōnen Manga: '' The Seven Deadly Sins'' by Nakaba Suzuki and ''Yowamushi Pedal'' by Wataru Watanabe **Best Shōjo Manga: ''Nigeru wa Haji da ga Yaku ni Tatsu'' by Tsunami Umino **Best General Manga: '' Knights of Sidonia'' by Tsutomu Nihei **Special Award: ''Cooking Papa'' by Tochi Ueyama *8th Manga Taishō: '' Kakukaku Shikajika'' by Akiko Higashimura *46th Seiun Awards **Best Comic: '' Moyasimon: Tales of Agriculture'' by Masayuki Ishikawa *60th Shogakukan Manga Awards **Best Children's Manga: '' Yōkai Watch'' by Noriyuki Konishi **Best Shōnen Manga: '' Be Blues! - Ao ni Nare'' by **Best Shōjo Manga: '' Joō no Hana'' by Kaneyoshi Izum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manga
Manga (Japanese: 漫画 ) are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. Most manga conform to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century, and the form has a long prehistory in earlier Japanese art. The term ''manga'' is used in Japan to refer to both comics and cartooning. Outside of Japan, the word is typically used to refer to comics originally published in the country. In Japan, people of all ages and walks of life read manga. The medium includes works in a broad range of genres: action, adventure, business and commerce, comedy, detective, drama, historical, horror, mystery, romance, science fiction and fantasy, erotica ('' hentai'' and ''ecchi''), sports and games, and suspense, among others. Many manga are translated into other languages. Since the 1950s, manga has become an increasingly major part of the Japanese publishing industry. By 1995, the manga market in Japan was valued at (), with annual sales of 1.9billion manga books and manga magazi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masayuki Ishikawa
is a Japanese manga artist. He is best known for '' Moyasimon: Tales of Agriculture'' and ''Maria the Virgin Witch''; both of which were adapted into an anime television series. Career He made his debut as a manga artist in 1997 with the short story ''Nippon Seifu Chokkatsu Kidō Sentai Kōmuin V'' in the magazine ''Bessatsu Young Magazine''. In 1999 he won the Tetsuya Chiba Award for the short story ''Kami no Sumu Yama'', which was later collected in the collection ''Hitokiri Ryōma''. His commercial and critical breakthrough came in 2004 with the series '' Moyasimon: Tales of Agriculture'', which was serialized in the magazine ''Evening''. The series won him the Kodansha Manga Award and the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize, both in 2008, as well as the Seiun Award in 2015. Since 2015 he works on the series ''Madowanai Hoshi'' for the magazine ''Morning'', set in a world devastated by climate change, in which humanity is forced to live in a dome. Works *''Nippon Seifu Chokkatsu K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
One Piece
''One Piece'' (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Eiichiro Oda. It has been serialized in Shueisha's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' since July 1997, with its individual chapters compiled into 104 ''tankōbon'' volumes . The story follows the adventures of Monkey D. Luffy, a boy whose body gained the properties of rubber after unintentionally eating a Devil Fruit. With his pirate crew, the Straw Hat Pirates, Luffy explores the Grand Line in search of the deceased King of the Pirates Gol D. Roger's ultimate treasure known as the "One Piece" in order to become the next King of the Pirates. The manga spawned a media franchise, having been adapted into a festival film produced by Production I.G, and an anime series produced by Toei Animation, which began broadcasting in Japan in 1999. Additionally, Toei has developed fourteen animated feature films, one original video animation, and thirteen television specials. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oricon
, established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan and Western music. It started as, which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc. was originally set up as a subsidiary of Original Confidence and took over the latter's Oricon record charts in April 2002. The charts are compiled from data drawn from some 39,700 retail outlets (as of April 2011) and provide sales rankings of music CDs, DVDs, electronic games, and other entertainment products based on weekly tabulations. Results are announced every Tuesday and published in ''Oricon Style'' by subsidiary Oricon Entertainment Inc. The group also lists panel survey-based popularity ratings for television commercials on its official website. Oricon started publishing Combined Chart, which includes CD sales, digital sales, and streaming together, on December 19, 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Silent Voice (manga)
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yoshitoki Ōima. The series was originally published as a one-shot in Kodansha's ''Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine'' and was later serialized in ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' from August 2013 to November 2014. Its chapters were collected in seven ''tankōbon'' volumes. The manga was digitally released in English by Crunchyroll Manga and was licensed by Kodansha USA in North America. An anime theatrical film adaptation produced by Kyoto Animation was released in September 2016. Plot In sixth grade, Shoya Ishida leads the class in bullying Shoko Nishimiya, a classmate who is new to the school and is deaf. When Shoya's actions are finally condemned by the principal, all of his friends and teachers turn against him, socially isolating him well into high school to the point that he eventually considers suicide, which he believes would absolve him of his bad deeds. To make amends, he reunites with Shoko, who is still lonely due to her s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize
Named after Osamu Tezuka, the is a yearly manga prize awarded to manga artists or their works that follow the Osamu Tezuka manga approach founded and sponsored by Asahi Shimbun. The prize has been awarded since 1997, in Tokyo, Japan. Current prizes categories *Grand Prize – for the excellent work during the year *Creative Award – for the creator with innovative or epoch-making expression and fresh talent *Short story Award – for the excellent work or creator of the short story *Special Award – for the person or group who contributed to extend the culture of manga Prizes winners 1997 *Grand Prize: Fujiko Fujio for ''Doraemon'' *Award for Excellence: Moto Hagio for ''A Cruel God Reigns'' *Special Award: Toshio Naiki for the foundation and management of ''Modern Manga Library'' 1998 *Grand Prize: Jiro Taniguchi and Natsuo Sekikawa for the trilogy ''Bocchan No Jidai'' (Times of " Botchan") *Award for Excellence: Yūji Aoki for ''Naniwa Kin'yūdō'' (The way of the Ōs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kazuhiko Shimamoto
is a Japanese people, Japanese Mangaka, manga artist. He attended college at the Osaka University of Arts in the fine arts department. While in college in February 1982, he debuted in the spring special issue of Shōnen Sunday with Hissatsu no Tenkōsei. At this point he dropped out of college and devoted his energies to becoming a Mangaka, manga artist. Shimamoto is responsible for several long-running and well-known manga series. He drew Honō no Tenkōsei from 1983 to 1985, as well as the Moeyo Pen saga, which began as a 1 volume comic published in 1990 but was continued in two more series totaling 24 volumes. He also worked with Shotaro Ishinomori on a Skull Man manga based on Ishinomori's originally intended storyline, which was licensed in the US by Tokyopop. His baseball manga Gyakkyou Nine was adapted into a live-action Japanese film in 2005. His past assistants include Katsu Aki, Masaaki Fujihara, Eisaku Kubonouchi and Tetsuo Sanjou. Some of his college classmates include ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aoi Honō
is a Japanese coming-of-age manga series written and illustrated by Kazuhiko Shimamoto. It was serialized in Shogakukan's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Young Sunday'' from March 2007 to July 2008, when the magazine ceased its publication; a chapter was published in ''YS Special'' in October 2008, before being transferred to Shogakukan's then-brand-new ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Monthly Shōnen Sunday'' in May 2009. ''Aoi Honō'' is a fictionalized account of Shimamoto's time as a student at the Osaka University of Arts, which he attended alongside Hideaki Anno, Hiroyuki Yamaga, and Takami Akai. It was adapted into a live-action Japanese television drama, titled ''Blue Fire'' in English, that aired from July to October 2014. The drama was streamed on Viki with English subtitles. Cast *Yūya Yagira – Moyuru Honō * Ken Yasuda – Hideaki Anno *Tsuyoshi Muro – Hiroyuki Yamaga *Tomoya Nakamura – Takami Akai *Mizuki Yamamoto – Tonko Morinaga *Yuina Kuroshima – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asahinagu
