Recently, the 10 finalists for the Japan Manga Awards 2021 have been selected. The jury for this selection is composed of Japanese manga shop clerks and manga lovers from all walks of life. The shortlisted works are manga works (including e-books) within 8 volumes released from January 1 to December 31, 2020. After
, the jury will conduct a second round of selection among these 10 works, and finally select the top three. The awards ceremony is expected to take place in mid to late March. The shortlisted works are as follows (in no particular order):
"My Pushed Child" Akira Akasaka, Henggun Mengguo ([Push しの子])
"Girl's School Star" and Yama やま ([女の園の星])
"Monster No. 8" Naoya Matsumoto ([Monster Beast No. 8])
"Go to K song! "And Yama やま ([カラオケ行こ!])
"Kowloon Popular Romance" Meiyue Jun ([Kowloon ジェネリックロマンス])
"SPY×FAMILY" Endo Tatsuya
"Fu Lilian" Yamada Shito, ベカ(【フリーレン】)
"About the movement of the earth" Yu Feng (【チ.―The movement of the earth について―])
" If the water flows along the sea" Tajima Islands (【水は海に向かってFlow れる] )
"The Corridor of Change" Tsuruya Xiangyangli ([メタモルフォーゼの縁 side])
Source: official website