The is the name of a semi-annual award presented to mangaka by the Japanese publisher

Shueisha (lit. "Gathering of Intellect Publishing Co., Ltd.") is a Japanese company headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. The company was established in 1925 as the entertainment-related publishing division of Japanese publisher Shogakukan. The foll ...

. The award has been given since 1974 and it aims to reward new

manga artist A is a comic artist who writes and/or illustrates manga. As of 2006, about 3,000 professional manga artists were working in Japan. Most manga artists study at an art college or manga school or take on an apprenticeship with another artist be ...

in the

comedy manga Comedy is a genre of fiction that consists of discourses or works intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, film, stand-up comedy, television, radio, books, or any other entertainment medium. The term origin ...

category. Its counterpart award,

Tezuka Award The is a semi-annual manga award offered by the Japanese publisher Shueisha since 1971, under the auspices of its ''Weekly Shonen Jump'' magazine. It awarded new manga artists in the Story Manga category. Its counterpart award, Akatsuka Award, a ...

, awards new manga artists in the

Story Manga Osamu Tezuka (, born , ''Tezuka Osamu''; – 9 February 1989) was a Japanese manga artist, cartoonist, and animator. Born in Osaka Prefecture, his prolific output, pioneering techniques, and innovative redefinitions of genres earned him such ...

category. Notable entrants and winners include

Takeshi Okano is a Japanese manga artist known both for his own works as well as being the collaborative artist with manga writers such as Shou Makura and Tatsuya Hamazaki. His most notable work has been '' Jigoku Sensei Nūbē'' which has adapted into an an ...

, Kazumata Oguri,

Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro is a Japanese manga artist. He first gained success with his comedy series '' Seikimatsu Leader den Takeshi!'' (1997–2002), but is better known for ''Toriko'' which was serialized from 2008 to 2016 and has over 25 million copies in circulation ...

Norihiro Yagi is a Japanese manga writer and artist from Okinawa Prefecture. He started making manga in 1990. Norihiro Yagi is a successful manga artist, having won the 32nd Akatsuka Award for his very first work: ''Undeadman''. ''Undeadman'' appeared in ' ...

and

Yusuke Murata is a Japanese manga artist and animator, best known for illustrating One's ''One-Punch Man'', serialized in the ''Weekly Young Jump'' online version. Murata's other major work is his illustration of the American football manga ''Eyeshield 21'' ...

. The award was named after

Fujio Akatsuka was a pioneer Japanese artist of comical manga known as the Gag Manga King. His name at birth is 赤塚藤雄, whose Japanese pronunciation is the same as 赤塚不二夫. He was born in Rehe, Manchuria, the son of a Japanese military pol ...

, one of the most successful comedy mangaka.

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