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Ai Kozaki. It revolves around the life of a timid girl who joins a naginata club to improve herself. It was serialized in Shogakukan's ''Big Comic Spirits'' magazine from January 2011 to September 2020, with its chapters compiled into thirty-four ''tankōbon'' volumes. It was adapted into a stage play in 2017. A Live-action film adaptation of the manga was released in September 2017. As of September 2020, the manga had over 3.9 million copies in circulation. in 2015, ''Asahinagu'' won the 60th Shogakukan Manga Award in the General category. Plot Asahi Higashijima entered Futatsuzaka High School in Tokyo. In her junior high school days, she was in the art club. On the first day of school when she was thinking about joining the sports club in high school, she met Maharu Miyaji on the train on her way to school. On the day of the club activity introduction at school, she ended up going to see the naginata club, and when sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaneyoshi Izumi
is a Japanese Mangaka, manga artist. Her debut short story, "" ( "Angel"), was published in the September 1995 issue of ''Bessatsu Shōjo Comic'' magazine and won the 36th Shogakukan Comic Award. Izumi also won the Shogakukan Manga Award in the Shōjo manga, (girls') manga category in 2006 for and in 2015 for . Two of her manga series, ''Doubt!!'' and ''Seiho Boys' High School!'', are licensed in English by Viz Media. Works * (serialized in ''Bessatsu Shōjo Comic'', 1999) * ''Doubt!!'' (serialized in ''Bessatsu Shōjo Comic'', 2000–2002) * (serialized in ''Betsucomi'', 2002–2006) * ''Seiho Boys' High School!'' (serialized in ''Betsucomi'', 2006–2010) * (serialized in ''Betsucomi'', 2007–2016) * (serialized in ''Flowers (magazine), Monthly Flowers'', 2017–2019) * ''Called Game'' (serialized in ''Betsucomi'', 2017–present) See also * References External links * * Profile at The Ultimate Manga Guide Female comics writers Japanese female comics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joō No Hana
is a Japanese historical romance manga series written and illustrated by Kaneyoshi Izumi. The story revolves around Aki, a cheerful princess who is treated coldly by others, despite her royal title. One day, Aki meets Hakusei, a slave boy with golden hair and blue eyes. The two form a bond, overcoming their differences in status; however, danger awaits them. The manga premiered in Shogakukan's ''Betsucomi'' magazine in the November 2007 issue (released on October 13). It was serialized on an irregular basis until the June 2010 issue (released on May 13), after which it was serialized every other month. The final chapter was published in the January 2017 issue (released on December 13, 2016). Shogakukan collected the individual chapters into fifteen bound volumes under the Flower Comics imprint from August 26, 2008, to March 24, 2017. The manga is licensed in France by Kazé Manga. In 2015, ''Joō no Hana'' won the 60th Shogakukan Manga Award for Best ''Shōjo'' Manga. Vo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Be Blues! - Ao Ni Nare
is a Japanese association football manga series written and illustrated by Motoyuki Tanaka. It was serialized in Shogakukan's ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' from January 2011 to October 2022, with its chapters collected into 49 ''tankōbon'' volumes. In 2015, ''Be Blues!'' won the 60th Shogakukan Manga Award in the '' shōnen'' category. Plot Ryū Ichijō is a prodigy football player who dreams of becoming a professional player and member of the Japan national team (the "Blues" of the title) by the age of 18. He excels as he proceeds through his schooling, but just as he prepares to start his junior high school he suffers a fall leading to really serious injuries, and has to go through a long period of rehabilitation. Two years after his accident, he is able to play again and starts working to get his skills up again, and to improve so as to achieve his dreams of making it to the national team. Characters ; ; ; ; Publication ''Be Blues! – Ao ni Nare'', written and illustrated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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