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In manga, the winners of the Shogakukan Manga Award were "Doza no Ippon Tsuri" by Yusuke Aoyagi (general) and Toward the Terra and Kaze to Ki no Uta by Keiko Takemiya (shōnen or shōjo). "Tonda Couple" by Kimio Yanagisawa (shōnen) and "The Star of Cottonland" by Yumiko Ōshima (shōjo) won the Kodansha Manga Award. For a list of manga released in 1979 see .