Makoto Kobayashi
In manga, the winners of the Shogakukan Manga Award were "Sunset on Third Street" by Ryōhei Saigan (general), "Dr. Slump" by Akira Toriyama (shōnen or shōjo) and "Doraemon" by Fujiko Fujio (children). "Sanshirō of 1, 2" by Makoto Kobayashi (shōnen) and "Ohayō! Spank" by Shun'ichi Yukimuro and Shizue Takanashi (shōjo) won the Kodansha Manga Award. "Kibun wa mou sensou" by Katsuhiro Otomo won the Seiun Award for Best Comic of the Year. For a list of manga released in 1981 see .