The Manga Taishō is one of the most prestigious awards a series can win, with plenty of future big-hitters gracing the shortlists every year. We decided to read all the winners of the decade so far (2020-2025) and give our takes on each and why we think they did win each year.

Timestamps:

0:00 Introduction - Discussion Manga Taishō in the context of other manga awards

2:10 Rules of the Manga Taishō Awards

5:00 Blue Period by Tsubasa Yamaguchi

13:50 Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End by Kanehito Yamada and Tsukasa Abe

21:39 The Darwin Incident by Shun Umezawa

30:38 Draw This, Then Die! (Kore Kaite Shine) by Minoru Toyoda

38:48 Spacewalking With You by Inuhiko Doronoda

47:47 Alice, All the Way to the Stars (Alice, Doko Made mo) by Kiko Urino

59:55 Who do we think should have won each year?