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Akiko Higashimura's Kakukaku Shikajika Wins 8th Manga Taisho Award

Manga creator Kakukaku Shikajika (Such-and-Such) series. The semi-autobiographical series tells the story of Akiko Hayashi, a third-year high school girl who wants to be a manga artist.

Higashimura ended the manga in January, and Shueisha is shipping the fifth and final compiled volume on Wednesday.

Unlike many other manga prizes which are chosen by the editors of the manga publishers themselves, the Manga Taisho nominating committee is mostly composed of the bookstore staffers who are in charge of their respective stores' manga sections. (The official English name of the awards is the "Cartoon Grand Prize.") The awards are also limited to works published last year with eight or less volumes to promote relatively newer works. The committee nominated 14 works this year.

Last year, 2013, respectively.

Manga Taisho 2015 Final Results

Kakukaku Shikajika (Such-and-Such)
Akiko Higashimura
80 points
Rettō Tajima
66 points
Koe no Katachi (Yoshitoki Ōima
65 points
Kei Sanbe
57 points
Blue Giant
Shinichi Ishizuka
49 points
Ballroom e Yōkoso (Sweep Over the Dance Floor or literally, Tomo Takeuchi
40 points
Shin'ichi Sakamoto
38 points
Kōhei Horikoshi
36 points
Makoto Fukami
35 points

Daruma Matsuura
30 points
Izumi Tsubaki
28 points
Mahō Tsukai no Yome (Kore Yamazaki
28 points
Haruko Ichikawa
18 points
Fumiko Takano
8 points

Source: Comic Natalie

Update: Final results and Higashimura's illustration celebrating the win added: