# Tsutaya Comic Award

Tsutaya Comic Award (みんなが選ぶTSUTAYAコミック大賞, Minna ga Erabu Tsutaya Comikku Taishō) is a manga award sponsored by Tsutaya, a major chain of rental and sales stores for books, music software, and video software.

## Overview

The first award was held in 2017 as a celebration of Tsutaya stores, until 2018 the awards were divided into 4 categories (Next Break, All time best, Anime hope, Live action hope). From the 3rd award in 2019 onwards only "Next Break" was available. The concept of the award is to decide the Next Break not by nomination or recommendation, but only by user vote. For the Next Break, the conditions are that the work must be within 5 volumes and unfinished.

## Winners and candidates
### 2017

Next Break :
| Title | Author | Publisher | Result |
| The Promised Neverland | Kaiu Shirai and Posuka Demizu | Shueisha | Grand Prize |
| Devil's Line | Ryo Hanada | Kodansha | 2nd place |
| Bōkyaku no Sachiko | Jun Abe | Shogakukan | 3rd place |
All-Time Best :
| Title | Author | Publisher | Result |
| Kingdom | Yasuhisa Hara | Shueisha | Grand Prize |
| Slam Dunk | Takehiko Inoue | Shueisha | 2nd place |
| Fullmetal Alchemist | Hiromu Arakawa | Square Enix | 3rd place |
Anime Hope :
| Title | Author | Publisher | Result |
| Kono Oto Tomare! Sounds of Life | Amyu | Shueisha | Grand Prize |
| Golden Kamuy | Satoru Noda | Shueisha | 2nd place |
| Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba | Koyoharu Gotouge | Shueisha | 3rd place |
Live-Action hope :
| Title | Author | Publisher | Result |
| Tokusatsu Gagaga | Niwa Tanba | Shogakukan | Grand Prize |
| Sensei Kunshu | Momoko Koda | Shueisha | 2nd place |
| Cheeky Brat | Miyuki bee | Hakusensha | 3rd place |

#### Notes

* Voting period: April 17 - May 21, 2017.
* Announcement date: June 15, 2017.

### 2018

Next Break :
| Title | Author | Publisher | Result |
| Blue Period | Tsubasa Yamaguchi | Kodansha | Grand Prize |
| Koko wa Ima kara Rinri Desu | Shiori Amase | Shueisha | 2nd place |
| Our Precious Conversations | Robico | Kodansha | 3rd place |
| Nagi no Oitoma | Misato Konari | Akita Shoten | 4th place |
All-Time Best :
| Title | Author | Publisher | Result |
| Kingdom | Yasuhisa Hara | Shueisha | Grand Prize |
| One Piece | Eiichiro Oda | Shueisha | 2nd place |
| The Promised Neverland | Kaiu Shirai and Posuka Demizu | Shueisha | 3rd place |
| No Matter How I Look at It, It's You Guys' Fault I'm Not Popular! | Nico Tanigawa | Square Enix | 4th place |
Sports manga section :
| Title | Author | Publisher | Result |
| Haikyu!! | Haruichi Furudate | Shueisha | Grand Prize |
| Slam Dunk | Takehiko Inoue | Shueisha | 2nd place |
| Be Blues! | Motoyuki Tanaka | Shogakukan | 3rd place |
| Welcome to the Ballroom | Tomo Takeuchi | Kodansha | 4th place |
Gourmand manga section :
| Title | Author | Publisher | Result |
| Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma | Shun Saeki | Shueisha | Grand Prize |
| Papa and Daddy's Home Cooking | Yuu Toyota | Shinchosha | 2nd place |
| What Did You Eat Yesterday? | Fumi Yoshinaga | Kodansha | 3rd place |
| Sweetness and Lightning | Gido Amagakure | Kodansha | 4th place |

#### Notes

* Voting period: May 18 - June 10, 2018.
* Announcement date: July 16, 2018.

### 2019

Next Break :
| Title | Author | Publisher | Result |
| Jujutsu Kaisen | Gege Akutami | Shueisha | Grand Prize |
| Sweat and Soap | Kintetsu Yamada | Kodansha | 2nd place |
| You Should be Drunk in Love with Sake | Mayumi Eguchi, Haruko | Akita Shoten | 3rd place |
| A Story to Keep You from Dying | Toriko Gin | Akita Shoten | 4th place |
| The Way of the Househusband | Kousuke Oono | Shinchosha | 5th place |
| Ranking of Kings | Sosuke Toka | Enterbrain | 6th place |
| Act-Age | Tatsuya Matsuki, Shiro Usazaki | Shueisha | 7th place |
| Go with the Clouds, North by Northwest | Aki Irie | Enterbrain | 8th place |
| Chainsaw Man | Tatsuki Fujimoto | Shueisha | 9th place |
| Not Your Idol | Aoi Makino | Shueisha | 10th place |

#### Notes

* Voting period: May 17 - June 9, 2019.
* Announcement date: July 18, 2019.

### 2020

Next Break :
| Title | Author | Publisher | Result |
| Spy × Family | Tatsuya Endo | Shueisha | Grand Prize |
| A Man and His Cat | Umi Sakurai | Square Enix | 2nd place |
| My New Boss Is Goofy | Dan Ichikawa | Akita Shoten | 3rd place |
| The Dangers in My Heart | Norio Sakurai | Akita Shoten | 4th place |
| The Way of the Househusband | Kousuke Oono | Shinchosha | 5th place |
| My Dress-Up Darling | Shinichi Fukuda | Square Enix | 6th place |
| Mieruko-chan | Tomoki Izumi | Kadokawa Shoten | 7th place |
| Anjo the Mischievous Gal | Yūichi Katō | Shōnen Gahōsha | 8th place |
| Shikimori's Not Just a Cutie | Keigo Maki | Kodansha | 9th place |
| Call of the Night | Kotoyama | Shogakukan | 10th place |

#### Notes

* Voting period: April 1 - May 17, 2020
* Announcement date: June 17, 2020.

### 2021

Next Break :
| Title | Author | Publisher | Result |
| The Dangers in My Heart | Norio Sakurai | Akita Shoten | Grand Prize |
| Kaiju No. 8 | Naoya Matsumoto | Shueisha | 2nd place |
| Oshi no Ko | Aka Akasaka and Mengo Yokoyari | Shueisha | 3rd place |
| Shangri-La Frontier | Katarina | Kodansha | 4th place |
| Frieren | Kanehito Yamada and Tsukasa Abe | Shogakukan | 5th place |
| My Love Story with Yamada-kun at Lv999 | Mashiro | Kadokawa | 6th place |
| Undead Unluck | Yoshifumi Tozuka | Shueisha | 7th place |
| Mashle | Hajime Komoto | Shueisha | 8th place |
| Medalist | Ikada Tsuruma | Kodansha | 9th place |
| Mieruko-chan | Tomoki Izumi | Kadokawa Shoten | 10th place |

#### Notes

* Voting period: April 1 - May 17, 2021
* Announcement date: June 15, 2021.

### 2022

Next Break :
| Title | Author | Publisher | Result |
| My Love Story with Yamada-kun at Lv999 | Mashiro | Kadokawa | Grand Prize |
| The Fragrant Flower Blooms with Dignity | Saka Mikami | Kodansha | 2nd place |
| Medalist | Ikada Tsuruma | Kodansha | 3rd place |
| Dandadan | Yukinobu Tatsu | Shueisha | 4th place |
| How I Attended an All-Guy's Mixer | Nana Aokawa | Square Enix | 5th place |
| Takopi's Original Sin | Taizan 5 | Shueisha | 6th place |
| Omae, Tanuki ni Naranē ka? | Tomo Nagawa | Ichijinsha | 7th place |
| Ultra-Fem Shishihara-kun | Mii Aimai | ComicSmart | 8th place |
| I'm in Love with the Villainess | Inori, Hanagata | Ichijinsha | 9th place |
| Blue Box | Kōji Miura | Shueisha | 10th place |

#### Notes

* Voting period: April 1 - May 17, 2022
* Announcement date: June 15, 2022.

### 2023

Next Break :
| Title | Author | Publisher | Result |
| Daemons of the Shadow Realm | Hiromu Arakawa | Square Enix | Grand Prize |
| From Old Country Bumpkin to Master Swordsman | Shigeru Sagasaki, Kazuki Satō | Akita Shoten | 2nd Place |
| Oni no Hanayome | Kureha, Jun Togashi | Starts Publishing | 3rd Place |
| Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You | Jinushi | Square Enix | 4th Place |
| Firefly Wedding | Oreco Tachibana | Shogakukan | 5th Place |
| You and I Are Polar Opposites | Kocha Agasawa | Shueisha | 6th Place |
| The Summer Hikaru Died | Mokumokuren | Kadokawa | 7th Place |
| Kindergarten Wars | You Chiba | Shueisha | 8th Place |
| Haru no Arashi to Monster | Miyuki Mitsubachi | Hakusensha | 9th Place |
| Gokurakugai | Yuto Sano | Shueisha | 10th Place |

#### Notes

* Voting period: July 10 – August 20, 2023
* Announcement date: September 27, 2023